Here are the new entries ranked from best to worst:
1953 was the first year the charts existed in January. The first week of January 1953 was the 8th week of the charts overall. Being in the era before rock & roll I thought familiarity would win but that wasn't really the case.
Easily the best record was "The Glow Worm" by Mills Brothers. They were a barbershop quartet who formed in 1925 and this was their only hit and spent a solitary week in the charts. They were the first act to have only spent 1 week in the charts. Obscure then, but a hidden gem I've uncovered.
The 2nd place record was another I wasn't familiar with but pleasantly surprised by. Tony Brent was a British singer covering a Doris Day record which doesn't sound a good thing on paper but having also listened to the original I would say this cover is better.
The same can't be said about British singer Jimmy Young covering "Faith Can Move Mountains" which is very much the inferior British version of an American record. The Nat King Cole version is also a cover but done better.
With the exception of Tony Brent's other record in this list "Got You On My Mind" I already knew the records ranked between 3 and 6 and I think familiarity has helped their position. The records below aren't bad but I've already forgotten how they go.
I never had great expectations for this first batch of records and it's more or less how I would expect it to be overall.
Score: 36
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