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Post by Chris Barratt on Nov 14, 2011 13:49:53 GMT
Nick, the charts were announced on a Tuesday and generally dated as weekending the saturday. ILYLML shot straight in at number 1 on Tuesday 13th November 1973, was on the (surviving) TOTP broadcast 15/11/73 and the chart itself is dated Saturday 17th November 1973. I'm assuming Bell released the single the previous Monday (5th November 1973)
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Post by Neil Barker on Nov 14, 2011 20:04:17 GMT
Singles were released on Fridays back then so the release date would have been 9/11/73.
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Post by Dale Rumbold on Nov 15, 2011 15:54:09 GMT
Singles were released on Fridays back then so the release date would have been 9/11/73. Friday was indeed the usual release day for singles, but some labels had worked out that if they wanted a high initial entry in the chart it would be wise to get their stuff out earlier in the week : Polydor certainly released the Slade singles earlier than a Friday, which is why they had 3 singles straight in at #1 in 1973 : as GG had the only other single to do that in 1973, I would guess that Bell had cottoned on to it by then too. |
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