1958 MUDLARKS (MONOTONES COVER) 78 BOOK OF LOVE / YEA YEA UK COLUMBIA DB 4133 EX

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A UK #8 HIT FROM THE MUDLARKS

BOOK OF LOVE

The Mudlarks were an unusual musical phenomenon in several ways. Unusually, the group were composed, at least for most of its lifetime, by real siblings- the children of the Mudd family from Luton in Bedforshire. Jeff, Fred and Mary are all alleged to have had jobs at the large Vauxhall motor plant which dominated the town. However, they spent their spare time singing together whenever the opportunity arose. They enjoyed singing the kind of pop tunes that were to become popular during the second half of the 1950s- not quite rock and roll, and not conventional ballads either. Their's was an up-beat novelty style and it attracted the attention of David Jacobs who had only recently established himself as a top disc jockey at the BBC. After an appearance on the the seminal "6-5 Special" TV show, a recording contract with Columbia quickly followed.

The Mudlarks' first release didn't sell well, but their second, the novelty "Lollipop" (a cover of a record by Americans, Ronald and Ruby), went almost to the top despite having another cover version from U.S. four-piece girl group, "The Chordettes" close behind. The Mudlarks were voted in a New Musical Express poll as Britain's top vocal group of 1958.

This, their follow-up, a cover of the Monotones "Book of Love", made it to number 8 in the charts.

 

DISC DETAILS

UK COLUMBIA DB 4133  10" 78 RPM  SHELLAC

THE MUDLARKS

REACHED #8 IN THE UK CHARTS   ENTERING ON 6th June 1958 AND STAYING IN THE CHARTS 9 WEEKS

A SIDE:- BOOK OF LOVE

B SIDE:  YEA YEA 

CONDITION -  E-

 

A GREAT BRITISH 1958 POP-WOP 78

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