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Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April [2] 1910 or 1914 [nb 1] – 28 February 1983) was a British pianist, born in the colony of Trinidad who migrated to Britain and who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. [3]
Eighty-four singles were in the top ten in 1956. Eight singles from 1955 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Make It a Party" by Winifred Atwell, "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell and "True Love" by Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly were all released
Thirty-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1953, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, three went on to record another hit single that year: Billy Cotton and His Band, Frank Chacksfield and Jimmy Boyd. David Whitfield, Dickie Valentine and Ted Heath & His Music all peaked in the top ten with two more songs.
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.
Elvis Presley secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1957 with seven hit singles. Paul Anka was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Diana". Bing Crosby, Malcolm Vaughan, Petula Clark, Tab Hunter and Winifred Atwell were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1957.
"Let's Have Another Party" is a 1954 ragtime medley which became a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for the pianist Winifred Atwell. It is a composite of several pieces of music, and was a follow-up to Atwell's successful hit "Let's Have a Party" of the previous year.
These results were then aggregated to give a Top 12 chart published in NME on 14 November 1952. [1] [2] The number-one single was "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino. According to The Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums, the NME is considered the official British singles chart before 10 March 1960. [3]
The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry. Since 1997, the chart has been compiled by the Official Charts Company (formerly The Official UK Charts Company and the Chart Information Network) and until 2005 (when digital downloads were included in the chart compilation), the chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets.