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The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 22nd March 1962

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Number
1 Up by 1

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

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

Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
From the album: Blue Hawaii
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 2

March Of The Siamese Children
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Up by 2

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
6 Down by 1

Wimoweh
Karl Denver
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 3

The Young Ones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
From the album: The Young Ones
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
8

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
9 Up by 7

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Roy Orbison
From the album: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 7

The Wanderer
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
11

Softly As I Leave You
Matt Monro
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 2

Hole In The Ground
Bernard Cribbins
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 1

Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
14 Down by 4

Forget Me Not
Eden Kane
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 6

Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
From the album: Walk on By
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
16 Down by 3

Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
17 Up by 3

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Johnny Keating
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 6

Twistin' the Night Away
Sam Cooke
From the album: Twistin' the Night Away
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 1

Little Bitty Tear
Miki & Griff
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 1

Jeannie
Danny Williams
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 1

Lesson One
Russ Conway
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 7

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
23 Up by 4

The Dr. Kildare Theme
Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 19

Hey! Little Girl
Del Shannon
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Debut

Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel
From the album: Hey! Baby
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Down by 1

Run to Him
Bobby Vee
From the album: Take Good Care of My Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
27 Down by 1

Pianissimo
Ken Dodd
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 5

Tonight
Shirley Bassey
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
29 Up by 18

Love Me Warm and Tender
Paul Anka
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 1

I'll See You In My Dreams
Pat Boone
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 2

Please Don't Ask About Barbara
Bobby Vee
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 2

Town Without Pity
Gene Pitney
From the album: The Many Sides of Gene Pitney
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 12

I'd Never Find Another You
Billy Fury
From the album: We Want Billy!
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
34 Up by 1

Midnight in Moscow
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
35 Up by 2

Fanlight Fanny
Clinton Ford
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 3

Never Goodbye
Karl Denver
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 5

Letter Full Of Tears
Billy Fury
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 8

Lessons In Love
The Allisons
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
39 Down by 11

The Comancheros
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
40 Up by 10

Lone Rider
John Leyton
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Debut

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Debut

Brazilian Love Song
Nat King Cole featuring Bebel Gilberto
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Debut

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Craig Douglas
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut

What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
Sammy Davis Jr.
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 9

Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & The Starliters
From the album: Doin' the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
46 Down by 1

Walk With Me My Angel
Don Charles
Peak
39
Weeks
5
Number
47 Down by 3

Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
From the album: Let There Be Drums
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
48 Down by 6
Frankie and Johnny
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 10

You're The Only Good Thing
Jim Reeves
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
50 Debut

Drums Are My Beat
Sandy Nelson
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Lonesome
Adam Faith
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
40 Dropout

Don't Stop, Twist
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
41 Dropout

The Twist
Chubby Checker
From the album: Twist with Chubby Checker
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
46 Dropout

Multiplication
Bobby Darin
From the album: Twist with Bobby Darin
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
48 Dropout

Listen To Me
Buddy Holly
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
49 Dropout

Norman
Carol Deene
Peak
24
Weeks
8

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Date

March 22, 1962

Songs

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2 1 The Shadows – “Wonderful Land” 1(×1) 4

3 2 Helen Shapiro – “Tell Me What He Said” 2 6

1 3 Elvis Presley – “Can't Help Falling in Love” 1(×4) 8

6 4 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “March Of The Siamese Children” 4 6

7 5 Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 2 16

5 6 Karl Denver – “Wimoweh” 4 9

4 7 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “The Young Ones” 1(×6) 11

8 8 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 2 17

16 9 Roy Orbison – “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” 9 3

17 10 Dion – “The Wanderer” 10 6

11 11 Matt Monro – “Softly As I Leave You” 11 7

14 12 Bernard Cribbins – “Hole In The Ground” 12 6

12 13 The Everly Brothers – “Crying in the Rain” 6 10

10 14 Eden Kane – “Forget Me Not” 3 10

9 15 Leroy Van Dyke – “Walk on By” 5 12

13 16 Burl Ives – “Little Bitty Tear” 9 9

20 17 Johnny Keating – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 17 4

24 18 Sam Cooke – “Twistin' the Night Away” 18 3

18 19 Miki & Griff – “Little Bitty Tear” 16 8

19 20 Danny Williams – “Jeannie” 14 10

22 21 Russ Conway – “Lesson One” 21 5

15 22 Neil Sedaka – “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” 3 14

27 23 Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra – “The Dr. Kildare Theme” 23 4

43 24 Del Shannon – “Hey! Little Girl” 24 2

NE 25 Bruce Channel – “Hey! Baby” 25 1

25 26 Bobby Vee – “Run to Him” 6 14

26 27 Ken Dodd – “Pianissimo” 21 8

23 28 Shirley Bassey – “Tonight” 21 6

47 29 Paul Anka – “Love Me Warm and Tender” 29 2

31 30 Pat Boone – “I'll See You In My Dreams” 27 6

29 31 Bobby Vee – “Please Don't Ask About Barbara” 29 3

34 32 Gene Pitney – “Town Without Pity” 32 3

21 33 Billy Fury – “I'd Never Find Another You” 5 15

35 34 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Midnight in Moscow” 2 20

37 35 Clinton Ford – “Fanlight Fanny” 35 3

33 36 Karl Denver – “Never Goodbye” 29 5

32 37 Billy Fury – “Letter Full Of Tears” 32 2

30 38 The Allisons – “Lessons In Love” 30 6

28 39 Lonnie Donegan – “The Comancheros” 14 10

50 40 John Leyton – “Lone Rider” 40 2

NE 41 Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra – “Theme From 'Z Cars'” 41 1

NE 42 Nat King Cole ft. Bebel Gilberto – “Brazilian Love Song” 42 1

NE 43 Craig Douglas – “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” 43 1

NE 44 Sammy Davis Jr. – “What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain” 44 1

36 45 Joey Dee & The Starliters – “Peppermint Twist” 33 7

45 46 Don Charles – “Walk With Me My Angel” 39 5

44 47 Sandy Nelson – “Let There Be Drums” 3 15

42 48 Mr. Acker Bilk – “Frankie and Johnny” 42 2

39 49 Jim Reeves – “You're The Only Good Thing” 17 18

NE 50 Sandy Nelson – “Drums Are My Beat” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Adam Faith – “Lonesome” 12 9

40 -- Frankie Vaughan – “Don't Stop, Twist” 22 7

41 -- Chubby Checker – “The Twist” 14 12

46 -- Bobby Darin – “Multiplication” 5 13

48 -- Buddy Holly – “Listen To Me” 16 3

49 -- Carol Deene – “Norman” 24 8

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