Chords for The One Show featuring Dave Edmunds
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Start Jamming...
Now, the Minutes is out on Monday, and When I Was Your Girl is available now, of course.
Now, on the subject of albums, if you thought that downloading would mean the death of the compilation album,
then, well, Alex will tell you that you are wrong.
You are wrong.
One in five albums sold is a compilation.
And now That's What I Call Music is up to volume 84, can we believe it?
Which is the fastest-selling album of 2013.
Well, 40 years ago, another compilation series [C] topped the charts by copying the Pops.
Here's Carrie Grant.
When I was growing up, Sunday was always the chart show on Radio 1, and Thursday is Top of the Pops night.
[Fm]
[D] Kids like me built their [G] lives around these two events.
They told us the latest music and also the kind of records we should be [N] buying.
And if you're a certain age, you'll remember you could go to your local Wallis store
and buy a whole Top of the Pops album of [Eb] hits for the same [D] price as [Ab] a single.
Between 1968 and 1984, these albums cashed in on the success of the real Top of the Pops
by offering cover versions of the current hits.
[Ebm] They became chart [Ab]-hoppers in their own right.
So who was behind these albums, and how on earth did [Eb] they get away with it?
[Ab] Record collector and music historian Keith Richards is fascinated by the albums.
Where did it all start?
It was the idea of a chap called Alan [E] Crawford.
He came up with the name Top of the Pops, [Ab] which of course was the name of the popular BBC pop show at the time.
So that was a masterstroke really, because most people, [E] myself included, [N] assumed that it was related,
that the LPs were related somehow to the television programme.
But of course it wasn't Top of the Pops.
No, it had nothing at all to do with the television series,
but amazingly the BBC hadn't trademarked the name, or weren't able to,
so Alan Crawford was free to use the name for his series of LPs.
Two of the albums topped the album charts.
[C] I mean the reason they were selling so well of course was because of their price.
They were 75p, whereas a regular album at the time would cost about £2.10.
To keep the price that low, unknown [Em] session singers sang the [C] songs.
The voice you hear doesn't belong to Stevie Wonder, [G] but [C] Martin Jay,
a chart-topper you will never have heard of.
Martin sang on over [Dm] 200 Top of the Pops cover versions.
[A] But now almost [Dm] 30 years since [A] the release of the last album,
I'm [Eb] about to go and meet this secret monster.
How were you [A] expected to learn the songs?
You were expected to go out and buy the record,
and you'd hunt around for the record, and then literally [E] write the lyrics down.
Yourself?
Yourself, yeah.
If you wrote the lyrics down by hand, you, by the time you got to the end of it,
you pretty much knew the song.
Was the recording process quite fast?
They would do 12 tracks in a day.
Well I want to see if you've still got your chops today.
You sure?
I'm going to send you into the studio and see if you can still sing some of those old Top of the Pops tracks.
First up [Gb] we've got a little bit of T [G]-Rex with their [E] 1973 hit single, [Em] 20th Century Boy.
[A]
[E] That's excellent, I love it!
[B] The next one I'm going to give him is by this fella, Dave Edmonds.
Good to see you.
Back in 1970, you were at number one for a whole six weeks.
That's right, Christmas.
And the song was called?
I Hear You Knocking.
This is Dave's original version of the track.
[E]
Here's Martin's version.
[A]
[E]
[Em] First thoughts?
I always thought this was a record that couldn't be covered.
I think I'm right.
See, I don't think the record companies were very happy about these records.
No, they wouldn't be.
The publishers wouldn't mind because they [Ab] have to get paid,
but the artists of course would not get [N] paid because they're not on the record.
Shall we go and see Martin?
Let him out of his misery.
Oh God, come on, let's go.
Martin has never met any of the singers he has covered before and has no idea that Dave is here.
I hear you knocking.
We've heard [D] Martin.
How about the two of [Gb] you together?
[A] Is this the first?
[E] A chart-topping musician singing alongside an unknown Top of the Pops cover singer?
[B] [E] You went away and left me long time ago.
And now you're knocking on my door.
I [A] hear you knocking, but you can't [E] come in.
The final [A] Top of the Pops album hit the shops in 1984.
By then, a whole new [Bm] era of compilation albums had arrived, [N] and these hits were the real deal.
Looking back, I'm surprised they got away with it for so long.
