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The UK Hit Singles of the NME Era

List in order of chart entry, UK Hit Singles
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Dates covered 14/11/52-31/12/55
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15178 RPM

Billie Anthony - This Ole House / (Oh), What A Dream


Hit Sequence: 00164
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: 7" Vinyl 45. Columbia SCM 5143
Tracklisting the same for all formats
Week entry: 0101 (15/10/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-08-04-06-05-06-08-05-06-12-12 (11 Weeks)
1954
15278 RPM

Kay Starr - Am I A Toy Or Treasure / Fortune In Dreams


Hit Sequence: 00163
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0101 (15/10/54)
Entry Position: 17
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 17-20-18-XX-20 (4 Weeks)

First hit single to peak below the top 12 since the introduction of Top 20 chart (week 0098, 01/10/54)
1954
15378 RPM

Frankie Laine - Some Day / There Must Be A Reason


There Must B A Reason
Hit Sequence: 00161
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0100 (08/10/54)
Entry Position: 13
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 13-14-09-11-12-17-13-13-14 (9 Weeks)
1954
15478 RPM

Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House / My Baby Sends Me


Hit Sequence: 00160
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 00100 (08/10/54)
Entry Position: 16
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 16-10-13-05-02-03-02-01-03-03-04-04 (12 Weeks)
1954
15578 RPM

Dean Martin - Sway / Pretty As A Picture


Hit Sequence: 00159
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0099 (01/10/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-07-06-11-14-15-15 (7 Weeks)
1954
15678 RPM

Al Martino - The Story Of Tina / Destiny (No One Can Change)


Hit Sequence: 00158
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0099 (01/10/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-10-10-14-15-17-19-20 (8 Weeks)
1954
15778 RPM

Doris Day - If I Give My Heart To You / Anyone Can Fall In Love


Hit Sequence: 00157
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0099 (01/10/54)
Entry Position: 15
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 15-08-08-10-06-05-04-05-11-10-12 (11 Weeks)
1954
15878 RPM

The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom / I Spoke Too Soon


Hit Sequence: 00156
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0099 (01/10/54)
Entry Position: 16
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 16-12-13-12-16-14-14-17-18 (9 Weeks)
1954
15978 RPM

Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart To You / Faded Flowers


Hit Sequence: 00155
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0099 (01/10/54)
Entry Position: 20
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 20-XX-XX-XX-10-08-06-04-03-06-08-14-14 (10 Weeks)
1954
16078 RPM

Ronnie Harris - The Story Of Tina / Guiding Star


Hit Sequence: 00154
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0098 (24/09/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-12-17 (3 Weeks)
1954
16178 RPM

Nat "King" Cole - Smile / Make Her Mine


Smile
Hit Sequence: 00153
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0096 (10/09/54)
Entry Position: 06
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 06-05-06-02-03-02-02-03-04-07-07-05-11-13 (14 Weeks)

Make Her Mine
Hit Sequence: 00162
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0100 (08/10/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-19 (2 Weeks)

Both hit separately. Both were on chart simultaneously for weeks 0100 and 0101 (08/10/54 and 15/10/54), 2 weeks.
1954
16278 RPM

Max Bygraves - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen By The Sea / Third Little Turning (On The Right)


Hit Sequence: 00152
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0096 (10/09/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-11-07-07-15-15-18-XX-20 (8 Weeks)
1954
16378 RPM

Anthony Steel - West Of Zanzibar / Who Cares


Hit Sequence: 00151
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0096 (10/09/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-12-11-13-18-20 (6 Weeks)
1954
16478 RPM

Don Cornell - Hold My Hand / I'm Blessed


Hit Sequence: 00150
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0095 (03/09/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-05-04-04-05-01-01-01-01-03-02-01-04-04-07-11-11 (17 Weeks)
1954
16578 RPM

Doris Day - The Black Hills Of Dakota / Just Blew In From The Windy City


Hit Sequence: 00149
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0094 (27/08/54)
Entry Position: 07
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 07-08-07-09-09-09-09-16 (8 Weeks)

