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Born: October 28, 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

After a few reincarnations 1050 CHUM quietly passed away on March 26, 2009

1050 CHUM was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse from the late 1950s through to the early 1980s.

The station had a formula no other station has been able to duplicate.

Through the formative ‘50s, the unforgettable ‘60s and the interesting ‘70s, 1050 CHUM played a major role in shaping the radio landscape in Toronto. Recording acts from Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Elton John, The Eagles, The Doobie Brothers and Bob Seger not only graced the airwaves but walked the halls of 1050 CHUM.

The radio station was famous for the CHUM Chart. From 1957 to 1986, 1,512 consecutive weekly charts were published, making it the longest-running chart of its kind in the world.

Also, 1050 CHUM was noteworthy for hosting many famous rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66).

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Showing posts with label Elton John. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Elton John on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions



Bennie And The Jets
Chart Date
Position
27
21
10
2
1
1
4
7
12
17
28
Bit Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)
Chart Date
Position
28
25
23
27
30
Bitch Is Back, The
Chart Date
Position
25
17
14
11
9
5
3
2
2
5
9
14
25
Crocodile Rock
Chart Date
Position
25
16
7
4
1
1
2
5
8
15
19
24
28
30
Daniel
Chart Date
Position
29
14
12
12
9
6
6
6
10
11
13
17
25
27
30
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Chart Date
Position
28
23
19
9
6
2
1
1
1
1
2
7
11
19
24
26
28
30
30
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You
Chart Date
Position
28
19
12
9
7
6
5
4
7
7
8
10
22
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Chart Date
Position
27
23
19
14
12
10
10
14
24
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Chart Date
Position
28
24
20
18
14
9
5
5
4
6
10
12
16
21
23
28
Grow Some Funk Of Your Own
Chart Date
Position
25
18
10
8
5
5
5
Honky Cat
Chart Date
Position
26
23
18
14
8
8
7
20
23
30
30
I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
Chart Date
Position
10
8
5
5
5
9
18
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Chart Date
Position
28
25
23
21
16
13
12
19
29
I'm Still Standing
Chart Date
Position
27
22
14
11
9
8
5
4
4
7
16
27
29
Island Girl
Chart Date
Position
25
16
10
7
2
1
1
3
3
10
13
15
17
24
Kiss The Bride
Chart Date
Position
28
24
21
18
18
27
Levon
Chart Date
Position
27
24
20
Little Jeannie
Chart Date
Position
28
22
11
8
6
4
2
2
5
8
15
22
29
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Chart Date
Position
21
10
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
7
10
12
18
24
Mama Can't Buy You Love
Chart Date
Position
28
22
16
13
13
13
12
9
7
13
23
Nikita
Chart Date
Position
29
24
10
4
2
2
3
7
15
24
28
Nobody Wins
Chart Date
Position
28
23
20
15
11
20
29
Philadelphia Freedom
Chart Date
Position
24
18
11
7
6
1
1
3
6
9
10
16
19
24
Pinball Wizard
Chart Date
Position
18
7
1
1
2
2
7
12
20
24
28
Rocket Man
Chart Date
Position
23
18
15
11
10
7
7
11
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Chart Date
Position
29
21
15
11
6
4
3
5
12
21
26
Somebody Saved My Life Tonight
Chart Date
Position
22
16
12
7
4
2
4
4
2
2
6
13
17
21
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Chart Date
Position
28
21
13
9
7
4
3
7
9
11
13
16
22
Wrap Her Up
Chart Date
Position
30
24
20
18
17
20
29
Your Song
Chart Date
Position
30
25
14
7
4
4
4
12
19


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Thursday, January 12, 2012

January 1975 Elton John ruled the CHUM Charts with ' Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'

NOT RADIO EDIT




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Five charts were issued in January 1975. 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' topped charts 936 through 940.


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CHART NUMBER 938
Saturday, January 11, 1975

