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An unsuspecting set of shelves houses Dave Watson’s record-breaking music collection.
Your head tells you that a complete set of UK number-one singles should warrant a dedicated room, or at least an entire wall, but a fairly small unit in the corner of Dave’s living room is actually enough for the c1500 chart-topping tracks from 1952 to today.
A framed certificate from Guinness World Records ensures you don’t miss it.
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Dave Watson’s physical collection ranges from a 1952 Al Martino hit record to a 2018 chart-topping CD
Starting with the first-recorded UK number-one single, Al Martino’s Here in My Heart, and spanning more than 70 years of music history, it’s possibly the only complete set in the world.
A top-12 chart was pioneered in 1952, by the New Musical Express newspaper, and based on sales from a pool of record shops, then later usurped by rivals such as Record Retailer’s top 50 in 1960, before being compiled by the Official Charts Company from 1969.