Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Cardiff

United Kingdom · #30 origin

Combined (3:1)
191
US score
4.2
UK score
31.9
Attributed artists
18

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 2.39 · score per artist 10.6

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Shirley Bassey91.1
  2. 2Tom Jones48.3
  3. 3Shakin' Stevens12.9
  4. 4Manic Street Preachers9.8
  5. 5Duffy8.7
  6. 6Mary Hopkin4.3
  7. 7Donna Lewis4.1
  8. 8Stereophonics3.8
  9. 9Dave Edmunds2.9
  10. 10Amen Corner1.6
  11. 11Malcolm Vaughan1.2
  12. 12Ricky Valance0.8
  13. 13Catatonia0.5
  14. 14Charlotte Church0.4
  15. 15Feeder0.3

Signature songs

  1. 1“I Love You Always Forever” : Donna Lewis · UK / US #2 (1996)
  2. 2“Those Were the Days” : Mary Hopkin · UK / US #1 (1968)
  3. 3“Merry Christmas Everyone” : Shakin' Stevens · UK #1 (1985)
  4. 4“I Hear You Knocking” : Dave Edmunds · UK / US #1 (1970)
  5. 5“More Than Ever” : Malcolm Vaughan · UK #5 (1958)
  6. 6“As I Love You” : Shirley Bassey · UK #1 (1959)
  7. 7“I'll Never Fall in Love Again” : Tom Jones · UK / US #2 (1967)
  8. 8“As Long as He Needs Me” : Shirley Bassey · UK #2 (1960)
  9. 9“Green, Green Grass of Home” : Tom Jones · UK #1 (1966)
  10. 10“Mercy” : Duffy · UK #1 (2008)
  11. 11“Tell Laura I Love Her” : Ricky Valance · UK #1 (1960)
  12. 12“Reach For The Stars” : Shirley Bassey · UK #1 (1961)
  13. 13“Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me” : Shirley Bassey · UK #3 (1959)
  14. 14“She's a Lady” : Tom Jones · US #2 (1971)
  15. 15“Till” : Tom Jones · UK #2 (1971)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Louder”
2011
Sian Evans
UK
“(Barry) Islands in the Stream”
2009
Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West
UK
“(Barry) Islands in the Stream”
2009
Tom Jones
UK
“Mercy”
2008
Duffy
UK
“Dakota”
2005
Stereophonics
UK
“The Masses Against the Classes”
2000
Manic Street Preachers
UK
“If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”
1998
Manic Street Preachers
UK
“Merry Christmas Everyone”
1985
Shakin' Stevens
UK
“Oh Julie”
1982
Shakin' Stevens
UK
“Green Door”
1981
Shakin' Stevens
UK
“This Ole House”
1981
Shakin' Stevens
UK
“I Hear You Knocking”
1970
Dave Edmunds
UK
“(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice”
1969
Amen Corner
UK
“Those Were the Days”
1968
Mary Hopkin
UK
“Green, Green Grass of Home”
1966
Tom Jones
UK
“It's Not Unusual”
1965
Tom Jones
UK
“Reach For The Stars”
1961
Shirley Bassey
UK
“Tell Laura I Love Her”
1960
Ricky Valance
UK
“As I Love You”
1959
Shirley Bassey
UK
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