Virginia Plain Virginia Plain "Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, "Roxy Music", having not even been recorded when the album was released. After the success of the album in the
Hit Music Hit Music Hit Music was a weekly British chart newsletter; sister publication to "Music Week". "Hit Music" existed for almost nine years, supplying the official UK music charts (as compiled by Gallup and later OCC/CIN). The founding editors were Graham Walker and Tony Brown. The first issue was published 5.09.1992 (chart date: 12.09.1992), the last issue 5.05.2001 (no. 439). Originally it ran parallel to "Music Week"′s other chart newsletter "ChartsPlus" (edited also by Graham Walker and Tony Brown), which had been established in May 1991, shortly after the demise of "Record Mirror". "ChartsPlus" featured the singles chart with positions 76