not dead, am doing a book

[ken_garner]

thanks, Stuart, for confirming the rundown style. Sounds plausible to 
me. - kg


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Stuart McHugh <stuart@...> wrote:
>
> I'm afraid that I can be no help in either establishing that he  
> referred to the 77 chart as a '50' or its true makeup, though the  
> fact that he was broadcasting listeners' favourites in tandem with  
> his own chart rings bells.
> What I can recall is that he did it in rundown stylee, I can still  
> remember my shock at The Motors appearing at 3 and then at 1 as 
well!  
> (He'd dropped hints about the top of the chart so I can remember  
> expecting 'Dancing the Night Away' being up there due to earlier  
> comments and airplay, and 'Uptopwn Top Ranking' being a shoo-in, but  
> 'You Beat The Hell Outtta Me' was something of a surprise!)
> 
> Ah, memories. Or not.
> 
> Stuart McHugh
> stuart@...
>