Every UK Top 40 Hit. Ever.So, this is a cool website. Every song and album to ever get into the UK Top 40 since the charts' inception in January 1952 is now part of a database at everyhit.com, where you can search by song, artist, date, format and various combinations thereof. So, I can quickly ascertain that the Datsun's have reached #25 and #33 on the singles' chart with 'In Love' and 'Harmonic Generator' respectively, and that their self-titled debut album got to #17 on the albums' chart.

There's also a nice trivia/records section. For example...

Most Siblings In One Group
Eighties teenyboppers The Jets (who had one hit with "Crush On You" in 1987) came from the extremely large Wolfgramm family (17 children overall). The group was comprised of eight of the family's brothers and sisters; Leroy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth, and Moana.

Moana Wolfgramm? Cool.

And my old favourite band - A-Ha - get the nod for...

Longest Note Held In A Hit
This record is held by Morten Harket, lead singer with group A-Ha. In "Summer Moved On" (no. 33, June 2000) he holds a vocal note for 20.2 seconds.

When I was younger I was amazed at the number of songs called 'The Power of Love' that were floating around, but, thanks to everyhit.com, I now discover that other song titles are even more ubiquitous ...

Most Popular Title For A Top 40 Single
Three titles have made the chart as 10 completely different tracks (ie. different tune / lyrics; not different versions of the same song). They are: "Angel", "Crazy", and "I Believe".

Answers in the comment box please.
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