Following on from this piece from April 2019, here is a round-up of the “3-in-10” questions from this year’s editions of Pop Master. As I’m sure you know, Pop Master is the mid-morning quiz on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2, and the final challenge for the winning contestant is this: in 10 seconds name 3 Top 75 UK hits by a specific act, like Abba, Adele or The Jam.
The first section (“The Questions”) simply lists the date of broadcast and the “3-in-10” act.
The second section (“The Answers”) also lists whether the contestant answered successfully (“Them”), whether I managed it while listening (“Me”) and a sample (at least 3) of the act’s UK hits.
This year I have also added a third section (“Revision”) to remind me of the acts that always seem to catch me out, like Beverley Knight, David Gray and Foo Fighters.
I updated last year’s piece every month or two, and ended up with a complete list of “3-in-10s” for the year. I hope to do the same in this piece.
The Questions
| Date | Artist |
| Wed 1 Jan | Celine Dion |
| Thu 2 Jan | Iron Maiden |
| Fri 3 Jan | Boyzone |
| Mon 6 Jan | China Crisis |
| Tue 7 Jan | Deacon Blue |
| Wed 8 Jan | KC and the Sunshine Band |
| Thu 9 Jan | Christina Aguilera |
| Fri 10 Jan | Cilla Black |
| Mon 13 Jan | Boomtown Rats |
| Tue 14 Jan | Eurythmics |
| Wed 15 Jan | Sparks |
| Thu 16 Jan | Paul Simon |
| Fri 17 Jan | Pointer Sisters |
| Mon 20 Jan | Stereophonics |
| Tue 21 Jan | Ultravox |
| Wed 22 Jan | 10cc |
| Thu 23 Jan | Jamelia |
| Fri 24 Jan | Real Thing |
| Mon 27 Jan | Wet Wet Wet |
| Tue 28 Jan | Thin Lizzy |
| Wed 29 Jan | Isley Brothers |
| Thu 30 Jan | Little Mix |
| Fri 31 Jan | Kim Wilde |
| Mon 3 Feb | Tears for Fears |
| Tue 4 Feb | Lily Allen |
| Wed 5 Feb | Razorlight |
| Thu 6 Feb | Police |
| Fri 7 Feb | Atomic Kitten |
| Mon 10 Feb | Belinda Carlisle |
| Tue 11 Feb | Simple Minds |
| Wed 12 Feb | Ellie Goulding |
| Thu 13 Feb | ZZ Top |
| Fri 14 Feb | George Michael |
| Mon 17 Feb | Britney Spears |
| Tue 18 Feb | Right Said Fred |
| Wed 19 Feb | Take That |
| Thu 20 Feb | Dusty Springfield |
| Fri 21 Feb | Moody Blues |
| Mon 24 Feb | McFly |
| Tue 25 Feb | Everything but the girl |
| Wed 26 Feb | Scritti Politti |
| Thu 27 Feb | Rita Ora |
| Fri 28 Feb | Ricky Martin |
| Mon 2 Mar | Bucks Fizz |
| Tue 3 Mar | One Direction |
| Wed 4 Mar | Texas |
| Thu 5 Mar | Johnny Mathis |
| Fri 6 Mar | Go West |
| Mon 9 Mar | Foo Fighters |
| Tue 10 Mar | Backstreet Boys |
| Wed 11 Mar | Aretha Franklin |
| Thu 12 Mar | Girls Aloud |
| Fri 13 Mar | Luther Vandross |
| Mon 16 Mar | Robbie Williams |
| Tue 17 Mar | Simply Red |
| Wed 18 Mar | Westlife |
| Thu 19 Mar | Adele |
| Fri 20 Mar | Kylie Minogue |
| Mon 23 Mar | Soft Cell |
| Tue 24 Mar | Beverley Knight |
| Wed 25 Mar | Emeli Sande |
| Thu 26 Mar | Bon Jovi |
| Fri 27 Mar | Diana Ross and or The Supremes |
| Mon 30 Mar | Will Young |
| Tue 31 Mar | Pet Shop Boys |
| Wed 1 Apr | Blondie |
| Thu 2 Apr | Bob Marley and the Wailers |
| Fri 3 Apr | Who |
| Mon 6 Apr | David Gray |
| Tue 7 Apr | Odyssey |
| Wed 8 Apr | Nelly Furtado |
| Thu 9 Apr | Tony Christie |
| Fri 10 Apr | Culture Club |
| Mon 13 Apr | Neil Diamond |
| Tue 14 Apr | Moby |
| Wed 15 Apr | Janet Jackson |
| Thu 16 Apr | Guns ‘n Roses |
| Fri 17 Apr | Sheryl Crow |
| Mon 20 Apr | ABC |
| Tue 21 Apr | Amy Winehouse |
| Wed 22 Apr | Otis Redding |
| Thu 23 Apr | MISSED IT |
| Fri 24 Apr | Script |
| Mon 27 Apr | Seal |
| Tue 28 Apr | Sade |
| Wed 29 Apr | Aerosmith |
| Thu 30 Apr | Roxette |
| Fri 1 May | Geri Halliwell |
| Mon 4 May | Spencer Davis Group |
| Tue 5 May | Cardigans |
| Wed 6 May | Donna Summer |
| Thu 7 May | Eddy Grant |
| Fri 8 May | Alice Cooper |
| Mon 11 May | Elbow |
| Tue 12 May | Gladys Knight |
| Wed 13 May | Peter Gabriel |
| Thu 14 May | Three Degrees |
| Fri 15 May | Christians |
| Mon 18 May | Gilbert O’Sullivan |
| Tue 19 May | Pixie Lott |
| Wed 20 May | Eagles |
| Thu 21 May | Anastacia |
| Fri 22 May | Ronan Keating |
| Mon 25 May | ALL DAY POP MASTER: No Notes Yet |
| Tue 26 May | Suzanne Vega |
| Wed 27 May | Nik Kershaw |
| Thu 28 May | Jess Glynne |
| Fri 29 May | Shirley Bassey |
| Mon 1 Jun | Alanis Morrissette |
| Tue 2 Jun | George Benson |
| Wed 3 Jun | Bee Gees |
| Thu 4 Jun | Florence and the Machine |
| Fri 5 Jun | Marillion |
| Mon 8 Jun | Leona Lewis |
| Tue 9 Jun | Billy Idol |
| Wed 10 Jun | Kaiser Chiefs |
| Thu 11 Jun | John Lennon |
| Fri 12 Jun | Leann Rimes |
| Mon 15 Jun | Soul II Soul |
| Tue 16 Jun | Level 42 |
| Wed 17 Jun | Olly Murs |
| Thu 18 Jun | Bangles |
| Fri 19 Jun | Suzy Quatro |
| Mon 22 Jun | Lenny Kravitz |
| Tue 23 Jun | Ace of Bass |
| Wed 24 Jun | Hollies |
| Thu 25 Jun | Muse |
| Fri 26 Jun | Eternal |
| Mon 29 Jun | Kelly Clarkson |
| Tue 30 Jun | Leo Sayer |
| Wed 1 Jul | Depeche Mode |
| Thu 2 Jul | Foreigner |
| Fri 3 Jul | Corrs |
| Mon 6 Jul | Madness |
| Tue 7 Jul | U2 |
| Wed 8 Jul | Celine Dion |
| Thu 9 Jul | Glen Campbell |
| Fri 10 Jul | Olivia Newton-John |
| Mon 13 Jul | Emma Bunton |
| Tue 14 Jul | Squeeze |
| Wed 15 Jul | Jamiroquai |
| Thu 16 Jul | Kings of Leon |
| Fri 17 Jul | Chas & Dave |
| Mon 20 Jul | James Blunt |
| Tue 21 Jul | Beach Boys |
| Wed 22 Jul | Thompson Twins |
| Thu 23 Jul | Joan Armatrading |
| Fri 24 Jul | Supergrass |
| Mon 27 Jul | George Ezra |
| Tue 28 Jul | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Wed 29 Jul | Hot Chocolate |
| Thu 30 Jul | Elvis Costello |
| Fri 31 Jul | Rose Royce |
| Mon 3 Aug | Bryan Adams |
| Tue 4 Aug | Roxette |
| Wed 5 Aug | Embrace |
| Thu 6 Aug | Everly Brothers |
| Fri 7 Aug | Kraftwerk |
| Mon 10 Aug | Cyndi Lauper |
| Tue 11 Aug | A-ha |
| Wed 12 Aug | All Saints |
| Thu 13 Aug | Killers |
| Fri 14 Aug | Bananarama |
| Mon 17 Aug | Five Star |
| Tue 18 Aug | Monkees |
| Wed 19 Aug | Ed Sheeran |
| Thu 20 Aug | Paul Young |
| Fri 21 Aug | Sweet |
| Mon 24 Aug | Kool and the Gang |
| Tue 25 Aug | Carpenters |
| Wed 26 Aug | Shalamar |
| Thu 27 Aug | Spice Girls |
| Fri 28 Aug | Mark Morrson |
| Mon 31 Aug | Lionel Richie |
| Tue 1 Sep | Cure |
| Wed 2 Sep | Rubettes |
| Thu 3 Sep | Maroon 5 |
| Fri 4 Sep | Shakin’ Stevens |
| Mon 7 Sep | Hue & Cry |
| Tue 8 Sep | Jennifer Lopez |
| Wed 9 Sep | Manic Street Preachers |
| Thu 10 Sep | Katy Perry |
| Fri 11 Sep | Walker Brothers |
| Mon 14 Sep | Pussycat Dolls |
| Tue 15 Sep | Savage Garden |
| Wed 16 Sep | New Order |
| Thu 17 Sep | Lightning Seeds |
| Fri 18 Sep | Bruce Springsteen |
| Mon 21 Sep | Gabrielle |
| Tue 22 Sep | Robert Palmer |
| Wed 23 Sep | Lighthouse Family |
| Thu 24 Sep | Barry White |
| Fri 25 Sep | Pretenders |
