"Memories Are Made of This ""Memories Are Made of This"" is a popular song written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955. The song was first issued by Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra and The Columbians. Carson's version reached No. 53 on ""Billboard""s Top 100 chart. The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin in 1955. He was backed by The Easy Riders (who consisted of Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller), who wrote it. On the B-side of the 45 and 78 recordings was ""Change of Heart"" written by John Rox. Martin's version"
"The biggest were ""Memories Are Made of This (No. 5, 1956) and ""You Can't Be True to Two"" (No. 11, 1956), both of which featured a backing group called the Keynotes. He also charted with ""Christmas and You"" (No. 23, 1956) and ""The Story of My Life"" (No. 20, 1958). He appeared on Decca Records' ""All Star Hit Parade"" charity record in 1956 along with other major Decca artists Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan, Winifred Atwell, Lita Roza and David Whitfield. That record charted at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1959, he went to the United States and"
"Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson Pearl Lavinia Carr (born 2 November 1923) and Edward Victor ""Teddy"" Johnson (4 September 1919 – 6 June 2018) were an English husband-and-wife team of entertainers, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Carr was born in Exmouth, Devon, and Johnson was born in Surbiton, Surrey. They were both successful solo singers before their marriage in 1955. Carr had been lead singer with the Keynotes, who had two British hits in 1956 with Dave King: ""Memories Are Made of This"" (No. 5) and ""You Can't Be True To Two"" (No. 11). She was also a"
"in the UK chart. Elvis Presley reached number 2 in the UK chart with ""Heartbreak Hotel"" in 1956 and had nine more singles in the Top 30 that year. His first number 1 was ""All Shook Up"" in 1957 and there would be more chart-toppers for him and for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and Jerry Lee Lewis in the next two years. The initial response of the British music industry was to attempt to produce exact copies of American records. These were often recorded with session musicians and, even if note perfect, lacked the energy and spontaneity that characterised"
"Georgie Fame Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer, often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the only British pop star to have achieved three number one hits with his only Top 10 chart entries: ""Yeh, Yeh"" in 1964, ""Get Away"" in 1966 and ""The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"" in 1967. Fame was born in Leigh, Lancashire. He took piano lessons from the age of seven and"
"artists followed this trend. His chart single recording career alone spanned from 1954 to 1965, which flew in the face of the rapidly changing trends of pop music. From a comparatively unknown Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ""Me and Juliet"" written in 1953, Ronnie Hilton took the hit tune ""No Other Love"", and scored his one and only UK Number One hit in 1956. In securing the Number One, Hilton fought off competition from the UK-based Canadian Edmund Hockridge, and from the Johnston Brothers. Oddly, no American versions of ""No Other Love"" reached the UK Singles Chart at the time. Perry"
"Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby (recorded January 21, 1945), Doris Day, Lena Horne, Maxine Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Louis Prima, Diana Krall, John Barrowman, Bryan Ferry, Lionel Hampton, Claude Bolling, Charlie Parker, Gil Evans, Dave Brubeck, Freddie Hubbard, Oscar Peterson, Lee Morgan, Sidney Bechet, Nellie McKay, Erin McKeown, Joan Morris, Judy Garland, Patricia Barber, Johnny Dorelli, Jamie Cullum, Dionne Warwick, The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Nat King Cole recorded it as the title track of his 1957 album ""Just One Of Those Things"". Maurice Chevalier included it in"
"This had previously been the B-side to Douglas' 1969 release, ""Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"", a cover of the B.J. Thomas song. Douglas' 2011 album, ""The Craig Douglas Project"", included his versions of ""Auberge"" and ""Creep"". Craig Douglas Craig Douglas (born Terence Perkins, 12 August 1941) is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His sole UK chart-topper, ""Only Sixteen"" (1959), sold more copies in the UK than Sam Cooke's original version. Born a twin, in Newport, Isle of Wight the former Terence Perkins was employed as a milkman before becoming a"
