BBC - Chart success

39 singles and 18 albums have appeared in the UK Top Forty, including one number one single and four others in the top 10!

The BBC only starting releasing themes onto the market following a Pye record of the theme to Owen M.D. After this reached the charts, the BBC started releasing theme singles itself - with some success.

Most of the following is taken from a Wikipedia page, but including my pictures where I have them - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Records.

Chart singles As BBC Records

1973 What ever happened to you (Likely lads) - Hugg / La Franais / Bewes (No.35)

1977 (Theme for) Who Pays the Ferryman? - Yannis Markopoulos (No.11)

1977 (Theme for) The Water Margin" - Godiego (No.37)

1978 "Theme from The Hong Kong Beat" - Richard Denton and Martin Cook (No.25)

1978 "The Last Farewell" - Ship's Company and Royal Marine Band of HMS Ark Royal (No.46)

1979 "Ghandara" - Godiego (No.56)

1981 "Chi Mai" (theme for The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) - Ennio Morricone (No.2)

1981 "Heaven and Hell" - Vangelis (No.48)

1981 "I Wanna Be a Winner" - Brown Sauce (No.15)

1982 "Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind" - Rose of Romance Orchestra (No.71)

1982 "BBC World Cup Grandstand" - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (No.61)

1982 "Orville's Song" - Keith Harris and Orville (No.4)

1983 "Come to My Party" - Keith Harris and Orville (No.44)

1984 (Theme for) Big Deal - Bobby G (No.46)

1985 "Smuggler's Blues" - Glenn Frey (No.22)

1985 (Theme for) Howard's Way - Simon May Orchestra (No.21)

1985 "Memory - Theme from the Musical" - Aled Jones (No.42)

1985 (Theme for) Edge of Darkness - Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen (No.65)

1986 "Just Say No" - Grange Hill Cast (No.5)

1986 "Heroes" - The County Line (No.76)

1986 "Aztec Lightning" - Heads (No.45)

1986 "Anyone Can Fall in Love" - Anita Dobson (No.4)

1986 "It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8 1/2)" - Claire and Friends (No.13)

1986 "Always There" - Marti Webb (No.13)

1986 "Something Outta Nothing" - Letitia Dean and Paul Medford (No.12)

1986 "Every Loser Wins" - Nick Berry (No.1)

1987 "Sing for Ever" - St Philips Choir (No.47))


As an imprint of BBC Worldwide

1997 "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!" - Teletubbies (No.1)
1998 "Everlasting Love" - Cast of Casualty (No.5)
1999 "Sunburn" - Michelle Collins (No.28)
2000 "Stay with Me (Baby)" - Rebecca Wheatley (No.10)
2000 "Number 1" - Tweenies (No.5)
2000 "Can We Fix It?" - Bob the Builder (No.1)
2001 "Best Friends Forever" - Tweenies (No.12)
2001 "Do the Lollipop" - Tweenies (No.17)
2001 "Mambo No.5" - Bob the Builder (No.1)
2001 "I Believe in Christmas" - Tweenies (No.9)
2002 "Have Fun Go Mad" - Tweenies (No.20)
2002 "It's a Rainbow" - Rainbow (No.15)

Chart albums

1972 The Last Goon Show of All - The Goons (No.8)

1979 Fawlty Towers - Cast/soundtrack (No.25)

1980 Not the Nine O'Clock News - Cast/soundtrack (No.5)

1981 Fawlty Towers Vol.2 - Cast/soundtrack (No.26)

1981 The Official Album of the Royal Wedding - Various (No.1)

1981 Hedgehog Sandwich - Cast/soundtrack (No.5)

1982 The Kids from "Fame" - Cast/soundtrack (No.1)

1982 The Memory Kinda Lingers - Not the Nine O'Clock News cast/soundtrack (No.63)

1983 Live - The Kids from "Fame" (No.8)

1983 Sing for You - The Kids from "Fame" (No.25)

1985 Voices from the Holy Land - Aled Jones (No.6)

1985 All Through the Night - Aled Jones (No.2)

1987 Enya - Enya (No.69)

1989 Atlantic Realm - Clannad (No.41)

1992 Evil of the Daleks - Doctor Who soundtrack (No.72)
1993 Power of the Daleks - Doctor Who soundtrack (No.71)
1993 The Paradise of Death - Doctor Who soundtrack (No.48)
1995 Knowing Me Knowing You 3 - Alan Partridge (No.41)