| Mon 28 Sep | Suede |
| Tue 29 Sep | Annie Lennox |
| Wed 30 Sep | Kooks |
| Thu 1 Oct | Jimmy Nail |
| Fri 2 Oct | Chuck Berry |
| Mon 5 Oct | Proclaimers |
| Tue 6 Oct | Earth Wind and Fire |
| Wed 7 Oct | Coldplay |
| Thu 8 Oct | Neneh Cherry |
| Fri 9 Oct | Def Leppard |
| Mon 12 Oct | Joe Cocker |
| Tue 13 Oct | Rihanna |
| Wed 14 Oct | Matt Bianco |
| Thu 15 Oct | Shania Twain |
| Fri 16 Oct | Four Tops |
| Mon 19 Oct | Ocean Colour Scene |
| Tue 20 Oct | Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| Wed 21 Oct | Chris Rea |
| Thu 22 Oct | Stylistics |
| Fri 23 Oct | Paolo Nutini |
| Mon 26 Oct | Black Eyed Peas |
| Tue 27 Oct | Dr Hook |
| Wed 28 Oct | Sugababes |
| Thu 29 Oct | Boomtown Rats |
| Fri 30 Oct | Andy Williams |
| Mon 2 Nov | Brotherhood of Man |
| Tue 3 Nov | New Kids on the Block |
| Wed 4 Nov | Temptations |
| Thu 5 Nov | Alicia Keys |
| Fri 6 Nov | Stranglers |
| Mon 9 Nov | Bob Dylan |
| Tue 10 Nov | Bonnie Tyler |
| Wed 11 Nov | Aswad |
| Thu 12 Nov | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich |
| Fri 13 Nov | Justin Bieber |
| Mon 16 Nov | Jessie J |
| Tue 17 Nov | Kiss |
| Wed 18 Nov | Jason Donovan |
| Thu 19 Nov | Michael Bolton |
| Fri 20 Nov | Dua Lipa |
| Mon 23 Nov | Verve |
| Tue 24 Nov | Chaka Khan |
| Wed 25 Nov | Billy Joel |
| Thu 26 Nov | Troggs |
| Fri 27 Nov | Beyoncé |
| Mon 30 Nov | Travis |
| Tue 1 Dec | De La Soul |
| Wed 2 Dec | Miley Cyrus |
| Thu 3 Dec | Del Amitri |
| Fri 4 Dec | Paloma Faith |
| Mon 7 Dec | Michael Buble |
| Tue 8 Dec | Queen |
| Wed 9 Dec | Roxy Music |
| Thu 10 Dec | Pulp |
| Fri 11 Dec | Tina Turner |
| Mon 14 Dec | Radiohead |
| Tue 15 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Wed 16 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Thu 17 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Fri 18 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Mon 21 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Tue 22 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Wed 23 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Thu 24 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master |
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day: No Pop Master |
| Mon 28 Dec | Will Young |
| Tue 29 Dec | Donna Summer |
| Wed 30 Dec | Ace of Base |
| Thu 31 Dec | David Essex |
The Answers
| Date | Artist | Them | Me | Songs |
| Wed 1 Jan | Celine Dion | No | Yes | Think Twice / My heart will go on / It’s all coming back to me know / Power of love / Falling into you / All by myself / Immortality |
| Thu 2 Jan | Iron Maiden | No | Yes | Run to the hills / Number of the beast / Bring your daughter to the slaughter / Can I play with madness / Be quick or be dead / Sanctuary |
| Fri 3 Jan | Boyzone | No | Yes | Love me for a reason / Father and Son / No matter what / Words / When the going gets tough / You needed me / A Different Beat |
| Mon 6 Jan | China Crisis | No | No | Christian / Wishful thinking / Black Man Ray / King in a Catholic style / Searching / Stars |
| Tue 7 Jan | Deacon Blue | No | No | Real Gone Kid / 4 Bacharach and David Songs EP / Dignity / Fergus sings the blues / Twist and shout |
| Wed 8 Jan | KC and the Sunshine Band | No | Yes | Queen of Clubs / That’s the way I like it / Give it up / Please don’t go / Boogie shoes / Sound your funky horn / Get down tonight |
| Thu 9 Jan | Christina Aguilera | No | Yes | Beautiful / Drrty / Genie in a bottle / Lady Marmalade / Moves like Jagger / Nobody Wants to be Lonely / What a girl wants |
| Fri 10 Jan | Cilla Black | No | Yes | You’re my world / Anyone who had a heart / Step inside love / Alfie |
| Mon 13 Jan | Boomtown Rats | No | Yes | Banana Republic / Rat Trap / I don’t like Mondays / She’s so modern / Looking after #1 / Mary of the 4th Form |
| Tue 14 Jan | Eurythmics | No | Yes | Sweet dreams are made of this / There must be an angel playing with my heart / Who’s that girl / Sexcrime (1984) / Sisters are doing it for themselves / Save the world today / Here comes the rain again / Thorn in my side / Here comes the rain again |
| Wed 15 Jan | Sparks | No | Yes | This town ain’t big enough for both of us / Amateur Hour / Looks Looks Looks / Never turn your back on mother earth / The number one song in heaven / Beat the clock |
| Thu 16 Jan | Paul Simon | No | Yes | 50 ways to leave your lover / Mother and child reunion / Slip Sliding Away / Me and Julio down by the school yard / You can call me Al |
| Fri 17 Jan | Pointer Sisters | No | No | Jump (for my love) / Automatic / Fire / I’m so excited / Slowhand |
| Mon 20 Jan | Stereophonics | No | Yes | Have a nice day / Dakota / Bartender and the Thief / Handbags and Gladrags / Maybe Tomorrow / Mama Told me not to come / Just Looking |
| Tue 21 Jan | Ultravox | No | Yes | Vienna / Reap the wild wind / Dancing with tears in my eyes / Slow motion / Hymn / All fall down |
| Wed 22 Jan | 10cc | No | Yes | I’m not in love / Rubber bullets / Donna / I’m Mandy fly me / Dreadlock holiday / The Dean and I / Life is a minestrone / The things we do for love |
| Thu 23 Jan | Jamelia | No | No | Superstar / Thank You / DJ / Stop / See it in a Boy’s Eyes / Call Me |
| Fri 24 Jan | Real Thing | No | Yes | Can’t get by without you / You to me are everything / Can you feel the force |
| Mon 27 Jan | Wet Wet Wet | No | Yes | Love is all around / Goodnight Girl / Wishing I was lucky / Sweet little mystery / With a little help from my friend |
| Tue 28 Jan | Thin Lizzy | No | Yes | Boys are back in town / Whiskey in the jar / Jailbreak / Sara / Dancing in the moonlight |
| Wed 29 Jan | Isley Brothers | Yes | Yes | Who’s that lady / Summer Breeze / Harvest for the world / This old heart of mine / Behind the painted smile / Put yourself in my place / Twist and shout |
| Thu 30 Jan | Little Mix | Yes | Yes | Black Magic / Cannonball / Shout out to my ex / Wings |
| Fri 31 Jan | Kim Wilde | Yes | Yes | Water on glass / Kids in America / You keep me hanging on / You came / Rocking around the Christmas tree |
| Mon 3 Feb | Tears for Fears | Yes | Yes | Mad World / Everybody wants to rule the world / Sowing the seeds of love / Change / Head over heels / Woman in chains / Shout |
| Tue 4 Feb | Lily Allen | No | Yes | Smile / The Fear / Somewhere only we know / LDN / |
| Wed 5 Feb | Razorlight | No | No | America / Golden Touch / In the morning / Somewhere Else / The Vice / Rip it up |
| Thu 6 Feb | Police | Yes | Yes | Roxanne / Message in a bottle / Walking on the moon / Can’t stand losing you / Every breath you take / Invisible Sun |
| Fri 7 Feb | Atomic Kitten | No | Yes | Eternal Flame / Whole Again / Tide is high |
