The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 30th November 1961

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Number
1

(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Up by 5

Tower of Strength
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3 Down by 1

Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 1

Walking Back To Happiness
Helen Shapiro
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
5

Take Good Care of My Baby
Bobby Vee
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Up by 2

Moon River
Danny Williams
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 3

The Time Has Come
Adam Faith
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 2

When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart
Cliff Richard
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
9

Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
From the album: Time Out
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 3

The Savage
The Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Up by 4

Runaround Sue
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
11
Weeks
5
Number
12 Down by 2

Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
From the album: Ray Charles' Greatest Hits
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 8

Midnight in Moscow
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

Mexicali Rose
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 1

Sucu Sucu
The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 18

I'll Get By
Shirley Bassey
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 5

Wild Wind
John Leyton
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

You'll Answer To Me
Cleo Laine
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
19 Down by 1

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
Bobby Darin
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 9

Bless You
Tony Orlando
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 4

Let's Get Together
Hayley Mills
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 9

You're The Only Good Thing
Jim Reeves
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23

This Time
Troy Shondell
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
24

I'm a Moody Guy
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 18

My Friend The Sea
Petula Clark
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Down by 6

My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Charlie Drake
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
27 Down by 2

Sucu Sucu
Nina & Frederik
Peak
23
Weeks
9
Number
28 Down by 2
Stars and Stripes/Creole Jazz
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
29

Let True Love Begin
Nat King Cole
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 5

I Love How You Love Me
Jimmy Crawford
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Down by 9

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
The Highway Men
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
32 Debut

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Up by 3

Tomorrow's Clown
Marty Wilde
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 4

Everlovin'
Ricky Nelson
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 7

Bambino
The Springfields
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
36 Up by 6

The Way You Look Tonight
The Lettermen
From the album: A Song For Young Love
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 2

Kon-Tiki
The Shadows
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
38 Up by 10

My Sunday Baby
The Dale Sisters
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 2

The Coffee Song
Frank Sinatra
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

I Understand (Just How You Feel)
The G-Clefs
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Debut

September In The Rain
Dinah Washington
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Up by 2

Fool #1
Brenda Lee
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
43 Debut
What A Party
Fats Domino
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 17

Hats Off to Larry
Del Shannon
From the album: Hats Off to Del Shannon
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
45 Debut

Toy Balloons
Russ Conway
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Eddie Cochran
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47

King Kong
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
48 Down by 3

You Don't Know
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
49 Re-Entry

Tower Of Strength
Gene McDaniels
From the album: Tower of Strength
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 10
Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Shirley Bassey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Jealousy
Billy Fury
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
32 Dropout

You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Ral Donner
Peak
25
Weeks
10
Number
33 Dropout

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson
From the album: The Best of Don Gibson
Peak
14
Weeks
13
Number
37 Dropout

Runaround Sue
Doug Sheldon
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
46 Dropout

Together
Connie Francis
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
49 Dropout
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad
Elvis Presley
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
50 Dropout

Get Lost
Eden Kane
Peak
10
Weeks
11

A chart by

OfficialUKCharts_2

Date

November 30, 1961

Songs

50

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1 1 Elvis Presley – "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" 1(×4) 5

7 2 Frankie Vaughan – "Tower of Strength" 2 4

2 3 Jimmy Dean – "Big Bad John" 2 6

3 4 Helen Shapiro – "Walking Back To Happiness" 1(×3) 10

5 5 Bobby Vee – "Take Good Care of My Baby" 5 6

8 6 Danny Williams – "Moon River" 6 5

4 7 Adam Faith – "The Time Has Come" 4 6

6 8 Cliff Richard – "When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart" 3 7

9 9 The Dave Brubeck Quartet – "Take Five" 6 6

13 10 The Shadows – "The Savage" 10 3

15 11 Dion – "Runaround Sue" 11 5

10 12 Ray Charles – "Hit the Road Jack" 6 7

21 13 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – "Midnight in Moscow" 13 4

14 14 Karl Denver – "Mexicali Rose" 8 7

16 15 The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – "Sucu Sucu" 9 10

34 16 Shirley Bassey – "I'll Get By" 16 2

12 17 John Leyton – "Wild Wind" 2 9

19 18 Cleo Laine – "You'll Answer To Me" 5 12

18 19 Bobby Darin – "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" 10 8

11 20 Tony Orlando – "Bless You" 5 9

17 21 Hayley Mills – "Let's Get Together" 17 7

31 22 Jim Reeves – "You're The Only Good Thing" 22 2

23 23 Troy Shondell – "This Time" 23 5

24 24 Shane Fenton & The Fentones – "I'm a Moody Guy" 22 6

43 25 Petula Clark – "My Friend The Sea" 25 3

20 26 Charlie Drake – "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" 14 9

25 27 Nina & Frederik – "Sucu Sucu" 23 9

26 28 Mr. Acker Bilk – "Stars and Stripes/Creole Jazz" 22 5

29 29 Nat King Cole – "Let True Love Begin" 29 3

35 30 Jimmy Crawford – "I Love How You Love Me" 30 3

22 31 The Highway Men – "Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)" 1(×1) 13

NE 32 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – "Stranger on the Shore" 32 1

36 33 Marty Wilde – "Tomorrow's Clown" 33 4

38 34 Ricky Nelson – "Everlovin'" 34 3

28 35 The Springfields – "Bambino" 28 3

42 36 The Lettermen – "The Way You Look Tonight" 36 2

39 37 The Shadows – "Kon-Tiki" 1(×1) 12

48 38 The Dale Sisters – "My Sunday Baby" 38 2

41 39 Frank Sinatra – "The Coffee Song" 39 2

NE 40 The G-Clefs – "I Understand (Just How You Feel)" 40 1

NE 41 Dinah Washington – "September In The Rain" 41 1

44 42 Brenda Lee – "Fool #1" 38 3

NE 43 Fats Domino – "What A Party" 43 1

27 44 Del Shannon – "Hats Off to Larry" 6 12

NE 45 Russ Conway – "Toy Balloons" 45 1

NE 46 Eddie Cochran – "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" 46 1

47 47 Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – "King Kong" 47 2

45 48 Helen Shapiro – "You Don't Know" 1(×3) 23

RE 49 Gene McDaniels – "Tower Of Strength" 49 2

40 50 Shirley Bassey – "Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain" 1(×1) 18

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Billy Fury – "Jealousy" 2 12

32 -- Ral Donner – "You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)" 25 10

33 -- Don Gibson – "Sea of Heartbreak" 14 13

37 -- Doug Sheldon – "Runaround Sue" 36 3

46 -- Connie Francis – "Together" 6 11

49 -- Elvis Presley – "Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad" 4 12

50 -- Eden Kane – "Get Lost" 10 11

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