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Member	Item		Review/Comment
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - The Book / Heartless (1954)	This was Whitfield's fourth consecutive single release to reach the UK top ten. His chart success would peak with his next single in the summer.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Stargazers - I See The Moon / Eh Cumpari (1953)	The Stargazers' second single, and their second #1 hit following Broken Wings a year earlier. This record eclipsed their previous success, spending six weeks at #1 in total.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frank Chacksfield - Ebb Tide / Waltzing Bugle Boy (1953)	Chacksfield's third and final top ten hit in the UK.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ted Heath And His Music - Skin Deep / Walking Shoes (1954)	Heath's third top ten hit in the space of six months, but his last for over four years.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Bonnie Lou - Tennessee Wig Walk / Just Out Of Reach (1953)	This was a big debut UK hit for Bonnie Lou, spending nine weeks inside the top ten, but she never impacted the charts again despite releasing plenty of singles over the following years.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Rosemary Clooney - Man (Uh-Huh) / Woman (Uh-Huh) (1954)	This is listed on the OCC website as a double A-side 'Man/Woman'. It's Rosemary's second UK hit, and Jose's only one.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Vaughan - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / Cloud Lucky Seven (1953)	This was the first of MANY UK hits for Frankie Vaughan, this one just missing out on the top ten.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Fisher - Oh My Papa (O Mein Papa) / (I Never Missed Your Sweet "Hello") Until You Said "Goodbye" (1953)	After a very successful 1953 for Fisher in the UK charts, this record was overshadowed by Eddie Calvert's massive #1 hit version.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Obernkirchen Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer (Der frohliche Wanderer) / Evensong (Abendlied) (1954)	This was a massive hit, spending a full half a year in the UK top 12, but it was held at a peak of #2 for five straight weeks. It spent the first four behind The Stargazers' 'I See The Moon', before Doris Day's 'Secret Love' leapfrogged it into the top spot the following week.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Dean Martin - That's Amore / You're The Right One (1953)	This was the first of four Dean Martin singles to peak at #2 in the UK. It was kept off the top by Eddie Calvert's 'Oh Mein Papa'.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ken Mackintosh - Tootle-Lo-Siana / The Creep (1953)	This was Mackintosh's first single to chart in the UK, and his only top ten single of his career.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Blowing Wild (The Ballad Of Black Gold) / Te Amo (1953)	Frankie Laine, who had absolutely dominated the UK number one spot in 1953, got a taste of his own medicine as this record spent six weeks at #2 behind Eddie Calvert's 'Oh Mein Papa'.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Calvert - Oh, Mein Papa / Mystery St. (1953)	This was Eddie Calvert's first UK hit, and it was a big one, spending nine consecutive weeks at #1.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Billy Cotton - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / The Queen's Highway (1953)	The third version of this song to chart at Christmas 1953, after the Beverley Sisters and Jimmy Boyd.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Guy Mitchell - Cloud Lucky Seven / Sippin' Soda (1953)	This was Mitchell's sixth single to chart in 1953, climbing to #2 by February 1954. The B side, Sippin' Soda, also charted at #11 for a week.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Joan Regan - Ricochet / Merry-Go-Rounds And Swings (1953)	This was Joan Regan's first of five UK top ten hits.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM David Whitfield - Rags To Riches / Mardi Gras (1953)	This in fact peaked at #3, the follow up to his #1 hit Answer Me.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ray Anthony - Dragnet / Bye Bye Baby (1953)	This record, the theme tune from the TV show of the same name, was Anthony's only single to make the UK charts.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Winifred Atwell - "Let's Have A Party" (1953)	This was Atwell's biggest hit when it peaked at #2 in January 1954, but its follow-up 'Let's Have Another Party' would do even better later in the year.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Winifred Atwell - "Let's Have Another Party"-1 / "Let's Have Another Party"-2 (1954)	This was the follow-up to 'Let's Have a Party' which reached #2 in January 1954. 'Let's Have Another Party' went one better, making Atwell the first black artist to have a number one record in the UK. Spent five weeks at the top, including Christmas.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Ray Martin - Swedish Rhapsody / Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (1953)	Ray Martin's highest charting single, it was #4 at Christmas 1953.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Little Train A-Chuggin' In My Heart (1953)	This was Jimmy Boyd's second, and last, appearance on the UK charts.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM The Beverley Sisters - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Triplets (1953)	This was the Beverley Sisters' first and highest charting UK hit at #6, until that position was matched by Little Drummer Boy over five years later.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Les Paul And Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You) / Deep In The Blues (1953)	This was Les Paul and Mary Ford's only charting song in the UK.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Lee Lawrence - Crying In The Chapel / To Live My Life With You (1953)	Lawrence's highest charting hit in the UK.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Guy Mitchell - Chicka Boom / Hannah Lee (High Are The Gallows) (1953)	Mitchell's fifth UK top five hit in 1953, although it didn't hit its peak of #4 until the end of January 1954.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Eddie Fisher - Wish You Were Here / A Fool Was I (1953)	Fisher's fifth UK top ten single of 1953.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Answer Me (Mutterlein) / Ramblin' Man (1953)	Eight weeks at number 1 (battling it out with David Whitfield's version of the same song) and the second ever Christmas Number 1.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Diana Decker - Poppa Piccolino / If I Had A Golden Umbrella (1953)	Poppa Piccolino was Decker's one and only UK chart hit.
bigyella 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Hey Joe! / Sittin' In The Sun (Countin' My Money) (1953)	This was Laine's second UK number one of 1953, contributing two weeks to his total of 27 (!) at the top that year.

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