| Mon 10 Feb | Belinda Carlisle | No | Yes | Heaven is a place on earth/ Circle in the sand / I get weak / Leave a light on / (We want) The same thing / California / In Too Deep / Live Your Life Be Free |
| Tue 11 Feb | Simple Minds | Yes | Yes | Belfast Child / Don’t you forget about me / Waterfront / All the things she said |
| Wed 12 Feb | Ellie Goulding | Yes | Yes | Love me like you do / Your song / Burn / Anything could happen / Starry eyed |
| Thu 13 Feb | ZZ Top | No | Yes | Legs / Gimme all your loving / Viva Las Vegas / Sharp-dressed man |
| Fri 14 Feb | George Michael | Yes | Yes | Careless Whisper / A different corner / Faith / Father Figure / Monkey / Kissing a fool / Jesus to a child / Fast Love / Outside / Amazing |
| Mon 17 Feb | Britney Spears | Yes | Yes | Toxic / Baby one more time / Lucky / Oops I did it again / 3 / Born to make you happy / Womanizer / Circus |
| Tue 18 Feb | Right Said Fred | No | Yes | Deeply Dippy / I’m too sexy / Don’t talk just kiss / Stick it out |
| Wed 19 Feb | Take That | No | Yes | Pray / Back for good / Sure / Babe / How deep is your love / Patience / The Flood / Relight my fire / Could it be magic |
| Thu 20 Feb | Dusty Springfield | No | Yes | I only want to be with you / You don’t have to say you love me / Son of a preacher man / Going back / Little by little / I close my eyes and count to 10 |
| Fri 21 Feb | Moody Blues | No | Yes | Question / I’m just a singer in a rock ’n roll band / Go Now / Nights in White Satin |
| Mon 24 Feb | McFly | No | No | 5 colours in her hair / You’ve got a friend / All about you / Baby’s coming back / Obviously / Don’t stop me now / Star girl / Transylvania / One for the radio / Room on the 3rd floor |
| Tue 25 Feb | Everything but the girl | No | No | Missing / I don’t want to talk about it / Only living boy in New York / Wrong / Single |
| Wed 26 Feb | Scritti Politti | No | Yes | Faithless / Word Girl / Wood Beez Pray like Aretha Franklin / Sweetest Girl |
| Thu 27 Feb | Rita Ora | No | No | Anywhere / Hot Right Now / How we do party / I will never let you down |
| Fri 28 Feb | Ricky Martin | No | Yes | She Bangs / Livin’ la vida loca / Un dos tres Maria |
| Mon 2 Mar | Bucks Fizz | Yes | Yes | Land of make believe / Making your mind up / My camera never lies / If you can’t stand the heat |
| Tue 3 Mar | One Direction | No | Yes | What makes you beautiful / One way or another / Little things / Best song ever |
| Wed 4 Mar | Texas | No | Yes | Black-eyed boy / I don’t want a lover / Say what you want / Summer sun / Tired of being of alone / Halo |
| Thu 5 Mar | Johnny Mathis | No | Yes | Stone in love with you / Too much too little too late / When a child is born / Gone Gone Gone / Misty |
| Fri 6 Mar | Go West | No | No | We close our eyes / King of Wishful Thinking / True Colours / Call me / Tracks of my tears |
| Mon 9 Mar | Foo Fighters | No | No | Best of You / The Pretender / This is a call / All my life [Those are their 4 Top 10 singles] / Monkey wrench / Times like these / Rope |
| Tue 10 Mar | Backstreet Boys | No | No | Quit playing games with my heart / I want it that way / Everybody Backstreet’s Back |
| Wed 11 Mar | Aretha Franklin | No | Yes | I knew you were waiting for me / Respect / Till you come back to me / I say a little prayer for you / Sisters are doing it for themselves / Jumping Jack Flash / Satisfaction |
| Thu 12 Mar | Girls Aloud | Yes | Yes | Sound of the underground / See the day / I’ll stand by you / The Promise / Jump / Love Machine / Long Hot Summer / Something kinda ooh / I think we’re alone now / Sexy no no no / Call the shots |
| Fri 13 Mar | Luther Vandross | No | Yes | Best things in life are free / Dance with my father / Endless Love / Never too much / Love the one you’re with |
| Mon 16 Mar | Robbie Williams | Yes | Yes | Angel / Feel / Rock DJ / Millennium / Let me entertain you / Candy |
| Tue 17 Mar | Simply Red | Yes | Yes | Money’s too tight to mention / Holding back the yours / The right thing / Fairground / If you don’t know me by now / Stars / A new flame |
| Wed 18 Mar | Westlife | No | Yes | Mandy / Seasons in the sun/ I have a dream / Queen of my heart / Against all odds / Uptown girl / Miss you nights |
| Thu 19 Mar | Adele | Yes | Yes | Chasing Pavements / Rolling in the deep / Make you feel my love / Someone like you / Hello |
| Fri 20 Mar | Kylie Minogue | Yes | Yes | I should be so lucky / Slow / Can’t you get you of of my head / Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi / The Loco-Motion / Tears on my Pillow / Chocolate / All the Lovers / Spinning Around |
| Mon 23 Mar | Soft Cell | No | Yes | Tainted Love / Bedsitter / Say hello wave goodbye / Torch |
| Tue 24 Mar | Beverley Knight | No | No | Shoulda woulda coulda / Gold / Piece of my heart / Come as you are / Made it back |
| Wed 25 Mar | Emeli Sande | No | No | Next to me / Beneath your beautiful / Heaven / Lifted / Hurts / Read all about it |
| Thu 26 Mar | Bon Jovi | Yes | Yes | You give love a bad name / Bad Medicine / I’ll be there for you / Living on a prayer |
| Fri 27 Mar | Diana Ross and or The Supremes | Yes | Yes | I’m Still Waiting / It’s My Turn / Upside Down / Chain Reaction / Baby Love / Where Did Our Love Go / Stop in the Name of Love / You Can’t Hurry Love |
| Mon 30 Mar | Will Young | No | Yes | All time love / Light my fire / Leave right now / Long and winding road / Evergreen / Friday’s child / Changes / Grace |
| Tue 31 Mar | Pet Shop Boys | Yes | Yes | Always on my mind / Heart / It’s a sin / West End Girls / Domino Dancing / Go West |
| Wed 1 Apr | Blondie | Yes | Yes | Atomic / Denis / Sunday Girl / Heart of Glass / Maria / Call Me / Rapture / Picture This |
| Thu 2 Apr | Bob Marley and the Wailers | No | Yes | No woman no cry / Jamming / Is this love / Buffalo Soldier / Could you be loved / Waiting in Vain / Exodus |
| Fri 3 Apr | Who | No | Yes | My Generation / I’m a Boy / Pictures of Lily / Substitute / Pinball Wizard / Who are you / 5.15 / Squeeze Box / You Better You Bet |
| Mon 6 Apr | David Gray | No | No | Babylon / Please forgive me / This year’s love / Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Alibi |
| Tue 7 Apr | Odyssey | No | Yes | Native New Yorker / Going back to my roots / If you’re looking for a way out / Inside Out |
| Wed 8 Apr | Nelly Furtado | No | Yes | I’m like a bird / Turn off the light / Maneater / Try / Promiscuous / Broken Strings |
| Thu 9 Apr | Tony Christie | No | Yes | I did what I did for Maria / Is this the way to Amarillo / Avenues and alleyways / Walk like a panther / Las Vegas |
