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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ZebedyZak 29th Nov 2015		78 RPM Ted Heath And His Music - Vanessa / The Pipers' Patrol	I know from the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles that this single reached number 11 in January 1953, but wasn't it released earlier? The catalogue number F 9983 suggests an October 1952 release. After all, Decca had already reached F 9985 by then.
ZebedyZak 29th Nov 2015		78 RPM Vera Lynn - Forget-Me-Not / When Swallows Say Goodbye	Vera Lynn had three singles in the first UK chart. "Forget Me Not" was her latest single at the time, while her two previous singles, "Auf Wiedersehen" and "Homing Waltz" were both still selling enough to keep them in the Top 10. Those two would have been number one hits had there been charts for the entire year of 1952.
ZebedyZak 29th Nov 2015		78 RPM Guy Mitchell - Look At That Girl / Wise Man Or Fool	Guy Mitchell had his first two UK number ones in 1953, but they were not his biggest hits in the USA. His first UK chart-topper, "She Wears Red Feathers", reached only 19 in the USA. His second UK number one, "Look At That Girl", failed to make the Top 40 in his homeland. Very odd, although he did later have a transatlantic chart-topper with "Singing The Blues".
ZebedyZak 29th Nov 2015		78 RPM Frankie Laine - I Believe / Your Cheatin' Heart	It wasn't number one for 18 consecutive weeks, it was number one for a total of 18 weeks spread out over a 20-week period. Two other singles interrupted its run at the top (Eddie Fisher's "I'm Walking Behind You" and Mantovani's "Moulin Rouge"). "I Believe" was never number one for more than 9 consecutive weeks without being interrupted by something else. It was there for 9 consecutive weeks before Eddie Fisher got a look in, then it returned for another 6 weeks before Mantovani interrupted it, after which it returned for its final 3 weeks at the top. "I Believe" was also by far the biggest seller of 1953, and it had the longest chart run of the year (36 weeks altogether). With a chart run like that, one would expect it to have been a million seller, yet it is not marked as one in the Guinness Book of British Hit singles. Its sales must have been well over 900,000.
ZebedyZak 29th Nov 2015		78 RPM The Stargazers - Broken Wings / Make It Soon	I think he made a typo. I think he meant to say it reached number 1.
ZebedyZak 23rd Oct 2015		78 RPM Jimmy Shand - Bluebell Polka / The Veleta	Thanks for posting that, Jack. I am now going to try to get that book myself.
ZebedyZak 15th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album The Bonzo Dog Band - Let's Make Up And Be Friendly	Those of you who don't have this album in your collection, buy it at the first opportunity. This is one of those albums that could change your life - in the best way possible!

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