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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnnie Ray - Hey There / Hernando's Hideaway (1955)	Both sides of this record charted separately. 'Hernando's Hideaway' was the first to chart, spending five weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #11, while 'Hey There' appeared a week later and stuck around for nine weeks, peaking at #5 in November 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Mitch Miller - The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Blackberry Winter (1955)	'The Yellow Rose of Texas' was Miller's only UK hit. It spent 12 straight weeks in the top ten, peaking at joint #2 behind Jimmy Young's 'The Man From Laramee' in early November 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Johnston Brothers - Hernando's Hideaway / Hey There (1955)	'Hernando's Hideaway' spent two weeks at #1 in November 1955, the Johnston Brothers' biggest hit of their career.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Lita Roza - Hey There / Hernando's Hideaway (1955)	'Hey There' was Roza's second UK top 20 hit, reaching #17 in October 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Sammy Davis - That Old Black Magic / Give A Fool A Chance (1955)	'That Old Black Magic' was Davis's third hit in as many months, spending one week at #16.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Rosemary Clooney - Hey There / It Just Happened To Happen To Me (1955)	'Hey There' was the last of Rosemary Clooney's six top ten hits, peaking at #4 in late November 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Cyril Stapleton - Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) / Honey Babe (1955)	The only UK hit for Cyril Stapleton and his orchestra, 'Blue Star' spent two weeks at #2 behind Jimmy Young's 'The Man From Laramee'.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Alma Cogan - The Banjo's Back In Town / Go On By (1955)	Both sides of this record were hits. 'The Banjo's Back In Town' spent one week at #17 in late September 1955, while 'Go On By' spent four weeks in the top 20, peaking at #16 in early November 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Al Martino - The Man From Laramie / To Please My Lady (1955)	Martino's version of 'The Man From Laramee' would be his last top 20 hit for almost 18 years. It spent a total of three weeks in the charts, peaking at #19.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Tony Bennett - It's Too Soon To Know / Close Your Eyes (1955)	'Close Your Eyes' was Tony Bennett's second highest charting hit in the UK, spending one week at #18 in September 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Stargazers - Close The Door / I've Got Four Big Brothers (1955)	'Close The Door' was The Stargazers' fourth UK top ten hit, peaking at #6 in October 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Doris Day - Love Me Or Leave Me / Sam, The Accordion Man (1955)	'Love Me Or Leave Me' spent a single week at joint #20 in September 1955. The Sammy Davis Jr. version of the song entered the charts the same week.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson And His Friends - Sing It Again With Joe (1955)	Henderson's second top 20 hit of 1955, spending three weeks in the chart and peaking at #18.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ronnie Hilton - Stars Shine In Your Eyes / We'll Go A Long Long Way Together (1955)	Hilton's fourth UK hit of 1955, 'Stars Shine In Your Eyes' spent seven weeks in the top 20, peaking at #13 for two weeks in September 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - My One Sin (In Life) / Don't Hurt The Girl (1955)	'My One Sin' first charted at the start of September 1955, re-entering three weeks later at its peak of #17.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ray Burns - That's How A Love Song Was Born / The Voice (1955)	Ray Burns' second and last appearance in the UK charts after 'Mobile' had reached the top ten earlier in 1955. 'That's How A Love Song Was Born' by Ray Burns with the Coronets spent six weeks in the top 20.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Caterina Valente - The Breeze And I (Andalucia) / Jealousy (1955)	Valente's only UK chart hit, spending nine straight weeks in the top ten, peaking at #5 for a couple of weeks in September 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ferko String Band - Alabama Jubilee / Sing A Little Melody (1955)	The Ferko String Band's only chart hit, spending two weeks at #20.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues / If I Had Three Wishes (1955)	Sinatra was very unfortunate not to score his second UK #1 with 'Learnin' the Blues', which spent 5 weeks in a row stuck at #2 behind Slim Whitman's monster hit 'Rose Marie' in September 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Calvert - John And Julie / Heart Of The Sunset (1955)	Calvert's third UK hit of 1955, this spent three weeks of September 1955 in the top ten.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Sammy Davis, Jr. - Something's Gotta Give / Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)	Sammy Davis Jr.'s first hit record in the UK, featuring his two biggest hits, with both sides charting separately. 'Something's Gotta Give' first charted in early August 1955, peaking in September at #11, while 'Love Me Or Leave Me' also peaked in September, at #8.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call / China Doll (1952)	A double-sided hit for Whitman. 'Indian Love Call' spent 12 weeks in the top 20 from August-October 1955 ('Rose Marie' was #1 for the first 11 of these weeks), peaking at #7, while 'China Doll' charted in its own right for a couple of weeks in late September/early October 1955, peaking at #15.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Slim Whitman - Rose Marie / We Stood At The Altar (1954)	Slim's first and biggest UK hit, spending eleven consecutive weeks at #1 from August to October 1955.
bigyella 15th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Strange Lady In Town / The Tarrier Song (1955)	'Strange Lady In Town' spent nine straight weeks in the top ten, peaking twice at #6 in August and September. Laine's previous record 'Cool Water' was at it's peak at around the same time.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray - Evermore / Bambino (1955)	Ruby's sixth top ten hit of 1955, 'Evermore' spent 17 weeks in the top 20 and peaked twice at #3 in July and August.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Malcolm Vaughan - Ev'ry Day Of My Life / Mama (1955)	Big breakthrough hit for Malcolm Vaughan, spending 16 weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #5 in September 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnny Brandon - Don't Worry / Strike It Lucky (1955)	Johnny Brandon's 'Don't Worry' (this time with no credit to the Phantoms) spent four weeks in the top 20 in July 1955. This was his last appearance in the UK charts.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Cool Water / Bubbles (1955)	'Cool Water' spent 17 straight weeks in the top ten and a total of five weeks at #2. It was kept off the top by a combination of Slim Whitman's 'Rose Marie' and Jimmy Young's 'The Man From Laramie'.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Barbara Lyon - Stowaway / Pendulum Song (1955)	Lyon's first UK hit, 'Stowaway' spent eight weeks in the top 20, peaking at #12 in July 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jane Froman - I Wonder / I'll Never Be The Same (1955)	Froman's only UK hit, 'I Wonder' spent four weeks in the top 20 in June/July 1955.

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