The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 28th December 1961

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Number
1 Up by 1

Moon River
Danny Williams
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Tower of Strength
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 2

Midnight in Moscow
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 11

Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
From the album: Let There Be Drums
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Down by 1

Johnny Will
Pat Boone
Peak
4
Weeks
4
Number
6

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 7

Toy Balloons
Russ Conway
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Down by 5

Take Good Care of My Baby
Bobby Vee
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
9 Down by 2

My Friend The Sea
Petula Clark
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 14

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
11 Up by 16

Multiplication
Bobby Darin
From the album: Twist with Bobby Darin
Peak
11
Weeks
2
Number
12 Down by 4

Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
13 Down by 3

(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 3

So Long, Baby
Del Shannon
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 6

I'd Never Find Another You
Billy Fury
From the album: We Want Billy!
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Down by 7

Walking Back To Happiness
Helen Shapiro
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
17 Up by 8

Don't Bring Lulu
Dorothy Provine
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 12

Mrs. Mills Medley
Mrs. Mills
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 7

I'll Get By
Shirley Bassey
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 1

I Understand (Just How You Feel)
The G-Clefs
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 3

You're The Only Good Thing
Jim Reeves
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 6

Charleston
The Temperance Seven
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
23 Down by 7

The Savage
The Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
24 Down by 4

Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
From the album: Time Out
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
25 Up by 15

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
From the album: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Up by 23

Run to Him
Bobby Vee
From the album: Take Good Care of My Baby
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 14

The Time Has Come
Adam Faith
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
28 Down by 11

When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart
Cliff Richard
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
29 Up by 5

King Kong
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Up by 12

Baby's First Christmas
Connie Francis
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 9

Runaround Sue
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 9

Bambino
The Springfields
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
33 Down by 4

This Time
Troy Shondell
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
34 Up by 7

Goodbye Cruel World
James Darren
From the album: James Darren Sings for All Sizes
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 2
The Night Is Young/There Goes That Song Again
Gary Miller
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
36 Up by 7

Onward Christian Soldiers
Harry Simeone Chorale
Peak
35
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 7

I Cried For You
Ricky Stevens
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 3
Stars and Stripes/Creole Jazz
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
39 Down by 2

Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
From the album: Ray Charles' Greatest Hits
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
40 Down by 2

Tall Dark Stranger
Rose Brennan
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
41 Debut

Son, This Is She
John Leyton
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 16

I Love How You Love Me
Jimmy Crawford
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
43 Down by 11

Let True Love Begin
Nat King Cole
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
44 Re-Entry

Moon River
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
From the album: Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Up by 2

My Sunday Baby
The Dale Sisters
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
46 Up by 4
Image
Hank Levine
Peak
46
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 8

Let's Get Together
Hayley Mills
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
48 Down by 12

Mexicali Rose
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
49 Down by 18

Sucu Sucu
Nina & Frederik
Peak
23
Weeks
13
Number
50 Re-Entry

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
37
Weeks
4

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
Bobby Darin
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
46 Dropout
Gypsy Rover
The Highwaymen
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
48 Dropout

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Eddie Cochran
Peak
31
Weeks
4

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Date

December 28, 1961

Songs

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2 1 Danny Williams – “Moon River” 1(×1) 9

1 2 Frankie Vaughan – “Tower of Strength” 1(×3) 8

5 3 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Midnight in Moscow” 3 8

15 4 Sandy Nelson – “Let There Be Drums” 4 3

4 5 Pat Boone – “Johnny Will” 4 4

6 6 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 6 5

14 7 Russ Conway – “Toy Balloons” 7 5

3 8 Bobby Vee – “Take Good Care of My Baby” 3 10

7 9 Petula Clark – “My Friend The Sea” 7 7

24 10 Neil Sedaka – “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” 10 2

27 11 Bobby Darin – “Multiplication” 11 2

8 12 Jimmy Dean – “Big Bad John” 2 10

10 13 Elvis Presley – “(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame” 1(×4) 9

11 14 Del Shannon – “So Long, Baby” 11 4

21 15 Billy Fury – “I'd Never Find Another You” 15 3

9 16 Helen Shapiro – “Walking Back To Happiness” 1(×3) 14

25 17 Dorothy Provine – “Don't Bring Lulu” 17 4

30 18 Mrs. Mills – “Mrs. Mills Medley” 18 3

12 19 Shirley Bassey – “I'll Get By” 10 6

19 20 The G-Clefs – “I Understand (Just How You Feel)” 19 5

18 21 Jim Reeves – “You're The Only Good Thing” 17 6

28 22 The Temperance Seven – “Charleston” 22 4

16 23 The Shadows – “The Savage” 10 7

20 24 The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Take Five” 6 10

40 25 The Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” 25 2

49 26 Bobby Vee – “Run to Him” 26 2

13 27 Adam Faith – “The Time Has Come” 4 10

17 28 Cliff Richard – “When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart” 3 11

34 29 Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – “King Kong” 29 6

42 30 Connie Francis – “Baby's First Christmas” 30 3

22 31 Dion – “Runaround Sue” 11 9

23 32 The Springfields – “Bambino” 16 7

29 33 Troy Shondell – “This Time” 22 9

41 34 James Darren – “Goodbye Cruel World” 34 3

33 35 Gary Miller – “The Night Is Young/There Goes That Song Again” 33 2

43 36 Harry Simeone Chorale – “Onward Christian Soldiers” 35 4

44 37 Ricky Stevens – “I Cried For You” 37 3

35 38 Mr. Acker Bilk – “Stars and Stripes/Creole Jazz” 22 9

37 39 Ray Charles – “Hit the Road Jack” 6 11

38 40 Rose Brennan – “Tall Dark Stranger” 31 4

NE 41 John Leyton – “Son, This Is She” 41 1

26 42 Jimmy Crawford – “I Love How You Love Me” 18 7

32 43 Nat King Cole – “Let True Love Begin” 29 7

RE 44 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – “Moon River” 44 3

47 45 The Dale Sisters – “My Sunday Baby” 36 6

50 46 Hank Levine – “Image” 46 2

39 47 Hayley Mills – “Let's Get Together” 17 11

36 48 Karl Denver – “Mexicali Rose” 8 11

31 49 Nina & Frederik – “Sucu Sucu” 23 13

RE 50 Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 37 4

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Bobby Darin – “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” 10 11

46 -- The Highwaymen – “Gypsy Rover” 41 3

48 -- Eddie Cochran – “Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie” 31 4

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