Wycombe Hospitals Broadcasting Association

What Our Listeners Have Asked to Hear on Wycombe Radio

The following list shows the most requested artists we have played on the nightly Wycombe Radio request shows. Although relating to 1999, the same trend occurred in 2000.

Artist
Position
1999		 ARTIST Most Requested
Track By Artist
in 1999		 Artist
Position
1998		 Artist
Position
1997		 Artist
Position
1996
1 Frank Sinatra My Way 1 6 4
2 Boyzone You Need Me 19 n/a n/a
3 Celine Dion My Heart Will Go
On For Ever		 2 5 8
4 Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome
Tonight		 3 1 3
5 Jim Reeves I Love You Because 5 3 2
6 Elton John Candle in the Wind 4 2 11
7 Beatles Let It Be 7 8 15
8 Queen I Want to Break Free 8 7 6
9 ABBA Dancing Queen 20 22 25
10 Daniel O'Donnell Never Ending Song
of Love		 13 10 21
11 Cliff Richard Summer Holiday 6 4 5
12-New Entry The Corrs Runaway n/a n/a n/a
13 Pavarotti Nessun Dorma 12 17 13
14 Nat King Cole Unforgettable 15 26 10
15 Bette Midler Wind Beneath
My Wings		 28 18 n/a
16-New Entry Shirley Bassey Big Spender n/a n/a n/a
17 Robbie Williams Angels 22 n/a n/a
18 Michael Ball Love Changes
Everything		 10 n/a n/an/a
19 Tom Jones Green Green Grass
Of Home		 16 24 23
20-New Entry Phill Collins Groovy Kind Of Love n/a n/a n/an/a
21-New Entry Tina Turner Simply The Best n/a n/a n/a
22 Simply Red Fairground 17 14 7
23-New Entry The Animals We've Gotta Get
Out of This Place		 n/a n/a n/a
24 Mavericks Dance The Night away 30 n/a n/a
25 Chris De Burgh Lady In Red 14 15 14
26 Glen Miller Little Brown Jug 9 28 12
27 Spice Girls Viva Forever 18 12 n/a
28-New Entry Van Morison Brown Eyed Girl n/a n/a n/a
29-New Entry Roy Orbison Pretty Woman n/a n/a n/a
30-New Entry Boy George Karma Chameleon n/a n/a n/a


A sign of the times?
The following artists no longer make the top 30

Artist Position
in 1999		 Position
in 1998		 Position
in 1997		 Position
in 1996
Rod Stewart GONE! 11 20 n/a
Louis Armstrong GONE! 21 25 22
Englebert Humperdink GONE! 23 n/a n/a
Lighthouse Family GONE! 24 n/a n/a
Patsy Cline GONE! 25 n/a n/a
Tammy Wynette GONE! 26 n/a n/a
Stevie Wonder GONE! 27 n/a n/a
M People GONE! 29 n/a n/a
Robson & Jerome n/a GONE! 9 1
George Michael n/a GONE! 11 20
Barbara Streisand n/a GONE! 13 n/a
Whitney Houston n/a GONE! 16 16
Oasis n/a GONE! 19 9
Wet Wet Wet n/a GONE! 21 16
Bryan Adams n/a GONE! 23 n/a
Carpenters n/a GONE! 27 30
Neil Diamond n/a GONE! 29 24
Mozart n/a GONE! 30 n/a


The sample for this chart is approximately 5500 requests per year. It is fair to say that the top ten artists had a far greater percentage of the requests than the artists from 11 to 30.


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