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bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love / It's All Been Done Before (1956)	'No Other Love' was Hilton's only chart-topper, spending six consecutive weeks at #1 in May/June 1956.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - Lost John / Stewball (1956)	This double A-side peaked at #2 on three separate occasions, denied top spot first by Ronnie Hilton's 'No Other Love', then by Pat Boone's 'I'll Be Home'.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell / Bo Weevil (1956)	'A Tear Fell' was Teresa's highest charting hit, peaking at #2 in May 1956 behind Ronnie Hilton's 'No Other Love'.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Johnston Brothers - No Other Love / Flowers Mean Forgiveness (1956)	'No Other Love' spent a single week at #22 in the first newly-expanded top 30 chart.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Louis Armstrong - A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack The Knife) / Back O' Town Blues (1956)	'Mack The Knife' was Louis' second top ten hit, his first for over three years, and his last for another eight years!
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Michael Holliday - Nothin' To Do / Perfume, Candy And Flowers (1956)	'Nothin' To Do' was the first of Holliday's ten UK hit singles.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Billy Vaughn - Theme From "The Threepenny Opera" ("Moritat") / I'd Give A Million Tomorrows (1956)	'Theme From "The Threepenny Opera"' was Vaughn's second, last and best performing hit, spending five weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #12.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM Winifred Atwell - The Poor People Of Paris / Piano Tuner's Boogie (1956)	'The Poor People Of Paris' was Winifred's second #1 hit, spending three weeks at the top in April/May 1956.
bigyella 27th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Dick Hyman Trio - Baubles, Bangles And Beads / Theme From "The Threepenny Opera" (1956)	'Theme From "The Threepenny Opera"' was The Dick Hyman Trio's only hit, spending nine weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #9. First charted 22nd March 1956.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jimmy Parkinson - The Great Pretender / Hand In Hand (1956)	'The Great Pretender' was Parkinson's first and biggest hit, spending ten straight weeks in the top 20.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - The Rudder And The Rock / My September Love (1956)	'My September Love' was Whitfield's tenth top ten hit, spending 13 straight weeks in the top ten from April to July 1956.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Young And Foolish / Just One More Chance (1956)	'Young And Foolish' spent a single week at #20 in March 1956, while Martin's 'Memories Are Made Of This' was at #1.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Chacksfield - In Old Lisbon (Lisbon Antigua) / Memories Of You (1956)	'In Old Lisbon' spent four weeks in the top 20, peaking at #15. It was Chacksfield's first UK hit in over two years, and his first of three in 1956.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Kay Starr - Rock And Roll Waltz / I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times (1956)	'Rock And Roll Waltz' was the final hit of Kay Starr's career, and her second #1. It spent seventeen straight weeks in the top ten from February to June 1956.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dave King - Memories Are Made Of This / I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times (1956)	'Memories Are Made Of This' was the first and biggest hit of Dave King's career, spending a solid eight weeks in the top ten.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Edmund Hockridge - Young And Foolish / Sixteen Tons (1956)	'Young And Foolish' was Hockridge's first and biggest UK hit, spending seven weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #10.
bigyella 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnnie Ray - Who's Sorry Now? / A Heart Comes In Handy (1956)	'Who's Sorry Now?' spent two weeks in the top 20 in February/March 1956, peaking at #17.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This / Change Of Heart (1956)	'Memories Are Made Of This' was surprisingly Dean Martin's only UK #1 hit. It spent 12 weeks in the top ten and four in a row in at #1.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM The Dream Weavers - It's Almost Tomorrow / You've Got Me Wondering (1956)	'It's Almost Tomorrow' was the Dreamweavers' one massive hit, It spent three non-consecutive weeks at #1 and a further nine weeks in the top three.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Vaughan - My Boy Flat Top / Stealin' (1955)	'My Boy Flat Top' was Vaughan's fifth UK chart hit, spending two weeks at #20.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM The Hilltoppers - Only You (And You Alone) / (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along (1956)	'Only You' was the Hilltoppers' first UK hit, and their biggest by far, spending 14 straight weeks in the top ten and peaking at #3 in May 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Lou Busch - Zambezi / Rainbow's End (1956)	'Zambezi' was Busch's only chart hit, spending an impressive 12 weeks in the top ten, including four in a row at #2 behind Dean Martin's 'Memories Are Made Of This' and the Dreamweavers' 'It's Almost Tomorrow'.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - Dreams Can Tell A Lie / Ask Me (1956)	'Dreams Can Tell A Lie' was Nat's tenth UK top ten hit, reaching #10 at the beginning of March 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Billy Vaughn - The Shifting Whispering Sands (Part 1) / The Shifting Whispering Sands (Part 2) (1955)	This record was the first UK chart appearance for Vaughn, spending a single week at #20 in early February 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - (Love Is) The Tender Trap / Weep They Will (1956)	'(Love Is) The Tender Trap' spent eight weeks in the top ten and peaked at #2 in February 1956. Tennessee Ernie Ford's 'Sixteen Tons' kept it off the top.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Dick James - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Robin Hood (1956)	This record , James' first UK chart hit, was a double A-side, spending eight weeks in the top 20.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Eamonn Andrews - The Shifting Whispering Sands (1955)	This record was Andrews' only UK chart hit, spending three weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #18 in February 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - Love And Marriage / Look To Your Heart (1956)	'Love And Marriage' was Sinatra's third top ten hit in the UK, spending six weeks in the top ten and peaking at #3.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM "Tennessee" Ernie Ford - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Farewell (1956)	Ford's third and final UK hit, peaking at #3 in February 1956 while 'Sixteen Tons' was at #1.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Edna Savage - Arrivederci Darling / Bella Notte (1955)	Savage's only UK chart hit, spending just a single week at #19.

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