So in the first of these you crowned Frank's Chacksfield's Little Red Monkey as the tune of the combined 1952-1953 chart years. Now we move on to the second full year of the chart. Indeed let's see who the forums think should join it on the Song of the Year list.

 

This year includes tracks from Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole. It also features the first charting hit for rock and roll outfit Bill Haley and His Comet's with Shake, Rattle and Roll preceding their first No 1 by nearly a year. Will be interesting to see what rises to the top here.

 

Rules:

• The song must have charted as a New Entry on the UK Official Chart (NME for this era) between the first chart dated 1 January 1954 chart and the 31 December 1954 chart inclusive.
• I've used the OCC website as the source for the eligible songs list - if you find an error please let me know and I'll post it in the thread for everyone to know about.
• As there are only 84 eligible songs due to the chart being a Top 12 and extending to Top 20 in this era voters should submit their 10 favourite songs. The first 10 songs will be taken from any longer lists submitted.
• Votes should be submitted by PM to myself - please do not post them in the thread.
• Songs ranked No 1 will receive 10 points, No 2 will get 9 points and so on.
• The deadline to submit lists will be the 5th July 2024 at 23:59
• Results will then be published on the 6th/7th July 2024.

List of Eligible Songs

08/01/1954 - 7 - Frankie Laine - Blowing Wild (12 Weeks - #2 Peak)

15/01/1954 - 12 - Ken Macintosh - The Creep (2 Weeks - #10 Peak)

22/01/1954 - 11 - Dean Martin - That’s Amore (11 Weeks - #2 Peak)

22/01/1954 - 10 - Obernkirchen’s Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer (26 Weeks - #2 Peak)

22/01/1954 - 9 - Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Papa (4 Weeks - #9 Peak)

29/01/1954 - 11 - Frankie Vaughan - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1 Week - #11 Peak)

05/02/1954 - 11 - Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer - Man/Woman

05/02/1954 - 7 - Bonnie Lou - Tennessee Wig Walk (10 Weeks - #4 Peak)

12/02/1954 - 12 - Ted Heath and his Music - Skin Deep (3 Weeks - #9 Peak)

12/02/1954 - 9 - Frank Chacksfield - Ebb Tide (2 Weeks - #9 Peak)

19/02/1954 - 12 - The Stargazers - I See the Moon (15 Weeks - #1 Peak)

19/02/1954 - 10 - David Whitfield - The Book (15 Weeks - #5 Peak)

19/02/1954 - 9 - Guy Mitchell - The Cuff Of My Shirt (3 Weeks - #9 Peak)

19/02/1954 - 8 - Norman Wisdom - Don’t Laugh At Me (Cause I’m A Fool) (15 Weeks - #3 Peak)

26/02/1954 - 11 - Guy Mitchell - Sippin Soda (1 Week - #11 Peak)

05/03/1954 - 9 - Duke Ellington - Skin Deep (4 Weeks - #7 Peak)

12/03/1954 - 12 - Glen Miller - Moonlight Serenade (1 Week - #12 Peak)

19/03/1954 - 10 - Alma Cogan - Bell Bottom Blues (9 Weeks - #4 Peak)

19/03/1954 - 10 - Bing Crosby - Changing Partners (3 Weeks - #9 Peak)

19/03/1954 - 6 - Kay Starr - Changing Partners (14 Weeks - #4 Peak)

26/03/1954 - 10 - Frankie Laine - Granada (2 Weeks - #9 Peak)

02/04/1954 - 10 - Doris Day - Secret Love (29 Weeks - #1 Peak)

09/04/1954 - 12 - The Stargazers - The Happy Wanderer (1 Week - #12 Peak)

09/04/1954 - 10 - Johnnie Ray - Such A Night (18 Weeks - #1 Peak)

16/04/1954 - 12 - Ruby Wright - Bimbo (5 Weeks - #7 Peak)

16/04/1954 - 10 - Nat King Cole - Tenderly (1 Week - #10 Peak)

16/04/1954 - 9 - Frankie Laine - The Kid’s Last Fight (10 Weeks - #3 Peak)

30/04/1954 - 12 - Billy Cotton and his Band - Friends and Neighbours (12 Weeks - #3 Peak)

30/04/1954 - 8 - Guy Mitchell - A Dime and A Dollar (5 Weeks - #8 Peak)

07/05/1954 - 8 - Jo Stafford - Make Love To Me (1 Week - #8 Peak)

14/05/1954 - 11 - Max Bygraves - The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (8 Weeks - #7 Peak)

14/05/1954 - 10 - Joan Regan - Someone Else’s Roses (8 Weeks - #5 Peak)

04/06/1954 - 12 - Al Martino - Wanted (16 Weeks - #4 Peak)

04/06/1954 - 11 - Perry Como - Wanted (15 Weeks - #4 Peak)

04/06/1954 - 9 - The Four Knights - (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely (11 Weeks - #5 Peak)

11/06/1954 - 12 - Petula Clark - The Little Shoemaker (10 Weeks - #7 Peak)

18/06/1954 - 9 - David Whitfield with Mantovani and his Orchestra - Cara Mia (25 Weeks - #1 Peak)

25/06/1954 - 6 - Perry Como - Idle Gossip (15 Weeks - #3 Peak)

02/07/1954 - 5 - Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot (23 Weeks - #1 Peak)

09/07/1954 - 12 - Frank Sinatra - Young At Heart (1 Week - #12 Peak)

16/07/1954 - 11 - Frank Sinatra - Three Coins in the Fountain (19 Weeks - #1 Peak)

23/07/1954 - 11 - Winifred Atwell - Rachmaninoff’s 18th Variation on a Theme By Paginini (9 Weeks - #9 Peak)

30/07/1954 - 9 - Four Aces - Three Coins in the Fountain (6 Weeks - #5 Peak)

13/08/1954 - 8 - Frankie Laine - My Friend (15 Weeks - #3 Peak)

27/08/1954 - 11 - Alma Cogan - Little Things Mean A Lot (5 Weeks - #11 Peak)

27/08/1954 - 7 - Doris Day - The Black Hills of Dakota (8 Weeks - #7 Peak)

03/09/1954 - 10 - Don Cornell - Hold My Hand (21 Weeks - #1 Peak)

10/09/1954 - 12 - Anthony Steel and the Radio Revellers - West of Zanzibar (6 Weeks - #11 Peak)

10/09/1954 - 11 - Max Bygraves - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellan Bogen By the Sea (8 Weeks - #7 Peak)

10/09/1954 - 6 - Nat King Cole - Smile (14 Weeks - #2 Peak)

24/09/1954 - 12 - Ronnie Harris - The Story of Tina (3 Weeks - #12 Peak)

01/10/1954 - 20 - Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart to You (11 Weeks - #3 Peak)

01/10/1954 - 16 - Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom (9 Weeks - #12 Peak)

01/10/1954 - 15 - Doris Day with the Mellomen - If I Give My Heart to You (11 Weeks - #4 Peak)

01/10/1954 - 10 - Dean Martin - Sway (7 Weeks - #6 Peak)

01/10/1954 - 10 - Al Martino - The Story of Tina (8 Weeks - #10 Peak)

08/10/1954 - 16 - Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House (18 Weeks - #1 Peak)

08/10/1954 - 13 - Frankie Laine - There Must Be A Reason (9 Weeks - #9 Peak)

08/10/1954 - 11 - Nat King Cole - Make Her Mine (2 Weeks - #11 Peak)

15/10/1954 - 17 - Kay Starr - Am I A Toy Or A Treasure (4 Weeks - #17 Peak)

15/10/1954 - 12 - Billie Anthony - This Ole House (16 Weeks - #4 Peak)

15/10/1954 - 9 - Vera Lynn - My Son, My Son (14 Weeks - #1 Peak)

22/10/1954 - 16 - Frankie Laine and the Four Lads - Rain Rain Rain (16 Weeks - #8 Peak)

22/10/1954 - 15 - Dean Martin - How Do You Speak to An Angel (6 Weeks - #15 Peak)

29/10/1954 - 17 - Eddie Fisher - I Need You Know (10 Weeks - #13 Peak)

05/11/1954 - 19 - Dickie Valentine - Endless (1 Week - #19 Peak)

