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Artist:The Stargazers
Label:  Decca
Country:UK
Catalogue:F.10047
Date:Feb 1953
Format:10"
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 21 Own, 2 Want
Price Guide:$6
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
AThe StargazersBroken WingsJerome, GrunRate
BThe StargazersMake It SoonSalvador, Pon, EngvickRate


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mister_tmg
18th May 2024
 Marie Benson appears to have still been working into at least March 1953, so I expect she is on this record.
 
 
MrPasta SUBS
13th Apr 2024
 
 
 
MrPasta SUBS
13th Apr 2024
 
 
 
mister_tmg
26th Jun 2021
 The Ballad Years by Don Wicks says the following:
"In August 1952 The Stargazers made their variety debut with a week at Chatham Empire followed by weeks at Shepherd’s Bush and Wood Green Empires. Most years they would do a short tour around London’s music halls and on the 1953 summer season their closing number always brought the house down. Instead of singing they reverted to their original musical roles with Cliff Adams on trombone (also piano) Ronnie Milne and Bob Brown on trumpets, Freddy Datchler on clarinet with Marie Benson (just back from having a baby - Jean Campbell deputized while she was away) playing ukulele. The curtain always came down to thunderous applause. Reviews said that in an already excellent act this was the cream on top, with the whole team praised for superb stage-craft and a special mention for Marie’s sense of fun."

So I'm wondering what the line-up was for this number 1 hit. If Marie Benson was pregnant in early 1953, she could have been replaced by Jean Campbell on the recording session? The recording was made on 6 January 1953, so perhaps Marie was still taking part in sessions at the time.
 
 
mister_tmg
22nd Feb 2016
 Good value for money since you got their version of another chart hit on the other side. Given how common it was to cover everyone else's songs, surprising there aren't more examples with 50s #1s.

Prior to the internet and eBay, this and the Stargazers' other #1 were known as hard-to-find on 78 for collectors.
 
 
ZebedyZak
29th Nov 2015
 I think he made a typo. I think he meant to say it reached number 1.
 
 
chrisdotclark
10th Oct 2015
 I just noticed the comment from Alan Warby says this reached number 11. In fact, it reached number one (the first British act to do so) in April, 1953.
 
 
Alan Warby
30th Jun 2013
 Reached Number 11 in the NME charts, 27 Feb 1953.
 

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The UK Hit Singles of the NME Era - 312 Items - List by djcarbines
UK Number Ones - 1953 - 14 78s - List by mister_tmg
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