TOP RANK RECORDS 45's

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TOP RANK RECORDS

Top Rank Records was part of the J. Arthur Rank (On Gong) Organization operating from January 1959 and in August 1960 EMI Records bought the label and closed it down in April 1962 when the morphed it into what became Stateside Records.

In the same period Top Rank also operated in the U.S and in Scandinavia there was a high profile through their setup with Karusell Records.

Considering the short life span of the label there was a lot of records released and quite a few of them were big hits internationally.

Here's a selection of interesting web sites:
http://www.vinylnet.co.uk/label-discography.asp/label/20/Top-Rank-records-discography.html
http://www.globaldogproductions.info/t/top-rank-uk.html
http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/toprank/toprank.html

Current stock of TOP RANK 45's/EP's:

	Artist	Title	Label	Prefix #	$	CTY	Comments	Grade
	*TOP RANK 45's:*
1	Andy Stewart	Tunes Of Glory	Top Rank	JAR 565	$8	uk		m-
2	Bert Weedon	Big Beat Boogie	Top Rank	JAR 300	$6	nor		vg+
3	Bert Weedon	Blue Guitar	Top Rank	T 1017	$4	sw		vg-
4	Bert Weedon	Blue Guitar	Top Rank	T 1017	$12	sw	ps/woc/sol/wol	vg/vg+
5	Bobby Comstock & the Counts	Tennessee Waltz	Top Rank	T 1018	$8	sw		vg
6	Bobby Edwards	You're the Reason	Top Rank	T 1092	$18	sw		vg+
7	Bobby Rydell	We Got Love	Top Rank	T 1020	$15	sw		vg
8	Bret Wood	Wild One	Top Rank	T 1044	$25	sw	noc	vg-
9	Brian Hyland	Somewhere In the Night	Top Rank	KFF 503	$4	dk		g
10	Craig Douglas	Heart Of a Teenage Girl	Top Rank	JAR 340	$8	uk	woc	vg+
11	Craig Douglas	No Greater Love	Top Rank	JAR 589	$10	uk	sol	vg++
12	Craig Douglas	Only Sixteen	Top Rank	R45-2018	$6	ita		vg
13	Craig Douglas	Time	Top Rank	JAR 569	$6	dk	sol	vg+
14	Craig Douglas	Time	Top Rank	JAR 569	$15	dk	ps	vg/vg+
15	Craig Douglas	Time	Top Rank	JAR 569	$25	dk	ps	vg++/vg+
16	Craig Douglas	When My Little Girl Is Smiling	Top Rank	JAR 610	$25	dk	ps	vg+/vg+
17	Craig Douglas	Where's the Girl	Top Rank	JAR 515	$20	uk	demo	m-
18	Craig Douglas	Where's the Girl	Top Rank	JAR 515	$6	uk		vg
19	Danny & the Juniors with Freddy Cannon	Twistin' All Night Long	Top Rank	T 1096	$20	sw	ps/wol/woc	vg/vg
20	Dee Clark	Raindrops	Top Rank	T 1062	$18	nor		vg+
21	Deep River Boys	Nola	Top Rank	T 1004	$8	sw	woc	vg+
22	Dorothy Collins	Baciare Baciare	Top Rank	T 1025	$4	sw	noc/wol	vg
23	Dorothy Collins	Banjo Boy	Top Rank	JAR 401	$4	uk	noc	vg-
24	Dorothy Collins	Banjo Boy	Top Rank	JAR 401	$6	sw		vg-
25	Fats Domino	There Goes (My Heart Again)	Top Rank	KFF 511	$10	dk		vg
26	Fireballs	Bulldog	Top Rank	RA 2026	$10	us		vg
27	Freddie Cannon	California Here I Come	Top Rank	45-JAR-309	$15	uk		vg+
28	Freddie Martell	Kings Of Kings	Top Rank	RA 2033	$15	us	demo	m-
29	Freddy Cannon	California Here I Come	Top Rank	T 1043	$8	dk	ps	g/vg-
30	Freddy Cannon	Happy Shades Of Blue	Top Rank	JAR 407	$18	dk	ps	vg++/vg
31	Freddy Cannon	Muskrat Ramble	Top Rank	T 1050	$45	dk	ps	vg++/vg++
32	Freddy Cannon	The Urge	Top Rank	JAR 369	$18	uk/dk	ps/soc	vg/vg
33	Freddy Cannon	The Urge	Top Rank	JAR 369	$18	sw/dk	ps	vg/vg-
34	Freddy Cannon	Transistor Sister	Top Rank	T 1073	$15	sw		vg+
35	Garry Mills	Look For A Star	Top Rank	JAR 336	$10	nor		vg
36	Garry Mills	Top Teen Baby	Top Rank	JAR 500	$4	nor	noc	g
37	Gary U.S. Bonds	Food Of Love	Top Rank	T 1099	$35	sw	ps/woc	vg+/vg++
38	Gary U.S. Bonds	Quarter To Three	Top Rank	T-1060	$6	nor		vg
39	Gary U.S. Bonds	School Is In	Top Rank	JAR 595	$20	uk	sample sticker on lbl	vg++
40	Gene Pitney	I Laughed So Hard I Cried	Top Rank	T 1052	$20	nor	ps/woc	vg+/vg-
41	Jack Scott	Baby Baby	Top Rank	T 1033	$4	dk		vg-
42	Jack Scott	Baby Baby	Top Rank	T 1033	$15	dk		vg++
43	Jack Scott	Burning Bridges	Top Rank	JAR 375	$20	dk	ps	vg/vg+
44	Jack Scott	Burning Bridges	Top Rank	JAR 375	$12	dk	ps/woc	vg/vg-
45	Jack Scott	Cool Water	Top Rank	RA 2055	$15	us		vg+
46	Jack Scott	Cool Water	Top Rank	JAR 419	$10	nor		vg
47	Jack Scott	What In the World's Come Over You	Top Rank	75058	$12	ger		vg+
48	Jarmels	Little Lonely One	Top Rank	T 1054	$45	dk	ps	vg++/vg+
49	Jarmels	Little Lonely One	Top Rank	T 1054	$20	nor		vg-
50	Jarmels	Little Lonely One	Top Rank	T 1054	$35	nor		vg+
51	Jarmels	Little Lonely One	Top Rank	T 1054	$25	sw		vg
52	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleeples Night	Top Rank	JAR 382	$15	uk	noc	vg
53	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleeples Night	Top Rank	JAR 382	$35	uk		vg++
54	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleeples Night	Top Rank	JAR 382	$20	uk		vg
55	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleeples Night	Top Rank	JAR 382	$25	uk		vg+
56	Jimmy Clanton	Come Back	Top Rank	JAR 509	$15	uk		vg-
57	Jimmy Clanton	Go Jimmy Go	Top Rank	T 1034	$15	sw	noc	vg
58	Jimmy Clanton	Go Jimmy Go	Top Rank	T 1034	$25	sw		vg++
59	Jimmy Clanton	My Love Is Strong	Top Rank	T 1022	$20	dk		vg
60	Joe Reisman	The Guns Of Navarone	Top Rank	T 1070	$6	dk		vg+
61	Joe Reisman	The Guns Of Navarone	Top Rank	T 1070	$15	sw	ps	vg+/vg+
62	John Leyton	Johnny Remember Me	Top Rank	JAR 577	$15	uk	wol	vg++
63	John Leyton	Wild Wind	Top Rank	JAR 585	$8	uk		vg
64	Kathy Young & the Innocents	A Thousand Stars	Top Rank	JAR 534	$75	uk		vg++
65	Kenneth Connor	Rail Road Rock	Top Rank	45-JAR 138	$20	uk		m-
66	Knightsbridge Chorale	Eton Boating Song	Top Rank	45-JAR-220	$6	uk		vg+
67	Leon Bibb	Times Are Getting Hard	Top Rank	TR 5020	$18	uk		vg++
68	Lightning Hopkins	Wonder What Is Wrong With Me	Top Rank	11001	$25	fra		vg-
69	Linda Lee	Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight	Top Rank	T 1051	$15	nor		vg++
70	Mahalia Jackson	Silent Night	Top Rank	TROS 1400	$15	hol	ps/blue lbl	vg/vg
71	Mahalia Jackson	Silent Night	Top Rank	TROS 1400	$10	dk		m-
72	Nino & the Ebb Tides	Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)	Top Rank	T 1064	$60	nor		vg+
73	Orlie & the Saints	Twist And Freeze	Top Rank	HTR 751	$20	hol		vg
74	Paris Sisters	I Love How You Love Me	Top Rank	T 1086	$325	dk	ps	vg++/m-
75	Paris Sisters	I Love How You Love Me	Top Rank	T 1086	$225	dk	ps/toc	vg+/vg++
76	Paul Revere & the Raiders	Like Long Hair	Top Rank	JAR 557	$18	uk	noc	vg+
77	Phil McLean	Big Mouth Bill	Top Rank	JAR 613	$20	uk	demo	vg++
78	Philip Green & the Pinewood Studio Orchestra	League Of Gentlemen March	Top Rank	JAR 355	$15	uk		vg++
79	Pips	Every Beat Of My Heart	Top Rank	JAR 574	$90	uk		vg++
80	Preston Epps	Bongo Rock	Top Rank	45-JAR-140	$20	uk		vg
81	Preston Epps	Bongola	Top Rank	RA 2067	$15	us		vg+
82	Ravens	(There's A) Hole In the Middle Of the Moon	Top Rank	T 1015	$30	sw		vg++
83	Ray Doggett	Can I Be the One	Top Rank	RA 2025	$35	us	demo	vg++
84	Ronnie Baxter	I Finally Found You	Top Rank	T 1030	$8	sw		vg+
85	Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat	Top Rank	T 1013	$6	sw	noc	vg-
86	Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat	Top Rank	45-JAR-197	$8	uk		vg
87	Shirelles	Soldier Boy	Top Rank	T 1100	$25	dk		vg++
88	Shirelles	Soldier Boy	Top Rank	T 1100	$25	dk		vg++
89	Singing Belles	The Empty Mailbox	Top Rank	JAR 350	$10	sw		vg
90	Teen Beats	The Sloop Beat	Top Rank	JAR 342	$12	sw	noc	vg
91	U.S. Bonds	New Orleans	Top Rank	JAR 527	$10	nor	noc/wol	vg-
92	U.S. Bonds	Quarter To Three	Top Rank	JAR 575	$20	uk		m-
93	Vince Eager	Why	Top Rank	T 1036	$8	dk		vg+

