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Showing posts with label Ken Dodd. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

UK Top 50 For 30th January 1971

Welcome to a complete UK top 50 with added Radio One jingles for 30th January 1971. In the chart this week are Dorothy Squires, Edward Woodward, Gerry Monroe, Ken Dodd, Perry Como, Clive Dunn amongst others plus George Harrison, Kinks, Jackson 5, Neil Diamond, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Badfinger, and a whole host of other super songs

Monday, September 28, 2020

In the 1970s Ken Dodd

The famous Liverpool comedian had some big hits in the, and he had more in 1970s with Broken Hearted. Born in 1927 the king of British comedy Ken Dodd  OBE, already had hits and a number one in the 1960s called "Tears", this single got as high as number 15 last year, and was re-released for 1971 and it was his second hit of the 1970s.

KEN DIED IN 2017

Ken did not have his Diddy Men in the charts in the 1970. But he knew how tickled he was by having numerous TV appearances on the variety shows of the 1970s, including The Good Old Days. Ken Dodd is known as the man who can never get off stage and stop telling jokes.

The following lists are all the top thirty hits for Ken during the 1970s:-
When Love Comes Around Again

Just Out Of My Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)
(Think Of Me) Wherever You Are.
Yes Ken had more hits than is remembered by most.  In 1976 Ken was on the star bill to celebrate the queens Silver Jubilee where he sang Tears