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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Sinatra - You My Love / Just One Of Those Things (1955)	'You My Love' spent a total of seven weeks in the top 20 between June and August 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Judy Garland - The Man That Got Away / Here's What I'm Here For (1954)	Judy Garland's only UK chart appearance for 40 (!) years, this spent two weeks in the top 20 in June 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson And Friends - Sing It With Joe (Part 1) / Sing It With Joe (Part 2) (1955)	Henderson's first UK chart hit, spending four weeks in the top 20 in June 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - I Wonder / You Too Can Be A Dreamer (1955)	'I Wonder' spent 15 weeks in the top 20, peaking at #4 in July 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Stargazers - The Crazy Otto Rag / Hey Mr. Banjo (1955)	'The Crazy Otto Rag' spent 3 weeks in the top 20 in June 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Alma Cogan - Dreamboat / (The Diddle-Ee-I) Irish Mambo (1955)	'Dreamboat' was the only #1 of Alma's career, reaching the summit for two weeks in July 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - Ev'rywhere / Mama (1955)	Huge hit record for Whitfield with both sides charting separately. A-side, 'Ev'rywhere' spent 20 straight weeks in the top 20 from July-November 1955, peaking at #3 in September. B-side, 'Mama', first charted at the end of May 1955 and eventually peaked at #12 in August 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Cyril Stapleton - Elephant Tango / Gabrielle (1955)	Stapleton's first appearance in the UK charts, 'Elephant Tango' spent a total of four weeks in the top 20.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts - Stranger In Paradise / You'll Always Be The One (1955)	One of many versions of 'Stranger in Paradise' to chart, this was the Four Aces' third top ten hit in the UK.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Rosemary Clooney - Where Will The Dimple Be? / Brahms' Lullaby (Close Your Eyes) (1955)	This spent six weeks in the top ten, Clooney's fifth single to reach those heights in the UK. As with 'Mambo Italiano', the Mellomen get a credit on the OCC website.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Al Hibbler - Unchained Melody / Daybreak (1955)	Al Hibbler's only UK hit spent four weeks in total at #2, kept off the top spot by Eddie Calvert's 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White' and Jimmy Young's version of 'Unchained Melody'.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Les Baxter - Unchained Melody / The Medic Theme (1955)	Baxter's only UK hit was one of four versions of the song to chart in 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Calvert - Stranger In Paradise / Sincerely (1955)	One of six versions of 'Strangers in Paradise' to appear in the UK top 20, this peaked at #14 the very same week that Calvert's 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White' hit #1.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jimmy Young - Unchained Melody / Help Me Forget (1955)	The first of Jimmy's two #1 singles in 1955, this spent three weeks at the top and was the first of many versions of 'Unchained Melody' to chart in the UK.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan And Rusty Regan - Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In / If You Learn To Love Each Other (1955)	The A-side featuring Joan and her son Rusty spent a single week at #19, Joan's last UK hit for four years.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Ink Spots - Am I Too Late / Melody Of Love (1955)	'Melody of Love' was the only Ink Spots single to appear in the UK (NME) charts, peaking at #10 in May 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Bing Crosby - Stranger In Paradise / Who Gave You The Roses (1955)	This was one of six versions of 'Stranger in Paradise' to make the UK charts, spending two weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #17.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Tony Martin - Stranger In Paradise / Vera Cruz (1955)	Martin's first of his two UK chart hits. There were six versions of 'Stranger in Paradise' that reached the top 20, and this was one of the most popular, spending ten straight weeks in the top ten.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Vaughan - Tweedlee-Dee / Give Me The Moonlight Give Me The Girl (1955)	'Tweedle Dee' was Vaughan's third UK top 20 hit, spending a single week at #17. The extra 'E' in the A-side's title is a typo, it would appear!
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Don Cornell - Stranger In Paradise / The Devil's In Your Eyes (1955)	Cornell's only other charting single in the UK following his #1 'Hold My Hand'. This was one of six versions of 'Stranger in Paradise' to chart in 1955.
bigyella 14th Feb 2017		78 RPM Georgia Gibbs - Tweedle Dee / You're Wrong, All Wrong (1955)	This was the first of two one-week UK hits for Gibbs. The other, titled 'Kiss Me Another', which reached #26 in July 1956, is a rarity in that it doesn't appear to have found it's way onto this site yet!
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise / Take Me Back Again (1955)	Bennett's first and biggest UK hit by some distance, this spent two weeks at #1 in May 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Crew-Cuts - Earth Angel / Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) (1955)	'Earth Angel' was the Crew Cuts' biggest (and last) UK hit, spending an impressive 14 consecutive weeks in the top ten.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White) / Roses Of Picardy (1955)	The second of Eddie Calvert's two #1 hits, this spent four straight weeks at the top in direct competition with the Perez Prado version.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Doris Day - Ready, Willing And Able / You, My Love (1955)	Doris's only top ten hit of 1955, and her seventh overall in the UK.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnnie Ray - If You Believe / Alexander's Ragtime Band (1955)	Johnnie Ray's fifth of his ten UK top ten hits.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eartha Kitt - Under The Bridges Of Paris / Lovin' Spree (1954)	Eartha Kitt's only UK top ten hit, peaking in April 1955 while Dean Martin's version of 'Under the Bridges of Paris' was also in the top ten.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Under The Bridges Of Paris / What Could Be More Beautiful (1955)	Martin's sixth UK top ten hit, peaking at #6 in April 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The McGuire Sisters - Sincerely / No More (1955)	The McGuire Sisters' first UK hit record, with both sides charting separately. 'No More' hit #20 in early April 1955, while 'Sincerely' peaked at #14 in July 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Perez "Prez" Prado - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (Cerezo Rosa) / Maria Elena (1955)	Prado's first UK chart hit and his only #1. This spent two weeks in the top spot and ten straight weeks in the top three, in competition with Eddie Calvert's version which was also a big #1 hit.

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