COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW. BRITAINS'S FIRST SINGLES CHART 1952. DECEMBER 29TH 2015

BRITAIN'S FIRST SINGLES CHART 1952....HALLMARK.

tracks played...Walkin' my baby back home..Johnny Ray / Because you're mine...Mario Lanza / Cowpuncher's Cantata...Max Bygraves / Auf Weidersehen...Vera Lynn / Blue Tango...Ray Martin / Sugar Bush...Frankie Laine,Doris Day / High Noon ..Frankie laine / Half as much...Rosemary Clooney / Feet up...Guy Mitchell . Isle of Innisfree...Bing Crosby / Somewhere along the way...Nat King Cole / Here in my heart...Al Martino.

All recorded from 78rpm shellac discs. You can even hear the needle put on the start of the discs on some recordings. That was all that was available or these strong chart toppers from the early fifties, so reproduction is not that excellant, however these are the original recordings as they sounded in 1952. ***.

PLAYLIST.

 It could happen to you...Julie London....YOUR NUMBER PLEASE.****
Amor...Ben E King....DANCE WITH ME.****.
FBI...Shadows....THE BEST OF....***.
Love it when you call....The Feeling.....PLAYLIST.***.
Freedom come, freedom go.....Fortunes.....PLAYLIST.***.
I am woman....Helen Reddy....THE BEST OF...****.
I should have known better.....Jim Diamond....SINGLE.***.
Ruby,don't take your love to town...Kenny Rogers....SINGLE.****.
I'm here to get my baby out of jail....Everly brothers....DREAM...THE BEST OF....****.
If the stars were mine....Melody Gardot....MY ONE AND ONLY THRILL.***.
A garden in the rain.....Connie Francis....MY THANKS TO YOU.****.
Jerusalem.....Don McLean.....BELIEVERS.****.
Meditation.....Andy Williams.....DEAR HEART.****.
Catch an falling star.....Jane Morgan....FASCINATION.****.
How beautiful the world can be.....Perry Como....LOOK TO YOUR HEART.****.
Last night when we were young....Frank Sinatra.....IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS...*****.
You don't own me.....Lesley Gore....THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
Hallelujah I love him so....Peggy lee....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF...*****.
You're nobody till somebody loves you...Michael Buble....CRAZY LOVE.*****.

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