18:51 So, here's the top ten on this historic chart day. It took 29 years, 6 months and 1 day from the UK’s first number one for Nicole to achieve the 500th. The second 500, to Elvis Presley today, have taken only 22 years, 8 months and 7 days, such is the more recent turnover at the top of the charts.

Let's just see what fresh, original new talent people are buying these days:

01 NEW One Night / I Got Stung - Elvis Presley (Old track, re-released)
02 NEW Empty Souls - Manic Street Preachers (Something new! Hurrah!)
03 NEW Somebody Told Me - The Killers (A single from last year, re-released.)
04 (02)Against All Odds - Steve Brookstein (Cover of track that's been number one before for Westlife & Mariah Carey AND a hit for Phil Collins.)
05 NEW Staring At The Sun - Rooster (Something new! Hurrah!)
06 NEW Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) - Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown (They're from Birmingham - hurrah! It's still a cover though.)
07 NEW Live Twice - Darius (with my journalist friend Kim in the video, playing - get this - a journalist!)
08 (03) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (Old track, re-released.)
09 (10) Out Of Touch - Uniting Nations (Excellent dance track, heavily sampling an old track.)
10 (01) Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (Old track, re-released.)

18:48 Wes reveals, to no one's surprise, that Elvis Presley's 'One Night'/'I Got Stung' has become the 1,000th UK number one single. It's only the fourth single to become number one twice with separate releases (after 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'My Sweet Lord', and 'Jailhouse Rock' last week). It's Presley's 20th UK number one, pulling three ahead of The Beatles, and closing in on Paul McCartney's personal total of 24. Presley also emulates John Lennon's 1981 achievement with 'Imagine' and 'Woman' and becomes the second artist to posthumously replace themselves at number one. It's also, coincidentally, Elvis Presley's 1,000th week on the UK singles chart.

18.41 Manic Street Preachers' 'Empty Souls', despite Chig buying all three versions on Friday, enters at #2. Gosh, I wonder what the 1,000th Number One could be?

18:36 The Killers enter (or re-enter, to be strictly accurate, as it's a re-release) at #3, same as their midweek chart position, meaning only the Manics and Elvis are left. The excitement is all too...(yawn)

18:06 Jailhouse Rock has fallen a mighty NINE places to #10. That's beaten B*witched and equalled The Flying Pickets in the 'falling from number one' stakes, but not quite nicked Harry Belafonte's all-time record (to #12). So, it's on. We have the 1,000th number one today...(unless something has gone back to number one).
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