whats the significance of this song

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any one know what the significance of this song is

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I have the feeling I'm going to walk into it here Aitch, anyway I can't say I know the significance of it, it's just another mushy love song from the fifties, they were churning them out then by the cartload. Remember Dickie Valentine's junk?

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I will leave it for a day or 2 jemflux, or until some one gets it, but it does have a meaning

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It was the first Number 1. ever in the British hit parade ( singles chart) November of 1952 based on record sales and was called an xmas no1.
Frankie Laine followed the next year with 'Answer me ' which got banned by BBC for religious content.

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It was Al Martino's first song and it was an instant hit?

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Spot on Hammer, It was the first number one in the new British top 20, it ran for 9 weeks from the 11th of the 11th 1952, which was why I put it on. and Mags, I thought Al martino had records before that one but only in the USA

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Well done Hammer, I didn't have a clue..

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Thanks for that Aitch, we live and learn

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That's fair enough Aitch, some interesting answers already. That song brings back memories of my first cousin who used to baby sit us, I think I was about seven at the time and she was a teenager, she never stopped singing that song and 'The finger of suspicion', another one of hers was 'If I give my heart to you', she used to whack us when we got out of hand so painful memories are associated with all those tunes.

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I think the Musical Express got taken over in early 52 and The New Musical Express (NME) was launched and they copied the US by having our own chart.

I remember it well because it was printed on thin old paper and the ink got on yer chips and was bloody hard to read.
I usually got a secondhand copy from the bookie I did a bit of running for, which kept us occupied.