List of number one hits in the UK charts (1954)
This list of 12 number one hits in the British charts of the year 1954 . They were the front runners in the weekly Top 20 of the British music magazine New Musical Express . With the chart edition of October 1, 1954, the NME began to publish a top 25 hit parade instead of the top 20 .
← 1953 ← |
List of number one hits in the UK charts |
1955 → |
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* The data are based on the date of issue of the NME (always on Fridays)
Annual hit parade
← 1953 | Single hits of the year in the UK charts | 1955 → |
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1 | Doris Day |
Secret Love Paul Francis Webster , Sammy Fain |
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2 | David Whitfield (with Mantovani , His Orchestra and Chorus) |
Cara mia Lee Lange, Tulio Trapini |
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3 | Eddie Calvert (with Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra ) |
Oh, my papa Paul Burkhard |
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4th | The Stargazers (with Syd Dean and His Orchestra) |
I See the Moon Meredith Wilson |
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5 | Winifred Atwell |
Let's Have Another Party Nat D. Ayer, Clifford Gray, James W. Tate, Ray Henderson, Mort Dison, Albert Fitz, William Penn, Gus Cahn, Walter Donaldson , Leslie Stuart, Harry Armstrong, Ted Snyder, Leo Wood, Harry Woods |
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6th | Don Cornell |
Hold My Hand Jack Lawrence, Richard Myers |
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7th | Frank Sinatra |
Three Coins in the Fountain Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn |
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8th | Oberkirchen Children's Choir |
Happy Wanderer Music: Friedrich Wilhelm Möller; Text: Friedrich Sigismund |
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9 | Johnnie Ray |
Find a Night Lincoln Chase |
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10 | Rosemary Clooney |
This Ole House Stuart Hamblen |
← 1953 | 1955 → |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankie Laine - Answer Me at Discogs.
- ↑ Eddie Calvert - Oh, my papa at Discogs.
- ↑ The Stargazers - I See The Moon at Discogs.
- ↑ Doris Day - Secret Love at Discogs.
- ↑ Johnnie Ray - Such A Night at Discogs.
- ^ The songs censored by the BBC , The Telegraph, December 17, 2007.
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Singles 1942-2010. 6th Edition, Record Research 2010, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
- ↑ David Whitfield with Mantovani - Cara mia at Discogs.
- ↑ Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot at Discogs.
- ↑ Frank Sinatra - Three Coins In The Fountain at Discogs.
- ↑ Don Cornell - Hold My Hand at Discogs.
- ↑ Vera Lynn - My Son, My Son at Discogs.
- ↑ Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House at Discogs.
- ↑ Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party at Discogs.
literature
- British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
Web links
- Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
- Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1954
- everyhit: Top Hits of 1954
See also: Number one hits in 1954 in Australia , Belgium , Germany, and the United States .