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#40 Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Better late than never: Bob Dylan gets a hit, and it only took two years… (CBS) Released: 27 th  May 1963 Producer: John Hammond, Tom...
agalvin19
Aug 135 min read
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#39 The Rolling Stones- The Rolling Stones No 2
Can the Stones achieve Satisfaction on their second date with us? (Decca) Released: 15 th  January 1965 Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham...
agalvin19
Jul 303 min read
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#38 The Beatles- Beatles For Sale
Out of stock: The Beatles take their first backward step on a record with plenty of songwriting charms lurking in dark corners…...
agalvin19
Jul 164 min read
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#37 The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night
Lights! Cameras! Folk music?! Lennon-McCartney start to spread their wings on classic soundtrack… (Parlophone) Released: 10 th  July 1964...
agalvin19
Jul 65 min read
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#36 The Rolling Stones- The Rolling Stones
If looks could kill…shame about the tunes on the Stones' patchy debut… (Decca) Released: 17 th  April 1964 Produced by: Andrew Loog...
agalvin19
Jul 24 min read
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#35 The Beatles- With The Beatles
The toppermost of the poppermost once again, now with added Motown… (Parlophone) Released: 22nd November 1963 Topped the chart:...
agalvin19
Jun 174 min read
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#34 The Beatles- Please Please Me
Meet The Beatles… (Parlophone) Released: 22nd March 1963 Topped the chart: 5th May 1963 (for 30 weeks) Thirty weeks total.  “There can...
agalvin19
Jun 113 min read
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#33 Cliff Richard & The Shadows/Various Artists: Summer Holiday
Cliff and the Shadows enjoy their time in the sun… (Columbia) Released: 18th January 1963 Topped the chart: 27th January 1963 (for 14...
agalvin19
Jun 73 min read
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1963-1965: Brits Go POP!
And so we Meet The Beatles…the album will never be the same again… Plot twist: The Beatles were quite big in the 60s album chart.  That...
agalvin19
Apr 202 min read
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#32 George Mitchell Minstrels: On Stage with The George Mitchell Minstrels
The pre-Beatles era comes to a miserable end… (His Master’s Voice)  Released: 1962 Topped the chart: 25 November 1962 (for 2 weeks) 23...
agalvin19
Apr 141 min read
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#31 The Shadows: Out of the Shadows
A much less illuminating Shadows sequel… (Columbia EMI) Released: October 1962 Topped the chart: 21st October 1962 (for 3 weeks)...
agalvin19
Apr 12 min read
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#30 Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk: The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk
And now for something completely different…JAZZ! (Pye Golden Guinea) Released: August 1962 Topped the chart: 16th September 1962 (for 1...
agalvin19
Mar 184 min read
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#29 Elvis Presley: Pot Luck With Elvis
The King’s interregnum starts here… (RCA) Released: May 18th 1962 Topped the Chart: 22nd July 1962 (for 5 weeks) 2nd September 1962 (for...
agalvin19
Mar 82 min read
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#28 Original Soundtrack: West Side Story
Sometimes it all just…clicks… (Philips) Released: October 1961 Topped the Chart: 17th June 1962 (for 5 weeks) 26th August 1962 (for 1...
agalvin19
Feb 284 min read
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#27 Cliff Richard & The Shadows/Various Artists- The Young Ones
Cliff heads to the movies, borrowing his hero’s songwriters in the process… (Columbia EMI) Released: 15th December 1961 Topped the Chart:...
agalvin19
Feb 243 min read
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#26 Elvis Presley: Blue Hawaii
The King of Rock n Roll…now with added ukulele! (RCA) Released: 20th October 1961 Topped the Chart: 31st December 1961 (for 1 week)...
agalvin19
Feb 143 min read
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#25 George Mitchell Minstrels: Another Black and White Minstrel Show
Yet more from bad taste’s stranglehold over light entertainment… (His Master’s Voice) Released: 1961 Topped the chart: 11th November 1961...
agalvin19
Feb 61 min read
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#24 Cliff Richard & The Shadows: 21 Today
More rice cake than birthday cake… (Columbia EMI) Released: 14th October 1961 Topped the Chart: 29th October 1961 (for 1 week) 1 week...
agalvin19
Feb 33 min read
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#23 The Shadows: The Shadows
Stepping out of the Shadows of Cliff and pointing the way to the future… (Columbia EMI) Released: September 1961 Topped the Chart:...
agalvin19
Jan 203 min read
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#22 George Mitchell Minstrels: The Black and White Minstrel Show
A shameful reminder of just how heavy light entertainment can be… (His Master’s Voice) Topped the Chart: 23rd July 1961 (for 4 weeks)...
agalvin19
Jan 122 min read
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