One Week Wonders in the UK Chart, An ongoing journey through the shortest lived hits (now in Mar 1984) |
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22nd October 2019, 01:50 AM
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As chartologists we often spend a lot of time discussing the biggest selling hits, or those that spent the longest in the charts. Or perhaps those hits that 'would have been' number ones if a chart rule had've been different, or if a different chart source had been used for a certain time period. We also, of course, spend time each week looking at the newly released charts.
But it occured to me that sometimes it can be more interesting for nostalgia purposes, or to better understand the past, to look at the more obscure details, rather than always rehashing the most well-known and well worn facts and stories, and if we're going for the obscure, then why not go the whole hog and look at the very obscurest chart hits, the ones that spent a single solitary week in the charts and were never seen (or more accurately heard from) again. Sometimes these were minor releases from otherwise major stars (in the 50s these could simply be the 'other side' of a major hit), some others were knock-off versions of hits that charted for longer in a more well-known version. At the other extreme sometimes the week of chart action represents the only week that that chart act ever appeared on the chart. This then is the journey I propose we go on. I intend to plod along from the first chart in 1952 to within a few weeks of whatever the current date will be when/if I get that far, and detail those chart entries each week that never got another week of chart action ever. I intend to be a bit liberal with regard to what constitutes the same single, so that if a song later charted as a remixed, re-issued or re-recorded version then I will generally consider that to be the same song having further chart action and thus not include it here, though if the act is slightly different (say an old hit has been reversioned with an additional act or acts added/featured) then I probably will still include it if it only charted for a week. I also intend to be as accurate as possible in terms of sourcing the charts etc. I have already done the basic research for the 50's, using the NME chart book, and am in the process of checking against the OCC website, just to catch any re-emergences that may have happened in the download/streaming eras (probably only xmas-based tracks, but you never know). I will use the Record Retailer Top 50 through to 1978 (I believe there is a xmas week in the 60s where Record Mirror published a new chart and RR didn't, so that should be referred too as well), then move to the full 75 from 1978-1983. I'm undecided on whether or not to move to the Top 100 from 1983-1991, as I believe the OCC versions are compressed, as are all publically available sub 75 positions in that era. The OCC also has a Top 100 from February 1994, so we'll have to make a judgement on that too nearer the time, as I don't know if those sub 75s are compressed or uncompressed (or change between the two at different times between then and the download era). I do also have the Chartwatch books from 1995 to 2001, and gather that they use the uncompressed top 200s until May 2001, so may refer to the 75-100 portion of those. I'll have to see what will both make sense and be reasonably manageable to actually compile the ongoing list from. *Original comment edited to add two ongoing lists, one of all the One Week Wonder singles so far, and another of all the acts and artists so far whose entire UK chart career was one week: Singles 01. 1952/11/15 10 Vera Lynn Auf Wiedersehen (Sweetheart) Decca F 9927 ▲ 02. 1952/11/15 12 Johnnie Ray Walkin My Baby Back Home Columbia DB 3060 03. 1952/11/22 09 Al Martino Take My Heart Capitol 13769 04. 1953/01/10 11 Jimmy Young Faith Can Move Mountains Decca F 9986 05. 1953/01/17 11 Ted Heath and his music Vanessa Decca F 9983 06. 1953/01/24 12 Tony Brent Got You On My Mind Columbia DB 3226 07. 1953/01/31 10 The Mills Brothers The Glow Worm Brunswick 05007 08. 1953/02/21 12 Dickie Valentine Broken Wings Decca F 9954 09. 1953/03/07 11 Joni James Why Dont You Believe Me? MGM 582 ▲ 10. 1953/03/21 11 Frankie Laine The Girl In The Wood Columbia DB 2907 11. 1953/03/21 12 Buddy Morrow Night Train HMV B 10347 12. 1953/04/04 12 Doris Day and Johnnie Ray Ma Says, Pa Says Columbia DB 3242 13. 1953/04/18 11 Doris Day and Johnnie Ray Full Time Job Columbia DB 3242 14. 1953/06/06 07 Dickie Valentine In A Golden Coach (Theres A Heart Of Gold) Decca F 10098 15. 1953/06/06 11 Vera Lynn The Windsor Waltz Decca F 10092 16. 1953/06/06 12 Dorothy Squires Im Walking Behind You Polygon P 1068 17. 1953/07/11 12 Vivian Blaine Bushel And A Peck Brunswick 05100 18. 1953/10/03 09 David Whitfield The Bridge Of Sighs Decca F 10129 19. 1954/01/30 11 Frankie Vaughan with The Peter Knight Singers Istanbul (Not Constantinople) HMV B 10599 20. 1954/02/27 11 Guy Mitchell Sippin Soda Philips PB 210B 21. 1954/04/10 12 Stargazers The Happy Wanderer Decca F 10259 22. 1954/04/17 10 Nat King Cole Tenderly Capitol CL 14061 23. 1954/05/08 08 Jo Stafford Make Love To Me! Philips PB 233 ▲ 24. 1954/07/10 12 Frank Sinatra Young-At-Heart Capitol CL 14065 25. 1954/11/06 18 Joan Regan with The Johnston Brothers Wait For Me, Darling Decca F 10362 26. 1954/11/06 19 Dickie Valentine Endless Decca F 10346 27. 1954/11/13 17 Norman Brooks A Sky-Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie London L 1228 28. 1954/12/11 16 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo HMV B 10776 29. 1955/01/22 16 Max Bygraves Mister Sandman HMV B 10801 30. 1955/02/05 13 Mario Lanza Drink Drink Drink (The Drinking Song) HMV DA 2065 31. 1955/02/12 20 The De Castro Singers with Skip Martin and his Orchestra Teach Me Tonight London HL 8104 32. 1955/02/19 16 Joan Weber Let Me Go Lover Philips PB 389 ▲ 33. 1955/03/05 20 The Stargazers Somebody Decca F 10437 34. 1955/03/12 20 Frankie Laine In The Beginning Philips PB 404 35. 1955/04/02 20 The McGuire Sisters No More Vogue Coral Q 72050 36. 1955/04/23 17 Frankie Vaughan Tweedle Dee Philips PB 423 37. 1955/04/23 20 Georgia Gibbs Tweedle Dee Mercury MB 3196 38. 1955/05/07 19 Joan and Rusty Regan Open Up Your Heart Decca F 10474 39. 1955/05/21 20 Johnnie Ray Paths Of Paradise Philips PB 441 40. 1955/06/18 20 Liberace Unchained Melody Philips PB 430 41. 1955/07/23 20 The Five Smith Brothers Im In Favour Of Friendship Decca F 10527 42. 1955/09/03 18 Frank Sinatra Not As A Stranger Capitol CL 14326 43. 1955/09/10 20 Doris Day Love Me Or Leave Me Philips PB 479 44. 1955/09/17 18 Tony Bennett Close Your Eyes Philips PB 445 45. 1955/09/24 17 Alma Cogan The Banjos Back In Town HMV B 10917 (A) 46. 1955/09/24 20 Charlie Applewhite with Victor Young and Chorus Blue Star Brunswick 05416 47. 1955/10/01 16 Sammy Davis Jr That Old Black Magic Brunswick 05450 48. 1955/10/08 19 Sammy Davis Jr Hey There Brunswick 05469 49. 1955/10/22 18 The Central Band of The Royal Air Force The Dam Busters March HMV B 10877 50. 1955/10/29 20 Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra Blue Star (The Medic Theme) Parlophone R 4074 51. 1955/11/12 16 Frankie Laine Hummingbird Philips PB 498 52. 1955/11/26 20 The Coronets Twenty Tiny Fingers Columbia DB 3671 53. 1955/12/17 17 Alma Cogan Twenty Tiny Fingers HMV POP 129 (A) 54. 1955/12/31 09 The Johnston Brothers and The George Chisholm Sour-Note Six Join In And Sing Again Decca F 10636 55. 1955/12/31 24 Perry Como Tina Marie HMV POP 103 56. 1956/01/14 19 Edna Savage Arriverderci Darling Parlophone R 4097 57. 1956/01/28 20 Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Part 1 London HLD 8205 58. 1956/02/18 20 Max Bygraves The Ballad Of Davy Crockett HMV POP 153 59. 1956/03/03 20 Dean Martin Young And Foolish Capitol CL 14519 60. 1956/04/14 22 The Johnston Brothers No Other Love Decca F 10721 61. 1956/04/14 29 Tony Bennett Come Next Spring Philips PB 537 62. 1956/04/21 28 Sammy Davis Jr In A Persian Market Brunswick 05518 63. 1956/05/05 28 Frankie Laine Hell Hath No Fury Philips PB 585 64. 1956/06/09 27 Jimmy Young The Wayward Wind Decca F 10736 65. 1956/06/09 30 Vera Lynn Who Are We Decca F 10715 66. 1956/06/23 25 Jimmy Young Rich Man, Poor Man Decca F 10736 67. 1956/06/23 28 The Stargazers Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) Decca F 10731 68. 1956/07/14 24 Georgia Gibbs Kiss Me Another Mercury MT 110 69. 1956/08/25 27 Clyde McPhatter Treasure Of Love London HLE 8293 70. 1956/09/01 29 David Whitfield My Unfinished Symphony Decca F 10769 71. 1956/09/15 30 The Hilltoppers Tryin London HLD 8298 72. 1956/09/22 27 David Hughes By The Fountains Of Rome Philips PB 606 73. 1956/09/22 30 Ronnie Hilton A Woman In Love HMV POP 248 74. 1956/10/13 28 Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Race With The Devil Capitol CL 14628 75. 1956/10/20 28 Liberace I Dont Care Philips PB 430 76. 1956/12/01 27 The Johnston Brothers In The Middle Of The House Decca F 10781 77. 1956/12/01 30 Sonny James The Cat Came Back Capitol CL 14635 78. 1956/12/08 29 The Deep River Boys Thats Right HMV POP 263 79. 1956/12/15 26 Vince Martin and The Tarriers Cindy, Oh Cindy London HLN 8340 80. 1956/12/29 28 Sammy Davis Jr All Of You Brunswick 05629 81. 1957/01/05 29 The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) Brunswick 05623 82. 1957/01/12 29 Mitchell Torok Red Light, Green Light Brunswick 05626 83. 1957/02/02 29 Fats Domino Honey Chile London HLU 8356 84. 1957/02/09 27 The Johnston Brothers Give Her My Love Decca F 10828 85. 1957/02/23 29 Little Richard Tutti Frutti London HLO 8366 86. 1957/03/09 27 Elvis Presley Rip It Up HMV POP 305 87. 1957/05/04 30 Jimmy Young Round And Round Decca F 10875 88. 1957/07/06 28 Nat King Cole When Rock And Roll Came To Trinidad Capitol CL 14733 89. 1957/07/20 25 Fats Domino Valley Of Tears London HLP 8449 90. 1957/07/20 29 Gary Miller Wonderful, Wonderful Pye Nixa N 15094 91. 1957/08/24 30 Shirley Bassey Fire Down Below Philips PB 723 92. 1957/09/28 30 The Coasters Searchin London HLE 8450 93. 1957/10/26 27 Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys Blue, Blue Heartaches Columbia DB 3996 94. 1957/11/02 30 Jimmie Rodgers Honeycomb Columbia DB 3986 ▲ 95. 1957/11/23 28 Tommy Steele and The Steelmen Hey You! Decca F 10941 96. 1957/11/30 30 Billy Ward and The Dominoes Deep Purple London HLU 8502 97. 1957/12/14 29 Pat Boone White Christmas London HLD 8520 98. 1957/12/28 28 Dickie Valentine Snowbound For Christmas Decca F 10950 99. 1958/01/04 27 The Kaye Sisters Shake Me I Rattle/Alone Philips PB 752 100. 1958/01/11 26 Charlie GracIe Cool Baby London HLU 8521 101. 1958/01/11 27 Jim Dale Just Born (To Be Your Baby) Parlophone R 4376 102. 1958/01/18 29 Sam Cooke You Send Me London HLU 8506 ▲ 103. 1958/02/22 25 Louis Prima Buona Sera Capitol CL 14821 104. 1958/02/22 30 Bobby Helms No Other Baby Brunswick 05730 105. 1958/05/31 26 Paul Anka Crazy Love Columbia DB 4110 106. 1958/06/28 29 Jackie Dennis The Purple People Eater Decca F 11033 107. 1958/07/05 25 Renato Carosone and his Sextet Terero Cha Cha Cha Parlophone R 4433 108. 1958/07/05 26 Fats Domino Sick And Tired London HLP 8628 109. 1958/07/12 27 Michael Holliday Ill Always Be In Love With You Columbia DB 4155 110. 1958/08/09 30 David Whitfield The Right To Love Decca F 11039 111. 1958/08/30 30 Russ Conway Got A Match Columbia DB 4166 112. 1958/09/27 26 Paul Anka Midnight Columbia DB 4172 113. 1958/09/27 28 Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group Lonesome Traveller Pye Nixa 7N 15158 114. 1958/10/11 30 Frankie Avalon Gingerbread HMV POP 517 115. 1958/11/22 27 Ricky Nelson I Get A Feeling London HLP 8732 116. 1958/12/06 29 Cozy Cole Topsy (Part 1 and 2) London HL 8750 117. 1958/12/06 30 Pat Boone Gee But Its Lonely London HLD 8739 118. 1959/01/31 24 Joni James There Must Be A Way MGM 1002 119. 1959/02/28 30 The Mudlarks The Love Game Columbia DB 4250 120. 1959/03/07 29 Ritchie Valens Donna Lond HL 8803 121. 1959/03/28 29 Domenico Modugno Ciao Ciao Bambina (Piove) Oriole CB 1489 122. 1959/03/28 30 Conway Twitty The Story Of My Love MGM 1003 123. 1959/05/02 28 Jerry Lee Lewis Lovin Up A Storm London HLS 8840 124. 1959/05/16 30 Frank Sinatra Come Dance With Me (LP) Capitol LCT 6179 125. 1959/05/23 27 Jane Morgan If I Could Only Live My Life Again London HLR 8810 126. 1959/06/27 28 Billy Fury Margo, Dont Go Decca F 11128 127. 1959/08/08 29 Tommy Edwards My Melancholy Baby MGM 1020 128. 1959/08/22 28 The Impalas Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) MGM 1015 129. 1959/09/05 23 Ray Peterson The Wonder Of You RCA 1131 130. 1959/09/26 30 Jack Scott The Way I Walk London HLL 8912 131. 1959/10/03 26 Dee Clark Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens) London HL 8915 132. 1959/10/24 27 Clinton Ford Old Shep Oriole CB 1500 133. 1959/10/24 28 Joe Mr Piano Henderson Treble Chance Pye 7N 15224 134. 1959/10/31 28 Dickie Pride Primrose Lane Columbia DB 4340 135. 1959/11/07 23 Ivo Robic Morgen Polydor 23923 136. 1959/11/21 27 Anne Shelton The Village Of St Bernadette Philips PB 969 137. 1959/11/28 25 Paul Evans and The Curls Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat London HLL 8968 138. 1959/11/28 30 Johnny Mathis The Best Of Everything Fontana H 218 139. 1959/12/05 29 The Kingston Trio San Miguel Capitol CL 15073 140. 1959/12/19 26 Nina and Frederik Marys Boy Child Columbia DB 4375 141. 1960/01/16 27 The Crickets When You Ask About Love Coral Q 72382 142. 1960/01/16 29 Bill Forbes Too Young Columbia DB 4386 143. 1960/01/16 30 Ricky Nelson I Wanna Be Loved London HLP 9021 144. 1960/02/13 30 Toni Fisher The Big Hurt Top Rank JAR 261 145. 1960/03/10 43 Don Lang Sink The Bismarck HMV POP 714 146. 1960/03/10 45 Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra No Hiding Place HMV POP 713 147. 1960/03/10 46 Fabian - Hound Dog Man HMV POP 695 148. 1960/03/17 33 The England Sisters Heartbeat HMV POP 710 149. 1960/03/17 42 Freddy Cannon Indiana Top Rank JAR 309 150. 1960/03/17 44 Maureen Evans Love Kisses And Heartaches Oriole CB 1540 151. 1960/03/17 47 Dick Jordan Hallelujah, I Love Her So Oriole CB 1534 152. 1960/03/17 49 The Champs Too Much Tequila London HLH 9052 153. 1960/03/24 40 Shaye Cogan Mean To Me MGM 1063 154. 1960/03/24 43 Richard Allan As Time Goes By Parlophone R 4634 155. 1960/03/24 44 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Ooh! La! La! Pye 7N 15257 156. 1960/03/24 47 Ray Peterson Answer Me RCA 1175 157. 1960/03/31 41 Paul Evans Midnite Special London HLL 9045 158. 1960/03/31 44 Carl Dobkins Jr Lucky Devil Brunswick 08517 159. 1960/03/31 49 - Al Martino Summertime Top Rank JAR 312 160. 1960/03/31 50 Santo And Johnny Teardrop Parlophone R 4619 161. 1960/04/14 49 Pat Suzuki I Enjoy Being A Girl RCA 1171 162. 1960/04/21 45 Lloyd Price Lady Luck HMV POP 712 163. 1960/04/21 47 Russ Conway Things Ain't What They Used To Be Coulmbia DB 4422 164. 1960/05/12 40 Stan Freburg ft Jesse White Old Payola Roll Blues Capitol CL 15122 165. 1960/05/12 42 Crickets More Than I Can Say Coral Q 72395 166. 1960/05/12 48 Alma Cogan Dream Talk HMV POP 728 167. 1960/05/19 47 Marty Wilde The Fight Philips PB 1022 168. 1960/05/26 48 Marty Robbins Big Iron Fontana H 229 169. 1960/06/02 49 George Chakiris Heart Of A Teenage Girl Triumph RGM 1010 170. 1960/06/09 47 Jerry Lee Lewis Baby, Baby, Bye Bye London HLS 9131 171. 1960/06/09 50 Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band Goodnight Sweet Prince Melodisc MEL 1547 172. 1960/06/16 46 Sammy Davis Jr and Carmen McCrae Happy To Meet Your Acquaintance Brunswick 05830 173. 1960/06/23 46 Jerry Wallace Youre Singing Our Love Song To Somebody Else London HLH 9110 174. 1960/06/30 39 Jess Conrad Cherry Pie Decca F 11236 175. 1960/06/30 44 Bobby Rydell Swinging School Columbia DB 4471 176. 1960/07/07 48 Ricky Nelson Young Emotions London HLP 9121 177. 1960/07/14 49 John Barry Orchestra Never Let Go Columbia DB 4480 178. 1960/07/21 50 Jimmy Clanton Another Sleepless Night Top Rank JAR 382 179. 1960/07/28 43 Staiffi and his Mustafas Mustafa Pye International 7N 25057 180. 1960/07/28 49 Johnny Preston Im Starting To Go Steady Mercury AMT 1104 181. 1960/07/28 50 Max Bygraves Consider Yourself Decca F 11251 182. 1960/08/04 41 Steve Perry Step By Step HMV POP 745 183. 1960/08/11 43 Craig Douglas Oh! What A Day Top Rank JAR 406 184. 1960/08/11 50 Marv Johnson Aint Gonna Be That Way London HLT 9165 185. 1960/08/18 44 Ferrante and Teicher Theme from The Apartment London HLT 9164 186. 1960/08/18 47 Keith Kelly Listen Little Girl Parlophone R 4676 187. 1960/08/18 49 Steve Lawrence Girls Girls Girls London HLT 9166 188. 1960/08/25 50 Hal Page and the Whalers Going Back To My Home Town Melodisc MEL 1553 189. 1960/09/01 50 Michael Holliday Little Boy Lost Columbia DB 4475 190. 1960/09/08 50 Bill Blacks Combo White Silver Sands London HLU 9090 191. 1960/09/15 44 Paul Anka Hello Young Lovers Columbia DB 4504 192. 1960/09/29 49 Frank Ifield Gotta Get A Date Columbia DB 4496 193. 1960/10/06 46 Ella Fitzgerald How High The Moon HMV POP 782 194. 1960/10/27 50 Chaquito and his Orchestra Never On Sunday Fontana H 265 195. 1960/11/03 41 Eddie Cochran Lonely London HLG 9196 196. 1960/11/10 47 Umberto Bindi Il Nostro Concerto Oriole CB 1577 197. 1960/11/17 46 Jimmy Jones Ready For Love MGM 1103 198. 1960/11/24 47 Joan Regan One Of The Lucky Ones Pye 7N 15310 199. 1960/11/24 49 David Whitfield I Believe Decca F 11289 200. 1960/12/15 46 Bob Luman Why Why Bye Bye Warner Bros. WB 28 201. 1960/12/22 50 Jackie Wilson Alone At Last Coral Q 72412 202. 1960/12/29 40 Tommy Steele Must Be Santa Decca F 11299 203. 1960/12/29 42 Cleo Laine Lets Slip Away Fontana H 269 204. 1961/01/05 42 Joan Regan Must Be Santa Pye 7N 15303 205. 1961/01/19 40 Olympics I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Vogue V 9174 206. 1961/01/19 47 Dion Lonely Teenager Top Rank JAR 521 207. 1961/02/16 45 Tommy Zang Hey Good Looking Polydor NH 66957 208. 1961/02/16 50 Brook Benton Fools Rush In Mercury AMT 1121 209. 1961/02/23 49 Packabeats Gypsy Beat Parlophone R 4729 210. 1961/02/23 50 Tony Osbourne Sound Man From Madrid HMV POP 827 211. 1961/03/09 45 Ventures Ram-Bunk-Shush London HLG 9292 212. 1961/03/16 50 Jim Reeves Whispering Hope RCA 1223 213. 1961/04/06 45 Brenda Lee Emotions Brunswick 05847 214. 1961/04/13 44 Petula Clark Something Missing Pye 7N 15337 215. 1961/04/13 47 Johnny Kidd and The Pirates Linda Lu HMV POP 853 216. 1961/05/04 43 Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents Billy Boy Top Rank JAR 558 217. 1961/05/04 47 Bert Weedon Mr. Guitar Top Rank JAR 559 218. 1961/05/11 46 Velvets That Lucky Sun London HLU 9328 219. 1961/05/11 50 Frankie Laine Gunslinger Philips PB 1135 220. 1961/06/08 49 Jimmy Crawford Love Or Money Columbia DB 4463 221. 1961/07/27 48 Nero and The Gladiators In The Hall Of The Mountain King Decca F 11367 222. 1961/07/27 49 Fats Domino It Keeps Rainin London HLP 9374 223. 1961/08/17 48 Clinton Ford Too Many Beautiful Girls Oriole CB 1623 224. 1961/08/17 50 Velvets Tonight (Could Be The Night) London HLU 9372 225. 1961/08/24 49 Joe Barry Im A Fool To Care Mercury AMT 1149 226. 1961/09/07 48 Al Saxon There Ive Said It Again Picadilly 7N 35011 227. 1961/09/14 50 Linda Scott Dont Bet Money Honey Columbia DB 4692 228. 1961/10/19 48 Joe Loss Sucu Sucu HMV POP 937 229. 1961/10/26 50 Bobby Darin Orchestra Come September London HLK 9407 230. 1961/11/02 50 Moontrekkers Night Of The Vampire Parlophone R 4814 231. 1961/11/30 43 Fats Domino What A Party London HLP 5496 232. 1962/01/11 48 Chakachas Twist Twist RCA 1264 233. 1962/01/25 37 Brook Brothers Hes Old Enough To Know Better Pye 7N 15409 234. 1962/02/22 47 Brad Newman Somebody To Love Fontana H 357 235. 1962/02/22 50 Tommy Bruce Babette Columbia DB 4776 236. 1962/03/08 43 Emile Ford I Wonder Whos Kissing Her Now Piccadilly 7N 35033 237. 1962/03/29 41 Fats Domino Jambalaya London HLP 9520 238. 1962/04/19 45 Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell Teach Me To Twist Columbia DB 4802 239. 1962/04/26 43 Patsy Cline Shes Got You Brunswick 05866 240. 1962/05/03 49 Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen Tavern In The Town Columbia DB 4822 241. 1962/09/06 47 The Vernon Girls Loco-Motion Decca F 11495 242. 1962/09/27 48 Fentones The Breeze And I Parlophone R 4937 243. 1962/10/04 49 George Shearing Bauble, Bangles and Beads Capitol CL 15269 244. 1962/10/04 50 Tony Hatch Out Of This World Pye 7N 15460 245. 1962/11/08 50 Roy Orbison Workin For The Man London HLU 9607 246. 1962/12/20 48 Connie Francis Im Gonna Be Warm This Winter MGM 1185 247. 1963/01/10 48 Johnny Kidd and The Pirates Shot Of Rhythm & Blues HMV POP 1088 248. 1963/01/10 50 Cookies Chain London HLU 9634 249. 1963/02/21 46 Exciters Tell Him United Artists UP 1011 250. 1963/04/04 49 Johnny Mathis What Will My Baby Say CBS AAG 135 251. 1963/06/06 48 Tony Sheridan and The Beatles My Bonnie Polydor NH 66833 252. 1963/07/25 42 The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Stateside SS 112 253. 1963/07/25 45 Mickie Most Mister Porter Decca F 11664 254. 1963/08/15 43 Alice Babs After Youve Gone Fontana TF 409 255. 1963/08/29 48 Al Martino I Love You Because Capitol CL 15300 256. 1963/08/29 49 Duane Eddy Your Babys Gone Surfin RCA 1357 257. 1963/10/03 50 The Angels My Boyfriends Back Mercury AMT 1211 ▲ 258. 1964/02/13 49 Tony Sheveton A Million Drums Oriole CB 1895 259. 1964/02/20 49 John Leyton Make Love To Me HMV POP 1264 260. 1964/02/27 49 Mary May Anyone Who Had A Heart Fontana TF 440 261. 1964/04/09 49 Undertakers Just A Little Bit Pye 7N 15607 262. 1964/04/30 46 Johnny Kidd and The Pirates Always And Ever HMV POP 1269 263. 1964/07/30 50 Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells Once Upon A Time Stateside SS 316 264. 1964/09/17 48 Denny Seyton and The Sabres The Way You Look Tonight Mercury MF 824 265. 1964/09/24 47 Frank Sinatra Hello Dolly Reprise R 20351 266. 1964/10/01 43 Rockin Berries I Didnt Mean To Hurt You Piccadilly 7N 35197 267. 1964/11/12 50 Lulu Here Comes The Night Decca F 12017 268. 1964/12/10 49 Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is Stateside SS 360 269. 1964/12/31 50 Mrs Mills Mrs Mills Party Medley Parlophone R 4856 270. 1965/01/07 50 Peddlers Let The Sunshine In Philips BF 1375 271. 1965/02/18 48 Ned Miller Do What You Do Do Well London HL 9937 272. 1965/03/11 46 Frankie Vaughan Someone Must Have Hurt You A Lot Philips BF 1394 273. 1965/03/18 48 Zephyrs Shes Lost You Columbia DB 7481 274. 1965/03/18 49 Heinz Digging My Potatoes Columbia DB 7482 275. 1965/05/13 45 Quiet Five When The Morning Sun Dries The Dew Parlophone R 5273 276. 1965/05/20 48 In Crowd Thats How Strong My Love Is Parlophone R 5276 277. 1965/05/27 45 Birds Leaving Here Decca F 12140 278. 1965/06/03 42 Cadets with Eileen Reid Jealous Heart Pye 7N 15852 279. 1965/10/14 49 Johnny and Charley La Yenka Pye International 7N 25326 280. 1965/10/21 48 Roger Miller Kansas City Star Philips BF 1437 281. 1965/10/21 49 Jody Miller The Home Of The Brave Capitol CL 15415 282. 1965/11/11 48 Millie Bloodshot Eyes Fontana TF 617 283. 1965/12/09 47 Barry St John Come Away Melinda Columbia DB 7783 284. 1966/01/20 46 The Pretty Things Midnight To Six Man Fontana TF 647 285. 1966/02/10 50 Ray Charles with The Jack Halloran Singers and the Ray Charles Orchestra with The Raeletts Cryin Time HMV POP 1502 286. 1966/03/17 49 Unit Four Plus Two Baby Never Say Goodbye Decca F 12333 287. 1966/04/21 48 Ray Charles Together Again HMV POP 1519 288. 1966/04/21 49 Petula Clark A Sign Of The Times Pye 7N 17071 289. 1966/04/21 50 Pinkertons Assorted Colours Dont Stop Lovin Me Baby Decca F 12377 290. 1966/05/05 43 Genevieve Once CBS 202061 291. 1966/05/19 45 Kenny Damon While I Live Mercury MF 907 292. 1966/05/19 50 The Dave Clark Five Look Before You Leap Columbia DB 7909 293. 1966/05/26 46 Bob Lind Remember The Rain Fontana TF 702 294. 1966/05/26 50 Keith Relf Mr Zero Coulmbia DB 7920 295. 1966/06/02 49 Tony Merrick Lady Jane Columbia DB 7913 296. 1966/07/07 49 Creation Making Time Planet PLF 116 297. 1966/07/14 50 Ivy League Willow Tree Piccadilly 7N 35326 298. 1966/07/28 48 Ike and Tina Turner Tell Her Im Not Home Warner Bros. WB 5753 299. 1966/07/28 49 Eddy Arnold If You Were Mine Mary RCA 1529 300. 1966/07/28 50 Joan Baez Pack Up Your Sorrows Fontana TF 727 301. 1966/08/25 49 Wayne Fontana Goodbye Bluebird Fontana TF 737 302. 1966/09/08 49 Tommy McClain Sweet Dreams London HL 10065 303. 1966/09/29 49 Paul and Barry Ryan Have You Ever Loved Somebody Decca F 12494 304. 1966/09/29 50 Marvin Gaye Little Darlin (I Need You) Tamla Motown TMG 574 305. 1966/12/29 46 Donald Peers Games That Lovers Play Columbia DB 8079 306. 1967/01/05 50 Tim Hardin Hang On To A Dream Verve VS 1504 307. 1967/01/19 50 Sandie Shaw I Dont Need Anything Pye 7N 17239 308. 1967/02/02 45 Adge Cutler and The Wurzels Drink Up Thy Cider Columbia DB 8081 309. 1967/02/02 49 The Drifters Baby What I Mean Atlantic 584 065 310. 1967/02/09 45 The Bystanders 98.6 Piccadilly 7N 35363 311. 1967/02/09 49 Electric Prunes I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) Reprise RS 20532 312. 1967/02/16 45 Guess Who His Girl King KG 1044 313. 1967/02/16 48 Chris Farlowe My Way Of Giving In Immediate IM 041 314. 1967/03/16 50 Keith Tell It To My Face Mercury MF 968 315. 1967/05/04 50 Otis Redding Let Me Come On Home Stax 601 007 316. 1967/08/02 45 Andy Williams More And More CBS 2886 317. 1967/08/30 50 Vicki Carr There I Go Liberty LBF 15022 318. 1967/11/01 50 The Voice of Scott McKenzie Like An Old Time Movie CBS 3009 319. 1967/11/08 47 Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Ladybird Reprise RS 20629 320. 1967/12/13 50 The Seekers Emerald City Columbia DB 8313 321. 1967/12/20 47 Cat Stevens Kitty Deram DM 156 322. 1967/12/27 47 Gladys Knight and The Pips I Heard It Through The Grapevine Tamla Motown TMG 629 323. 1968/02/21 50 Sun Dragon Green Tambourine MGM 1380 324. 1968/02/28 47 Classics IV Spooky Liberty LBS 15051 325. 1968/03/06 45 The Temptations I Wish It Would Rain Tamla Motown TMG 641 326. 1968/03/06 50 Petula Clark Kiss Me Goodbye Pye 7N 17466 327. 1968/03/13 47 Arethra Franklin Since Youve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) Atlantic 584 172 328. 1968/04/03 50 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles If You Can Want Tamla Motown TMG 648 329. 1968/04/10 46 Arthur Conley Funky Street Atlantic 583 175 330. 1968/04/24 43 Willie Mitchell Soul Serenade London HLU 10186 331. 1968/04/24 50 Procol Harum Quite Rightly So Regal Zonophone RZ 3007 332. 1968/05/22 48 Joe Cocker Marjorine Regal Zonophone RZ 3006 333. 1968/06/12 47 The Temptations I Could Never Love Another Tamla Motown TMG 658 334. 1968/08/28 48 Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Woman Woman CBS 3110 335. 1968/12/04 42 Moody Blues Ride My See-Saw Deram DM 213 336. 1969/01/08 50 Hugo Montenegro Hang Em High RCA 1771 337. 1969/02/05 45 Tiny Tim Great Balls Of Fire Reprise RS 20802 338. 1969/02/12 50 Vince Hill Doesnt Anybody Know My Name? Columbia DB 8515 339. 1969/03/19 36 Small Faces Afterglow Of Your Love Immediate IM 077 340. 1969/03/26 45 Monkees Teardrop City RCA 1802 341. 1969/04/02 43 Second City Sound Dream Of Olwen Major Minor MM 600 342. 1969/04/23 48 Val Doonican Ring Of Bright Water Pye 7N 17713 343. 1969/05/28 46 Pentangle Once I Had A Sweetheart Big T BIG 124 344. 1969/06/25 47 Monkees Someday Man RCA 1824 345. 1969/08/06 44 Tyrannosaurus Rex King Of The Rumbling Spires Regal Zonophone RZ 3022 346. 1969/10/25 42 Vince Hill Little Bluebird Columbia DB 8616 347. 1970/01/10 41 The Melodians Sweet Sensation Trojan TR 695 348. 1970/01/17 49 Derrick Morgan Moon Hop Crab 32 349. 1970/02/21 49 Barry Ryan Magical Spiel Polydor 56 370 350. 1970/03/28 49 The Bee Gees I.O.I.O. Polydor 56 377 351. 1970/05/02 41 Marsha Hunt Keep The Customer Satisfied Track 604 037 352. 1970/05/16 47 Stamford Bridge Chelsea Penny Farthing PEN 715 353. 1970/06/27 46 Thunderclap Newman Accidents Track 2094 001 354. 1970/07/11 49 Canned Heat Sugar Bee Liberty LBF 15350 355. 1970/11/07 45 Peter E. Bennett and the Co-operation Choir The Seagulls Name Was Nelson RCA 1991 356. 1971/01/02 48 Shirley Bassey The Fool On The Hill United Artists UP 35156 357. 1971/01/16 39 Melanie What Have They Done To My Song Ma Buddah 2011 038 358. 1971/01/30 49 Edison Lighthouse Its Up To You Petula Bell 1136 359. 1971/02/06 40 Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out Capitol CL 15668 360. 1971/03/20 33 Edwin Starr Stop The War Now Tamla Motown TMG 764 361. 1971/04/03 47 Roger Whittaker Why Columbia DB 8752 362. 1971/04/03 49 Early Music Consort Henry VIII Suite (EP) BBC RESL 1 363. 1971/06/19 41 Mac and Katie Kissoon Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Young Blood YB 1026 364. 1971/07/30 46 Mary Hopkin Let Thy Name Be Sorrow Apple 34 365. 1972/01/01 47 Charlie Drake Puckwudgie Columbia DB 8829 366. 1972/01/29 47 Murray Head Superstar/Yvonne Elliman I Dont Know How To Love Him MCA MMKS 5077 367. 1972/03/25 42 Henry Mancini Theme from Cades County RCA 2182 368. 1972/03/25 47 Christie Iron Horse CBS 7747 369. 1972/11/18 50 Millie Jackson My Man, A Sweet Man Mojo 2093 022 370. 1973/05/12 50 New World RAK 148 371. 1975/05/10 46 Tony Rees and The Cottagers Viva El Fulham Sonet SON 2059 372. 1976/05/08 50 Manchester United Football Club Manchester United Decca F 13633 373. 1976/06/19 49 Buster Sunday RCA 2678 374. 1977/04/02 48 Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes Reaching For The World ABC 4161 375. 1977/06/25 44 Garnett Mimms and Truckin Company What It Is Arista 109 376. 1977/07/23 48 Berni Flint Southern Comfort EMI 2621 377. 1977/08/20 49 Delegation Youve Been Doing Me Wrong State STAT 55 378. 1977/09/17 43 Joe Dolan I Need You Pye 7N 45702 379. 1977/12/17 49 Jet Bronx and The Forbidden Aint Doin Nothin Lightning LIG 50 380. 1978/01/14 49 Judge Dread Up With The Cock/Big Punk Cactus CT 110 381. 1978/02/11 41 Biddu Orchestra Journey To The Moon Epic EPC 5910 382. 1978/04/01 48 Sidney Devine Scotland Forever (EP) Philips SCOT 1 383. 1978/04/15 45 Stargard Love Is So Easy MCA 354 384. 1978/06/17 72 Celi Bee and The Buzz Bunch Hold Your Horses Babe TK TKR 6032 385. 1978/08/12 71 Devo Be Stiff - Stiff BOY 2 386. 1978/08/19 72 Patti Smith Group Privelege (Set Me Free) Arista 197 387. 1978/09/02 72 Platinum Hook Standing On The Verge (Of Getting It On) Motown TMG 1115 388. 1978/09/16 68 Sarr Band Magic Mandrake Calendar Day 111 389. 1978/09/30 62 Cirrus Rollin On Jet 123 390. 1979/02/24 67 Aquarian Dream Youre A Star Elektra LV 7 391. 1979/06/09 72 The Lurkers Out In The Dark/Cyanide Beggars Banquet BEG 19 392. 1979/06/09 73 Skyhooks Women In Uniform United Artists UP 36508 393. 1979/06/09 74= - J. Geils Band One Last Kiss EMI America AM 507 394. 1979/07/14 64 Vladimir Cosma Davids Song (Main Theme from Kidnapped) Decca FR 13841 395. 1979/07/14 72 Light Of The World Midnight Groovin Ensign ENY 29 396. 1979/11/17 72 The Lurkers New Guitar In Town Beggars Banquet BEG 28 397. 1979/12/08 70 Lori and The Chameleons Touch Sire SIR 4025 398. 1979/12/08 73 Dr Feelgood Put Him Out Of Your Mind United Artists BP 306 399. 1980/02/02 75 The Jags Womans World Island WIP 6531 400. 1980/04/19 69 Christopher Cross Ride Like The Wind Warner Bros. 17582 401. 1980/05/17 62 Echo and The Bunnymen Rescue Korova KOW 1 402. 1980/06/17 75 Angelwitch Sweet Danger EMI 5064 403. 1980/07/19 68 Charlie Harper Barmy London Army Gem GEMS 35 404. 1980/07/26 64 Gayle Adams Stretchin Out Epic EPC 8791 405. 1980/09/20 75 Scorpions The Zoo Harvest HAR 5212 406. 1981/01/31 72 Cloud All Night Long/Take It To The Top UK Champagne FUNK 1 407. 1981/05/16 71 999 Obsessed Albion ION 1011 408. 1981/07/18 68 Modettes Tonight Deram DET 3 409. 1981/12/05 70 The Exploited and Anti-Pasti Dont Let Em Grind You Down Superville EXP 1003 410. 1982/01/09 71 Rose Of Romance Orchestra Taras Theme from Gone With The Wind BBC RESL 108 411. 1982/02/13 68 Vice Squad Out Of Reach Zonophone Z 26 412. 1982/02/20 74 Brandi Wells Watch Out Virgin VS 479 413. 1982/02/27 75 Grand Prix Keep On Believing RCA 162 414. 1982/08/21 75 Nicole Give Me More Time CBS A 2467 415. 1982/10/09 73 Robert Plant Burning Down One Side Swansong SSK 19429 416. 1982/10/30 74 The Mood Passion In Dark Rooms RCA 276 417. 1982/11/13 57 Dramatis I Can See Her Now Rocket XPRES 83 418. 1983/01/08 71 Nevada In The Bleak Mid Winter Polydor POSP 203 419. 1983/01/08 92 Julio Iglesias So Close To Me 420. 1983/01/08 100 Ozzy Osbourne Symptom Of The Universe 421. 1983/01/29 97 The Undertones The Love Parade 422. 1983/01/29 98 Mick Karn Sensitive 423. 1983/01/29 100 Yossers Gang Gis A Job 424. 1983/02/19 91 Yarborough and Peoples Heartbeats 425. 1983/02/19 93 Leisure Process Cash Flow 426. 1983/02/19 98 David Am I Normal? 427. 1983/02/26 95 Merrick and Tibbs Call Of The Wild 428. 1983/03/05 87 The Pinkees Ill Be There 429. 1983/03/19 91 Valerie Dunbar Pal Of My Cradle Days 430. 1983/03/19 94 Danse Society Somewhere 431. 1983/03/19 99 Billy Griffin Be With Me 432. 1983/03/26 99 Wide Boy Awake Bona Venture 433. 1983/04/09 97 Compo and Nora Batty Nora Battys Stockings 434. 1983/04/16 91 The Tremeloes Words 435. 1983/04/23 83 Fleetwood Mac Cant Go Back 436. 1983/04/23 95 Roger Whittaker Stranger On The Shore 437. 1983/04/23 99 Peter and The Test Tube Babies Zombie Creeping Flesh 438. 1983/05/07 94 Pete Shelley (Millions Of People) No One Like You 439. 1983/05/21 96 Julie Tzuke Black Furs 440. 1983/06/04 98 Taco Singin In The Rain 441. 1983/06/04 100 Dead Or Alive Misty Circles 442. 1983/06/11 87 Russell Grant No Matter What Your Sign 443. 1983/06/18 71 F.R. David Music Carrere CAR 282 444. 1983/06/25 87 Jane Its A Fine Day 445. 1983/06/25 100 Frida Here Well Stay 446. 1983/07/02 97 Howard Devoto Rainy Season 447. 1983/07/16 92 Wang Chung (Dont Be My) Enemy 448. 1983/07/23 94 Cabaret Voltaire Just Fascination 449. 1983/07/30 99 Cashmere Try Your Lovin 450. 1983/08/27 99 Project Future Ray-Gun-Omics 451. 1983/09/03 97 Patrick Gammon Do My Ditty 452. 1983/09/10 88 D Train The Shadow Of Your Smile 453. 1983/09/24 94 Queensryche Queen Of The Reich 454. 1983/10/01 97 Natural Ites Picture On The Wall 455. 1983/10/08 93 Intaferon Get Out Of London 456. 1983/10/22 83 New Edition Is This The End 457. 1983/10/22 87 The Gap Band Im Ready If Youre Ready 458. 1983/10/22 99 Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye 459. 1983/10/29 88 Haircut 100 So Tired 460. 1983/10/29 99 The Flirtations Earthquake 461. 1983/11/05 91 Helix Heavy Metal Love 462. 1983/11/12 95 The Four Tops I Just Cant Walk Away 463. 1983/11/12 97 The Haines Gang So Hot 464. 1983/11/12 98 Ian Dury Really Glad You Came 465. 1983/11/19 92 The Walkers Whatever Happened To The Party Groove 466. 1983/11/19 97 Modern Romance Good Friday 467. 1983/11/19 100 Flesh For Lulu Roman Candle 468. 1983/11/26 99 Central Line Time For Some Fun 469. 1983/12/03 90 Marc and The Mambas Torment 470. 1983/12/03 91 Y&T Midnight In Tokyo 471. 1983/12/17 90 Michael Barrymore Kenny The Kangaroo 472. 1983/12/17 100 Renee and Renato He Loves Us All 473. 1984/01/21 95 Watusi Brothers Bodywork 474. 1984/01/21 97 The Three Degrees Liar 475. 1984/01/21 100 Luther Vandross Ill Let You Slide 476. 1984/01/28 93 Jimmy Cliff We All Are One 477. 1984/02/04 91 Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway Dont Box Me In 478. 1984/02/18 97 Blue Oyster Cult Shooting Shark 479. 1984/02/18 99 Indians In Moscow Naughty Miranda 480. 1984/02/25 91 Alabama Feels So Right 481. 1984/03/03 97 Trans Lux Big Apple Noise 482. 1984/03/17 91 Quiet Riot Bad Boy 483. 1984/03/17 92 Cutting Edge Dancing With The Rebels Acts and Artists 01. 1953/01/31 10 The Mills Brothers 02. 1953/03/21 12 Buddy Morrow 03. 1953/07/11 12 Vivian Blaine 04. 1954/11/13 17 Norman Brooks 05. 1955/02/12 20 De Castro Singers with Skip Martin and his Orchestra 06. 1955/07/23 20 The Five Smith Brothers 07. 1955/09/24 20 Charlie Applewhite with Victor Young and Chorus 08. 1955/10/22 18 The Central Band Of The Royal Air Force 09. 1956/01/14 19 Edna Savage 10. 1956/08/25 27 Clyde McPhatter 11. 1956/09/22 27 David Hughes 12. 1956/12/01 29 The Deep River Boys 13. 1956/12/15 26 Vince Martin 14. 1958/02/22 25 Louis Prima 15. 1958/12/06 29 Cozy Cole 16. 1959/08/22 28 The Impalas 17. 1959/10/31 28 Dickie Pride 18. 1959/11/07 23 Ivo Robic 19. 1960/01/16 29 Bill Forbes 20. 1960/02/13 30 Toni Fisher 21. 1960/03/10 46 Fabian 22. 1960/03/24 40 Shaye Cogan 23. 1960/03/24 43 Richard Allan 24. 1960/03/31 44 Carl Dobkins Jr 25. 1960/04/14 49 Pat Suzuki 26. 1960/06/09 49 George Chakiris 27. 1960/06/16 46 Carmen McRae 28. 1960/06/23 46 Jerry Wallace 29. 1960/07/21 50 Jimmy Clanton 30. 1960/07/28 43 Staiffi and his Mustafas 31. 1960/08/04 41 Steve Perry 32. 1960/08/25 50 Hal Page and The Whalers 33. 1960/10/27 50 Chaquito and his Orchestra 34. 1960/11/10 47 Umberto Bindi Il Nostro Concerto 35. 1961/05/04 43 Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents 36. 1961/08/24 49 Joe Barry 37. 1961/11/02 50 Moontrekkers 38. 1962/02/22 47 Brad Newman 39. 1962/10/04 49 George Shearing 40. 1962/10/04 50 Tony Hatch 41. 1963/01/10 50 Cookies 42. 1963/06/06 48 Tony Sheridan 43. 1963/07/25 45 Mickie Most 44. 1963/08/15 43 Alice Babs 45. 1963/10/03 50 The Angels 46. 1964/02/13 49 Tony Sheveton 47. 1964/02/27 49 Mary May 48. 1964/04/09 49 Undertakers 49. 1964/09/17 48 Denny Seyton and The Sabres 50. 1965/03/18 48 Zephyrs 51. 1965/05/20 48 In Crowd 52. 1965/05/27 45 Birds 53. 1965/06/03 42 Cadets with Eileen Reid 54. 1965/10/14 49 Johnny and Charley 55. 1965/10/21 49 Jody Miller 56. 1965/12/09 47 Barry St John 57. 1966/05/05 43 Genevieve 58. 1966/05/19 45 Kenny Damon 59. 1966/05/26 50 Keith Relf 60. 1966/06/02 49 Tony Merrick 61. 1966/09/08 49 Tommy McClain 62. 1967/01/05 50 Tim Hardin 63. 1967/02/02 45 Adge Cutler 64. 1967/02/09 45 The Bystanders 65. 1968/02/21 50 Sun Dragon 66. 1968/02/28 47 Classics IV 67. 1969/02/05 45 Tiny Tim 68. 1970/01/10 41 The Melodians 69. 1970/01/17 49 Derrick Morgan 70. 1970/05/16 47 Stamford Bridge 71. 1970/11/07 45 Peter E. Bennett and the Co-operation Choir 72. 1971/03/20 40 Grand Funk Railroad 73. 1971/04/03 49 Early Music Consort 74. 1975/05/10 46 Tony Rees and The Cottagers 75. 1976/06/19 49 Buster 76. 1977/06/25 44 Garnett Mimms and Truckin Company 77. 1978/04/01 48 Sidney Devine 78. 1978/06/17 72 Celi Bee and The Buzz Bunch Hold Your Horses Babe 79. 1978/09/02 72 Platinum Hook 80. 1978/09/16 68 Sarr Band 81. 1978/09/30 62 Cirrus 82. 1979/02/24 67 Aquarian Dream 83. 1979/06/09 73 Skyhooks 84. 1979/07/14 64 Vladimir Cosma 85. 1979/12/08 70 Lori and The Chameleons 86. 1980/02/02 75 The Jags 87. 1980/06/17 75 Angelwitch 88. 1980/07/19 68 Charlie Harper 89. 1981/01/31 72 Cloud 90. 1982/01/09 71 Rose Of Romance Orchestra 91. 1982/02/13 68 Vice Squad 92. 1983/01/08 71 Nevada 93. 1983/01/29 100 Yossers Gang 94. 1983/02/19 93 Leisure Process 95. 1983/02/19 98 David 96. 1983/02/26 95 Merrick and Tibbs 97. 1983/03/19 91 Valerie Dunbar 98. 1983/03/26 99 Wide Boy Awake 99. 1983/04/09 97 Compo and Nora Batty 100. 1983/04/23 99 Peter and The Test Tube Babies 101. 1983/06/04 98 Taco 102. 1983/06/11 87 Russell Grant 103. 1983/06/25 87 Jane 104. 1983/07/02 97 Howard Devoto 105. 1983/08/27 99 Project Future 106. 1983/09/03 97 Patrick Gammon 107. 1983/10/01 97 Natural Ites 108. 1983/10/29 99 The Flirtations 109. 1983/11/05 91 Helix 110. 1983/11/12 97 The Haines Gang 111. 1983/11/19 100 Flesh For Lulu 112. 1984/01/21 95 Watusi Brothers 113. 1984/02/18 99 Indians In Moscow 114. 1984/02/25 91 Alabama 115. 1984/03/03 97 Trans Lux Singles that were two week wonders or three week wonders due to skipped charts at Christmas, 1952-1983 1952/12/20 8 8 Bing Crosby Silent Night 1952/12/20 10 10 Jo Stafford Jambalaya 1953/12/19 12 12 12 Billy Cotton and his Band I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 1969/12/27 43 43 Moira Anderson The Holy City 1972/12/23 48 48 48 Vicky Leandros The Love In Your Eyes 1977/12/24 48 48 48 Debby Boone You Light Up My Life 1980/12/27 70 70 Slade Xmas Ear Bender (EP) 1981/12/26 68 68 Fogwell Flax and the Ankle Biters from Freehold Junior School One-Nine for Santa 1981/12/26 74 74 Johnny Mathis and Gladys Knight When A Child Is Born 1983/12/24 77 77 Joe Fagin Breaking Away 1983/12/24 78 78 Brendan Shine Thank God For Kids 1983/12/24 97 97 The Damned There Aint No Sanity Clause 1983/12/24 99 99 Men Without Hats I Got The Message 1983/12/24 100 100 Hooray Henrys All Stuck Up I'll begin with the 1952 hits as a taster, and to see if this is something people are interested in (whilst accepting that admittedly popular music circa 1952 is unlikely to be in and of itself of great interest to many people, but remember it's just the start of what I hope will be an ongoing, ever evolving list of one week wonders). The first chart, 15th November 1952, actually yields the first two one week wonders, although this is rather unfair to both, as had the NME chart begun earlier then they would have achieved more weeks and not be here, but we have to start somewhere right? So at number 10 we have Vera Lynn - Auf Wiedersehen (Sweetheart) Auf Wiedersehen (Sweetheart) had actually been selling well during June and July of 1952, being the UK's bestseller for several weeks during that time, if 'The Missing Charts' by Steve Waters is referred to. It took over the unofficial top spot from the next one-week wonder on our list, which had it's only week in the NME chart at #12 in the same week. That single was Walkin' My Baby Back Home by Johnnie Ray. Week two, 22/11/1952, and we probably have our first genuine one week wonder, or at least we have one that doesn't feature in the 'Missing Charts' books, suggesting it had no 'previous' as it were in terms of sales/popularity. The single in question is actually by the first NME charttopper, Al Martino, and is at number 9 in the week he was enjoying his 2nd week at the top. The one week wonder is Take My Heart. And that's it for 1952, except for a technicality. The chart of 20th December 1952 was followed by a week where a new chart was not compiled, meaning that most chart sources, whether books or online databases, count the same chart as applying for two weeks. This means that there are two new entries in that chart that only get a second week on chart by virtue of that convention, as they only actually charted in one compiled chart, it just happened to be one that was 'repeated' by chartologists to plug a gap. These two records are added here as a sort of bonus, as we can't be sure if they would have got a genuine second week had a chart been compiled, or whether they are saved from one week wonder status purely by happening to chart in the week in question. At #8 was Bing Crosby - Silent Night I'm actually suprised that it doesn't seem to have re-emerged at any point in the download or streaming era, given the wholesale invasion of the charts at christmas by even the most obscure christmas hits. Also it appears from searching youtube that there are multiple recordings of this song by Bing, and can only take this youtube accounts word for it that they have uploaded the 1952 version (or indeed that a specifically 1952 version even existed), so do let me know if I have linked the wrong version. [Edited on 11th September 2021 to fix a dead link. The previous link was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNwwFZRMxbQ If Bing recorded more than one version of this song then the new link may not be the correct version.] At #10 was Jo Stafford with Jambalaya This song was of course later made popular by The Carpenters. And that really is it for 1952. Feel free to post corrections and additions to the thread as I go along (though I'd prefer not to be overtaken, so stick to the period already covered by the thread). Let me know which of the 1952 one week wonders you liked or disliked, and whether (or not) you'd be interested in this as an ongoing thread/project. This post has been edited by DanChartFan: 11th September 2021, 08:41 AM |
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A very interesting and insightful topic!
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22nd October 2019, 10:20 AM
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I love this idea! Shall make sure to follow along
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22nd October 2019, 10:24 AM
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A true piece of chart geekery. Whats not to like?
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22nd October 2019, 10:24 AM
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Keep going with this. I will certainly be interested. From the late 70s onwards,there are likely to be some songs that I will know.
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22nd October 2019, 01:20 PM
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A very interesting idea for a thread! Sounds good to me.
To answer a question in your first post: the 76 to 100 part of the Top 100 Singles charts on the OCC website are the "compressed" version (that is, exclusion rules as per 1983-91 applied) from 12 February 1994 to 16 April 2005. From 23 April 2005 downloads were incorporated into the chart and the old exclusion rules were dropped though of course new exclusion rules did get introduced. What isn't in the OCC archive are positions 76-100 from April 1991 to January 1994. While it looks like the full top 100 charts from April 1991 to August 1992 are now unobtainable (unless someone can get access to the BPI library as they do have them) I do have positions 76-100 (again with exclusion rules being applied) from September 1992 to January 1994. If you haven't got them and want them then let me know and I can direct you to a thread at ukmix where I posted them... |
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22nd October 2019, 01:56 PM
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Given the number of exclusion rules in place now, not to mention ACR, there seems no reason to exclude positions 76-100 at any other time.
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23rd October 2019, 08:55 PM
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This is a great idea but I don't think it will get interesting for most people until at least the 70s or maybe 80s.
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23rd October 2019, 11:15 PM
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Great idea!
