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Page 1: The Chart Book – The Specials

The Chart Book – The Specials Record Mirror Singles

1955-1962

Compiled by Lonnie Readioff

Page 2: The Chart Book – The Specials

Chart History For Record Mirror Single Charts Between 22 January 1955 and 17 March 1962

Entry Peak Weeks on chart, Title (Number 1 Number) (Awards symbols, if any for this record in this period) (Composer) Full artist credit (if different) B-Side (Or EP/Album track listing if any charted on this chart) Label (Catalogue Number) Duration. Notes are presented below the title for some

entries. Entries are sorted by artist, then by entry date and finally, in the event of ties, by peak position and finally weeks on chart. All re-entries are shown as separate entries, but track listings of any albums or EP's which re-entered the chart are not shown for their re-entries.

Fats Domino (Continued)

London 7": HLP 900519.12.1959 512 Be My Guest (Tommy Boyce / Fats Domino / John Marascalco) 02:16I've Been Around

London 7": HLP 900530.01.1960 415 Be My Guest (Re-entry 1) (Tommy Boyce / Fats Domino / John Marascalco) 02:16I've Been Around

London 7": HLP 907309.04.1960 118 Country Boy (Dave Bartholomew / Fats Domino) 02:10If You Need Me

Lonnie Donegan Entry: 07.01.1956 Peak: 1 Weeks: 211Hits: 27

Decca 7": 45FJ 1064707.01.1956 126 Rock Island Line (Lonnie Donegan) 02:30John HenryThe Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Decca 7": 45FJ 1064707.04.1956 315 Rock Island Line (Re-entry 1) (Lonnie Donegan) 02:30John HenryThe Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1503628.04.1956 162 Lost John (Lonnie Donegan) 02:13StewballThe Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Decca 7": 45FJ 1064705.05.1956 213 Rock Island Line (Re-entry 2) (Lonnie Donegan) 02:30John HenryThe Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Decca 7": 45FJ 1064726.05.1956 216 Rock Island Line (Re-entry 3) (Lonnie Donegan) 02:30John HenryThe Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": NJE 101707.07.1956 120 Skiffle Sessions (EP) (Traditional) 10:50

Railroad Bill / Stackalee / The Ballad Of Jesse James / Ol' Riley

The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1507115.09.1956 88 Bring A Little Water Sylvie (Huddie Ledbetter / Lonnie Donegan) 02:27Dead Or AliveLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1507115.09.1956 79 Dead Or Alive (Huddie Ledbetter / Lonnie Donegan) 02:31Bring A Little Water SylvieLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1508019.01.1957 144 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (Wally Whyton / William Varley) 01:44I'm Alabamy BoundLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1508706.04.1957 91 Cumberland Gap (N1 #28) (Traditional / Lonnie Donegan) 01:59Love Is StrangeLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1509308.06.1957 161 Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style (N1 #31) (Lonnie Donegan / Woody Guthrie) 03:19Putting On The StyleLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1509315.06.1957 115 Putting On The Style (Norman Cazden) 03:36Gamblin' ManLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 78: N 1510812.10.1957 810 My Dixie Darling (Alvin Pleasant Carter) 02:58I'm Just A Rollin' StoneLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1511604.01.1958 316 Jack O' Diamonds (Traditional) 02:48Ham 'N' EggsLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1512919.04.1958 135 The Grand Coolie Dam / Nobody Loves Like An Irishman (Lonnie Donegan / Woody Guthrie) 02:36Nobody Loves Like An Irishman

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1514805.07.1958 77 Sally Don't You Grieve / Betty Betty Betty (Malvina Reynolds / Woody Guthrie / Lonnie Donegan) 02:12Betty, Betty, Betty

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1517222.11.1958 123 Tom Dooley (Alan Lomax / Frank Warner / John Lomax) 03:20Rock O' My SoulLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1516503.01.1959 118 Lonnie's Skiffle Party (Various / Traditional) 06:01Lonnie's Skiffle Party (Side 2)Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1518107.02.1959 103 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight) (Billy Rose / Ernest Breuer / Marty Bloom) 02:46Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)

Pye Nixa 7": 7N 1519809.05.1959 412 Fort Worth Jail (Dick Reinhardt) 02:11Whoa BuckLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye 7": 7N 1520627.06.1959 142 The Battle Of New Orleans (Traditional / Jimmie Driftwood) 03:09Darling CoreyLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye 7": 7N 1522319.09.1959 316 Sal's Got A Sugar Lip (Traditional / Jimmie Driftwood) 02:24Chesapeake BayLonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

Pye 7": 7N 1521303.10.1959 120 Hold Back Tomorrow (Eddie Pierce / James Watson / Wynn Stewart) 02:27Deedle-Dum-Doo-Die-DayMiki and Griff with the Lonnie Donegan Group

Lonnie Donegan and his Group

Pye 7": 7N 1525626.03.1960 91 My Old Man's A Dustman (Ballad Of A Refuse Disposal Officer) (N1 #63*) (Lonnie Donegan / Peter Buchanan) 03:20The Golden Vanity

Lonnie Donegan and Wally Stott's Orchestra

Pye 7": 7N 1526728.05.1960 95 I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck Of The John ''B'') (Carl Sandburg / Lee Hays / Paddy Roberts) 02:37Jimmie Brown The Newsboy

Pye 7": 7N 1527527.08.1960 211 Lorelei (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Lonnie Donegan) 02:03In All My Wildest Dreams

Pye 7": 7N 1531226.11.1960 210 Lively (Lonnie Donegan / Peter Buchanan) 03:18Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)Lonnie Donegan and his Group

Pye 7": 7N 1531217.12.1960 318 Lively (Re-entry 1) (Lonnie Donegan / Peter Buchanan) 03:18Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)Lonnie Donegan and his Group

