The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 12th April 1962

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1

Wonderful Land
The Shadows
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Roy Orbison
From the album: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3 Down by 1

Tell Me What He Said
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
4

Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
From the album: Blue Hawaii
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 7

Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel
From the album: Hey! Baby
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6 Up by 1

Twistin' the Night Away
Sam Cooke
From the album: Twistin' the Night Away
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7 Down by 1

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
8 Down by 3

Wimoweh
Karl Denver
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
9 Down by 1

Hey! Little Girl
Del Shannon
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 1

Hole In The Ground
Bernard Cribbins
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
11

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Johnny Keating
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 6

Never Goodbye
Karl Denver
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
14 Down by 4

Softly As I Leave You
Matt Monro
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
15 Up by 2

The Dr. Kildare Theme
Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 4

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Craig Douglas
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Down by 1

The Young Ones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
From the album: The Young Ones
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
18 Down by 3

The Wanderer
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
19

Love Me Warm and Tender
Paul Anka
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Down by 6

March Of The Siamese Children
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
21

Theme From 'Maigret'
Joe Loss
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 2

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Jimmy Justice
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 5

Young World
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Album Seven by Rick
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 1

Pianissimo
Ken Dodd
Peak
21
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 21

The Party's Over
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Up by 15

Slow Twistin'
Chubby Checker
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 5

Fanlight Fanny
Clinton Ford
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 1

Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 18

Speak To Me Pretty
Brenda Lee
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 7

Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
31 Up by 3

Drums Are My Beat
Sandy Nelson
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 6

What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
Sammy Davis Jr.
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
33

I'll See You In My Dreams
Pat Boone
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 1

Forget Me Not
Eden Kane
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
35 Up by 10

It's All Over Now
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 3

Her Royal Majesty
James Darren
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

Wonderful World Of The Young
Danny Williams
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

Please Don't Ask About Barbara
Bobby Vee
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
39 Down by 3

Letter Full Of Tears
Billy Fury
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
40 Down by 9

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
The Drifters
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
41 Down by 11

Little Bitty Tear
Miki & Griff
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
42 Down by 4

Town Without Pity
Gene Pitney
From the album: The Many Sides of Gene Pitney
Peak
32
Weeks
6
Number
43 Down by 1

Brazilian Love Song
Nat King Cole featuring Bebel Gilberto
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 17

Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
From the album: Walk on By
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
45 Up by 5

Lone Rider
John Leyton
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
46 Debut
Honest I Do
Danny Storm
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 3

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra
Peak
38
Weeks
4
Number
48 Down by 5

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
49 Down by 9

Jeannie
Danny Williams
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
50 Down by 2

Ev'rybody's Twistin'
Frank Sinatra
Peak
48
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Lesson One
Russ Conway
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
49 Dropout

Tonight
Shirley Bassey
Peak
21
Weeks
8

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April 12, 1962

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1 1 The Shadows – “Wonderful Land” 1(×4) 7

3 2 Roy Orbison – “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” 2 6

2 3 Helen Shapiro – “Tell Me What He Said” 2 9

4 4 Elvis Presley – “Can't Help Falling in Love” 1(×4) 11

12 5 Bruce Channel – “Hey! Baby” 5 4

7 6 Sam Cooke – “Twistin' the Night Away” 6 6

6 7 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 2 20

5 8 Karl Denver – “Wimoweh” 4 12

8 9 Del Shannon – “Hey! Little Girl” 8 5

9 10 Bernard Cribbins – “Hole In The Ground” 9 9

11 11 Johnny Keating – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 11 7

18 12 Karl Denver – “Never Goodbye” 12 8

13 13 Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 2 19

10 14 Matt Monro – “Softly As I Leave You” 10 10

17 15 Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra – “The Dr. Kildare Theme” 15 7

20 16 Craig Douglas – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 16 4

16 17 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “The Young Ones” 1(×6) 14

15 18 Dion – “The Wanderer” 10 9

19 19 Paul Anka – “Love Me Warm and Tender” 19 5

14 20 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “March Of The Siamese Children” 4 9

21 21 Joe Loss – “Theme From 'Maigret'” 21 3

24 22 Jimmy Justice – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 22 3

28 23 Ricky Nelson – “Young World” 23 3

25 24 Ken Dodd – “Pianissimo” 21 11

46 25 Lonnie Donegan – “The Party's Over” 25 2

41 26 Chubby Checker – “Slow Twistin'” 26 2

22 27 Clinton Ford – “Fanlight Fanny” 22 6

29 28 Burl Ives – “Little Bitty Tear” 9 12

47 29 Brenda Lee – “Speak To Me Pretty” 29 2

23 30 The Everly Brothers – “Crying in the Rain” 6 13

34 31 Sandy Nelson – “Drums Are My Beat” 30 4

26 32 Sammy Davis Jr. – “What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain” 26 4

33 33 Pat Boone – “I'll See You In My Dreams” 27 9

35 34 Eden Kane – “Forget Me Not” 3 13

45 35 Shane Fenton & The Fentones – “It's All Over Now” 35 2

39 36 James Darren – “Her Royal Majesty” 36 3

NE 37 Danny Williams – “Wonderful World Of The Young” 37 1

32 38 Bobby Vee – “Please Don't Ask About Barbara” 29 6

36 39 Billy Fury – “Letter Full Of Tears” 32 5

31 40 The Drifters – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 31 2

30 41 Miki & Griff – “Little Bitty Tear” 16 11

38 42 Gene Pitney – “Town Without Pity” 32 6

42 43 Nat King Cole ft. Bebel Gilberto – “Brazilian Love Song” 34 4

27 44 Leroy Van Dyke – “Walk on By” 5 15

50 45 John Leyton – “Lone Rider” 40 5

NE 46 Danny Storm – “Honest I Do” 46 1

44 47 Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 38 4

43 48 Neil Sedaka – “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” 3 17

40 49 Danny Williams – “Jeannie” 14 13

48 50 Frank Sinatra – “Ev'rybody's Twistin'” 48 2

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Russ Conway – “Lesson One” 21 7

49 -- Shirley Bassey – “Tonight” 21 8

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