The first album to be at No 1 in the UK chart (in 1956) was `Songs For Swingin' Lovers', who recorded it?
"It Happened in Monterey ""It Happened in Monterey"" or ""It Happened in Monterrey"" is a 1930 song composed by Mabel Wayne, with lyrics by Billy Rose and performed by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. It was written for the 1930 musical film, ""King of Jazz"", and was subsequently covered several different times in short succession including by the Regent Club Orchestra, George Olsen and Ruth Etting. It fell out of popularity until Frank Sinatra re-recorded it for both his 1956 Capitol release ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" and his 1957 live album ""Sinatra '57 in Concert"". ""It Happened in Monterey"" was"
"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"
"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"
"Songs for Distingué Lovers Songs for Distingué Lovers is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1957 on Verve Records. It was originally available in both mono, catalogue number MGV 8257, and stereo, catalog number MGVS 6021. It was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles from January 3 to January 9, 1957, and produced by Norman Granz. Granz and Holiday chose familiar items from the Great American Songbook of classic pop for the album, Holiday singing in the context comfortable for her, that of a small jazz band. The original album consisted of six standards, five of"
"on March 24, 1956. During the 1950s and into the 1960s, 45 rpm seven-inch single sales were considered the primary market for the recording industry, while albums were a secondary market. The careers of notable rock and roll performers such as Elvis Presley were driven primarily by single sales. Album sales reached its peak in English-language popular music from the mid 1960s to the mid 2000s (known as ""album era"") in which the album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption. In 1986, Dire Straits' ""Brothers in Arms"" became the first album in history to sell over"
"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"
"conducting Schumann's Hollywood Choir, asked Hairston to write a new Christmas song for his choir. Hairston remembered the calypso rhythm from his old song and wrote new lyrics for it. Harry Belafonte heard the song being performed by the choir and sought permission to record it. It was recorded in 1956 for his album ""An Evening with Belafonte"". An edited version was subsequently released as a single, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1957. It was the first single to sell over one million copies in the UK alone. To date, Belafonte's version has sold over"
"One for the Boys (Connie Francis album) One for the Boys is an unreleased studio album recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. The album follows the concept of a tribute to the great crooners of the 1950s and their most famous hits. Between August 22, 1959 and August 26, 1959, Francis recorded the following songs at EMI's legendary Abbey Road Studios in London: The album was scheduled for release in early 1960 as MGM Records 12"" Album SE-3815 (stereo) and E-3815 (mono), but the overwhelming success of Francis' first Italian album, ""Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites"", led to the cancellation"
"best known number one hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Singles Charts were ""Blue Moon"" by the Marcels in the spring of 1961 (also a number one in the UK, where Colpix was licensed to Pye International), and ""Johnny Angel"" by Shelley Fabares in the spring of 1962. Bernadette Castro recorded for the label ""Get Rid of Him""/""A Girl in Love Forgives"" and ""His Lips Get in the Way""/""Sportscar Sally"". Singer Jo Ann Greer, who dubbed several of the actresses at Columbia Pictures, recorded two albums with the studio's musical director, Morris Stoloff: ""Soundtracks, Voices and Themes"" and ""The Naked"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"knocked off by the band's second album, ""With the Beatles"", which was itself at the summit for 21 weeks. This means The Beatles were at number one for 51 consecutive weeks in all - a total not bettered by any other artist. 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"
"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"
"scored a number one hit on the UK Singles chart in 1973. The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the ""Billboard"" chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 2; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2. On ""Billboard""'s country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James' 23 chart-topping"
"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"
"Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings was Bing Crosby's sixth LP, his first album for Verve, recorded and released in a mono format in 1956. ""Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings"" was a stylistic departure for Crosby, marking the first time he recorded an album with an orchestra similar to ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" by Frank Sinatra, an album recorded with Nelson Riddle and released earlier the same year by Capitol Records. The songs are also among the few that Crosby had never recorded. Buddy Bregman contributed the orchestrations, conducted a hand-picked group of Hollywood's foremost musicians,"
"However, it was far more successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 March 1958, and reached the no. 1 position on 25 April, replacing Perry Como's ""Magic Moments"". It stayed at no. 1 in the UK for three weeks.</small> Rainwater toured in the UK to promote the record, starting on 20 April 1958. Whole Lotta Woman (Marvin Rainwater song) ""Whole Lotta Woman"" is a song written and originally performed by American country and rockabilly singer Marvin Rainwater. It was released as a single by MGM Records in January 1958. The song was recorded"
"the First Time Around"" in 1956. Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, ""Your Songs"". A rockabilly version of ""Mona Lisa"" (b/w/ ""Foolish One"") was released by Carl Mann on Phillips International Records (#3539) in March 1959 and reached number 25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Conway Twitty recorded a version of ""Mona Lisa"" in February 1959, but planned to release it only as an album cut (on an EP and an LP, ""Conway Twitty Sings"" by MGM Records). Nevertheless, it peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in that year and in the top"
"Love Is the Thing Love Is the Thing is a 1957 album released by American jazz vocalist Nat King Cole. It is the first of four collaborations between Cole and influential arranger Gordon Jenkins. Launching the charting single ""Stardust"", which peaked at #79, the album reached #1 on Billboard's ""Pop Albums"" chart and tied at #1 on the UK Charts with the soundtrack for the 1956 film ""The King and I"". According to the records of the RIAA, the album achieved gold status in 1960 and broke platinum in 1992. The LP was Nat's first gold album. In 1956, Cole"
"from 1877. Although best known as a comedian, Ken Dodd was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1960s and most of his music recordings were serious, not comic. His debut single ""Love is like a Violin"" reached No. 8 in 1960. Between that and ""Tears"" he released nine further singles, several of which charted (though none of them made the top 20). The single spent 24 weeks in total on the chart, with five of those at number 1. It sold over a million copies in the UK, becoming one of the biggest-selling singles in 1965, and was the third-biggest"
"""Cashbox"" magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 ""Billboard"" hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956. Andy Williams' recording appeared in the ""Billboard"" top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and #28 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use"
"made in stereo in 1959. My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was released as an album on April 2, 1956. The songs were composed by Frederick Loewe with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and conducted by Franz Allers, while the cast included stars Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the US ""Billboard"" 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 (eight consecutive weeks), 1957, 1958 and 1959. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for"
"Candoli, Harry ""Sweets"" Edison, Maynard Ferguson (trumpets); Francis Howard, George Ulyate, Milt Bernhardt, George Roberts (trombones); Bud Shank, Maurice Stein, Ted Nash, Bob Cooper, Chuck Gentry (saxophones); Paul Smith (piano); Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Mondragon (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums). Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings was Bing Crosby's sixth LP, his first album for Verve, recorded and released in a mono format in 1956. ""Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings"" was a stylistic departure for Crosby, marking the first time he recorded an album with an orchestra similar to ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" by Frank Sinatra, an"
"Singing the Blues ""Singing the Blues"" is a popular song written by Melvin Endsley and published in 1956. The song was first recorded and released by Marty Robbins in 1956. (It is not related to the 1920 jazz song ""Singin' the Blues"" recorded by Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke in 1927.) The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent ten weeks at number 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" chart from December 8, 1956, to February 2, 1957. An example of the U.S. recording is on Columbia #40769, dated 1956, with the Ray Conniff Orchestra. Mitchell's"
