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Hi, my name’s Adrian.
I love records, I love music. I love collecting.
I always have and always will.
As I continue to run through this chart, as part of my own musical road, I now meet up with the Isley Brothers who, with the title of this single, sound to me like they're on a similar journey.
#UKSinglesChart #IsleyBrothers #1970sMusic #MusicHistory #SoulMusic
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No.26 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
Discover the soulful journey of The Isley Brothers' "Highways Of My Life" at No.26 on the UK Singles Chart during the week of February 20, 1974—my 2nd birthday. Dive into their career shifts, the hit'...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
For the third time in as many years, this immensely popular group attend the UK Singles Chart during my birthday week, but a couple of things had changed since their last visit...
#1970s #70sMusic #UKCharts #MusicHistory #RetroMusic #VintageCharts #ClassicPop
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No.27 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
Discover the story behind The New Seekers' 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me' at No.27 on the UK Singles Chart during my 2nd birthday week in February 1974. From its rise to No.1 glory, Lyn Paul's ...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Over a decade before Milli Vanilli took the world by storm by lip-syncing to songs that were entirely written and sung by somebody else, there were acts such as this.

#70sMusic #1970s #GlamRock #MusicHistory #ClassicRock #RetroMusic #UKCharts #VintageMusic
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No.28 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
Uncover the wild true story of Alvin Stardust's 1974 glam hit 'My Coo Ca Choo' – voiced not by the star himself, but by its creator Peter Shelley. Bernard Jewry steps in to bring the black-clad myth t...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The advent of big success became a contributing factor to bringing this group to the verge of disintegration. The key difference was that the duo themselves became the band, and everybody else left instead...#1970sMusic #UKCharts #StealersWheel #GerryRafferty
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No.29 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
The advent of big success became a contributing factor to bringing this group to the verge of disintegration. The key difference was that the duo themselves became the band, and everybody else left in...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A single from two Strawbs is enjoying its 2nd week on the UK Singles Chart this week in February 1974...

#70sMusic #1970s #UKCharts #ClassicRock #Vinyl #RetroMusic #BritishRock #MusicHistory #1974 #Strawbs #HudsonFord #BurnBabyBurn #UKSingleschart
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January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
With Ronnie's role with the Faces now just a memory, the co-founder of both that group and its predecessor the Small Faces, was now striding out into new territory... #ClassicRock #RockMusic #70sMusic #MusicHistory #UKCharts #1970s #RetroMusic #BritishRock
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No.32 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
With Ronnie's role with the Faces now just a memory, the co-founder of both that group and its predecessor the Small Faces, was now striding out into new territory... #ClassicRock #RockMusic #70sMusic...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
For most of the TV audience, who were around at this time, this familiar and recognisable theme tune to "The Adventures of Black Beauty", will bring back some fond memories... #Nostalgia #70s #70sMusic #Retro #Throwback #TVThemes #BlackBeauty #ClassicTV
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No.35 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
For most of the TV audience, who were around at this time, this familiar and recognisable theme tune to "The Adventures of Black Beauty", will bring back some fond memories... #Nostalgia #70s #70sMusi...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
One of the UK's most beloved singers and entertainers graces this week's singles chart with a new sound, which had also become her new theme song for her successful TV series. #Music #1970s #70sMusic #CillaBlack #Retro #Nostalgia #UKCharts #BabyWeCantGoWrong thearchiveofmylife.com/no-37-on-the...
No.37 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
One of the UK's most beloved singers and entertainers graces this week's singles chart with a new sound, which had also become her new theme song for her successful TV series, which was now embarking ...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The usually flamboyant and eccentric Roy must have been easily bored around this time of his career.
Now, he was having ideas that even his new group couldn't contain...
#nostalgia #retro #throwback #70smusic #Vintage #MusicNostalgia #OldSchool #Memories
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No.41 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
The usually flamboyant and eccentric Roy must have been easily bored around this time of his career. In the space of a few years, he'd helped morph The Move into The Electric Light Orchestra; then in ...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This popular song, which The Shirelles recorded and released some 14 years earlier in 1960, gets a new lease of life now from Melanie.#UKSinglesChart
#1970sMusic #OfficialCharts #MelanieSafka
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No.43 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
This popular song, which The Shirelles recorded and released some 14 years earlier in 1960, gets a new lease of life now from Melanie.#UKSinglesChart #1970sMusic #OfficialCharts #MelanieSafka #WillYou...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The hits from the Osmonds just keep on coming.We've already witnessed hits from Jimmy, Donny, and the brothers (without little Jimmy) as a collective. This time it's their young sister Marie's turn to step into the limelight...
#Music #70sMusic #RetroMusic
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No.44 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
The hits from the Osmonds just keep on coming.We've already witnessed hits from Jimmy, Donny, and the brothers (without little Jimmy) as a collective. This time it's their young sister Marie's turn to...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Chér returns to the UK Chart after appearing a couple of years before. On this occasion there is a dark tale to be told; about a man, a woman, and a mysterious fortune teller, but which one is the dark lady...? #Music #Cher #70s #Retro #1970s #Vintage #PopMusic thearchiveofmylife.com/no-45-on-the...
No.45 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
Chér returns to the UK Chart after appearing a couple of years before; however, this time she is Sonny-less. On this occasion there is a dark tale to be told; about a man, a woman, and a mysterious fo...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Clifford was just coming to the end of a low profile 5-week run with this song, taken from his third album Mantle Pieces, which had been released at the close of the previous year of 1973...
#70smusic #1970s #retromusic #nostalgia #vintagemusic #70s
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No.46 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
Clifford was just coming to the end of a low profile 5-week run with this song, taken from his third album Mantle Pieces, which had been released at the close of the previous year of 1973...#70sMusic ...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
A single with two songs pulled from Perry's latest LP 'And I Love You So'. An album which I have already featured as one of my memories on my musical road during my second year...
#PerryComo #ForTheGoodTimes #UKCharts1974 #OfficialCharts #70sMusic
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No.49 on The Top 50 Official U.K. Singles Chart on my 2nd Birthday - The Archive of My Life
A single with two songs pulled from Perry's latest LP 'And I Love You So'. An album which I have already featured as one of my memories on my musical road during my second year...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM