The fifties : 1954

[freddyaxe]

Hi my name is Fred. 

I have a mission : that is to create a large music library on spotify with playlists per year based on what songs were in the charts that year.

Good or bad songs, it doesn’t matter. If it is in the charts of that year, it’s in de playlist of that year.

The playlists from 1954 – 1964 will be based on the monthly charts of the (not existing anymore) dutch magazine ‘Muziek Parade’ and the 'UK charts'.

The playlists from 1965 till now, will be based on the charts of ‘De Nederlandse Top 40’.

I already created playlists for 1955 – 1976.

I just created the playlist ‘The fifties : 1954’ 

I start with the songs from week 1 of january 1954. Then I add only the songs that entered the chart the next weeks after week 1. 

Here they are:
'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 1, 1 of January 1954
01 FRANKIE LAINE - ANSWER ME
02 DAVID WHITFIELD - ANSWER ME
03 WINIFRED ATWELL - LET'S HAVE A PARTY
04 RAY MARTIN - SWEDISH RHAPSODY
05 MANTOVANI - SWEDISH RHAPSODY
06 EDDIE CALVERT - OH MEIN PAPA
07 BEVERLEY SISTERS - I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
08 JIMMY BOYD - I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
09 GUY MITCHELL - CHICKA BOOM
10 LEE LAWRENCE - CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
11 BILLY COTTON - I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
12 EDDIE FISHER - WISH YOU WERE HERE
12 GUY MITCHELL - CLOUD LUCKY SEVEN

The fifties : 1954 

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hello everyone,

I just added the new entries for the weeks 2 to 5 of 1954 to this playlist. Listen and enjoy.

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 2, 8 of January 1954
03 DAVID WHITFIELD - RAGS TO RICHES
05 DIANA DECKER - POPPA PICCOLINO
07 FRANKIE LAINE - BLOWING WILD
11 RAY ANTHONY & HIS ORCHESTRA - DRAGNET
12 JOAN REGAN WITH THE SQUADRONAIRES - RICOCHET

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 3, 15 of January 1954
11 TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC - DRAGNET
12 KEN MACKINTOSH - THE CREEP

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 4, 22 of January 1954
09 EDDIE FISHER - OH! MY PAPA
10 OBERNKIRCHEN CHILDREN'S CHOIR - THE HAPPY WANDERER
11 DEAN MARTIN - THAT'S AMORE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 5, 29 of January 1954
11 FRANKIE VAUGHAN - ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANTINOPLE)

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hello,

I again did some adding to this list. I added the new entries for weeks 6 to 10 of 1954. A total of 11 songs. Here they are:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 6, 5 of February 1954
07 BONNIE LOU - TENNESSEE WIG WALK
11 ROSEMARY CLOONEY & JOSE FERRER - MAN
11 ROSEMARY CLOONEY & JOSE FERRER - WOMAN

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 7, 12 of February 1954
09 FRANK CHACKSFIELD - EBB TIDE
12 TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC - SKIN DEEP

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 8, 19 of February 1954
08 NORMAN WISDOM - DON'T LAUGH AT ME ('CAUSE I'M A FOOL)
09 GUY MITCHELL - THE CUFF OF MY SHIRT
10 DAVID WHITFIELD - THE BOOK
12 STARGAZERS - I SEE THE MOON

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 9, 26 of February 1954
11 GUY MITCHELL - SIPPIN' SODA

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 10, 5 of March 1954
09 DUKE ELLINGTON - SKIN DEEP

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hello 50s lovers,

I had some time to add some stuff to my 1954 playlist. Added a total of 8 songs. That covers weeks 11 to 15 in 1954.

Here are the added songs.

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 11, 12 of March 1954
12 GLENN MILLER - MOONLIGHT SERENADE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 12, 19 of March 1954
06 KAY STARR - CHANGING PARTNERS
10 BING CROSBY - CHANGING PARTNERS
10 ALMA COGAN - BELL BOTTOM BLUES

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 13, 26 of March 1954
10 FRANKIE LAINE - GRANADA

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 14, 2 of April 1954
10 DORIS DAY - SECRET LOVE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 15, 9 of April 1954
10 JOHNNIE RAY - SUCH A NIGHT
12 STARGAZERS - THE HAPPY WANDERER

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hi I'm back again,

Have some songs I added to my 1954 list. Here they are:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 16, 16 of April 1954
09 FRANKIE LAINE - THE KID'S LAST FIGHT
10 NAT 'KING' COLE - TENDERLY
12 RUBY WRIGHT - BIMBO

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 17, 23 of April 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 18, 30 of April 1954
08 GUY MITCHELL - A DIME AND A DOLLAR
12 BILLY COTTON AND HIS BAND - FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 19, 7 of May 1954
08 JO STAFFORD - MAKE LOVE TO ME

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 20, 14 of May 1954
10 JOAN REGAN - SOMEONE ELSE'S ROSES
11 MAX BYGRAVES - THE GANG THAT SANG HEART OF MY HEART

