Despite what many would have us believe, not every ‘hit record’ is listed in the dreaded Guinness Book Of Hit Singles.  Let’s face it, quite apart from the fact that the ‘official’ early 60s charts have long since been exposed as deeply flawed, it should be remembered that not every track which became popular was…

To tie in with the extra-ordinary Missing Charts book, for the first time we have put together a 4 CD set compilation with the Number Ones of the Forties. 104 Number One British hits – you really cannot say better than that can you. To buy click HERE

Like its predecessor, (RHGB 25), this compilation traces the rise of UK ladies from the R&R era to the early 60s, and heralds the newly emergent Brit Girl sound that was evolving at the dawn of the Beat era.  As we have learned, although the arrival of the archetypical 60s ‘dolly bird’ was still a…