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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - Mister Sandman / Runaround (1954)	Valentine's version of 'Mister Sandman' hit the charts at the same time as his #1 hit 'The Finger of Suspicion', and for one week in February 1955 they were both in the top 5.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano / We'll Be Together Again (1954)	Rosemary's second and final UK #1, this spent a total of three weeks at the top and ten consecutive weeks in the top three.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Charlie Kunz - Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. 114 (1954)	Kunz's only hit single spent a few weeks in the top 20 around the time that Winifred Atwell's piano medleys were at the peak of their popularity.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Big Ben Banjo Band - "Let's Get Together" No. 1 First Part / "Let's Get Together" No. 1 Conclusion (1954)	The Big Ben Banjo Band's debut record spent three weeks at #6 over the festive period in 1954.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo / There Never Was A Night So Beautiful (1954)	This spent a single week at #16, becoming Como's third UK hit of 1954.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ruby Murray - Heartbeat / He's A Pal Of Mine (1954)	Big debut hit for Ruby, spending three months inside the top ten, peaking at #3 in late January 1955.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Alma Cogan - I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango / Christmas Cards (1954)	This took a couple of months to climb to its #6 peak in January 1955. Alma's second top ten hit.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ronnie Hilton - Veni-Vidi-Vici / I Still Believe (1954)	Ronnie Hilton's breakthrough record, with both sides hitting the charts at the same time. 'I Still Believe' spent three weeks at #3 around Christmas 1954, while Veni-Vidi-Vici eventually peaked at #12 in late January 1955.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Stan Freberg - Sh-Boom / C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) (1954)	Stan's first and highest-charting UK hit, appearing alongside the Crew Cuts version.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) / Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (1954)	'Santo Natale' would spend five straight weeks in the #2 spot behind Winifred Atwell's Christmas #1 'Let's Have Another Party'.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Billy Eckstine - No One But You / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1954)	A huge breakthrough hit for Eckstine, this record spent eight consecutive weeks in the UK top five.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Norman Brooks - A Sky-Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie / This Waltz With You (1954)	Brooks' only UK chart hit.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan Regan - Wait For Me, Darling / Two Kinds Of Tears (1954)	This one-week hit was Regan's fourth UK chart appearance of 1954.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dickie Valentine - Endless / I Could Have Told You (1954)	This was the third of Valentine's first four UK hits to spend just a single week in the charts. His next hit would do much better.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Fisher - I Need You Now / Heaven Was Never Like This (1954)	The only Fisher chart hit to fail to reach the top ten, this record nonetheless spent a total of ten weeks inside the top twenty.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Rain, Rain, Rain / Your Heart (1954)	This was Laine's seventh top ten hit of 1954. Despite never going beyond #8 it spent no less than ten weeks inside the top ten. The Four Lads get a credit on the OCC listing.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Vera Lynn And Frank Weir And His Saxophone - My Son, My Son / Our Heaven On Earth (1954)	Vera Lynn's fourth and final top ten hit, and her only #1, 'My Son, My Son' spent two weeks at the top in November 1954.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Billie Anthony - This Ole House / (Oh), What A Dream (1954)	This was Billie Anthony's only UK hit, peaking at #4, and was outperformed in the charts by Rosemary Clooney's chart-topping version of 'This Ole House'.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Kay Starr - Am I A Toy Or Treasure / Fortune In Dreams (1954)	A relatively minor hit for Starr, this spent a few weeks in the lower reaches of the recently-expanded NME top 20.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Some Day / There Must Be A Reason (1954)	The B-side here, 'There Must Be A Reason', was Laine's sixth UK top ten hit of 1954.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House / My Baby Sends Me (1954)	The first of two big #1 hits in quick succession for Clooney, this hit the top spot for just one week at the end of November 1954, but spent ten weeks in the top five.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - Sway / Pretty As A Picture (1954)	This was Dean Martin's third UK top ten hit. 'Sway' was also released as CD single, spending a couple of weeks of August 1999 in the lower reaches of the chart!
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Al Martino - The Story Of Tina / Destiny (No One Can Change) (1954)	Martino's sixth and final top ten hit of the 1950s, this would spend three weeks at #10, outperforming another version of 'The Story of Tina' by Ronnie Harris.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Doris Day - If I Give My Heart To You / Anyone Can Fall In Love (1954)	Day's third top ten hit of 1954, this would be in direct competition with Joan Regan's version of the 'If I Give My Heart To You'. The Mellomen also receive a credit on the OCC listing.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom / I Spoke Too Soon (1954)	This was the Crew Cuts' debut hit in the UK, spending a couple of months in the top 20.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart To You / Faded Flowers (1954)	This was Regan's third and biggest UK hit single, peaking at #3 in December 1954. Completely useless fact: this was officially the first UK #20 after the expansion of the NME chart from a top 12.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ronnie Harris - The Story Of Tina / Guiding Star (1954)	Harris's one and only UK hit, spending three weeks in the top 20.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - Smile / Make Her Mine (1954)	The second of Cole's three #2 hits, kept off the top spot by a combination of Frank Sinatra's 'Three Coins in the Fountain' and Don Cornell's 'Hold my Hand'. He would never have a UK #1. The B side also charted, peaking at #11.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Max Bygraves - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen By The Sea / Third Little Turning (On The Right) (1954)	Gilly Gilly......the A side was Max's third top ten hit single.
bigyella 12th Feb 2017		78 RPM Anthony Steel - West Of Zanzibar / Who Cares (1954)	This film soundtrack was the only UK hit (or release?) from Anthony Steel and the Radio Revellers, spending six weeks in the newly expanded NME top 20.

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