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[2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1957, as well as singles which peaked in 1956 and 1958 but were in the top 10 in 1957. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart ...
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 ]
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.
It is the first time the UK has entered the competition. June – Kay Kendall , star of Les Girls , marries Rex Harrison , star of My Fair Lady . 6 July – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles first meet at a garden fete at St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool , at which Lennon's skiffle group, The Quarrymen , is playing (and in the ...
Its first chart was a Top 10 published on 22 January 1955 using figures from 24 shops. [6] The chart was expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 20 on 8 October 1955. [ 7 ] In the early 1960s some national newspapers switched to using a chart compiled by Melody Maker and, ultimately, the cost of collecting sales figures by post led to the chart's demise.
Nineteen albums were in the top five this year. High Society credited to Various artists was released in 1956 but did not reach its peak until 1957. Three artists scored multiple entries in the top 5 in 1957 (excluding albums by Various artists). Nat King Cole and Tommy Steele were the artists who achieved their first UK charting top 5 album in ...
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.
Lists of UK top-ten albums is a series of lists showing all the albums that have reached the top 10 (top 5 in 1956, 1957 and until 8 November 1958) on the UK Albums Chart in a particular year.