The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 9th February 1961

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Number
1

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley
From the album: Elvis Is Back!
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Up by 2

Sailor
Petula Clark
Peak
2
Weeks
3
Number
3

Poetry in Motion
Johnny Tillotson
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

You're Sixteen
Johnny Burnette
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 3

Pepe
Duane Eddy
Peak
2
Weeks
5
Number
6 Down by 1

Portrait Of My Love
Matt Monro
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 2

Rubber Ball
Bobby Vee
From the album: Bobby Vee
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 1

Counting Teardrops
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 1

Buona Sera
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
10 Up by 9

Sailor
Anne Shelton
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11

Rubber Ball
Marty Wilde
Peak
11
Weeks
3
Number
12 Down by 4

I Love You
Cliff Richard
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
13 Up by 1

Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
From the album: Save the Last Dance for Me
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
14 Up by 6

A Thousand Stars
Billy Fury
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Up by 3

Stay
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 5

Piltdown Rides Again
The Piltdown Men
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 2

Sway
Bobby Rydell
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
18 Down by 5

It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
19 Up by 3

Pepe
Russ Conway
Peak
19
Weeks
4
Number
20 Down by 8

Many Tears Ago
Connie Francis
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 4

Perfidia
The Ventures
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
22 Debut

F.B.I.
The Shadows
Peak
22
Weeks
1
Number
23 Up by 9

New Orleans
Gary U.S. Bonds
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 5

Little Girl
Marty Wilde
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
25 Debut

Walk Right Back
The Everly Brothers
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Down by 2

Doll House
The King Brothers
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
27 Down by 1

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
28 Debut
Who Am I?/This Is It
Adam Faith
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Up by 17

Calendar Girl
Neil Sedaka
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 5

Goodness Gracious Me
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 15

Like Strangers
The Everly Brothers
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
32 Down by 9

North to Alaska
Johnny Horton
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 4

Let's Jump The Broomstick
Brenda Lee
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Up by 7

What To Do
Buddy Holly
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 1

Chariot
Rhet Stoller
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 3

Shine
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
37 Down by 1

Bangers and Mash
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
38 Up by 2

First Taste Of Love
Ben E. King
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 6

Ginchy
Bert Weedon
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Re-Entry

Mean Mean Man
Wanda Jackson
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41 Up by 8

The World In My Arms
Nat King Cole
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Down by 12

Rubber Ball
The Avons
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
43 Down by 12

Rocking Goose
Johnny and the Hurricanes
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
44 Down by 2

Corinna, Corinna
Ray Peterson
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut

Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
From the album: Tonight's the Night
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Re-Entry

Mystery Girl
Jess Conrad
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
47 Down by 9

As Long As He Needs Me
Shirley Bassey
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
48 Down by 21

Blue Angel
Roy Orbison
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
49 Down by 21

Man of Mystery
The Shadows
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
50 Down by 7

My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
Connie Francis
Peak
3
Weeks
15

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Black Stockings
The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
39 Dropout

My Love For You
Johnny Mathis
Peak
9
Weeks
18
Number
44 Dropout

Gurney Slade
Max Harris
Peak
11
Weeks
10
Number
47 Dropout

Let's/Serenata
Sarah Vaughan
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
48 Dropout

Strawberry Fair
Anthony Newley
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
50 Dropout
Jimmy's Girl
Johnny Tillotson
Peak
50
Weeks
1

A chart by

OfficialUKCharts_2

Date

February 9, 1961

Songs

50

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1 1 Elvis Presley – "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 1(×3) 4

4 2 Petula Clark – "Sailor" 2 3

3 3 Johnny Tillotson – "Poetry in Motion" 1(×2) 11

6 4 Johnny Burnette – "You're Sixteen" 4 5

2 5 Duane Eddy – "Pepe" 2 5

5 6 Matt Monro – "Portrait Of My Love" 3 9

9 7 Bobby Vee – "Rubber Ball" 7 4

7 8 Emile Ford & The Checkmates – "Counting Teardrops" 4 10

10 9 Mr. Acker Bilk – "Buona Sera" 9 10

19 10 Anne Shelton – "Sailor" 10 3

11 11 Marty Wilde – "Rubber Ball" 11 3

8 12 Cliff Richard – "I Love You" 1(×2) 11

14 13 The Drifters – "Save the Last Dance for Me" 2 15

20 14 Billy Fury – "A Thousand Stars" 14 4

18 15 Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs – "Stay" 14 6

21 16 The Piltdown Men – "Piltdown Rides Again" 16 5

15 17 Bobby Rydell – "Sway" 12 9

13 18 Elvis Presley – "It's Now or Never" 1(×8) 15

22 19 Russ Conway – "Pepe" 19 4

12 20 Connie Francis – "Many Tears Ago" 12 5

17 21 The Ventures – "Perfidia" 4 11

NE 22 The Shadows – "F.B.I." 22 1

32 23 Gary U.S. Bonds – "New Orleans" 23 4

29 24 Marty Wilde – "Little Girl" 16 8

NE 25 The Everly Brothers – "Walk Right Back" 25 1

24 26 The King Brothers – "Doll House" 21 5

26 27 Andy Stewart – "A Scottish Soldier" 19 5

NE 28 Adam Faith – "Who Am I?/This Is It" 28 1

46 29 Neil Sedaka – "Calendar Girl" 29 2

25 30 Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren – "Goodness Gracious Me" 4 14

16 31 The Everly Brothers – "Like Strangers" 11 9

23 32 Johnny Horton – "North to Alaska" 23 4

37 33 Brenda Lee – "Let's Jump The Broomstick" 33 4

41 34 Buddy Holly – "What To Do" 34 3

34 35 Rhet Stoller – "Chariot" 26 5

33 36 Joe Brown and His Bruvvers – "Shine" 33 3

36 37 Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren – "Bangers and Mash" 22 5

40 38 Ben E. King – "First Taste Of Love" 38 2

45 39 Bert Weedon – "Ginchy" 39 2

RE 40 Wanda Jackson – "Mean Mean Man" 40 2

49 41 Nat King Cole – "The World In My Arms" 41 2

30 42 The Avons – "Rubber Ball" 30 3

31 43 Johnny and the Hurricanes – "Rocking Goose" 3 20

42 44 Ray Peterson – "Corinna, Corinna" 42 3

NE 45 The Shirelles – "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 45 1

RE 46 Jess Conrad – "Mystery Girl" 44 2

38 47 Shirley Bassey – "As Long As He Needs Me" 2 28

27 48 Roy Orbison – "Blue Angel" 11 16

28 49 The Shadows – "Man of Mystery" 5 14

43 50 Connie Francis – "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" 3 15

DROPOUTS:

35 -- The John Barry Seven and Orchestra – "Black Stockings" 27 9

39 -- Johnny Mathis – "My Love For You" 9 18

44 -- Max Harris – "Gurney Slade" 11 10

47 -- Sarah Vaughan – "Let's/Serenata" 37 4

48 -- Anthony Newley – "Strawberry Fair" 3 11

50 -- Johnny Tillotson – "Jimmy's Girl" 50 1

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