Every UK #1 Single of the 1960's Discussion Thread

(NOTE: The previous week may have been the first to have a Top 50, only the first 30 were shown. Here will be the full Top 50 from here on out. If one wants to know 31-50 for 10 March, please ask.)

Week Ending 17 March 1960

06 - 02 - 01 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
10 - 04 - 02 - Anthony Newley - WHY
04 - 08 - 03 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
05 - 11 - 04 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
09 - 01 - 05 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
09 - 10 - 06 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
03 - 16 - 07 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
09 - 06 - 08 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
09 - 05 - 09 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
06 - 07 - 10 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
07 - 03 - 11 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
12 - 12 - 12 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
06 - 19 - 13 - The Everly Brothers - LET IT BE ME
02 - 22 - 14 - Billy Fury - COLLETTE
03 - 15 - 15 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
02 - 49 - 16 - Gene Vincent - MY HEART
02 - 20 - 17 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
04 - 17 - 18 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
08 - 18 - 19 - The Platters - HARBOUR LIGHTS
03 - 26 - 20 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
08 - 09 - 21 - Bobby Darin - LA MER (BEYOND THE SEA)
08 - 25 - 22 - Johnny Mathis - MISTY
02 - 31 - 23 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE (a potential influence on Slade, no?)
02 - 38 - 24 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
o2 - 34 - 25 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
1 - NEW - 26 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
05 - 13 - 27 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
12 - 14 - 28 - Michael Holliday - STARRY EYED
1 - NEW - 29 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
02 - 36 - 30 - Marty Wilde - JOHNNY ROCCO
21 - 23 - 31 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
17 - 24 - 32 - Adam Faith - WHAT DO YOU WANT?
1 - NEW - 33 - The England Sisters - HEARTBEAT
1 - NEW - 34 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
16 - 21 - 35 - Guy Mitchell - HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
1 - NEW - 36 - Norrie Paramor And His Orchestra - THEME FROM "SUMMER PLACE"
14 - 30 - 37 - Tommy Steele - LITTLE WHITE BULL
08 - 29 - 38 - Marty Robbins - EL PASO
1 - NEW - 39 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
02 - 48 - 40 - Mark Dinning - TEEN ANGEL
1 - NEW - 41 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
1 - NEW - 42 - Freddie Cannon - INDIANA
05 - 32 - 44 - Frank Ifield - LUCKY DEVIL
1 - NEW - 45 - Brenda Lee - SWEET NOTHIN'S
1 - NEW - 46 - Chet Atkins - TEENSVILLE
1 - NEW - 47 - Dick Jordan - HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO
05 - 39 - 48 - Gene Vincent - WILD CAT
1 - NEW - 49 - The Champs - TOO MUCH TEQUILA
02 - 37 - 50 - Bert Weedon - BIG BEAT BOOGIE


Week Ending 24 March 1960

07 - 01 - 01 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
04 - 07 - 02 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
05 - 03 - 03 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
10 - 05 - 04 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
1 - NEW - 05 - Lonnie Donegan And His Group - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN (BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)
1 - NEW - 06 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
03 - 24 - 07 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
03 - 23 - 08 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
03 - 14 - 09 - Billy Fury - COLLETTE
11 - 02 - 10 - Anthony Newley - WHY
07 - 10 - 11 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
06 - 04 - 12 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
10 - 09 - 13 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
10 - 08 - 14 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
1 - NEW - 15 - Anthony Newley - DO YOU MIND?
08 - 11 - 16 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
02 - 26 - 17 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
03 - 16 - 18 - Gene Vincent - MY HEART
03 - 17 - 19 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
02 - 29 - 20 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
04 - 20 - 21 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
05 - 18 - 22 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
13 - 12 - 23 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
06 - 43 - 24 - Frank Ifield - LUCKY DEVIL
10 - 06 - 25 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
03 - 25 - 26 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
18 - 32 - 27 - Adam Faith - WHAT DO YOU WANT?
04 - 15 - 28 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
02 - 39 - 29 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
06 - 27 - 30 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
09 - 21 - 31 - Bobby Darin - LA MER (BEYOND THE SEA)
22 - 31 - 32 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
09 - 22 - 33 - Johnny Mathis - MISTY
03 - 30 - 34 - Marty Wilde - JOHNNY ROCCO
02 - 34 - 35 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
1 - NEW - 36 - Jim Reeves - HE'LL HAVE TO GO
03 - 40 - 37 - Mark Dinning - TEEN ANGEL
09 - 19 - 38 - The Platters - HARBOUR LIGHTS
1 - NEW - 39 - Johnny Mathis - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
1 - NEW - 40 - Shaye Cogan - MEAN TO ME
02 - 41 - 41 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
15 - 37 - 42 - Tommy Steele - LITTLE WHITE BULL
1 - NEW - 43 - Richard Allan - AS TIME GOES BY
1 - NEW - 44 - Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson - OOH! LA! LA!
06 - 48 - 45 - Gene Vincent - WILD CAT
03 - RE - 46 - Freddie Cannon - CALIFORNIA HERE I COME
1 - NEW - 47 - Ray Peterson - ANSWER ME
03 - 50 - 48 - Bert Weedon - BIG BEAT BOOGIE
02 - 36 - 49 - Norrie Paramor And His Orchestra - THEME FROM "SUMMER PLACE"
13 - 28 - 50 - Michael Holliday - STARRY EYED

 

Now, as to what's in my collection . . .

 

As for what 'newies' came down the pike . . .

 

Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
I like this one....always have.
3/5

 

Likes...
Week Ending 24 March 1960
1 - NEW - 06 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
1 - NEW - 36 - Jim Reeves - HE'LL HAVE TO GO

 

Running Bear
Whenever the Big Bopper is mentioned, he's usually passed off as a one-hit wonder for Chantilly Lace. Bopper's solo LP was great fun, but people forget he wrote great songs for other artists, such as this tear-jerking Native American teen love story. Johnny Preston was certainly no savage rock'n'roll rebel, but a lot of his suit-and-tie pop'n'roll is most entertaining and enjoyable.

Gene Vincent - Wildcat, My Heart
By this time without the roaring Blue Caps and with a more sophisticated backing, still cool as ever.


Max Bygraves - Fings ain't wot they used t'be
The only song I've heard that's written in the 50s that mentions Teds ("there's Teds wiv drainpipe trousers and Debs in coffee houses").

 

The Big Bopper and George "Possum" Jones were the backing singers on "Running Bear" - evidently, it was recorded prior to Bopper going down with Messrs. Valens and Holly in that plane in early '59.

But who else sees in Mr. Bygraves' song title, a possible influence on future Slade song title spellings come the '70's?

 

This should be a good and interesting thread. However, you have fallen into the same old historical revisionism that is not the way it was. There was no 'official' UK chart until Feb 1969. From 1952 till Feb 1969, there were 5 major independent charts: NME, Record Mirror, Melody Maker, Disc, and Record Retailer. Plus the BBC average of those charts, which was followed by a huge number of Brits, as featured weekly on both radio (starting the late 50s) and TV (starting 1964). None were 'official' until the BMRB chart in Feb 1969.

In 1977, the Guinness chart books began, they chose NME to represent the 50s, Record Retailer to represent the 60s. They did not claim these charts as 'official', they only listed which charts they were using 'for the purposes of this book.' They did not explain why they chose those charts. So why did they choose RR for the 60s? The authors were later quoted as saying "because it had a Top 50 chart every week 1960-69." So accuracy didn't matter, nor did the fact that Melody Maker was also a Top 50 chart for 5 years during the 60s, with a much larger sample base.

After 2001, the company that owned what was referred to as the industry chart, and would now be called 'the official charts', changed its name from the Chart Information Network (CIN) to "The Official UK Charts Company." They were thus not sanctioned as 'official' by anyone, they simply made it up, so as to better distinguish themselves against their competition, the MRIB chart, which had begun to move in on their territory. (No different than a fish n chips shop declaring themselves 'the official fish n chips shop of the UK.') They then (after 2001) chose RR as the 'official' UK chart of the 60s. Why? Because they claim it was an industry forerunner to the BMRB charts. Which was absolutely not true. RR began as the chart of 30 independent record retailer shops, not tied to the record companies, and not funded by them. You could say they were an anti-industry chart.

Record Retailer was the least accurate chart of the 60s, sampled the fewest number of record shops, disagreed the most often with the other charts, and was the least followed. Most Brits didn't even know they existed, as NME, Melody Maker, and the BBC were the best known. Melody Maker sampled the most record shops, 5 times as many as RR in 1960, 3 times as many in 1969; and were published in the most number of newspapers. To claim RR as 'official' for the 60s is a blatant lie. RR had the most #1 records that did not appear at #1 on ANY of the other charts. They also had the most number of 'not #1 records' that were #1 on ALL the other charts.

