The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 15th 1955 | NME | RM | Total | ||||||
Last | This | The Sound Survey | Stores | 60 | 52 | Points | |||
Week | Week | The Top 25 Singles Chart | 20 | Scored | |||||
1 | 1 | The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young | 1 | 1 | 2240 | ||||
3 | 2 | Cool Water - Frankie Laine | 2 | 2 | 2128 | ||||
2 | 3 | Rose Marie - Slim Whitman | 4 | 3 | 1956 | ||||
6 | 4 | Blue Star - Cyril Stapleton | 3 | 5 | 1912 | ||||
8 | 5 | Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller | 5 | 4 | 1844 | ||||
5 | 6 | Everywhere - David Whitfield | 6 | 6 | 1680 | ||||
4 | 7 | Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra | 7 | 8 | 1516 | ||||
7 | 8 | The Breeze And I - Caterina Valente | 8 | 9 | 1404 | ||||
14 | 9 | Hey There - Rosemary Clooney | 10 | 7 | 1388 | ||||
12 | 10 | Hernando's Hideaway- The Johnston Brothers (A) | 11 | 10 | 1172 | ||||
19 | 10 | Hernando's Hideaway - Johnnie Ray (B) | 11 | 10 | 1172 | ||||
NEW | 12 | Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets | 13 | 12 | 948 | ||||
10 | 13 | Close The Door - The Stargazers | 9 | 18 | 876 | ||||
9 | 14 | Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman | 14 | 13 | 836 | ||||
11 | 15 | Every Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan | 15 | 15 | 672 | ||||
21 | 16 | Hey There - Johnnie Ray (A) | 16 | 14 | 664 | ||||
13 | 17 | Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jnr. | 17 | 17 | 448 | ||||
17 | 18 | Humming Bird - Frankie Laine | 16 | 260 | |||||
16 | 19 | Evermore - Ruby Murray | 18 | 180 | |||||
NEW | 20 | I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray | 19 | 120 | |||||
22 | 21 | Hey There - Sammy Davis Jnr. | 19 | 104 | |||||
NEW | 22 | Go On By - Alma Cogan | 20 | 60 | |||||
20 | 22 | Hey There - Lita Roza | 20 | 60 | |||||
NEW | 24 | Love Me Or Leave Me - Doris Day | 20 | 52 | |||||
NEW | 24 | Yellow Rose Of Texas - Ronnie Hilton | 20 | 52 | |||||
15 | Strange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine | ||||||||
18 | John And Julie - Eddie Calvert | ||||||||
23 | Stars Shine In Your Eyes - Ronnie Hilton | ||||||||
24 | The Dam Busters March - The Band Of The R.A.F. |
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Guess you’ve made the right decision Brian. It’s according to what I’ve meant for decades, but earlier discussions lead me to believe I was in minority. Therefore I hesitated to take part in the debate because I didn’t want to make the discussion more difficult.
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Originally posted by kjell View PostGuess you’ve made the right decision Brian. It’s according to what I’ve meant for decades, but earlier discussions lead me to believe I was in minority. Therefore I hesitated to take part in the debate because I didn’t want to make the discussion more difficult.
