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As with any 'list' its subject to what you personally like, the trouble is with who is missing, The Beatles I won't argue with and yes Ernie I think The Eagles deservce a mention, but what is not included is a lady who, of late, very late in fact, I have come to realise had a profound effect on my music tastes. She didn't get to the top of any recorded records charts but she shaped a lot of others who did. Carole King wrote songs that I listened too, danced too, romanced too and I just didn't know as they were performed by other people, including The Beatles. As for pure records sales she came nowhere, unless Tapestry is included, but I never take much notice in these types of charts anyway as they miss out the massive variety of music that took my attention and played a big part of my teenage years. I mean the late Ken Dodd was number 1 for goodness knows how long with 'Tears' it ain't rock n roll at all, but that was the mixture available, like Clive Dunne and 'Granddad'. No Queen, no Stones, no, oh it doesn't matter, I know what I like to listen too and so do you whatever the lists might say, just enjoy.
Absolutely, but the fact is that not everyone will agree with the statistics, even today someone of todays pop ilk will have surpassed The Beatles in some shape or form, downloads, streams or whatever as the list you present is for US Album sales only and who buys a physical album these days? For me the chart only confirms that The Beatles were, and still are, the ultimate pop/rock band of all times, Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr, shaped the music scene of the times and still today McCartney draws the crowds in, as do the Stones. An era of superb music despite the odd blip of the likes of Ken Dodd, Clive Dunn, Bonzo Dog Do Da Band and the rest, any chart can show you in a crude form who is the tops, but it never tells the whole story of what it is showing.
Not really true, certified record sales are fairly accurate and include downloads as well as physical records and The Beatles and Elvis remain way ahead of anyone else in worldwide sales (on the worldwide list Garth Brooks and The Eagles only just scrape into the top twenty).
Country is absolutely ****ing huge this side of the pond. You have 365m yanks and a relatively large proportion of them like country. Even a third is well over 100m compared to the total UK population of 65m. Garth Brooks has been going for 30 years at the top so no big surprise there. Puts things into perspective. Country girls are good fun too....yeehaa...
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Even back in the 1970's and 80's the likes of John Denver, jim Reeves and Glen Campbell had many fans.
One of my chufftiest finds was when I bought a mint vinyl of Tapestry in Dove House for a £1. Classic album
I've seen many a person spend quite a while going through the LP selections in charity shops, looking at the sleeve, then taking the disc out and checking it over, someone the other day was checking out a Count Basie album, all that was missing was a magnifying glass for the girl to use checking the disc over.