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hi again,

Today I'm adding the new songs from week 21 to 25. Not much songs this time. Weeks 21 and 22 had no new entries. The rest of the weeks ended in 5 songs total.
Anyway here is the list:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 21, 21 of May 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 22, 28 of May 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 23, 4 of June 1954
09 FOUR KNIGHTS - OH BABY MINE I GET SO LONELY
11 PERRY COMO - WANTED
12 AL MARTINO - WANTED

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 24, 11 of June 1954
12 PETULA CLARK - THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 25, 18 of June 1954
09 DAVID WHITFIELD WITH MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA - CARA MIA

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hi again,

Only 5 songs this time. For every week just 1 song entered the chart in the weeks from 26 to 30 of 1954. Here they are:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 26, 25 of June 1954
06 PERRY COMO - IDLE GOSSIP

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 27, 2 of July 1954
05 KITTY KALLEN - LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 28, 9 of July 1954
12 FRANK SINATRA - YOUNG AT HEART

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 29, 16 of July 1954
11 FRANK SINATRA - THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 30, 23 of July 1954
11 WINIFRED ATWELL - RACHMANINOFF'S 18TH VARIATION ON A THEME BY PAGANINI (THE STORY OF THREE LOVES)

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hi,
Today I will cover weeks 31 to 40 of 1954. 4 Weeks in that period had no new entries. In week 40 the UK chart went from a top 12 to a top 20.
This period had a total of 13 new songs that entered the charts. Here they are:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 31, 30 of July 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 32, 6 of August 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 33, 13 of August 1954
08 FRANKIE LAINE - MY FRIEND

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 34, 20 of August 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 35, 27 of August 1954
07 DORIS DAY - THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA
11 ALMA COGAN - LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 36, 3 of September 1954
10 DON CORNELL - HOLD MY HAND

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 37, 10 of September 1954
06 NAT 'KING' COLE - SMILE
11 MAX BYGRAVES - GILLY GILLY OSSENFEFFER KATZENELLEN BOGEN BY THE SEA
12 ANTHONY STEEL & THE RADIO REVELLERS - WEST OF ZANZIBAR

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 38, 17 of September 1954
No new entries

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 12', week 39, 24 of September 1954
12 RONNIE HARRIS - THE STORY OF TINA

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 40, 1 of October 1954
10 AL MARTINO - THE STORY OF TINA
10 DEAN MARTIN - SWAY
15 DORIS DAY WITH THE MELLOMEN - IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU
16 CREW CUTS - SH-BOOM
20 JOAN REGAN - IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hi you all,

Here another update on my 1954 playlist. I added 11 songs for weeks 41 to 45 of 1954.
Here it is:

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 41, 8 of October 1954
11 NAT KING COLE - MAKE HER MINE
13 FRANKIE LAINE - THERE MUST BE A REASON
16 ROSEMARY CLOONEY - THIS OLE HOUSE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 42, 15 of October 1954
09 VERA LYNN - MY SON MY SON
12 BILLIE ANTHONY - THIS OLE HOUSE
17 KAY STARR - AM I A TOY OR A TREASURE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 43, 22 of October 1954
15 DEAN MARTIN - HOW DO YOU SPEAK TO AN ANGEL
16 FRANKIE LAINE & THE FOUR LADS - RAIN RAIN RAIN

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 44, 29 of October 1954
17 EDDIE FISHER - I NEED YOU NOW

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 45, 5 of November 1954
18 JOAN REGAN & THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS - WAIT FOR ME DARLING
19 DICKIE VALENTINE - ENDLESS

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.

[freddyaxe]

Hello,

last entry in this thread. I'm covering now the last weeks of 1954: week 46 to 53. Weeks 52 and 53 were frozen weeks with no new entries. There are 17 new songs added to the playlist for this period.

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 46, 12 of November 1954
13 DAVID WHITFIELD - SANTO NATALE
16 BILLY ECKSTINE - NO ONE BUT YOU
17 NORMAN BROOKS - A SKY BLUE SHIRT AND A RAINBOW TIE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 47, 19 of November 1954
15 STAN FREBERG WITH THE TOADS - SH-BOOM

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 48, 26 of November 1954
09 WINIFRED ATWELL - LET'S HAVE ANOTHER PARTY
17 RONNIE HILTON - I STILL BELIEVE

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 49, 3 of December 1954
15 RUBY MURRAY - HEARTBEAT
17 ALMA COGAN - I CAN'T TELL A WALTZ FROM A TANGO

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 50, 10 of December 1954
15 BIG BEN BANJO BAND - LET'S GET TOGETHER NO 1
16 PERRY COMO - PAPA LOVES MAMBO
20 RONNIE HILTON - VENI VIDI VICI

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 51, 17 of December 1954
07 DICKIE VALENTINE WITH THE STARGAZERS - THE FINGER OF SUSPICION
13 BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS - SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL
17 CHORDETTES - MR SANDMAN
19 DICKIE VALENTINE - MR SANDMAN
20 CHARLIE KUNZ - PIANO MEDLEY NO 114
20 ROSEMARY CLOONEY AND THE MELLOMEN - MAMBO ITALIANO

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 52, 24 of December 1954
no new entries.

New in 'The UK Singles Chart Top 20', week 53, 31 of December 1954
no new entries.

Have Fun & Enjoy,

FreddyAxe.