The British hit parade was first published in 1952, what was the first record to be number one?
British Hit Singles & Albums Singles Chart from Al Martino's "Here in My Heart" on 14 November 1952 to Elvis Presley's "One Night / I Got Stung" (Limited Edition Collector's re-issue), 22 January 2005. The 19th edition (2006) was the last in the series. A supposed 20th edition was due to be published in 2007, but apparently the original publishers lost interest in chart reference books after their contract with The Official Charts Company expired, which saw that organisation sell the contract to Virgin. Following the success of the "Guinness Book of British Hit Singles" series, the original authors and Guinness quickly turned to other
Adam's Hit Parade Adam's Hit Parade Adam's Hit Parade is an EP by Adam Faith, released in December 1960. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Parlophone Company, Ltd. GEP 8811. "Adam"s Hit Parade has the distinction of being the UK's number-one EP Number 1 EP on three different occasions. It first reached the number on spot on December 17, 1960, but was bumped out a week later by Cliff Richard and The Shadows's "Cliff's Silver Discs.". On January 21, 1961 Faith reclaimed the top spot, only to be evicted a week later by the