SUNDANCE (UK)

The band consisted of Mary Hopkin, Mike Hurst and Michael d’Albuquerque. Hurst had been in The Springfields alongside Dusty Springfield, while d’Albuquerque had been a member of the Electric Light Orchestra. Hopkin had seen solo success with hits like ‘Those Were The Days’ and ‘Knock Knock Who’s There’. The project was short lived, only producing 1 album and a couple of singles. They would not see any chart action in the UK or the US.

Date of entrySongPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
23-Apr-1982What’s Love1013
    
    
  Total hits1
  Total weeks13
Biggest climber awards0
Star rater climbs1
Biggest fallers1
Weeks with oldest in the charts0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)13
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)0
Top 30 points ranking=741
Top 20 points ranking=780
Top 30 points213
Top 20 points83

Solo hits by Mary Hopkin:

Date of entrySongPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
04-Oct-1968Those Were The Days211
15-May-1970Knock Knock Who’s There29
    
  Total hits2
  Total weeks20

Hits produced by Mike Hurst                                      

SongActPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
Mathew And SonCat Stevens210
Might QuinnManfred Mann1 (1)11
Tom-Tom TurnaroundNew World412
Three Steps To HeavenShowaddywaddy612
Under The Moon Of LoveShowaddywaddy68
    
  Total hits5
  Total weeks53

Hurst would also produce the Sundance hit listed above.

Although Michael d’Albuquerque was a member of ELO for a time, he was not part of the group when they scored their SA chart hits.

Total chart involvement by the band and its members:

Number of hits8
Weeks86
No of No. 1’s1
Weeks at 11

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