Wow, Dave Edmonds' face there.
Now, on the subject of albums, if you thought that downloading would mean the death of the compilation album,
then, well, Alex will tell you that you are wrong.
You are wrong.
One in five albums sold is a compilation.
And now That's What I Call Music is up to volume 84, can we believe it?
Which is the fastest-selling album of 2013.
Well, 40 years ago, another compilation series [C] topped the charts by copying the Pops.
Here's Carrie Grant.
When I was growing up, Sunday was always the chart show on Radio 1, and Thursday is Top of the Pops night.
[Fm]
[D] Kids like me built their [G] lives around these two events.
They told us the latest music and also the kind of records we should be [N] buying.
And if you're a certain age, you'll remember you could go to your local Wallis store
and buy a whole Top of the Pops album of [Eb] hits for the same [D] price as [Ab] a single.
Between 1968 and 1984, these albums cashed in on the success of the real Top of the Pops
by offering cover versions of the current hits.
[Ebm] They became chart [Ab]-hoppers in their own right.
So who was behind these albums, and how on earth did [Eb] they get away with it?
[Ab] Record collector and music historian Keith Richards is fascinated by the albums.
Where did it all start?
It was the idea of a chap called Alan [E] Crawford.
He came up with the name Top of the Pops, [Ab] which of course was the name of the popular BBC pop show at the time.
So that was a masterstroke really, because most people, [E] myself included, [N] assumed that it was related,
that the LPs were related somehow to the television programme.
But of course it wasn't Top of the Pops.
No, it had nothing at all to do with the television series,
but amazingly the BBC hadn't trademarked the name, or weren't able to,
so Alan Crawford was free to use the name for his series of LPs.
Two of the albums topped the album charts.
[C] I mean the reason they were selling so well of course was because of their price.
They were 75p, whereas a regular album at the time would cost about £2.10.
To keep the price that low, unknown [Em] session singers sang the [C] songs.
The voice you hear doesn't belong to Stevie Wonder, [G] but [C] Martin Jay,
a chart-topper you will never have heard of.
Martin sang on over [Dm] 200 Top of the Pops cover versions.
[A] But now almost [Dm] 30 years since [A] the release of the last album,
I'm [Eb] about to go and meet this secret monster.
How were you [A] expected to learn the songs?
You were expected to go out and buy the record,
and you'd hunt around for the record, and then literally [E] write the lyrics down.
Yourself?
Yourself, yeah.
If you wrote the lyrics down by hand, you, by the time you got to the end of it,
you pretty much knew the song.
Was the recording process quite fast?
They would do 12 tracks in a day.
Well I want to see if you've still got your chops today.
You sure?
I'm going to send you into the studio and see if you can still sing some of those old Top of the Pops tracks.
First up [Gb] we've got a little bit of T [G]-Rex with their [E] 1973 hit single, [Em] 20th Century Boy.
[A]
[E] That's excellent, I love it!
[B] The next one I'm going to give him is by this fella, Dave Edmonds.
Good to see you.
Back in 1970, you were at number one for a whole six weeks.
That's right, Christmas.
And the song was called?
I Hear You Knocking.
This is Dave's original version of the track.
[E]
Here's Martin's version.
[A]
[E]
[Em] First thoughts?
I always thought this was a record that couldn't be covered.
I think I'm right.
See, I don't think the record companies were very happy about these records.
No, they wouldn't be.
The publishers wouldn't mind because they [Ab] have to get paid,
but the artists of course would not get [N] paid because they're not on the record.
Shall we go and see Martin?
Let him out of his misery.
Oh God, come on, let's go.
Martin has never met any of the singers he has covered before and has no idea that Dave is here.
I hear you knocking.
We've heard [D] Martin.
How about the two of [Gb] you together?
[A] Is this the first?
[E] A chart-topping musician singing alongside an unknown Top of the Pops cover singer?
[B] [E] You went away and left me long time ago.
And now you're knocking on my door.
I [A] hear you knocking, but you can't [E] come in.
The final [A] Top of the Pops album hit the shops in 1984.
By then, a whole new [Bm] era of compilation albums had arrived, [N] and these hits were the real deal.
Looking back, I'm surprised they got away with it for so long.
Wow, Dave Edmonds' face there.
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Now, the Minutes is out on Monday, and When I Was Your Girl is available now, of course.
