39 relations: Acker Bilk, Al Martino, Are You Sure? (The Allisons song), Band Aid (band), BBC, Bob Geldof, Classical music, Concierto de Aranjuez, Dave McAleer, Elvis Presley, Eurovision Song Contest, Geoff Love, Guinness, Here in My Heart, HIT Entertainment, John Lennon, Mark Lamarr, Melody Maker, Midge Ure, Mike Read, Music Week, NME, Official Charts Company, Paul Gambaccini, Photograph, Please Please Me (song), Record Retailer, Reference work, Stranger on the Shore, The Allisons, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Tim Rice, UK Albums Chart, UK Singles Chart, United Kingdom, Virgin Books, 19th Nervous Breakdown.
Acker Bilk
Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinettist and vocalist known for his appearance – goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat – and breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style.
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Al Martino
Al Martino (born Jasper Cini; October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009) was an American singer and actor.
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Are You Sure? (The Allisons song)
"Are You Sure?" is a song by British pop duo The Allisons, that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in English.
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Band Aid (band)
Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist and occasional actor.
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Classical music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.
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Concierto de Aranjuez
The Concierto de Aranjuez is a guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.
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Dave McAleer
David James "Dave" McAleer (born 4 February 1945) is the main contributor for the Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums and the Virgin Book of Top 40 Charts and was the sole Music Consultant for the Guinness World Records between 1998 and 2011.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.
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Geoff Love
Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes.
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Guinness
Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland.
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Here in My Heart
"Here in My Heart" is a popular song, written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, and Bill Borrelli, and published in 1952.
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HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment Ltd. (styled "HiT") is a British–American entertainment company owned by Mattel and originally established in 1982 as Henson International Television (formerly styled "hit!").
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.
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Mark Lamarr
Mark Lamarr (born Mark Jones; 7 January 1967) is an English comedian, radio DJ, and television presenter.
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Melody Maker
Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies, and—according to its publisher IPC Media—the earliest.
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Midge Ure
James "Midge" Ure (born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and producer.
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Mike Read
Michael David Kenneth Read (born 1 March 1947) is an English radio DJ, writer, journalist and television presenter.
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Music Week
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.
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NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts (previously known as the Chart Information Network (CIN) and The Official UK Charts Company) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.
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Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author in the United Kingdom.
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Photograph
A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic medium such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.
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Please Please Me (song)
"Please Please Me" is a song and the second single released by English rock group the Beatles in the United Kingdom, and the first to be issued in the United States.
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Record Retailer
Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry.
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Reference work
A reference work is a book or periodical (or its electronic equivalent) to which one can refer for information.
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Stranger on the Shore
"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her.
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The Allisons
The Allisons were an English pop duo consisting of Bob Day (born Bernard Colin Day; 2 February 1941 – 25 November 2013) and John Alford (born Brian Henry John Alford, 31 December 1939).
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.
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The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles
The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles is a charts reference book published in October 2008.
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Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.
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UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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19th Nervous Breakdown
"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was recorded in late 1965 and released as a single in early 1966. It reached number two on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart, while topping the NME charts.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hit_Singles_%26_Albums