Vintage Chart Show - 14th Feb

[ShakyFan]

Week Ending 18 February 1961

01 01 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
02 02 Petula Clark - Sailor
04 03 Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen
07 04 Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball
05 05 Duane Eddy and the Rebels - Pepe
22 06 Shadows - FBI
09 07 Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band - Buona Sera
25 08 Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes
11 09 Marty WIlde - Rubber Ball
03 10 Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion

06 11 Matt Monro - Portrait Of My Love
10 12 Anne Shelton - Sailor
28 13 Adam Faith - This Is It / Who Am I?
16 14 Piltdown Men - Piltdown Rides Again
08 15 Emile Ford And The Checkmates - Counting Teardrops
12 16 Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I Love You
23 17 U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
45 18 Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
20 19 Connie Francis - Many Tears Ago
14 20 Billy Fury - A Thousand Stars

33 21 Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick
19 22 Russ Conway - Pepe
17 23 Bobby Rydell - Sway
29 24 Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl
18 25 Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
27 26 Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier
21 27 Ventures - Perfridia
15 28 Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay
38 29 Ben E King - First Taste Of Love
13 30 Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me

46 31 Jess Conrad - Mystery Girl
24 32 Marty Wilde - Little Girl
26 33 King Brothers - Doll House
Ne 34 Benny Hill - Gather In The Mushrooms
34 35 Buddy Holly - What To Do
36 36 Joe Brown - Shine
39 37 Bert Weedon - Ginchy
41 38 Nat 'King' Cole - The World In My Arms
32 39 Johnny Horton - North To Alaska
31 40 Everly Brothers - Like Strangers

Hmmm! Not only do we find Elvis in the Top 3 with Are You Lonesome Tonight but the previous single (and former no 1) Its Now or Never is still in the Top 40. Is it 1961 or 2005?

[Lt. Columbo]

I dunno the chart back then looked a lot better with records going up as well as down. I guess downloads will artificially engineer a few climbs but won't be able to hide the underlying trend when they freefall back down the charts.