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The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 12th May 1960

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Number
1

Cathy's Clown
The Everly Brothers
From the album: A Date with the Everly Brothers
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2

Do You Mind?
Anthony Newley
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3

Someone Else's Baby
Adam Faith
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Up by 2

Handy Man
Jimmy Jones
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
5 Up by 2

Sweet Nothin's
Brenda Lee
From the album: Brenda Lee
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Up by 2

Stuck on You
Elvis Presley
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
7 Up by 9

Shazam!
Duane Eddy
Peak
7
Weeks
3
Number
8 Down by 3

Fall In Love With You
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 1

Footsteps
Steve Lawrence
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10 Down by 1

My Old Man's A Dustman
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 7

Cradle Of Love
Johnny Preston
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Down by 8

Standing On The Corner
The King Brothers
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
13 Down by 1

Clementine
Bobby Darin
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 1

Beatnik Fly
Johnny and the Hurricanes
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
15 Down by 4

Theme From A Summer Place
Percy Faith
From the album: A Summer Place
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 1

He'll Have To Go
Jim Reeves
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
17 Down by 3

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be
Max Bygraves
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 4

Hit And Miss
The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
19 Down by 4

Wild One
Bobby Rydell
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
20 Up by 7

Heart Of A Teenage Girl
Craig Douglas
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 2

What In The World's Come Over You
Jack Scott
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
22 Down by 1

Poor Me
Adam Faith
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
23 Up by 1

Delaware
Perry Como
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
24 Down by 4

Stairway To Heaven
Neil Sedaka
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 6

Running Bear
Johnny Preston
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
26 Down by 1

You Got What It Takes
Marv Johnson
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
27 Up by 15

Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
Eddie Byrnes & Connie Stevens
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 2

Mack The Knife
Ella Fitzgerald
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 2

Country Boy
Fats Domino
Peak
19
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 2

This Love I Have For You
Lance Fortune
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 3

Looking High High High
Bryan Johnson
Peak
20
Weeks
10
Number
32 Debut

Three Steps To Heaven
Eddie Cochran
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Down by 4

Why
Anthony Newley
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
34 Up by 7

Summer Set
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
35 Down by 5

Heartbeat {1960}
Buddy Holly
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 3

Voice In The Wilderness
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
37 Up by 10

Puppy Love
Paul Anka
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
38 Down by 2

On A Slow Boat To China
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
39 Up by 5

I Love The Way You Love
Marv Johnson
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Old Payola Roll Blues
Stan Freberg
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

Milord
Édith Piaf
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Debut
More Than I Can Say
The Crickets
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 6

Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
Frankie Avalon
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
44 Down by 9

Be Mine
Lance Fortune
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
45

Sixteen Reasons
Connie Stevens
From the album: As Cricket
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 8

You Are Beautiful
Johnny Mathis
Peak
38
Weeks
8
Number
47 Up by 1

Colette
Billy Fury
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
48 Debut
Dream Talk
Alma Cogan
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 15

Standing On The Corner
The Four Lads
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
50 Re-Entry

With These Hands
Shirley Bassey
Peak
38
Weeks
5

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Tom Pillibi
Jacqueline Boyer
From the album: Eurovision Song Contest: London 1960
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
40 Dropout

Beat For Beatniks
The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
43 Dropout

Valentino
Connie Francis
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
46 Dropout

Tease Me
Keith Kelly
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
49 Dropout
Teensville
Chet Atkins
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
50 Dropout

The Lonely Man Theme
Cliff Adams Orchestra
Peak
39
Weeks
2

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Date

May 12, 1960

Songs

50

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1 1 The Everly Brothers – “Cathy's Clown” 1(×2) 5

2 2 Anthony Newley – “Do You Mind?” 1(×1) 8

3 3 Adam Faith – “Someone Else's Baby” 3 5

6 4 Jimmy Jones – “Handy Man” 3 9

7 5 Brenda Lee – “Sweet Nothin's” 5 7

8 6 Elvis Presley – “Stuck on You” 3 6

16 7 Duane Eddy – “Shazam!” 7 3

5 8 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “Fall In Love With You” 2 8

10 9 Steve Lawrence – “Footsteps” 9 4

9 10 Lonnie Donegan – “My Old Man's A Dustman” 1(×4) 8

18 11 Johnny Preston – “Cradle Of Love” 11 4

4 12 The King Brothers – “Standing On The Corner” 4 5

12 13 Bobby Darin – “Clementine” 8 7

13 14 Johnny and the Hurricanes – “Beatnik Fly” 8 9

11 15 Percy Faith – “Theme From A Summer Place” 2 11

17 16 Jim Reeves – “He'll Have To Go” 14 7

14 17 Max Bygraves – “Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be” 5 10

22 18 The John Barry Seven and Orchestra – “Hit And Miss” 10 11

15 19 Bobby Rydell – “Wild One” 7 10

27 20 Craig Douglas – “Heart Of A Teenage Girl” 20 3

23 21 Jack Scott – “What In The World's Come Over You” 11 10

21 22 Adam Faith – “Poor Me” 1(×2) 17

24 23 Perry Como – “Delaware” 3 12

20 24 Neil Sedaka – “Stairway To Heaven” 20 5

19 25 Johnny Preston – “Running Bear” 1(×2) 14

25 26 Marv Johnson – “You Got What It Takes” 7 14

42 27 Eddie Byrnes & Connie Stevens – “Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” 27 2

26 28 Ella Fitzgerald – “Mack The Knife” 26 4

31 29 Fats Domino – “Country Boy” 19 9

32 30 Lance Fortune – “This Love I Have For You” 30 2

28 31 Bryan Johnson – “Looking High High High” 20 10

NE 32 Eddie Cochran – “Three Steps To Heaven” 32 1

29 33 Anthony Newley – “Why” 1(×4) 18

41 34 Mr. Acker Bilk – “Summer Set” 5 17

30 35 Buddy Holly – “Heartbeat {1960}” 30 3

39 36 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “Voice In The Wilderness” 2 16

47 37 Paul Anka – “Puppy Love” 33 6

36 38 Emile Ford & The Checkmates – “On A Slow Boat To China” 3 15

44 39 Marv Johnson – “I Love The Way You Love” 39 2

NE 40 Stan Freberg – “Old Payola Roll Blues” 40 1

NE 41 Édith Piaf – “Milord” 41 1

NE 42 The Crickets – “More Than I Can Say” 42 1

37 43 Frankie Avalon – “Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops” 37 3

35 44 Lance Fortune – “Be Mine” 4 13

45 45 Connie Stevens – “Sixteen Reasons” 45 2

38 46 Johnny Mathis – “You Are Beautiful” 38 8

48 47 Billy Fury – “Colette” 9 10

NE 48 Alma Cogan – “Dream Talk” 48 1

34 49 The Four Lads – “Standing On The Corner” 34 3

RE 50 Shirley Bassey – “With These Hands” 38 5

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Jacqueline Boyer – “Tom Pillibi” 33 2

40 -- The John Barry Seven and Orchestra – “Beat For Beatniks” 40 2

43 -- Connie Francis – “Valentino” 27 8

46 -- Keith Kelly – “Tease Me” 46 1

49 -- Chet Atkins – “Teensville” 46 2

50 -- Cliff Adams Orchestra – “The Lonely Man Theme” 39 2

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