Tom Browne with The Top Twenty
From today the Solid-Gold-Sixty AKA the Top 60 was dropped and only the Top 20 was broadcast by the BBC on Radio 1 Medium Wave & Radio 2 VHF
View Details For Each Episode Featuring Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) By Lena Zavaroni | ||
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10 February 1974 | 17 February 1974 | 24 February 1974 |
3 March 1974 | 10 March 1974 | 17 March 1974 |
Tom Browne with The Top Twenty | ||
24 March 1974 ✔ |
As the BBC dropped the Top 60 it meant this was the last time we would hear Lena's single in their Sunday Charts show as while she would remain in the Top 60 for another 4 weeks her position in the charts would be outside of the Top 20.
Lena Zavaroni’s single Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) moved down the charts from number 14 to number 17.
Recording of the Top 20 section of the broadcast | |
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BBC Radio 1: Tom Browne with The Top Twenty starts at 16:00hrs | |
BBC Radio 1's first air date was on 30 September 1967 it was only transmitted on Medium Wave using amplitude modulation it would get an VHF channel that's rollout would start on 1 September 1988, starting with Central Scotland, the Midlands and the north of England. | |
BBC Radio 2: Tom Browne with The Top Twenty starts at 18:00hrs | |
BBC Radio 2's first air date was on 30 September 1967 it was a replacement for the Light Programme it was transmitter on VHF using frequency modulation in 1973 a subcarrier was added to the transmission which allowed the broadcasting of content in stereo. | |
UK Official Singles Chart | Differences In Dates |
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