Now, on the subject of albums, if you thought that downloading would mean the death of the compilation album,
then, well, Alex will tell you that you are wrong.
You are wrong.
One in five albums _ sold is a compilation.
And now That's What I Call Music is up to volume 84, can we believe it?
Which is the fastest-selling album of 2013.
Well, 40 years ago, another compilation series [C] topped the charts by copying the Pops.
Here's Carrie Grant. _ _ _ _ _
When I was growing up, Sunday was always the chart show on Radio 1, and Thursday is Top of the Pops night.
_ [Fm] _ _
[D] Kids like me built their [G] lives around these two events.
They told us the latest music and also the kind of records we should be [N] buying.
And if you're a certain age, you'll remember you could go to your local Wallis store
and buy a whole Top of the Pops album of [Eb] hits for the same [D] price as [Ab] a single.
_ Between 1968 and 1984, these albums cashed in on the success of the real Top of the Pops
by offering cover versions of the current hits.
[Ebm] They became chart [Ab]-hoppers in their own right.
So who was behind these albums, and how on earth did [Eb] they get away with it?
[Ab] _ Record collector and music historian Keith Richards is fascinated by the albums.
Where did it all start?
It was the idea of a chap called Alan [E] Crawford.
He came up with the name Top of the Pops, [Ab] which of course was the name of the popular BBC pop show at the time.
So that was a masterstroke really, because most people, [E] myself included, [N] assumed that it was related,
that the LPs were related somehow to the television programme.
But of course it wasn't Top of the Pops.
No, it had nothing at all to do with the television series,
but amazingly the BBC hadn't trademarked the name, or weren't able to,
so Alan Crawford was free to use the name for his series of LPs.
Two of the albums topped the album charts.
[C] I mean the reason they were selling so well of course was because of their price.
They were 75p, whereas a regular album at the time would cost about £2.10. _ _
_ To keep the price that low, unknown [Em] session singers sang the [C] songs.
The voice you hear doesn't belong to Stevie Wonder, [G] but [C] Martin Jay,
a chart-topper you will never have heard of.
Martin sang on over [Dm] 200 Top of the Pops cover versions.
[A] But now almost [Dm] 30 years since [A] the release of the last album,
I'm [Eb] about to go and meet this secret monster.
_ _ How were you [A] expected to learn the songs?
You were expected to go out and buy the record,
_ and you'd hunt around for the record, and then literally [E] write the lyrics down.
Yourself?
Yourself, yeah.
If you wrote the lyrics down by hand, you, by the time you got to the end of it,
you pretty much knew the song.
Was the recording process quite fast?
They would do 12 tracks in a day.
Well I want to see if you've still got your chops today.
_ You sure?
I'm going to send you into the studio and see if you can still sing some of those old Top of the Pops tracks. _
First up [Gb] we've got a little bit of T [G]-Rex with their [E] 1973 hit single, [Em] 20th Century Boy.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ That's excellent, I love it!
_ _ _ _ [B] The next one I'm going to give him is by this fella, Dave Edmonds.
Good to see you.
Back in 1970, you were at number one for a whole six weeks.
That's right, Christmas.
And the song was called?
I Hear You Knocking.
This is Dave's original version of the track.
[E] _ _
_ Here's _ _ _ Martin's version.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] First thoughts?
I always thought this was a record that couldn't be covered.
I think I'm right.
See, I don't think the record companies were very happy about these records.
No, they wouldn't be.
The publishers wouldn't mind because they [Ab] have to get paid,
but the artists of course would not get [N] paid because they're not on the record.
Shall we go and see Martin?
Let him out of his misery.
Oh God, come on, let's go.
Martin has never met any of the singers he has covered before and has no idea that Dave is here.
I hear you knocking. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We've heard [D] Martin.
How about the two of [Gb] you together?
[A] Is this the first?
[E] A chart-topping musician singing alongside an unknown Top of the Pops cover singer?
[B] _ [E] You went away and left me long time ago.
And now you're knocking on my door.
I [A] hear you knocking, _ but you can't [E] come in. _ _
_ The final [A] Top of the Pops album hit the shops in 1984.
By then, a whole new [Bm] era of compilation albums had arrived, [N] and these hits were the real deal.
Looking back, I'm surprised they got away with it for so long.
_ Wow, Dave Edmonds' face there.
