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1953 in British music

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This is a summary of 1953 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Events

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Chart summary

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See List of UK top-ten singles in 1953

Number Ones

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Number-one singles

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Issue Date Song Artist
4 January "Here in My Heart" Al Martino
11 January "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford
18 January "Comes A-Long A-Love" Kay Starr
25 January "Outside of Heaven" Eddie Fisher
1 February "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Perry Como and the Ramblers
8 February
15 February
22 February
1 March
8 March "She Wears Red Feathers" Guy Mitchell
15 March
22 March
29 March
5 April "Broken Wings" Stargazers
12 April "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" Lita Roza
19 April "I Believe" Frankie Laine
26 April
3 May
10 May
17 May
24 May
31 May
7 June
14 June
21 June "I'm Walking Behind You" Eddie Fisher
28 June "I Believe" Frankie Laine
5 July
12 July
19 July
26 July
2 August
9 August "The Song from the Moulin Rouge" Mantovani
16 August "I Believe" Frankie Laine
23 August
30 August
6 September "Look at That Girl" Guy Mitchell
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October
11 October
18 October "Hey Joe" Frankie Laine
25 October
1 November "Answer Me" David Whitfield
8 November Frankie Laine
15 November
22 November
29 November
6 December
13 December
20 December
27 December

Classical music

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Opera

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Film and Incidental music

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kendall, Alan. The Chronicle of Classical Music. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 240
  2. ^ Barbirolli, John (1954). "Kathleen ... The Last Years". In Cardus, Neville (ed). Kathleen Ferrier: A Memoir. London: Hamish Hamilton. p 107.
  3. ^ "Miss Kathleen Ferrier Suffering From Strain". The Guardian. Manchester. 10 February 1953. p. 5.
  4. ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. p. 8. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  5. ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 2939.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, James (2011). The Queen's Coronation: The Inside Story. Scala Publishers Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-85759-735-6.
  7. ^ "Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE 1921-2006: official website".
  8. ^ Ferrier, Winifred (1955). The Life of Kathleen Ferrier. London: Hamish Hamilton. OCLC 612023977. p. 179.
  9. ^ Cannadine, David (2008). "The 'Last Night of the Proms' in historical perspective". Historical Research. 31 (212): 315–349. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00466.x.
  10. ^ a b Frances Stephens (1953). Theatre World Annual (London): A Pictorial Review of West End Productions with a Record of Plays and Players. Macmillan. p. 18.
  11. ^ John Parker (1916). Who's who in the Theatre. Pitman. p. 1604.
  12. ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
  13. ^ Paolo Petrocelli (14 December 2009). The Resonance of a Small Voice: William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between 1900 and 1940. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-4438-1831-5.
  14. ^ "Biography of Kathleen Ferrier". Kathleen Ferrier Society. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Death of organist Sir Ivor Atkins". Worcester News. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  16. ^ Jürgen Schaarwächter (27 February 2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. Volume 1. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 553. ISBN 978-3-487-15227-1.
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