You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

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Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

A&M RECORDS, LTD. ON MUSIC CHARTS

ALL-TIME ARTISTS
DECADE
TOP 50 SINGLES
TOP 50 ALBUMS

ALL-TIME TOP ARTISTS ON BRITAIN'S MUSIC CHARTS

RANK	ALBUMS	SINGLES
1	Carpenters (23)	Sting (38)
2	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (14)	Bryan Adams (37)
3	Joan Armatrading (13) Chris DeBurgh (13)	Squeeze (24)
4	Squeeze (11)	Carpenters (23)
5	Bryan Adams (10) Joe Jackson (10)	Janet Jackson (21)
6	Police (8) Supertramp (8)	Sheryl Crow (20)
7	Janet Jackson (7) Sting (7) Rick Wakeman (7)	Police (19)
8	Elkie Brooks (6) Strawbs (6)	Chris DeBurgh (18)
9	Del Amitri (5) Dodgy (5) Various Artists (5) Suzanne Vega (5)	Del Amitri (16) Suzanne Vega (16)
10	Gun (4) Nils Lofgren (4) Soundtracks (4) Therapy? (4)	Gun (15)

SOURCE: Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner and Tony Brown. The Complete Book of British Charts Singles and Albums, 3rd Edition. London: Omnibus Press, 2004.

TOP POP ARTISTS IN BRITAIN BY DECADE

DECADE	ALBUMS	SINGLES
1962 to 1969	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (8)	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (5) Sandpipers (3) Long John Baldry (2)
1970 to 1979	Carpenters (12) Rick Wakeman (7) Strawbs (4) Supertramp (4)	Carpenters (17) Squeeze (6) Police (5) Supertramp (5)
1980 to 1989	Joan Armatrading (7) Joe Jackson (7) Squeeze (7) Chris DeBurgh (6) Bryan Adams (4) Police (4) Supertramp (4)	Bryan Adams (12) Police (12) Janet Jackson (10) Squeeze (10) Sting (10) Joan Armatrading (7) Chris DeBurgh (7) Suzanne Vega (7)
1990 to 1999	Bryan Adams (6) Chris DeBurgh (5) Del Amitri (5) Dodgy (5)	Sting (21) Bryan Adams (20) Sheryl Crow (15) Del Amitri (15) Therapy? (12) Gun (11) Cece Peniston (11)

Source: Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner and Tony Brown. The Complete Book of British Charts Singles and Albums, 3rd Edition. London: Omnibus Press, 2004.

THE TOP 50 BRITISH POP SINGLES

NO.	PEAK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	1	Message in a Bottle	Police
2	1	Walking on the Moon	Police
3	1	Don't Stand So Close to Me	Police
4	1	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	Police
5	1	Happy Talk	Captain Sensible
6	1	Every Breath You Take	Police
7	1	I Should Have Known Better	Jim Diamond
8	1	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco
9	1	Lady in Red (the)	Chris DeBurgh
10	2	This Guy's in Love with You	Herb Alpert
11	2	Part of the Union	Strawbs
12	2	Yesterday Once More	Carpenters
13	2	Please Mr. Postman	Carpenters
14	2	Cool for Cats	Squeeze
15	2	Up the Junction	Squeeze
16	2	Can't Stand Losing You	Police
17	2	Invisible Sun	Police
18	3	What Have You Done for Me Lately	Janet Jackson
19	3	Missing You	Chris DeBurgh
20	4	Labelled with Love	Squeeze
21	5	Mozart Symphony No. 4 in G Minor	Waldo de Los Rios
22	5	Top of the World	Carpenters
23	5	It's Different for Girls	Joe Jackson
24	5	Eighth Day	Hazel O'Connor
25	5	De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da	Police
26	5	Hi Ho Silver	Jim Diamond
27	6	Close to You (They Long to Be)	Carpenters
28	6	Wide-Eyed and Legless	Andy Fairweather Low
29	6	I Wanna Stay with You	Gallagher & Lyle
30	6	Heart on My Sleeve	Gallagher & Lyle
31	6	We're All Alone	Rita Coolidge
32	6	Babe	Styx
33	6	So Lonely	Police
34	6	Stomp!	Brothers Johnson
35	6	Steppin' Out	Joe Jackson
36	6	Glad It's All Over	Captain Sensible
37	7	Only Yesterday	Carpenters
38	7	Logical Song (the)	Supertramp
39	7	Banana Splits	Dickies
40	7	Wrapped Around Your Finger	Police
41	8	Stuck in the Middle with You	Stealers Wheel
42	8	Pick Up the Pieces	Hudson-Ford
43	8	Pearl's a Singer	Elkie Brooks
44	8	Oh, Lori	Alessi
45	8	Will You	Hazel O'Connor
46	8	Sweetest Smile	Black
47	8	Wonderful Life	Black
48	9	Goodbye to Love	Carpenters
49	9	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	Carpenters
50	9	Breakfast in America	Supertramp

THE TOP 50 BRITISH POP ALBUMS

NO.	PEAK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	1	Singles 1969-1973 (the)	Carpenters
2	1	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Rick Wakeman
3	1	Horizon	Carpenters
4	1	Reggatta de Blanc	Police
5	1	Zenyatta Mondatta	Police
6	1	Ghost in the Machine	Police
7	1	Synchronicity	Police
8	1	...Nothing Like the Sun	Sting
9	1	Flying Colours	Chris DeBurgh
10	2	Bursting at the Seams	Strawbs
11	2	Now & Then	Carpenters
12	2	Myths and Legends of King Arthur (the)	Rick Wakeman
13	2	Singles 1974-1978 (the)	Carpenters
14	2	Pearls	Elkie Brooks
15	2	Solitude Standing	Suzanne Vega
16	3	Kind of Hush (a)	Carpenters
17	3	Breakfast in America	Supertramp
18	3	Night and Day	Joe Jackson
19	3	Singles 45's and Under	Squeeze
20	3	Dream of the Blue Turtles (the)	Sting
21	3	Wonderful Life	Black
22	4	Beat of the Brass (the)	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
23	4	Crime of the Century	Supertramp
24	4	Stop!	Sam Brown
25	4	Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson
26	5	Portrait in Music	Burt Bacharach
27	5	Me Myself I	Joan Armatrading
28	5	Breaking Glass	Hazel O'Connor
29	5	Pearls II	Elkie Brooks
30	6	Symphonies for the Seventies	Waldo de los Rios
31	6	Breakaway	Gallagher & Lyle
32	6	Frampton Comes Alive!	Peter Frampton
33	6	Anytime...Anywhere	Rita Coolidge
34	6	Show Some Emotion	Joan Armatrading
35	6	Outlandos d'Amour	Police
36	6	Very Best of Rita Coolidge (the)	Rita Coolidge
37	6	Walk Under Ladders	Joan Armatrading
38	6	Famous Last Words	Supertramp
39	6	Voice of the Heart	Carpenters
40	7	Six Wives of Henry VIII (the)	Rick Wakeman
41	7	Paris	Supertramp
42	7	Reckless	Bryan Adams
43	7	Good Morning Vietnam	Soundtrack
44	8	Greatest Hits	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
45	8	Cry Tough	Nils Lofgren
46	8	Paradise Theatre	Styx
47	8	Control	Janet Jackson
48	9	Autobiography of Supertramp (the)	Supertramp
49	10	Key (the)	Joan Armatrading
50	10	Man on the Line	Chris DeBurgh