p2pnet - rss feed: Elvis’ 1000th Number 1?
p2pnet.net News:- Sony BMG plans to release all of Elvis Presley’s hits in the hope it’ll then be able to able to claim the 1,000th number-one spot in the UK in 2005.
Eighteen of The King’s No 1s are being re-released over 17 consecutive weeks from January 3 to April 25, starting with All Shook Up and ending with A Little Less Conversation, says Britain’s The Times, going on:
“Strict chart rules mean All Shook Up is ineligible because it will come in a collectors’ box, so Jailhouse Rock will be released on the same day.
“Sales of singles around this time of year tend to be at their lowest,” HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldois quoyed as saying.
“So if Elvis fans are out in force to buy his reissued No 1s, there’s every chance this could happen.”
The 1,000th No 1 will be one of the last based on sales of singles in the shops alone, says The Times, adding:
“In the next few months the chart will be changed to incorporate internet downloads.”
1 All Shook Up (June 14, 1957)
2 Jailhouse Rock (Jan 24, 1958)
3 One Night/I Got Stung (Jan 23, 1959)
4 A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight (April 24, 1959)
5 It’s Now Or Never (Nov 3, 1960)
6 Are You Lonesome Tonight (Jan 19, 1961)
7 Wooden Heart (Mar 9, 1961)
8 Surrender (May 25, 1961)
9 (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame (Nov 2, 1961)
10 Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can’t Help Falling In Love (Feb 1, 1962)
11 Good Luck Charm (May 10, 1962)
12 She’s Not You (Aug 30, 1962)
13 Return To Sender (Nov 29, 1962)
14 (You’re The) Devil In Disguise (July 4, 1963)
15 Crying In The Chapel (May 27, 1965)
16 The Wonder Of You (July 11, 1970)
17 Way Down (Aug 13, 1977)
18 A Little Less Conversation (June 22, 2002)
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See:-
1,000th number-one - It’s now or never for Elvis to have the 1,000th number one, Times Online, December 28, 2004