"charts. ""Only the Lonely"" reached Number One in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960, staying there for two weeks (out of a total of 24 weeks spent on the UK singles chart from 28 July 1960). The personnel on the original recording included Orbison's session regulars Buddy Harman on drums, Floyd Cramer on piano, Bob Moore on bass, and Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitars. After several years without much success in the music business, and sharing a tiny apartment with his wife and new baby, Roy Orbison had taken to sitting in his"
"Craig Douglas Craig Douglas (born Terence Perkins, 12 August 1941) is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His sole UK chart-topper, ""Only Sixteen"" (1959), sold more copies in the UK than Sam Cooke's original version. Born a twin, in Newport, Isle of Wight the former Terence Perkins was employed as a milkman before becoming a professional singer, and was known to many as the 'Singing Milkman'. His manager was Bunny Lewis, who gave him the name Craig Douglas. Lewis saw the name outside a house in Scotland. Douglas said there were a"
"Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present. The sources are the ""Record Mirror"" chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the ""Melody Maker"" chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the ""Record Retailer"" chart from March 1960 to March 1972 and the ""Music Week"" chart from then onwards. In January 1989 the compilation album chart started, and compilation albums were excluded from the main chart. The first number one album was Frank Sinatra's ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers""."
"promote the album. During the following year, the group was briefly known as ""The South Londoners"" and ""The Southerners"", but by the time of the group's second recording, again providing harmony vocals to Connor on ""Songs from Trinidad"" (1955, Argo RG57), it had settled on The Southlanders as its name, and went on to record a third album with him. The group's biggest commercial hit, and its only appearance in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart, was their 1957 cover version of ""Alone"", which sold over one million copies. ""Alone"", released by Decca Records, entered the Chart on 22 November"
"the top ten highest selling albums in UK chart history. It spawned the number 1 single ""I Just Can't Stop Loving You"" (a duet with Siedah Garrett), the number 3 title track and the number 3 ""The Way You Make Me Feel"". The year also saw George Michael launch his solo career post-Wham! with the album ""Faith"" and its title track, which reached number 2. The race for the Christmas number one single had many contenders this year. Rick Astley released a cover of ""When I Fall In Love"", and the 1956 Nat King Cole version was re-released at the"
"Trevor Gordon Trevor Gordon Grunnill (5 May 1948 - 10 January 2013) was a British-Australian singer, songwriter and musician. He was a member of the late 1960s English group the Marbles, whose biggest hit was the UK No. 5 ""Only One Woman"". Gordon was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England as Trevor Gordon Grunnill He emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in the late 1950s. While still in high school, Gordon found work as a boy singer on the popular ""Johnny O'Keefe"" TV show leading to an exclusive contract with ABC, the Australian Television Network. This led to many live"
"Trevor Gordon Trevor Gordon Grunnill (5 May 1948 - 10 January 2013) was a British-Australian singer, songwriter and musician. He was a member of the late 1960s English group the Marbles, whose biggest hit was the UK No. 5 ""Only One Woman"". Gordon was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England as Trevor Gordon Grunnill He emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in the late 1950s. While still in high school, Gordon found work as a boy singer on the popular ""Johnny O'Keefe"" TV show leading to an exclusive contract with ABC, the Australian Television Network. This led to many live"
"Cloud That Cried"" ran their course, more hit songs followed. They included ""Please, Mr. Sun"", ""Such a Night,"" ""Walkin' My Baby Back Home,"" ""A Sinner Am I"" and ""Yes Tonight Josephine."" He had a United Kingdom number 1 hit with ""Just Walkin' in the Rain"" (which Ray initially disliked) during the Christmas season in 1956. He hit again in 1957 with ""You Don't Owe Me a Thing,"" which reached number 10 on the Billboard charts in the United States. Though his American popularity was declining in 1957, he remained popular in the United Kingdom, breaking the attendance record at the"