For you and everyone else here is today's new chartThe Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending October 22nd 1955
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 22nd 1955 NME RM Total Last This The Sound Survey Stores 60 52 Points Week Week The Top 25 Singles Chart 20 Scored 1 1 The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young 1 1 2240 5 2 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller 3 2 2068 4 3 Blue Star - Cyril Stapleton 2 4 2024 3 4 Rose Marie - Slim Whitman 5 3 1896 2 5 Cool Water - Frankie Laine 6 6 1680 12 6 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets 8 5 1612 6 7 Everywhere - David Whitfield 4 10 1592 10 8 Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers (A) 10 7 1388 8 9 The Breeze And I - Caterina Valente 7 11 1360 9 10 Hey There - Rosemary Clooney 10 8 1336 16 11 Hey There - Johnnie Ray (A) 9 12 1188 10 12 Hernando's Hideaway - Johnnie Ray (B) 12 9 1164 7 13 Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra 13 15 792 20 14 I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray 15 14 724 13 15 Close The Door - The Stargazers 14 19 524 14 16 Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman 13 416 19 17 Evermore - Ruby Murray 16 300 18 18 Humming Bird - Frankie Laine 16 260 NEW 19 I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day 17 240 21 20 Hey There - Sammy Davis Jnr. 17 208 RE 21 The Dam Busters March - The Band Of The R.A.F. 18 180 NEW 22 Hey There - The Johnston Brothers (B) 18 156 NEW 23 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller 19 120 17 24 Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jnr. 19 104 22 25 Go On By - Alma Cogan 20 60 15 Every Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan 22 Hey There - Lita Roza 24 Love Me Or Leave Me - Doris Day 24 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Ronnie Hilton The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Originally posted by kjell View PostTherefore I hesitated to take part in the debate because I didnt want to make the discussion more difficult.
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Excellent decision Brian !! Thanks for being open to us presenting various thoughts and eye deers.
Now for another: for those records that are split at two different positions, how about adding an indication of some kind to the right of the artist name? Maybe the side that debuts first (if they debuted at different weeks), or the side that debuts at the highest position gets the A, and the flip gets the B? Or you could look up which side was the actual A side. Something like that. With a quick glance, we would know to look for the other sides on the chart.
Groovy movie...
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Originally posted by RokinRobinOfLocksley View PostExcellent decision Brian !! Thanks for being open to us presenting various thoughts and eye deers.
Now for another: for those records that are split at two different positions, how about adding an indication of some kind to the right of the artist name? Maybe the side that debuts first (if they debuted at different weeks), or the side that debuts at the highest position gets the A, and the flip gets the B? Or you could look up which side was the actual A side. Something like that. With a quick glance, we would know to look for the other sides on the chart.
Groovy movie...The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Good idea to note double sided singles. The early charts contain many songs which I recognise by name only (from seeing them listed in the Top 20 book and Hit Singles) so it's good to see why acts were having two hits at the same time.
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Some title errors one of which is very confusing
Central Band Of The Royal Air Force for number 21. - Took ages to find that!!!
Sammy Davis - ONLY for 20, but 24 is Jnr!
Everywhere - David Whitfield - is spelled Ev'rywhere
Hummingbird - Frankie Laine - the title in the UK is all one word. Other countries it can be two.
I checked the records for the 22 October chart. The following chart places were NOT on 45.
2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23 and 25.
Number 3 had the lowest amount of owns for both formats - 14 in total. Number 6 had the most on both formats.
Education for anyone aged 12 to 16 has made a mess of the world!
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending October 29th 1955
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 29th 1955 NME RM Total Last This The Sound Survey Stores 60 52 Points Week Week The Top 27 Singles Chart 20 Scored 1 1 The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young 1 1 2240 2 2 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller 2 2 2128 3 3 Blue Star - Cyril Stapleton 2 4 2024 8 4 Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers (A) 4 5 1852 6 5 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets 7 3 1776 4 6 Rose Marie - Slim Whitman 5 6 1740 5 7 Cool Water - Frankie Laine 6 9 1524 10 8 Hey There - Rosemary Clooney 8 8 1456 11 9 Hey There - Johnny Ray (A) 10 7 1388 7 10 Everywhere - David Whitfield 9 10 1292 12 11 Hernando's Hideaway - Johnny Ray (B) 11 11 1120 9 12 The Breeze And I - Caterina Valente 12 12 1008 14 13 I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray 13 13 896 13 14 Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra 15 14 724 15 15 Close The Door - The Stargazers 14 420 16 16 Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman 15 312 25 17 Go On By - Alma Cogan 16 300 22 18 Hey There - The Johnston Brothers (B) 16 260 23 19 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller 17 240 NEW 20 Bring Your Smile Along - Frankie Laine 17 208 NEW 21 Song Of The Dreamer - Johnnie Ray 18 180 18 22 Humming Bird - Frankie Laine 18 156 NEW 22 That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis Jnr. 18 156 19 24 I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day 19 120 NEW 25 Blue Star - Ron Goodwin 20 60 NEW 25 The Man From Laramie - Al Martino 20 60 20 27 Hey There - Sammy Davis Jnr. 20 52 17 Evermore - Ruby Murray 21 The Dam Busters March - The Band Of The R.A.F. 24 Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jnr. The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Jimmy Young was certainly a massively successful singer prior to becoming a DJ at first Radio Luxembourg (who seemed to employ chart stars in the 1950s as much as professional DJs) then at the BBC on the Light Programme then Radio 1 then his long running show on Radio 2. I have to admit I only know 'Unchained Melody' by him. 'The Man From Laramie' doesn't ring any bells at all.
