SinglesSingles

 

These are the Decca F Series in the UK . From F8512 to F11179 are 78’s and the

remainder are 45’s.

Some singles have been issued under the names of singers .:

Bobbie Britton - BB            try:   www.bobbybritton.com

Georgia Brown - GB

Max Bygraves - MB                     Duncan Campbell - DC

Beryl Davis - BD                            Les Howard - LH                     

   

Johnson Brothers - JB                  Bill Johnson - BJ

  Annette Klooger - AK                Lee Lawrence - LL

Kathy Lloyd - KL                           Dennis Lotis - DL                    

   

Lydia MacDonald - LM                Jack Parnell    -    JP

Joan Regan - JR                            Lita Roza - LR

Anne Shelton - AS                       Mel Thorme - MT

Dickie Valentine - DV                 Dave Wilkins - DW         

Reggie Goff - RG

* Also on 45 rpm

 

Dates are generally release dates, as opposed to recording dates.

F8512 4/45     Opus 1/ My Guy’s come back

F8536 6/45     The very thought of you/ Cossack Patrol

F8578 1/46     Twilight Time/ First Jump

F8605 4/46     East of the sun /Not so quiet., please

F8629 5/46     Bakerloo Non-Stop// I fall in love too easily (PC)

F8657 8/46     Day by Day (PC)/ To bed early (PC)

F8661 9/46     So would I (PC)/ My heart gosc crazy (JP)

F8687 10/46     Wot Cher Any Old Iron

F8674                My Heart Goes Crazy (BD)/ Reverse by " London Town Orchestra

F8697 11/46     You keep coming back (PC)/ Getting Nowhere (PC)

F8717 1/47     Let it he soon (PC) /Somewhere in the night (PC)

F8733 2/47     On Ilkla Moor bah’t /Donegal cradle Song

F8756 4/47     Mountain Greenery /Experiment

F8767 4/47     Open the door, Richard!  (PC,DW)/Them that has gets (JP)

F8768 5/47     People will say we're in love (PC)/ Out of my dreams

F8776 6/47     Try a little tenderness v/ The best years of our lives (PC)

F8795 9/47     Route 66  (JP)/Ad Lib Frolic

F8814 11/47     See me dance the Polka/ Dickory Dock (JP)

F8823 12/47     A nightingale sang /Feudin' and Fightin’ (PC,JP)

F8840 2/48     Baia /Sequin

F8846 3/48     Chelsea /Whitechapel

F8847 3/48     Limehouse / Bond Street      Lo 148

F8848 3/48    Piccadilly/ Soho                     Lo 149

F8864 4/48    Turn on the Heath /Taboo

F8886 5/48     Big Ben Bounce /Sabre Dance Boogie

F8918 7/48     Skye Boat Song (LM)/ Au1d Lang Syne (LM)

F8942 8/48     You go to my head /Dark eyes

F8956 9/48     Deep Forest Pagan /Love Song

F9020 11/48   Harlem Nocturne/ The touch of your lips

F9045 12/48   Listen to my Music /Jungle Fantasy

F9061 1/49     Swanee River /Song of the Vagabonds

F9086 2/49     Narcissus  (RG)/You’re nearer

F9104 3/49     Old mother Hubbard /Tequila

F9156 6/49     Hindustan /Two Guitars

F9167 7/49     Dry Bones (JP & The Chordites /Smoothy (LM & JP)

F9186 7/49     Oliver Twist (PC&Ye Old English Gentlemen)/ Get out'a  town

before Sundown (JP)

F9203 8/49            Ring round the moon AS/What did I do    AS

F9209 8/49     Lady Byrd/ Sophisticated Lady

F9255 11/49     Lyonia /The Nearness of you

F9293 12/49     Father Knickerbopper /Post Horn Boogie

F9313 1/50     Euphoria/ Move

F9337 2/50      I’m in the mood for love/ My silent love

F9381 4/50     Rag Mop (Ensemble)/ Didn’t we?  (JP, & LR)

F9422 6/50     Go to Sleep (JP & LR)/ Beautiful loveable (JP)

F9435 6/50     Cuban Crescendo/ Romanian Roundabout

F9460 7/50     Birmingham Bounce (The Chordites)/ Button up your overcoat

F9540 11/50     My very good friend    LR /Colonel Bogey

F9553 12/50     Goodnight Irene    DL/ Sam's Song    DL

F9554 12/50     Mona Lisa     DV/Nevertheless    DL

F9594 11/51     The sidewalks of Cuba / Blue Skies March

F9602                 Theme for Cleopatra /Mirage (Issued only in USA on London

Label)

