In June 1999, Dutch pop purveyors Vengaboys scored their first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
The Eurodance banger debuted in the top spot to push the previous week's Number 1, S Club 7's iconic debut single Bring It All Back, down to Number 2.
Interestingly, Vengaboys' thumping Eurodance banger has two very familiar names on its songwriting credits: Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. That's because the first verse of Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! interpolates ABBA's 1981 hit Lay All Your Love on Me.

By Carl Smith OfficialChart.com

Tredje gången gillt för Carola Häggkvist!
Året var 1991 när Carola för tredje gången ställde upp i Melodifestivalen.
1983 - Främling (3a i ESC och Svenskt tittarrekord. 84% av svenskarna satt bänkade)
1990 - Mitt i ett äventyr (2a i svenska finalen)
1991 - Fångad av en stormvind
Maken till spännade och jämn final har inte setts sen dess.
När alla röster var räknade stod Sverige och Frankrike på 146 p vardera.
Regeln säger att vid lika är det den som fått flest 12 poängare som vinner.
Nu visade det sig att man hade lika många tolvor. Man hoppade då ner och räknade antal tiopoängare.
Här hade Carola flest (5-2) och utropades till den då tredje svenska ESC vinnaren genom tiderna.
1974 ABBA  - Waterloo
1984 Herreys - Diggi Loo Diggi Ley
Det var en stor lördagskväll i Maj för oss svenskar eftersom Tre Kronor i samma stund tog VM guld
i ishockey... och det badades som brukligt i fontänen på
Sergels Torg hela natten lång och gult och blått överallt...

Lyssna på Carolas vinnarlåt

This week back in 1996 the UK rapper Mark Morrison ruled the top position all over Europe with
this smash hit - Return of the Mack.
Hard to stand still with the fat rhytm. 
Get nostalgic, so up and do your moves...

The artist with the most Number 1 singles in the UK ever is the King of Rock'n'Roll himself, Elvis Presley!

He racked up 21 Number 1 singles between All Shook Up in July 1957, to the reissue of It's Now or Never in February 2005. And today Ed Sheeran moved slightly closer to reaching Elvis' chart history heights as his new single Eyes closed reach the very top the first week on the list.
Here is Elvis very first No 1 hit

ABBA announce the very special re-issue of their debut album, Ring Ring, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. 

Originally released when ABBA weren't even ABBA - just a band under the name Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida - Ring Ring was first issued as an LP on 26 March 1973, and saw the somewhat muted start to the career of a band that would go on to define the sound, look and feel of pop music.

But the huge success of Ring Ring in the band's native Sweden - where both the Swedish and English versions of the title track charted at Number 1 and 2 respectively at the same time (!) - was enough to convince Agnetha and Anna-Frid to pause their solo careers. And ABBA was born.

To celebrate the momentous five decades since ABBA first made their first, tentative steps in the music business, Ring Ring is being re-issued with a special new Deluxe edition, with all its track remastered at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London.

Text: 
By George Griffiths
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