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The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 19th April 1962

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Number
1

Wonderful Land
The Shadows
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Roy Orbison
From the album: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Up by 6

Hey! Little Girl
Del Shannon
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 1

Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel
From the album: Hey! Baby
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 2

Tell Me What He Said
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 2

Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
From the album: Blue Hawaii
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
7 Down by 1

Twistin' the Night Away
Sam Cooke
From the album: Twistin' the Night Away
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
8 Up by 3

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Johnny Keating
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 3

Never Goodbye
Karl Denver
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 6

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Craig Douglas
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 3

Wimoweh
Karl Denver
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 10

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Jimmy Justice
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 6

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
14 Down by 4

Hole In The Ground
Bernard Cribbins
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 2

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
16 Down by 2

Softly As I Leave You
Matt Monro
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 12

Speak To Me Pretty
Brenda Lee
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 3

The Dr. Kildare Theme
Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 2

The Young Ones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
From the album: The Young Ones
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
20 Up by 1

Theme From 'Maigret'
Joe Loss
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 4

The Party's Over
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 15

Wonderful World Of The Young
Danny Williams
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Down by 5

The Wanderer
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 4

March Of The Siamese Children
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
25 Down by 6

Love Me Warm and Tender
Paul Anka
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 3

Young World
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Album Seven by Rick
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 1

Slow Twistin'
Chubby Checker
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 4

Pianissimo
Ken Dodd
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
29 Up by 6

It's All Over Now
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 3

Fanlight Fanny
Clinton Ford
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
31 Debut

Nut Rocker
B. Bumble and The Stingers
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Up by 8

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
The Drifters
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 14

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Debut

Love Letters
Ketty Lester
From the album: Love Letters
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Up by 6

Little Bitty Tear
Miki & Griff
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
36 Up by 2

Please Don't Ask About Barbara
Bobby Vee
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
37 Down by 9

Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
38 Up by 12

Ev'rybody's Twistin'
Frank Sinatra
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 9

Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
40 Debut

King of Clowns
Neil Sedaka
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 9

What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
Sammy Davis Jr.
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 11

Drums Are My Beat
Sandy Nelson
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
43 Up by 1

Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
From the album: Walk on By
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
44 Debut
The Mexican
The Fentones
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Debut
Teach Me To Twist
Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46
Honest I Do
Danny Storm
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Up by 1

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
48 Up by 1

Jeannie
Danny Williams
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
49 Down by 15

Forget Me Not
Eden Kane
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
50 Down by 11

Letter Full Of Tears
Billy Fury
Peak
32
Weeks
6

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

I'll See You In My Dreams
Pat Boone
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
36 Dropout

Her Royal Majesty
James Darren
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
42 Dropout

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

Brazilian Love Song
Nat King Cole featuring Bebel Gilberto
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
45 Dropout

Lone Rider
John Leyton
Peak
40
Weeks
5

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Date

April 19, 1962

Songs

50

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1 1 The Shadows – “Wonderful Land” 1(×5) 8

2 2 Roy Orbison – “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” 2 7

9 3 Del Shannon – “Hey! Little Girl” 3 6

5 4 Bruce Channel – “Hey! Baby” 4 5

3 5 Helen Shapiro – “Tell Me What He Said” 2 10

4 6 Elvis Presley – “Can't Help Falling in Love” 1(×4) 12

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

11 8 Johnny Keating – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 8 8

12 9 Karl Denver – “Never Goodbye” 9 9

16 10 Craig Douglas – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 10 5

8 11 Karl Denver – “Wimoweh” 4 13

22 12 Jimmy Justice – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 12 4

7 13 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 2 21

10 14 Bernard Cribbins – “Hole In The Ground” 9 10

13 15 Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 2 20

14 16 Matt Monro – “Softly As I Leave You” 10 11

29 17 Brenda Lee – “Speak To Me Pretty” 17 3

15 18 Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra – “The Dr. Kildare Theme” 15 8

17 19 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “The Young Ones” 1(×6) 15

21 20 Joe Loss – “Theme From 'Maigret'” 20 4

25 21 Lonnie Donegan – “The Party's Over” 21 3

37 22 Danny Williams – “Wonderful World Of The Young” 22 2

18 23 Dion – “The Wanderer” 10 10

20 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “March Of The Siamese Children” 4 10

19 25 Paul Anka – “Love Me Warm and Tender” 19 6

23 26 Ricky Nelson – “Young World” 23 4

26 27 Chubby Checker – “Slow Twistin'” 26 3

24 28 Ken Dodd – “Pianissimo” 21 12

35 29 Shane Fenton & The Fentones – “It's All Over Now” 29 3

27 30 Clinton Ford – “Fanlight Fanny” 22 7

NE 31 B. Bumble and The Stingers – “Nut Rocker” 31 1

40 32 The Drifters – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 31 3

47 33 Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 33 5

NE 34 Ketty Lester – “Love Letters” 34 1

41 35 Miki & Griff – “Little Bitty Tear” 16 12

38 36 Bobby Vee – “Please Don't Ask About Barbara” 29 7

28 37 Burl Ives – “Little Bitty Tear” 9 13

50 38 Frank Sinatra – “Ev'rybody's Twistin'” 38 3

30 39 The Everly Brothers – “Crying in the Rain” 6 14

NE 40 Neil Sedaka – “King of Clowns” 40 1

32 41 Sammy Davis Jr. – “What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain” 26 5

31 42 Sandy Nelson – “Drums Are My Beat” 30 5

44 43 Leroy Van Dyke – “Walk on By” 5 16

NE 44 The Fentones – “The Mexican” 44 1

NE 45 Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell – “Teach Me To Twist” 45 1

46 46 Danny Storm – “Honest I Do” 46 2

48 47 Neil Sedaka – “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” 3 18

49 48 Danny Williams – “Jeannie” 14 14

34 49 Eden Kane – “Forget Me Not” 3 14

39 50 Billy Fury – “Letter Full Of Tears” 32 6

DROPOUTS:

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

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

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

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

45 -- John Leyton – “Lone Rider” 40 5

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