The 2 most blaring examples of the RR chart inaccuracies are these: The Beatles "Please Please Me" was #1 for 2 weeks on NME, MM, and Disc, and for 3 weeks on the BBC. It peaked at #2 on RR. 270 sampled record shops said it was #1; the 30 RR shops said it was #2. Which is truth?

Same thing for The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown." #1 for 3 weeks on NME, MM, Disc, and the BBC, based on over 500 record shops. #2 on RR based on 80 record shops. Which is truth?

There are many other examples. Read this history of the UK charts here, and all will be revealed:

Updated "CHART HISTORY"

If you want to do this thread right, you will mention every record that was #1 on any of the 5 major charts. You can find the article on Wiki:

List of UK charts and number-one singles (1952–1969) - Wikipedia

For everyone who lived thru the 60s in the UK, we know what was true chart history. For those that didn't, they have been brainwashed, they get their revised history from the self-proclaimed 'official' charts and the Guinness books that were anything but.

Good luck! And have fun...

 

That's interesting, I never knew that. The Bopper also wrote a song for Jones, White Lightning.

 

You bring up several points. However, as on the '70's and '80's UK #1 threads I have cited additional NME #1's from what is "universally" accepted as "canonical" in the Official Charts' eyes, I do plan, in year-end reviews, to mention what "other" toppers there were not only there, but also Melody Maker and Disc. Record Mirror for sure had some "extra" #1's that were also NME toppers. The discrepancies are, as a researcher myself would realise, as much as the "canonical" US chart source Billboard (thanks to Joel Whitburn and American Top 40), vs. competitors such as Cash Box, Music Vendor (became Record World in 1964) and Radio & Records - the last three of which had a few "extra" #1's that missed reaching the top of Billboard's Hot 100.

But as to your examples of Beatles, Stones, etc., I am reminded of a certain punk rock number in 1977 that topped NME's charts - but which the BMRB altered their compilation methodology that week to keep it from reaching the top on their own chart. A shame there's no online record of which Melody Maker #1's there were after the 15 February 1969 creation of the BMRB. They held on with their own chart, too, until 1988 when they and NME both folded and started carrying charts from a rival to Gallup.

 

Here's a site that lists #1's of Melody Maker till the end 1988. All the other UK chart #1's as well, just scroll on down:

Music paper biograhies and their No 1's

For the Melody Maker singles charts, check out these threads as well:

Melody Maker the 60s and 50s:

Melody Maker 1960's (and 50's) singles charts

Melody Maker the 70s:

Melody Maker Singles Charts 1970s

Melody Maker the 80s:

Melody Maker 1980's Singles Charts request

 

So here's what I'll do. With the new info on hand, I shall also be adding any "extra" #1's from Melody Maker I can crib together year-by-year. At least one MM #1 from 1970 did not top either NME's or BMRB's charts, for example.

 

Being a Black Country lad, I can tell you that Slade's mis-spelling or kak grammar on their early singles was all down to their native accent.
They decided to spell how they speak or spake' in their region of the Midlands.
EG
Take Me Bak 'Ome = Take Me Back Home

 

They must've gotten their cue to do that from that Bygraves song. What region/native accent would the spelling of his number have come from?

Meanwhile, await the avalanche of "extra" #1's from Melody Maker in each of the year-by-year threads of the 1970's - and also, when we finally get to the end of the '80's, all the "extra" #1's from MM in that decade. (I already did NME's.) Wonder, since pre-'60 NME / '60-'69 Record Retailer, '69-'82 BMRB, '83-? Gallup and so forth as considered "canonical" by the Official Charts, and thus I.T.O.P.H.O., considered equivalent to US Billboard, which of the "others" (post-'60 NME, Melody Maker, Record Mirror, Disc, etc.) would have been equivalent to the other US publications I brought up?

 

Excellent W.B.! I thank you, and history thanks you.

If you want more extra credit, you can throw in the Record Mirror and Disc #1's as well. They were good charts for their limited duration of the 60s, up to 1962 for RM, up to 1967 for Disc, and both sampled more record shops than RR. They each had a handful of #1's that didn't make any other chart, the Wiki spreadsheet will show you those.

I'd venture to add, you can throw in the Top Pops/Music Now chart as well, starting 1968 thru 1971. They reported on the record sales of the store chain WH Smith & Sons, a major player. Don't know off the top of my head if they had any #1's that didn't show up as such on the other charts. My link above will list all their #1's.

Cheers!

 

That's the thing. At least one 1960 #1 that wasn't either on NME's or RR's radar topped both the Melody Maker and Record Mirror charts. I'll examine all when we get to the end of '60.

There was also another link I came across from the "history" thread you'd linked to here. I'll cross-check from there. So there would've likely been more than just the (at least) 74 "extras" from NME between 1960 and 1988, coming from papers where you had more #1's that didn't even make the top of NME's charts, let alone RR, BMRB, Gallup etc.

 

Johnny Preston - Running Bear

This is the other song I was previously going to post as liking until realising that it was a future number one.

This hit the top spot a good couple of years before I was born, but I can recall hearing it played on several occasions on the radio in the sixties and liking it as a youngster. I still do and it is arguably the first great number one single of the decade.

 

I've never been fussy about Running Bear. For a similar-themed song that's absolutely gorgeous, try Indian Wedding by Roy Orbison!

Best new entries:

The last one is very funny!

How did I miss this one? We had a copy:

For years I mispronounced "Wisconsin", because of that song!!


Lonnie Donegan's comedy classic:

 

@John54 jumped the gun a wee bit on the next topper . . .
#5 of 1960 (#99 in total) - "My Old Man's A Dustman (Ballad Of A Refuse Disposal Officer)" by Lonnie Donegan And His Group
(#1 for 4 weeks - 31 March-21 April 1960)

The UK single:

The US single (and a rather incongruous one at that, given what this label was putting out and generally known for at the time):

Wikipedia entry

 

The song is from a stage musical of the same title. It takes place in the London underworld and is spoken in Cockney dialect. Has anyone here seen it?

Here's a bad-ass song from the play performed by Adam Faith in 1960. I caught it on Edwardian Radio Rampage.

 

Week Ending 31 March 1960

02 - 05 - 01 - Lonnie Donegan And His Group - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN (BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)
08 - 01 - 02 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
05 - 02 - 03 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
06 - 03 - 04 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
11 - 04 - 05 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
02 - 06 - 06 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
04 - 08 - 07 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
12 - 10 - 08 - Anthony Newley - WHY
08 - 11 - 09 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
09 - 16 - 10 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
02 - 15 - 11 - Anthony Newley - DO YOU MIND?
04 - 07 - 12 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
03 - 17 - 13 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
04 - 19 - 14 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
11 - 13 - 15 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
07 - 12 - 16 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
03 - 20 - 18 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
11 - 14 - 19 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
06 - 22 - 20 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
11 - 25 - 21 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
04 - 26 - 22 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
14 - 23 - 23 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
1 - NEW - 24 - Bobby Darin - CLEMENTINE
05 - 21 - 25 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
07 - 13 - 26 - The Everly Brothers - LET IT BE ME
10 - 31 - 27 - Bobby Darin - LA MER (BEYOND THE SEA)
03 - 41 - 28 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
04 - 18 - 29 - Gene Vincent - MY HEART
04 - 34 - 30 - Marty Wilde - JOHNNY ROCCO
23 - 32 - 31 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
07 - 30 - 32 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
19 - 27 - 33 - Adam Faith - WHAT DO YOU WANT?
16 - 42 - 34 - Tommy Steele - LITTLE WHITE BULL
05 - 25 - 36 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
10 - 33 - 36 - Johnny Mathis - MISTY
10 - 38 - 37 - The Platters - HARBOUR LIGHTS
1 - NEW - 38 - Ronnie Carroll - FOOTSTEPS
03 - 35 - 39 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
03 - 29 - 40 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
1 - NEW - 41 - Paul Evans - MIDNITE SPECIAL
02 - 39 - 42 - Johnny Mathis - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
19 - RE - 43 - Frankie Laine - RAWHIDE
1 - NEW - 44 - Carl Dobkins, Jr. - LUCKY DEVIL
8 - RE - 45 - Wink Martindale - DECK OF CARDS
1 - NEW - 46 - Shirley Bassey - WITH THESE HANDS
05 - RE - 47 - Nat King Cole - TIME AND THE RIVER
1 - NEW - 48 - Paul Anka - PUPPY LOVE
1 - NEW - 49 - Al Martino - SUMMERTIME
1 - NEW - 50 - Santo And Johnny - TEARDROP

