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 Don’t 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 (There’s 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 – I’m 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 – I’m 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 Banjo’s 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 Don’t 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 – That’s 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 – I’ll 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 It’s 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, Don’t 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 – Mary’s 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 – You’re 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 – I’m 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 – Ain’t 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 Black’s 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 – Let’s 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 – I’m A Fool To Care – Mercury AMT 1149

226. 1961/09/07 – 48 – Al Saxon – There I’ve Said It Again – Picadilly 7N 35011

227. 1961/09/14 – 50 – Linda Scott – Don’t 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 – He’s 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 Who’s 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 – She’s 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 – I’m 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 You’ve 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 Baby’s Gone Surfin’ – RCA 1357

257. 1963/10/03 – 50 – The Angels – My Boyfriend’s 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 Didn’t 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 – She’s 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 – That’s 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 – Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours – Don’t 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 I’m 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 Don’t 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 You’ve 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 – Doesn’t 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 Seagull’s 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 – It’s 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 Don’t Know How To Love Him – MCA MMKS 5077

367. 1972/03/25 – 42 – Henry Mancini – Theme from ‘Cade’s 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 – You’ve 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 – Ain’t 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 – You’re 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 – David’s 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 – Woman’s 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 – Don’t Let ‘Em Grind You Down – Superville EXP 1003

410. 1982/01/09 – 71 – Rose Of Romance Orchestra – Tara’s 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 – Yosser’s 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 – I’ll 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 Batty’s Stockings –

434. 1983/04/16 – 91 – The Tremeloes – Words –

435. 1983/04/23 – 83 – Fleetwood Mac – Can’t 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 – It’s A Fine Day –

445. 1983/06/25 – 100 – Frida – Here We’ll Stay –

446. 1983/07/02 – 97 – Howard Devoto – Rainy Season –

447. 1983/07/16 – 92 – Wang Chung – (Don’t 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 – I’m Ready If You’re 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 Can’t 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 – I’ll Let You Slide –

476. 1984/01/28 – 93 – Jimmy Cliff – We All Are One –

477. 1984/02/04 – 91 – Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway – Don’t 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 – Yosser’s 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 Ain’t No Sanity Clause

1983/12/24 – 99 – 99 – Men Without Hats – I Got The Message

1983/12/24 – 100 – 100 – Hooray Henry’s – 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.

Edited September 11, 20213 yr by DanChartFan

A very interesting and insightful topic!

I love this idea! Shall make sure to follow along :D

A true piece of chart geekery. What’s not to like?

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Edited November 1, 20195 yr by DanChartFan

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.

Edited November 1, 20195 yr by DanChartFan

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.

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.

Edited November 2, 20195 yr by DanChartFan

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!

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.

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.

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'.

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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

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Edited September 11, 20213 yr by DanChartFan

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.

 

Ha! I thought the same thing for a long time too!

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.