#1 FLOORFILLERS

These are the records that topped my floorfillers lists, from the time I started compiling a chart, in June 1981, until I stopped deejaying at the end of 1983.

From 16th June 81: Wigan Pier only

  • RICK JAMES give it to me (us motown)
  • GINO SOCCIO try it out (us warner brothers)
  • WISH nice and soft (us perspective)
  • CENTRAL LINE walking into sunshine (uk mercury)
  • LEVEL 42 turn it on (uk polydor)

From 25th/26th Aug 81: Wigan Pier and Legend (separate charts)

WIGAN PIER
  • INVERSIONS loco-moto (uk groove)
  • DONALD BYRD love has come around (us elektra)
  • MIKE T do it anyway you wanna (us golden pyramid)
  • ARTHUR ADAMS you got the floor (us inculcation)
  • SLAVE snap shot / wait for me (us cotillion)
LEGEND
  • VAUGHAN MASON rockin’ big guitar (us brunswick)
  • RAHMLEE think (us headfirst)
  • DONALD BYRD love has come around (us elektra)
  • MIKE T do it anyway you wanna (us golden pyramid)
  • SLAVE snap shot / wait for me (us cotillion)

From 3rd Nov 81 Wigan Pier and Legend (combined chart)

  • SLAVE snap shot / wait for me (us cotillion)
  • BOHANNON let’s start II dance again (us phase II)
  • K.I.D hupendi muziki wangu?! (you don’t like my music) (us sam)
  • FINE QUALITY aah dance (us sugarhill)
  • D TRAIN you’re the one for me (us prelude)

1982

  • D TRAIN you’re the one for me (us prelude)
  • LESSETTE WILSON caveman boogie (us headfirst)
  • ONENESS OF JUJU every way but loose (us sutra)
  • STONE time (us west end)
  • P-FUNK ALL STARS hydraulic pump pt III (us hump)
  • MYSTIC MERLIN mr magician (us capitol)
  • ELECTRIK FUNK on a journey (I sing the funk electric) (us prelude)
  • PATRICE RUSHEN forget me nots (us elektra)
  • B.B.C.S & A BAND rock shock (us sam)
  • PATRICE RUSHEN number one (us elektra)
  • SINNAMON thanks to you (us becket)
  • ODYSSEY inside out (us rca)
  • LARRY GRAHAM sooner or later (us warner brothers)
  • HOWARD JOHNSON so fine (us a&m)
  • ROCKERS REVENGE walking on sunshine (us streetwise)
  • GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE the message (us sugarhill)
  • EVELYN KING love come down (us rca)
  • SHARON REDD beat the street (us prelude)
  • KLIEN & MBO dirty talk (italian zanza)
  • EXTRA T’S e.t boogie (us sunnyview)
  • WILLIE HUTCH in and out (us motown)
  • WHODINI magic’s wand (us jive)
  • MONTANA SEXTET heavy vibes (us philly sound works)
  • DR JECKYLL & MR HYDE the challenge (us profile)
  • INDEEP last night a dj saved my life (us sound of new york)

1983

  • INDEEP last night a dj saved my life (us sound of new york)
  • CASHMERE do it anyway you wanna (us philly world)
  • SANDY KERR thug rock (us catawba)
  • CLASS ACTION weekend (us jive)
  • DAVID JOSEPH you can’t hide (your love from me) (uk island)
  • SALSOUL ORCHESTRA ooh, I love it (love break) (us salsoul)
  • C.O.D in the bottle (us emergency)
  • VISUAL the music got me (us prelude)
  • RUN-DMC it’s like that / sucker mc’s (us profile)
  • BRASS CONSTRUCTION walking the line (us capitol)
  • WEEKS & CO if you’re looking for fun (us salsoul)
  • FREEEZ I dub u (us streetwise)
  • NEWTRAMENT london bridge is falling down (uk jive)
  • HERBIE HANCOCK rockit (us columbia)
  • TWO SISTERS high noon (us sugarscoop)
  • TIME ZONE the wildstyle (us celluloid)
  • UNIQUE what I got is what you need (us prelude)
  • HOT STREAK body work (us easy street)
  • B BOYS two, three, break (us vintertainment)
  • CURTIS HAIRSTON I want you (all tonight) (us pretty pearl)
  • GRANDMASTER & MELLE MEL white lines (don’t don’t do it) (us sugarhill)
  • CAPTAIN RAPP bad times (I can’t stand it) (us saturn)
  • SHANNON let the music play (us emergency)
  • HASHIM al-naafiysh (the soul) (us cutting)

Greg Wilson, 2008.