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English comedian Bill Bailey used to say in one of his routines: 'There's more evil in the charts than in an Al-Qaeda suggestion box'. Well, here you can find out for yourself. In this blog you can find all the songs that have made it into the top 75 in the UK Charts from August 2006 and all the number ones before that date, all the way back to the very first number one single in 1952. Each song is linked to their videoclips from YouTube (if they have one, and if they haven't been removed), so that you can check them out.

So, if you want to try something different to listen to and you are not sure where to start, this is a place as good as any other. You might discover a song or artist you didn't know to add to your music collection, watch a cool video you hadn't seen, or catch up with any releases you missed. And you can also use it as a one-stop browse-and-click jukebox. I hope someone somewhere finds it useful.

* Disclaimers and such: All the videos have been posted at YouTube. I'm just the pointing the way. If you have any copyright issues, please take them up with the Tube. Or consider 'The jUKbox' free publicity ;) *

List of all singles and albums in the UK Charts ever:
http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php

Cheers

2008-05-13

Number 1 singles in the UK during 1955

ENTERING THE CHARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE WEEK ENDING:

25 NOVEMBER

Dickie Valentine - Christmas alphabet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvO836oYFD4

7 OCTOBER

The Johnston Brothers - Hernando's hideaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FTBPqAIorU

16 SEPTEMBER

Jimmy Young - The man from Laramie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IA0p0Mkv9g

15 JULY

Slim Whitman - Rose Marie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8vrN2W6zE

27 MAY

Alma Cogan - Dreamboat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdbDnlwNlPg

6 MAY

Jimmy Young - Unchained melody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmuQH-d3O8

15 APRIL

Tony Bennett - Stranger in paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKi8R8bazY

8 APRIL

Eddie Calvert - Cherry pink and apple blossom white
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kj8T8ERSkU

25 MARCH

PĂ©rez 'Prez' Prado and his Orchestra, the King of Mambo - Cherry pink and apple blossom white
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTCXWzvvxSA

28 JANUARY

Ruby Murray - Softly, softly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swyCD6tr3dM

21 JANUARY

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give me your word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkatpGEvb7Q

7 JANUARY

Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock around the clock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM