RA Retro Tracks Rewind Charts 1960 - 1969 completed

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20/02/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (5wks 16-8-3-3-1)
2 Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me (5wks 7-4-1-1-2)
3 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (5wks 26-11-6-4-3)
4 Platters - Harbour Lights (4wks 22-11-5-4)
5 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (6wks 15-5-3-2-2-5)
6 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Voice In The Wilderness (5wks 25-16-12-9-6)
7 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (3wks 15-12-7)
8 Adam Faith - Poor Me (4wks 17-13-11-8)
9 Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Summer Set (5wks 21-10-8-7-9)
10 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (7wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10)

11 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (2wks 18-11)
12 Dion & The Belmonts - Where Or When (8wks 29-20-12-11-7-5-6-12)
13 Fats Domino - Country Boy (3wks 19-15-13)
14 Sarah Vaughan - Eternally (3wks 25-17-14)
15 Johnny Mathis - Misty (4wks 27-18-16-15)
16 Johnny Preston - Running Bear (8wks 3-3-1-1-1-4-8-16)
17 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (3wks 29-24-17)
18 Emile Ford And The Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China (2wks 23-18)
19 Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (8wks 13-9-4-4-5-9-13-19)
20 Little Dippers - Forever (2wks 21-20)

21 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop (4wks 23-16-19-22)
22 Marty Robbins - El Paso (8wks 1-1-2-2-2-7-14-22)
23 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Debbie Reynolds - Am I That Easy To Forget (2wks 30-24)
25 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (2wks 29-25)
26 Chuck Berry - Let It Rock (3wks 30-28-26)
27 Michael Holliday - Starry Eyed (8wks 25-17-9-8-9-14-20-27)
28 Lance Fortune - Be Mine (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Lloyd Price - Lady Luck (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah I Love Her So (5wks 15-19-20-27-30)

A new #1 from a long running US chart topping single. My three new entries come from the Ohio rock & roll instrumental act; a two hit wonder Larry Parnes' protegee whose real name was Chris Morris; and the latest USA Top 20 hit by "Mr. Personality".

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27/02/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (6wks 16-8-3-3-1-1)
2 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (6wks 26-11-6-4-3-2)
3 Platters - Harbour Lights (5wks 22-11-5-4-3)
4 Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me (6wks 7-4-1-1-2-4)
5 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (4wks 15-12-7-5)
6 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Voice In The Wilderness (6wks 25-16-12-9-6-6)
7 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (3wks 18-11-7)
8 Adam Faith - Poor Me (5wks 17-13-11-8-8)
9 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (7wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9)
10 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (8wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10-10)

11 Johnny Mathis - Misty (5wks 27-18-16-15-11)
12 Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Summer Set (6wks 21-10-8-7-9-12)
13 Fats Domino - Country Boy (4wks 19-15-13-13)
14 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (4wks 29-24-17-14)
15 Emile Ford And The Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China (3wks 23-18-15)
16 Sarah Vaughan - Eternally (4wks 25-17-14-16)
17 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (2wks 23-17)
18 Little Dippers - Forever (3wks 21-20-18)
19 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (3wks 29-25-19)
20 Dion & The Belmonts - Where Or When (9wks 29-20-12-11-7-5-6-12-20)

21 Lance Fortune - Be Mine (2wks 28-21)
22 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Debbie Reynolds - Am I That Easy To Forget (3wks 30-24-23)
24 Johnny Preston - Running Bear (9wks 3-3-1-1-1-4-8-16-24)
25 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop (5wks 23-16-19-22-25)
26 Bo Diddley - Road Runner (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Chuck Berry - Let It Rock (4wks 30-28-26-27)
28 Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes (9wks 13-9-4-4-5-9-13-19-28)
29 Lloyd Price - Lady Luck (2wks 29-29)
30 Marty Robbins - El Paso (9wks 1-1-2-2-2-7-14-22-30)

Just two new entries, the USA #16 hit from Ben E King's Drifters; and a USA #75 hit by "The Originator" whom was to have a huge influence on a UK beat movement in a few years time.

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05/03/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (7wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1)
2 Platters - Harbour Lights (6wks 22-11-5-4-3-2)
3 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (5wks 15-12-7-5-3)
4 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (7wks 26-11-6-4-3-2-4)
5 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (4wks 18-11-7-5)
6 Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me (7wks 7-4-1-1-2-4-6)
7 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Voice In The Wilderness (7wks 25-16-12-9-6-6-7)
8 Adam Faith - Poor Me (6wks 17-13-11-8-8-8)
9 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (9wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10-10-9)
10 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (8wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9-10)

11 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (5wks 29-24-17-14-11)
12 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (3wks 23-17-12)
13 Emile Ford And The Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China (4wks 23-18-15-13)
14 Little Dippers - Forever (4wks 21-20-18-14)
15 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (4wks 29-25-19-15)
16 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (2wks 22-16)
17 Lance Fortune - Be Mine (3wks 28-21-17)
18 Fats Domino - Country Boy (5wks 19-15-13-13-18)
19 Johnny Mathis - Misty (6wks 27-18-16-15-11-19)
20 Annette - O Dio Mio (1wk 21 NEW)

21 Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Summer Set (7wks 21-10-8-7-9-12-21)
22 Sarah Vaughan - Eternally (5wks 25-17-14-16-22)
23 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Debbie Reynolds - Am I That Easy To Forget (4wks 30-24-23-24)
25 Bo Diddley - Road Runner (2wks 26-25)
26 Lloyd Price - Lady Luck (3wks 29-29-26)
27 Paul Anka - Puppy Love (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Dion & The Belmonts - Where Or When (10wks 29-20-12-11-7-5-6-12-20-28)
29 Jerry Lordan - Who Could Be Bluer? (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Johnny Preston - Running Bear (10wks 3-3-1-1-1-4-8-16-24-30)

Four new entries come from one of the original "Mouseketeers" (way before Britney Spears; Justin Timberlake; Christina Aguilera, etc) Annette Funicello on the way to USA #10; a UK #10 hit by the group assembled by the English film composer most famous for his James Bond film scores; the Canadian teen idol/singer-songwriter whose USA #2 hit was murdered a decade later by Donny Osmond; and an English singer/songwriter who had greater success in the near future writing rock/pop instrumentals...

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12/03/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (8wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1)
2 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (6wks 15-12-7-5-3-2)
3 Platters - Harbour Lights (7wks 22-11-5-4-3-2-3)
4 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (5wks 18-11-7-5-4)
5 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (3wks 22-16-5)
6 Billy Fury - Colette (1wk 6 NEW)
7 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (6wks 29-24-17-14-11-7)
8 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (5wks 29-25-19-15-8)
9 Adam Faith - Poor Me (7wks 17-13-11-8-8-8-6)
10 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (4wks 23-17-12-10)

11 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (8wks 26-11-6-4-3-2-4-11)
12 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (2wks 23-12)
13 Annette - O Dio Mio (2wks 21-13)
14 Little Dippers - Forever (5wks 21-20-18-14-14)
15 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (9wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9-10-15)
16 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Voice In The Wilderness (8wks 25-16-12-9-6-6-7-16)
17 Lance Fortune - Be Mine (4wks 28-21-17-17)
18 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (10wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10-10-9-18)
19 Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me (8wks 7-4-1-1-2-4-6-19)
20 Emile Ford And The Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China (5wks 23-18-15-13-20)

21 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Jerry Lordan - Who Could Be Bluer? (2wks 29-23)
24 Paul Anka - Puppy Love (2wks 27-24)
25 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Connie Francis - Mama (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Johnny Mathis - Misty (7wks 27-18-16-15-11-19-27)
28 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Fats Domino - Country Boy (6wks 19-15-13-13-18-29)
30 Dinah Washington - It Could Happen To You (1wk 30 NEW)

Percy Faith achieves a month at #1 on my chart, but on the week the UK chart expanded from a top 30 to a top 50, it is some what apt my chart contains 7 new entries, albeit most are US based. Liverpool's Ronald Wycherley scores a high debut with his first UK Top 10 hit; the "Queen of R'n'B" charts with her USA #62 hit, a place above the King Of Soul" with his USA #50 hit; the American actress debuts with her USA #3/UK #9 track; a place above the USA #8/UK #2 hit; a USA #3 song by country music singer Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, during World War II; and a Jazz/Blues USA #53 cover of the 1944 popular standard written with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke.

[vastar iner]

Johnny Horton liked his storytelling songs, he had already topped the US charts with "The Battle Of New Orleans" and will hit the UK charts again with a theme tune. Might have heard a lot more than him had a drunk student not driven his truck through his car one fateful night in November 1960...

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19/03/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (9wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (6wks 18-11-7-5-4-2)
3 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (4wks 22-16-5-3)
4 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (7wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4)
5 Billy Fury - Colette (2wks 6-5)
6 Platters - Harbour Lights (8wks 22-11-5-4-3-2-3-6)
7 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (6wks 29-25-19-15-8-7)
8 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (7wks 29-24-17-14-11-7-8)
9 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (5wks 23-17-12-10-9)
10 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (3wks 23-12-10)

11 Annette - O Dio Mio (3wks 21-13-11)
12 Adam Faith - Poor Me (8wks 17-13-11-8-8-8-6-12)
13 Little Dippers - Forever (6wks 21-20-18-14-14-13)
14 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (9wks 26-11-6-4-3-2-4-11-14)
15 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (2wks 21-15)
16 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (10wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9-10-15-16)
17 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (11wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10-10-9-18-17)
18 Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (2wks 22-18)
19 Connie Francis - Mama (2wks 26-19)
20 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (2wks 25-20)

21 Lance Fortune - Be Mine (5wks 28-21-17-17-21)
22 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (2wks 28-22)
23 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Voice In The Wilderness (9wks 25-16-12-9-6-6-7-16-23)
24 Paul Anka - Puppy Love (3wks 27-24-24)
25 Jerry Lordan - Who Could Be Bluer? (3wks 29-23-25)
26 Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me (9wks 7-4-1-1-2-4-6-19-26)
27 Dinah Washington - It Could Happen To You (2wks 30-27)
28 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - The Darktown Strutters Ball (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Johnny Mathis - Misty (8wks 27-18-16-15-11-19-27-30)

A quiet week for my chart sees two new entries from a track co-penned by Berry Gordy Jr. on the climb to USA #9/UK #35; and a UK #34 debut for a highly respected "chirpy Cockney" within the music industry who has gone on to do bigger and better things, as did a couple of his family.

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Feb 20, 2015 22:51:12 GMT 1 vastar iner said:

Johnny Horton liked his storytelling songs, he had already topped the US charts with "The Battle Of New Orleans" and will hit the UK charts again with a theme tune. Might have heard a lot more than him had a drunk student not driven his truck through his car one fateful night in November 1960...

Apart from Public Service Broadcasting nobody else seems to be doing history telling in music any more.

This reminds me to thank my 1998 copy of Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits. In the pre-internet age it was a fascinating read, especially for artists/acts I was unfamiliar with and various juicy factoids....

Such as for #54 Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans

"On the fifth of November 1960, he was performing at the Skyline club in Austin, Texas - the same club where Hank Williams made his final appearance before his death. Driving home to Shreveport on a foggy U.S. Highway 79, Horton was killed in a head-on collision that also took the life of his guitarist, Gerald Tomlinson. In a sad coincidence, Horton's widow, Billie Jean, had once been married to ... Hank Williams."

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26/03/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (10wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Billy Fury - Colette (3wks 6-5-2)
3 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (7wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3)
4 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (5wks 22-16-5-3-4)
5 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (8wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5)
6 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (7wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6)
7 Annette - O Dio Mio (4wks 21-13-11-7)
8 Platters - Harbour Lights (9wks 22-11-5-4-3-2-3-6-8)
9 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (6wks 23-17-12-10-9-9)
10 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (8wks 29-24-17-14-11-7-8-10)

11 Connie Francis - Mama (3wks 26-19-11)
12 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (4wks 23-12-10-12)
13 Little Dippers - Forever (7wks 21-20-18-14-14-13-13)
14 Adam Faith - Poor Me (9wks 17-13-11-8-8-8-6-12-14)
15 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (3wks 21-15-15)
16 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (3wks 28-22-16)
17 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (3wks 25-20-17)
18 Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (3wks 22-18-18)
19 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (2wks 28-19)
20 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (11wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9-10-15-16-21)
22 Bobby Darin - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (10wks 26-11-6-4-3-2-4-11-14-22)
23 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (12wks 30-20-18-13-10-10-10-10-9-18-17-23)
24 Don Gibson - Just One Time (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - The Darktown Strutters Ball (2wks 29-25)
26 Dinah Washington - It Could Happen To You (3wks 30-27-26)
27 Paul Anka - Puppy Love (4wks 27-24-24-27)
28 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Jerry Lordan - Who Could Be Bluer? (4wks 29-23-25-30)

Six weeks at the top for the movie theme of the 1959 film, but it feels more a case of lack of strong opposition is still keeping it at the top. The four new entries come from a Lionel Bart penned track for an actor who later co-wrote "Goldfinger" and TV talent shows staple "Feeling Good" as well as getting married to Joan Collins; a US Country singer/songwriter; a 1942 jazz standard with music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted Persons performed by a much missed British comedian/TV presenter; and the "King of Skiffle" going music hall oh his UK chart-topper "comedy" single.

