My record of the year for 1954 is the Crew Cuts - Sh Boom. This was originally recorded by the Chords the same year but did not chart in the UK. There was another cover of this song which charted in 1954 but Stan Freberg, but this was a comedy version so this is why I've picked the Crew Cuts version.
This is the sort of song I would imagine appealing to a younger audience much more than the traditional pop music which had dominated the charts to date. Generally speaking the music of the early 50s isn't really my cup of tea but this is a record I can definitely say is good.
It was a number one in both the USA and Australia but in the UK it reached number 12, but this was when the charts had expanded to the top 20. It also charted higher than the Stan Freberg version which got to number 15.
The Crew Cuts would carry on as a group until 1964, but they only had one further hit in the UK with Earth Angel the following year.
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