Moving away from all the fundraising, but staying with the chart, and Brookstein's version of 'Against All Odds' is the 998th number one in British chart history, which now means the race is on for the completely-meaningless-yet-somehow-desirable title of 1000th number one record in Britain.
There are hopes around BMG towers that one of the many up coming Elvis re-releases might score the 1000th number one spot. BMG label
RCA are, of course, re-releasing a string of Elvis singles over the next few months to celebrate fifty years of rock 'n' roll
(and, more to the point, to cash in before the copyright on these recordings runs out - change in copyright law pending).
'Jailhouse
Rock' and 'All Shook Up' special edition singles were both released yesterday, and assuming one of those takes the 999th number one slot on Sunday, the label will presumably hope 'One Night', released next Monday, might score the one thousandth.