Both tracks from the Calamity Jane Soundtrack LP BBR8104
1954
16678 RPM

Alma Cogan - Little Things Mean A Lot / Canoodlin' Rag


Hit Sequence: 00148
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0094 (27/08/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-11-XX-XX-XX-XX-19-XX-18-20 (5 Weeks)
1954
16778 RPM

Frankie Laine - My Friend / The Lord Don't Treat His Chillun That Way


Hit Sequence: 00147
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0092 (13/08/54)
Entry Position: 08
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 08-06-04-04-04-06-03-04-05-05-03-07-07-08-13 (15 Weeks)
1954
16878 RPM

The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts - Three Coins In The Fountain / Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)


Hit Sequence: 00146
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: 7" Vinyl 45. Brunswick 45-05308;
Tracklisting the same for all formats
Week entry: 0090 (30/07/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-09-05-08-10-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-17 (6 Weeks)

Earliest hit so far identified as being on UK vinyl
1954
16978 RPM

Winifred Atwell - Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation On A Theme By Paganini / Moonlight Fiesta


Hit Sequence: 00145
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0089 (23/07/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-11-10-11-10-09-09-XX-XX-XX-19-20 (9 Weeks)
1954
17078 RPM

Frank Sinatra - Three Coins In The Fountain / I Could Have Told You


Hit Sequence: 00144
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0088 (16/07/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-06-05-02-03-05-03-03-02-01-01-01-04-03-04-12-10-11-18 (19 Weeks)
1954
17178 RPM

Frank Sinatra - Young At Heart / Take A Chance


Hit Sequence: 00143
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0087 (09/07/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12 (1 Week)
1954
17278 RPM

Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot / I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore


Hit Sequence: 00142
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0086 (02/07/54)
Entry Position: 05
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 05-03-02-02-02-03-02-02-02-02-01-03-05-06-02-04-05-09-10-09-12-14-20 (23 Weeks)
1954
17378 RPM

Perry Como - Idle Gossip / Look Out The Window (And See How I'm Standing In The Rain)


Hit Sequence: 00141
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0085 (25/06/54)
Entry Position: 06
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 06-04-04-04-05-06-05-04-03-05-07-09-07-08-14 (15 Weeks)
1954
17478 RPM

David Whitfield - Cara Mia / Love, Tears And Kisses


Hit Sequence: 00140
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0084 (18/06/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-02-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-02-02-03-06-07-07-13-13-12-08-12-18 (25 Weeks)
1954
17578 RPM

Petula Clark - The Little Shoemaker (Le Petit Cordonnier) / Helpless


Hit Sequence: 00139
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0083 (1/06/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-XX-11-10-10-09-07-08-07-12-12 (10 Weeks)
1954
17678 RPM

The Four Knights - I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) / Till Then


Hit Sequence: 00138
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0082 (04/06/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-06-06-05-09-06-10 (7 Weeks)
1954
17778 RPM

Perry Como - Wanted / Give Me Your Hand


Hit Sequence: 00137
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0082 (04/06/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-10-04-04-07-05-06-08-07-08-09-09-12-12-XX-XX-XX-18 (15 Weeks)
1954
17878 RPM

Al Martino - Wanted / There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight


Hit Sequence: 00136
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0082 (04/06/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-XX-12-10-08-08-05-04-04-04-06-07-08-06-07-10-XX-17 (16 Weeks)
1954
17978 RPM

Joan Regan - Someone Else's Roses / The Love I Have For You


Hit Sequence: 00135
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0079 (14/05/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-07-06-05-05-07-08-11 (8 Weeks)
1954
18078 RPM

Max Bygraves And The Tanner Sisters - Once She's Got You Up The Aisle / (The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart


Hit Sequence: 00134
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0079 (14/05/54)
Entry Position: 11
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 11-09-07-07-08-08-09-12 (8 Weeks)
1954
18178 RPM

Jo Stafford - Make Love To Me! / Adi-Adios Amigo (Il Passerotto)


Hit Sequence: 00133
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0078 (07/05/54)
Entry Position: 08
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 08 (1 Week)
1954
18278 RPM

Guy Mitchell - A Dime And A Dollar / Tear Down The Mountains


Hit Sequence: 00132
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0077 (30/04/54)
Entry Position: 08
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 08-XX-09-11-08-09 (5 Weeks)
1954
18378 RPM

