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Old enough to remember a lot of Crookes' comprehensive list.

The first record I bought ( a 78 rpm in 1955 ) was The Ballad of Davy Crockett / Theme from Robin Hood - remember Richard Todd riding through the glen? That followed seeing the film and my Auntie buying me a coonskin cap from Woolworths for my birthday.

Next came April Love by Pat Boone and Perry como's Magic Moments / Catch a Falling Star. I must have been a young romantic in those long gone days!

After that in 1957 I bought my first E P - remember them? Elvis' Jailhouse Rock. From that point it was onwards and upwards. All those original records have disappeared over the years. Pity, they might be worth something now.

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Ramsbottom ,Enock and Frank Lovejoy

"we Three in Harmony working for the B.B.C"

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there i was diggin this hole....bernard cribbens

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what year was that crooksey ?

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Bernard Cribbins' Hole In The Ground was at number 10 in March 1962 and spent 7 weeks in the top 20. I'm Crookes and have been compiling the lists. There's a Crookesey, but no Crooksey.

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followed by Itmar,big hearted A Askey,Old Mother Riley and Tommy Hanley who was ban for life fm the BBC for a remark that today would past in any school yard

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...there was one about a troll who lived under a bridge but i cant recall who sang it.

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That was "Billy Goats Gruff" sung by Frank Luther, based on a Norwegain fairy tale.

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The earliest songs I can remember are "I see the moon, the moon sees me" and "Walkin' my baby back home". Must have been c. 1954

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I was 61 last week. No flowers by request..:(

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Who sang There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza dear Liza?

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I like Paul Robeson's Ole Man River.

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Hole in my,I remember his face but just can't recall the name, very big man band leader of fame I seem to think he was fm middle east (British)or semi colour and a bit of a comic the name will come in time:confused::confused:

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No one has mentioned Marion Ryan. She was my fifties favourite. Sad she is no longer with us. 'Love me forever', 'Stairway of love'.

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So disappionting! Over here in Oz we find CDs claiming to be British pops of this period, but they don't seem to have any of the real good ones I remember.

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I had a good buying session in 2006 at a shop in Llandudno (I think), where I got several good collections from 1945-60

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just thought of charlie drake,...please mr custer and my boomerang wont come back

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Some old 'uns from the 20s, 30s & 40s

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A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening –– FRANK SINATRA

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square –– ANNE SHELTON

After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It –– MARILYN MONROE

Again –– DORIS DAY

Alice Blue Gown –– IRENE DAYS

All Of Me –– LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Amapola –– JIMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA

Avalon –– AL JOLSON

Begin The Beguine –– ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA

Betty Co-Ed –– RUDY VALLΓ‰E

Beyond The Blue Horizon –– GEORGE OLSEN & HIS MUSIC

Blues In The Night –– DINAH SHORE

Body And Soul –– PAUL WHITEMAN

Boogie Woogie –– TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA

Bye Bye Blues –– BERT LOWN, FRANK LUTHER

Caravan –– LES PAUL

Chattanooga Choo Choo –– TEX BENEKE, GLENN MILLER & HIS ORCHESTRA

Cocktails For Two –– SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS

Confessin' (That I Love You) –– GUY LOMBARDO & HIS ROYAL CANADIANS

Cruising Down The River –– RUSS MORGAN

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes –– BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA

Dardanella –– BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA

Der Fuhrer's Face –– SPIKE JONES

Dinah –– BING CROSBY & THE MILLS BROTHERS

Don't Get Around Much Anymore –– DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA

Everything Stops For Tea –– JACK BUCHANAN

Ferryboat Serenade –– THE ANDREWS SISTERS

Fine And Dandy –– VICTOR ARDEN, PHIL OHMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA

Fools Rush In –– TONY MARTIN WITH RAY SINATRA AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Frenesi –– ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA

Friendship –– KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Green Eyes –– JIMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA

Happy Days Are Here Again –– BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA

Holiday For Strings –– DAVID ROSE & HIS ORCHESTRA

How High The Moon –– HELEN FORREST & THE HARRY JAMES ORCHESTRA

Hut Sut Song –– THE KING SISTERS

I Hear A Rhapsody –– DINAH SHORE

I Only Have Eyes For You –– AL JOLSON

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time –– HENRY BURR, ALBERT CAMPBELL

I'll Never Smile Again –– TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA

I'm Beginning To See The Light –– DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA

In The Mood –– GLEN MILLER & HIS ORCHESTRA

Indian Love Call –– NELSON EDDY & JEANETTE MACDONALD

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby –– LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE

It Happened In Monterey –– PAUL WHITEMAN

It Must Be True –– GUS ARNHEIM & HIS ORCHESTRA

Let The Rest Of The World Go By –– HENRY BURR, ALBERT CAMPBELL

Lili Marlene –– MARLENE DIETRICH

Linda –– BUDDY CLARK & ANITA GORDON

Little Bird Told Me –– EVELYN KNIGHT

Little White Lies –– FRED WARING & HIS PENNSYLVANIANS

Love Letters –– PERRY COMO

Macnamara's Band –– BING CROSBY

Mad Dogs And Englishmen –– NOEL COWARD

Minnie The Moocher –– CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA

Mona Lisa –– NAT KING COLE

Moon Shines On The Moonshine –– BERT WILLIAMS

Moonlight Cocktail –– RAY EBERLE & THE MODERNAIRES

Mule Train –– FRANKIE LAINE

Music Maestro Please –– FLANAGAN & ALLEN

My Mammy –– AL JOLSON

Night And Day –– FRED ASTAIRE

Oh! By Jingo! –– MARGARET YOUNG

Ole Buttermilk Sky –– HOAGY CARMICHAEL

On The Sunny Side Of The Street –– TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA

Pistol Packin' Mama –– RAY MCKINLEY

Puttin' On The Ritz –– EARL BURTNETT & HIS LOS ANGELES BILTMORE HOTEL ORCHESTRA

September Song –– WALTER HUSTON

St Louis Blues –– MARION HARRIS

Stardust –– ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA

Stormy Weather –– LENA HORNE

String Of Pearls –– MILLER, GLENN & HIS ORCHESTRA

Swanee –– AL JOLSON

Temptation –– PERRY COMO

Ten Cents A Dance –– RUTH ETTING

The Breeze And I –– JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA

The Last Rose Of Summer –– DEANNA DURBIN

The Loveliest Night Of The Year –– MARIO LANZA

The Sun Has Got His Hat On –– SAM BROWN

The White Cliffs Of Dover –– VERA LYNN

There! I've Said It Again –– VAUGHN MONROE & HIS ORCHESTRA

These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) –– PEGGY LEE

They Can't Take That Away From Me –– BING CROSBY & PEGGY LEE

Tuxedo Junction –– GLEN MILLER & HIS ORCHESTRA

Underneath The Arches –– FLANAGAN & ALLEN

When I'm Cleaning Windows –– GEORGE FORMBY

When My Baby Smiles At Me –– TED LEWIS & HIS BAND

When You Wish Upon A Star –– CLIFF EDWARDS & THE KEN DARBY SINGERS

Whispering –– PAUL WHITEMAN

Woodpecker Song –– THE ANDREWS SISTERS

You Made Me Love You –– HARRY JAMES & HIS ORCHESTRA

You'd Be Surprised –– EDDIE CANTOR

You'll Never Know –– DICK HAYMES

You're Driving Me Crazy –– GUY LOMBARDO & HIS ROYAL CANADIANS

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Hey crooksey, you forgot 'Maresy dotes and Dozy dotes' ( and Little Lambs itivy). About the same time as 'The Hutsut Song'. Both of 'em a bit barmy.

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