This Week/Last Week/Artist/Track/Total Weeks

1 1 John, Elton Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 5
2 2 Reddy, Helen Angie Baby 5
3 4 Anka, Paul One Man Woman/One Woman Man 7
4 7 Sedaka, Neil Laughter In The Rain 5
5 6 White, Barry You're The First, The Last, My Everything 6
6 9 Carpenters, The Please Mr. Postman 4
7 3 Douglas, Carl Kung Fu Fighting 8
8 8 B.T. Express Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) 3
9 11 Manilow, Barry Mandy 3
10 5 Chapin, Harry Cat's In The Cradle 6
11 12 Starr, Ringo Only You 4
12 15 Grand Funk Railroad Some Kind Of Wonderful 2
13 16 Wonder, Stevie Boogie On Reggae Woman 4
14 10 McCartney, Paul Junior's Farm 9
14 0 McCartney, Paul Sally G. 0
15 22 Jethro Tull Bungle In The Jungle 1
16 20 Osmond, Donny & Marie Morning Side Of The Mountain 4
17 24 Douglas, Carol Doctor's Orders 1
18 14 Three Degrees, The When Will I See You Again 12
19 23 Guess Who, The Dancin' Fool 3
20 13 Vinton, Bobby My Melody Of Love 10
21 27 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Get Dancin' 1
22 25 Leroy, James Lady Ellen 4
23 17 Swan, Billy I Can Help 10
24 28 Wednesday Fly Away 1
25 30 April Wine I Wouldn't Want To Lose Your Love 1
26 0 Rufus You Got The Love 0
27 21 Octavian Good Feeling (To Know) 5
28 18 Diamond, Neil Longfellow Serenade 8
29 19 Dee Band, The Kiki I've Got The Music In Me 9
30 0 Gaynor, Gloria Never Can Say Goodbye 0

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

January 1973 the CHUM Charts started with Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' in the top spot











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Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' knocked The Temptations' 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' out of the number one spot. However, by the end of January 1973, Elton John's 'Crocodile Rock' rocked in for a one week stay at the top.

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CHART NUMBER 834
Saturday, January 06, 1973


This Week/Last Week/Artist/Track/Total Weeks

1 3 Simon, Carly You're So Vain 3
2 1 Temptations, The Papa Was A Rolling Stone 6
3 2 O'Sullivan, Gilbert Clair 7
4 4 Rivers, Johnny Rockin' Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu 4
5 6 Paul, Billy Me And Mrs. Jones 5
6 7 Hampshire, Keith Daytime Night-Time 7
7 5 Hammond, Albert It Never Rains In Southern California 8
7 16 John, Elton Crocodile Rock 2
8 8 Stylistics, The I'm Stone In Love With You 5
9 11 Bread Sweet Surrender 3
10 18 Edward Bear Last Song 4
11 17 Jethro Tull Living In The Past 2
12 9 Melvin, Harold & The Blue Notes If You Don't Know Me By Now 7
13 10 America Ventura Highway 6
14 28 Wonder, Stevie Superstition 1
15 19 Jacks, Terry I'm Gonna Love You Too 3
16 21 Loggins & Messina Your Mama Don't Dance 2
18 20 A Foot In Coldwater (Isn't Love Unkind) In My Life 3
19 12 Seals & Crofts Summer Breeze 10
20 13 Nash, Johnny I Can See Clearly Now 12
21 24 Four Tops, The Keeper Of The Castle 2
22 14 Spinners, The I'll Be Around 9
23 15 Eagles, The Witchy Woman 10
24 22 Gregorash, Joey Take The Blindness 8
25 23 Fifth Dimension, The If I Could Reach You 8
27 26 Roberts, Austin Something's Wrong With Me 10
28 0 Thomas, Timmy Why Can't We Live Together 0
29 0 Diamond, Neil Walk On Water 0
30 0 Smith, Hurricane Oh Babe, What Would You Say 0
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CHUM HISTORY

"1050 CHUM" was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse during the late 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.

Early history and Top 40 format

CHUM AM was launched as a dawn-to-dusk radio station on October 28, 1945 by Jack Q'Part, an entrepreneur in the business of patent medicines. The station, then operating from studios in the Mutual Street Arena, was taken over in December 1954 by Allan Waters, a salesman from Q'Parts' patent medicine business. Waters' first major move was to secure a license for 24-hour-a-day broadcasting for CHUM, along with a power increase to 5,000 watts. Less than three years after Waters acquired the station, and soon after bringing the new fulltime transmitter online, a major programming change was made. On May 27 1957, Waters switched to a "Top 50" format that had proven itself popular in some U.S. cities; Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was the first song played. "1050 CHUM" pioneered rock and roll radio in Toronto, and was noteworthy for hosting many noteworthy rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66). While the station was rising to the top of the popularity ratings in Toronto in the early 1960s, it also built yet another new transmitter in Mississauga, Ontario (a few miles west of the current Toronto city line) along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and raised its power once again to its current 50,000 watts around the clock.

