Off The Very First Chart

By producercat

Pleasant greetings to you. Messrs Binnie and Sparrow would very much appreciate your attention for a special edition of Off The Chart in which they shall endeavour to examine the very first British singles chart, as published by the New Musical Express on 14th November 1952. All fifteen gramophone records which make up the top…

Sunday 15 November 1987

By producercat

Before Elon Musk buys Off The Chart and drives it off a cliff, join us for a trip back to this day in 1987! We won’t be firing anyone or turning off any of the usual features such as a whole load of obscure, neglected and forgotten hits, a round up of the day’s events,…

Sunday 8 November 1981

By producercat

Buckle up, we’re heading back more than four decades on this week’s Off The Chart to revisit the UK singles chart from this day in 1981! We’ll have the usual round-up of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a look at what was going on in the media,…

Saturday 1 November 1986

By producercat

Now that Halloween is out of the way, join us on Off The Chart for two hours of entirely non-scary hits from this week in 1986! We promise not to terrify you with a load of forgotten, obscure and neglected hits, tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s events…

Monday 25 October 1982

By producercat

Join us for another terrifying trip back four decades to 1982 on this week’s Off The Chart! We’ll have our usual supply of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, plus tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of what was going on 40 years ago today, a quick look at the Belgian chart…