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1950s

Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What was the best-selling song of 1956?

Did the charts reflect the turn in culture?

Lucy Harbron
Mar 10, 2026
Gene Vincent - Musician - 1957

Gene Vincent’s excruciating steel leg secret

Thorn in his side.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 25, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What was the last number one of the 1950s?

Not a bang, but a whisper.

Dale Maplethorpe
Feb 18, 2026
Music - General - Collage - Punk - Disco - 1970s - Vinyl

Who was the first actor to release a single that sold one million copies?

A feat.

Aimee Ferrier
Feb 16, 2026
Ingmar Bergman - Director - 1966

The movie Ingmar Bergman made out of spite: “Merely expresses my resentments”

Didn’t care what anyone influential thought about him or his films.

Tim Bradley
Feb 14, 2026
Federico Fellini - 1965 - Director - Itallian

The movie Federico Fellini admitted was a failure: “That’s a sensible justification”

A disastrous opening for a first-time director.

Tim Bradley
Feb 14, 2026
Five concept albums that are better than actual reality

Five concept albums that are better than actual reality

Is this the real life?

Dale Maplethorpe
Feb 13, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What was the first song performed by the songwriter to hit number one?

Pioneers.

Tom Phelan
Dec 26, 2025
David Rockola and 'Rock-Ola' jukeboxes- the true inspiration for the term ‘rock and roll’?

David Rockola and ‘Rock-Ola’ jukeboxes: the true inspiration for the term ‘rock and roll’?

Before the music had a name, it had a vehicle.

Andrew Clayman
Dec 15, 2025
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What song held the number one spot for the longest in 1958?

So many classics.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 14, 2025
Which song held the number one spot for the longest in 1983 - Charts - General

Which song held the number one spot for the longest in the inaugural year of the charts?

The inaugural chart-topper…

Ben Forrest
Dec 8, 2025
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What song held the number one spot the longest in 1956?

A rocket launch.

Lauren Hunter
Dec 4, 2025

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