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As the Scovells arrive back from a summer break in Brighton here in 2021, we cast our ears back to November, 1953 to see how things are sounding… The songs of November, 1953 “Changing Partners” – Patti Page“Crying In The Chapel” – June Valli“Dragnet” – Ray Anthony“Ebb Tide” – Frank Chacksfield“Eh Cumpari” – Julius Larosa“I […]

Welcome back (in time) to October, 1953 – where its a five chart month so we have a bumper crop of new hits on the pop charts to explore: The songs of October, 1953 “A Dear John Letter” – Jean Shepard / Ferlin Husky“C’est Si Bon” – Eartha Kitt“Crying In The Chapel” – June Valli“Crying […]

We’re writing this from July 2021 as England play Italy for Euros 2020… we’ll know by time we finish writing this entry what the outcome was if the game proves as sufficiently distracting as the first 13 minutes have been. Meanwhile let’s see what September, 1953 sounds like as go back to a time before […]

We’re whizzing through 1953 now so let’s see what’s on the charts while summer cracks on back in London, 2020. August, 1953 Top 20 Hits “A Dear John Letter” – Pat O’Day / Al Rawley“Allez-Vous-En” – Kay Starr“Anna” – Sylvano Mangano“April In Portugal” – Les Baxter“Butterflies” – Patti Page“C’est Si Bon” – Eartha Kitt“Crying In […]

We’re halfway through 1953 in our sped-up musical journey through time, let’s see what it sounds like… The songs of July, 1953 7 new tunes hit the the mainstream top 20 pop charts this month: July, 1953 Top 20 Hits “Allez-Vous-En” – Kay Starr“Anna” – Sylvano Mangano“April In Portugal” – Les Baxter“April In Portugal” – […]

It’s one of those weeks when the current month matches the month from the past we’re exploring musically, in this case June of 1953. The songs of June, 1953 We’ve got a few new tracks this week in the mainstream USA charts: June, 1953 Top 20 Hits “Anna” – Sylvano Mangano“April In Portugal” – Les […]