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A Whiter Shade Of Pale is most played song...; ..and The Beatles are not in the top ten
Topic Started: Apr 14 2009, 04:35 PM (122 Views)
ohnotjimagain	Apr 14 2009, 04:35 PM Post #1
Posts: 3,828 Group: Members Member #153 Joined: June 25, 2006	Whiter Shade 'most played' song A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum was a hit on the summer of 1967 Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the past 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2. The song, with its distinctive organ riff, stayed at number one for six weeks in the UK in the summer of 1967. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was at number two followed by All I Have To Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers. There was no place in the top 10 for The Beatles. The UK chart, presented by Rob Brydon, was compiled by licensing firm PPL. TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS 1. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 3. Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 4. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around 5. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 6. Robbie Williams - Angels 7. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 8. Abba - Dancing Queen 9. Perry Como - Magic Moments 10. Bing Crosby - White Christmas Source: PPL Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker, who last year won back full royalty rights to the band's hit after a court battle, said its number one position in the 100-song chart was a "great and unsought honour". "It isn't something I could have remotely imagined when I wrote the song and then made that legendary recording with Procol Harum all those years ago. "Every musician and singer hopes to reach out and communicate to the audience so it means a great deal that the record has such an indefinable popularity and lasting appeal." Wet Wet Wet's summer smash of 1994, Love Is All Around, was at number four followed by Bryan Adams's 1991 hit (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. The Beatles and Robbie Williams both had the most entries in the chart with three each. For the Beatles, Hello Goodbye was at number 11, Get Back was at number 13 and From Me To You was at number 51. But three hits by individual Beatles also feature. George Harrison's My Sweet Lord at no. 18, John lennon's Imagine at no.32 and Wings' Mull Of Kintyre at no.72 For Williams, Angels was at number six, Rock DJ was at number 16 and Strong was at number 56. I must admit I'm surprised by this list. Some of the top ten I've hardly ever heard played. I agree with John and George's songs but as for Wings I haven't heard Mull Of Kintyre being played for decades (Thankfully) I hear Band On The Run and Live And Let Die at least once a month on the radio.
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Bill	Apr 15 2009, 06:23 AM Post #2
Posts: 9,565 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: May 7, 2006	I suspect the reason for fewer than expected Beatles songs is that there are so many great songs to choose from. I think in an audit of most played artists rather than songs, they'd be much higher.
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BeatleDude1964	Apr 15 2009, 01:41 PM Post #3
Posts: 847 Group: Members Member #189 Joined: August 2, 2006	I've never heard 6 songs out of the ten, including #1
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ohnotjimagain	Apr 15 2009, 04:33 PM Post #4
Posts: 3,828 Group: Members Member #153 Joined: June 25, 2006	BeatleDude1964 Apr 15 2009, 01:41 PM I've never heard 6 songs out of the ten, including #1 You should try and listen to a Whiter Shade Of Pale. It is a good song, even if no-one understands the lyrics! Pure flower power from the 1967 summer of love. ...as for some of the others, I can't recall hearing Perry Como since the early 60's. I did hear Dancing Queen this morning and A Whiter Shade Of Pale yesterday.
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FamousGroupie	Apr 15 2009, 06:34 PM Post #5
Obsessive Saddo Fangirl Posts: 7,839 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 7, 2006	The Beatles never recorded 'elevator music', that's why they're not there. :P
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Mr.Mustard	Apr 16 2009, 03:40 AM Post #6
Posts: 769 Group: Members Member #645 Joined: March 20, 2009	i once heard that come together had been played 2 or 4 million times on the radio. So for Angels to have been played that many time in a 1/4 of the times seems a bit unlikely. in the nearly 40 yrs since Come together was released there has been 14600 days divide that into 2 million=an ave. of 136 plays a day worldwide. For Angles that would be nearly 500 plays a day. So idk. I suppose it might not be too unlikely afterall.
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A day in the life	Apr 16 2009, 02:01 PM Post #7
Posts: 1,214 Group: Members Member #420 Joined: June 17, 2007	Yeah, I love the top two. Surprised to see nothing Beatley there though. I thought 'Yesterday' was the most played song??
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Mr.Mustard	Apr 16 2009, 05:21 PM Post #8
Posts: 769 Group: Members Member #645 Joined: March 20, 2009	A day in the life Apr 16 2009, 02:01 PM Yeah, I love the top two. Surprised to see nothing Beatley there though. I thought 'Yesterday' was the most played song?? I thought that. That might be just america. And as morrissey said. america is not the world
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Andy	Apr 17 2009, 07:45 PM Post #9
Posts: 348 Group: Members Member #646 Joined: March 20, 2009	All of this means nothing. If Hamburgers were the most eaten foodstuff in the world, would it make them the best? No. Everyone knows that it's brussels sprouts.



Bill	Apr 17 2009, 08:35 PM Post #10
Posts: 9,565 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: May 7, 2006	Pah! They'll never have anything on Copenhagen sprouts!
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ohnotjimagain	May 3 2009, 05:02 PM Post #11
Posts: 3,828 Group: Members Member #153 Joined: June 25, 2006	Since I started this thread I've heard A Whiter Shade Of Pale three times, Dancing Queen twice and My Sweet Lord once. One thing that I and a few other people have noticed is that The Beatles are being played less and less. I listen to 'oldies' stations and The Beatles used to be played several times a day, now I seldom hear any songs by them.
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ohnotjimagain	May 3 2009, 05:03 PM Post #12
Posts: 3,828 Group: Members Member #153 Joined: June 25, 2006	A day in the life Apr 16 2009, 02:01 PM Yeah, I love the top two. Surprised to see nothing Beatley there though. I thought 'Yesterday' was the most played song?? Yesterday is the most covered song, not played, although I'm not sure if that has since been overtaken by another song.
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Queenbee	May 29 2009, 08:33 PM Post #13
Posts: 5,910 Group: Admin Member #19 Joined: May 8, 2006	I've listened to A Whiter Shade of Pale 256 times going on 257. Brings back some great memories and continues makes memories for me. I love dancing to this song ~ on and on.....great make out song! HA! My mind is in the gutter! :-)
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