The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles: Volume 2

The must-have, official book of the music charts, exclusive to VirginThe second in this new series, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is the most-up-to-date and comprehensive record of the music charts available today and a perfect, collectable complement to The Virgin Book of Hit Albums and The Virgin Book of Top 75 Charts.Now improved and fine-tuned, and drawn from the Official Charts Company Data since 1952, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles features the most comprehensive, easy to read and accessible music chart data and information. It's all here -- expanded artist biographies, side notes of interest, label and catalogue numbers, peak positions, number of weeks on chart and weeks at number one. Also includes EP charts.The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is essential reading, and reference, for any music lover.

“Almost as indispensable as NME”

NME [on previous edition]
The definitive chart anorak book Q [on previous edition]
Indispensably poptastic reference work Guardian [on previous edition]

Dave McAleer is a music journalist and author whose previous books include The Chart Book (published by Guinness in the US) and Chart Beats (published by Guinness in the US). He was also a contributor to The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (published by Guinness in the US). He has also been record label manager for Pye, Stax and RCA amongst others. He does chart research for Sky Television's "UK Top 40," supplies daily trivia for radio and writes regularly for Vox, Replay/Gold CD and Country Music People. He also started the 'Music Business Trivia League' that led to numerous pop quizze

DID YOU KNOW THAT...' 'Unchained Melody' has been a No. 1 hit for four different artists 'Don't Stop Believin' by Journey spent 32 weeks in the Singles Chart and reached No. 6, 27 years after it is was originally released The cast of TV series Glee scored 19 different hits in just 16 weeks Only two acts have spent more than 1,000 weeks on the Singles Chart: Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard Frankie Goes To Hollywood and not the Beatles have the biggest-selling single by a Liverpudlian group 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen, is the only Hit to be No. 1 in 4 different years - 1975 and 1976, then 1991 and 1992 The last time there was an instrumental No. 1 was in 1973 - 'Eye Level' by Simon Park Orchestra Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' has spent 124 weeks on the chart - more than any other single. But it only ever reached No. 5 The only Top 10 record sung in Japanese is 'Sukiyaki' by Kyu Sakamoto - it was a No. 6 Hit in 1963 The biggest selling No. 2 single is by Wham! - 'Last Christmas/Everything She Wants', which has sold over 1.5 million copies With over 30,000 singles, more than 10,000 artists and every No. 1 since 1952, this revised and updated edition is the definitive guide to the UK singles chart

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