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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan Regan - Prize Of Gold / When You're In Love (1955)	Regan's fourth top ten hit, peaked at #6 in April 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Fisher - (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells / A Man Chases A Girl (Until She Catches Him) (1955)	This record spent eight consecutive weeks in the UK top ten, peaking at #5.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray And Anne Warren - If Anyone Finds This, I Love You / Before We Know It (1955)	This was Ruby's fifth UK hit, indeed when 'If Anyone Finds This, I Love You' first charted, she held five places in the top 20! Spent a couple of weeks at its #4 peak in April 1955. Anne Warren's only UK hit.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ronnie Hilton - A Blossom Fell / Prize Of Gold (1955)	'A Blossom Fell' was Hilton's second top ten hit, peaking at #10 in April 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnny Brandon - Tomorrow / High As A Mountain (1954)	Brandon's first and biggest UK hit, peaking at #8. Listed as Johnny Brandon and the Phantoms on the OCC website.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Stargazers - Somebody / (My Baby Don't Love Me) No More (1955)	A relatively minor hit for the Stargazers, spending a single week at #20 in March 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - A Blossom Fell / Alone Too Long (1955)	Nat's ninth UK top ten hit, peaking at #3 in mid March 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - A Blossom Fell / I Want You All To Myself (Just You) (1955)	Valentine's fifth top ten hit, hitting its #9 peak in March 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan Weber - Let Me Go Lover / Marionette (1955)	Weber's only UK hit, this spent a week at #16 while Teresa Brewer's version of 'Let Me Go Lover' was in the top ten.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Petula Clark - Majorca / Fascinating Rhythm (1954)	Petula's second UK hit, peaking at #12 in early March 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Mario Lanza - I'll Walk With God / Beloved (1954)	'I'll Walk With God' was Lanza's second of three UK hits from the soundtrack of 'The Student Prince', along with 'The Drinking Song' and 'Serenade'. It spent two weeks in the chart, two and a half months apart, peaking at #18 in mid-February 1955, before a week at #20 in May.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - Baby, Baby, Baby / Let Me Go Lover (1955)	'Let Me Go Lover' was Teresa's first UK hit single, spending ten weeks in the top 20 and peaking at #9. Credit goes to 'Teresa Brewer with the Lancers' on the OCC website.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - Beyond The Stars / Open Your Heart (1955)	Mantovani and his Orchestra are given a credit on the OCC website. This was Whitfield's seventh top ten hit, and Mantovani's fifth.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ray Burns - Mobile / These Are The Things We'll Share (1955)	Burns' first and biggest hit in the UK, 'Mobile' spent five weeks in the top ten, peaking at #4 in March 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The De Castro Sisters - Teach Me Tonight / It's Love (1954)	The De Castro Sisters' one and only UK hit, scraping into the charts at #20 for a single week in February 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Ames Brothers - The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane / Addio (Ah-Dee-O) (1954)	The Ames Brothers' only UK hit single, this peaked at #6 in February 1955, sharing the chart with Dean Martin's version of the song.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Mario Lanza - Drinking Song / Serenade (1954)	Both sides of this record were hits for Lanza, and his first UK chart entry for two years. 'Drinking Song' spent a single week at #13 in February 1955, before 'Serenade' spent a total of three weeks in the chart in April & May, peaking at #15. 'Serenade' would be re-released as an A-side in 1956, see here.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Mambo Italiano / That's All I Want From You (1955)	Had a brief two week spell in the top 20 while Rosemary Clooney's version was #1.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray - Let Me Go Lover / Happy Days And Lonely Nights (1955)	These two tracks both charted separately, alongside Ruby's massive #1 hit 'Softly Softly' and her debut hit 'Heartbeat'. 'Happy Days and Lonely Nights' peaked at #6 before it was eclipsed by 'Let Me Go Lover', which peaked at #5 three weeks later.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray - Softly, Softly / What Could Be More Beautiful (1955)	Murray's second and biggest UK hit, this was her only #1. It spent three weeks at #1 and another seven weeks at #2.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Vaughan - Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Danger Signs (1954)	Vaughan's second chart hit, a year after his first. This shared the chart with two other versions of the A side, from Ruby Murray and Suzi Miller and the Johnston Brothers.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Let Me Go, Lover / The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane (1955)	This was a double-sided hit for Dean, 'The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane' peaked at #5 in early March 1955, before 'Let Me Go, Lover' peaked at #3 a few weeks later.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM "Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word / River Of No Return (1954)	Massive breakthrough hit for Ford, this record spent seven straight weeks at #1 in March and April 1955.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Max Bygraves - Mister Sandman / Do You Love Old Santa Claus (1955)	Spent a single week at #16 in the UK charts in January 1955. This was the fourth version of 'Mr Sandman' to hit the charts at this time, following The Chordettes, Dickie Valentine and the Four Aces.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts - Mister Sandman / I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (1954)	Spent a month in the UK top 20. This was The Four Aces' second hit and the third version of 'Mr Sandman' to hit the charts at this time.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Bill Haley And His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / Thirteen Women (1954)	First entered the UK charts briefly in January 1955 (while 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' was top ten) but went on to achieve its most successful run in December 1955 - January 1956 when it would spend ten weeks in the top three, and five weeks in total at #1. Returned to the top ten for another month later in 1956.
bigyella 13th Feb 2017		78 RPM Bing Crosby - Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep / What Can You Do With A General (1954)	Spent a few weeks in the UK chart in January 1955, peaking at #11. The title track from 'White Christmas' wouldn't chart in its own right for over 20 years.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - The Finger Of Suspicion / Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I) (1954)	'The Finger of Suspicion' was Dickie Valentine's first of his two #1 hits, and the third and last #1 for the Stargazers, who get a credit on the OCC listing. It spent three weeks in total at #1, and ten in a row in the top five.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Bill Haley And His Comets - Shake, Rattle And Roll / A.B.C. Boogie (1954)	Haley's first of eight UK top ten hits, spending eight consecutive weeks in the top ten in early 1955.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman / I Don't Wanna See You Cryin' (1954)	This famous song was The Chordettes' debut hit, peaking at #11 in the UK, however both Dickie Valentine and The Four Aces' versions made the top ten.

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