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 […]
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It’s October 1952
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” – […]
It’s September 1952
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 August, 1952
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 […]
It’s July, 1952
It’s a lovely sunny spring Easter weekend here in London 2021 as we reach the midpoint of July, 1952 in our journey through time. The songs of July, 1952 As it happens, the previous month’s popular songs start to multiply and we have a number of versions of “Kiss of Fire” and “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” […]
It’s June, 1952
Daylight savings has arrived here in London in 2020 and we’re looking forward to our lockdown being loosened in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, we’re up to June 1952 in our adventure through time… The songs of June, 1952 A few new songs on the USA pop charts this month: June, 1952 Top 20 Hits “A […]