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6th May 2024, 4:29 PM
	danceband91 Member since Nov 2020 119 Points	mister_tmg wrote: Yes, it would be useful to see the chart data for the records which Mike is looking for. Did they just spend a week in the lower rungs of the listings? Here are the chart dates and positions for the Deccas on Mike's list. Most only in the lower reaches but not all: Note that new records were mainly only released at the beginning of the month, so most records spent at least an entire month in the charts. F-7472 - 24 Jun 40 - 26 F-9349 - 06 Feb 50-27 Feb 50 - 29, 28, 28, 27 F-9406 - 08 May 50-29 May 50 - 28, 27, 28, 29 F-9454 - 10 Jul 50-31 Jul 50 - 24, 27, 28, 28 F-9485 - 11 Sep 50-06 Nov 50 - 28, 25, 24, 24, 24, 22, 21, 22, 28 F-9486 - 11 Sep 50-25 Sep 50 - 30, 30, 29 F-9493 - 06 Nov 50-15 Jan 51 - 18, 13, 11, 10, 11, 14, 22, 22, 22, 27, 30 F-9598 - 05 Feb 51-26 Mar 51 - 23, 17, 15, 12, 21, 22, 28, 27 F-9610 - 05 Mar 51-09 Apr 51 - 28, 23, 21, 20, 27, 30 F-9614 - 19 Mar 51-26 Mar 51 - 27, 24 F-9643 - 02 Apr 51-30 Apr 51 - 23, 21, 23, 27, 28 F-9752 - 10 Sep 51-05 Nov 51 - 22, 18, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29 F-9755 - 08 Oct 51-12 Nov 51; 26 Nov 51-03 Dec 51 - 26, 24, 23, 24, 24, 25 \|\| 26, 29 F-9972 - 01 Sep 52-29 Sep 52 - 26, 22, 20, 19, 24 mister_tmg wrote: I wonder what the sales figures were like for records in Britain during this era. The so-called "real chart" (see here) includes sales figures for each record in their chart, although I would take them with a pinch of salt. As an example, F-9349 (Lee Lawrence - Rosa Mia / The Rose I Bring You) apparently sold 13,000 copies. By comparison, the highest selling record of 1950 was Teresa Brewer's "Music Music Music" which is stated as selling 655,000 copies!