1691: The Bruno Radio 1 chart where Number Two came after Number One - 1986
If you\u2019ve ever hosted a chart, you\u2019ll know that precision counts.\xa0 Every word. Every second. You have little space to adlib around errors inconspicuously.
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\nRemember that too in vinyl days without digits counting down in front of you, just a pile of black singles and a list of songs with your scribbled timings all over it.
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\nBruno Brookes was a chart great on Radio 1 \u2013 without doubt. On this occasion though on 6th July 86, listen to the moment when he played number three \u2013 then launched into the rundown and the number one \u2013 leaving out number two.
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\nEvery chart presenter on any station ever will feel for him.
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\nAs you can hear, he then had to play the number two after the number one just to hit the end of the hour\u2026
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\n(It was also the 400th show since the 2 hour Top 40 started on 12 November 1978)
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\nChart audio and diligence as ever - from Richard White.\n\n\n
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