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02/04/1960

1 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (10wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (8wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2)
3 Billy Fury - Colette (4wks 6-5-2-3)
4 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (8wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3-4)
5 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (6wks 22-16-5-3-4-5)
6 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (9wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5-6)
7 Connie Francis - Mama (4wks 26-19-11-7)
8 Annette - O Dio Mio (5wks 21-13-11-7-8)
9 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (4wks 28-22-16-9)
10 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (4wks 21-15-15-10)

11 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (2wks 20-11)
12 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (7wks 23-17-12-10-9-9-12)
13 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (9wks 29-24-17-14-11-7-8-10-13)
14 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (4wks 25-20-17-14)
15 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (3wks 28-19-15)
16 Platters - Harbour Lights (10wks 22-11-5-4-3-2-3-6-8-16)
17 Don Gibson - Just One Time (2wks 24-17)
18 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (4wks 22-18-18-17)
20 Little Dippers - Forever (8wks 21-20-18-14-14-13-13-20)

21 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (5wks 23-12-10-12-21)
22 Bobby Darin - Clementine (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Adam Faith - Poor Me (10wks 17-13-11-8-8-8-6-12-14-23)
24 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be (2wks 28-24)
25 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman (2wks 29-26)
27 Connie Francis - Teddy (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Dinah Washington - It Could Happen To You (4wks 30-27-26-28)
29 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man (12wks 15-5-3-2-2-5-9-10-15-16-21-29)
30 Crests - Step By Step (1wk 30 NEW)

Seven weeks at the top for Percy Faith .... but who's that about to re-enter the building ? ..... This week's debutants are four familiar acts of the era, and a New York R&B doo-wop group whose most famous hit was "Sixteen Candles" USA #2 in 1959.

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09/04/1980

1 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (1wk 1 NEW)

2 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (9wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2)
3 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (11wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3)
4 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (5wks 28-22-16-9-4)
5 Billy Fury - Colette (5wks 6-5-2-3-5)
6 Connie Francis - Mama (5wks 26-19-11-7-6)
7 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (3wks 20-11-7)
8 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (5wks 21-15-15-10-8)
9 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (5wks 25-20-17-14-9)
10 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (10wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5-6-10)

11 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (2wks 18-11)
12 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (9wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3-4-12)
13 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (4wks 28-19-15-13)
14 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (7wks 22-16-5-3-4-5-14)
15 Bobby Darin - Clementine (2wks 22-15)
16 Don Gibson - Just One Time (3wks 24-17-16)
17 Annette - O Dio Mio (6wks 21-13-11-7-8-17)
18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (2wks 25-18)
19 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Frank Sinatra - It's Nice To Go Travelling (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (10wks 29-24-17-14-11-7-8-10-13-21)
22 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (6wks 23-12-10-12-21-22)
23 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (8wks 23-17-12-10-9-9-12-23)
24 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be (3wks 28-24-24)
25 Crests - Step By Step (2wks 30-25)
26 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Sam Cooke - Teenage Sonata (5wks 22-18-18-17-27)
28 Connie Francis - Teddy (2wks 27-28)
29 Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman (3wks 29-26-29)
30 Platters - Harbour Lights (11wks 22-11-5-4-3-2-3-6-8-16-30)

Discharged from the army on March 5th, in the recording studio 15 days later, and on the Frank Sinatra show 6 further days later to perform this track & its flipside "Fame & Fortune". A great tune but a John Lennon's quote comes to mind...; the other new entries come from a US #15 hit for Jackie Wilson; a UK single release for a 1958 Come Fly With Me album cut; and a USA #9 hit written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield.

[Earl Purple]

You've moved way ahead of me by now.

On 27th February we had the same two songs in our top 2 but reversed.

I see that whilst you charted Lonnie Donegan and Max Bygraves they only just about scraped in. In my chart those two are both going to perform a lot better...

