Blockbuster

THE SWEET – Watch The Glam & Glitter Rock Heroes On TOP OF THE POPS With Their Sole No 1 Hit In The UK ‘BLOCK BUSTER’ 50 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

21 June 2023

Glam and glitter rock heroes THE SWEET topped the UK Singles Chart only once.
It happened in 1973, 50 years ago with BLOCK BUSTER. Written by hit machine
tandem Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman.

“Does anyone know the way, did we hear someone say
We just haven’t got a clue what to do
Does anyone know the way, there’s got to be a way
To Block Buster”

Here their performance
on the legendary, weekly
BBC music show…
TOP OF THE POPS

THE SWEET: Bio – Discography

THE SWEET Number One In The UK This Day 50 Years Ago With ‘BLOCKBUSTER’

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Great 7″ inch singles

26 January 2023

British glam and glitter boys THE SWEET were a non-stop hit machine
between 1968 and 1977, thanks to productive songwriter duo Nicky Chinn
and Mike Chapman who also composed for Smokie, Suzy Quatro, Mud and
Racey among others.

One of their Number Ones in the UK was BLOCKBUSTER,
that topped the charts this day, 50 years ago.

A blockbuster it was.

“Does anyone know the way, did we hear someone say
(We just haven’t got a clue what to do)
Does anyone know the way, there’s got to be a way
To blockbuster”

Frontman Brian Connolly passed away in 1997 due to kidney failure,
liver failure and repeated heart attacks. He was only 51 years old. R.I.P.