Pye 7": 7N 1535413.05.1961 97 Have A Drink On Me (Alan Lomax / Huddie Ledbetter / Lonnie Donegan / Peter Buchanan) 02:50Seven DaffodilsLonnie Donegan and his Group

Lonnie Donegan and his Group

Pye 7": 7N 1537109.09.1961 76 Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered (Anthony Newley / Leslie Bricusse / Traditional / Lonnie Donegan) 02:26Lumbered

Pye 7": 7N 1541027.01.1962 217 The Comancheros (Tillman Franks) 02:08Ramblin' Round

Pye 7": 7N 1541017.02.1962 120 The Comancheros (Re-entry 1) (Tillman Franks) 02:08Ramblin' Round

Ral Donner Entry: 04.11.1961 Peak: 16 Weeks: 2Hits: 1

Parlophone 7": R 482004.11.1961 216 You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) (George Burton / Paul Hampton) 02:10So Close To Heaven

Page 3: The Chart Book – The Specials

Chart History For Record Mirror Single Charts Between 22 January 1955 and 17 March 1962

Entry Peak Weeks on chart, Title (Number 1 Number) (Awards symbols, if any for this record in this period) (Composer) Full artist credit (if different) B-Side (Or EP/Album track listing if any charted on this chart) Label (Catalogue Number) Duration. Notes are presented below the title for some

entries. Entries are sorted by artist, then by entry date and finally, in the event of ties, by peak position and finally weeks on chart. All re-entries are shown as separate entries, but track listings of any albums or EP's which re-entered the chart are not shown for their re-entries.

PJimmy Parkinson Entry: 10.03.1956 Peak: 10 Weeks: 8Hits: 2

Columbia 7": SCM 523610.03.1956 610 The Great Pretender (Buck Ram) 02:22Hand In Hand

Columbia 7": SCM 526704.08.1956 119 Walk Hand In Hand (Johnny Cowell) 03:01Cry Baby

Columbia 7": SCM 526718.08.1956 118 Walk Hand In Hand (Re-entry 1) (Johnny Cowell) 03:01Cry Baby

Carl Perkins Entry: 26.05.1956 Peak: 13 Weeks: 6Hits: 1

London 7": 45-HLU 827126.05.1956 613 Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) 02:14Honey, Don't!

Edith Piaf Entry: 19.11.1960 Peak: 17 Weeks: 2Hits: 1

Columbia 7": DC 75419.11.1960 217 Milord (Marguerite Monnot / Joe Mustacchi) 03:08Milord

The Piltdown Men Entry: 15.10.1960 Peak: 12 Weeks: 12Hits: 3

Capitol 7": CL 1514915.10.1960 612 McDonald's Cave (Ed Cobb / Lincoln Mayorga) 02:26Brontosaurus Stomp

Capitol 7": CL 1517514.01.1961 313 Piltdown Rides Again (Ed Cobb / Lincoln Mayorga) 02:26Bubbles In The Tar

Capitol 7": CL 1518618.03.1961 318 Goodnight Mrs. Flintstone (Ed Cobb / Lincoln Mayorga) 01:57The Great Impostor

The Platters Entry: 08.09.1956 Peak: 1 Weeks: 79Hits: 8

Mercury 78: MT 11708.09.1956 76 The Great Pretender (Buck Ram) 03:22I'm Just A Dancing Partner

Mercury 78: MT 11708.09.1956 157 Only You (And You Alone) (Buck Ram / Ande Rand) 02:37The Great Pretender

Mercury 78: MT 12003.11.1956 103 My Prayer (Georges Boulanger / Jimmy Kennedy) 02:44Heaven On Earth

Mercury 78: MT 11723.03.1957 410 Only You (And You Alone) (Re-entry 1) (Buck Ram / Ande Rand) 02:37The Great Pretender

Mercury 78: MT 11723.03.1957 317 The Great Pretender / Only You (And You Alone) (Ande Rand / Buck Ram) 02:40Only You (And You Alone)

Mercury 78: MT 14501.06.1957 118 I'm Sorry (Buck Ram / Peter Tinturin / William White) 02:51He's Mine

Mercury 78: MT 14522.06.1957 120 I'm Sorry (Re-entry 1) (Buck Ram / Peter Tinturin / William White) 02:51He's Mine

Mercury 78: MT 14506.07.1957 119 I'm Sorry (Re-entry 2) (Buck Ram / Peter Tinturin / William White) 02:51He's Mine

Mercury 7": MT 21431.05.1958 136 Twilight Time (Artie Dunn / Al Nevins / Morty nevins / Buck Ram) 02:46Out Of My Mind

Mercury 7": AMT 101617.01.1959 191 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (N1 #50) (Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern) 02:36No Matter What You Are

Mercury 7": AMT 108106.02.1960 512 Harbour Lights (Hugh Williams / Jimmy Kennedy) 02:47(By The) Sleepy Lagoon

The Poni-Tails Entry: 20.09.1958 Peak: 6 Weeks: 9Hits: 1

HMV 7": POP 51620.09.1958 96 Born Too Late (Charles Strouse / Fred Tobias) 02:20Come On Joey Dance With Me

Perez Prado Entry: 19.03.1955 Peak: 2 Weeks: 31Hits: 2

HMV 7": 7M 29519.03.1955 172 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (Luis Guglielmi) 03:03Maria ElenaPerez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra

RCA 7": 106726.07.1958 149 Patricia (Bob Marcus / Perez Prado) 02:22Why WaitPerez Prado And His Orchestra

Elvis Presley Entry: 19.05.1956 Peak: 1 Weeks: 352Hits: 35

HMV 7": 7M 38519.05.1956 183 Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton / Thomas Durden / Elvis Presley) 02:08I Was The One

HMV 7": 7M 40502.06.1956 79 Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) 02:00Tutti Frutti

HMV 7": 7M 40511.08.1956 119 Blue Suede Shoes (Re-entry 1) (Carl Perkins) 02:00Tutti Frutti

HMV 7": 7M 42418.08.1956 515 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Ira Kosloff / Maurice Mysels) 02:40My Baby Left Me

HMV 7": 45-POP 24922.09.1956 222 Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) 02:14Don't Be Cruel

HMV 7": POP 24910.11.1956 119 Don't Be Cruel (Otis Blackwell / Elvis Presley) 02:02Hound Dog

HMV 7": 45-POP 27217.11.1956 108 Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers) 02:39I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

Page 4: The Chart Book – The Specials

Most Weeks On Chart391 artists made the chart during the period 22 January 1955 to 17 March 1962. The full listing is presented below, sorted by most weeks on chart (highest first), then by peak position, entry date, last

week on the chart and finally, in the event of a tie, alphabetically by artist name.

Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit

19.05.561 Elvis Presley352 1

27.09.582 The Shadows229 1

07.01.563 Lonnie Donegan211 1

27.09.584 Cliff Richard175 1

12.11.555 Pat Boone171 1

20.07.576 The Everly Brothers166 1

22.01.557 Bill Haley143 1

12.04.588 Connie Francis128 1

11.05.579 The Jordanaires125 1

27.10.5610 Tommy Steele108 1

10.11.5611 Frankie Vaughan93 1

27.12.5812 Russ Conway90 1

24.12.5513 Perry Como87 1

21.11.5914 Adam Faith87 1

13.09.5815 Duane Eddy87 2

25.06.5516 Frankie Laine86 1

12.03.5517 Johnnie Ray85 1

02.05.5918 Anthony Newley80 1

08.09.5619 The Platters79 1

07.05.5520 Frank Sinatra77 2

17.08.5721 Paul Anka74 1

09.03.5722 Shirley Bassey74 2

25.08.5623 Little Richard73 2

30.07.5524 Malcolm Vaughan70 3

12.07.5825 Marty Wilde70 3

22.02.5826 Ricky Nelson67 3

12.02.5527 David Whitfield67 4

09.08.5828 Bobby Darin65 1

03.12.5529 Petula Clark63 2

16.07.5530 Slim Whitman61 1

04.01.5831 Buddy Holly61 1

22.01.5532 Ruby Murray57 1

02.05.5933 Neil Sedaka56 3

10.10.5934 Johnny and the Hurricanes55 2

13.06.5935 Craig Douglas54 1

22.01.5536 Dean Martin50 1

02.03.5737 Harry Belafonte50 1

12.11.5538 Max Bygraves49 3

08.12.5639 Guy Mitchell48 1

05.03.5540 Nat "King" Cole48 2

05.11.5541 Winifred Atwell46 1

28.09.5742 The Crickets45 1

23.01.6043 Mr. Acker Bilk44 1

11.04.5944 Billy Fury43 4

15.10.5545 Ronnie Hilton41 1

14.04.5646 Michael Holliday41 1

21.01.6147 Bobby Vee41 1

29.04.6148 Helen Shapiro41 1

28.09.5749 Jerry Lee Lewis40 1

22.01.5550 Teresa Brewer40 2

04.10.5851 Johnny Mathis39 4

04.02.5652 Fats Domino39 7

29.01.5553 Tennessee Ernie Ford38 1

28.05.5554 Jimmy Young38 1

31.10.5955 Emile Ford36 2

14.04.5656 Bing Crosby36 4

20.08.6057 Roy Orbison35 1

30.06.5658 Frankie Lymon33 1

30.06.5659 the Teenagers33 1

06.05.6160 Del Shannon32 1

07.03.5961 Eddie Cochran32 3

22.01.5562 Dickie Valentine31 2

19.03.5563 Perez Prado31 2

16.04.5564 Eddie Calvert30 2

14.02.5965 Lloyd Price30 6

10.06.6166 Eden Kane29 1

15.11.5867 Conway Twitty28 1

12.04.5868 Michael Sammes28 2

09.04.6069 Brenda Lee28 5

19.03.6070 Jimmy Jones27 1

04.03.6171 Kenny Ball27 3

08.04.6172 The Temperance Seven26 1

27.04.5773 Charlie Gracie26 4

09.02.5774 Tab Hunter25 1

30.04.5575 Doris Day24 1

11.06.5576 Alma Cogan24 1

15.10.6077 Johnny Burnette24 5

24.03.5678 Anne Shelton23 1

24.11.5679 Grace Kelly23 4

05.08.6180 John Leyton22 1

29.01.5581 Al Alberts22 2

29.01.5582 The Four Aces22 2

22.01.5583 The Johnston Brothers22 3

30.04.5584 Tony Martin22 4

02.11.5785 The Kaye Sisters22 7

25.06.6086 Josh MacRae22 12

22.01.5587 Rosemary Clooney21 1

31.10.5988 Sandy Nelson21 2

18.02.5689 The Keynotes21 5

18.02.5690 Dave King21 5

02.08.5891 The Coasters21 5

05.03.6092 John Barry21 7

25.10.5893 Lord Rockingham's XI20 1

13.02.6094 Johnny Preston20 1

22.01.5595 The Stargazers20 2

28.01.5696 The Hilltoppers20 4

28.01.5697 Jimmy Sacca20 4

20.05.6198 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry20 5

20.08.6099 The Brook Brothers20 6

01.03.58100 Marvin Rainwater19 1

08.06.57101 Russ Hamilton19 3

16.11.57102 Jackie Wilson19 3

31.12.60103 Matt Monro19 5

01.07.61104 Karl Denver19 5

22.08.59105 Sam Cooke19 9

05.11.55106 Gary Miller19 10

04.02.56107 The Dream Weavers18 1

23.11.57108 Johnny Otis18 1

18.02.56109 Kay Starr18 2

16.04.55110 Eddie Fisher18 4

14.02.59111 Chris Barber18 4

23.06.56112 Johnny Dankworth18 5

25.05.57113 Peggy Lee18 6

16.08.58114 Charlie Drake18 6

08.06.57115 The King Brothers18 8

16.04.55116 The Crew-Cuts17 2

04.07.59117 Johnny Kidd17 3

22.01.55118 The Mellomen16 1

20.04.57119 Andy Williams16 1

26.07.58120 Kalin Twins16 1

02.12.61121 Leon Young16 1

30.06.56122 Various Artists - Decca16 2

23.01.60123 The Drifters16 2

11.11.61124 Danny Williams16 2

22.01.55125 The Chordettes16 3

07.07.56126 The Goons16 3

Page 5: The Chart Book – The Specials

Most Weeks On Chart – By YearThe below lists are Most Weeks On Chart segregated by year. Only the Top 40 for each year is shown.

