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List Of Best-selling Compilation Albums By Year In The United Kingdom
This is the list of the best-selling compilation albums in the UK each year. Best-selling compilation albums See also *List of UK Compilation Chart number ones References External linksCompilation Albums Top 40at the Official Charts CompanyThe Official UK Compilation Chartat MTVUK Top 40 Compilation Albums at the BBC Radio 1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Best-selling compilation albums by year in the United Kingdom Lists of best-selling albums, Compilation albums by year in the United Kingdom British music-related lists, Best-selling compilation albums by year Lists of compilation albums, Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Albums
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Side Story (1961 Soundtrack)
''West Side Story'' is the soundtrack album to the 1961 film ''West Side Story'', featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on ''Billboard''s album charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', on the grounds that ''West Side Story'' was listed on a chart for stereo albums only at a time when many albums were recorded in mono. In 1962, it won a Grammy award for "Best Sound Track Album – Original Cast". In the United States, it was one of the best-selling albums of the 1960s, certifying three times platinum by the RIAA on November 21, 1986. Though the album was released just a few years after the release of the original broadway cast recording, it is according to musical theater historian Ethan Mordden preferred by some to the earlier version both sentimentally, as the film succeeded in establishing the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown Chartbusters
Tamla Motown logo Motown logo ''Motown Chartbusters'' is a series of compilation albums first released by EMI under licence on the Tamla Motown label in Britain. In total, 12 editions were released in the UK between 1967 and 1982. Volumes 1 and 2 were originally called ''British Motown Chartbusters''; after this the title ''Motown Chartbusters'' was used. Background Early Motown Records releases in Britain were not on the Motown label, but were issued on the London, Fontana, Oriole and Stateside labels. In 1964, Motown's first number 1 in Britain was "Baby Love" by the Supremes, released on EMI's Stateside label. "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes, and " My Guy" by Mary Wells were amongst other big hits in the same year, also on Stateside. The first release on the Tamla Motown label was " Stop In The Name Of Love" by the Supremes, in March 1965. By 1964, Motown had accumulated enough British hits for EMI to release a greatest hits album, ''A Collection of Tamla Motown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 In British Music
This is a summary of 1971 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events * 3 February - Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees * 1 March – Bassist John Deacon joins Queen * 4 March – The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle upon Tyne, intended as a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles". *5 March – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song " Stairway to Heaven". *6 April – The Rolling Stones hold a party in Cannes to officially announce their new contract with Atlantic and the launch of Rolling Stones Records. *12 May – Mick Jagger marries Bianca de Macías in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and their wives are among the wedding guests. *16 May - BBC television makes the first broadcast of Benjamin Britten's opera for television, ''Owen Wingrave''. * 20- 24 June – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stateside Records
Stateside Records, styled as $tateside Records, is a British record label, owned by Warner Music Group and operates through its Parlophone and Warner Records imprints. Upon creation, it initially released licensed American recordings and is now a reissue label. History It was formed in 1962 by EMI as a replacement for the Top Rank label (originally the Rank Organisation's label), which had folded. EMI hired former Top Rank label head Fred Oxon to run it and compete with Decca's London "American Recordings", and Pye's " Pye International" labels. While Top Rank's British acts (such as John Leyton) were assigned to EMI's Columbia and HMV labels, Stateside continued to issue records from its American suppliers, including Amy, Bell, 20th Century Fox, Scepter, Vee-Jay and A&M, and acquired Tamla-Motown-Gordy from Oriole Records. Its first hit was " Palisades Park" by Freddy Cannon, which was licensed from Swan Records. It was through EMI's relationship with Vee-Jay and Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Rider (soundtrack)
''Easy Rider'' is the soundtrack to the cult classic 1969 film ''Easy Rider''. The songs that make up the soundtrack were carefully selected to form a "musical commentary" within the film. The album of the soundtrack was released by ABC-Dunhill Records in August 1969 (catalog no. DSX 50063). It peaked at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year, and was certified gold in January 1970. Description The songs on the soundtrack album are sequenced in the same order as they appear in the film, with the following differences: *"The Weight", as originally recorded by The Band for their 1968 debut album ''Music From Big Pink'', was used in the film but could not be licensed for the soundtrack. To deal with this, ABC-Dunhill commissioned Smith, who recorded for the label at the time, to record a cover version of the song for the soundtrack album. *Two songs used in the film, Little Eva's "Let's Turkey Trot" and The Electric Flag's "Flash, Bam, Pow", were omitted from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In British Music