It must have caused some confusion for record buyers that the two singers who covered 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas' both had the surname Miller. I'm sure my mother owned the record on 10" but I can't remember which Miller it was by. She certainly owned 'Rock Around The Clock' on 10" as I remember dropping it as a child and it breaking! Those old (shellac?) records certainly could be very brittle...
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Originally posted by Robbie View PostJimmy Young was certainly a massively successful singer prior to becoming a DJ at first Radio Luxembourg (who seemed to employ chart stars in the 1950s as much as professional DJs) then at the BBC on the Light Programme then Radio 1 then his long running show on Radio 2. I have to admit I only know 'Unchained Melody' by him. 'The Man From Laramie' doesn't ring any bells at all.
It must have caused some confusion for record buyers that the two singers who covered 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas' both had the surname Miller. I'm sure my mother owned the record on 10" but I can't remember which Miller it was by. She certainly owned 'Rock Around The Clock' on 10" as I remember dropping it as a child and it breaking! Those old (shellac?) records certainly could be very brittle...
In the film it was sung by a chorus.
The old 78's were made from Shellac a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is still collected for the production of varnish for old furniture and nail polish.Education for anyone aged 12 to 16 has made a mess of the world!
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Originally posted by Robbie View PostThose old (shellac?) records certainly could be very brittle...
I can remember (painfully) the end result when I managed to break a few and he discovered. Ouch !
The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending November 5th 1955
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending November 5th 1955 NME RM Total Last This The Sound Survey Stores 60 52 Points Week Week The Top 25 Singles Chart 20 Scored 1 1 The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young 1 1 2240 3 2 Blue Star - Cyril Stapleton 3 3 2016 4 3 Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers (A) 2 5 1972 2 4 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller 5 2 1948 5 5 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and The Comets 4 4 1904 8 6 Hey There - Rosemary Clooney 8 6 1560 9 7 Hey There - Johnnie Ray (A) 6 9 1524 6 8 Rose Marie - Slim Whitman 9 7 1448 7 9 Cool Water - Frankie Laine 11 8 1276 10 10 Everywhere - David Whitfield 7 14 1204 13 11 I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray 10 12 1128 12 12 The Breeze And I - Caterina Valente 13 10 1052 11 13 Hernando's Hideaway - Johnnie Ray 14 13 836 19 14 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller 15 17 568 21 15 Song Of The Dreamer - Johnnie Ray 12 540 18 16 Hey There - The Johnston Brothers 11 520 NEW 17 Let's Have A Ding Dong - Winifred Atwell 18 18 336 16 18 Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman 15 312 NEW 19 Cloudburst - Don Lang 16 300 NEW 20 Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing - The Four Aces 16 260 15 21 Close The Door - The Stargazers 17 240 RE 22 Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jnr. 19 120 NEW 23 Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing - Nat King Cole 19 104 17 24 Go On By - Alma Cogan 20 60 NEW 25 The Dam Busters March - Billy Cotton 20 52 14 Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra 20 Bring Your Smile Along - Frankie Laine 24 I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day 22 Humming Bird - Frankie Laine 22 That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis Jnr. 25 Blue Star - Ron Goodwin 25 The Man From Laramie - Al Martino 27 Hey There - Sammy Davis Jnr. The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Originally posted by braindeadpj View PostSammy Davis Jnr "Love Me or Leave Me" is a re-entry on the 5/11 chart. Also with regards to the last week position on the 29/10 chart , Alma Cogan "Go On By" was at 25 on the 22/10 (She was at 22 on the 15/10) chart.