Nice to see you chart Annette (Funicello) and on the same week you had Puppy Love as an entry, a song Paul Anka wrote about her. (I've seen it written that he wrote it for her, but she didn't sing it so I'd rather say he wrote it about her). She was indeed 17 at the time. At 45 she started suffering from Multiple Sclerosis and set up a charity for it. She died of it in 2013, actually the same date that Margaret Thatcher died. So one witch and one angel left our planet on the same day. She was 70 years old when she died and by this time was already a great grandmother. Her relationship with Paul Anka obviously didn't work out but he married first, 2 years later, and she married in 1965 for the first time.

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16/04/1960

1 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (2wks 1-1)
2 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (10wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2-2)
3 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (6wks 28-22-16-9-4-3)
4 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (12wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4)
5 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (4wks 20-11-7-5)
6 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (6wks 25-20-17-14-9-6)
7 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (3wks 18-11-7)
8 Connie Francis - Mama (6wks 26-19-11-7-6-8)
9 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (1wk 9 NEW)
10 Bobby Darin - Clementine (3wks 22-15-10)

11 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (3wks 25-18-11)
12 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (11wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5-6-10-12)
13 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (5wks 28-19-15-13-13)
14 Billy Fury - Colette (6wks 6-5-2-3-5-14)
15 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (10wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3-4-12-15)
16 Don Gibson - Just One Time (4wks 24-17-16-16)
17 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (6wks 21-15-15-10-8-17)
18 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (2wks 19-18)
19 Crests - Step By Step (3wks 30-25-19)
20 King Brothers - Standing On The Corner (1wk 20 NEW)

21 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (8wks 22-16-5-3-4-5-14-21)
22 Frank Sinatra - It's Nice To Go Travelling (2wks 20-22)
23 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be (4wks 28-24-24-23)
24 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (2wks 26-24)
25 Annette - O Dio Mio (7wks 21-13-11-7-8-17-25)
26 John Barry Seven - Hit & Miss (7wks 23-12-10-12-21-22-26)
27 Bobby Rydell - Wild One (11wks 29-24-17-14-11-7-8-10-13-21-27)
28 Henry Mancini - Mr Lucky (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman (4wks 29-26-29-30)

Four new entries from a self penned song which became a transatlantic chart topping single, and the duo's first for Warners Bros.; a British cover version of the 1956 USA #3 hit for the Four Lads; the instrumental theme tune to the 1959 US TV series; and Terence Nelhams-Wright's third UK Top 2 hit (#2) in the row.

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23/04/1960

1 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (3wks 1-1-1)
2 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (7wks 28-22-16-9-4-3-2)
3 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (5wks 20-11-7-5-3)
4 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (7wks 25-20-17-14-9-6-4)
5 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (2wks 9-5)
6 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (11wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2-2-6)
7 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (4wks 18-11-7-7)
8 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (13wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-8)
9 Bobby Darin - Clementine (4wks 22-15-10-9)
10 Connie Francis - Mama (7wks 26-19-11-7-6-8-10)

11 King Brothers - Standing On The Corner (2wks 20-11)
12 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (3wks 19-18-12)
13 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (4wks 25-18-11-13)
14 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (12wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5-6-10-12-14)
15 Crests - Step By Step (4wks 30-25-19-15)
16 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (6wks 28-19-15-13-13-16)
17 Don Gibson - Just One Time (5wks 24-17-16-16-17)
18 Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (3wks 26-24-19)
20 Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby (2wks 29-20)

21 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (11wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3-4-12-15-21)
22 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Billy Fury - Colette (7wks 6-5-2-3-5-14-23)
24 Max Bygraves - Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be (5wks 28-24-24-23-24)
25 Frank Sinatra - It's Nice To Go Travelling (3wks 20-22-25)
26 Ruth Brown - Don't Deceive Me (6wks 21-15-15-10-8-17)
27 Henry Mancini - Mr Lucky (2wks 28-27)
28 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (9wks 22-16-5-3-4-5-14-21-28)
29 Elvis Presley - Fame & Fortune (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Shirley Bassey - With These Hands (1wk 30 NEW)

Another week with four new entries: The US chart debut for the country singer most famous for two hits circa 1973-74; a live cover of the Three Penny Opera standard which won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance; the B-side of Stuck On You (which peaked at USA #17 in its own right); and a cover of the 1950 song with Music by Abner Silver and Words by Benny Davis which was later covered by Shirley's fellow Welsh male equivalent.