This is a summary of 1970 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events *4 January – The Who drummer Keith Moon fatally runs over his chauffeur with his Bentley while trying to escape a mob outside a pub. The death is later ruled an accident. *16 January – John Lennon's London art gallery exhibit of lithographs, Bag One, is shut down by Scotland Yard for displaying "erotic lithographs" *26 January – Simon & Garfunkel release their final album together, '' Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It tops the album chart at regular intervals over the next two years, and becomes the best-selling album in Britain during the 1970s. *11 February – The film '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, is premiered in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's " Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. * 14 February – The Who records ''Live at Leeds'' in Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 In British Music
This is a summary of 1969 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *4 January – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is accused of arrogance by TV producers after playing an impromptu version of "Sunshine of Your Love" past his allotted timeslot on the BBC1 show ''Happening for Lulu''. *12 January – Led Zeppelin's eponymous début album is released. *18 January – Pete Best wins his defamation lawsuit against The Beatles. Best had originally sought $8 million, but ended up being awarded much less. *30 January – The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of the Apple building at 3 Savile Row, London. The performance, which is filmed for the ''Let It Be'' movie, is stopped early by police after neighbors complain about the noise. * 3 February – John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr hire Allen Klein as The Beatles' new business manager against the wishes of Paul McCartney. *4 February – Paul McCartney hires the law firm of Eastman & Eastman, Linda Eastman's fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In British Music
This is a summary of 1968 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *16 February – The Beatles, Mike Love, Mia Farrow, Donovan and others travel to India to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh. *18 February – David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd, replacing founder Syd Barrett, who had checked himself into a psychiatric hospital. * 1 March – First performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice musical, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' in its original form as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith. * 30 March – The Yardbirds record their live album ''Live Yardbirds'' at the Anderson Theater. *6 April – The 13th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Royal Albert Hall, London. The winning song, Spain's "La, la, la" is sung in Spanish by Massiel, after Spanish authorities refused to allow Joan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. The UK finish in second place, just one point behind, with the song "Congratulations" sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In British Music
This is a summary of 1967 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *7 January – ''The Daily Mail'' newspaper reports 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire; this article, along with a follow-up article on the death of Guinness heir Tara Brown in a car accident, inspires lyrics for The Beatles song " A Day in the Life". *15 January – The Rolling Stones appear on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in the United States. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band change the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's spend some time together". *30 January – The Beatles shoot a promotional film for their forthcoming single "Strawberry Fields Forever" at Knole Park in Sevenoaks. *3 February – UK record producer Joe Meek murders his landlady and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at Holloway, North London. *7 February – Micky Dolenz of the Monkees meets Paul McCartney at his home in St John's Wood, London, and they pose together for the press. His impressions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 In British Music
This is a summary of 1966 in music in the United Kingdom. Events * 14 January – Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones (later of the Monkees). * 19 January – Michael Tippett conducts the premiere performance of his cantata ''The Vision of St Augustine'' in London. *6 February – The Animals appear a fifth time on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' to perform their iconic Vietnam-anthem hit "We Gotta Get Out of this Place". * 4 March – The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in ''The Evening Standard'' as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the Southern US's Bible Belt. *5 March – The UK's Kenneth McKellar, singing "A Man Without Love", finishes 9th in the 11th Eurovision Song Contest, which is won by Udo Jürgens of Austria. *6 March – In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sound Of Music (film)
''The Sound of Music'' is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the 1949 memoir '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers'' by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian postulant in Salzburg, Austria, in 1938 who is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children. After bringing love and music into the lives of the family, she marries the officer and, together with the children, finds a way to survive the loss of their homeland to the Nazis. Filming took place from March to September 1964 in Los Angeles and Salzburg. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
