The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 2nd March 1961

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Number
1 Up by 2

Walk Right Back
The Everly Brothers
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

Sailor
Petula Clark
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
3 Down by 1

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley
From the album: Elvis Is Back!
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 27

Are You Sure
The Allisons
Peak
4
Weeks
2
Number
5 Up by 3

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
From the album: Tonight's the Night
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
6 Down by 1
Who Am I?/This Is It
Adam Faith
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
7 Down by 1

F.B.I.
The Shadows
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 2

Calendar Girl
Neil Sedaka
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 5

You're Sixteen
Johnny Burnette
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 14

Riders in the Sky
The Ramrods
From the album: The Ramrods
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
11 Down by 4

Rubber Ball
Bobby Vee
From the album: Bobby Vee
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 10

Gather In The Mushrooms
Benny Hill
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13 Down by 4

Pepe
Duane Eddy
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 5

Let's Jump The Broomstick
Brenda Lee
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 3

Portrait Of My Love
Matt Monro
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
16 Up by 14

Wheels
The String-A-Longs
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 6

Buona Sera
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
18 Up by 7

Mystery Girl
Jess Conrad
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 6

Rubber Ball
Marty Wilde
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 3

Piltdown Rides Again
The Piltdown Men
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
21 Debut

Theme For a Dream
Cliff Richard
Peak
21
Weeks
1
Number
22 Down by 8

Sailor
Anne Shelton
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
23 Down by 7

New Orleans
Gary U.S. Bonds
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 15

Samantha
Kenny Ball & His Jazz Band
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 5

A Thousand Stars
Billy Fury
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
26 Debut

Ja-Da
Johnny and the Hurricanes
Peak
26
Weeks
1
Number
27 Up by 5

First Taste Of Love
Ben E. King
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 10

Many Tears Ago
Connie Francis
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
29 Down by 1

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 15

Poetry in Motion
Johnny Tillotson
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 8

Pepe
Russ Conway
Peak
19
Weeks
7
Number
32 Down by 6

I Love You
Cliff Richard
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 3

Doll House
The King Brothers
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 13

African Waltz
Johnny Dankworth
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

76 Trombones
The King Brothers
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 5

The World In My Arms
Nat King Cole
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
37 Down by 3

It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
38 Down by 11

Stay
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
39 Down by 10

Sway
Bobby Rydell
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
40 Up by 5

C'est Si Bon
Conway Twitty
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 2

North to Alaska
Johnny Horton
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
42 Down by 9

Shine
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
43 Debut

Baby Sittin' Boogie
Buzz Clifford
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 4

What To Do
Buddy Holly
Peak
34
Weeks
6
Number
45 Debut

What Am I Gonna Do
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 11

Ginchy
Bert Weedon
Peak
35
Weeks
5
Number
47 Down by 5

Corinna, Corinna
Ray Peterson
Peak
41
Weeks
6
Number
48 Debut
The Magnificent Seven
John Barry
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 3

Chariot
Rhet Stoller
Peak
26
Weeks
8
Number
50 Down by 12

Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
From the album: Save the Last Dance for Me
Peak
2
Weeks
18

Dropouts

Number
21 Dropout

Counting Teardrops
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
37 Dropout

Perfidia
The Ventures
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
44 Dropout
Black Bear
Frank Cordell and His Orchestra
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
48 Dropout

As Long As He Needs Me
Shirley Bassey
Peak
2
Weeks
30
Number
49 Dropout
Gypsy Beat
The Packabeats
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Dropout
Man From Madrid
The Tony Osborne Sound featuring Joanne Brown
Peak
50
Weeks
1

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Date

March 2, 1961

Songs

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3 1 The Everly Brothers – “Walk Right Back” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Petula Clark – “Sailor” 1(×1) 6

2 3 Elvis Presley – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” 1(×4) 7

31 4 The Allisons – “Are You Sure” 4 2

8 5 The Shirelles – “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” 5 4

5 6 Adam Faith – “Who Am I?/This Is It” 5 4

6 7 The Shadows – “F.B.I.” 6 4

10 8 Neil Sedaka – “Calendar Girl” 8 5

4 9 Johnny Burnette – “You're Sixteen” 3 8

24 10 The Ramrods – “Riders in the Sky” 10 2

7 11 Bobby Vee – “Rubber Ball” 4 7

22 12 Benny Hill – “Gather In The Mushrooms” 12 3

9 13 Duane Eddy – “Pepe” 2 8

19 14 Brenda Lee – “Let's Jump The Broomstick” 14 7

12 15 Matt Monro – “Portrait Of My Love” 3 12

30 16 The String-A-Longs – “Wheels” 16 2

11 17 Mr. Acker Bilk – “Buona Sera” 7 13

25 18 Jess Conrad – “Mystery Girl” 18 5

13 19 Marty Wilde – “Rubber Ball” 9 6

17 20 The Piltdown Men – “Piltdown Rides Again” 14 8

NE 21 Cliff Richard – “Theme For a Dream” 21 1

14 22 Anne Shelton – “Sailor” 10 6

16 23 Gary U.S. Bonds – “New Orleans” 16 7

39 24 Kenny Ball & His Jazz Band – “Samantha” 24 2

20 25 Billy Fury – “A Thousand Stars” 14 7

NE 26 Johnny and the Hurricanes – “Ja-Da” 26 1

32 27 Ben E. King – “First Taste Of Love” 27 5

18 28 Connie Francis – “Many Tears Ago” 12 8

28 29 Andy Stewart – “A Scottish Soldier” 19 8

15 30 Johnny Tillotson – “Poetry in Motion” 1(×2) 14

23 31 Russ Conway – “Pepe” 19 7

26 32 Cliff Richard – “I Love You” 1(×2) 14

36 33 The King Brothers – “Doll House” 21 8

47 34 Johnny Dankworth – “African Waltz” 34 2

NE 35 The King Brothers – “76 Trombones” 35 1

41 36 Nat King Cole – “The World In My Arms” 36 5

34 37 Elvis Presley – “It's Now or Never” 1(×8) 18

27 38 Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs – “Stay” 14 9

29 39 Bobby Rydell – “Sway” 12 12

45 40 Conway Twitty – “C'est Si Bon” 40 2

43 41 Johnny Horton – “North to Alaska” 23 7

33 42 Joe Brown and His Bruvvers – “Shine” 33 6

NE 43 Buzz Clifford – “Baby Sittin' Boogie” 43 1

40 44 Buddy Holly – “What To Do” 34 6

NE 45 Emile Ford & The Checkmates – “What Am I Gonna Do” 45 1

35 46 Bert Weedon – “Ginchy” 35 5

42 47 Ray Peterson – “Corinna, Corinna” 41 6

NE 48 John Barry – “The Magnificent Seven” 48 1

46 49 Rhet Stoller – “Chariot” 26 8

38 50 The Drifters – “Save the Last Dance for Me” 2 18

DROPOUTS:

21 -- Emile Ford & The Checkmates – “Counting Teardrops” 4 12

37 -- The Ventures – “Perfidia” 4 13

44 -- Frank Cordell and His Orchestra – “Black Bear” 44 2

48 -- Shirley Bassey – “As Long As He Needs Me” 2 30

49 -- The Packabeats – “Gypsy Beat” 49 1

50 -- The Tony Osborne Sound ft. Joanne Brown – “Man From Madrid” 50 1

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