05/11/1954 - 18 - Joan Regan and the Johnston Brothers - Wait for Me Darling (1 Week - #18 Peak)

12/11/1954 - 17 - Norman Brooks - A Sky Blue Shirt and A Rainbow Tie (1 Week - #17 Peak)

12/11/1954 - 16 - Billy Eckstine - No One But You (17 Weeks - #3 Peak)

12/11/1954 - 13 - David Whitfield - Santo Natale (11 Weeks - #2 Peak)

19/11/1954 - 15 - Stan Freberg with the Toads - Sh-Boom (2 Weeks - #15 Peak)

26/11/1954 - 17 - Ronnie Hilton - I Still Believe (14 Weeks - #3 Peak)

26/11/1954 - 9 - Winifred Atwell - Let’s Have Another Party (8 Weeks - #1 Peak)

03/12/1954 - 17 - Alma Cogan - I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango (11 Weeks - #6 Peak)

03/12/1954 - 15 - Ruby Murray - Heartbeat (16 Weeks - #3 Peak)

10/12/1954 - 20 - Ronnie Hilton - Veni Vidi Vici (8 Weeks - #12 Peak)

10/12/1954 - 16 - Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (1 Week - #16 Peak)

10/12/1954 - 15 - Big Ben Banjo Band - Let’s Get Together No 1 (4 Weeks - #6 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 20 - Rosemary Clooney and the Mellomen - Mambo Italiano (16 Weeks - #1 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 20 - Charlie Kunz - Piano Medley No 114 (4 Weeks - #16 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 19 - Dickie Valentine - Mr Sandman (12 Weeks - #5 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 17 - The Chordettes - Mr Sandman (8 Weeks - #11 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 13 - Bill Haley and His Comets - Shake, Rattle N Roll (14 Weeks - #4 Peak)

17/12/1954 - 7 - Dickie Valentine with the Stargazers - The Finger of Suspicion (15 Weeks - #1 Peak)

 

Playlist

 

Missing from the playlist is the double A-Side

 

Voting Template

 

Please use this voting template if you can:

 

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As before I think that's all the information needed. Any questions just ask. Look forward to seeing the votes.

 

Voters

Jade

DoBelieveTheHype

Chartjack2

LastDreamer

Scene

Popchartfreak

King Rollo

Severin

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by DoBelieveTheHype

Familiar with a couple of these, unlike the last batch. Will give a listen to all of these later.

Voted ^_^

Voted! :cheer:

 

I've probably said this before but really good idea for a thread. It's inspired me to start building a 1950s playlist on Spotify. :lol:

Voted, I had a shortlist of 13 so only had to drop three of them.

Just a reminder voting for this closes tomorrow at 23:59

Thanks to the 9 people who voted I can now reveal the results.

 

40 of the 84 eligible songs were chosen. The theoretical maximum points was 90 - the top three songs were the only songs got above 30 points.

 

You're number one with 44 points is Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake Rattle N Roll

 

 

Following very closely behind with 43 points is The Chordettes - Mr Sandman

 

 

And the 3rd place with 34 points goes to Dean Martin with That's Amore:

 

 

Full results are below::

01 - 44 - Bill Haley and his Comets - Shake Rattle and Roll (Jade - 8, DoBelieveTheHype - 10, Chartjack2 - 1, Scene - 7, King Rollo - 8, Severin - 10)

02 - 43 - The Chordettes - Mr Sandman (Jade - 10, Chartjack2 - 3, Popchartfreak - 8, King Rollo - 6, Severin - 9, JulianT - 7)

03 - 34 - Dean Martin - That's Amore - (Jade - 3, Chartjack2 - 7, Popchartfreak - 5, King Rollo - 2, Severin - 8, JulianT - 9)

04 - 29 - Nat King Cole - Smile (DoBelieveTheHype - 1, Chartjack2 - 9, Popchartfreak - 2, King Rollo - 7, JulianT - 10)

05 - 28 - Doris Day - Secret Love (Jade - 2, DoBelieveTheHype - 3, Chartjack2 - 8, Popchartfreak - 10, JulianT - 5)

06 - 27 - Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House (Jade - 1, LastDreamer - 10, Popchartfreak - 1, King Rollo - 9, Severin - 6)

