C. Arthur Pearson Glamour Album of Pop Singer Portraits

Issuing Company: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Country of Issue: England (London)
Year of Issue: 1950s
Color/B&W: Orange Tone
Number of Cards in Set:
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Inserted with Glamour Magazine

Notes: Presented with Glamour Magazine. Issued in sheets, the cards very often can be found cut down and thus become anonymous. British Trade Ref. PEA-240

At least two sheets were issued, one sheet of 13 black and white images with generic blue backs and then later a further 52 cards with red backgrounds to the images and printed texts backs.

All the stars in the original sheet of 13 were re-issued in the later color sheet (with different images for each star) except Bill Haley.

Thanks to Richard Minns for helping with this checklist.


Black and White Sheet of 13 cards

Pat Boone
Lonnie Donegan
Bill Haley
Ronnie Hilton
Frankie Laine
Guy Mitchell
Elvis Presley
Johnnie Ray
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Steele
Dickie Valentine
Frankie Vaughan
Slim Whitman


Red Background sheet/s totaling 52 cards

Paul Anka
Harry Belafonte
Pat Boone
Tony Brent
Bobbie Britton
Ronnie Carroll
Perry Como
Bing Crosby
Jim Dale
Vic Damone
Sammy Davis Jnr
Alan Dean
Terry Dene
Lonnie Donegan
Johnny Duncan
Robert Earl
Billy Eckstine
Eddie Fisher
John Fraser
Charlie Gracie
Russ Hamilton
Ronnie Hilton
Edmund Hockridge
Michael Holliday
David Hughes
Tab Hunter
Howard Keel
Frankie Laine
Don Lang
Mario Lanza
Dennis Lotis
Gordon Macrae
Tony Martin
Glen Mason
Johnny Mathis
Sal Mineo
Guy Mitchell
Elvis Presley
Danny Purches
Johnny Ray
Little Richard
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Steele
Mel Torme
Dickie Valentine
Frankie Vaughan
Malcolm Vaughan
Terry Wayne
David Whitfield
Slim Whitman
Andy Williams
Jimmy Young


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