Billy Cotton - Friends And Neighbours / The Kid's Last Fight


Hit Sequence: 00131
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0077 (30/04/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-XX-06-03-03-03-03-03-07-06-09-12-12 (12 Weeks)
1954
18478 RPM

Frankie Laine - The Kid's Last Fight / Long Distance Love


Hit Sequence: 00130
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0075 (16/04/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-08-03-06-03-06-05-06-07-11 (10 Weeks)
1954
18578 RPM

Nat "King" Cole - Tenderly / Why


Hit Sequence: 00129
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0075 (16/04/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10 (1 Week)
1954
18678 RPM

Ruby Wright - Bimbo / Boy, You Got Yourself A Girl


Hit Sequence: 00128
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0075 (16/04/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-09-11-07-XX-12 (5 Weeks)
1954
18778 RPM

Johnnie Ray - Such A Night / An Orchid For The Lady


Hit Sequence: 00127
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0074 (09/04/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-04-03-01-02-02-02-02-02-02-02-02-03-07-07-09-10-12 (18 Weeks)
1954
18878 RPM

The Stargazers - The Happy Wanderer / Till We Two Are One


Hit Sequence: 00126
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0074 (09/04/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12 (1 Week)
1954
18978 RPM

Doris Day - Secret Love / The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!)


Hit Sequence: 00125
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0073 (02/04/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-05-01-02-02-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-02-02-03-03-03-06-07-04-06-05-10-08-10-08-14-18 (29 Weeks)

Both sides from the soundtrack album Calamity Jane BBR8104
1954
19078 RPM

Frankie Laine - Granada / New Orleans


Hit Sequence: 00124
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0072 (26/03/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-XX-09 (2 Weeks)
1954
19178 RPM

Kay Starr - Changing Partners / I'll Always Be In Love With You


Hit Sequence: 00123
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0071 (19/03/54)
Entry Position: 06
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 06-08-10-04-06-05-05-04-06-04-09-08-09-10 (14 Weeks)
1954
19278 RPM

Bing Crosby - Changing Partners / Y'All Come


Hit Sequence: 00122
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0071 (19/03/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-XX-09-XX-XX-11 (3 Weeks)
1954
19378 RPM

Alma Cogan - Bell Bottom Blues / Love Me Again


Hit Sequence: 00121
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0071 (19/03/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-06-04-06-08-06-09-10-11 (9 Weeks)
1954
19478 RPM

Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade / American Patrol


Hit Sequence: 00120
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0070 (12/03/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12 (1 Week)
1946
19578 RPM

Duke Ellington - Skin Deep


Hit Sequence: 00119
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0069 (05/03/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-07-11-10 (4 Weeks)
1954
19678 RPM

Norman Wisdom - Don't Laugh At Me ('Cause I'm A Fool) / Once In Love With Amy


Hit Sequence: 00117
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0067 (19/02/54)
Entry Position: 08
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 08-06-06-04-07-04-06-03-05-10-07-09-08-10-10 (15 Weeks)
1952
19778 RPM

Guy Mitchell - The Cuff Of My Shirt / Strollin' Blues


Hit Sequence: 00116
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0067 (19/02/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-XX-XX-XX-12-XX-11 (3 Weeks)
1954
19878 RPM

David Whitfield - The Book / Heartless


Hit Sequence: 00115
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0067 (19/02/54)
Entry Position: 10
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 10-09-10-09-06-05-05-07-11-12-12-11-XX-XX-12-10-11 (15 Weeks)
1954
19978 RPM

The Stargazers - I See The Moon / Eh Cumpari


Hit Sequence: 00114
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0067 (19/02/54)
Entry Position: 12
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 12-08-02-01-01-01-01-01-03-01-04-05-05-08-11 (15 Weeks)
1953
20078 RPM

Frank Chacksfield - Ebb Tide / Waltzing Bugle Boy


Hit Sequence: 00113
Primary Format: 78 Shellac
Other formats: None
Week entry: 0066 (12/02/54)
Entry Position: 09
Unique hit tracks: Unchecked
Chart progress: 09-11 (2 Weeks)
1953

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