07 - 24 - Dean Martin - Sway (Jade - 6, Chartjack2 - 5, Scene - 6, Popchartfreak - 3, JulianT - 4)

08 - 19 - Doris Day - The Black Hills of Dakota (LastDreamer - 5, Popchartfreak - 9, Severin - 5,

09 - 18 - Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party (Jade - 9, Scene - 5, King Rollo - 4)

10 - 16 - Johnnie Ray - Such A Night (DoBelieveTheHype - 4, Chartjack2 - 6, JulianT - 6)

10 - 16 - Rosemary Clooney and the Mellomen - Mambo Italiano (Jade - 4, Scene - 9 - JulianT - 3)

12 - 15 - Duke Ellington - Skin Deep (DoBelieveTheHype - 5, King Rollo - 10,

12 - 15 - Glen Miller - Moonlight Serenade (Chartjack2 - 4, Scene - 3, Popchartfreak - 7, King Rollo - 1)

14 - 13 - Four Knights - (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely (DoBelieveTheHype - 9, Popchartfreak - 4)

15 - 12 - Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom (Popchartfreak - 4, JulianT - 8)

15 - 12 - Frank Sinatra - Three Coins in the Fountain (DoBelieveTheHype - 8, Severin - 4)

15 - 12 - Max Bygraves - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellan Bogen By the Sea (Chartjack2 - 10, Severin - 2)

18 - 11 - Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot (Jade - 5, Chartjack2 - 2, LastDreamer - 4)

19 - 10 - Ted Heath and His Music - Skin Deep (Scene - 10)

20 - 09 - Petula Clark - The Little Shoemaker - (LastDreamer - 9)

21 - 08 - Ken MacIntosh - The Creep (Scene - 8)

21 - 08 - Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (Severin 7, JulianT - 1)

21 - 08 - Rosemary Clooney/Jose Ferrer - Man/Woman (LastDreamer - 8)

24 - 07 - Dean Martin - How Do You Speak to An Angel (DoBelieveTheHype - 7)

24 - 07 - Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart to You (LastDreamer - 7)

24 - 07 - Winifred Atwell - Rachmaninoffs 18th Variation on A Theme (Jade -7)

27 - 06 - Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Papa (DoBelieveTheHype - 6)

27 - 06 - Kay Starr - Changing Partners (LastDreamer - 6)

27 - 06 - Obernkirchen Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer (Popchartfreak - 6)

30 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield - Ebb Tide (King Rollo - 5)

31 - 03 - Frankie Vaughan - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Severin - 3)

31 - 03 - Joan Regan - Someone Else's Roses (LastDreamer - 3)

31 - 03 - The Stargazers - I See the Moon - (King Rollo - 3)

34 - 02 - Billy Eckstine - No One But You (JulianT - 2)

34 - 02 - Joan Regan, Johnston Brothers - Wait for Me Darling (LastDreamer - 2)

34 - 02 - Nat King Cole - Tenderly (DoBelieveTheHype - 2)

34 - 02 - The Stargazers - The Happy Wanderer (Scene - 2)

38 - 01 - Bonnie Lou - Tennessee Wig Walk (Scene - 1)

38 - 01 - Frank Sinatra - Young At Heart (Severin - 1)

38 - 01 - Ruby Murray - Bimbo (LastDreamer - 1)

 

Good to see Doris Day up there. :) Love The Chordettes since I first saw Back To The Future, and Calamity Jane is one of the greatest films of the 50's, heart-warming, funny, great songs and Doris as what they used to call a Tom-Boy was terrific - I prefer to think of her as social-stereotype-non-conforming, though the end message where she had to change to get the man to notice her was of it's time. The Fifties weren't QUITE ready for that challenging a narrative. That was the 60's and 70's.

 

Can't grumble at that top 10, Glen Miller really being a 40's tune, and one of the greats of that decade. :)

Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House is my favourite song from 50s decade.

 

"The Little Shoemaker" and "Man/Woman" were great too.

That's a good winner, I expected this to be a battle between Shake Rattle N Roll and This Ole House so I'm a bit surprised to see the latter only finish in 6th place.

My top pointer didn't quite win again, instead just 1 point off, close enough :lol: