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In 1972 zond RNI
voor de tweede keer een Top 100 uit. Je kon deze toen beluisteren op tweede
kerstdag tussen 12:00 en 18:00. De Top 100 werd gepresenteerd door Peter
Holland, Nico Steenbergen, Leo van
der Goot, Alfred Lagarde, Tony Berk en Ferry Maat. De Top 100 werd
samengesteld op basis van de noteringen in de RNI Top 50 tussen 1 Januari en
eind December 1972. Deze Top 100 kun
je hier beluisteren: Onder de TOP 100
kun je de muzikale herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen aan RNI in 1972 en
daaronder de uitslag van de populariteitspoll 1972 van Muziek Express,
waarbij RNI best wel goed scoort. En als toegift kun
je ook nog twee uur van deze Top 100 met beelden bekijken: |
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The musical
memories of Michael Downing regarding RNI in 1972 Over
its four and a half year history, there were a number of records that became
big hits as a result of their exposure on RNI. The two most obvious examples
in 1972 were by Lt Pigeon and Peter Skellern. “Mouldy old dough” by Lt Pigeon was released in the UK in
the early part of 1972 and was not successful. However, in the week
commencing 26 August 1972, it was Tony Berk’s kanskaart,
as a result of which it started getting airplay on the International service
as well as the Dutch service. It soon entered the official UK chart and was
no. 1 in October 1972. “Your’re a lady” by Peter Skellern
was championed by Terry Davis, who made it his hitpick
for two weeks running (26 August and 2
September). It became a big hit in the UK and was then Treiterschijf
on the Dutch service in the week commencing 21 October 1972, following which
it also made the Dutch Top 10. The
other record that will always be associated with Terry Davis in 1972 is “You
don’t even know me” by Al Stewart, which was Terry’s hitpick
in the week commencing 11 March 1972. Although it reached no. 4 in RNI’s
International Prediction Hit 40,it was not a hit in the UK and it would be
five years before Al Stewart scored a genuine international hit with “Year of
the cat”. Two
records played a lot by Tony Allan in 1972 were “Hey my love” by Mark Radice and “This one’s for you” by Mark and John. Mark Radice was 14 when “Hey my love” was released in the
autumn of 1972. The single and the
album from which it came were much played on RNI and Caroline, being a
particular favourite of Tony Allan, who broadcast
on both stations whilst the Mark Radice album was
newly released. Big things were expected from Mark, but he never got the
breakthrough that he needed and he remains best remembered for “Hey my love”
and another track from the same album, “New day”. “This one’s for you” by Mark and John was
also not a hit, but was a happy song with a radio dedication theme that might
have gone higher in the International Prediction Hit 40 than no. 25, which it
reached on 21 October 1972, had this not been the final edition of this
chart, which was discontinued when the International service was temporarily
closed on 24 October 1972. The record
that I most associate with Arnold Layne in 1972 was a B side, “Forever
autumn” by Vigrass & Osborne. The A side, “Men
of learning”, was a minor Billboard Hot 100 entry, but Arnold was right –
“Forever autumn” was a much better song. It would eventually be a hit for
Justin Hayward in 1978, but the Vigrass &
Osborne version was simpler and better for it. “Think
of me forever” by the Dyke Brothers Band was the Peter Holland kanskaart in the week of 14 October 1972, but is best
remembered as being used as the basis for the jingle “Radio North Sea
International station”. The record was not a hit. “It’s all right Bill” by
Peter Bewley was a minor Super Top 50 entry in the autumn of 1972, but was
played a lot on RNI at the time. Two
American records that were minor hits in the Super Hit 50 and no. 1s in the
International Prediction Hit 40 were “Jesus was a crossmaker”
by Judee Sill and “Brandy” by Looking Glass. Both
were heavily played on RNI. Judee Sill made another
album for Asylum that was given some attention by RNI in the summer of 1973,
but she remains best remembered for “Jesus was a crossmaker”
and died later in the 1970s. “Brandy” by Looking Glass was a no. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100, but they never had another hit of the same size in the US.
Another of their tracks, “Rainbow Man” was played a lot on Driemaster in the early spring of 1973. Another
no. 1 in the International Prediction Hit 40 in 1972 that came from the US
was “I saw the light” by Todd Rundgren – a favourite of all of the International service DJs in the
early summer. Todd Rundgren was also a favourite of Alfred Lagarde in 1972, who also played “It
wouldn’t have made any difference” from Todd’s album “Something/Anything?” a
lot on his programmes on RNI. Another US act
championed by Alfred Lagarde in 1972 was Steely Dan, whose “Do it again”
single was Alfred’s kanskaart in the week
commencing 9 December 1972, during the time that Alfred was presenting Driemaster. Rob
Eden returned to the Mebo 2 at the beginning of
December 1972 following a break of three months, although he was only filling
in whilst RNI recruited some more DJs for the International service. During
December 1972, he played a number of records with an RNI connection. Both
“Celebration” by Tony Ashton and “Who is the doctor?” by Jon Pertwee were on
Purple Records, whose label manager at the time was Michael Lindsay, an RNI
DJ in the summer of 1970. There was also “Golden Golden” by Woolly, which was
a pseudonym for Mark Wesley, who had also been an RNI DJ in 1970, but by 1972
was working for Radio Luxembourg. “it’s
great fun” by the Hearts of Soul will always be associated with RNI. A Treiterschijf in the summer of 1972, it reached no. 16 in
the Super Hit 50 without ever making the Top 40 on Radio Veronica. Also in the
summer, Ferry Maat had “Dance Cleopatra” by Prince Buster as his kanskaart. An unusual choice, but a big hit in the Super
Top 50. Finally, no summary of music played on RNI in 1972 would be complete without mentioning “Listen to the music” by the Doobie Brothers, which was played at least once every two hours on the International service during the latter part of November 1972 as part of a promotion for the group by their label, Warner Brothers. “Listen to the music” was a hit in the Super Hit 50 and the Billboard Hot 100, but did not make the UK Top 40 until early 1974, when it was reissued when the Doobie Brothers played in the UK. By that time, they would have had several other hits in the Super Top 50. |
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De
Populariteitspoll 1972 uit de Muziek Expres van Januari 1973
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