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| Halos: This New York group, who never charted in their own right, were regular backing vocalists and can be heard on Curtis Lee's 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes'. | ||
| London HLU9424 | 1961 | Nag/ Copycat |
| Hank Snow: Undoubtedly the greatest Canadian singer of American country music. Hank was born in Nova Scotia in 1914, though he actually became an American citizen at the beginning of the 1950s. Hank was renowned for his recorded material, but he did not feature highly in 45s on either side of the Atlantic. | ||
| RCA RCA1151 | 1959 | The Last Ride/ Old Shep |
| RCA RCA1248 | 1961 | Poor Little Jimmie/ Beggar To A King |
| Hank Thompson: born in Texas during 1925, this Hank was also very popular on record, but with very little success on 45rpm. He led a band called the 'Brazos Valley Boys' who would play a variety of material including jazz and country music in their reportoire. Wanda Jackson sang with them briefly during the 1950s. | ||
| Capitol CL14517 | 1956 | Honey Honey Bee Ball/ Don't Take It Out On Me |
| Capitol CL14668 | 1956 | I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt/ Blackboard Of My Heart |
| Capitol CL14869 | 1958 | Li'l Liza Jane/ How Do You Hold A Memory |
| Capitol CL14945 | 1958 | Gathering Flowers/ Squaws Along The Yukon |
| Capitol CL14961 | 1958 | I've Run Out Of Tomorrows/ You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again |
| Capitol CL15014 | 1959 | Anybody's Girl/ Total Strangers |
| Capitol CL15074 | 1959 | I Guess I'm Getting Over You/ I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love |
| Capitol CL15114 | 1960 | A Six Pack To Go/ What Made Her Change |
| Capitol CL15156 | 1960 | She's Just A Whole Lot Like You/ There My Future Goes |
| Capitol CL15177 | 1961 | Will We Start It All Over Again/ It Got To Be A Habit |
| Capitol CL15247 | 1962 | The Wild Side Of Life/ Give The World A Smile |
| Hank Williams: born in Alabama during 1923, Hank Williams became one of the most accomplished and influential country singers in the history of the genre. Although he had continual success on the country chart he never managed a Pop cross-over and none of his many UK 45s reached the chart. Frequently songs that Hank Williams had country hits with were turned into mainstream big sellers by other artists. | ||
| MGM SP1085 | 1954 | There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight/ Crazy Heart |
| MGM SP1102 | 1954 | I'm Satisfied With You/ I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time |
| MGM MGM921 | 1956 | There's No Room In My Heart/ I Wish I Had A Nickel |
| MGM MGM931 | 1956 | Blue Love/ Singing Waterfall |
| MGM MGM942 | 1957 | Low Down Blues/ My Sweet Love Ain't Around |
| MGM MGM957 | 1957 | Rootie Tootie/ Lonesome Whistle |
| MGM MGM966 | 1957 | Leave Me Alone With The Blues/ With Tears In My Eyes |
| MGM MGM1309 | 1966 | You Win Again/ I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
| MGM MGM1322 | 1966 | Kaw-Liga/ Let's Turn Back The Tears |
| Harold Dorman: Born in Mississipi during 1926, but made his home in Memphis and started an unsuccessful recording career at Sun's studio. However it was years later that Harold recorded 'Mountain Of Love' which after overdubbing with vocal and strings backings became his only hit. | ||
| Top Rank JAR357 | 1960 | Mountain Of Love/ To Be With You |
| London HLS9386 | 1961 | There They Go/ I'll Stick By You |
| Harry Roche Constellation: All I know of this orchestra is that their sole US hit was the theme from the spoof James Bond movie of the same name. It was outsold in the UK by Herb Alpert. | ||
| CBS 202653 | 1967 | Casino Royale/ In The Pad Of The Mountain King |
| Harvey And The Moonglows: New York Doo-Wop group who were cultivated by Alan Freed. | ||
| See Also 'Moonglows' | ||
