With Andrew Marston, every Sunday evening from 8pm. Meet John Hellings... When most of his mates were into Elvis and Bill Haley, a young John Hellings was enjoying the music of Ted Heath.

The decade that gave us the UK's first singles chart, as well as Al Martino, Bill Haley, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. 1952 – the first Singles Chart is published in the New Music Express ...