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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]
Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger describes "Let's Have Another Party" as a megamix of music hall hits which Atwell instrumentalises, mashes together and plays sped-up on the piano. He noted that the second part of the track on the B-side contains a momentary, arbitrary guitar overdub that plays for a few notes halfway through, calling this an early ...
Let's Have a Party is a 1953 ragtime medley by pianist Winifred Atwell.It entered the UK charts on 4 December 1953, spending nine weeks there and peaking at #2. [1] It entered the charts again the following year, appearing on 26 November 1954 on the back of the success of Let's Have Another Party. [1]
Britannia Rag" is an instrumental that was written [1] and recorded by Winifred Atwell in 1952. It was written for the 1952 Royal Variety Performance. The song peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] and spent a total of six weeks in the top 12.
Winifred Atwell: 3 8 December 1955: 1 24 November 1955: 1 "Song of the Dreamer" Johnnie Ray: 10 24 November 1955: 1 1 December 1955: 11 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces: 2 1 December 1955: 2 4 "Ain't That a Shame" Pat Boone: 7 15 December 1955: 1 8 "Twenty Tiny Fingers" ♦ The Stargazers: 4 12 January 1956: 1 8 December 1955: 6 ...
Gene Barry released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1962 single "Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume". [3]Winifred Atwell released a version of the song on her 2001 compilation album, Best of Winifred Atwell.
"You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford, "Comes A-Long A-Love" by Kay Starr, "Takes Two to Tango" by Louis Armstrong, "Cowpuncher's Cantata" by Max Bygraves, "Walkin' to Missouri" by Tony Brent and "Britannia Rag" by Winifred Atwell were the singles from 1952 to reach their peak in 1953. Seventeen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1953.
Eleven singles from 1956 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "All the Way"/"Chicago" by Frank Sinatra, "Let's Have a Ball" by Winifred Atwell, "My Special Angel" by Malcolm Vaughan and "Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" by Jackie Wilson were all released in 1957 but did not reach their peak until ...