250 and counting!
The July 2012 ranking is notable in that it is the 250th monthly ranking since the original ranking first appeared in BBW magazine in October 1991.
Fairey (70 months) and Black Dyke (52 months) have almost half of the number 1 rankings between them but there's only one band that has appeared in the top 10 of every ranking to date - take a bow, Foden's!
The complete list of bands that have featured in the top 10 is as follows:
250 months - Foden's
239 - Brighouse & Rastrick
232 - Fairey, Grimethorpe Colliery
231 - Black Dyke
214 - Leyland
170 - Cory
167 - Hammond Saltaire (ex YBS)
117 - Cooperative Funeralcare
102 - Tredegar
85 - Sellers International
67 - Desford Colliery
48 - Virtuosi GUS, Rothwell Temperance
47 - Stanshawe (ex Sun Life)
38 - Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
30 - Yorkshire Imperial
29 - Hepworth, Flowers
24 - Marple, Wingates
21 - Ransome
15 - Reg Vardy, Exchange Communications Whitburn
7 - DUT Rothwell, Kennedy Swinton
4 - Todmorden Old
2 - BB Schoonhoven, Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag, NLBB, Beaumaris
1 - Manger Musikklag
64 bands have featured in the top 20 at some time or other, with a select group of 9 bands with at least 200 appearances:
250 - Foden's, Fairey, Grimethorpe Colliery and Leyland
232 - Cooperative Funeralcare
220 - Tredegar
206 - Cory
204 - Hammonds Saltaire (ex YBS)
200 - Virtuosi GUS