CHUM DJs of the 1960s were zany morning man Al Boliska, who quit in late 1963 to go 'across the street' to CKEY.He was replaced by WKBW, Buffalo radio & TV personality Jay Nelson, popularly known as "Jungle Jay" from his role as host of a children's show on Buffalo's Channel 7 which was also popular among Toronto youngsters. He would be followed by housewives' jock John Spragge; singer/DJ Mike Darow; Pete Nordheimer, replaced in 1961 by witty Bob McAdorey; teen DJ Dave Johnson; and all night maven Bob Laine. Later additions to the CHUM DJ lineup included Duff Roman and Brian Skinner, both of whom came over from CKEY (then owned by Jack Kent Cooke). In the late 1960s, early 1970s, CHUM DJ's included Duke Roberts (also known as Gary Duke for a time), Johnny Mitchell (better known today as Sonny Fox), J. Michael Wilson, Tom Rivers, Scott Carpenter, Jim Van Horne, John Rode, Don Reagan, Terry Steele and Roger Ashby. Among their later mighttime hosts was John D. Roberts, who joined CHUM in 1977 and would eventually become known across North America as White House correspondent for CBS-TV and host of CNN's morning program "American Morning."

CHUM was also well known for its contests, like the 1970s' "I Listen to CHUM" promotion, in which DJs would dial phone numbers at random and award $1,000 to anyone who answered the phone with that phrase.

From gold-based to oldies

By the mid-1980s, CHUM had lost ground in the Toronto ratings to competitor Top 40 station CFTR and FM-based music stations. On June 6, 1986, CHUM dropped its Top 40 format for a heavily gold-based adult contemporary format ("Favourites of Yesterday and Today"). By 1989, CHUM adopted an oldies format, drawing heavily on its previous Top 40 reputation to cater to the fans of that era's music.

Chart #1 - Monday, May 27, 1957 - TOP 50

CHART NUMBER 1

Monday, May 27, 1957

Chart Number: 1
This
Week 		Last
Week 		ArtistTrackTotal
Weeks
10Presley, ElvisAll Shook Up0
20Boone, PatLove Letters In The Sand0
30Williams, AndyI Like Your Kind Of Love0
40Everly Brothers, TheBye Bye Love0
50Mineo, SalStart Movin' (In My Direction)0
60Storm, GaleDark Moon0
70Robbins, MartyA White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)0
80Gracie, CharlieFabulous0
90Como, PerryGirl With The Golden Braids, The0
100Ray, JohnnieYes Tonight, Josephine0
110Diamonds, TheLittle Darlin'0
120Dell-Vikings, TheCome Go With Me0
130Boone, PatWhy Baby Why0
140Husky, FerlinGone0
150Como, PerryRound And Round0
160Berry, ChuckSchool Day0
170Knox, BuddyParty Doll0
170Lawrence, SteveParty Doll0
180Dorsey Orchestra, JimmySo Rare0
190Domino, FatsI'm Walkin'0
190Nelson, RickyI'm Walkin'0
200Gracie, CharlieButterfly0
200Williams, AndyButterfly0
210Belafonte, HarryMama Look At Bubu0
220Lowe, JimFour Walls0
220Reeves, JimFour Walls0
230Dee, JohnnySittin' In The Balcony0
230Cornell, DonSittin' In The Balcony0
230Cochran, EddieSittin' In The Balcony0
240Mathis, JohnnyWonderful! Wonderful!0
250Mello-Tones, TheRosie Lee0
250Tune Drops, TheRosie Lee0
260Coasters, TheYoung Blood0
270Domino, FatsValley Of Tears0
280Draper, RustyFreight Train0
290Gilkyson, Terry & The Easy RidersMarianne0
290Hilltoppers, TheMarianne0
300Bowen, JimmyI'm Stickin' With You0
310Laine, FrankieLove Is A Golden Ring0
320Platters, TheI'm Sorry0
330Hunter, Ivory JoeEmpty Arms0
330Brewer, TeresaEmpty Arms0
340Sands, TommyTeen-Age Crush0
350Little RichardLucille0
360Sands, TommyMy Love Song0
370Starr, KayJamie Boy0
380Starr, RandyAfter School0
390Johnson, BettyLittle White Lies0
400Bennett, TonyOne For My Baby (And One More For The Road)0
410Knox, BuddyRock Your Little Baby To Sleep0
420Clooney, RosemaryMangos0
430Cornell, DonMama Guitar0
440Belloc, DanFlip Top0
450Baker, LavernJim Dandy Got Married0
460Boone, PatBernardine0
470Copeland, KenPledge Of Love0
470Torok, MitchellPledge Of Love0
480Four Lads, TheI Just Don't Know0
490Armenian Jazz SextetHarem Dance0
500Williams, BillyI'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter0

John Gilbert "No Charge"

Mike Cooper's April Fools Joke





80's PROMO





Bob Sam Robbie - 1050 CHUM Morning Show - 1992




Tom Rivers 1982


John Majhor CHUM 1050 Morning show 1986





1050 CHUM Card 1983