"June 1964, Imperial Records acquired the US rights to The Hollies and released the first LP as Here I Go Again after the moderate success of that single and its immediate predecessor ""Just One Look"" in America. Imperial removed five UK LP tracks – ""Baby Don't Cry"", ""Mr. Moonlight"", ""Little Lover"", ""Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It"" and ""Candy Man"" – and added the singles ""Just One Look"" and ""Here I Go Again"" along with the Hicks/Elliott original ""Keep Off That Friend of Mine"" (B-side of ""Just One Look"", the first time this song appeared on an LP) to create the"
"It's Only Make Believe ""It's Only Make Believe"" is a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, and produced by MGM Records' Jim Vienneau, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958. The single topped both U.S. and the UK Singles Chart, and was Twitty's only #1 single on the pop charts of either country. On a segment of Pop Goes The Country, Twitty states the single was a hit in 22 different countries and sold over 8 million copies. It is believed that Twitty wrote his part of the song while sitting on"
"Only Yesterday (song) ""Only Yesterday"" is a song recorded by the Carpenters. Released on March 14, 1975, the song was composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. ""Only Yesterday"" peaked at number four on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts, The Carpenters' eleventh number one on that chart. The song was The Carpenters' last top-ten single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100—though they would have nine more top-ten singles on the AC charts, ending with AC number seven ""Make Believe It's Your First Time"", a few months after Karen's death in 1983. The music"
"number of Terrys around at the time and not many Craigs, and that was one of the reasons his name was changed. Voted 'Best New Singer' in 1959 in the British music magazine, ""NME"", Douglas went on to record eight cover versions of former American hit songs, in his total of nine Top 40 UK singles. Amongst that tally, Douglas had a Number One single in 1959 with ""Only Sixteen"", which easily outsold Sam Cooke's original version in the UK. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road studios, with whistling by Mike Sammes, and released through Top Rank records. Douglas"
"alternative cover by McDowell. It's Only Make Believe ""It's Only Make Believe"" is a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, and produced by MGM Records' Jim Vienneau, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958. The single topped both U.S. and the UK Singles Chart, and was Twitty's only #1 single on the pop charts of either country. On a segment of Pop Goes The Country, Twitty states the single was a hit in 22 different countries and sold over 8 million copies. It is believed that Twitty wrote his part of the"
"Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber. He scored his first hit in 1956 with ""Walk Hand in Hand"" on the Philips label. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song ""Girl with a Curl"", he returned to win the selection"
"twelve singles on the Pye record label between 1963 and 1966, the Overlanders' only British hit was a cover version of the Beatles' ""Michelle"". It reached number 1 on the ""Record Retailer"" chart (subsequently the UK Singles Chart) in January 1966. In doing so, the single beat off a rival recording of ""Michelle"" by David and Jonathan, whose version was produced by George Martin and featured arrangements by Tony Hatch. A collection of complete recordings, titled ""Michelle: The Pye Anthology"", was released on CD by Castle Records in 2001. The original trio were: This line-up was augmented in concert by:"
"on November 1, 1966 and Platinum on August 8, 2011 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The original 1956 UK release called ""Rock n' Roll"" on HMV Catalogue Number: CLP 1093 has some different tracks. By the second half of 1955, singles on Sun Records by Presley began making the national country and western singles chart, ""Baby Let's Play House"" and ""I Forgot to Remember to Forget"" going to number 5 and number 1 respectively. Colonel Tom Parker, the new manager of Presley, had extensive dealings with RCA through his previous client, singer Eddy Arnold, especially with the head"
"of £5000. Notes References Harry Champion William Henry Crump (17 April 1865 – 14 January 1942), better known by the stage name Harry Champion, was an English music hall composer, singer and Cockney comedian, whose onstage persona appealed chiefly to the working class communities of East London. His best-known recordings include ""Boiled Beef and Carrots"" (1909), ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" (1910), ""Any Old Iron"" (1911) and ""A Little Bit of Cucumber"" (1915). Champion was born in Bethnal Green, East London, to Henry Crump and his wife, Matilda ( Watson). He made his stage debut at the age of"