| Fri 10 Apr | Culture Club | No | Yes | Do you really want to hurt me / Church of the poison mind / Victims / Karma Chamelon / It’s a miracle / TIem Clock of the heart / The War Song / The Medal Song |
| Mon 13 Apr | Neil Diamond | No | Yes | Sweet Caroline / Cracklin’ Rosie / Love on the rocks / Song sung blue / You don’t bring me flowers / I am I said / Forever in blue jeans |
| Tue 14 Apr | Moby | No | No | Go / Move / Hymn / Honey / Run On / Porcelain / We Are All Made of Stars / James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version) |
| Wed 15 Apr | Janet Jackson | No | Yes | Miss You Much / What have you done for me lately / Black Cat / Best things in life are free / Rhythm Nation / Runaway |
| Thu 16 Apr | Guns ‘n Roses | No | Yes | Sweet Child o’ Mine / Paradise City / Patience / Knockin’ on heaven’s door / Live and let die / November Rain / Since I don’t have you / Live and Let Die / Welcome to the Jungle |
| Fri 17 Apr | Sheryl Crow | No | No | All I want to do / Sweet Child of Mine / If it makes you happy / Tomorrow Never Dies / My favourite mistake |
| Mon 20 Apr | ABC | Yes | Yes | Poison Arrow / Tears are not enough / When Smokey sings / All of my heart / The Look of Love |
| Tue 21 Apr | Amy Winehouse | No | Yes | Rehab / Tears dry on their own / Valerie / Back to black |
| Wed 22 Apr | Otis Redding | No | No | My Girl / Dock of the Bay / Knock on wood / Hard to Handle / Shake / Satisfaction |
| Thu 23 Apr | MISSED IT | Missed it | Missed it | MISSED IT |
| Fri 24 Apr | Script | No | No | Hall of Fame / Superheroes / The Man Who Can’t Be Moved / Rain / Break Even |
| Mon 27 Apr | Seal | No | Yes | Crazy / Kiss from a Rose / Fly like an eagle |
| Tue 28 Apr | Sade | No | Yes | Your love is king / Smooth Operator / No Ordinary Love / Paradise |
| Wed 29 Apr | Aerosmith | Yes | Yes | I don’t want to miss a thing / Dude looks like a lady / Love in an elevator / Crazy / Shut up and dance / Pink / Walk This Way |
| Thu 30 Apr | Roxette | No | Yes | Joyride / You got the look / It must have been love / Listen to your heart |
| Fri 1 May | Geri Halliwell | No | Yes | Bag It Up / Look at me / Mi Chico Latino / It’s Raining Men / Lift Me Up |
| Mon 4 May | Spencer Davis Group | No | Yes | Keep on running / Give me some loving / Somebody help me / I’m a man |
| Tue 5 May | Cardigans | No | Yes | Burning down the house / Lovefool / My favourite game / Erase Rewind |
| Wed 6 May | Donna Summer | Don’t know | Yes | I feel love / Love to love you baby / Hot stuff / This time I know it’s for real / Love’s unkind / I love you / Macarthur Park / State of independence / On the radio / Dinner with Gershwin |
| Thu 7 May | Eddy Grant | Don’t know | Yes | I don’t wanna Dance / Give me hope Joanna / Electric Avenue / Do you feel my love / Living on the front line |
| Fri 8 May | Alice Cooper | No | Yes | Elected / School’s Out / Poison / Hello Hurray / No more Mr Nice Guy / NOTE: These 2 were NOT hits: Only women bleed, Under my wheels |
| Mon 11 May | Elbow | No | Yes | Grounds for Divorce / One Day like this / Red / Golden Slumbers / Asleep in the back |
| Tue 12 May | Gladys Knight | No | Yes | Licence to Kill / You’re the best thing that ever happened to me / Midnight Train to Georgia / Baby don’t change your mind |
| Wed 13 May | Peter Gabriel | Yes | Yes | Steam / Solsbury Hill / Don’t give up / Sledgehammer / Games without frontiers |
| Thu 14 May | Three Degrees | Yes | Yes | When will I see you again / Year of Decision / A woman in love / Take good care of yourself / My simple heart |
| Fri 15 May | Christians | No | No | Harvest for the World / Ferry Cross the Mersey / Hooverville / Forgotten Town / Ideal World / Words |
| Mon 18 May | Gilbert O’Sullivan | No | Yes | Clair / Get Down / Alone again naturally / What’s in a kiss? / The Christmas Song / Oo-wakka-do-wakka day / Nothing Rhymed |
| Tue 19 May | Pixie Lott | No | Yes | Mama Do / Boys and Girls / All about tonight / Gravity / Turn it up / Cry me out |
| Wed 20 May | Eagles | Don’t know | Yes | Hotel California / New kid in town / Lyin’ Eyes / One of these nights [NOT Take it easy] |
| Thu 21 May | Anastacia | No | Yes | Left outside alone / Sick and tired / I’m out of love / Cowboys and kisses |
| Fri 22 May | Ronan Keating | No | Yes | When you say nothing at all / Loving each day / Life is a rollercoaster / If tomorrow never comes / I hope you dance / The way you make me feel / We’ve got tonight / Father and Son |
| Mon 25 May | ALL DAY POP MASTER: No Notes Yet | |||
| Tue 26 May | Suzanne Vega | Yes | Yes | Tom’s Diner / Luca / Marlene on the wall / Left of centre |
| Wed 27 May | Nik Kershaw | No | Yes | Wouldn’t it be good / I won’t let the sun go down on me / The Riddle / Don Quixote / Human Racing / Wide Boy |
| Thu 28 May | Jess Glynne | No | Yes | I’ll be there / Not letting go / Hold my hand / These Days |
| Fri 29 May | Shirley Bassey | No | Yes | Goldfinger / As I love you / Kiss me honey honey kiss me / Diamonds are forever / Big Spender / Climb every mountain / As long as he needs me |
| Mon 1 Jun | Alanis Morrissette | Yes | No | Thank U / Ironic / Hand in my pocket / Head over feet |
| Tue 2 Jun | George Benson | Yes | Yes | In your eyes / Greatest Love of all / Give me the night / Love times love |
| Wed 3 Jun | Bee Gees | No | Yes | Massachusetts / Tragedy / Night Fever / How deep is your love / You win again / NOTE: Nights on Broadway was not a UK hit |
| Thu 4 Jun | Florence and the Machine | No | Yes | Spectrum / Sweet Nothing / You got the love / CHECK: Ship to Wreck |
| Fri 5 Jun | Marillion | No | No | Kayleigh / Lavender / Sympathy / Don’t hurt yourself / Thank you whoever you are / Incommunicado |
| Mon 8 Jun | Leona Lewis | No | Yes | Run / A moment like this / Bleeding Love / Happy / Forgive me / One more sleep |
| Tue 9 Jun | Billy Idol | No | Yes | Eyes without a face / White Wedding / Mony Mony / Hot in the city / Rebel Yell |
| Wed 10 Jun | Kaiser Chiefs | No | Yes | Ruby / Oh my God / I predict a riot / Every day I love you less and less |
| Thu 11 Jun | John Lennon | Yes | Yes | Woman / Imagine / Just like Starting Over / #9 Dream |
| Fri 12 Jun | Leann Rimes | No | Yes | Can’t fight the moonlight / How do I live / Blue / Crazy / We’ve got tonight |
| Mon 15 Jun | Soul II Soul | No | No | Back to life / Love enough / Get a life / Joy / Keep on moving |
| Tue 16 Jun | Level 42 | No | Yes | The sun goes down living it up / Running in the family / Lessons in love / Something about you / Hot water |
| Wed 17 Jun | Olly Murs | Don’t know | Yes | Troublemaker / Moves / Dance with me tonight / Dear Darling / Up / Please don’t let me go |
