what, no Joe Dolce?

To mark the 50th anniversary of the UK Singles Chart, Radio 2 polled its listeners to come up with a definitive chart of chart toppers. This was the result:

1 - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Queen
2 - IMAGINE
John Lennon
3 - HEY JUDE
Beatles
4 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Simon & Garfunkel
5- MY SWEET LORD
George Harrison
6. A WHITER SHADE OF PALE, Procol Harum
7. THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, Animals
8. DANCING QUEEN, ABBA
9. GOOD VIBRATIONS, Beach Boys
10. UNDER PRESSURE, Queen & David Bowie
11. WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Kate Bush
12. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, Pink Floyd
13. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE, Police
14. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING, Righteous Brothers
15. DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS, Band Aid
16. (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION, Rolling Stones
17. BEATLES, She Loves You
18. TAINTED LOVE, Soft Cell
19. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, Beatles
20. JAILHOUSE ROCK, Elvis Presley
21. I'M NOT IN LOVE, 10CC
=22. MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME), Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
=22. MAGGIE MAY, Rod Stewart
24. OH PRETTY WOMAN, Roy Orbison
25. SPACE ODDITY, David Bowie
26. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
27. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND, Beatles
28. COME ON EILEEN, Dexy's Midnight Runners
29. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, Marvin Gaye
30. I'M A BELIEVER, Monkees
31. I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS, Boomtown Rats
32. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, Beatles
33. HELP!, Beatles
34. RELAX, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
35. CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD, Kylie Minogue
36. INNUENDO, Queen
37. MR TAMBOURINE MAN, Byrds
38. WATERLOO, ABBA
39. A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, Elvis Presley vs JXL
40. YOU REALLY GOT ME, Kinks
41. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Oasis
42. ALL SHOOK UP, Elvis Presley
43. ALBATROSS, Fleetwood Mac
44. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT, Elvis Presley
45. (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU, Bryan Adams
46. PAINT IT BLACK, Rolling Stones
47. WITHOUT YOU, Nilsson
48. THE WONDER OF YOU, Elvis Presley
49. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/CABERET, Louis Armstrong
50. HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK, Ian Dury & The Blockheads

November 2002. For Celebrity Choices, click here