It's an obvious error. Don't know how I missed itThe Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending November 12th 1955
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending November 12th 1955 NME RM Total Last This The Sound Survey Stores 60 52 Points Week Week The Top 25 Singles Chart 20 Scored 5 1 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets 2 1 2180 3 2 Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers (A) 1 4 2084 1 3 The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young 3 2 2068 2 4 Blue Star - Cyril Stapleton 4 5 1852 4 5 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller 9 3 1656 7 6 Hey There - Johnnie Ray (A) 5 8 1636 6 7 Hey There - Rosemary Clooney 7 6 1620 11 8 I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray 6 11 1420 17 9 Let's Have A Ding Dong - Winifred Atwell 10 7 1388 8 10 Rose Marie - Slim Whitman 14 9 1044 10 11 Everywhere - David Whitfield 8 17 988 15 12 Song Of The Dreamer - Johnnie Ray 11 600 RE 13 Bring Your Smile Along - Frankie Laine 10 572 9 14 Cool Water - Frankie Laine 12 540 14 15 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller 13 480 13 16 Hernando's Hideaway - Johnnie Ray (B) 12 468 20 17 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - The Four Aces 13 416 12 18 The Breeze And I - Caterina Valente 20 15 372 NEW 19 Ain't That A Shame - Pat Boone 14 364 RE 20 Yellow Rose Of Texas - Ronnie Hilton 15 360 RE 21 Humming Bird - Frankie Laine 16 300 NEW 22 Meet Me On The Corner - Max Bygraves 16 260 NEW 23 Twenty Tiny Fingers - The Stargazers 17 240 22 24 Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jnr. 18 180 19 24 Cloudburst - Don Lang 18 180 21 Close The Door - The Stargazers 18 Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman 24 Go On By - Alma Cogan 23 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Nat King Cole 25 The Dam Busters March - Billy Cotton 16 Hey There - The Johnston Brothers (B) The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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After taking a pause at #5 Bill Haley takes a leap to the top of the chart this week, making history as the first Rock'n'Roll single to reach #1 in the UK. The Crew Cuts with Sh Boom are generally considered to be the first in the US the year previous.
Much debate still rages on as to the first actual Rock'n'Roll single with a number of contenders in contention. My personal choice is the wonderful 'Gee' by The Crows. A stunning early recordThe Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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About time Bill Haley was top, he's been top since the 30 October on the Real Chart. But it doesn't make him the first Rock and Roll act, if you consider The Crew Cuts to be a contender, since that made the top in the UK on September 19 1954.Education for anyone aged 12 to 16 has made a mess of the world!
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The two component charts for 12 November 1955 seem at odds with each other with only 12 titles common to both charts. None of those titles occupy the same place on both charts. The UAC is acting amost as a compromise chart for this week, given how little the NME and RM charts agree with each other.
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Originally posted by Robbie View PostThe two component charts for 12 November 1955 seem at odds with each other with only 12 titles common to both charts. None of those titles occupy the same place on both charts. The UAC is acting amost as a compromise chart for this week, given how little the NME and RM charts agree with each other.The Ultimate Averaged Chart. The Definitive Chart Reflecting The Fifties and Sixties.
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Next week the Glasgow Evening Times started publishing a Top 10. Looks like it is home grown! (Later in the 50s they would use NME and then change to MM in 1965.)
Scroll left a bit from here to see it ...
https://news.google.com/newspapers?i...6842%2C2121312
Nothing special about the Times, just that they are the only evening newspaper I know of freely available online. But it may be indicative that newspapers were now starting to carry record charts.
The Evening Times also had the Radio Luxembourg programme schedule. Soon this will include Alan Freed's Rock & Roll Jamboree at 9.30 on Saturdays.
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