	*TOP RANK EP's:*
1	Bert Weedon	Bert's Boogie	Top Rank	TEP 116	$30	sw		m-/vg++
2	Bill Henderson	Sings Moanin'	Top Rank	TEP 151	$20	sw		vg+/vg+
3	Bobby Rydell	Kissin' Time	Top Rank	TEP 109	$20	sw	noc/wol/woc	vg/vg
4	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry	Sing And Play	Top Rank	TEP 150	$30	sw		vg+/vg+
5	Craig Douglas	Only Sixteen	Top Rank	TEP 104	$40	sw		vg/vg+
6	Dorothy Collins	Baciare Baciare	Top Rank	TEP 119	$25	sw		vg+/vg+
7	Dorothy Collins	Baciare Baciare	Top Rank	TEP 119	$30	sw		vg+/vg++
8	Freddy Cannon	Explosive!	Top Rank	JKP 2058	$25	uk	noc	vg/vg+
9	Garry Mills	Look For A Star	Top Rank	JKP 3001	$95	uk		vg++/vg+
10	Mahalia Jackson	In the Upper Room	Top Rank	JKP 2038	$12	uk		vg+/vg+
11	Mahalia Jackson	In the Upper Room Vol. 2	Top Rank	TEP 152	$15	sw		vg+/m-
12	Max Roach	Award Winning Drummer	Top Rank	TEP 145	$15	sw		vg+/vg+
13	Norman Wisdom	Follow A Star	Top Rank	JKP 2052	$20	uk	woc	vg+/vg+
14	Pepper Adams	5	Top Rank	TEP 142	$15	sw	woc	vg+/vg+
15	Skip & Flip	It Was I	Top Rank	TEP 108	$40	sw	noc	vg/vg
16	Various: Elmer Snodgrass & Musical Pioneers/Bill Alex & Dixie Drifters/Jenny Herrell	Country And Western Express Vol. 1	Top Rank	JKP 2055	$12	uk		vg/vg+
17	Various: Jack Scott/Ravens/Sandy Nelson/Toni Fisher	Top Rank Hits 1	Top Rank	TEP 121	$60	sw		m-/m-
18	Various: Jack Scott/Ravens/Sandy Nelson/Toni Fisher	Top Rank Hits 1	Top Rank	TEP 121	$35	sw		vg+/vg++