Now, on the subject of albums, if you thought that downloading would mean the death of the compilation album,
then, well, Alex will tell you that you are wrong.
You are wrong.
One in five albums _ sold is a compilation.
And now That's What I Call Music is up to volume 84, can we believe it?
Which is the fastest-selling album of 2013.
Well, 40 years ago, another compilation series [C] topped the charts by copying the Pops.
Here's Carrie Grant. _ _ _ _ _
When I was growing up, Sunday was always the chart show on Radio 1, and Thursday is Top of the Pops night.
_ [Fm] _ _
[D] Kids like me built their [G] lives around these two events.
They told us the latest music and also the kind of records we should be [N] buying.
And if you're a certain age, you'll remember you could go to your local Wallis store
and buy a whole Top of the Pops album of [Eb] hits for the same [D] price as [Ab] a single.
_ Between 1968 and 1984, these albums cashed in on the success of the real Top of the Pops
by offering cover versions of the current hits.
[Ebm] They became chart [Ab]-hoppers in their own right.
So who was behind these albums, and how on earth did [Eb] they get away with it?
[Ab] _ Record collector and music historian Keith Richards is fascinated by the albums.
Where did it all start?
It was the idea of a chap called Alan [E] Crawford.
He came up with the name Top of the Pops, [Ab] which of course was the name of the popular BBC pop show at the time.
So that was a masterstroke really, because most people, [E] myself included, [N] assumed that it was related,
that the LPs were related somehow to the television programme.
But of course it wasn't Top of the Pops.
No, it had nothing at all to do with the television series,
but amazingly the BBC hadn't trademarked the name, or weren't able to,
so Alan Crawford was free to use the name for his series of LPs.
Two of the albums topped the album charts.
[C] I mean the reason they were selling so well of course was because of their price.
They were 75p, whereas a regular album at the time would cost about £2.10. _ _
_ To keep the price that low, unknown [Em] session singers sang the [C] songs.
The voice you hear doesn't belong to Stevie Wonder, [G] but [C] Martin Jay,
a chart-topper you will never have heard of.
Martin sang on over [Dm] 200 Top of the Pops cover versions.
[A] But now almost [Dm] 30 years since [A] the release of the last album,
I'm [Eb] about to go and meet this secret monster.
_ _ How were you [A] expected to learn the songs?
You were expected to go out and buy the record,
_ and you'd hunt around for the record, and then literally [E] write the lyrics down.
Yourself?
Yourself, yeah.
If you wrote the lyrics down by hand, you, by the time you got to the end of it,
you pretty much knew the song.
Was the recording process quite fast?
They would do 12 tracks in a day.
Well I want to see if you've still got your chops today.
_ You sure?
I'm going to send you into the studio and see if you can still sing some of those old Top of the Pops tracks. _
First up [Gb] we've got a little bit of T [G]-Rex with their [E] 1973 hit single, [Em] 20th Century Boy.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ That's excellent, I love it!
_ _ _ _ [B] The next one I'm going to give him is by this fella, Dave Edmonds.
Good to see you.
Back in 1970, you were at number one for a whole six weeks.
That's right, Christmas.
And the song was called?
I Hear You Knocking.
This is Dave's original version of the track.
[E] _ _
_ Here's _ _ _ Martin's version.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] First thoughts?
I always thought this was a record that couldn't be covered.
I think I'm right.
See, I don't think the record companies were very happy about these records.
No, they wouldn't be.
The publishers wouldn't mind because they [Ab] have to get paid,
but the artists of course would not get [N] paid because they're not on the record.
Shall we go and see Martin?
Let him out of his misery.
Oh God, come on, let's go.
Martin has never met any of the singers he has covered before and has no idea that Dave is here.
I hear you knocking. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We've heard [D] Martin.
How about the two of [Gb] you together?
[A] Is this the first?
[E] A chart-topping musician singing alongside an unknown Top of the Pops cover singer?
[B] _ [E] You went away and left me long time ago.
And now you're knocking on my door.
I [A] hear you knocking, _ but you can't [E] come in. _ _
_ The final [A] Top of the Pops album hit the shops in 1984.
By then, a whole new [Bm] era of compilation albums had arrived, [N] and these hits were the real deal.
Looking back, I'm surprised they got away with it for so long.
_ Wow, Dave Edmonds' face there.