"music critics consider it one of the greatest albums of its era. The LP was the first number one album in the UK. It was knocked off the top after two weeks by ""Carousel"" (the 1956 movie's soundtrack). ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" was released in March 1956 on LP and January 1987 on CD. In February 2014, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released a hybrid disc (SACD + CD) of the album. The original 1956 front cover art was re-used for this issue. Tracks 1, 4, 10 (And Memories of You): Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein, Harry Edison (tpt); Joe"
"Chesney Hawkes Chesney Lee Hawkes (born 22 September 1971), is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for one single ""The One and Only"", which topped the UK Singles Chart, and reached the Top 10 in the United States. Hawkes was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He was named after the singer and comedian Chesney Allen. His father is the singer Len 'Chip' Hawkes, formerly with the 1960s band The Tremeloes. His mother is former actress/game-show hostess Carol Dilworth, who appeared in an episode of the 1960s version of ""Randall and Hopkirk"" called ""For The Girl"
"was his only LP. Gary Stites Gary Stites (born July 23, 1940) is an American pop singer who enjoyed brief success in the late 1950s. Stites is best remembered for his top 40 hit, ""Lonely for You"", which bore a significant sonic resemblance to the Conway Twitty song ""It's Only Make Believe"". The tune peaked at No. 24 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1959, and a follow-up single, ""Starry Eyed"", peaked at No. 77 later that same year. It would hit the No. 1 spot in the UK for Michael Holliday. Stites released a full-length album on Carlton Records"
"and roll as a joke – ""Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call"", recorded by The Goons, reached number 3 in the chart in late 1956. The bland, jokey, or wholly imitative style of much British rock and roll in this period meant that the American product remained dominant. However, this process was important in the orientation of the British record industry towards the youth market and group based music in general. In 1958, Britain produced its first ""authentic"" rock and roll song and star, when Cliff Richard and the Drifters reached number 2 in the chart with ""Move It"", which managed"
"No. 1 three times in succession on the UK charts. The only previous artist to have done so was Elvis Presley. In Australia it peaked at No. 16. His UK charting singles from 1963 were, ""Nobody's Darlin' but Mine"" (April 1963, No. 4), ""Confessin' (That I Love You)"" (June, No. 1), ""Mule Train"" (October, No. 22) and ""Don't Blame Me"" (December, No. 8). In 1963 he sang at the Grand Ole Opry, introduced by one of his heroes, Hank Snow. Many of his records were produced by Norrie Paramor. Ifield also was featured on ""Jolly What!"", a 1964 compilation comprising"
"instrumental to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. She is the only holder of two gold and two silver discs for piano music in Britain, and was the first black artist in the UK to sell a million records. Millions of copies of her sheet music were sold, and she went on to record her best-known hits, including ""Let's Have a Party"", ""Flirtation Waltz"", ""Poor People of Paris"" (which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1956), ""Britannia Rag"" and ""Jubilee Rag"". Her signature ""Black and White Rag"" became famous again in the 1970s as the"
"It From Here"" in 1948. The Keynotes remained a popular singing group in the United Kingdom throughout the 1950s, winning several awards but having no hit records. In 1949 Johnston formed an all-male singing trio, The Johnston Brothers, the other members being Alan Dean, Eddie Lester and Denny Vaughan (died 1972). They won a recording contract with Decca Records, and had their first UK Top 10 hit in 1953 with ""Oh Happy Day"". In November 1955, their version of ""Hernando's Hideaway"", from the movie ""The Pajama Game"", reached the number one spot for two weeks, beating off the American versions"
"James on guitar, Ray Royal on drums and Dale Corcoran on bass guitar. † - Billed as John Leyton and the LeRoys John Leyton John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song ""Johnny Remember Me"" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, ""Wild Wind"", reached number two in the charts. Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him"