[78-L] UK sheet music 1946-1959

[Alan Bunting]

Fascinating site - wonder who is responsible as there doesn't appear to a home page with this information.
 
By the way, the original book "First Hits" on which the Sheet Music listings are based was not co-authored by Colin Forbes but the late Colin Morgan.
 
Alan Bunting


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> From: Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com>
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>Subject: [78-L] UK sheet music 1946-1959
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>Brian Henson & Colin Forbes invaluable survey of UK Sheet Music hits 
>1946-1959 is now available online. You'll find it here:
>http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/popmusichistory/
>Click on a year and you'll see all chart entries on Top 10, Top 20, Top 
>24 or Top 30 (depending on year).
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>These top lists were compiled by the Music Publisher's Association (from 
>1949) and were the only top lists for popular music in the UK before the 
>advent of the New Musical Express' singles' chart in 1952. It took some 
>time for that list to be established, so the sheet music list was THE 
>list for popular music in Britain until the mid 50's.
>
>The book covers a period of popular music for which discographies are 
>rare; I've found it useful in many ways:
>From dates of list entry it's possible to deduce release date 
>(especially when several recordings are listed for a particular song)
>Songwriters are listed for each song
>Record catalogue numbers are given for each release
>Format is indicated: 78, 45 or both
>Etc.
>What's missing online are the artist and title indexes, the commentaries 
>on each year, and the introduction and preface.
>Happy hunting!
>Kristjan
>P S This website also has label discographies and more chart surveys.
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