Friday, 11 September 2026

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (7th June 1975)

The UK Singles Chart 7th June 1975

  • 01 (02) Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
  • 02 (01) Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man
  • 03 (05) Showaddywaddy - Three Steps to Heaven
  • 04 (03) The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing
  • 05 (04) Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
  • 06 (06) Judy Collins - Send in The Clowns
  • 07 (18) The Osmonds - The Proud One
  • 08 (41) 10CC - I’m Not in Love
  • 09 (10) Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down
  • 10 (11) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
  • 11 (16) Kraftwerk - Autobahn
  • 12 (07) Slade - Thanks for The Memory
  • 13 (08) Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance Wit Choo
  • 14 (20) Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy
  • 15 (21) Fox - Imagine Me Imagine You
  • 16 (09) Tammy Jones - Let Me Try Again
  • 17 (12) Mac & Katie Kissoon - Don’t Do it Baby
  • 18 (33) Wings - Listen to What the Man Said
  • 19 (25) Eric Clapton - Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  • 20 (27) Hot Chocolate - Disco Queen

Windsor Davies and Don Estelle with “Whispering Grass” climb above Tammy Wynette to take the number one position. This week five singles break into the top 20, 10CC with “I’m Not in Love”, are at number 8, Fox with “Imagine Me Imagine You”, are at number 15, Wings with “Listen to What the Man Said”, which is number 18, Eric Clapton with “Swing Low Sweet Chariot”, is at number 19 and Hot Chocolate with “Disco Queen” are number 20.

The biggest climber in this week’s top 20 are The Osmonds with “The Proud One”, which climbs 11 places to number 7.

 

New Bit Pixel Album "The Boy In The Box Room"

Bit Pixel, who we have featured on our i-Select shows, have just released a new album called "The Boy In The Box Room".


The album features 10 infectious synthpop tracks and if you are a fan of Erasure and the work of Vince Clarke you are in for a treat.

Track listing:
 
Measure Of The Man
I'm So Over You
We Don't Remember Things That Way
Stevie's Eyes
Battle Scars
Marianne
Tell It To The Bees
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Love Actually (We Never Did)
Sour Cherries
 
The album is available on CD and Bandcamp:
 
 
Visit the official homepage of Bit Pixel to find out more about them:
 
 
We will be featuring tracks from the album on this month's i-Select show.

Sunday, 6 September 2026

Rubik's 80s Mix #152

White Lion Radio have released edition #152 of Rubik's 80s Mix, on this show, we feature tracks that were in the charts, in September 1980.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist For The Show:

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Robert Palmer - Johnny And Mary
Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
Change - Searching
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin')
Barracudas - Summer Fun
Air Supply - All Out Of Love
Donna Summer - The Wanderer
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Taste Of Bitter Love
Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie
Odyssey - If You're Lookin' For A Way Out
XTC - Generals and Majors

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Kraftman Covers The Classic Kraftwerk Album "Autobahn" In Full

 Kraftman has released a new album, which is a complete recording of the Kraftwerk album "Autobahn".

"Autobahn" is the 4th Kraftwerk album covered in full by Kraftman, the previous albums covered are "The Man Machine", "Computer World" and "Electric Cafe".

All 5 tracks on the album have been recorded, including the epic 20 minute "Autobahn" track.

As with the previous albums, Kraftman has strived to replicate the sound of the original versions and given the tracks a modern makeover.

Album track listing:

Autobahn 19:35

Kometenmelodie 1 5:46

Kometenmelodie 2 4:05

Mitternacht 3:47

Morgenspaziergang 4:02

*Autobahn (Radio Version) 3:54

*Autobahn (Cruising To The Sound On The Radio) 6:19

*CD Bonus Tracks

The Digital Download version of the album is available on Bandcamp:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/autobahn

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (31st May 1975)

The UK Singles Chart 31st May 1975

 