Week Ending 07 April 1960

03 - 01 - 01 - Lonnie Donegan And His Group - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN (BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)
03 - 11 - 02 - Anthony Newley - DO YOU MIND?
03 - 03 - 02 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
09 - 02 - 04 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
07 - 04 - 05 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
06 - 03 - 06 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
05 - 07 - 07 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
09 - 09 - 08 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
05 - 12 - 09 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
1 - NEW - 10 - Elvis Presley - STUCK ON YOU
05 - 14 - 11 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
04 - 18 - 12 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
06 - 25 - 13 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
04 - 13 - 14 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
12 - 05 - 15 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
13 - 08 - 16 - Anthony Newley - WHY
02 - 24 - 17 - Bobby Darin - CLEMENTINE
03 - 10 - 18 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
12 - 15 - 19 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
05 - 17 - 20 - Billy Fury - COLLETTE
05 - 22 - 21 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
12 - 21 - 22 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
06 - 35 - 23 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
08 - 16 - 24 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
04 - 28 - 25 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
08 - 32 - 26 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
12 - 19 - 27 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
07 - 20 - 28 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
05 - 29 - 29 - Gene Vincent - MY HEART
11 - 27 - 30 - Bobby Darin - LA MER (BEYOND THE SEA)
02 - RE - 31 - Jim Reeves - HE'LL HAVE TO GO
04 - 40 - 32 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
07 - RE - 33 - Frank Ifield - LUCKY DEVIL
15 - 23 - 34 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
24 - 31 - 35 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
17 - 34 - 36 - Tommy Steele - LITTLE WHITE BULL
11 - 37 - 37 - The Platters - HARBOUR LIGHTS
02 - 46 - 38 - Shirley Bassey - WITH THESE HANDS
02 - RE - 39 - Brenda Lee - SWEET NOTHIN'S
02 - 38 - 40 - Ronnie Carroll - FOOTSTEPS
20 - 43 - 41 - Frankie Laine - RAWHIDE
04 - RE - 42 - Mark Dinning - TEEN ANGEL
02 - 48 - 43 - Paul Anka - PUPPY LOVE
09 - RE - 44 - Marty Robbins - EL PASO
04 - 39 - 45 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
02 - RE - 46 - Nina & Frederik - LISTEN TO THE OCEAN
08 - 26 - 47 - The Everly Brothers - LET IT BE ME
1 - NEW - 48 - Frank Sinatra - IT'S NICE TO GO TRAV'LING
04 - RE - 49 - Bert Weedon - BIG BEAT BOOGIE
03 - 42 - 50 - Johnny Mathis - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL


Week Ending 14 April 1960

04 - 01 - 01 - Lonnie Donegan And His Group - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN (BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)
04 - 03 - 02 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
05 - 12 - 03 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
04 - 02 - 04 - Anthony Newley - DO YOU MIND?
06 - 07 - 05 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
02 - 10 - 06 - Elvis Presley - STUCK ON YOU
07 - 06 - 07 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
05 - 14 - 08 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
10 - 04 - 09 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
10 - 08 - 10 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
03 - 17 - 11 - Bobby Darin - CLEMENTINE
07 - 13 - 12 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
08 - 05 - 13 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
06 - 09 - 14 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
06 - 11 - 15 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
03 - 31 - 16 - Jim Reeves - HE'LL HAVE TO GO
13 - 15 - 17 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
03 - 39 - 18 - Brenda Lee - SWEET NOTHIN'S
05 - 25 - 19 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
06 - 21 - 20 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
09 - 24 - 21 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
1 - NEW - 22 - The Everly Brothers - CATHY'S CLOWN
11 - 18 - 23 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
1 - NEW - 24 - Adam Faith - SOMEONE ELSE'S BABY
09 - 26 - 25 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
08 - 28 - 26 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
05 - 32 - 27 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
06 - 20 - 28 - Billy Fury - COLLETTE
13 - 27 - 29 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
09 - 47 - 30 - The Everly Brothers - LET IT BE ME
13 - 22 - 31 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
1 - NEW - 32 - The King Brothers - STANDING ON THE CORNER
16 - 34 - 33 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
12 - 37 - 34 - The Platters - HARBOUR LIGHTS
1 - NEW - 35 - Neil Sedaka - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03 - 40 - 36 - Ronnie Carroll - FOOTSTEPS
05 - 45 - 37 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
14 - 16 - 38 - Anthony Newley - WHY
07 - 23 - 39 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
13 - 19 - 40 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
06 - 29 - 41 - Gene Vincent - MY HEART
08 - 33 - 42 - Frank Ifield - LUCKY DEVIL
03 - 43 - 43 - Paul Anka - PUPPY LOVE
04 - 50 - 44 - Johnny Mathis - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
25 - 35 - 45 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
11 - RE - 46 - Johnny Mathis - MISTY
02 - RE - 47 - Paul Anka - IT'S TIME TO CRY
02 - 48 - 48 - Frank Sinatra - IT'S NICE TO GO TRAV'LING
1 - NEW - 49 - Pat Suzuki - I ENJOY BEING A GIRL
1 - NEW - 50 - Michael Holliday - SKYLARK