[rubcale]

Just ordered Billy Fury CD His Wondrous Story - The Complete Collection from Amazon!

I know quite a few of his singles but Colette isn't familiar.

[raliverpool]

30/04/1960

1 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (4wks 1-1-1-1)
2 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (3wks 9-5-2)
3 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (6wks 20-11-7-5-3-3)
4 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (8wks 25-20-17-14-9-6-4-4)
5 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (8wks 28-22-16-9-4-3-2-5)
6 King Brothers - Standing On The Corner (3wks 20-11-6)
7 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (4wks 19-18-12-7)
8 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (5wks 18-11-7-7-8)
9 Bobby Darin - Clementine (5wks 22-15-10-9-9)
10 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (12wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2-2-6-10)

11 Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends (2wks 18-11)
12 Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry (1wk 12 NEW)
13 Crests - Step By Step (5wks 30-25-19-15-13)
14 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (4wks 26-24-19-14)
15 Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby (3wks 29-20-15)
16 Jackie Wilson - Night (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (14wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-8-17)
18 Connie Francis - Mama (8wks 26-19-11-7-6-8-10-18)
19 Don Gibson - Just One Time (6wks 24-17-16-16-17-19)
20 Anita Bryant - Paper Roses (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (2wks 22-21)
22 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (5wks 25-18-11-13-22)
23 Buddy Holly - Heartbeat (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (13wks 15-12-7-5-3-2-4-5-6-10-12-14-24)
25 Marv Johnson - I Love The Way You Love (7wks 28-19-15-13-13-16-25)
26 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (12wks 18-11-7-5-4-2-3-4-12-15-21-26)
27 Duane Eddy - Shazam (1wk 27 NEW)
28 LaVern Baker - Wheel Of Fortune (1wk 28 NEW)
29 The Browns - The Old Lamplighter (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Flamingos - Nobody Loves Me Like You (1wk 30 NEW)

Eight new entries this week. The highest comes from Chess Blues artist Etta James on the way to USA #33 co-written by Berry Gordy & his sister, and in 2008 covered badly by Beyonce; the USA #4 hit based on the aria "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"; the USA #5 country pop hit later attempted by Marie Osmond; the Buddy Holly song which inspired a 1960s TV drama series which lasted longer than the decade (1992-2010 - I agree with cast members the big mistake Heartbeat made was not moving the show into the 1970s ...) which made USA #82 in 1958 on its original release; a song written by Duane Eddy and (the) Lee Hazlewood which was a much bigger hit in the UK #4; than in his native USA #45; the US R&B singer on her USA #83 hit; the USA country and folk music vocal trio USA #5 hit who topped the Billboard Singles charts in 1959 with "The Three Bells"; and the Chicago doo wop group most famous for their 1959 USA #1 hit "I Only Have Eyes For You".

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Feb 22, 2015 19:48:01 GMT 1 rubcale said:

Just ordered Billy Fury CD His Wondrous Story - The Complete Collection from Amazon!

I know quite a few of his singles but Colette isn't familiar.

If you like some of his hits then you can't go wrong with that collection.

I own the earlier Dreamcoats & Petticoats Presents .... Billy Fury best of which contained 26 chart singles + 4 B-sides.

[vastar iner]

One of the things about The Browns was that their lead singer was (is) called Jim Ed Brown - and the central character in "The Three Bells" was called Jimmy Brown. The three Browns are all still alive, and at least Jim Ed is still performing.

[raliverpool]

07/05/1960

1 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (4wks 9-5-2-1)
2 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (9wks 25-20-17-14-9-6-4-4-2)
3 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (5wks 19-18-12-7-3)
4 King Brothers - Standing On The Corner (4wks 20-11-6-4)
5 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (5wks 1-1-1-1-5)
6 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (7wks 20-11-7-5-3-3-6)
7 Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry (2wks 12-7)
8 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (9wks 28-22-16-9-4-3-2-5-8)
9 Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends (3wks 18-11-9)
10 Jackie Wilson - Night (2wks 16-10)