  • 01 (01) Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man
  • 02 (02) Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
  • 03 (06) The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing
  • 04 (05) Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
  • 05 (13) Showaddywaddy - Three Steps to Heaven
  • 06 (14) Judy Collins - Send in The Clowns
  • 07 (12) Slade - Thanks for The Memory
  • 08 (11) Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance Wit Choo
  • 09 (07) Tammy Jones - Let Me Try Again
  • 10 (16) Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down
  • 11 (19) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
  • 12 (09) Mac & Katie Kissoon - Don’t Do it Baby
  • 13 (04) Minnie Riperton - Lovin’ You
  • 14 (10) The Carpenters - Only Yesterday
  • 15 (03) Mud - Oh Boy
  • 16 (17) Kraftwerk - Autobahn
  • 17 (08) Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
  • 18 (34) The Osmonds - The Proud One
  • 19 (15) Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night
  • 20 (18) Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy

Tammy Wynette stays at number one for a third week and Windsor Davies & Don Estelle stay at number two. Just one single moves into this week’s top 20 and that is The Osmonds with “The Proud One”, which is number 18.

Three singles move up 8 places this week, Showaddywaddy with “Three Steps to Heaven” move up from number 13 to number 5, Judy Collins with “Send in The Clowns” climbs from number 14 to number 6 and Desmond Dekker with “The Israelites” climbs from number 19 to 11.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (24th May 1975)

The UK Singles Chart 24th May 1975

 

  • 01 (01) Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man
  • 02 (28) Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
  • 03 (02) Mud - Oh Boy
  • 04 (03) Minnie Riperton - Lovin’ You
  • 05 (11) Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
  • 06 (12) The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing
  • 07 (05) Tammy Jones - Let Me Try Again
  • 08 (04) Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
  • 09 (16) Mac & Katie Kissoon - Don’t Do It Baby
  • 10 (07) The Carpenters - Only Yesterday
  • 11 (06) Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance Wit Choo
  • 12 (14) Slade - Thanks for The Memory
  • 13 (50) Showaddywaddy - Three Steps to Heaven
  • 14 (39) Judy Collins - Send in The Clowns
  • 15 (09) Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night
  • 16 (37) Status Quo - Roll Over Lay Down
  • 17 (22) Kraftwerk - Autobahn
  • 18 (25) Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy
  • 19 (21) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
  • 20 (10) Gary Glitter - Love Like You and Me

Tammy Wynette is at number one for a second week with “Stand by Your Man” and this week we have seven singles moving into the top 20, Windsor Davies & Don Estelle with “Whispering Grass” are at number 2, Showaddywaddy with “Three Steps to Heaven”, which is at number 13, Judy Collins with “Send in The Clowns”, that is number 14, Status Quo with “Roll Over Lay Down”, is number 16, Kraftwerk with “Autobahn” are at number 17, Ian Hunter with “Once Bitten Twice Shy”, is at number 18 and Desmond Dekker is number 19 with “The Israelites”.

The biggest climber in this week’s top 20 are Mac & Katie Kissoon with “Don’t Do It Baby”, which climbs 7 places to number 9.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (17th May 1975)

 The UK Singles Chart 17th May 1975

 

  • 01 (03) Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man
  • 02 (01) Mud - Oh Boy
  • 03 (02) Minnie Riperton - Lovin’ You
  • 04 (04) Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
  • 05 (06) Tammy Jones - Let Me Try Again
  • 06 (12) Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance Wit Choo
  • 07 (14) The Carpenters - Only Yesterday
  • 08 (05) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
  • 09 (07) Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night
  • 10 (13) Gary Glitter - Love Like You and Me
  • 11 (22) Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were
  • 12 (36) The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing
  • 13 (10) Gilbert Becaud - A Little Love and Understanding
  • 14 (ne) Slade - Thanks for The Memory
  • 15 (09) The Three Degrees - Take Good Care of Yourself
  • 16 (27) Mac & Katie Kissoon - Don’t Do It Baby
  • 17 (17) Stephanie De Sykes - We’ll Find Our Day
  • 18 (11) Glitter Band - The Tears I Cried
  • 19 (08) Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
  • 20 (15) 10CC - Life Is a Minestrone

Tammy Wynette replaces Mud at the top of the charts with “Stand by Your Man”. Three records make their way into this week’s top 20, Gladys Knight & The Pips with “The Way We Were”, which is number 11, The Stylistics with “Sing Baby Sing”, who are at number 11 and Mac & Katie Kissoon with “Don’t Do It Baby”, which is number 16.

The biggest climber in this week’s top 20 are The Carpenters with “Only Yesterday”, which climbs 7 places to number 7.