Author: thomas

And here we are, beginning year 4 of our sped-up journey through musical history. Come the end of the first year of the project we’ll be done with 1953 even. Time passes! The songs of January, 1953 A bunch of new songs on the US pop charts to kick off the year so let’s hear […]

Merry Xmas from 1952! Yes, a third year of our sped up journey through time is coming to a close. Let’s see what the silly season has for us. The songs of December, 1952 Looks like everyone has the Christmas classics from previous years in their record collection so only one holiday themed tune on […]

An exciting week as we hit November, 1952 – the month the UK launched its official charts. Let’s see how different they sound from the USA. The songs of November, 1952 A trio of new songs and one version of a previous charting hit on the USA charts this month: November, 1952 Top 20 Hits […]

We’re on the homeward stretch of 1952 which means our 3rd year of time travel is coming to an end. Let’s see what its sounding like. The songs of October, 1952 A few nice new tracks on the charts this month: October 1952 Top 20 Hits “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” – Vera Lynn“Because You’re Mine” – […]

Winter is approaching in September 1952 as summer feels tantalisingly close back here in 2021. The songs of September, 1952 A nice grab bag of new tunes hit the charts this month. And for the first time it occurred to me it might be useful to indicate in the playlist which those are, so they […]

It’s a busy weekend here in 2021 London so we’ll keep it snappy in this week’s dive back to August, 1952. The songs of August, 1952 A few new tunes hit the charts this month which might raise an eyebrow back in 2021, but let’s have a look at the list before we get into […]