| London HLN8374 | 1957 | Over And Over Again/ I Knew From The Start |
| Hawkshaw Hawkins: born in West Virginia during 1921, Hawkshaw Hawkins was a country singer whose music had a romantic hillbilly flavour. Hawkshaw died in 1962. | ||
| London HL9737 | 1963 | Lonesome 7-7203/ Everything Has Changed |
| Headliners: UK | ||
| Parlophone R4593 | 1959 | The Bubble Car Song |
| Headliners: UK These might be the same group as above, I don't know. There was an American group also with the same name to make matters worse. | ||
| Decca F12209 | 1965 | That's The Way I Must Go/ Four Seasons |
| Decca F12279 | 1965 | What Became Of Love/ Even Though |
| Heath Hampstead: Not a made up name by any chance, do you think? | ||
| Fontana H946 | 1968 | Tenement Tragedy/ Loneliness |
| Polydor BM56289 | 1968 | I Started A Joke/ The Beginning Of The Ending |
| Polydor BM56311 | 1969 | The Happiest Day Of My Life/ Where Love Has Gone |
| Henson Cargill: Country singer, now associated with Nashville, but originally from Oklahoma. | ||
| Monument MON1015 | 1968 | Skip A Rope/ Very Well Traveled Man |
| Monument MON1034 | 1969 | This Generation Shall Not Pass/ Little Girls And Little Boys |
| High Numbers: Unfortunately for Fontana, when this single failed- instead of trying again with their follow-up 'The Kids Are Alright'- they rejected them and the group went off to Polygram and suddenly became the Who. | ||
| Fontana TF480 | 1964 | I'm The Face/ Zoot Suit |
| Hollywood Flames: This group formed during 1950 and worked in LA using a variety of names and personnel. Their US hit, 'Buzz Buzz Buzz' was written by Bobby Day (real name Bobby Byrd of 'Rockin' Robin' fame), who frequently sang with the group. However, on this recording the lead is provided by Earl Nelson. | ||
| London HL8545 | 1958 | Buzz Buzz Buzz/ Crazy |
| London HLW8955 | 1959 | Much Too Much/ In The Dark |
| London HLE9071 | 1960 | If I Thought You Needed Me/ Every Day Every Way |
| Homer And Jethro: US Comedy pair, didn't 'click' in the UK though. | ||
| HMV 7M211 | 1954 | Swapping Partners/ Crazy Mix Up Song |
| RCA RCA1148 | 1959 | The Battle Of Kookamonga/ Waterloo |
| Homer Banks: Memphis born Soul singer who took a job as a clerk with a studio in an attempt to get noticed by Stax. Eventually his determination paid off and Homer became an important contributor to soul music as both a singer and a writer. | ||
| Liberty LIB12028 | 1966 | A Lot Of Love/ Fighting To Win |
| Liberty LIB12047 | 1967 | 60 Minutes Of Your Love/ Do You Know What |
| Liberty LIB12060 | 1967 | Hooked By Love/ Lady Of Stone |
| Minit MLF11004 | 1968 | Round The Clock Lover Man/ Foolish Hearts Break Fast |
| Minit MLF11007 | 1968 | 60 Minutes Of Your Love/ A Lot Of Love |
| Minit MLF11015 | 1969 | Me Or Your Mama/ I Know You Know I Know You Know |
| Homesick James (Williamson): US Blues singer guitarist who remade some classic Robert Johnson material. He also helped to keep the music of his more illustrious cousin Elmore James in the public ear. | ||
| Sue WI319 | 1964 | Crossroads/ My Baby's Sweet |
| Sue WI330 | 1965 | Set A Date/ Can't Afford To Do It |
| Honor Blackman: She was the first of the TV Avenger girls. | ||
| CBS 3896 | 1968 | Before Today/ I'll Always Be Loving You |
| Hortense Ellis: West Indian Ska | ||
| Blue Beat BB119 | 1962 | Midnight Train |
| R&B JB101 | 1963 | I'll Come Softly/ I'm In Love |
| Blue Beat BB295 | 1965 | I've Been A Fool/ Hold Me Tenderly |
| FAB FAB20 | 1967 | Somebody Help Me |
| Houston Boines: Houston played with Little Milton and Ike Turner among others during the 1950s.. | ||
| Blue Horizon 45BH1006 | 1966 | Superintendent Blues/ Monkey Motion |
| Howie Casey And The Seniors: These records are among the earliest of what was to become the Liverpool led beat boom. However, Fontana didn't get around to issuing the singles until this Merseyside band was on the point of splitting up. | ||
