TEN years ago, this week, the top five most popular songs were...
1. Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire
2. Katy Perry: I Kissed a Girl
3. Cliff Richard: Thank You for a Lifetime
4. Pussycat Dolls: When I Grow Up
5. Rihanna: Disturbia
Robbie Williams topped the charts 20 years ago this week.
1. Robbie Williams: Millennium
2. Sex on the Beach: T-Spoon
3. Boyzone: No Matter What
4. Honeyz: Finally Found
5. Jennifer Paige:Crush
The top five songs 30 years ago this week were...
1. Phil Collins: A Goovy Kind of Love
2. The Hollies: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
3. Womack and Womack: Teardrops
4. Bros: I Quit
5. Brother Beyond: The Harder I Try
English rock band 10cc, topped the UK charts 40 years ago this week.
1. 10cc: Deadlock Holiday
2. The Commodores: Three Times a Lady
3. David Essex: Oh, What a Circus
4. Jilted John: Jilted John
5. Boney M: Rivers of Babylon
The top five songs 50 years ago this week were...
1. The Beatles: Hey Jude
2. Mary Hopkin: Those Were the Days
3. The Bee Gees: I've Gotta Get a Message to You
4. Aretha Franklin: I Say a Little Prayer
5. The Beach Boys: Do It Again
Samuel L Jackson’s 2008 thriller topped the UK box office chart ten years ago this week.
1. Lakeview Terrace
2. Burn After Reading
3. My Best Friend’s Girl
4. Igor
5. Righteous Kill
The Rush Hour franchise starring Jackie Chan was the highest earner 20 years ago this week.
1. Rush Hour
2. One True Thing
3. There's Something About Mary
4. Rounders
5. Simon Birch
The top five films 30 years ago this week were…
1. A Fish Called Wanda
2. Die Hard
3. Moon Over Parador
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The most popular films 40 years ago this week were...
1. Days of Heaven
2. Halloween
3. Midnight Express
4. Death on the Nile
5. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Action film Coogan's Bluff starring Clint Eastwood topped the box office chart 50 years ago this week for the second week in a row.
1. Coogan's Bluff
2. Funny Girl
3. Hang Em' High
4. Nobody Runs Forever
5. Night of the Living Dead
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