Not until the sixties did record buying become just for the teenager. Before this records were bought by the whole family. Grand parents and parents were also avid record buyers. The top twenty of the fifties some times had a strange mixture of artists. From stars like Mario Lanza and David Whitfield to Johnny Ray and Tommy Steele. Every possible taste was catered for, big band jazz to orchestral, show songs to comic songs, everything had a chance to be Number 1.