Thursday, April 30, 2009

Ray’s Forgotten Singles for Saturday 18 April 2009

Haven’t decided which of these I will feature. Mind you, not knowing anything about Dave and Ansell Collins, that will probably get a miss. Checking on my books I found this Jamaican duo of Dave and Ansil Collins had come from nowhere in the northern spring of 1971 to hit with only the second West Indian reggae number to top the British charts after Desmond Dekker's "Israelites" from April 1969. The Guiness Book of British No 1 Hits suggested the early success of reggae in the UK was partly due to the genre’s appeal to skinheads. Double Barrel also made it to the US Top 30 becoming one of the first reggae songs on the US charts.

the number after the title is the day in May the song peaked and a Coast track is indicated by an asterix
Herman’s Hermits – Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter 1 1965 US *
Dave & Ansell Collins – Double Barrel 1 1971 UK
Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow 1 1976 US *
Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky 2 1970 UK
Tony Orlando & Dawn – He Don’t Love You 3 1975 US
Ronnie Hilton – No Other Love 4 1956 UK
Beatles – From Me To You 4 1963 UK *
Grand Funk – The Loco-Motion 4 1974 US
Abba – Waterloo 4 1974 UK
Perry Como – Hot Diggity 5 1956 US *
Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream 5 1958 US *
Lucky Starr - I've Been Everywhere 5 1961 Au
The Shirelles - Soldier Boy 5 1962 US

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