So who remembers watching The Chart Show on Saturday mornings?
The programme originally aired on Channel 4 between April 1986 and
January 1989 and was shown on Friday nights. The show moved to ITV,
where it stayed until August 1998. Sadly, it was replaced by the
dreadful CD:UK which was aimed at a younger audience and this is when I
stopped watching.
I have such fond memories of The Chart Show and Saturday mornings
have never been the same since its demise. What was different about it
was that, unlike many other music shows, it had no presenters. They were
replaced by computer graphics (created by a Commodore Amiga), with
pop-ups during each music video to display info about the artist and
song. This all looked very cutting-edge at the time, and the fact that
you had no annoying Radio One DJ's interrupting with their inane banter
was a positive for me, at least.
Anyway, enjoy watching the video clips which are sure to bring back fond memories of lazing around watching music videos, instead of going to work or school - total bliss!
Included in the playlist are a couple of Top Tens from 1987, an Indie Chart from November 1989 which features The Soup Dragons and The Happy Mondays. There is also a Top Ten rundown from February 1989 which includes Yazz, Bobby Brown, Roachford and Holly Johnson to name but a few - great memories!
June 1991 Dance Chart screenshot