| Thu 18 Jun | Bangles | Yes | Yes | Manic Monday / Walk like an Egyptian / Eternal Flame / Hazy shade of winter / Be with you |
| Fri 19 Jun | Suzy Quatro | No | Yes | Can the Can / 48 Crash / If you can’t give me love / Devil Gate Drive |
| Mon 22 Jun | Lenny Kravitz | No | No | It ain’t over till it’s over / Fly Away / Are you gonna go my way / Believe / Rock ’n roll is dead |
| Tue 23 Jun | Ace of Bass | Yes | Yes | The Sign / All that she wants / Don’t turn around / Cruel Summer |
| Wed 24 Jun | Hollies | Yes | Yes | I’m alive / He ain’t heavy he’s my brother / Air that I breathe / Bus stop / Stop stop stop / Jennifer Eccles / Carrie Anne |
| Thu 25 Jun | Muse | No | No | Bliss / Supermassive Black Hole / Nights of Sidonia / Uprising / Time is running out |
| Fri 26 Jun | Eternal | No | No | I wanna be the only one / Stay / Someday / Crazy / Good Thing / Secrets / Angel of Mine / Power of a Woman / Crazy |
| Mon 29 Jun | Kelly Clarkson | No | No | My life would suck without you / Heartbeat Song / Behind these Hazel Eyes / Because of you / Mr Know it all / Since U Been Gone / Never Again |
| Tue 30 Jun | Leo Sayer | No | Yes | Long tall glasses / One man band / Moonlighting / You make me feel like dancing / When I need you / Thunder in my heart |
| Wed 1 Jul | Depeche Mode | No | Yes | Master and Servant / Personal Jesus / Just can’t get enough / New Life / See You / Everything Counts / People are People / |
| Thu 2 Jul | Foreigner | No | Yes | Cold as ice / Waiting for a girl like you / I wanna know what love is |
| Fri 3 Jul | Corrs | No | Yes | Breathless [Their only #1]/ Dreams / What can I do? / So Young / Summer Sunshine / Angel |
| Mon 6 Jul | Madness | Yes | Yes | House of fun / Baggy Trousers / My Girl / One step beyond / Sweetest girl / Our house / It must be love |
| Tue 7 Jul | U2 | No | Yes | One / Desire / I still haven’t found what I’m looking for / Where the streets have no name / With or without you |
| Wed 8 Jul | Celine Dion | Don’t know | Yes | Think Twice / My heart will go on / It’s all coming back to me know / Power of love / Falling into you / All by myself / Immortality |
| Thu 9 Jul | Glen Campbell | No | Yes | Southern Nights / Rhinestone Cowboy / Wichita Lineman / It’s only make believe |
| Fri 10 Jul | Olivia Newton-John | Yes | Yes | If not for you / Long live love / Sam / Physical / Hopelessly devoted to you / Take me home country roads / Xanadu |
| Mon 13 Jul | Emma Bunton | No | No | What took you so long / Downtown / What I am |
| Tue 14 Jul | Squeeze | No | Yes | Take me I’m yours / Slap and Tickle / Cool for Cats / Up the Junction / Black Coffee in bed / Tempted / Pulling Mussels from the shell / Another nail in my heart / Labelled with love |
| Wed 15 Jul | Jamiroquai | No | No | Canned Heat / Deeper Underground / Virtual Insanity / Space Cowboy / Cosmic Girl / Supersonic |
| Thu 16 Jul | Kings of Leon | Yes | Yes | Use Somebody / Sex on fire / Radioactive / On Call / The Bucket / Fans / Molly’s Chamber |
| Fri 17 Jul | Chas & Dave | Yes | Yes | Ain’t no pleasing you / Rabbit / Gertcha / Snooker Loopy / Margate |
| Mon 20 Jul | James Blunt | No | No | 1973 / You’re beautiful / High / Goodbye my lover / Bonfire Heart |
| Tue 21 Jul | Beach Boys | Yes | Yes | Do it again / Good Vibrations / Surfin’ USA / Lady Linda / Help me Rhonda / Barbara-Ann / California Girls / I get around |
| Wed 22 Jul | Thompson Twins | Yes | Yes | Don’t mess with Doctor Dream / Hold me now / Doctor Doctor / We are detective |
| Thu 23 Jul | Joan Armatrading | No | Yes | Love and Affection / Me myself I / Drop the Pilot |
| Fri 24 Jul | Supergrass | No | Yes | Caught by the fuzz / Moving / Alright / Time / Going Out / Lenny / Richard the third / Grace |
| Mon 27 Jul | George Ezra | Yes | No | Budapest / Shotgun / Paradise / Casio / Hold my girl / Blame it on me |
| Tue 28 Jul | Creedence Clearwater Revival | No | Yes | Bad Moon Rising / Up around the bend / Proud Mary / Green River / Have you ever seen the rain? |
| Wed 29 Jul | Hot Chocolate | Yes | Yes | Emma / Brother Louie / You sexy thing / So you win again / It started with a kiss / Heaven is the back seat of my Cadillac / Man to man / What kind of girl you looking for girl / Girl Crazy / Every 1s a winner |
| Thu 30 Jul | Elvis Costello | Yes | Yes | Watching the Detectives / I don’t want to go to Chelsea / Everyday I write the book / She / Oliver’s Army |
| Fri 31 Jul | Rose Royce | No | Yes | Wishing on a star / Car Wash / Love don’t live here any more / Is it love you’re after |
| Mon 3 Aug | Bryan Adams | No | Yes | Run to you / Summer of 69 / Everything I do I do it for you / The only thing that looks good on me is you / All for love / Have your ever really loved a woman? / When you’re gone / Run to you / Summer of 69 |
| Tue 4 Aug | Roxette | Yes | Yes | Joyride / You got the look / It must have been love / Listen to your heart |
| Wed 5 Aug | Embrace | No | No | World at your feet / Nature’s Law / Gravity / Come back to what you know / My weakness is none of your business |
| Thu 6 Aug | Everly Brothers | No | Yes | Claudette [#1, double A side with All I have to do is dream] / Wake up little Susie / Crying in the rain / Ebony Eyes / Bye Bye Love / All I have to do is dream / Cathy’s Clown [#1] |
| Fri 7 Aug | Kraftwerk | No | Yes | Tour de France / Autobahn / Computer Love / The Model |
| Mon 10 Aug | Cyndi Lauper | No | Yes | I drove all night / True Colours / Girls just want to have fun / Time after time / I’m gonna be strong / Come on home |
| Tue 11 Aug | A-ha | No | Yes | Take on me / Hunting high and low / Sun always shines on TV / Living Daylights / Cry Wolf / Touchy |
| Wed 12 Aug | All Saints | No | Yes | Black Coffee / Never Ever / Pure Shores / Lady Marmalade / Under the Bridge Bootie Call |
| Thu 13 Aug | Killers | Yes | Yes | Somebody told me / Human / Mr Brightside / When you were young |
| Fri 14 Aug | Bananarama | Yes | Yes | Robert De Niro’s waiting / Cruel Summer / Venus / Shy Boy / I heard a rumour / Nathan Jones / Love in the first degree / Help |
| Mon 17 Aug | Five Star | No | No | Rain or shine / I can’t wait another minute / System Addict / |
| Tue 18 Aug | Monkees | Yes | Yes | Daydream Believer / I’m a believer / Pleasant Valley Sunday / Last Train to Clarksville / A little bit you a little bit me |
| Wed 19 Aug | Ed Sheeran | Yes | Yes | Sing / Thinking out loud / Shape of you / Castle on the hill / Lego House |
| Thu 20 Aug | Paul Young | No | Yes | Every time you go away / Wherever I lay my hat / Love of the Common People / Come back and stay / I’m gonna tear your playhouse down |
