- RIGHTCLICKA DIY Father's Day Boxset (UK No 1s - 1950 - 1960) -

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1 of 1 handmade boxset with every number 1 in the UK from 1950 to 1960.

The first British record sales chart ("The Hit Parade") did not appear until 14th November 1952. Prior to that (and for many years afterwards), popular songs were measured by sales of sheet music, which was purchased both by professional musicians who performed live in pubs, clubs and theatres, and by keen amateurs who would play pianos, accordions etc at home.

Throughout the 1950s, Radio Luxembourg broadcast a sheet music Top 20. This was the first ever Top Twenty countdown show, and set the pattern of chart shows for the decades that followed.