doberman 22nd Feb 2013 | | 78 RPMLes Paul - Walkin' And Whistlin' Blues / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon | Princess Elisabeth and Princess Margaret.
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doberman 29th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMRonnie Self - Bop-A-Lena / Ain't Im A Dog | I bought this record in July 1958. Sold it in 1986 for £110 . Got it for the slow rocker 'Aint I'm a Dog' Wish I still had it.
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doberman 28th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMYma Sumac - Dance Of The Moon Festival (Choladas) / Virgin Of The Sun God (Taiti Inty) | This record was one of Jack Jackson's ( Britains best ever DJ) favourites on his Record Round Up programmes on the BBC Light Programme at 11pm every Saturday night back in '51. Unmissable.
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doberman 22nd Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMJohnny Dankworth - 1956 Super Rhythm Style Series | great
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doberman 17th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMSkip James - Devil Got My Woman / Cypress Grove Blues | 'Devil......' great blues recording.
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doberman 16th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMFrankie Laine - Jezebel / Rose, Rose, I Love You | One of the all-time great double-siders.
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doberman 16th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMPeggy Lee - River River / Sans Souci | Could never make out why this was'nt a hit.
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doberman 16th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMBarbara Lyon - Letter To A Soldier / Falling In Love | Peaked at No.27 on the British Charts on December 22nd 1956.
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doberman 15th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMJimmy Young - The Man From Laramie / No Arms Can Ever Hold You | Number One on the Britsh Best Seller charts for four weeks in October 1955.
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doberman 15th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMThe Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group - Green Back Dollar / I'm Satisfied ("Yes She Do, No She Don't") | Not bad follow-up to their all-time great 'Freight Train'
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMAl Morgan - Jealous Heart / Turnabout Is Fair Play | Originally released on Universal 148. Reached No.4 on the Billboard Best Sellers in August 1949.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMVaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky / Red Roses For A Blue Lady | Bought 'Riders' as soon as I could back in '49. Never off of my wind-up gramophone. Great story-line for it's time. No.1 on the Billboard Best Sellers for Eleven weeks in May/June 1949.' 'Red Roses' was a very good record in it's own right, making it a first class buy'
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMRuss Morgan - Cruising Down The River / Sunflower | These two ladies -Eily Beadell and Nelly Tollerton entered a song writing competion in 1946 and won it with 'Cruising Down the River' ( they were two London ladies I believe). it was quite popular with the dance bands over here, but suddenly in 1949 it came to the attention of the American record market, and it made the ladies a fortune. Russ Morgan was at No.1 in the Billboard Best Sellers for seven weeks in Mar/April 1949. Blue Barron reached No. One on the Best Sellers in Feb. 1949. Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters nade No.14, the Three Suns made made No.24, Primo Scala and the Keynotes ( a British release made No. 27 and Frankie Carle made no.28, all on the Best Seller Chart.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMCharlie Chester - On The 5.45 / Courtin' | I would love to here this one. The Charlie Chester Show was one of my highlights on the wireless around midday on a Saturday in 1947/48. Who can ever forget ' Down in the Jungle living in a tent, better than a pre-fab -- no rent'.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMJo Stafford And Gordon MacRae - Whispering Hope / A Thought In My Heart | 'Whispering Hope' reached No.6 on the Billboard Best Sellers in August 1949.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMDinah Shore And Her Happy Valley Boys - Buttons And Bows / Daddy-O (I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues) | Dinah's 'Buttons and Bows' was the first record I bought with my own money, others I had before were either bought for me or presents etc. It was at the time a breezy cheerful number compared with a lot of others.. It was top of the Billboard Best Sellers Chart for ten weeks in the Autumn of 1948.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMKing Cole - Nature Boy / Lost April | 'Nature Boy' brought Nat King Cole to the attention of the general public. It was written by what we would later call a hippie, namely eden ahbez (capital letters on the label) but later rectified. It reached No.1 on the US Best Sellers for seven weeks in April/May 1948.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMSam Browne - A Tree In The Meadow / An Old Sombrero | Sam Browne formerly with the Bert Ambrose Orchestra. 'Tree in the Meadow' reched No. 24 on the Billboatd DJ chart in Sept. 1948. Released in GB on Decca F.8830 in Jan.1948.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMJimmy Durante - I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord / Little Bit This, Little Bit That | 'Lost Chord' very popular on the BBC record request programmes at the time.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMGracie Fields - Now Is The Hour / Come Back To Sorrento | 'Now Is the Hour' reached No.3 in the Billboard Best Sellers in Jan.1948. The song is taken from an old Maori chant. Released in GB by Bing Crosby on Brunswick 03839 in Jan. 1948.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMTed Weems - Heartaches / Oh! Monah | 'Heartaches' was originally issued in 1938. One evening in Jan.1947 a North Carolina dj had a programme called Midnight Dance Party. He just picked this old record out of the boxes he had there and in no time it took off locally and then nationally; It peaked at No. One on the Billboard Best Seller Chart for thirteen weeks from March 3rd. 1947.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMDinah Shore - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly / I Got Lost In His Arms | 'Doin' What Comes Naturr'ly' from the Broadway musical 'Annie Get Your Gun' This version reached No.4 in the Billboard Best Sellers.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMLouis Jordan And His Tympany Five - Open The Door Richard! / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens | 'Open the Door Richard' was a very popular r and b record in the US in 1947, besides this one, versions by Count Basie, Three Flames, Dusty Fletcher, Jack McVea, Charioteers, and the Pied Pipers all had versions in the Billboard Top Ten.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMLes Brown - Sentimental Journey / Twilight Time | Doris Day starting out on her way to Stardom.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMThe Andrews Sisters - One Meat Ball / Rum And Coca-Cola | I believe the BBC banned this because of the mention of the fizzy drink, but I would have thought that the storyline of 'mother and daughter' did'nt help. It was No.One for ten weeks on the Billboard chart from Jan. 6 1945.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMDavid Rose - Holiday For Strings / Laura | I rate 'Laura' one of the best film theme's ever. With the Stan Kenton version the best of them all.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMVaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots / All By Myself | Great!. It got to No.6 in the Billboard chart in the US on Sept. 24 1955 ( a week before James Dean died). also around this time 'The Wild One' with Marlon Brando was in the cinemas ( not the UK,). The teenage and twenty scene was changing for ever.
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doberman 14th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMVaughn Monroe - Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots / All By Myself | .I.ve got The Cheers version of.....'Boots' somewhere in the attic.
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doberman 13th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMHugh O'Brian - Legend Of Wyatt Earp / Down In The Meadow | Hugh O'Brian starred as the legendry Marshal in the very popular ITV series of the late fifties.
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doberman 13th Jan 2013 | | 78 RPMThe Queen's Hall Light Orchestra - Coronation Scot / The Horse Guards | This version of 'Coronation Scot' was the introductory music to the great Paul Temple series broadcast by the BBC Light Programme in the early 1950s.
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