| Fri 21 Aug | Sweet | Yes | Yes | Blockbuster / Hell Raiser / Ballroom Blitz / Poppa Joe / Little Willy / Fox on the run / The Six Teens / Wigwam Bam |
| Mon 24 Aug | Kool and the Gang | Yes | Yes | Get down on it / Ladies Night / Cherish / Joanna / Fresh / Celebration / Big Fun |
| Tue 25 Aug | Carpenters | Yes | Yes | Jambalaya / Please Mr Postman / Goodbye to love / Yesterday once more / Only yesterday / Top of the world / Close to you |
| Wed 26 Aug | Shalamar | No | Yes | Take that to the bank / Night to remember / I owe you one / I can make you feel good / Dead giveaway / There it is |
| Thu 27 Aug | Spice Girls | Yes | Yes | Wannabe / Goodbye / Stop / 2 become 1 / Mama / Spice up your life / Say you’ll be there / Who do you think you are? |
| Fri 28 Aug | Mark Morrson | No | No | Return of the Mack / Crazy / Horny / Who’s the Mack / Moan and Groan / The Mack |
| Mon 31 Aug | Lionel Richie | No | Yes | Hello / Say you say me / Dancing on the ceiling / All night long / Running with the night / Penny Lover / Endless Love |
| Tue 1 Sep | Cure | No | Yes | Love Cats / Friday I’m in love / Lullaby / A Forest / The Walk / The Caterpillar / Just like heaven |
| Wed 2 Sep | Rubettes | No | Yes | Under one roof / Sugar Baby Love / Jukebox Jive / I can do it / Darling / Tonight |
| Thu 3 Sep | Maroon 5 | No | Yes | She will be loved / Payphone / Moves like Jagger / This Love / Sugar |
| Fri 4 Sep | Shakin’ Stevens | Yes | Yes | Green Door / This Ole House / Oh Julie / Merry Christmas Everyone / You drive me crazy / Marie Marie / Shirley |
| Mon 7 Sep | Hue & Cry | No | No | Labour of love / Looking for Linda / Violently / Strength to strength / Sweet invisibility / [Only THREE different Top 40 hits – those first 3, and a remix of Labour of love; the others didn’t make the Top 40] |
| Tue 8 Sep | Jennifer Lopez | No | No | Jenny from the Block / My love don’t cost a thing / If you had my love / Get Right / On the floor |
| Wed 9 Sep | Manic Street Preachers | Don’t know | Yes | If you tolerate this, your children will be next / Masses against the classes / Design for life / Kevin Carter / Everything must go |
| Thu 10 Sep | Katy Perry | No | Yes | I kissed a girl / California Gurls / Roar / Feels / Firework |
| Fri 11 Sep | Walker Brothers | Don’t know | Yes | Sun ain’t gonna shine any more / Make it easy on yourself / No Regrets / My ship is coming in |
| Mon 14 Sep | Pussycat Dolls | No | No | Dontcha / Stickwiiu / Beep / Jai Ho |
| Tue 15 Sep | Savage Garden | No | No | Truly Madly Deeply / To the moon and back / Crash and Burn / I knew I loved you / Hold me / Affirmation / Animal song / The best thing |
| Wed 16 Sep | New Order | No | No | True Faith / Blue Monday / Temptation / Thieves Like Us / Regret / World in Motion |
| Thu 17 Sep | Lightning Seeds | No | No | Lucky You / Life of Riley / Three Lions / Pure / What if / Change |
| Fri 18 Sep | Bruce Springsteen | Yes | Yes | Born to run / I’m on fire / Dancing in the dark / Born in the USA / Streets of Philadelphia / War |
| Mon 21 Sep | Gabrielle | No | Yes | Dreams / Rise / Walk on by / When a woman / Sunshine / Out of reach / Give me a little more time |
| Tue 22 Sep | Robert Palmer | Yes | Yes | Looking for Clues / I didn’t mean to turn you on / Johnny and Mary / I’ll be your baby tonight / Addicted to love |
| Wed 23 Sep | Lighthouse Family | No | Yes | Lifted / High / Lost in Space / Ocean Drive / Run |
| Thu 24 Sep | Barry White | No | Yes | Can’t get enough of your love babe / Just the way you are / You’re the first the last my everything / Let the music play / What am I gonna do with you / You see the trouble with me |
| Fri 25 Sep | Pretenders | Yes | Yes | Kid / Stop your sobbing / Talk of the town / Brass in pocket / 2000 miles / I’ll stand by you / Message of love / Don’t get me wrong / I go to sleep / Back on the chain gang |
| Mon 28 Sep | Suede | No | Yes | Saturday Night / Animal Nitrate / She’s in fashion / Metal Mickey / Trash / Lazy / Film Star |
| Tue 29 Sep | Annie Lennox | No | Yes | No more I love you’s / Waiting in vain / Why / Walking on broken glass / A whiter shade of pale / Little Bird / / Put a little love in your heart |
| Wed 30 Sep | Kooks | No | No | She moves in her own way / Naïve / Always where I need to be / Sofa Song / Shine On |
| Thu 1 Oct | Jimmy Nail | Yes | Yes | Love don’t live here anymore / Crocodile Shoes / Ain’t no doubt |
| Fri 2 Oct | Chuck Berry | Yes | Yes | My ding-a-ling / Memphis Tennessee / You never can tell / No particular place to go / Sweet little 16 / The Promised Land |
| Mon 5 Oct | Proclaimers | No | Yes | Sunshine on Leith / Letter from America / King of the road / I’m gonna be 500 miles |
| Tue 6 Oct | Earth Wind and Fire | No | Yes | Fantasy / September / Boogie Wonderland / Let’s Groove / Got to get you into my life / Saturday Nite |
| Wed 7 Oct | Coldplay | No | Yes | Paradise / Yellow / Fix you / Speed of Sound / Trouble / Clocks / Christmas Lights / Viva la vida |
| Thu 8 Oct | Neneh Cherry | No | Yes | Buffalo Stance / 7 Seconds / Love can build a bridge / Man Child |
| Fri 9 Oct | Def Leppard | Don’t know | Yes | Animal / Love Bites / Pour some sugar on me / Hysteria / Let’s get rocked / When love and hate collide |
| Mon 12 Oct | Joe Cocker | No | Yes | With a little help from my friends / Delta Lady / Up where we belong / Fire it up / Don’t let me be misunderstood |
| Tue 13 Oct | Rihanna | Yes | Yes | Diamonds / Umbrella / Take a bow / We found love / Disturbia / Only girl in the world / Princess of China |
| Wed 14 Oct | Matt Bianco | No | Yes | Get out of your lazy bed / Yeh Yeh / Half a minute |
| Thu 15 Oct | Shania Twain | No | Yes | You’re still the one I love / Man I feel like a woman / That don’t impress me much / Ka-ching / Don’t / Party for two featuring MARK MCGRATH |
| Fri 16 Oct | Four Tops | No | Yes | Reach out I’ll be there / Loco in Acapulco / If I were a carpenter / It’s the same old song / Bernadette / Walk away Rene |
| Mon 19 Oct | Ocean Colour Scene | No | No | Hundred Mile High City / The day we caught the train / Better days / The Circle / Travellers Tune / You’ve got it bad |
| Tue 20 Oct | Siouxsie and the Banshees | No | Yes | Christine / Dear Prudence / Hong Kong Garden / Spellbound / Happy House / Playground Twist |
| Wed 21 Oct | Chris Rea | Don’t know | Yes | Let’s Dance / Auberge / On the beach / Road to hell / Fool if you think it’s over / Driving home for Christmas |
| Thu 22 Oct | Stylistics | No | Yes | Betcha by golly wow / 16 Bars / I can’t give you anything but my love / You make me feel brand new / Sing baby sing / I’m stone in love with you |
