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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Hartley

Stuart Cable memorial group claims number one success

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The campaign to get Stereophonics hit 'Local Boy in the Photograph' to number one saw the single reach number No. 60 on the official UK chart yesterday and number one on the play.com chart.
As we revealed last week, a Facebook group was leading the campaign in tribute to former drummer Stuart Cable.
Now the group is going to change focus as founder Russ Burt, 36, from Port Talbot explains:

"The aim was to get "Local Boy In The Photograph" to No.1 as a tribute to the great man. By Sunday 13th June the group was over 30,000 members strong, and the objective had been achieved - the song was No.1 on the play.com chart.

"I'm going to change the title to 'The official Stuart Cable tribute page' and walk away from it - I'll choose some new admins to run it then that will be it for me. Massive thanks and love to everyone who supported us. This group remains, in memorial."

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