"Tommy Steele went to No 1 in the UK charts in 1956 with his cover version of the song ""Singing the Blues"". Which American singer also reached No 1 in the U.K. with his version of the same song?"
Tommy Steele were covers of American hits, such as "Singing the Blues" and "Knee Deep in the Blues". Although Steele never proved a serious threat to Presley's popularity in the UK, he did well on the 1950s UK chart and "Singing the Blues" got to Number 1 in the UK before Presley did so. Guy Mitchell was number 1 with "Singing the Blues" on 4 January 1957 and Tommy Steele on 11 January 1957. Steele's 1957 album, "The Tommy Steele Story", was the first by a UK-based act to reach No. 1 in the UK. Only four months after his first chart
Singing the Blues version was also number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three (non-consecutive) weeks in early 1957, one of only four singles to rise to number 1 on three separate occasions, with the other three being "I Believe" by Frankie Laine, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams and "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber. Two other charting versions of the song were released almost simultaneously with Mitchell's, one by the English singer Tommy Steele (with the Steelmen) and the other (recorded before Mitchell covered it) by US country singer Marty Robbins. Tommy Steele's version of "Singing the Blues" made number 1