| Fri 23 Oct | Paolo Nutini | No | No | Pencil full of lead / New Shoes / Last request / Rewind / 10 out of 10 |
| Mon 26 Oct | Black Eyed Peas | No | Yes | Boom Boom Pow / Where is the love / I gotta feeling / My Humps / Shut Up / The Time (Dirty Bit) / Hey Mamma |
| Tue 27 Oct | Dr Hook | No | Yes | Sylvia’s Mother / A little bit more / Sexy eyes / When you’re in love with a beautiful woman / If not you |
| Wed 28 Oct | Sugababes | No | Yes | Push the button / Freak like me / Round Round / About you now / Hole in the head / Red Dress / Ugly / Get Sexy / Easy |
| Thu 29 Oct | Boomtown Rats | Yes | Yes | Banana Republic / Rat Trap / I don’t like Mondays / She’s so modern / Looking after #1 / Mary of the 4th Form |
| Fri 30 Oct | Andy Williams | No | Yes | Can’t take my eyes off you / Butterfly / Solitaire / Can’t get used to losing you / Almost there / Music to watch girls by / Where do I begin (Theme from Love Story) |
| Mon 2 Nov | Brotherhood of Man | Don’t know | Yes | Save your kisses for me / Angelo / Figaro / United We Stand |
| Tue 3 Nov | New Kids on the Block | No | Yes | You got it the right stuff / Step by step / Hanging Tough / I’ll be loving you forever |
| Wed 4 Nov | Temptations | No | Yes | Papa was a rolling stone / My girl / Ball of confusion / Ain’t too proud to beg / Just my imagination |
| Thu 5 Nov | Alicia Keys | No | No | Empire state of mind Fallin’ / This girl is on fire / Another way to die / No one / Girlfriend / Try Sleeping with a broken heart / [NOPE: Unthinkable was Not a UK hit] |
| Fri 6 Nov | Stranglers | Yes | Yes | Peaches / Golden Brown / All day and all of the night / No more heroes / Go Buddy Go / Walk on by |
| Mon 9 Nov | Bob Dylan | No | Yes | Lay Lady Lay / Knocking on heaven’s door / Baby stop crying / Like a Rolling Stone / Positively 4th Street / Subterranean Homesick Blues |
| Tue 10 Nov | Bonnie Tyler | Yes | Yes | Lost in France / Holding out for a hero / Total eclipse of the heart / It’s a heartache |
| Wed 11 Nov | Aswad | No | No | Shine / Don’t Turn Around / Smile / Give a little love / How long / Next to you |
| Thu 12 Nov | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich | No | Yes | Xabadac / Hold Tight / Legend of Xanadu / Bend It |
| Fri 13 Nov | Justin Bieber | No | Yes | Sorry / Love Yourself / Despacito / Boyfriend |
| Mon 16 Nov | Jessie J | Yes | Yes | Price Tag / Bang Bang / Do it like a dude / Domino / It’s my party |
| Tue 17 Nov | Kiss | No | No | God gave rock ’n roll to you / Crazy Crazy Nights / I was made for loving you / Heaven’s on fire / Reason to live |
| Wed 18 Nov | Jason Donovan | Yes | Yes | Too many broken hearts / Sealed with a kiss / Any dream will do / Especially for you |
| Thu 19 Nov | Michael Bolton | No | No | How am I supposed to live without you? / When a man loves a woman / Can I touch you there / How can we be lovers |
| Fri 20 Nov | Dua Lipa | Yes | No | New Rules / One Kiss / Break my heart |
| Mon 23 Nov | Verve | Yes | Yes | Bittersweet symphony / Drugs don’t work / Lucky Man / Sonnet / LOVE IS NOISE |
| Tue 24 Nov | Chaka Khan | No | No | I feel for you / I’m every woman / Ain’t nobody / Eye to eye / I’ll be good to you |
| Wed 25 Nov | Billy Joel | No | Yes | Just the way you are / We didn’t start the fire / An Innocent Man / Uptown Girl / Tell her about it |
| Thu 26 Nov | Troggs | No | Yes | Love is all around / Wild Thing / With A Girl Like You / I can’t control myself |
| Fri 27 Nov | Beyoncé | No | Yes | If I were a boy / Crazy in Love / Déjà vu [those are her 3 #1s to 2010] / Halo / Beautiful Liar / Single Ladies |
| Mon 30 Nov | Travis | No | Yes | Sing / Turn / Why does it always rain on me / Driftwood / Coming Around / Side / Walking in the sun |
| Tue 1 Dec | De La Soul | No | No | Ooh / Ring Ring Ha Ha Hey / The Magic Number / Buddy / Eye Know / Me myself and I / All Good [NOTE: Only 2 Top 10s: The Magic Number / Buddy was a double A side, got to #7, and Ring Ring Ha Ha Hey got to #10] |
| Wed 2 Dec | Miley Cyrus | No | No | Wrecking Ball / Nothing breaks like a heart / Prisoner / Malibu |
| Thu 3 Dec | Del Amitri | No | No | Don’t come home too soon / Nothing ever happens / Always the last to know / Driving with the brakes on / Spit in the rain / Move away Jimmy Blue |
| Fri 4 Dec | Paloma Faith | No | Yes | New York / Make your own kind of music / Only love can hurt like this / Stone Cold Sober / Changing [Her #1 with Sigma] |
| Mon 7 Dec | Michael Buble | No | No | Just haven’t met you yet / It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas / Christmas Baby Please come home / Holly Jolly Christmas / Baby it’s cold outside / Cry me a river |
| Tue 8 Dec | Queen | Yes | Yes | Bohemian Rhapsody / We are the championis / Killer Queen / Now I’m here / 7 Seas of Rye / Radio Gaga / You’re my best friend |
| Wed 9 Dec | Roxy Music | Yes | Yes | Love is the drug / Virginia Plain / Do the Strand / Angel Eyes / Dance away / Jealous Guy |
| Thu 10 Dec | Pulp | Yes | Yes | Common people / Sorted for Es and Whizz / Disco 2000 / Help the Aged |
| Fri 11 Dec | Tina Turner | No | Yes | Goldeneye / Private Dancer / Simply the best / What’s love got to do with it? / I don’t want to lose you / Steamy windows |
| Mon 14 Dec | Radiohead | No | Yes | Karma Police / Fake Plastic Trees / Creep / Paranoid Android / High and dry / No surprises / 2 + 2 = 5 / Go to sleep / Nude |
| Tue 15 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Wed 16 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Thu 17 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Fri 18 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Mon 21 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Tue 22 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Wed 23 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Thu 24 Dec | None: Champions League Pop Master | |||
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day: No Pop Master | |||
| Mon 28 Dec | Will Young | No | Yes | All time love / Light my fire / Leave right now / Long and winding road / Evergreen / Friday’s child / Changes / Grace |
| Tue 29 Dec | Donna Summer | Yes | Yes | I feel love / Love to love you baby / Hot stuff / This time I know it’s for real / Love’s unkind / I love you / Macarthur Park / State of independence / On the radio / Dinner with Gershwin |
| Wed 30 Dec | Ace of Base | No | Yes | The sign / All that she wants / Don’t turn around / Cruel Summer / |
| Thu 31 Dec | David Essex | Yes | Yes | Rock On / Stardust / Lamplight / Gonna make you a star / Hold me close / A Winter’s Tale / Silver Dream Machine |
Revision
These are the acts that have caught me out in the past.
