The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 5th October 1961

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Number
1 Up by 3

Kon-Tiki
The Shadows
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2 Up by 4

Jealousy
Billy Fury
Peak
2
Weeks
5
Number
3 Up by 4

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
The Highway Men
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Down by 3

Johnny Remember Me
John Leyton
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
5 Down by 3
Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Shirley Bassey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
6 Down by 1
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad
Elvis Presley
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 1

You'll Answer To Me
Cleo Laine
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 2

Together
Connie Francis
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9 Up by 4

Hats Off to Larry
Del Shannon
From the album: Hats Off to Del Shannon
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
10 Up by 2

Get Lost
Eden Kane
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Down by 8

You Don't Know
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
12 Up by 14

Walking Back To Happiness
Helen Shapiro
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 2
Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 6

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson
From the album: The Best of Don Gibson
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Up by 1

That's My Home
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
The Brook Brothers
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 17

Granada
Frank Sinatra
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 9

Cupid
Sam Cooke
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
19 Down by 4

Well I Ask You
Eden Kane
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
20 Down by 2

How Many Tears
Bobby Vee
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
21 Up by 1

Wheels Cha Cha
Joe Loss
Peak
21
Weeks
15
Number
22 Down by 8

Halfway to Paradise
Billy Fury
From the album: Halfway to Paradise
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
23 Down by 4

Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
24 Up by 1

Who Put The Bomp
The Viscounts
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Debut

Wild Wind
John Leyton
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Up by 15

Sucu Sucu
The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 4

Say It With Flowers
Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 1

Cryin'
Roy Orbison
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
29 Debut
Muskrat/Don't Blame Me
The Everly Brothers
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30 Down by 2

Marcheta
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
31 Down by 10

Romeo
Petula Clark
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
32 Up by 1

Once In Every Lifetime
Ken Dodd
Peak
28
Weeks
15
Number
33 Down by 2

Breakaway
The Springfields
Peak
31
Weeks
6
Number
34 Up by 13

Hard Hearted Hannah
The Temperance Seven
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 11

Heart and Soul
Jan & Dean
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
36 Debut

My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Charlie Drake
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Bless You
Tony Orlando
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Amor
Ben E. King
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 4

Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
28
Weeks
6
Number
40 Down by 4

You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Ral Donner
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 7
Sucu Sucu
Ping Ping & Al Verlaine
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Debut

Sucu Sucu
Nina & Frederik
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 5

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door
Eddie Hodges
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
44 Debut

Caravan
Duane Eddy
From the album: The Complete US & UK Singles and EP's As & Bs 1955-62
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45

Longtime Boy
Nina & Frederik
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Down by 2

Baby I Don't Care
Buddy Holly
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
47 Down by 7

Pasadena
The Temperance Seven
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
48 Down by 18

Drivin' Home
Duane Eddy
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
49
Gonna Build A Mountain
Matt Monro
Peak
49
Weeks
2
Number
50 Debut

Sucu Sucu
Ted Heath & His Music
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

You Always Hurt The One You Love
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
32 Dropout

Hole In The Bucket
Harry Belafonte & Odetta
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
37 Dropout

Hello Mary Lou
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Rick Is 21
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
39 Dropout

Time
Craig Douglas
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
42 Dropout
Lonely Street/Why Can't You
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Dropout

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
38
Number
46 Dropout

True Love
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
50 Dropout

Weekend
Eddie Cochran
From the album: Cherished Memories of Eddie Cochran
Peak
15
Weeks
16

A chart by

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Date

October 5, 1961

Songs

50

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4 1 The Shadows – "Kon-Tiki" 1(×1) 5

6 2 Billy Fury – "Jealousy" 2 5

7 3 The Highway Men – "Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)" 3 5

1 4 John Leyton – "Johnny Remember Me" 1(×4) 10

2 5 Shirley Bassey – "Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain" 1(×1) 11

5 6 Elvis Presley – "Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad" 4 5

8 7 Cleo Laine – "You'll Answer To Me" 7 4

10 8 Connie Francis – "Together" 8 4

13 9 Del Shannon – "Hats Off to Larry" 9 4

12 10 Eden Kane – "Get Lost" 10 4

3 11 Helen Shapiro – "You Don't Know" 1(×3) 15

26 12 Helen Shapiro – "Walking Back To Happiness" 12 2

11 13 Lonnie Donegan – "Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered" 6 6

20 14 Don Gibson – "Sea of Heartbreak" 14 6

16 15 Mr. Acker Bilk – "That's My Home" 7 13

17 16 The Brook Brothers – "Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week" 13 7

34 17 Frank Sinatra – "Granada" 17 2

9 18 Sam Cooke – "Cupid" 7 11

15 19 Eden Kane – "Well I Ask You" 1(×1) 19

18 20 Bobby Vee – "How Many Tears" 10 10

22 21 Joe Loss – "Wheels Cha Cha" 21 15

14 22 Billy Fury – "Halfway to Paradise" 3 22

19 23 Gary U.S. Bonds – "Quarter to Three" 7 12

25 24 The Viscounts – "Who Put The Bomp" 24 4

NE 25 John Leyton – "Wild Wind" 25 1

41 26 The Laurie Johnson Orchestra – "Sucu Sucu" 26 2

23 27 Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway – "Say It With Flowers" 23 7

27 28 Roy Orbison – "Cryin'" 27 3

NE 29 The Everly Brothers – "Muskrat/Don't Blame Me" 29 1

28 30 Karl Denver – "Marcheta" 8 16

21 31 Petula Clark – "Romeo" 3 13

33 32 Ken Dodd – "Once In Every Lifetime" 28 15

31 33 The Springfields – "Breakaway" 31 6

47 34 The Temperance Seven – "Hard Hearted Hannah" 34 2

24 35 Jan & Dean – "Heart and Soul" 24 7

NE 36 Charlie Drake – "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" 36 1

NE 37 Tony Orlando – "Bless You" 37 1

NE 38 Ben E. King – "Amor" 38 1

35 39 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – "Someday (You'll Be Sorry)" 28 6

36 40 Ral Donner – "You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)" 36 3

48 41 Ping Ping & Al Verlaine – "Sucu Sucu" 41 2

NE 42 Nina & Frederik – "Sucu Sucu" 42 1

38 43 Eddie Hodges – "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" 38 2

NE 44 Duane Eddy – "Caravan" 44 1

45 45 Nina & Frederik – "Longtime Boy" 45 2

44 46 Buddy Holly – "Baby I Don't Care" 12 14

40 47 The Temperance Seven – "Pasadena" 4 17

30 48 Duane Eddy – "Drivin' Home" 30 4

49 49 Matt Monro – "Gonna Build A Mountain" 49 2

NE 50 Ted Heath & His Music – "Sucu Sucu" 50 1

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry – "You Always Hurt The One You Love" 6 12

32 -- Harry Belafonte & Odetta – "Hole In The Bucket" 32 2

37 -- Ricky Nelson – "Hello Mary Lou" 2 18

39 -- Craig Douglas – "Time" 9 14

42 -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry – "Lonely Street/Why Can't You" 42 2

43 -- Andy Stewart – "A Scottish Soldier" 19 38

46 -- Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – "True Love" 33 4

50 -- Eddie Cochran – "Weekend" 15 16

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