The Sound of Cardiff

United Kingdom · #31 origin

Combined (3:1)
190.6
US score
3.9
UK score
32.3
Attributed artists
18

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 2.43 · score per artist 10.6

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Shirley Bassey91
  2. 2Tom Jones48
  3. 3Shakin' Stevens13.1
  4. 4Manic Street Preachers9.8
  5. 5Duffy8.9
  6. 6Mary Hopkin4.2
  7. 7Donna Lewis3.8
  8. 8Stereophonics3.8
  9. 9Dave Edmunds3
  10. 10Amen Corner1.5
  11. 11Malcolm Vaughan1.1
  12. 12Ricky Valance0.9
  13. 13Catatonia0.4
  14. 14Charlotte Church0.3
  15. 15Feeder0.3

Signature songs

  1. 1“Those Were the Days” : Mary Hopkin · UK / US #1 (1968)
  2. 2“I Hear You Knocking” : Dave Edmunds · UK / US #1 (1970)
  3. 3“I Love You Always Forever” : Donna Lewis · UK / US #2 (1996)
  4. 4“Merry Christmas Everyone” : Shakin' Stevens · UK #1 (1985)
  5. 5“As I Love You” : Shirley Bassey · UK #1 (1959)
  6. 6“Green, Green Grass of Home” : Tom Jones · UK #1 (1966)
  7. 7“More Than Ever” : Malcolm Vaughan · UK #5 (1958)
  8. 8“Mercy” : Duffy · UK #1 (2008)
  9. 9“I'll Never Fall in Love Again” : Tom Jones · UK / US #2 (1967)
  10. 10“Tell Laura I Love Her” : Ricky Valance · UK #1 (1960)
  11. 11“As Long as He Needs Me” : Shirley Bassey · UK #2 (1960)
  12. 12“This Ole House” : Shakin' Stevens · UK #1 (1981)
  13. 13“Reach For The Stars” : Shirley Bassey · UK #1 (1961)
  14. 14“Green Door” : Shakin' Stevens · UK #1 (1981)
  15. 15“It's Not Unusual” : Tom Jones · UK / US #1 (1965)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Louder”
Sian Evans · UK
2011
“(Barry) Islands in the Stream”
Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West · UK
2009
“(Barry) Islands in the Stream”
Tom Jones · UK
2009
“Mercy”
Duffy · UK
2008
“Dakota”
Stereophonics · UK
2005
“The Masses Against the Classes”
Manic Street Preachers · UK
2000
“If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”
Manic Street Preachers · UK
1998
“Merry Christmas Everyone”
Shakin' Stevens · UK
1985
“Oh Julie”
Shakin' Stevens · UK
1982
“Green Door”
Shakin' Stevens · UK
1981
“This Ole House”
Shakin' Stevens · UK
1981
“I Hear You Knocking”
Dave Edmunds · UK
1970
“(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice”
Amen Corner · UK
1969
“Those Were the Days”
Mary Hopkin · UK
1968
“Green, Green Grass of Home”
Tom Jones · UK
1966
“It's Not Unusual”
Tom Jones · UK
1965
“Reach For The Stars”
Shirley Bassey · UK
1961
“Tell Laura I Love Her”
Ricky Valance · UK
1960
“As I Love You”
Shirley Bassey · UK
1959
19 of 19 #1 singles · click a column to sort