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 Posted By: Jim Liddane on: 06/07/2010 17:08:42 EDTSubject: Nearly Bigger Than The Beatles! |
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Specially for John, who often asks about UK singers who did not make it in the USA, comes this piece of news from today's BBC..... "Eccentric comedian Ken Dodd was one of the biggest recording artists of the 1960s, new research has revealed. His 1965 track "Tears" was the third biggest-selling single of the decade, according to a newly compiled chart. The Beatles occupy the top two places in the chart and have an additional three records in the Top 10. According to sales data compiled by the Official Charts Company, the biggest selling single of the 1960s was "She Loves You" by The Beatles. "I Want To Hold Your Hand", recorded by the Fab Four in 1963, came second. The other Beatles records in the Top 10 are "Can't Buy Me Love" at four, "I Feel Fine" at five and the double A-side "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" at seven. Yet Dodd's track - which topped the UK singles chart for five weeks and was the biggest-selling single of 1965 - outsold them all". So John, along with Billy Fury and Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard, is yet another name for your archives - and he was (amazingly) bigger than them all! Still alive, and still making them laugh - at 82! |
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