Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently was the only number one in the UK Albums Chart for the Irish singer, Val Doonican.[1] It spent three weeks at the top of that chart between 31 December 1967 and 20 January 1968, displacing The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which had been in that spot for many weeks.[2] The idea for the album came from the popular closing sequence of Doonican's TV show, in which he sang a song while seated in a rocking chair. It is one of the very few Number 1 albums never to have had an official CD release. [3]

Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently
Studio album by Val Doonican
Released	November 1967 (November 1967)
Recorded	1967
Genre	Easy listening
Length	39:00
Label	Pye NPL.18204
Producer	Val Doonican
Val Doonican chronology
Gentle Shades of Val Doonican Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently Val

There was a problem with the distribution of the album in Ireland as Pye failed to get the quantities required of the LP as Foot-and-mouth disease precautions at Dublin Airport resulted in a backlog of records to be disinfected and BEA and Aer Lingus refused to accept further supplies.[4]

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