POP CHARTS BRITANNIA: 60 YEARS OF THE TOP TEN
Tony Blackburn runs down the first singles chart with help from record plugger Eric Hall and Rob Dickins, music mogul and son of chart creator Percy C. Dickins. The first chart was compiled by the NME on the 14th November 1952. From Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years Of The Top 10 a documentary chronicling our ever-changing love affair with the British singles chart on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. (01:29:13)