F9604 2/51     Ramona /The lady is a tramp

F9605 2/51     Sweet and lovely /Avalon

F9620 3/51     Take a letter, Miss Smith    JP,LR /She’s a lady    JP,LR

F9624 9/51     Saxophone Mambo/ London Fog

F9629             Paris Mist /Theme from Lord of the Flies (Issued only in USA

on London Label)

F9640 4/51     This is the time     DL/Gone, Gone, Gone (The Keynotes)

F9668 5/51     El Abanico /Can't we talk it over?    LR

F9694 6/51     The King's Horses   (DL & The Stargazers /Trumpet Voluntary

F9731  7/51    Allentown Jail    LR /I wish I knew    LR

F9785  11/51   A wonderful guy    LR/ I’m gonna wash that man    LR

F9792   11/51   Some Enchanted Evening    LH/This nearly was mine    LH

F9809 12/51     El Abanico/ Colonel Bogey

F9813 1/52     Lullaby of Broadway    LR/ Undecided    DL

F9822  1/52    Body and Soul/Dinah Boogie (both sides with Winifred Atwell)

F9857 2/52     It's all in the game (LR) /It ‘s all over but the memories (LR)

F9858 2/52     Limehouse Blues/ Entry of the Gladiators

F9881 4/52     Obsession /Hawaiian Mambo

F9885  4/52   Somewhere in the moonlight    LR /Come what may    LR

F9893   4/52   Wheel of Fortune (BJ)/There's a Pawnshop on the corner (BJ)

F9911 5/52     Blacksmith Blues    LR/ Grand Central Station    DL

F9946 7/52     Casey Jones / Turkey in the straw

F9955 8/52      Raminay (LR)/ Oakie Boogie (LR)

F9958 8/52     Blackpool Bounce    LR/ Meet me on the corner    (DL)

F9980 10/52     Botch-a-me     LR/Early Autumn    LR

F9983 10/52     Vanessa Piper’s/ Patrol

F10002  11/52    You belong to me    DV/ Mademoiselle    DV

F10013   11/52   Wonderful One (AS)/The Dummy Song (AS)

F10021 12/52     Plink, Plank, Plunk/ Phantom Regiment

F10027 12/52     That’s a why    (LR&DL)/ Settin’ the woods on fire    (LR,DL)

F10043              Don’t let the stars get in your eyes    DL /Florentina    DL

F10049 2/53     Ma says, Pa says    LR,DL     /I collect    DL

F10050                The Good Book says (LL& The Stargazers/Walzing the Blues

(LL)

F10053 2/53     Alpine Boogie /Pennywhistle Song

F10077 5/53     On the Bridge/ La Mer

F10089  4/53    Fickle Fingers     DV/La Rosita    DV

F10090  4/53    On the first warm day    DL/Wild Horses    DL

F10093 4/53     Hot Toddy/ Strike up the band

F10123 6/53     Night Train/ The Hawk Talks

F10136 7/53     Times a-wastin’/ Big Mamou    DL,DC

F10141 7/53     Pick yourself up /Do nothing till you hear from me

F10142 7/53     Fourth dimension (pt. 1)/ Fourth Dimension (pt 2)    LR,DV

F10143 7/53     Etrospect /Rhapsody for drums

F10144 7/53     Crazy man, crazy    LR /Oo, what you do for me    LR

F10145 7/53     The Champ/ Blues for Moderns

F10176 10/53     Dragnet/ Sloppy Joe

F10178 10/53     Mother Nature & Father Time    DV /Sittin’ in the sun    DL

F10182 10/53     Alouette /You are my heart’s delight

F10200* 11/53     Lullaby of Birdland /Seven Eleven

F10211 12/53     Velvet Glove / Warsaw Concerto

F10222* 1/54     The Creep /Slim Jim

F10239    1/54    Ebb Tide    LR

F10246* 2/54     Skin Deep/ Walking Shoes

F10269* 4/54     Make love to me    LR /Bell Bottom Blues    LR

F10287   4/54    Such a night ( DL /Cuddle me    DL

F10090              On the first warm day    DL /Wild Horses    DL

F10272* 4/54     Viva Verrell / Holiday for Strings

F10273* 4/54     Lush Slide /Fascinating Rhythm

F10287 4/54         Cuddle Me(L&JB)/ Such a night (DL&JB)

F10295 6/54         Roo Roo Kangeroo/ Drive in

F10349 9/54         Hit and run affair (DL&Stargazers)/Goodnight Sweetheart,

goodnight (Stargazers)

