Golden oldies and country dominate this week’s chart.

It’s golden oldies time. Labor’s Bob McMullan is the week’s
chartbuster – up an amazing 126 places. He’s hasn’t ranked so high
since he was shadow treasurer. Amazing what an appearance on the Sunday
morning shows does for your popularity – even though Mark Latham would
have preferred to see him languishing in obscurity.

There
are more than enough nostalgia acts on Labor’s backbench – and Latham
must be acutely aware of how much popularity they still enjoy.

Better
news for the Labor leader was De Anne Kelly’s Number Three. Her chart
efforts have caused considerable pain for the Government due to their
controversial content.

>Still, music biz insiders say
her manager, Honest Johnny Howard, has a great idea for her next
release. It’s going to be a cover of a classic from Abbey Road. Yes.
That’s right. Good guess. “You Never Give Me Your Money”.

Who’s hot, who’s not: The Rehame Top 40 Pols

Rank Name Mentions Mentions
Last Report		 Rank
Last Report
1 John
Howard		 3080 3385 1
2 Mark
Latham		 2984 2702 2
3 De
Anne Kelly		 1236 90 34
4 Peter
Costello		 655 1286 4
5 Bob
McMullan		 572 2 131
6 Amanda
Vanstone		 497 116 27
7 Tony
Abbott		 435 128 24
8 Julia
Gillard		 412 317 10
9 Alexander
Downer		 335 432 8
9 David
Hawker		 335 116 27
11 Wilson
Tuckey		 326 34 49
12 Kim
Carr		 272 134 22
13 Robert
Hill		 260 105 31
14 Ian
Campbell		 242 167 14
15 Dick
Adams		 231 143 19
16 Peter
Garrett		 213 544 7
17 Philip
Ruddock		 212 99 32
18 John
Anderson		 189 1015 5
18 Laurie
Ferguson		 189 110 30
20 Kevin
Rudd		 161 300 11
21 George
Campbell		 153 3 120
22 Stephen
Smith		 149 145 16
23 Bob
Brown		 147 322 9
24 Kim
Beazley		 140 141 20
25 Warren
Truss		 139 149 15
26 Jenny
Macklin		 126 170 13
26 Kay
Patterson		 126 26 52
28 Tony
Windsor		 102 772 6
29 Wayne
Swan		 101 258 12
30 Kelvin
Thomson		 94 35 47
31 Anthony Albanese 93 144 17
32 Kate
Lundy		 92 7 97
33 Nicola
Roxon		 86 13 73
34 Simon
Crean		 75 127 25
35 George
Brandis		 69 1 150
36 Jacinta
Collins		 68 0 174
37 Bruce
Baird		 66 4 111
38 Warren
Snowdon		 61 10 83
39 Peter
Slipper		 59 4 111
40 Andrew
Bartlett		 48 10 83