More good news from Belgium: Bo Rhap is again number one in 1000 classic-chart on national radio station Radio 2. Top ten was:
THE COMPLETE TOP 10
QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody
ELVIS PRESLEY – Suspicious Minds
WILL TURA – Eenzaam zonder jou
ADAMO – Inch Allah ABBA – Dancing queen
BARRY WHITE – You’re the first, the last, my everything
BRYAN ADAMS – Summer of ’69
ANN CHRISTY – De roos
DEEP PURPLE – Child in time
MEAT LOAF – Paradise by the dashboard light
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‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ AGAIN IN ‘1,000 CLASSICS
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31 December 2013 by Michaël Temmerman
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen remains the ultimate classic for Radio 2 listeners. The number stands for the fifth time in a year-end list ‘1000 classics. Elvis Presley … “Suspicious Minds” rose from number 92 to the second place. “Alone without you” by Will Tura completes the top three.
A classic at Radio 2 is at least five years old. This year also counted the songs from it in 2008. There were nine classics from 2008 in the list.
Will Tura just as in 2012, most of the songs in the ‘1, 000 classics. There are 22 classics of him in the list. Then follow ABBA (18), Elvis Presley (16), The Rolling Stones (16), Michael Jackson (13), Queen (12), Clouseau (12) and The Beatles (10).
The biggest improvement is ‘A to Corsica’ I Muvrini. The song rose 895 places from 950 to 55. The strongest descender is ‘Eagle’ by ABBA. The number drops 617 places from 117 to 834.
Anja Daems presented the final of ‘1,000 classics’ tonight between 17 and 18 hours in the company of three purebred classics: Will Tura, Bart Peeters and Helmut Lotti.
With thanks to Stefan Vranckx