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RECORD COLLECTING MONTHLY MIX : 022 Sing When You're Winning - Football Songs

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  LISTEN HERE Sing When You're Winning! Celebrate sixty years of football fever with Record Collecting – Monthly Mix , an audio series inspired by the fascinating stories and research found in Record Collector magazine. This special edition traces the soundtrack of the beautiful game through a unique collection of UK football songs spanning 1966 to 2026. From the optimism of England’s World Cup triumph and terrace anthems that echoed around the nation's stadiums, to chart-topping tournament songs, club classics, and modern fan favourites, each one captures the passion, pride, humour, and heartbreak that football has inspired across six decades. Whether sung by players, supporters, pop stars, or entire nations, these songs tell the story of football’s enduring place in British culture. Join us as Record Collecting – Monthly Mix kicks off a nostalgic journey through the records that have united fans and celebrated the highs and lows of the game for generations. 01 England Wor...

NEW CHART ENTRIES : June 1966

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in June1966 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Gary Walker - Twinkie Lee (41) 02 Bob Lind - Remember The Rain (46) 03 Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy (31) 04 Eddy Arnold - I Want To Go With You (46) 05 Keith Relf - Mr Zero (50) 06 Animals - Don't Bring Me Down (6) 07 Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down (10) 08 Vince Hill - Merci Cheri (36) 09 Chris Andrews - Whatcha Gonna Do Now (40) 10 Four Seasons - Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) (20) 11 Tony Merrick - Lady Jane (49) 12 Cilla Black - Don't Answer Me (6) 13 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon (1) 14 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (3) 15 Gene Pitney - Nobody Needs Your Love (2) 16 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Hideaway (10) 17 David Garrick - Lady Jane (28) 18 Beatles - Paperback Writer (1) 19 Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock (17) 20 James Brown - It's A Man's, Man's, Man's Wor...

NEW CHART ENTRIES : June 1971

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in June 1971 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) More chart shows HERE!    01 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1) 02 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (11) 03 Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (11) 04 Tom Jones - Puppet Man (49) 05 Sweet - Co Co (2) 06 White Plains - When You Are A King (13) 07 Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (2) 08 Mac & Katie Kissoon - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (41) 09 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (30) 10 Lobo - Me And You A Dog Named Boo (4) 11 Slade - Get Down and Get With It (16) 12 St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air) (12) 13 Greyhound - Black And White (6) 14 Medicine Head - (And The) Pictures In The Sky (22) 15 Supremes & The Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (11) 16 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner (7) 17 Jim Reeves - I Love You Because /  M...

NEW CHART ENTRIES : June 1961

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in June 1961 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) More chart shows HERE!  01 Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou /  Travellin' Man (2) 02 Andy Stewart - Battle's O'er (28) 03 Benny Hill - Transistor Radio (24) 04 Max Bygraves - Bells Of Avignon (36) 05 Gene Vincent - She She Little Sheila (22) 06 Eden Kane - Well I Ask You (1) 07 Adam Wade - Take Good Care Of Her (38) 08 Jo Ann Campbell - Motorcycle Michael (41) 09 Outlaws - Ambush (43) 10 Marcels - Summertime (46) 11 Mark Wynter - Exclusively Yours (32) 12 Jimmy Crawford - Love Or Money (49) 13 Anthony Newley - Pop Goes The Weasel /  Bee Bom (12) 14 Temperance Seven - Pasadena (4) 15 Everly Brothers - Temptation (1) 16 Connie Francis - Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart (12) 17 Eddie Cochran - Weekend (15) 18 Al Caiola & His Orchestra - The Magnificent Seven (34) 19 Ken Dodd - Once In Every Lifetime (28) 20 Cl...