# Entry Wks Peak Artist credit # Entry Wks Peak Artist credit # Entry Wks Peak Artist credit

195522.011 Ruby Murray47 1

25.062 Frankie Laine43 1

16.073 Slim Whitman32 1

28.054 Jimmy Young26 1

22.015 Dickie Valentine24 2

12.026 David Whitfield24 4

12.037 Johnnie Ray24 5

22.018 Bill Haley23 1

22.019 The Johnston Brothers22 3

22.0110 Rosemary Clooney21 1

29.0111 Tennessee Ernie Ford20 1

16.0412 Eddie Calvert18 2

22.0113 The Stargazers17 2

19.0314 Perez Prado17 2

16.0415 The Crew-Cuts17 2

14.0516 Al Hibbler15 1

29.0117 Al Alberts15 2

29.0118 The Four Aces15 2

07.0519 Frank Sinatra13 2

08.1020 Mitch Miller13 2

22.0121 Teresa Brewer12 3

22.0122 The Lancers12 3

01.1023 Cyril Stapleton12 3

01.1024 Julie Dawn12 3

27.0825 Caterina Valente12 5

22.0126 The Mellomen11 1

16.0427 Tony Bennett11 1

22.0128 Dean Martin10 1

11.0629 Alma Cogan10 1

29.0130 Ray Burns10 4

30.0731 Malcolm Vaughan10 5

30.0432 Tony Martin10 6

05.1133 Winifred Atwell9 3

17.0934 Sammy Davis Jr.9 8

05.0335 Nat "King" Cole8 4

12.0236 Mantovani8 5

12.1137 Max Bygraves8 5

12.1138 Pat Boone8 5

26.0339 Anne Warren6 7

16.0440 Eddie Fisher5 4

195607.011 Bill Haley102 1

19.052 Elvis Presley60 2

07.013 Lonnie Donegan51 2

08.094 The Platters31 3

07.015 Pat Boone30 1

31.036 Teresa Brewer28 2

07.017 David Whitfield27 4

07.018 Winifred Atwell26 1

11.029 Ronnie Hilton26 1

07.0110 Perry Como24 4

14.0111 Frank Sinatra22 2

07.0112 Frankie Laine21 1

18.0213 Dave King21 5

18.0214 The Keynotes21 5

28.0115 Jimmy Sacca20 4

28.0116 The Hilltoppers20 4

03.0317 Slim Whitman19 9

07.0118 Tennessee Ernie Ford18 1

04.0219 The Dream Weavers18 1

24.0320 Anne Shelton18 1

14.0721 Doris Day18 1

18.0222 Kay Starr18 2

28.0123 Nat "King" Cole17 12

11.0224 Dean Martin16 1

30.0625 Frankie Lymon16 1

30.0626 The Teenagers16 1

07.0727 The Goons16 3

28.0128 Lou Busch15 1

18.0229 Johnnie Ray14 1

12.0530 Mel Tormé14 4

29.0931 Mitchell Torok14 7

07.0132 Alma Cogan13 14

21.0733 Tony Martin12 4

30.0634 Tex Ritter12 8

10.0335 Jimmy Young11 4

07.0136 Bill Hayes10 2

30.0637 Various Artists - Decca9 2

04.0238 Malcolm Vaughan9 3

23.0639 Johnny Dankworth9 5

18.0240 Don Cherry9 6

195705.011 Elvis Presley98 1

05.012 Pat Boone64 2

16.023 Little Richard50 3

05.014 Tommy Steele48 1

19.015 Lonnie Donegan48 1

05.016 Johnnie Ray47 1

02.037 Harry Belafonte41 1

11.058 The Jordanaires40 2

05.019 Guy Mitchell36 1

05.0110 Frankie Vaughan31 1

05.0111 Bing Crosby29 4

17.0812 Paul Anka28 1

27.0413 Charlie Gracie26 4

09.0214 Tab Hunter25 1

03.0815 Petula Clark22 6

20.0716 The Everly Brothers21 2

08.0617 Russ Hamilton19 3

05.0118 Malcolm Vaughan19 4

05.0119 Bill Haley18 6

13.0420 Frankie Lymon17 2

13.0421 the Teenagers17 2

27.0422 Nat "King" Cole17 2

05.0123 Grace Kelly17 4

05.0124 Fats Domino17 7

20.0425 Andy Williams16 1

27.0726 Johnny Duncan16 3

27.0727 The Blue Grass Boys16 3

08.0628 The Diamonds16 4

30.0329 Chas McDevitt16 5

30.0330 Nancy Whiskey16 5

28.0931 The Crickets14 1

07.0932 Debbie Reynolds14 3

19.0133 Ronnie Hilton14 5

08.0634 The King Brothers12 8

19.1035 Jim Dale11 2

28.0936 Jerry Lee Lewis11 8

05.0137 The Platters11 10

20.0438 Slim Whitman10 5

25.0539 Peggy Lee10 8

26.0140 The Vipers Skiffle Group9 8

Page 6: The Chart Book – The Specials

Most Weeks On Chart By Record960 records made the chart during the period 22 January 1955 to 17 March 1962. The listing presented below shows the Top 100, assuming more than 100 records charted in this period. The listing is

sorted by most weeks on chart (highest first), then by peak position, entry date, last week on the chart and finally, in the event of a tie, alphabetically by record title.

Number Entry Wks Peak Title - Artist Number Entry Wks Peak Title - Artist Number Entry Wks Peak Title - Artist

15.10.551 (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock -

Bill Haley And his Comets

35 1

24.11.562 True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly23 4

21.04.563 I'll Be Home - Pat Boone22 1

17.08.574 Diana - Paul Anka22 1

28.02.595 Side Saddle - Russ Conway22 1

22.09.566 Hound Dog - Elvis Presley22 2

02.06.567 The Saints Rock 'n' Roll - Bill Haley And

his Comets

22 3

22.06.578 Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte21 2

18.08.569 Rockin' Through The Rye - Bill Haley And

his Comets

21 3

14.12.5710 April Love - Pat Boone21 8

29.01.5511 Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie

Ford

20 1

25.06.5512 Cool Water - Frankie Laine20 1

16.07.5513 Rose Marie - Slim Whitman20 1

17.05.5814 Tulips From Amsterdam / You Need

Hands - Max Bygraves

20 3

28.01.5615 Only You (And You Alone) - The

Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca

20 4

31.05.5816 All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette -

The Everly Brothers

19 1

17.01.5917 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters19 1

07.03.5918 It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly19 1

13.07.5719 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis

Presley with The Jordanaires

19 2

13.07.5720 Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone19 2

07.01.5621 Rock Island Line - The Lonnie Donegan

Skiffle Group

19 6

08.09.5622 Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters19 7

04.02.5623 It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dream

Weavers

18 1

14.07.5624 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera,

Sera) - Doris Day

18 1

15.09.5625 A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine18 1

08.12.5626 Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell18 1

29.06.5727 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley18 1

12.04.5828 Who's Sorry Now? - Connie Francis18 1

11.07.5929 Living Doll - Cliff Richard and the Drifters18 1

18.02.5630 Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr18 2

31.10.5931 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes

At Me For? - Emile Ford And The

Checkmates

18 2

19.05.5632 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley18 3

25.08.5633 Long Tall Sally - Little Richard18 3

18.04.5934 It's Late / Never Be Anyone Else But You -

Ricky Nelson

18 3

10.03.5635 My September Love - David Whitfield18 4

14.02.5936 Petite Fleur - Chris Barber's Jazz Band18 4

03.06.6137 Halfway To Paradise - Billy Fury18 4

27.04.5738 Butterfingers - Tommy Steele And The

Steelmen

18 9

20.10.5639 Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray17 1

23.05.5940 Roulette - Russ Conway17 1

06.05.6141 Runaway - Del Shannon17 1

19.03.5542 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White -

Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra

17 2

16.04.5543 Earth Angel - The Crew-Cuts17 2

31.03.5644 A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer17 2

27.04.5745 When I Fall In Love - Nat "King" Cole17 2

06.08.6046 As Long As He Needs Me - Shirley Bassey17 2

19.03.6047 Handy Man - Jimmy Jones17 3

10.03.5648 See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley And

his Comets

17 4

30.06.5649 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? - The

Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon

16 1

11.05.5750 Yes Tonight Josephine - Johnnie Ray16 1

08.06.5751 Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style -

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

16 1

01.03.5852 Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater16 1

26.07.5853 When - Kalin Twins16 1

30.08.5854 Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid - Connie

Francis

16 1

13.09.5855 Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers16 1

25.10.5856 Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI16 1

06.06.5957 Dream Lover - Bobby Darin16 1

20.08.6058 Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison16 1

10.06.6159 Well I Ask You - Eden Kane16 1

02.12.6160 Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk

with the Leon Young String Chorale

16 1

28.04.5661 Lost John - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle

Group

16 2

05.10.5762 Party / Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do - Elvis

Presley with The Jordanaires

16 2

17.11.5663 St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm

Vaughan

16 3

08.06.5764 We Will Make Love - Russ Hamilton16 3

27.07.5765 Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny

Duncan And The Blue Grass Boys

16 3

08.06.5766 Little Darlin' - The Diamonds16 4

30.03.5767 Freight Train - The Chas McDevitt Skiffle

Group featuring Nancy Whiskey

16 5

25.10.5868 Tea For Two Cha Cha - Tommy Dorsey

Orchestra Starring Warren Covington

16 5

03.08.5769 With All My Heart - Petula Clark16 6

22.01.5570 Softly Softly - Ruby Murray15 1

14.05.5571 Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler15 1

28.01.5672 Zambezi - Lou Busch and His Orchestra15 1

11.02.5673 Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin15 1

10.03.5674 The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred

Atwell

15 1

09.02.5775 Young Love - Tab Hunter15 1

25.04.5976 A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love

Tonight - Elvis Presley with The

Jordanaires

15 1

10.10.5977 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard and the

Shadows

15 1

16.04.6078 Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers15 1

23.07.6079 Apache - The Shadows15 1

11.03.6180 Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley15 1

30.09.6181 Walkin' Back To Happiness - Helen Shapiro15 1

16.04.5582 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White -

Eddie Calvert

15 2

05.11.5583 Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing - The

Four Aces featuring Al Alberts

15 2

05.04.5884 It's Too Soon To Know / A Wonderful

Time Up There - Pat Boone

15 2

11.10.5885 It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards15 2

17.01.5986 As I Love You - Shirley Bassey15 2

10.10.5987 Red River Rock - Johnny and the

Hurricanes

15 2

30.07.6088 The Girl Of My Best Friend - Elvis Presley

with The Jordanaires

15 2

27.05.6189 Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson15 3

13.08.5590 Ev'rywhere - David Whitfield15 4

05.10.5791 Remember You're Mine - Pat Boone15 5

29.09.5692 When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba -

Mitchell Torok

15 7

16.04.6093 He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves15 11

28.09.5794 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets14 1

23.11.5795 Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Otis

and His Orchestra With Marie Adams

14 1

15.02.5896 Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star -

Perry Como

14 1

15.11.5897 It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty14 1

21.11.5998 What Do You Want? - Adam Faith14 1

02.07.6099 Please Don't Tease - Cliff Richard and the

Shadows

14 1

05.11.60100 It's Now Or Never (O Sole Mio) - Elvis

Presley with The Jordanaires

14 1

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Number 1 List for Record Mirror Single ChartsEntry Date / Number 1 Number / Weeks At Number 1 / * means entered at number 1 / (number of the re-entry at 1 as appropriate) / Title (Artist)