Week Ending 21 April 1960

05 - 01 - 01 - Lonnie Donegan And His Group - MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN (BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)
05 - 04 - 02 - Anthony Newley - DO YOU MIND?
03 - 06 - 03 - Elvis Presley - STUCK ON YOU
06 - 03 - 04 - Jimmy Jones - HANDY MAN
07 - 05 - 05 - Max Bygraves - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
11 - 09 - 06 - Johnny Preston - RUNNING BEAR
05 - 02 - 07 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
04 - 11 - 08 - Bobby Darin - CLEMENTINE
08 - 07 - 09 - Percy Faith And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE"
08 - 12 - 10 - The John Barry Seven Plus Four - HIT & MISS
11 - 10 - 11 - Marv Johnson - YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
06 - 08 - 12 - Johnny And The Hurricanes - BEATNIK FLY
07 - 15 - 13 - Jack Scott - WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU
02 - 22 - 14 - The Everly Brothers - CATHY'S CLOWN
02 - 24 - 15 - Adam Faith - SOMEONE ELSE'S BABY
09 - 13 - 16 - Perry Como - DELAWARE
07 - 14 - 17 - Bobby Rydell - WILD ONE
15 - 38 - 18 - Anthony Newley - WHY
14 - 17 - 19 - Adam Faith - POOR ME
1 - NEW - 20 - Steve Lawrence - FOOTSTEPS
12 - 23 - 21 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
04 - 16 - 22 - Jim Reeves - HE'LL HAVE TO GO
07 - 20 - 23 - Bryan Johnson - LOOKING HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
10 - 21 - 24 - Lance Fortune - BE MINE (ALLE MADCHEN WOLLEN KUSSEN)
06 - 19 - 25 - Fats Domino - COUNTRY BOY
02 - 32 - 26 - The King Brothers - STANDING ON THE CORNER
14 - 31 - 27 - Cliff Richard And The Shadows - A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
04 - 18 - 28 - Brenda Lee - SWEET NOTHIN'S
02 - 35 - 29 - Neil Sedaka - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
14 - 40 - 30 - Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band - SUMMER SET
06 - 27 - 31 - Connie Francis - VALENTINO
09 - 26 - 32 - Jerry Lordan - WHO COULD BE BLUER?
04 - 43 - 33 - Paul Anka - PUPPY LOVE
10 - 25 - 34 - Duane Eddy - BONNIE CAME BACK
1 - NEW - 35 - Ella Fitzgerald - MACK THE KNIFE
14 - 29 - 36 - Craig Douglas - PRETTY BLUE EYES
17 - 33 - 37 - Freddy Cannon - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
05 - 44 - 38 - Johnny Mathis - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
02 - 50 - 39 - Michael Holliday - SKYLARK
10 - 30 - 40 - The Everly Brothers - LET IT BE ME
07 - 28 - 41 - Billy Fury - COLLETTE
1 - NEW - 42 - Johnny Preston - CRADLE OF LOVE
03 - RE - 43 - Shirley Bassey - WITH THESE HANDS
12 - RE - 44 - Bobby Darin - LA MER (BEYOND THE SEA)
1 - NEW - 45 - Lloyd Price And His Orchestra - LADY LUCK
08 - 39 - 46 - Russ Conway - ROYAL EVENT
1 - NEW - 47 - Russ Conway - FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE
12 - 46 - 48 - Johnny Mathis - MISTY
06 - 37 - 49 - Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL
26 - 45 - 50 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?​

 

Now to sift through what'd be in my collection . . .

As this was a future #1 on two different charts (neither NME nor Record Retailer), the audio clip - and UK / US labels - will have to wait.