| Artist | Songs |
| Alannis Morissette | Head over feet / Ironic / Thank U / You oughta know / Hands clean / Hand in my pocket / Everything |
| Alicia Keys | Empire State of Mind / Fallin’ / No one / Another way to die / Girlfriend / Girl on fire |
| Anastacia | Left outside alone / Sick and tired / I’m out of love |
| Ariana Grande | Thank U Next / God is a woman / Breathing / Bang Bang / 7 Rings |
| Avril Lavigne | Sk8er Boy / Complicated / Girlfriend / |
| Backstreet Boys | Quit playing games with my heart / I want it that way / Everybody Backstreet’s Back |
| Beverley Knight | Shoulda woulda coulda / Gold / Piece of my heart / Come as you are / Made it back |
| Black Eyed Peas | Boom Boom Pow / Where is the love / I gotta feeling / My Humps / Shut Up / The Time (Dirty Bit) / Hey Mamma |
| Blue | All Rise / If you come back / Too close / One Love / Guilty / Sorry seems to be the hardest word [They would also accept Gonna Capture Your Heart from the 70s band that was also called Blue] |
| Boyz II Men | End of the road / I’ll make love to you / One Sweet Day / Four seasons of loneliness |
| Chaka Khan | I feel for you / I’m every woman / Ain’t nobody / Eye to eye / I’ll be good to you |
| China Crisis | Christian / Wishful thinking / Black Man Ray / King in a Catholic style / Searching / Stars |
| Christians | Harvest for the world / Ferry Cross the Mersey [Charity release along with Paul McCartney and others] / Forgotten Town / Ideal World / Words |
| Craig David | Seven Days / Fill me in / What’s your flava / Walking away |
| Daniel Bedingfield | Gotta Get Thru This / If you’re not the one / Never gonna leave your side / Nothing hurts like love / Friday / Wrap my words around you |
| David Gray | Babylon / Please forgive me / This year’s love / Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Alibi |
| Deacon Blue | Real Gone Kid / 4 Bacharach and David Songs EP / Dignity / Fergus sings the blues / Twist and shout / Wages Day |
| Emeli Sande | Next to me / Beneath your beautiful / Heaven / Lifted / Hurts / Read all about it |
| Enrique Iglesias | Hero / Bailamos / Addicted / Do you know / Escape |
| Enya | Orinoco Flow / Caribbean Blue / Storms in Africa / I don’t wanna know / |
| Eternal | I wanna be the only one / Stay / Someday / Crazy / Good Thing / Secrets / Angel of Mine / Power of a Woman |
| Everything but the girl | Missing / I don’t want to talk about it / Only living boy in New York / Wrong / Single |
| Five Star | System Addict / Rain or shine / Can’t wait another minute / Find the time |
| Foo Fighters | Best of You / The Pretender / This is a call / All my life [Those are their 4 Top 10 singles] / Monkey wrench / Times like these |
| Go West | We close our eyes / King of Wishful Thinking / True Colours / Call me / Tracks of my tears |
| Gwen Stefani | Hollaback Girl / Rich Girl / What you waiting for / Wind it up |
| Howard Jones | New Song / What is love / I’d like to get to know you well |
| Hue & Cry | Labour of love / Looking for Linda / Violently / Strength to strength / Sweet invisibility / [Only THREE different Top 40 hits – those first 3] |
| Imagination | Just an illusion / Body Talk / Music and Lights |
| Jamelia | Superstar / Thank You / DJ / Stop / See it in a Boy’s Eyes / Call Me |
| James Blunt | 1973 / You’re beautiful / High / Goodbye my lover |
| Jennifer Lopez | Jenny from the Block / My love don’t cost a thing / If you had my love / Get Right |
| Joan Armatrading | Love and Affection / Me myself I / Drop the Pilot |
| Keane | Everybody’s changing / Somewhere only we know / Bed-shaped / World at your feet |
| Kings of Leon | Use Somebody / Sex on fire / Radioactive / On Call / The Bucket / Fans |
| Kiss | God gave rock ’n roll to you / Crazy crazy nights / I was made for loving you |
| Lemar | If there’s any justice in the world / Dance with you / Another Day / Lullaby / Time to grow / Don’t give it up |
| Lenny Kravitz | Are you gonna go my way / Fly Away / It ain’t over till it’s over / Believe |
| M People | One night in heaven / Search for a hero / Itchycoo Park / Moving on up |
| Marillion | Kayleigh / Lavender / Sympathy / Don’t hurt yourself / Thank you whoever you are / |
| Mark Morrson | Return of the Mack / Crazy / Horny / Who’s the Mack / Moan and Groan / The Mack |
| McFly | 5 colours in her hair / You’ve got a friend / All about you / Baby’s coming back / Obviously / Don’t stop me now / Star girl / Transylvania / One for the radio / Room on the 3rd floor / Party Girl / Do Ya / Stay with me |
| Michael Buble | Just haven’t met you yet / It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas / Christmas Baby Please come home / Holly Jolly Christmas / Baby it’s cold outside / Cry me a river |
| Mike and the Mechanics | The living years / Over my shoulder / Beggar on a beach of gold |
| Muse | Bliss / Supermassive Black Hole / Nights of Sidonia / Uprising |
| No Doubt | Don’t Speak / Hey Baby / It’s my life / Hella Good / Just a girl / Spider web |
| Olly Murs | Troublemaker / Moves / Dance with me tonight / Dear Darling / Up / Please don’t let me go |
| Otis Redding | Dock of the Bay / Satisfaction / Hard to handle / Sad Song / Try a little tenderness / My Girl / Knock on Wood |
| Pixie Lott | Mama Do / Boys and Girls / All about tonight / Gravity / Turn it up / Cry me out |
| Pointer Sisters | Jump (for my love) / Automatic / Fire / I’m so excited / Slowhand |
| Razorlight | America / Golden Touch / In the morning / Somewhere Else / The Vice / Rip it up |
| Richard Marx | Hazard / Right Here Waiting / Now and forever / Should have known better |
| Rita Ora | Anywhere / Hot Right Now / How we do party / I will never let you down |
| Sam Smith | Writing’s on the wall / Too good at goodbyes / Promises / Money on my mind / La La La / Stay with me |
| Savage Garden | Truly Madly Deeply / To the moon and back / Crash and Burn / I knew I loved you / Hold me / Affirmation |
| Script | Hall of Fame / The Man who can’t be moved / No good in goodbye |
| Shakira | Hips don’t lie / Whenever wherever / Objection Tango / Waka Waka / She Wolf / Underneath your clothes |
| Shalamar | I can make you feel good / Night to remember / Take that to the bank / There it is |
| Sheryl Crow | All I want to do / If it makes you happy / Sweet Child of Mine / Run Baby Run / Tomorrow Never Dies |
| Sinead O’Connor | Nothing Compares 2U / Mandinka / “Don’t cry for me Argentina” [got to #53] / Success has made a failure of our home |
| Snow Patrol | Run / Chasing Cars / Spitting Games / Chocolate |
| Spencer Davis Group | Keep on running / Give me some loving / Somebody help me / I’m a man |
| Stone Roses | One Love / Fool’s Gold / Elephant Stone / I am the resurrection / Love Spreads / She bangs the drum |
| Supergrass | Caught by the fuzz / Moving / Alright / Time / Going Out / Lenny |
| Suzanne Vega | Tom’s Diner / Luca / Marlene on the wall |
| Texas | Black-eyed boy / I don’t want a lover / Summer Son / Tired of being alone / Say what you want / Halo |
| Toni Braxton | Unbreak my heart / Breathe Again / He wasn’t man enough / I don’t want to / You mean the world to me |
| Whitesnake | Fool for your loving / Here I go again / Is this love / Give me more time / Snakebite EP / Still of the night |
The Compartments 
So… any chance of this ever getting updated?
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Maybe. The thing is, almost every 3-in-10 artist for 2020 also appeared in the list for 2019 (link below),. There isn’t much new information regarding the artists to be added here, apart from the date(s) they were on. I’ve also only just caught up with the December 2020 editions of the quiz.
https://thecompartments.uk/2019/04/23/pop-master-the-3-in-10-questions-2019/
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With the exception of Thu 23 April (I missed that one), all the 3-in-10 artists for 2020 are now listed above.
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