Radio Luxembourg Charts - 1968 to 1979

PLAY ALL THE SONGS ON YOUTUBE

Welcome to this eBook version of ‘The Radio Luxembourg Charts – 1968 to 1979’. This version contains everything that is featured in the paperback edition however this new electronic version has a very special feature. There is a button labeled ‘PLAY’ alongside every record in the charts and the list of records that follow the charts. By clicking on these buttons, you are immediately taken to YouTube, where you can listen to all of the songs. I hope you will enjoy this new feature.

A much loved and well-remembered pastime was lying in bed late at night with a radio under the bedclothes, listening to the most famous radio station in Europe – The English service of Radio Luxembourg. Founded in 1933, Luxy, as the station was affectionately known, broadcast entertainment and popular music to a continent that was poorly served in that regard by their national broadcasters. In Great Britain, millions of people listened to the Top Twenty Show which began in October 1948 and was Europe’s very first regular popular music chart countdown. The programme evolved over the years. Between 1948 and December 1959 the chart was based on the sheet music sales listing compiled by the Music Publishers Association. From January 1960 the New Musical Express record charts were used and later in the decade, Luxy compiled their own chart in-house. It is this final period that this book remembers. Every song has a link to YouTube.