{"id":9470,"date":"2015-03-08T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2015-03-08T17:20:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:20:45","slug":"every-uk-number-one-song-i-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/03\/every-uk-number-one-song-i-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Every UK Number One Song: I Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frankie-Laine.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/03\/every-uk-number-one-song-i-believe\/frankie-laine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frankie-Laine.jpg?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frankie-Laine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frankie-Laine.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frankie-Laine.jpg?fit=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frankie-Laine.jpg?resize=350%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frankie-Laine\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I Believe&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frankie_Laine\">Frankie Laine<\/a> was Number One on 25th April 1953\u00a0and it remained at number one for an amazing 6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie, or Mr. Rhythm as he was also known, had an amazing career and this has to be one of my favourite songs he performed. Although, had it not been for <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/b74A7BP6Rvo\">Robson &amp; Jerome<\/a> (sadly) I would never have heard of this song.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Frankie and I&#8217;m sure we will be hearing a lot more from him in this list.<\/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\/7rf0l9YnQN4?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 class=\"no-border\" 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