11 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (5wks 26-24-19-14-11)
12 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (6wks 18-11-7-7-8-12)
13 Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby (4wks 29-20-15-13)
14 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (13wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2-2-6-10-14)
15 Jimmy Jones - Good Timin' (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Anita Bryant - Paper Roses (2wks 20-16)
17 Bobby Darin - Clementine (6wks 22-15-10-9-9-17)
18 Buddy Holly - Heartbeat (2wks 23-18)
19 Crests - Step By Step (6wks 30-25-19-15-13-19)
20 Jeanne Black - He'll Have To Stay (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (3wks 22-21-21)
22 Duane Eddy - Shazam (2wks 27-22)
23 Flamingos - Nobody Loves Me Like You (2wks 30-23)
24 Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place' (15wks 16-8-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-8-17-24)
25 Don Gibson - Just One Time (7wks 24-17-16-16-17-19-25)
26 LaVern Baker - Wheel Of Fortune (2wks 28-26)
27 The Browns - The Old Lamplighter (2wks 29-27)
28 Lloyd Price - For Love (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Fall In Love With You (6wks 25-18-11-13-22-29)
30 James Brown - Think (1wk 30 NEW)

The Everly Brothers become the first act to claim a second #1 on my chart (& they certainly would have had more, if my Rewind chart started before 1960); and the four new entries come from the second of two huge hits (this made USA #3 / UK #1) from the two hit wonder American falsetto singer/songwriter; a female "reply" song to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" which peaked at USA #4; the American R&B vocalist latest on the way to USA #43; and the Godfather Of Soul's first entry on my chart with a USA #33 hit.

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14/05/1960

1 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (5wks 9-5-2-1-1)
2 Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry (3wks 12-7-2)
3 Jimmy Jones - Good Timin' (2wks 15-3)
4 Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (10wks 25-20-17-14-9-6-4-4-2-4)
5 Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around (6wks 19-18-12-7-3-5)
6 Anita Bryant - Paper Roses (3wks 20-16-6)
7 Buddy Holly - Heartbeat (3wks 23-18-7)
8 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You (6wks 1-1-1-1-5-8)
9 Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends (4wks 18-11-9-9)
10 Jackie Wilson - Night (3wks 16-10-10)

11 King Brothers - Standing On The Corner (5wks 20-11-6-4-11)
12 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven (6wks 26-24-19-14-11-12)
13 Anthony Newley - Do You Mind (8wks 20-11-7-5-3-3-6-13)
14 Duane Eddy - Shazam (3wks 27-22-14)
15 Jeanne Black - He'll Have To Stay (2wks 20-15)
16 Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck (10wks 28-22-16-9-4-3-2-5-8-16)
17 Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Sam Cooke - Wonderful World (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Adam Faith - Someone Else's Baby (5wks 29-20-15-13-19)
20 Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love (7wks 18-11-7-7-8-12-20)

21 Crickets - More Than I Can Say (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Hank Ballad & The Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time (1wk 22 NEW)
23 James Brown - Think (2wks 30-23)
24 Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (4wks 22-21-21-24)
25 Flamingos - Nobody Loves Me Like You (3wks 30-23-25)
26 Bobby Darin - Clementine (7wks 22-15-10-9-9-17-26)
27 Crests - Step By Step (7wks 30-25-19-15-13-19-27)
28 Lloyd Price - For Love (2wks 28-28)
29 Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's (14wks 29-25-19-15-8-7-6-2-2-2-6-10-14-29)
30 LaVern Baker - Wheel Of Fortune (3wks 28-26-30)

"Three Steps To Heaven" was was written by Eddie Cochran and his brother Bob Cochran, and recorded in January 1960 with Buddy Holly's Crickets on instruments. On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 23:50, while on tour in the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Cochran was involved in a traffic accident in a taxi travelling through Chippenham, Wiltshire, on the A4, he died in hospital at 16:10 the following day. The traffic policeman who was first on the scene will appear later in my retro rewind charts; as will one 12 year old who went backstage to see Eddie and carried his guitar to a taxi who died in a similar fashion 17 years later. The track became the 2nd posthumous UK #1 hit (after Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"). The second new entry comes from a soul singer who had a similar untimely death aged 33, with a USA #12 & UK #27 hit which went on to be covered on a number of occasions; and was a UK #2 hit in 1986; The Crickets track only made UK #42, but became a much bigger hit when covered by Bobby Vee, and later Leo Sayer; Hank Ballard scored a USA #7 hit with their latest release, but a cover version of a previous B-side was soon going to become rather more lucrative for the R&B songwriter.

[vastar iner]

After The Crickets gave up killing off their singers, they teamed up with Bobby Vee and had a no. 1 EP. Exorcising the Spinal Tap Drummer Curse.