195522.01 1 * Mambo Italiano (Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen)3

12.02 2 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane (Dean Martin)1

19.02 3 Give Me Your Word (Tennessee Ernie Ford)3

12.03 4 Softly Softly (Ruby Murray)1

19.03 3 (1) Give Me Your Word (Tennessee Ernie Ford)7

07.05 5 Stranger In Paradise (Tony Bennett)5

11.06 6 Unchained Melody (Al Hibbler)4

09.07 7 Dreamboat (Alma Cogan)2

23.07 8 Rose Marie (Slim Whitman)10

01.10 9 Cool Water (Frankie Laine)1

08.10 10 The Man From Laramie (Jimmy Young)5

12.11 11 (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley And his Comets)9

195614.01 12 Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford)5

18.02 13 Zambezi (Lou Busch and His Orchestra)2

03.03 14 Memories Are Made Of This (Dean Martin)2

17.03 15 It's Almost Tomorrow (The Dream Weavers)3

07.04 16 The Poor People Of Paris (Winifred Atwell)5

12.05 17 No Other Love (Ronnie Hilton)4

09.06 18 I'll Be Home (Pat Boone)6

21.07 19 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon)3

11.08 20 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (Doris Day)6

22.09 21 Lay Down Your Arms (And Surrender To Mine) (Anne Shelton)4

20.10 22 A Woman In Love (Frankie Laine)3

10.11 23 Just Walkin' In The Rain (Johnnie Ray)8

195705.01 24 Singing The Blues (Guy Mitchell)2

19.01 25 Singing The Blues (Tommy Steele And The Steelmen)1

26.01 24 (1) Singing The Blues (Guy Mitchell)1

02.02 26 The Garden Of Eden (Frankie Vaughan)3

23.02 27 Young Love (Tab Hunter)7

13.04 28 Cumberland Gap (Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group)4

11.05 29 Butterfly (Andy Williams)4

08.06 30 Yes Tonight Josephine (Johnnie Ray)4

06.07 31 Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style (Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group)1

13.07 32 All Shook Up (Elvis Presley)7

31.08 33 Diana (Paul Anka)8

26.10 34 That'll Be The Day (The Crickets)4

23.11 35 Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte)6

195804.01 36 Ma He's Making Eyes At Me (Johnny Otis and His Orchestra With Marie Adams)2

18.01 37 Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)1

25.01 38 * Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)3

15.02 39 The Story Of My Life (Michael Holliday)2

01.03 40 Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star (Perry Como)7

19.04 41 Whole Lotta Woman (Marvin Rainwater)4

17.05 42 Who's Sorry Now? (Connie Francis)6

28.06 43 All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette (The Everly Brothers)8

23.08 44 When (Kalin Twins)5

27.09 45 Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid (Connie Francis)5

01.11 46 Bird Dog (The Everly Brothers)3

22.11 47 Hoots Mon (Lord Rockingham's XI)4

20.12 48 It's Only Make Believe (Conway Twitty)5

195924.01 49 * One Night / I Got Stung (Elvis Presley)5

28.02 50 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (The Platters)5

04.04 51 Side Saddle (Russ Conway)2

18.04 52 It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Buddy Holly)2

02.05 53 A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight (Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)7

20.06 54 Roulette (Russ Conway)1

27.06 55 Dream Lover (Bobby Darin)5

01.08 56 Living Doll (Cliff Richard and the Drifters)4

29.08 57 Only Sixteen (Craig Douglas)7

17.10 58 Travellin' Light (Cliff Richard and the Shadows)7

05.12 59 What Do You Want? (Adam Faith)7

196023.01 60 Why (Anthony Newley)6

05.03 61 Poor Me (Adam Faith)1

12.03 62 Running Bear (Johnny Preston)2

26.03 63 * My Old Man's A Dustman (Ballad Of A Refuse Disposal Officer) (Lonnie Donegan

and his Group)

5

30.04 64 Cathy's Clown (The Everly Brothers)9

02.07 65 Good Timin' (Jimmy Jones)4

30.07 66 Please Don't Tease (Cliff Richard and the Shadows)3

20.08 67 Apache (The Shadows)6

01.10 68 Tell Laura I Love Her (Ricky Valance)2

15.10 69 Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison)3

05.11 70 * It's Now Or Never (O Sole Mio) (Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)9

196107.01 71 Poetry In Motion (Johnny Tillotson)3

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Peak Year Title (Artist) Peak Year Title (Artist) Peak Year Title (Artist)

Nice 'n' Easy (Frank Sinatra)20 1960

Nine Times Out Of Ten (Cliff Richard and the Shadows)2 1960

Ninety-Nine Ways (Tab Hunter)5 1957

No One But You (Billy Eckstine)7 1955

No Other Love (Ronnie Hilton)1 1956

No Other Love (Edmund Hockridge)16 1956

North To Alaska (Johnny Horton)15 1961

Nothin' To Do (Michael Holliday)16 1956

OOh! Carol (Neil Sedaka)3 1959

Oh, Boy! (The Crickets)3 1958

Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again (Jimmie Rodgers)15 1958

