1957 Lonnie Donegan - Gamblin’ Man (dual #1 UK hit with “Puttin’ On The Style” flip)
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Unlike Billboard’s Top 100 & Hot 100 charts, the British record charts at this time tended to reflect unit sales rather than popularity of individual song tracks. Thus rankings usually listed both sides of a single at the same position when both titles were determined to have contributed measurably to the disc’s success (whether or not either side would have reached a similar peak on its own). However, the chart data that I’ve so far managed to uncover from Melody Maker appears to have listed both sides of this release separately, with neither song achieving the number-one position.
UK Chart Peaks: #1 (NME & RM), 9 (MM)
Gamblin’ Man (Guthrie-Donegan) by Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group, recorded at the London Palladium May 9, 1957