Who remembers Status Quo appearing in the album charts with "Piledriver"?
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Status Quo - No.48 in the UK Albums Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

For one last time the Quo's big breakthrough album returns with fresh attention from their first No.1 single. Read on for the full chart story and playlist embeds.

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Who remembers Mud appearing in the album charts with "Mud Rock"?
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Mud - No.49 in the UK Albums Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"The mirthful Mud are giving everyone a jolly good time with this hits-filled party LP..." Read on...

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Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - No.1 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"A track about defiance in the face of adversity, about how, no matter how hard everything seems, just hanging in there and keeping faith, no matter how far and fragile it seems, in the fact that somehow, someday, one day, things will get better again."

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Pilot - No.2 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"Hands down, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs I've ever had the pleasure to experience, in real time as it presented itself in the UK charts..." Read on...

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Carpenters - No.3 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"The popular sister and brother have already shown up along my musical road, but this is the first time I became aware of them, with this feel-good cover." Read on...

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Mac And Katie Kissoon - No.4 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"These sumptuous soul siblings are finally getting the recognition they deserve here in the UK with this single, after a couple of attempts over the last few years." Read on...

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Mud - No.5 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"The mirthful boys of Mud are back after having a stunner of a year in 1974, culminating with the double whammy of, not only having the biggest selling single of the year, but also grabbing the coveted Christmas No.1..." Read on...

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The Glitter Band - No.6 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"So far, each and every one of their own single releases has resulted in a Top 10 hit for the group; and now it looks like they can add this one to that prestigious tally."

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Shirley & Company - No.7 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"The song itself had apparently been initially sidelined for label-mate, and an artist who has already featured twice on my own musical journey, Donnie Elbert, but for one reason or another it was instead gifted by the label's co-owner to Jesus, who then teamed him up with Shirley."

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Helen Reddy - No.8 in the UK Singles Chart on My 3rd Birthday - The Archive of My Life

"Coupled with the lyric and Helen's bewitching vocal, it all becomes a masterclass of storytelling and psychosis going entirely rogue through abstraction and ambiguity."

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