The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 5th April 1962

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Number
1

Wonderful Land
The Shadows
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Tell Me What He Said
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Up by 1

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Roy Orbison
From the album: Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Down by 1

Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
From the album: Blue Hawaii
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 1

Wimoweh
Karl Denver
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 1

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
7 Up by 8

Twistin' the Night Away
Sam Cooke
From the album: Twistin' the Night Away
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Up by 10

Hey! Little Girl
Del Shannon
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9

Hole In The Ground
Bernard Cribbins
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10

Softly As I Leave You
Matt Monro
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Up by 3

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Johnny Keating
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12

Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel
From the album: Hey! Baby
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13 Down by 8

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
14 Down by 6

March Of The Siamese Children
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 2

The Wanderer
Dion
From the album: Runaround Sue
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 5

The Young Ones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
From the album: The Young Ones
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
17 Up by 2

The Dr. Kildare Theme
Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra
Peak
17
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 3

Never Goodbye
Karl Denver
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 4

Love Me Warm and Tender
Paul Anka
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Up by 5

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Craig Douglas
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Up by 24

Theme From 'Maigret'
Joe Loss
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Up by 10

Fanlight Fanny
Clinton Ford
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 7

Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 23

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Jimmy Justice
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

Pianissimo
Ken Dodd
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 3

What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain
Sammy Davis Jr.
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 10

Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
From the album: Walk on By
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
28 Up by 20

Young World
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Album Seven by Rick
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 7

Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
30 Down by 6

Little Bitty Tear
Miki & Griff
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
31 Debut

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
The Drifters
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Up by 3

Please Don't Ask About Barbara
Bobby Vee
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
33 Down by 2

I'll See You In My Dreams
Pat Boone
Peak
27
Weeks
8
Number
34 Down by 4

Drums Are My Beat
Sandy Nelson
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 15

Forget Me Not
Eden Kane
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
36 Up by 8

Letter Full Of Tears
Billy Fury
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 4

Lesson One
Russ Conway
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
38 Down by 1

Town Without Pity
Gene Pitney
From the album: The Many Sides of Gene Pitney
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 4

Her Royal Majesty
James Darren
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 14

Jeannie
Danny Williams
Peak
14
Weeks
12
Number
41 Debut

Slow Twistin'
Chubby Checker
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 8

Brazilian Love Song
Nat King Cole featuring Bebel Gilberto
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 15

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
44 Down by 6

Theme From 'Z Cars'
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut

It's All Over Now
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

The Party's Over
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

Speak To Me Pretty
Brenda Lee
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Ev'rybody's Twistin'
Frank Sinatra
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 13

Tonight
Shirley Bassey
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
50 Down by 8

Lone Rider
John Leyton
Peak
40
Weeks
4

Dropouts

Number
39 Dropout

Midnight in Moscow
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

Run to Him
Bobby Vee
From the album: Take Good Care of My Baby
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
41 Dropout
Jambalaya
Fats Domino
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
46 Dropout

You're The Only Good Thing
Jim Reeves
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
49 Dropout

Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & The Starliters
From the album: Doin' the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge
Peak
33
Weeks
8
Number
50 Dropout

Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
From the album: Let There Be Drums
Peak
3
Weeks
16

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April 5, 1962

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1 1 The Shadows – "Wonderful Land" 1(×3) 6

2 2 Helen Shapiro – "Tell Me What He Said" 2 8

4 3 Roy Orbison – "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" 3 5

3 4 Elvis Presley – "Can't Help Falling in Love" 1(×4) 10

6 5 Karl Denver – "Wimoweh" 4 11

7 6 Mr. Acker Bilk The Leon Young String Chorale – "Stranger on the Shore" 2 19

15 7 Sam Cooke – "Twistin' the Night Away" 7 5

18 8 Del Shannon – "Hey! Little Girl" 8 4

9 9 Bernard Cribbins – "Hole In The Ground" 9 8

10 10 Matt Monro – "Softly As I Leave You" 10 9

14 11 Johnny Keating – "Theme From 'Z Cars'" 11 6

12 12 Bruce Channel – "Hey! Baby" 12 3

5 13 Chubby Checker – "Let's Twist Again" 2 18

8 14 Kenny Ball His Jazzmen – "March Of The Siamese Children" 4 8

13 15 Dion – "The Wanderer" 10 8

11 16 Cliff Richard The Shadows – "The Young Ones" 1(×6) 13

19 17 Johnnie Spence & His Orchestra – "The Dr. Kildare Theme" 17 6

21 18 Karl Denver – "Never Goodbye" 18 7

23 19 Paul Anka – "Love Me Warm and Tender" 19 4

25 20 Craig Douglas – "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" 20 3

45 21 Joe Loss – "Theme From 'Maigret'" 21 2

32 22 Clinton Ford – "Fanlight Fanny" 22 5

16 23 The Everly Brothers – "Crying in the Rain" 6 12

47 24 Jimmy Justice – "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" 24 2

27 25 Ken Dodd – "Pianissimo" 21 10

29 26 Sammy Davis Jr. – "What Kind Of Fool Am I/Gonna Build A Mountain" 26 3

17 27 Leroy Van Dyke – "Walk on By" 5 14

48 28 Ricky Nelson – "Young World" 28 2

22 29 Burl Ives – "Little Bitty Tear" 9 11

24 30 Miki & Griff – "Little Bitty Tear" 16 10

NE 31 The Drifters – "When My Little Girl Is Smiling" 31 1

35 32 Bobby Vee – "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" 29 5

31 33 Pat Boone – "I'll See You In My Dreams" 27 8

30 34 Sandy Nelson – "Drums Are My Beat" 30 3

20 35 Eden Kane – "Forget Me Not" 3 12

44 36 Billy Fury – "Letter Full Of Tears" 32 4

33 37 Russ Conway – "Lesson One" 21 7

37 38 Gene Pitney – "Town Without Pity" 32 5

43 39 James Darren – "Her Royal Majesty" 39 2

26 40 Danny Williams – "Jeannie" 14 12

NE 41 Chubby Checker – "Slow Twistin'" 41 1

34 42 Nat King Cole Bebel Gilberto – "Brazilian Love Song" 34 3

28 43 Neil Sedaka – "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" 3 16

38 44 Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra – "Theme From 'Z Cars'" 38 3

NE 45 Shane Fenton & The Fentones – "It's All Over Now" 45 1

NE 46 Lonnie Donegan – "The Party's Over" 46 1

NE 47 Brenda Lee – "Speak To Me Pretty" 47 1

NE 48 Frank Sinatra – "Ev'rybody's Twistin'" 48 1

36 49 Shirley Bassey – "Tonight" 21 8

42 50 John Leyton – "Lone Rider" 40 4

DROPOUTS:

39 -- Kenny Ball His Jazzmen – "Midnight in Moscow" 2 21

40 -- Bobby Vee – "Run to Him" 6 15

41 -- Fats Domino – "Jambalaya" 41 1

46 -- Jim Reeves – "You're The Only Good Thing" 17 19

49 -- Joey Dee & The Starliters – "Peppermint Twist" 33 8

50 -- Sandy Nelson – "Let There Be Drums" 3 16

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