The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 12th October 1961

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Number
1 Up by 2

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
The Highway Men
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Up by 10

Walking Back To Happiness
Helen Shapiro
Peak
2
Weeks
3
Number
3 Down by 2

Kon-Tiki
The Shadows
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 2

Jealousy
Billy Fury
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 1

Johnny Remember Me
John Leyton
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 2

Together
Connie Francis
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7

You'll Answer To Me
Cleo Laine
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Down by 2
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad
Elvis Presley
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
9

Hats Off to Larry
Del Shannon
From the album: Hats Off to Del Shannon
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 1

You Don't Know
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
11 Down by 1

Get Lost
Eden Kane
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 13

Wild Wind
John Leyton
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Up by 13

Sucu Sucu
The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Down by 9
Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Shirley Bassey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 1

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson
From the album: The Best of Don Gibson
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 3
Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
17

Granada
Frank Sinatra
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Up by 18

My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Charlie Drake
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Down by 4

That's My Home
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 17

Bless You
Tony Orlando
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 8
Muskrat/Don't Blame Me
The Everly Brothers
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 6

Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
The Brook Brothers
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
23 Down by 5

Cupid
Sam Cooke
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
24

Who Put The Bomp
The Viscounts
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 6

Well I Ask You
Eden Kane
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
26 Down by 5

Wheels Cha Cha
Joe Loss
Peak
21
Weeks
16
Number
27 Down by 7

How Many Tears
Bobby Vee
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 6

Hard Hearted Hannah
The Temperance Seven
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 1

Cryin'
Roy Orbison
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 10

You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Ral Donner
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 1

Once In Every Lifetime
Ken Dodd
Peak
28
Weeks
16
Number
32 Down by 1

Romeo
Petula Clark
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 9

Sucu Sucu
Nina & Frederik
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 12

Halfway to Paradise
Billy Fury
From the album: Halfway to Paradise
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
35 Down by 8

Say It With Flowers
Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
36 Down by 13

Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
37 Down by 4

Breakaway
The Springfields
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
38 Up by 12

Sucu Sucu
Ted Heath & His Music
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Debut

A Tribute To Buddy Holly
Mike Berry & The Outlaws
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Up by 3

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door
Eddie Hodges
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
41 Re-Entry

Hole In The Bucket
Harry Belafonte & Odetta
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
42 Up by 2

Caravan
Duane Eddy
From the album: The Complete US & UK Singles and EP's As & Bs 1955-62
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Up by 2

Longtime Boy
Nina & Frederik
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
44 Up by 5
Gonna Build A Mountain
Matt Monro
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Re-Entry

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
39
Number
46 Down by 8

Amor
Ben E. King
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 6
Sucu Sucu
Ping Ping & Al Verlaine
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
48 Debut

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
Bobby Darin
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 19

Marcheta
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
50 Down by 15

Heart and Soul
Jan & Dean
Peak
24
Weeks
8

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
46 Dropout

Baby I Don't Care
Buddy Holly
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
47 Dropout

Pasadena
The Temperance Seven
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
48 Dropout

Drivin' Home
Duane Eddy
Peak
30
Weeks
4

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Date

October 12, 1961

Songs

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3 1 The Highway Men – “Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)” 1(×1) 6

12 2 Helen Shapiro – “Walking Back To Happiness” 2 3

1 3 The Shadows – “Kon-Tiki” 1(×1) 6

2 4 Billy Fury – “Jealousy” 2 6

4 5 John Leyton – “Johnny Remember Me” 1(×4) 11

8 6 Connie Francis – “Together” 6 5

7 7 Cleo Laine – “You'll Answer To Me” 7 5

6 8 Elvis Presley – “Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad” 4 6

9 9 Del Shannon – “Hats Off to Larry” 9 5

11 10 Helen Shapiro – “You Don't Know” 1(×3) 16

10 11 Eden Kane – “Get Lost” 10 5

25 12 John Leyton – “Wild Wind” 12 2

26 13 The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – “Sucu Sucu” 13 3

5 14 Shirley Bassey – “Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain” 1(×1) 12

14 15 Don Gibson – “Sea of Heartbreak” 14 7

13 16 Lonnie Donegan – “Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered” 6 7

17 17 Frank Sinatra – “Granada” 17 3

36 18 Charlie Drake – “My Boomerang Won't Come Back” 18 2

15 19 Mr. Acker Bilk – “That's My Home” 7 14

37 20 Tony Orlando – “Bless You” 20 2

29 21 The Everly Brothers – “Muskrat/Don't Blame Me” 21 2

16 22 The Brook Brothers – “Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week” 13 8

18 23 Sam Cooke – “Cupid” 7 12

24 24 The Viscounts – “Who Put The Bomp” 24 5

19 25 Eden Kane – “Well I Ask You” 1(×1) 20

21 26 Joe Loss – “Wheels Cha Cha” 21 16

20 27 Bobby Vee – “How Many Tears” 10 11

34 28 The Temperance Seven – “Hard Hearted Hannah” 28 3

28 29 Roy Orbison – “Cryin'” 27 4

40 30 Ral Donner – “You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)” 30 4

32 31 Ken Dodd – “Once In Every Lifetime” 28 16

31 32 Petula Clark – “Romeo” 3 14

42 33 Nina & Frederik – “Sucu Sucu” 33 2

22 34 Billy Fury – “Halfway to Paradise” 3 23

27 35 Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway – “Say It With Flowers” 23 8

23 36 Gary U.S. Bonds – “Quarter to Three” 7 13

33 37 The Springfields – “Breakaway” 31 7

50 38 Ted Heath & His Music – “Sucu Sucu” 38 2

NE 39 Mike Berry & The Outlaws – “A Tribute To Buddy Holly” 39 1

43 40 Eddie Hodges – “I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door” 38 3

RE 41 Harry Belafonte & Odetta – “Hole In The Bucket” 32 3

44 42 Duane Eddy – “Caravan” 42 2

45 43 Nina & Frederik – “Longtime Boy” 43 3

49 44 Matt Monro – “Gonna Build A Mountain” 44 3

RE 45 Andy Stewart – “A Scottish Soldier” 19 39

38 46 Ben E. King – “Amor” 38 2

41 47 Ping Ping & Al Verlaine – “Sucu Sucu” 41 3

NE 48 Bobby Darin – “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” 48 1

30 49 Karl Denver – “Marcheta” 8 17

35 50 Jan & Dean – “Heart and Soul” 24 8

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Someday (You'll Be Sorry)” 28 6

46 -- Buddy Holly – “Baby I Don't Care” 12 14

47 -- The Temperance Seven – “Pasadena” 4 17

48 -- Duane Eddy – “Drivin' Home” 30 4

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