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The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1950s. Artists Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell and Elvis Presley were the most successful acts of the decade in terms of number-one singles, each having four singles reach the top of the chart.
The NME's chart is considered by the Official Charts Company (OCC) to be the canonical UK Singles Chart during the 1950s; [2] it was expanded to a Top 20 on 1 October 1954. [3] Sales of records significantly increased in the mid-fifties, following the birth of rock and roll.
The UK Singles Chart is the official chart for the United Kingdom of singles.The chart is compiled by The Official Chart Company and the beginning of an "official" singles chart is generally regarded as February 1969 when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) was formed to compile the chart in a joint venture between the BBC and Record Retailer.
Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork ...
Laine had five other top 10 hits this year, two of which also reached number-one: "Hey Joe!" and "Answer Me". Guy Mitchell was another artist who dominated the UK charts this year, securing six top 10 singles, including the number-one hits "She Wears Red Feathers" and "Look at That Girl".
Alma Cogan (pictured in 1963) had two songs in the UK top 10 in 1955, including her biggest hit and only number-one single, "Dreamboat", which spent two weeks at the top of the charts in July. The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1955, including singles that reached their peak in 1954 or 1956.
List of UK top-ten singles is a series of lists showing all the singles that have reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart in a particular year. Before 1969, there was no single officially recognised chart, but the New Musical Express (1952–1959) and Record Retailer (1960–1969) are considered the canonical source for the data.
From the late 1950s British "modern jazz", highly influenced by American bebop, began to emerge, led by figures such as John Dankworth and Ronnie Scott, while Ken Colyer, George Webb and Humphrey Lyttelton emphasised New Orleans, trad jazz. [1] Scott's Soho club became a focal point of British jazz, seeing the best of British and international ...