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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Gary Miller - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Robin Hood (1956)	'Robin Hood' was Miller's highest charting UK hit, peaking at #10 in February 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Bill Hayes - Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Farewell (1956)	'Ballad Of Davy Crockett' was Hayes' only UK hit, spending three weeks stuck at #2 behind 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford's 'Sixteen Tons'.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - Rock Island Line / John Henry (1955)	Lonnie's first of seventeen top ten hits. 'Rock Island Line' spent six weeks in total in the top ten, peaking at #8 in February 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM "Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons / You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1956)	'Sixteen Tons' was Ford's second UK #1, spending four straight weeks at the top.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM The Johnston Brothers - Join In And Sing Again (1955)	This record was the Johnstons' third and final top ten hit, but spent just a single week in the charts at #9 in January 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie / Burn That Candle (1955)	'Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie' was Haley's fourth UK hit, spending six weeks in the top ten in early 1956.
bigyella 21st Feb 2017		78 RPM Perry Como - Tina Marie / (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (1955)	'Tina Marie' was Perry Como's fifth UK chart hit, spending just one week inside the newly-expanded top 25 at #24.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Alma Cogan - Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo / Twenty Tiny Fingers (1955)	Both sides of this record charted separately for Alma. 'Twenty Tiny Fingers' spent Christmas 1955 at #17 before 'Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo' spent the following month in the chart, peaking at #6.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Anne Shelton - Arrivederci Darling / Song Of The Trees (1955)	'Arrivederci Darling' was Shelton's first of her five UK hits.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - The Old Pi-anna Rag / First Love (1955)	'The Old Pianna Rag' was Valentine's tenth top 20 hit, peaking at #15 in January 1956.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Harry Secombe - On With The Motley (Vesti La Giubba) / Strange Harmony Of Contrasts (Recondita Harmonia) (1955)	'On With The Motley' was Secombe's first of his three UK top 20 hits, peaking at #16 at Christmas 1955.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Big Ben Banjo Band - Let's Get Together Again (1955)	The Big Ben Banjo Band's second record to chart, following the success of their 1954 Christmas hit 'Let's Get Together No 1', although 'Let's Get Together Again' didn't hit its #18 peak until January 1956.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jo Stafford - Suddenly There's A Valley / Nightwatch (1955)	'Suddenly There's A Valley' was Stafford's last appearance in the UK charts, peaking at #12 at the end of 1955.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Lee Lawrence - Suddenly There's A Valley / Mi Muchacha (Little Girl) (1955)	'Suddenly There's A Valley' was Lawrence's second and final UK top 20 hit, peaking at #14 at Christmas 1955.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet / Where Are You Tonight? (1955)	'Christmas Alphabet' was Valentine's second #1, spending three weeks at the top including Christmas 1955.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs - Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake / Three Blind Mice (1955)	Actually charting in December 1955, this was (maybe unsurprisingly) the only hit for the Singing Dogs.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - When You Lose The One You Love / Angelus (1955)	'When You Lose The One You Love' peaked at #7 at Christmas 1955 for Whitfield and Mantovani.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Petula Clark - Suddenly There's A Valley / With Your Love (1955)	'Suddenly There's A Valley' was Petula's second top ten hit, peaking at #7 in January 1956.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Coronets - Twenty Tiny Fingers / Meet Me On The Corner (1955)	This was the Coronets' only UK hit in their own right, following a previous collaboration with Ray Burns. It spent a single week at #20 while the Stargazers' version of 'Twenty Tiny Fingers' was in the top ten.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing / Shine On Harvest Moon (1955)	'Love Is A Many Splendored Thing' was the Four Aces' biggest UK hit, spending two weeks at #2 behind Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' in December 1955, and then another couple of months in the top five.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Max Bygraves - Meet Me On The Corner / The Little Laplander (1955)	'Meet Me On The Corner' was Bygraves' highest charting UK hit, peaking at #2 behind Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' in January 1956.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM Pat Boone - Ain't That A Shame / Tennessee Saturday Night (1955)	'Ain't That A Shame' was Pat's first of 26 UK top 40 hits over the following seven years. It spent four weeks in the top ten, peaking at #7 in December 1955.
bigyella 20th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Stargazers - Twenty Tiny Fingers / An Old Beer Bottle (1955)	'Twenty Tiny Fingers' was the Stargazers' last big UK hit, spending eight weeks in the top ten and peaking at #4 in January 1956.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Don Lang - Seventeen / Cloudburst (1955)	'Cloudburst' was Don Lang's first UK chart hit. It spent a total of four weeks in the top 20 between November 1955 and January 1956.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Winifred Atwell - Let's Have A Ding Dong Side 1 / Let's Have A Ding Dong Side 2 (1955)	Atwell's fifth UK top five hit, 'Let's Have a Ding Dong' peaked at #3 in December 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnnie Ray - Song Of The Dreamer / I've Got So Many Million Years (That I Can't Count Them) (1955)	'Song of the Dreamer' was Johnnie's third UK top ten hit of 1955, peaking at #10 in November.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra - Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) / Lonely Heart (1955)	Goodwin spent a single week at joint #20 with 'Blue Star', his second and final appearance in the UK charts.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Central Band Of The Royal Air Force - The Dam Busters / Lilliburlero (1955)	The RAF's rendition of 'The Dambusters March' spent one week at #18 in late October 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Gary Miller - The Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Man From Laramie (1955)	Gary Miller's version of 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' followed his namesake Mitch's version into the UK charts for a five week run, peaking at #13. It was his first of six top 30 hits.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray - I'll Come When You Call / It's The Irish In Me (1955)	'I'll Come When You Call' was Ruby's seventh (!) top ten hit of 1955, and her last until 1959. It peaked at #6 in November 1955.

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