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Here’s a quiz…i don’t actually know the answer to this one…what was the first number one of 1950?
January 7, 1950 Gene Autry “Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer“ Columbia1January 14, 1950 The Andrews Sisters “I Can Dream, Can’t I“ Decca4February 11, 1950 The Ames Brothers “Rag Mop“ Coral1February 18, 1950 Red Foley “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy“ Decca4March 18, 1950 Teresa Brewer “Music! Music! Music!“ London4April 15, 1950 Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake“ National2April 29, 1950 Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme“ London11July 15, 1950 Nat King Cole “Mona Lisa“ Capitol5August 19, 1950 Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers “Goodnight Irene“♪ <small>(1950) </small> Decca13November 18, 1950 Sammy Kaye “Harbor Lights“ Columbia2December 2, 1950 Phil Harris “The Thing“ RCA4December 30, 1950 Patti Page “The Tennessee Waltz“ Mercury91 member liked this post.
I’m going through every top 40 hit from the beginning of time at the moment and have been for the last few months. I basically find the hit on a site called ” everyhit.com”, search for it in youtube where every one lies bar one I think and listen to it noting down the decent ones. I started when the charts began ( uk) in the late 50s and am currently at May 1965 . everyhit.com has them all on- song title and artist. Needless to say it’s a long road to the present day and a load of crap mixed in with some decent tunes but satisfying knowing as each month progresses I’m getting closer to colour tunes and my favourite decade ( 80s) I’ve probably listened to around 4000 – 5000 songs so far with a shortlist of around 120
I think charts began in the early 50s, Mr Norfolk.
At the British library, there was a listing which went back to teh early 1950s. It was being opened by Paul Gambaccini, with whom I reminisced.
Sophia
Now this is what I call memory lane, thanks to you.
Wow…
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My idea of a fidget spinner
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looking back at the 1950 hits (year of my birth)
They don’t write ’em like that any more lol
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In answer to the question , what was the first number one of 1950 , the answer would be there wasn’t one as the charts hadn’t begun. Just looking when I started my chart journey and it was indeed 1952 so early fifties not late fifties
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Ah yes sophia…many a time i relied on a pencil to get my ribbon back in the tape after it had been ‘chewed’ up. LOL
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