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NEW CHART ENTRIES : February 1966

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in February 1966 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window  (17) 02 Toys - Attack (36) 03 Roy Orbison - Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart (22) 04 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (1) 05 Dusty Springfield - Little By Little (17) 06 Sandie Shaw - Tomorrow (9) 07 Janie Jones - Witches Brew (46) 08 Chris Farlowe - Think (37) 09 Paul & Barry Ryan - Have Pity On The Boy (18) 10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (14) 11 Lee Dorsey - Get Out Of My Life Woman (22) 12 Truth - Girl (27) 13 Nashville Teens - The Hard Way (35) 14 Fortunes - This Golden Ring (15) 15 Rolling Stones -19th Nervous Breakdown (2) 16 Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee (3) 17 Petula Clark - My Love (4) 18 P J Proby - You've Come Back (25) 19 Billy Fury - I'll Never Quite Get Over You (35) 20 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wh...

RECORD COLLECTING MONTHLY MIX : 020 Reggae '76

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LISTEN HERE The caribbean cream from 1976! Take a trip back to a defining year in music with our audio series, Record Collecting – Monthly Mix , inspired by the in-depth features of Record Collector magazine. This episode spotlights standout tracks from reggae albums released in 1976 along with all the Reggae chart toppers of the year—a year that the genre reached its creative and commercial zenith. As the UK basked in its hottest summer in almost a century it seemed even the climate was submissive to the inexorable momentum of the music. This most turbulent year of political discord, accelerated and sharpened the creativity of artists and producers, resulting in an explosion of brilliant music, showcased here in this mix from a remarkable year. ALBUMS 01 Abyssinians - Abendigo (from 'Satta Massagana') 02 Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (from 'King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown') 03 Upsetters - Curly Dub (from 'Super Ape') 04 Bunny Wai...

NEW CHART ENTRIES : February 1971

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in February 1971 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1) 02 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (11) 03 Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out (40) 04 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (19) 05 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out (14) 06 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (11) 07 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (18) 08 Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (12) 09 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (3) 10 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (8) 11 Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now (33) 12 Paul McCartney - Another Day (2) 13 New World - Rose Garden (15) 14 T Rex - Hot Love (1) 15 C C S - Walking (7) 16 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (8) 17 Frank SInatra - I Will Drink The Wine (16) 18 Hot Chocolate - You Could Have Been A Lady (22)  

NEW CHART ENTRIES : February 1961

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LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in February 1961 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Marty Wilde - Rubber Ball (9) 02 Petula Clark - Sailor (1) 03 Anne Shelton - Sailor (10) 04 Avons - Rubber Ball (30) 05 Jess Conrad - Mystery Girl (18) 06 Joe Brown - Shine (33) 07 Wanda Jackson - Mean Mean Mean (40) 08 Buddy Holly - What To Do (27) 09 Ben E King - First Taste Of Love (27) 10 Bert Weedon - Ginchy (35) 11 Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl (8) 12 Nat 'King' Cole - The World In My Arms (36) 13 Johnny Tillotson - Jimmy's Girl (43) 14 The Shadows - FBI (6) 15 Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes (1) 16 Adam Faith - Who Am I / This Is It (5) 17 Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (4) 18 Benny Hill - Gather In The Mushrooms (12) 19 Frank Cordell - Black Bear (44) 20 Tommy Zang - Hey, Good Lookin' (45) 21 Brook Benton - Fools Rush In (50)