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.