A well-known Maldon quiz master and local radio presenter who has collected nearly every single in the Top 75 chart since November 1952 is looking for three singles to make his collection complete.
Kevin Briggs, known as Maldon’s ‘King of Quizzes’, has organised countless pub quizzes in the Maldon District since 1981 and is man behind The Maldon and District Quiz Leagues. He now presents a virtual pub quiz and music programme on Caroline Community Radio 94.7FM.
The first single Kevin bought was ‘I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman’ by Whistling Jack Smith. When he started DJing in 1968 he went on to buy and collect as many singles as he could.
“With the introduction of CDs in the mid-80s. I started buying music in this format up to 2007 when I began downloading,” said Kevin.
“I now have around 265,000 singles and albums on various formats in my collection and this increases weekly.”
Kevin stored the collection in his garage, but it outgrew the space. Six years ago he had to make the decision to either reduce the size of his collection … or build an extension.
“After a lot of thought I decided to go along with the extension, although it is now getting to the stage where it’s difficult to find space there,” he said.
Kevin’s collection comprises every Chart Top 75 single from 1952 to 2020, with the exception of three – ‘Misguided’ by Dyverse, ‘Take Me Home’ by Everstrong and ‘Soopa Hoopz’ by Soopa Hoopz (featuring QPR Massive).
“These three were minor hits in the early 2000s and spent only one week in the singles chart. If anyone can help me get hold of copies of these it would be greatly appreciated,” he said.
Kevin recently joined Caroline Community Radio where he presents the popular Pub Quiz and music programme every Thursday evening from 8pm – 10pm, on 94.7 FM in the Maldon District and on the Essex coast, and everywhere else online at carolinecommunityradio.co.uk
If anyone can help Kevin find these three elusive singles, you can email him at [email protected]