I'm very interested by the two week Wonder for Bing Crosbys version of 'Silent Night'. I imagine it depends on which day Christmas fell in December 1952 to guess whether it would have sold well enough to gain a second week. On the song itself - which is the defining version and which versions have charted throughout the OCC records? I usually hear this version (as well as a video they play on MTV) and probably the Michael Buble version each year these days. |
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28th October 2019, 08:55 PM
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Great idea! I'm very interested by the two week Wonder for Bing Crosbys version of 'Silent Night'. I imagine it depends on which day Christmas fell in December 1952 to guess whether it would have sold well enough to gain a second week. On the song itself - which is the defining version and which versions have charted throughout the OCC records? I usually hear this version (as well as a video they play on MTV) and probably the Michael Buble version each year these days. Surely the definitive version should be in German. |
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1st November 2019, 10:39 PM
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Great idea! I'm very interested by the two week Wonder for Bing Crosbys version of 'Silent Night'. I imagine it depends on which day Christmas fell in December 1952 to guess whether it would have sold well enough to gain a second week. On the song itself - which is the defining version and which versions have charted throughout the OCC records? I usually hear this version (as well as a video they play on MTV) and probably the Michael Buble version each year these days. Well Steve there are actually five versions of Silent Night that have charted over the years, so by way of a bonus feature, here is a Silent Night top 5 pop pickers, though only the Bing Crosby version above is potentially elligible for our main list. At 5th place is this sublime version by Sinead O'Connor which peaked at number 60 in December 1991 For 4th place we go from the sublime to, if not the ridiculous at least to the very different, with this punk version by The Dickies in December 1978, which peaked at number 47. Up to 3rd place and we find a rather chilling version by Simon and Garfunkel, which was released as part of a double a side for xmas 1991, having been tracks from one of their albums. This Simon and Garfunkel version feature them singing the carol whilst a news bulletin from 3rd August 1966 fades up. Number 2 is the Bing Crosby version mentioned and linked above, which, as mentioned, peaked at number 8 for just the two weeks, one of which was a repeated chart rather than a newly calculated chart. That just leaves number one in your Silent Night chart, which is another double A side, this time paired with a track called Cat Among The Pigeons. I entered the chart at number two in w/e 3rd December 1988 and was by Bros. I'm actually suprised that no version of Silent Night has reentered the Official Top 100 in the download/streaming era. Looking at the UK Spotfy Top 200 chart for xmas day 2018, which was almost exclusively Xmas songs, I can find three versions of Silent Night, in the following order, Michael Buble at #117, Mariah Carey at #153 and Bing Crosby at #190. The first two are probably helping their respective Xmas albums in the albums chart, even if they have not charted as an indidivual track in the Official Top 100 Singles Chart. Again, as a reminder, only Bing's version is potentially elligible for our main list, the others having indisputably spent additional weeks in the chart. This post has been edited by DanChartFan: 1st November 2019, 10:41 PM |
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1st November 2019, 11:24 PM
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And on with 1953
The first one week wonder of 1953 was called Glow Worm, and was by the Mills Brothers. It charted at number 10 on 10/01/1953. The Mills Brothers were originally four actual brothers, but one of them, John Jr, had passed away aged just 25 in 1936, and was then replaced by his father, John Sr. Apparently their recordings have since been lost in the fire in 2008 that destroyed a vast number of masters by a large number of artists. The Mills Brothers entire chart career in the UK is literally just this one week, though in the US they were much more successful. You wait for a one week wonder to occur, then two come along at once! It's strange how they have been mostly happening in pairs so far, with a particular chart either containing two one-week wonders, or none. Anyway we go down one place to number 11 on the same chart and find an alternative version of a more successful hit, a common occurence in the early years of the charts. In fact there were two versions that charted higher at around the same time. The song in question is 'Faith Can Move Mountains', which peaked highest, at #7, for Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads, on the Columbia label. The second versions was Capitol's version, by Nat 'King' Cole, which peaked at #10. These versions had 3 and 4 weeks on chart respectively. The version we are interested in here is on the Decca label (which seems to be something of a recurring theme for 1953 one week wonders), and is by one-time Radio 2 favourite Jimmy Young. One week later, on 17th January 1953, again at #11 we have bandleader Ted Heath and his music, with a tune called Vanessa. This post has been edited by DanChartFan: 1st November 2019, 11:34 PM |
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1st November 2019, 11:40 PM
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None of that trio of songs are grabbing me that much really tbh (I do like the rat in the top left corner of the Mills Brothers embed though) - hoping for some better discoveries soon as I do really like some 50s stuff. Especially instrumentals like 'Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White' and Winifred Atwell's fabulous piano tunes.
The Vera Lynn song is probably my favourite of the thread so far. |
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1st November 2019, 11:59 PM
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On to the 20th February 1953, and to the chart debut of an artist who would go on to top the charts. This single, which charted at #12, was the third version of Broken Wings to hit the charts. The most sucessful version was a charttopper for the Stargazers on the Decca label, and there was also a version on HMV's label, by Art and Dotty Todd, which peaked at number 6. But the version which joins our list is strangely also on the Decca label, which seems a bit bizarre as the label is essentially competing with itself, and potentially transferring some sales from the charttopping version to the minor version, but these were different times, and I guess the label was making money either way. This third version introduced the UK chart watching (and listening) public to Dickie Valentine.
Charting at #11 on 7th March 1953 is Joni James, with a song called Why Don't You Believe Me?. She escapes being the second act on our list to have a UK chart career of only one week, as she managed to gain one more week in 1959, with another single. Also at #11, but on 21st March 1953, is Frankie Laine, with a song called the Girl In The Wood. I can see from Steve Waters' Missing Charts book that it must have been released around about September 1951, so I'm not quite sure how it came to trouble the NME chart in March 1953. It was the last of only two Columbia releases by Frankie Laine to chart on the NME chart. His next chart entry, now on the Phillips label, was the chart busting hit I Believe, which broke records for the length of time it spent at the top of the charts. This post has been edited by DanChartFan: 2nd November 2019, 12:03 AM |
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2nd November 2019, 12:07 AM
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I'll try and make sure to keep up with this thread but there isn't too much to say about these obscure 50s songs, gonna be a while before you get to songs that many people are going to care about - still an interesting and ambitious thread idea!
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2nd November 2019, 12:13 AM
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When I first started looking at 50s charts,I thought the Conservative Party leader Ted Heath had a previous career as a bandleader. It was a while before I realised they were different people.
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2nd November 2019, 12:25 AM
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Joni James has a lovely voice - I think that's my new favourite of the thread so far! Something I really enjoy about the 50s is the amount of classy vocalists in the chart. The Frankie Laine song is good too - I only knew 'I Believe', 'Hey Joe' and 'Answer Me' by him and I like all three in addition to this one, so he seems cool.
That version of 'Broken Wings' didn't do much for me - I do know and enjoy The Stargazers' version though. 'I See The Moon' is their best in my opinion though, pretty zany *.* (yes don't mind me discovering pretty much everything here, my knowledge of the 50s is mostly artists who have #1s or #2s and I'm enjoying expanding that!) Loving the commentary so far! The chart geekery is most pleasing. |
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2nd November 2019, 12:30 AM
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Staying with 21st March 1953, and moving down to #12, we find a tune with it's roots in 1940, in a piece by Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges. Apparently this particular track, Night Train, by trombonist Buddy Morrow, was sometimes the soundtrack for burlesque striptease!
On 4th April 1953 a duet charted at #12, between two future chart toppers, Doris Day and Johnnie Ray. The song was 'Ma Says, Pa Says'. [Edited on 11th September 2021 to fix a dead link. Old link was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=] Two weeks later, 18th April 1953, the same two artists charted another one week wonder, this time at #11. There something a little odd going on here though, as on closer inspection both duets have the same catalogue number, as they were in fact different sides of the same disc! Chart rules at the time meant that each sale in any of NME's chart return shops had to be logged under the side that was actually requested at the counter, and that both sides could thus chart separately of each other. Since the chart saw these singles as being separate, then so do I, and thus this duo achieve two one week wonders in a fortnight with either side of the same disc. The side that achieved it second was called A Full Time Job. [Edited on 11th September 2021 to fix a dead link. Old link was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNV9IO2kA8I] This post has been edited by DanChartFan: 11th September 2021, 08:49 AM |
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2nd November 2019, 12:32 AM
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2nd November 2019, 01:17 AM
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Our next trio of one week wonders are, for the first time, all from the same chart week, 6th June 1953, the week of the Queen's coronation. I think it's amazing that although this thread will (if it gets that far) span a fairly huge number of minor hits, over a period of nearly 70 years, nonetheless all of them have happened during the reign of just one monarch.... But on with our trio.
The first one was at #7, and was a second chart version of In A Golden Coach, a song directly about the Coronation, which was already charting in a version by Billy Cotton and his band. Again the one week wonder version is by Dickie Valentine, and again Decca are for some reason competing with themselves by releasing both versions. Possibly the in-house competition had more effect this time, as Billy had dropped to #7 in the week that Dickie entered at #8, but then the following week Dickie's version vanished from the charts, whilst Billy's shot up to #3. The Dickie version achieves the highest peak so far for a one week wonder, and despite my research having already reached the 60s I haven't yet found one with a higher peak. The second one is the fourth single to chart for forces sweetheart Vera Lynn, The Windsor Waltz, which spent it's one chart week at #11. I suspect, from the Windsor connection, that this was also related in some way to the Coronation, but I can't find any mention of this anywhere, so perhaps any such connection was just in the mind of the sudden (comparative) rush of purchasers in that week? Finally at number 12 is an alternative version of I'm Walking Behind You by Dorothy Squires, on the Polygon label, which was set up by Leslie Clark so he could control the distribution of his daughter, Petula's, recordings. The more well known version on HMV, by Eddie Fisher and Sally Sweetland, was at #6 in that same week, and would go on to top the charts. |
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