To celebrate a half-century of album charts, Simon Mayo counts down the nation's 100 favourite discs to have reached number one in the UK, as voted for by those taking part in a recent online poll. With nearly 800 works, the list of contenders includes stage and film musicals, greatest-hits packages, compilations and, from July 1956, the UK's first chart-topper,
Frank Sinatra 's Songs for Swingin' Lovers. Producer Ken Phillips