Ol' Mac Donald (Frank Sinatra)14 1960

Old Smokie / High Voltage (Johnny and the Hurricanes)12 1961

On A Slow Boat To China (Emile Ford And The Checkmates)4 1960

On The Rebound (Floyd Cramer)5 1961

On The Street Where You Live (Vic Damone)2 1958

On The Street Where You Live (David Whitfield)18 1958

One More Sunrise (Morgen) (Dickie Valentine)14 1959

One Night / I Got Stung (Elvis Presley)1 1959

The Only Man On The Island (Tommy Steele And The Steelmen)15 1958

Only Sixteen (Craig Douglas)1 1959

Only Sixteen (Sam Cooke)13 1959

Only Sixteen (Al Saxon)17 1959

Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison)1 1960

Only You (And You Alone) (The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca)4 1956

Only You (And You Alone) (The Platters)7 1956

Ooh-La-La (Keith Kelly)13 1960

Out Of Town (Max Bygraves)18 1956

PPaper Roses (The Kaye Sisters)10 1960

Paralyzed (Elvis Presley)9 1957

Party / Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do (Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)2 1957

Party Doll (Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids)17 1957

Pasadena (The Temperance Seven)4 1961

Patricia (Perez Prado And His Orchestra)9 1958

Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)4 1958

Peggy Sue Got Married (Buddy Holly)14 1959

Pepe (Duane Eddy)3 1961

Pepe (Russ Conway)14 1960

Pepito (Los Machucambos)19 1961

Peppermint Twist (Part 1) (Joey Dee and the Starliters)13 1962

Perfidia (The Ventures)5 1960

Personality (Anthony Newley)6 1959

Personality (Lloyd Price)11 1959

Peter Gunn / Yep! (Duane Eddy And The Rebels)7 1959

Petite Fleur (Chris Barber's Jazz Band)4 1959

Piano Party (Winifred Atwell And Her Other Piano)15 1959

Pickin' A Chicken (Eve Boswell)10 1955

Piltdown Rides Again (The Piltdown Men)13 1961

Pistol Packin' Mama (Gene Vincent And The Beat Boys)11 1960

Please Don't Tease (Cliff Richard and the Shadows)1 1960

Please Don't Touch (Johnny Kidd And The Pirates)19 1959

Please Help Me I'm Falling (Hank Locklin)10 1960

Please Help Me I'm Falling (The Brook Brothers)16 1960

Plenty Good Lovin' (Connie Francis)14 1959

Poetry In Motion (Johnny Tillotson)1 1960

Poison Ivy (The Coasters)15 1959

Pony Time (Chubby Checker)19 1961

Poor Jenny / Take A Message To Mary (The Everly Brothers)10 1959

Poor Little Fool (Ricky Nelson)5 1958

Poor Me (Adam Faith)1 1960

The Poor People Of Paris (Winifred Atwell)1 1956

Pop Goes The Weasel / Bee Bom (Anthony Newley)9 1961

Port-Au-Prince (Winifred Atwell with Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra)20 1956

Portrait Of My Love (Matt Monro)5 1960

Portuguese Washerwoman (Joe 'Fingers' Carr)19 1956

Pretty Blue Eyes (Craig Douglas)5 1960

Prize Of Gold (Joan Regan)5 1955

Problems (The Everly Brothers)5 1959

A Pub With No Beer (Slim Dusty)3 1959

The Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley)11 1958

Put A Light In The Window (The Southlanders)20 1958

Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Paul Anka)7 1959

Putting On The Style (Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group)15 1957

QQuarter To Three (U.S. Bonds)11 1961

Quite A Party (The Fireballs)20 1961

RRagtime Cowboy Joe (David Seville and the Chipmunks)11 1959

Raunchy (Bill Justis and His Orchestra)18 1958

Rave On (Buddy Holly)4 1958

Rawhide (Frankie Laine)11 1959

Razzle-Dazzle (Bill Haley And his Comets)16 1956

Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Shirley Bassey)3 1961

Ready, Willing And Able (Doris Day)7 1955

Rebel-Rouser (Duane Eddy And His Twangy Guitar)13 1958

Red River Rock (Johnny and the Hurricanes)2 1959

Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson)3 1957

Remember You're Mine (Pat Boone)5 1957

Restless (Johnny Kidd And The Pirates)18 1960

Return To Me (Dean Martin)2 1958

Reveille Rock (Johnny and the Hurricanes)8 1959

Riders In The Sky (The Ramrods)7 1961

Ring Of Fire (Duane Eddy)13 1961

Rip It Up (Bill Haley And his Comets)2 1956

Rip It Up (Elvis Presley)18 1957

River Stay 'Way From My Door (Frank Sinatra)16 1960

Robin Hood (Gary Miller)11 1956

Robin Hood (Dick James with Stephen James and his Chums)18 1956

Rock And Roll Waltz (Kay Starr)2 1956

Rock Island Line (The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group)6 1956

Rock The Joint (Bill Haley And his Comets)15 1957

Rock With The Caveman (Tommy Steele And The Steelmen)11 1956

Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley And his Comets)3 1956

Rock-A-Billy (Guy Mitchell)2 1957

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody) (Jerry Lewis)14 1957

Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley with The

Jordanaires)

1 1962

Rockin' Through The Rye (Bill Haley And his Comets)3 1956

Rocking Goose (Johnny and the Hurricanes)3 1960

Romeo (Petula Clark)4 1961

Rose Marie (Slim Whitman)1 1955

Roulette (Russ Conway)1 1959

Royal Event (Russ Conway)14 1960

Rubber Ball (Bobby Vee)3 1961

Rubber Ball (Marty Wilde)10 1961

The Rudder And The Rock (David Whitfield)19 1956

Rudy's Rock (Bill Haley And his Comets)18 1956

Run To Him (Bobby Vee)10 1962

Runaround Sue (Dion)12 1961

Runaway (Del Shannon)1 1961

Running Bear (Johnny Preston)1 1960

Running Scared (Roy Orbison)9 1961

SSailor (Petula Clark)2 1961

Sailor (Anne Shelton)7 1961

The Saints Rock 'n' Roll (Bill Haley And his Comets)3 1956

Sally Don't You Grieve / Betty Betty Betty (Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle

Group)

7 1958

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip (Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group)16 1959

Samantha (Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen)12 1961

Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) (Elvis Presley)7 1957

The Savage (The Shadows)9 1961

Save The Last Dance For Me (The Drifters)2 1960

School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) (Chuck Berry)20 1957

Sea Of Heartbreak (Don Gibson)14 1961

Sea Of Love (Marty Wilde)3 1959

See You Later, Alligator (Bill Haley And his Comets)4 1956

September In The Rain (Dinah Washington)16 1961

Serenade (Slim Whitman)9 1956

Serenade (Mario Lanza)10 1955

Seven Days (Anne Shelton)14 1956

Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat (The Avons)4 1959

(Seven Little Girls) Sitting In The Back Seat (Paul Evans And The Curls)16 1959

Seventeen (The Fontane Sisters)18 1955

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lwk Twk Title (Number 1 number for this chart if appropriate) - Artist Label (Catalogue Number) Weeks on chart so far.

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 20 August 19556wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

9wCool Water - Frankie Laine⬄ Philips (78: PB 465)2 2

2wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⇧ 6 Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)9 3

2wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⇧ 3 Decca (7": 45-F 10515)7 4

7wEvermore - Ruby Murray⇧ 1 Columbia (7": SCM 5180)6 5

4wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇩ 2 Philips (78: PB 478)4 6

4wEv'ry Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan⇩ 2 HMV (78: B 10874)5 7

1wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman London (7": 45-L 1149)NE 8

13wUnchained Melody - Jimmy Young⇩ 6 Decca (7": 45-F 10502)3 9

14wUnchained Melody - Al Hibbler Brunswick (7": 45-05420)RE 10

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 27 August 19557wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

3wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⇧ 1 Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)3 2

10wCool Water - Frankie Laine⇩ 1 Philips (78: PB 465)2 3

3wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⬄ Decca (7": 45-F 10515)4 4

5wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇧ 1 Philips (78: PB 478)6 5

1wThe Breeze And I (Andalucia) - Caterina Valente Polydor (78: BM 6002)NE 6

8wEvermore - Ruby Murray⇩ 2 Columbia (7": SCM 5180)5 7

2wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-L 1149)8 8

5wEv'ry Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan⇩ 2 HMV (78: B 10874)7 9

15wUnchained Melody - Al Hibbler⬄ Brunswick (7": 45-05420)10 10

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 3 September 19558wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

11wCool Water - Frankie Laine⇧ 1 Philips (78: PB 465)3 2

4wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⇩ 1 Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)2 3

4wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⬄ Decca (7": 45-F 10515)4 4

2wThe Breeze And I (Andalucia) - Caterina Valente⇧ 1 Polydor (78: BM 6002)6 5

3wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman⇧ 2 London (7": 45-L 1149)8 6

6wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇩ 2 Philips (78: PB 478)5 7

6wEv'ry Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan⇧ 1 HMV (78: B 10874)9 8

9wEvermore - Ruby Murray⇩ 2 Columbia (7": SCM 5180)7 9

1wJohn And Julie - Eddie Calvert Columbia (78: DB 3624)NE 10

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 10 September 19559wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

12wCool Water - Frankie Laine⬄ Philips (78: PB 465)2 2

5wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⬄ Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)3 3

5wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⬄ Decca (7": 45-F 10515)4 4

3wThe Breeze And I (Andalucia) - Caterina Valente⬄ Polydor (78: BM 6002)5 5

7wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇧ 1 Philips (78: PB 478)7 6

4wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman⇩ 1 London (7": 45-L 1149)6 7

7wEv'ry Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan⬄ HMV (78: B 10874)8 8

10wEvermore - Ruby Murray⬄ Columbia (7": SCM 5180)9 9

1wThe Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young Decca (7": 45-F 10597)NE 10

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 17 September 195510wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

13wCool Water - Frankie Laine⬄ Philips (78: PB 465)2 2

6wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⬄ Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)3 3

6wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⬄ Decca (7": 45-F 10515)4 4

5wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman⇧ 2 London (7": 45-L 1149)7 5

4wThe Breeze And I (Andalucia) - Caterina Valente⇩ 1 Polydor (78: BM 6002)5 6

8wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇩ 1 Philips (78: PB 478)6 7

11wEvermore - Ruby Murray⇧ 1 Columbia (7": SCM 5180)9 8

1wLove Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jr Brunswick (7": 45-05428)NE 9

2wJohn And Julie - Eddie Calvert Columbia (78: DB 3624)RE 10

'Record Mirror Single Charts' For The Week Ending 24 September 195511wRose Marie (N1 #8) - Slim Whitman⬄ London (7": 45-HL 8061)1 1

14wCool Water - Frankie Laine⬄ Philips (78: PB 465)2 2

7wLearnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra⬄ Capitol (7": 45-CL 14296)3 3

7wEv'rywhere - David Whitfield⬄ Decca (7": 45-F 10515)4 4

2wThe Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young Decca (7": 45-F 10597)RE 5

6wIndian Love Call - Slim Whitman⇩ 1 London (7": 45-L 1149)5 6

5wThe Breeze And I (Andalucia) - Caterina Valente⇩ 1 Polydor (78: BM 6002)6 7

2wLove Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jr⇧ 1 Brunswick (7": 45-05428)9 8

12wEvermore - Ruby Murray⇩ 1 Columbia (7": SCM 5180)8 9

9wStrange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine⇩ 3 Philips (78: PB 478)7 10