F10358 9/54         Bernie’s Tune/ Stomp and whistle

F10368 10/54      Bone Idle /Skokiaan

F10374  10/54      Cinnamon Singer    DL/They were doing the mambo    DL

F10392                Honey Love    DL/manhattan Mambo    DL

F10401* 12/54      Papa loves Mambo    JB/ Mambo in the Moonlight    JB

F10425* 1/55         Dig Deep / Asia Minor

F10447* 4.55         Peg o’ my heart Mambo /In the mood for Mambo

F10471    2/55        Chain Reaction    DL/Go, go, go    DL

F10477* 4/55         Haitian Ritual /Late night final

F10540* 7/55         Bell Bell Boogie /Amethyst

F10563   7/55         Learnin' the Blues    BB/Strange lady in town    BB

F10567   7/55         This must be wrong    KL/Experience unnecessary    KL

F10590* 9/55         Barber shop jump/ Look for the silver lining

F10624* 11/55     Cloudburst/ Malaguena

F10683* 3/56     The Man with the golden arm / Paris by night

F10701* 4/56     Rock and roll waltz  (AK) /Rock around the Island (AK)

F10713* 5/56     Kings Cross Climax /The trouble with Harry

F10727                Sweet Heartaches    JR/Second fiddle    JR

F10746* 7/56     The Faithful Hussar/ Siboney

F10777* 10/56     Autumn ConcertoBB /The fool of the year    BB

F10783* 10/56     Canadian Sunset /Oriental holiday

F10800    10/56    Walking Shoes    MT/Cuckoo in the clock    MT

F10807     10/56    True Love    BB/If you don't love me    BB

F10827* 1/57     Armen’s Theme/ Baby Doll

F10844   1/57     The wisdom of a fool    AK/tra la la    AK

F10856* 3/57     Madagascar /Jungle Drums

F10887* 6/57     Calypso Melody /Calypso Italiano

F10913* 8/57     Headin’ North Shish/ Kebab

F10953* 12/57     Cool for Cats/ Song of India

F11000* 4/58     Swingin’ Shepherd Blues/ Raunchy

F11003* 4/58     Tequila /Little Serenade

F11025* 6/58     Tom Hark /Cha cha baby

F11043* 9/58     Lollipop/ Who’ sorry now (part of a Lord's Taverners charity

record)

F11048* 9/58     The Army Game /Strolling with the blues

F11063* 10/58     Volare March/ More than ever

F11085* 11/58     Topsy /The Hora

F11093* 12/58     Cha cha black sheep /The curly headed baby cha cha

F11111* 2/59         Peter Gunn /Sermonette

F11155* 9/59         Mah Jong /Jazz Boat

F11179* 11/59       Indian love call /Swinging ghosts

F11232 4/60           Madison Time (pt 1)/ Madison Time (pt 2) (PC)

F11251                   Consider yourself    MB/Tra la la, I'm in love    MB

(NB:It is now believed the above has Eric Rogers Orchestra and not Ted Heath

accompaniment)

F11252 7/60           Oliver /Reviewing the situation

F11312 1/61          Midnight lace /Ruby-duby-do

F11351 5/61          The Luxembourg Tune/ Holiday in Naples

F11392 9/61         Charmaine Cha Cha/ Sucu sucu

F11410 12/61       Cappucina /Tonight

F11453 4/62        Ben Casey Theme /The Blue Bird

F11482  6/62       Don't dilly Dally    GB/A broken doll    GB

F11556 12/62      Skate ‘n’ chips/ The Gospel Theme

F11589 2/63        Honey Hit Parade Theme /Voice of the guns

F11727 8/63        Wigwam /Mairi’s wedding

F11765 11/63       Telegoon Tune /The Eton Boating Song

F11787 12/63      Country Waltz /The Victor’s March

F11945 7/64        Saturday Night Beat /Theme from The Carpetbaggers

F12057 1/65       A spoonful of sugar /Bombay Duckling

F12133 4/65       Hit and Miss/ Sidewinder

F12745 2/68       Love is blue /Cherokee

F13629 3/76       Opus 1/ Hot Toddy

Ted Heath Music and Stanley Black Orchestra

F9876                Irish Fantasy/ Scottish Rhapsody

There will be many singles issued on the London Label in the USA , but I have few

details.

F10269           Make love to me    LR /Bell Bottom Blues    LR

F10090              On the first warm day    DL /Wild Horses    DL

F10287              Such a night    DL /Cuddle me    DL