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agalvin19
Dec 212 min read
#20 101 Strings: Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane
Pye Golden Guinea Taxi drivers may question the geography of that title… Topped the Chart: 4th September 1960 (for five weeks) Five...
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agalvin19
Dec 163 min read
#19 Elvis Presley: Elvis is Back!
Back in action! Back in…sensible tops? Topped the Chart: 24th July 1960 (for 1 week) 1 week total As well as politics, a week used to...
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agalvin19
Dec 44 min read
#18 Freddy Cannon: The Explosive Freddy Cannon
An explosion that burned brightly but briefly… Topped the chart: 6th March 1960 (for 1 week) 1 week total “We don’t know, it may be...
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agalvin19
Nov 232 min read
1960-1962: The Pre-Beatles Slump
At the start of the 60s, a strange brew of records found themselves at number one…was rock n roll dead? As we’ll find in the decades...
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agalvin19
Nov 183 min read
#17 Original Soundtrack: South Pacific
Saying Bali-Bye-Bye to the 1950s… Topped the chart: 2nd November 1958 (for 70 weeks) 13th March 1960 (for 19 weeks) 31st July 1960 (for 5...
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agalvin19
Oct 252 min read
#16 Elvis Presley: King Creole (soundtrack)
Creole? Certainly. King? Well... Topped the charts: 14th September 1958 (for 7 weeks) 7 weeks total Two years into Elvis’ global...
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agalvin19
Oct 123 min read
#15 Original Broadway Cast: My Fair Lady
Fair’s more than fair as musicals return to the chart… Topped the charts: 4th May 1958 (for 19 weeks) 19 weeks total Easy as it is to...
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agalvin19
Oct 42 min read
#14 Tommy Steele/Original Soundtrack- The Duke Wore Jeans
Steele ain’t stainless… Topped the charts: 20th April 1958 (for two weeks) Two weeks total Featuring a scant 19 minutes of music across...
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agalvin19
Sep 273 min read
#13: Original Soundtrack: Pal Joey
A little more from your Pals Sinatra and Riddle… Topped the chart: 25th January 1958 (for 7 weeks) 23rd March 1958 (for 4 weeks) 11 weeks...
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agalvin19
Sep 193 min read
#12 Frank Sinatra: A Swingin’ Affair!
Boy keeps swingin’… Topped the Chart: 15th September 1957 (for seven weeks) Seven weeks total Sequels tend to go in one of three...
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agalvin19
Sep 63 min read
#11 Elvis Presley: Loving You
Bye bye rock n roll, hello pure pop from the King… Released: June 20th 1957 Topped the chart: 1st September 1957 (for 2 weeks)...
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agalvin19
Aug 268 min read
#10 Tommy Steele & His Steelmen: The Tommy Steele Story
Welcome to the birth of British rock music. It will rock you, but only slightly… Released: May 1957 Topped the chart: 14th July 1957...
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agalvin19
Aug 83 min read
#9: Nat King Cole: Love is the Thing
Unforgettable voice. Sadly forgettable songs… Release Date: April 1957 Topped the chart: 2nd June 1957 (for one week, tied with Original...
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agalvin19
Jul 313 min read
#8 Frank Sinatra: This is Sinatra!
Release Date: November 10th 1956 Topped the chart: 24th February 1957 (for one week) 10th March 1957 (for one week) 24th March 1957 (for...
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agalvin19
Jul 92 min read
#7 Original Soundtrack- High Society
Release date: July 1956 Topped the chart: 10th February 1957 (for 1 week, tied with Original Soundtrack- The King and I) One week total A...
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agalvin19
Jul 25 min read
#6 Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley Rock n Roll
UK release date: November 1956 Topped the chart: · 4th November 1956 (for one week) 1 week total “Now, I don't know nothing about...
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agalvin19
Jun 43 min read
#5 Bill Haley & His Comets- Rock n Roll Stage Show
UK Release Date: August 13th 1956 Topped the Chart: · 21st October 1956 (for one week) 1 week total Bill Haley’s timing was both...
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agalvin19
May 274 min read
#4 Original Soundtrack- The King and I
UK Release Date: September 1956 Topped the Chart: · 7th October 1956 (for two weeks) · 28th October 1956 (for one week)...
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agalvin19
May 142 min read
#3 Original Soundtrack- Oklahoma!
UK release date: October 1955 Topped the Chart: 23rd September 1956 (for two weeks) 9th June 1957 (for one week) Three weeks total Is...
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agalvin19
May 82 min read
#2 Original Soundtrack- Carousel
UK release date: 1956 Topped the chart: 5th August 1956 (for two weeks) 26th August 1956 (for four weeks) 6 weeks total How odd...
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