# Charity records turn tables on hit parade

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/12/02/charity-records-turn-tables-hit-parade/
- Published: 1999-12-02T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

It might just be sour grapes that Sir Cliff has grabbed the number one slot against
all odds, but music industry insiders today claimed that charity singles are harming
the singles charts. There are five singles already released or about to be released
that are being sold to raise money for charity.
Read Paul McCann’s article [Charities killing the hit parade](http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/99/12/02/timnwsnws03012.html?999)
in The Times.

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