The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 18th October 1962

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Number
1

Telstar
The Tornados
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

The Loco-Motion
Little Eva
From the album: Llllloco-Motion
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Up by 1

It Might as Well Rain Until September
Carole King
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Down by 1

Sheila
Tommy Roe
From the album: Sheila
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 2

What Now My Love?
Shirley Bassey
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 1

She's Not You
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 4

Ramblin' Rose
Nat King Cole
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8

I Remember You
Frank Ifield
From the album: I Remember You
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
9 Down by 3

It'll Be Me
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 1

You Don't Know Me
Ray Charles
From the album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
11 Up by 11

Venus In Blue Jeans
Mark Wynter
Peak
11
Weeks
3
Number
12 Down by 2

Don't That Beat All
Adam Faith
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 8

Let's Dance
Chris Montez
From the album: Let's Dance and Have Some Kinda Fun!!!
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Up by 6

Lonely (from the film 'Band of Thieves')
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 10

Sherry
The Four Seasons
From the album: Sherry & 11 Others
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Down by 4

Roses Are Red (My Love)
Ronnie Carroll
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
17 Down by 2

It Started All Over Again
Brenda Lee
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
18 Down by 5

Things
Bobby Darin
From the album: Things and Other Things
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
19 Up by 23

The Swiss Maid
Del Shannon
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Down by 6

Sealed With a Kiss
Brian Hyland
From the album: Sealed With a Kiss
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
21 Up by 5

Devil Woman
Marty Robbins
Peak
21
Weeks
4
Number
22 Down by 5

Reminiscing
Buddy Holly
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 7

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Neil Sedaka
From the album: Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
24 Up by 3

Will I What
Mike Sarne
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
25 Down by 2

Guitar Tango
The Shadows
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
26 Up by 4

If A Man Answers
Bobby Darin
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Up by 10

Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
Johnny Tillotson
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28

Some People
Carol Deene
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 11

Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm'
Jet Harris
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
30 Down by 6

Spanish Harlem
Jimmy Justice
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
31 Down by 12

Speedy Gonzales
Pat Boone
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
32 Up by 14

Bobby's Girl
Susan Maughan
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 5

Dancin' Party
Chubby Checker
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
34 Down by 5

The Ballad of Paladin
Duane Eddy
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
35 Debut

The Pay-Off (A Moi De Payer)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Down by 5

Adios Amigo
Jim Reeves
Peak
23
Weeks
17
Number
37 Down by 4

A Forever Kind Of Love
Bobby Vee
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

The Rocket Man
The Spotnicks
Peak
38
Weeks
7
Number
39 Up by 8

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
47
Number
40 Down by 5

Your Tender Look
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
41 Debut

Oh, Lonesome Me
Craig Douglas
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 1
Hercules
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
42
Weeks
4
Number
43 Up by 5

He Got What He Wanted
Little Richard
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Down by 5

Blue Weekend
Karl Denver
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
45 Debut

Keep Away From Other Girls
Helen Shapiro
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Up by 3

Love Me Do
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 2

Let There Be Love
Nat King Cole & The George Shearing Quintet
Peak
11
Weeks
14
Number
48 Re-Entry
Lover Please/You Know What I Mean
The Vernons Girls
Peak
16
Weeks
17
Number
49 Down by 17

Pick a Bale of Cotton
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
50
Pretty Jenny
Jess Conrad
Peak
50
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
34 Dropout

Cry Myself To Sleep
Del Shannon
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
36 Dropout

Puff (Up in Smoke)
Kenny Lynch
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
41 Dropout

Once Upon A Dream
Billy Fury
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
44 Dropout

So Do I
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
14
Weeks
8

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Date

October 18, 1962

Songs

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1 1 The Tornados – “Telstar” 1(×3) 8

2 2 Little Eva – “The Loco-Motion” 2 7

4 3 Carole King – “It Might as Well Rain Until September” 3 5

3 4 Tommy Roe – “Sheila” 3 7

7 5 Shirley Bassey – “What Now My Love?” 5 8

5 6 Elvis Presley – “She's Not You” 1(×3) 8

11 7 Nat King Cole – “Ramblin' Rose” 7 4

8 8 Frank Ifield – “I Remember You” 1(×7) 16

6 9 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “It'll Be Me” 2 7

9 10 Ray Charles – “You Don't Know Me” 9 6

22 11 Mark Wynter – “Venus In Blue Jeans” 11 3

10 12 Adam Faith – “Don't That Beat All” 8 8

21 13 Chris Montez – “Let's Dance” 13 3

20 14 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Lonely (from the film 'Band of Thieves')” 14 4

25 15 The Four Seasons – “Sherry” 15 3

12 16 Ronnie Carroll – “Roses Are Red (My Love)” 3 12

15 17 Brenda Lee – “It Started All Over Again” 15 6

13 18 Bobby Darin – “Things” 2 14

42 19 Del Shannon – “The Swiss Maid” 19 2

14 20 Brian Hyland – “Sealed With a Kiss” 3 12

26 21 Marty Robbins – “Devil Woman” 21 4

17 22 Buddy Holly – “Reminiscing” 17 6

16 23 Neil Sedaka – “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” 7 14

27 24 Mike Sarne – “Will I What” 18 8

23 25 The Shadows – “Guitar Tango” 4 12

30 26 Bobby Darin – “If A Man Answers” 26 3

37 27 Johnny Tillotson – “Send Me The Pillow You Dream On” 27 3

28 28 Carol Deene – “Some People” 25 9

18 29 Jet Harris – “Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm'” 12 10

24 30 Jimmy Justice – “Spanish Harlem” 20 9

19 31 Pat Boone – “Speedy Gonzales” 2 15

46 32 Susan Maughan – “Bobby's Girl” 32 2

38 33 Chubby Checker – “Dancin' Party” 19 11

29 34 Duane Eddy – “The Ballad of Paladin” 10 9

NE 35 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “The Pay-Off (A Moi De Payer)” 35 1

31 36 Jim Reeves – “Adios Amigo” 23 17

33 37 Bobby Vee – “A Forever Kind Of Love” 33 4

40 38 The Spotnicks – “The Rocket Man” 38 7

47 39 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 2 47

35 40 Joe Brown and His Bruvvers – “Your Tender Look” 31 6

NE 41 Craig Douglas – “Oh, Lonesome Me” 41 1

43 42 Frankie Vaughan – “Hercules” 42 4

48 43 Little Richard – “He Got What He Wanted” 43 2

39 44 Karl Denver – “Blue Weekend” 33 5

NE 45 Helen Shapiro – “Keep Away From Other Girls” 45 1

49 46 The Beatles – “Love Me Do” 46 2

45 47 Nat King Cole & The George Shearing Quintet – “Let There Be Love” 11 14

RE 48 The Vernons Girls – “Lover Please/You Know What I Mean” 16 17

32 49 Lonnie Donegan – “Pick a Bale of Cotton” 11 10

50 50 Jess Conrad – “Pretty Jenny” 50 2

DROPOUTS:

34 -- Del Shannon – “Cry Myself To Sleep” 29 6

36 -- Kenny Lynch – “Puff (Up in Smoke)” 33 5

41 -- Billy Fury – “Once Upon A Dream” 7 13

44 -- Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “So Do I” 14 8

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