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The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 47)

Nov 21, 2019Nov 26, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Welcome to this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, the weekly retelling of all the UK singles chart action from two whole decades ago. This week: our last chart topper this series to come from clubland... Well. I tell a slight lie there. We do have one more dancefloor oriented record to cover … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 47)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 46)

Nov 14, 2019Nov 19, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

It's midday, it's Thursday, and time as always for us to hop aboard our little musical pre-Y2K pop tardis we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a second chart topper for a man who had one of the top 10 biggest selling albums for two years running... At the start of … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 46)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 45)

Nov 7, 2019Jun 8, 2021 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Welcome to this week's edition of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back at the all the big movements in the UK charts of twenty years ago. And I suggest you strap yourselves in for this week people, because we have not one, but TWO - yes, two - songs to cover. Prepare … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 45)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 44)

Oct 31, 2019Nov 1, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the series, every Thursday at midday here on the blog, where we take you back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as we bade goodbye to an old millennium and welcomed in a new one. This week: seventh time's the charm for one of Britain's biggest … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 44)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 43)

Oct 24, 2019Oct 29, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith

It's midday, it's Thursday, and that can mean only one thing - time for another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back at the biggest hits from the year we all went Y2K crazy. This week: one of that autumn's biggest singles that launched the career of this gravelly voiced soul … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 43)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 42)

Oct 17, 2019Oct 23, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Bringing you more hits from a year packed full of them like a Y2K party popper, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a British R&B girl group with a history as prolific as their late 90s hits were... There's a history lesson in more ways than one for our featured act today, … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 42)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 41)

Oct 10, 2019Oct 16, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

It's Thursday, so that means it's time once again for this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, where we revisit all the big chart smashes and the artists that made them hits from twenty years ago. We're onto our last ten entries of the series now can you believe it - and this … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 41)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 40)

Oct 3, 2019Oct 7, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

This is The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, telling you, week by week, of all the UK chart movers and shakers of two whole decades ago. So if you were wondering what song about the sun shining connected with last week's hit from Bob Marley, a hearty congratulations to you if you said … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 40)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 39)

Sep 26, 2019Oct 1, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Packed with more UK chart hits from two decades ago than a Y2K party popper, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a reggae music legend is bought onto the dancefloors of the new millennium... A long standing icon in the world of reggae music, Bob Marley, with his band The Wailers, had … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 39)

The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 38)

Sep 19, 2019Sep 25, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

It's Thursday, it's midday, and time once again to bring you another slice of the UK charts as they looked and sounded twenty whole years ago. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. And this week, another imported dancefloor filler - this time from Italy - that was the second biggest selling single of the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 38)

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