I've now established there's 6 music acts who made their Top 40 debut before 1987 and went on to have more than 20 Top 40 hits whose music I'd never heard before the internet. I'm going to continue looking at the next biggest chart acts according to number of hits with those who I relied on the internet to hear in red:
Alma Cogan: Straight away we have another. Alma Cogan clocked up 20 Top 40 hits between 1954 and 1961 and passed away in 1966. Amongst those was the chart topper "Dreambeat" which I would have listened to in the early days of YouTube.
Petula Clark: "Downtown" is a record I feel I've known all my life and I have a vague memory of it being referred to as a Petula Clark song on the TV.
Andy Williams: When "Music To Watch Girls By" was rereleased in 1999 after it appeared on an advert I believe.
Dusty Springfield: In 1987 when she collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys on "What Have I Done To Deserve This".
Herman's Hermits: Feel like I've always known the band name and the songs "I'm Into Something Good" and "No Milk Today" and think it all came together on the TV some time.
Gladys Knight & the Pips: In 1989 when she did "Licence To Kill", I remember listening to the Top 40 countdown when it entered the Top 40 at number 40.
T Rex: In 1991 when "20th Century Boy" re-entered the charts under the name Marc Bolan & T Rex.
Level 42: In 1988 when they charted with "Heaven In My Hands" which is also on Now 13.
Lionel Richie: Certainly by the time he charted with "My Destiny" in 1992 but sure I'd heard of him before that.
Buddy Holly: Feel like I've always known about the young guy with glasses who died in a plane crash in 1959 and can trace memories of "Peggy Sue" back to early childhood.
Brenda Lee: Have heard "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree" every Christmas of my life.
Dave Clark Five: I'm trying to think of what music of theirs I'd heard pre-internet and can't think of any. Therefore it would have been their chart topper "Glad All Over" in the early days of YouTube.
Cilla Black: I used to watch her present Blind Date and Surprise Surprise and remember her singing on the latter.
David Essex: A name I knew for years before I knew his music, then I discovered it was him who did "A Winters Tale".
Gary Numan: In 1987 when did charted with "Cars (E-Reg Model)". I learned about the car reg at the same time.
Kim Wilde: In 1988 when she charted with "You Came".
Bruce Springsteen: Can't pinpoint a particular song but remember him being the man playing in front of what seemed like millions of people in all of his music videos.
David Whitfield: He's not had a Top 40 hit since 1958 and I would speculate his music even sounded old fashioned back then. He topped the charts with "Answer Me" and "Cara Mia" so I would have listened to these in the early days of YouTube.
Ronnie Hilton: I'd never heard of him until I listened to his only number one "No Other Love" in the early days of YouTube. Most of his hits came in the 50s but he had a brief comeback in the mid-60s with his final hit being "A Windmill In Old Amsterdam" which I've known since I was a kid, I just didn't know who it was by.
Russ Conway: Another act whose number ones I would have listened to in the early days of YouTube.
Ken Dodd: I knew he was a comedian who had hits but I'd not heard any of them until I listened to the chart topper "Tears" in the early days of YouTube.
Lulu: I can't remember a time when I haven't known "Shout".
Temptations: When they rereleased "My Girl" in 1992 for the film of the same name.
Olivia Newton-John: When the "Grease Megamix" charted in 1990.
Gary Glitter: When I saw him do "I'm the Leader" on Sounds of the 70s TV show though I already knew "Another Rock n Roll Christmas" from the Now Christmas Album.
The Jam: Can't remember a time when I didn't know "Going Underground".
Siouxsie & the Banshees: When they charted with "Kiss Them For Me" in 1991.
Kool & the Gang: Most likely when I heard the original of "Celebration" having heard the Kylie Minogue cover first.
A-Ha: Not sure which song but very much remember them being around in the late 80s.
Dean Martin: A bit like Frank Sinatra he'd just always been there.
Tommy Steele: Interesting how most of these acts I'd never heard pre-internet had number ones. Tommy Steele was one of those who I would therefore listen to their number one in the early days of YouTube.
Drifters: Probably "Saturday Night At The Movies" which has always been around.
Four Seasons: Not to be confused with the Four Tops or the classical piece of the same name which is what I did at a young age. Hard to pinpoint the first song of theirs I heard as several have just always been around.
Bachelors: Their music appeared on an episode of Only Fools and Horses.
Manfred Mann: Probably "5-4-3-2-1" on the advert for the chocolate bar of the same name. Also remember them appearing a lot on Sounds of the 60s.
Eric Clapton: When "Wonderful Tonight" charted in 1991.
Barry White: When he had a brief chart comeback in 1995.
Blondie: I remember "Heart of Glass" from a very young age.
Meat Loaf: Before his 90s chart comeback I used to hear "Dead Ringer For Love" a lot.
Police: Used to hear "Every Breath You Take" a lot and remember learning that it was the band Sting used to be in.
OMD: When they charted with "Sailing on the Seven Seas" in 1991.
Spandau Ballet: Can't recall a time when I didn't know "True" or "Gold".
Tears For Fears: Remember "Shout" from a very young age.
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