At twenty six it's Mike Chapman's writing partner who helped form the Glam Rock explosion of the seventies.

26                           NICKY CHINN

Born 16th May 1945 in London, England. As one half of the 70's most successful writing partnership, the other half being Mike Chapman, they could lay claim to inventing Glam Rock or certainly being the main protagonist's. The advent of punk brought an end to their dominance, and after this his appearances in the charts become more and more fleeting. After the duo went their separate ways, Chapman found success as a producer, but Chinn disappeared into virtual obscurity.

 

 

 

NO. OF HITS

66

NO. OF NO.1'S

6

NO. OF TOP TENS

34

WEEKS ON CHART

604

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE

ARTIST

POS

WKS

1

Blockbuster (1)

Sweet

1

15

2

Can The Can (1)

Suzi Quatro

1

14

3

Lonely This Christmas (1)

Mud

1

13

4

Tiger Feet (1)

Mud

1

   11

5

Devil Gate Drive (1)

Suzi Quatro

1

11

6

Doctorin' The Tardis (2)

Timelords

1

9

7

Co-Co    (1)

Sweet

2

15

8

Mickey (1)

Toni Basil

2

12

9

Some Girls (1)

Racey

2

11

10

Hell Raiser (1)

Sweet

2

11

11

The Ballroom Blitz (1)

Sweet

2

    9

12

The Cat Crept In (1)

Mud

2

    9

13

Teenage Rampage (1)

Sweet

2

    8

14

Living Next Door To Alice (1)

Smokie

3

30

15

Lay Your Love On Me (1)

Racey

3

14

16

The Secrets That You Keep (1)

Mud

3

9

17

48 Crash (1)

Suzi Quatro

3

9

18

If You Think You Know How To Love Me (1)

Smokie

3

    9

19

Little Willy (1)

Sweet

4

14

20

Wig-Wam Bam (1)

Sweet

4

13

21

If You Can't Give Me Love (1)

Suzi Quatro

4

13

22

Dyna-Mite (1)

Mud

4

12

23

Mickey (1)

Lolly

4

10

24

Oh Carol (1)

Smokie

5

   13

25

It's Your Life (1)

Smokie

5

9

26

Tom-Tom Turnaround (1)

New World

6

   15

27

Kiss You All Over (1)

Exile

6

12

28

Rocket (1)

Mud

6

9

29

The Wild One (1)

Suzi Quatro

7

   10

30

A Touch Too Much (1)

Arrows

8

9

31

Don't Play Your Rock 'N' Roll To Me (1)

Smokie

8

7

32

Sister Jane (1)

New World

9

13

33

The Six Teens (1)

Sweet

9

    7

34

Moonshine Sally (1)

Mud

10

7

35

Poppa Joe (1)

Sweet

11

12

36

She's In Love With You (1)

Suzi Quatro

11

9

37

I'll Meet You At Midnight (1)

Smokie

11

9

38

Crazy (1)

Mud

12

12

39

Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone (1)

Smokie

12

9

40

Funny Funny (1)

Sweet

13

14

41

One More Night Alone (3)

Friday Hill

13

3

42

Daytona Demon (1)

Suzi Quatro

14

13

43

Too Big (1)

Suzi Quatro

14

    6

44

Hypnosis (1)

Mud

16

13

45

Kiss You All Over (1)

No Mercy

16

    4

46

Kara, Kara (1)

New World

17

13

47

Alice (Who The Fuck Is Alice) (1)

Gompie

17

12

48

Something's Been Making Me Blue (1)

Smokie

17

8

49

For A Few Dollars More (1)

Smokie

17

6

50

The Ballroom Blitz (1)

Tia Carrere

26

    6

51

Tear Me Apart (1)

Suzi Quatro

27

6

52

Your Mamma Won't Like Me (1)

Suzi Quatro

31

5

53

Alexander Graham Bell (1)

Sweet

33

5

54

Stumblin' In (1)

Suzi Quatro/Chris Norman

41

8

55

Turn It Down (1)

Sweet

41

    2

56

The Race Is On (1)

Suzi Quatro

43

    5

57

It's...It's...The Sweet Mix (1)

Sweet

45

    5

58

Better Be Good To Me (4)

Tina Turner

45

5

59

Wig-Wam Bam (1)

Damian

49

4

60

Rooftop Singing (1)

New World

50

1

61

Heart And Soul (1)

Exile

54

4

62

Heart And Soul E.P.

Huey Lewis

61

4

63

Wig-Wam Bam (1)

Black Lace

63

3

64

How Could This Go Wrong (1)

Exile

67

2

65

Dancing In The Dark (5)

Kim Wilde

67

2

66

Rock Hard (1)

Suzi Quatro

68

2

 

 

 

 

604

 

(1)               with Mike Chapman

(2)               with Mike Chapman/Gary Glitter/Mike Leander/Ron Grainger/James Cauty

(3)               with Simon Perry/David Thomas

(4)               with Mike Chapman/Holly Knight

(5)               with Paul Gurvitz