Have you ever sat in a pub with a group of
friends and asked or been asked "What's your favourite song of all
time?"...or your favourite movie, football team, TV programme etc for
that matter? If you have, then you've probably been asked what your Top
Ten Songs, Top Ten Movies, Top Ten TV Programmes etc are. This website
is going to put to rest any pub-like debate that arises from such
questions.
Although she didn't know it, when Carol Lumsden of Haddington, Scotland
invited a few friends round for an evening listening to their favourite
songs, a new phenomenon was born.
This night would be the first ever Top Ten Night, and would prove to be
a huge success. Her daughter, Mhairidh Lumsden then carried on the
tradition. She arranged a Top Ten Night with her friends in Southgate,
London. It also was a success.
Top Ten Night 2002/03 - In January 2003 Top Ten Night hit Manchester. Mhairidh, Lucy
O'Meara and myself listened to 30 songs from number 10 down to that
elusive number 1, drinking various alcoholic beverages along the way! This would be the first official night.
Top Ten Night 2003/04 - By the time January 2004 came round, the Top Ten Night was becoming a
regular event and 2003/04's event was not a disappointment. Mhairidh,
Lucy and myself again whittled the songs down from 10 to 1.
By February 2004 The Official Top Ten Site was up and running!
Top Ten Night 2004/05 - was a roaring success. Myself, Mhairidh and Adam
Boobyer spread the proceedings over a whole weekend and enjoyed our Top
Ten Drinks, Sweets and Crisps along the way too. By the end of the
weekend (4.31am) it was all over for another year!
Top Ten Night 2005/06 - was held in the borders of Scotland and was
attended by Mhairidh, Nicola Morgan, my sister Sally and myself. It was
held in September due to my departure to Australia. Now in it's fourth
year it was exceptional. You can see all the proceedings in the Photo
Gallery.
Top Ten Night 2006/07 - has been and passed. This was Top Ten
Night's official 5th anniversary and was the best yet. Attended by the
most people yet (6), proceedings started at 8pm and didn't finish until
gone 5am. 60 songs in total and featuring artists from the 60's to the
00's. It included people from England, Scotland and Australia. These
photos too are in the Photo Gallery.
Top Ten Night 2007/08 - was a quiet affair and only myself and Mhairidh were there. This was mostly to do with the
fact that organising it from Australia was no easy thing to do given that I only had one free weekend in my trip home.
Regardless of that it was a great evening and 20 songs were played in quick time. Surprisingly there were 10 new entries
out of the 20 played. More my fault than Mhairidh's...
Top Ten Night 2008/09 - was the longest to date. What should've been all of 3 hours managed to last about 6 hours. Considering we started at
11pm it was quite a night/morning. Other than the main stays (myself and Mhairidh), Sally Taylor made a return, as did Ian Black. The 4 of us
played some of the best Top Ten tunes to be heard in recent years and even the "musical notes" got involved! Sadly no photos to makr the occasion but
we are fast approaching the 10 year anniversary. Just 3 more years to go.....
The website is finally completely ad-free! If you've come here
from another site please bookmark the new address:
http://www.officialtoptensite.com. The site has been up and running
since February 2004 and to date has had more than 12,000 visitors. Many
lists have been submitted to the site, and more are being submitted
every day. On all of the lists' pages, at the top of the page, there is
a link to "The Definitive List". This is a compilation of every list in
that category, the aim, to find the ultimate Top Ten! In the event of a
tie, it will come down to number of votes then highest single vote.
The changes to the site in the next few months will include: Taking the
amount of lists to 200, updating every list, sorting the backgrounds
and individual list images, updating all definitive lists, increasing
traffic to the site etc etc.
Please feel free to browse all the lists in their various categories
at the top of the page in the drop down menu, and should the urge get you, please submit your own lists.
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