"""Somewhere Along the Way"" 1952 #8, ""Answer Me, My Love"" 1954 #6, ""A Blossom Fell"" 1955 #2, ""If I May"" 1955 #8, ""Send for Me"" 1957 #6, ""Looking Back"" 1958 #5, ""Ramblin' Rose"" 1962 #2, ""Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer"" 1963 #6, ""Unforgettable"" 1991 (with daughter Natalie) Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole"
"to number one in the same year. It was certified Gold on February 17, 1960, and Platinum on August 10, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was originally released in UK in 1957 as ""Elvis Presley No. 2"" with a different front cover (on ""His Master's Voice"" CLP1105). It was also catalogued as ""Rock 'n' Roll No. 2"". RCA Victor producer Steve Sholes had commissioned two new songs for this batch of sessions, ""Paralyzed"" from Otis Blackwell and ""Love Me"" from Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the authors respectively of both sides of Presley's summer hit of"
"singers have had chart hits. Clinton Ford, for instance, reached number 27 in 1959 with ""Old Shep"" just after completing his final summer season at Pwllheli. However, prior to this in 1957 Russ Hamilton recorded a number 2 hit in the UK ""We Will Make Love"" (held off the top spot by Elvis Presley and ""All Shook Up""). Shortly after this he recorded a number 4 hit in the US Billboard with the song ""Rainbow"", and all the time Hamilton continued to entertain Butlins guests. It was Billy Butlin himself who asked Hamilton to record ""We Will Make Love"" for"
"recorded in English in 1964 by the British pop singer Cilla Black, and remained number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks, while also reaching Number 1 in Australia, Number 2 in Ireland and New Zealand and Number 26 in the USA. Bindi's ""Il Nostro Concerto"" spent one week in the UK Singles Chart in November 1960, at number 47. He also wrote the music of ""La musica è finita"" (1967), another Italian classic, made famous by Ornella Vanoni and Mina. However, his singing career in Italy stalled, and he and music critics attributed this to the Italian"
"the song was made by Percy Faith's Orchestra, with a vocal by Felicia Sanders. The recording by Faith and Sanders was made on January 22, 1953 and released by Columbia Records in both 78 and 45 rpm single formats through catalog numbers 39944 and 4-39944 respectively. It first reached the ""Billboard"" chart on March 28, 1953 and lasted 24 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1 and spent ten weeks at the top. This version finished as the No. 1 song for 1953, according to ""Billboard."" In the United Kingdom, the version by Mantovani was the biggest hit, on"
"in Australia, going on to sell over 11 million records around the world. He also wrote lyrics for the title song of the films ""The Winter's Tale"", ""Shalako"", ""Twinky"" (""Lola"" in the United States), and ""Joseph Andrews"". At the age of 22 he became the first pop singer to work with George Martin, who produced all his hit records. Several of his songs entered the UK Singles Chart, including ""Be My Girl"" (1957, UK No. 2), ""Just Born (To Be Your Baby)"" (1958, UK No. 27), ""Crazy Dream"" (1958, UK No. 24) and ""Sugartime"" (1958, UK No. 25). In 1957,"
"with Davie also playing piano, and by the vocal group the High Fives. The track was arranged by Davie, who added thumbtacks to the hammers of his piano and sped up the tape to give a honky-tonk sound. Released by Dot Records, the single reached #1 on the Billboard charts for one week on November 17, 1956, replacing ""Love Me Tender"" by Elvis Presley. In the United Kingdom, Lowe's version reached #8 on the charts, but a version by Frankie Vaughan was even more popular, reaching #2. Another UK recording, by Glen Mason, reached #24 on the UK chart. The"
"the UK Singles Chart. He appeared on television in the United States on the ""Perry Como Show"" and the ""Paul Winchell Show"". Returning to the UK, he recorded his debut album, ""Lonnie Donegan Showcase"", in summer 1956, with songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus ""I'm a Ramblin' Man"" and ""Wabash Cannonball"". The LP sold hundreds of thousands. The skiffle style encouraged amateurs and one of many groups that followed was the Quarrymen, formed in March 1957 by John Lennon. Donegan's ""Gamblin' Man""/""Puttin' On the Style"" single was number one in the UK in July 1957, when Lennon first"
"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"
"(July 28, 1956). This same album is also the only album to chart among the UK top twenty singles, peaking at #12 on June 15, 1956. In 1959, the album ""Come Dance with Me!"" also entered the UK singles chart peaking at #30 the same week it would start a 30-week run on the album chart, going as high as #2. From his first released single in 1940 — as the singer with Tommy Dorsey's band — to the 1980 release of ""Theme from New York, New York"", Frank Sinatra had 209 hits on ""Billboard""'s pop singles charts. Of those,"