| Fontana H364 | 1962 | Double Twist/ True Fine Mama |
| Fontana H381 | 1962 | I Ain't Mad At You/ Twist At The Hop |
| Fontana TF403 | 1963 | The Boll Weevil Song/ Bony Moronie |
| Hugh O'Brian: Wyatt Earp himself of the legend and TV Series. | ||
| HMV POP539 | 1958 | Legend Of Wyatt Earp/ Down In The Meadow |
| Oriole CB1480 | 1958 | I'm Looking For A Girl/ Ain't Got A Nickel |
| Hullaballoos: UK group of four blonde young men. They went to the USA and played a TV series in the 'Hullaballoo Show', but they were virtually unknown in the UK. | ||
| Columbia DB7392 | 1964 | I'm Gonna Love You Too/ Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| Columbia DB7558 | 1965 | I'll Show You How To Love/ Did You Ever |
| Columbia DB7626 | 1965 | Don't Stop/ I Won't Turn Away Now |
| Humblebums: Folky Glaswegian group whose members included no less than future star vocalist Gerry Rafferty and his mate, comedian Billy Connolly . | ||
| Big T BIG122 | 1969 | Saturday Roiundabout Sunday/ Bed Of Mossy Green |
| Big T BIG127 | 1969 | Coconut Tree/ Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway |
| Humphrey Lyttelton: Well 'Humph' shouldn't be here really, he charted in 1956 with 'Bad Penny Blues', but that only appeared on 78rpm so it doesn't disqualify him from the lists. Born 1921 in Eton, Bucks 'Humph' made his mark as a trumpet player during the 1940s and became internationally respected by the 1950s. He has had a wide range of influences and is still active in Jazz today. He has recently collaborated with former 1960s Pop singer Helen Shapiro in Jazz projects both on tour and on record. He is also frequently heard on Radio and is renowned for his sharpness of wit even as he approaches his 80th birthday. | ||
| Parlophone R4212 | 1956 | Love Love Love/ Echoing The Blues |
| Parlophone R4262 | 1957 | It's Mardi Gras/ Sweet And Sour |
| Parlophone R4277 | 1957 | Baby Doll/ Red Beans And Rice |
| Parlophone R4333 | 1957 | Dixie Theme/ Blues At Dawn |
| Parlophone R4392 | 1958 | Buona Sera/ Blues In The Afternoon |
| Parlophone R4428 | 1958 | Hand Me Down Love/ Here And Gone |
| Decca F11058 | 1958 | La Paloma/ Bodega |
| Parlophone R4519 | 1959 | Saturday Jump/ The Bear Steps Out |
| Parlophone R4578 | 1959 | Summertime/ Manhunt |
| Hunters: The Hunters were set in the same mould as the Shadows and at some point in their career had backed Cliff Richard. They became the backing group for Dave Sampson, but were also a very proficient instrumental group in their own right. Brian Parker of the Hunters went on to co-write the Unit Four Plus Two smash hit 'Concrete And Clay' | ||
| Fontana H276 | 1960 | Teen Scene/ Santa Monica Flyer |
| Fontana H303 | 1961 | Golden Earrings/ Tally-Ho |
| Fontana H323 | 1961 | The Storm/ How's M'Chicks |
| Fontana TF514 | 1964 | Teen Scene/ Someone Else's Baby |
| Hush: Quintet from Birminhan with a single that is very sought after by afficianados of 'freak beat'. Original members included vocalist Albert Hammond who was also a notable songwriter- later penning "The Air That I Breathe". The band spent a long spell on The Isle Of Wight where they became well known, but eventually disbanded in September 1968. Drummer, Mac Poole went on to join "Young Blood" as a replacement for Cozy Powell. | ||
| Thanks are due to Mac Poole for the above information. | ||
| Fontana TF944 | 1968 | Elephant Rider/ Grey |
| Hustlers: UK beat group from Kent with Roy English on vocals. | ||
| Philips BF1275 | 1963 | Gimmee What I Want/ Not Much |
| Mercury MF807 | 1964 | You Can't Sit Down/ Be True To You |
| Mercury MF817 | 1964 | Sick Of Giving/ Easy To Find |
| Hylda Baker: Former Musical Hall turned TV comedienne. Hylda's only hit came in conjunction with comedy actor Arthur Mullard with a parody of Olivia Newton John and John Travolta's 'You're The One That I Want' in 1978. | ||
| Decca F11186 | 1959 | Makin' Love/ She Knows Y'Know |
