{"id":9143,"date":"2015-01-25T21:10:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T21:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2015-01-25T21:11:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T21:11:51","slug":"every-uk-number-one-song-comes-along-a-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/01\/every-uk-number-one-song-comes-along-a-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Every UK Number One Song: Comes Along A Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thekey.xpn.org\/aatk\/files\/2014\/12\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">I have a playlist that contains every UK number one song since charts began in 1952.\u00a0Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everyhit.com\/number1.html\" target=\"_blank\">EveryHit<\/a>, this is a fairly simple process. Let&#8217;s remind ourselves of these songs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Comes Along A Love&#8221; by Kay Starr was Number One on 24th January 1953\u00a0and it remained at number one for 1 week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">What a cheery, upbeat song this is. What&#8217;s even more cheery is the fact that Kay is still with us and is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still<\/span> performing! Brilliant &#8211; a true legend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ezRJ5KSIBno?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>OMG \u2013\u00a0Pft me\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/stevemcp2002\/\" target=\"_parent\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/img_3118\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3118.jpg?fit=918%2C1632&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"918,1632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;BlackBerry Z10&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405783105&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00275&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3118\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jedward&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3118.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-8746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevemcp2002.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/pinterest.png?w=50&#038;h=50&#038;fit=50%2C50&#038;resize=50%2C50\" alt=\"Pinterest\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.says2014\" target=\"_parent\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/dscf5781\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCF5781.jpg?fit=2144%2C1608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2144,1608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S2970&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405782767&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCF5781\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Fureys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCF5781.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-8747 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevemcp2002.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/facebook.png?w=50&#038;h=50&#038;fit=50%2C50&#038;resize=50%2C50\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevesays2014\" target=\"_parent\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/dscf5780\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCF5780.jpg?fit=2144%2C1608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2144,1608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S2970&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405782683&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0090909090909091&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCF5780\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Fureys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCF5780.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-8748 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stevemcp2002.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/twitter.png?w=50&#038;h=50&#038;fit=50%2C50&#038;resize=50%2C50\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a playlist that contains every UK number one song since charts began in 1952.\u00a0Thanks to\u00a0EveryHit, this is a fairly simple process. 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