The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 1st February 1962

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Number
1

The Young Ones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
From the album: The Young Ones
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Up by 9

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
3

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 4

Forget Me Not
Eden Kane
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Down by 3

Stranger on the Shore
Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 4

Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
From the album: Walk on By
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 2

Multiplication
Bobby Darin
From the album: Twist with Bobby Darin
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 4

Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
From the album: Let There Be Drums
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 3

I'd Never Find Another You
Billy Fury
From the album: We Want Billy!
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
10 Down by 1

Midnight in Moscow
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
11 Down by 4

Run to Him
Bobby Vee
From the album: Take Good Care of My Baby
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
12 Debut

Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
From the album: Blue Hawaii
Peak
12
Weeks
1
Number
13 Up by 5

Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14

The Twist
Chubby Checker
From the album: Twist with Chubby Checker
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 3

Johnny Will
Pat Boone
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
16

The Language Of Love
John D. Loudermilk
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 4

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
From the album: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
18 Up by 6

The Comancheros
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 10

Jeannie
Danny Williams
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 5

Moon River
Danny Williams
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
21 Down by 2

Son, This Is She
John Leyton
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 1

Lonesome
Adam Faith
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 6

So Long, Baby
Del Shannon
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
24 Down by 4

You're The Only Good Thing
Jim Reeves
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
25 Down by 3

I Understand (Just How You Feel)
The G-Clefs
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
26 Up by 6

Peppermint Twist
Danny Peppermint & The Jumping Jacks
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

D-Darling
Anthony Newley
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Up by 18

Wimoweh
Karl Denver
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 3

Toy Balloons
Russ Conway
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 14

Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 5
The Night Is Young/There Goes That Song Again
Gary Miller
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 6

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night
Doug Sheldon
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
33 Debut

Don't Stop, Twist
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Down by 4

Goodbye Cruel World
James Darren
From the album: James Darren Sings for All Sizes
Peak
28
Weeks
8
Number
35 Down by 2

Come Along Please
Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
36 Up by 4

Small Sad Sam
Phil McLean
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 4

Norman
Carol Deene
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Down by 7

Don't Bring Lulu
Dorothy Provine
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
39 Up by 4

Tall Dark Stranger
Rose Brennan
Peak
31
Weeks
9
Number
40 Down by 17

Tower of Strength
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
41 Debut

Walk Away
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Down by 17

My Friend The Sea
Petula Clark
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
43 Down by 15

Walking Back To Happiness
Helen Shapiro
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
44 Debut

Little Bitty Tear
Miki & Griff
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Up by 2

King Kong
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
29
Weeks
11
Number
46 Down by 12

Take Good Care of My Baby
Bobby Vee
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
47 Down by 12

Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
From the album: Time Out
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
48 Debut

Pianissimo
Ken Dodd
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut
Lonesome Number One
Don Gibson
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Re-Entry
Revival
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Peak
50
Weeks
3

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

He's Old Enough To Know Better
The Brook Brothers
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
39 Dropout

(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
42 Dropout

When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart
Cliff Richard
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
45 Dropout

I Cried For You
Ricky Stevens
Peak
34
Weeks
7
Number
48 Dropout

Bambino
The Springfields
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
49 Dropout

The Time Has Come
Adam Faith
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
50 Dropout

Charleston
The Temperance Seven
Peak
22
Weeks
8

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Date

February 1, 1962

Songs

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1 1 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “The Young Ones” 1(×4) 4

11 2 Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 2 9

3 3 Neil Sedaka – “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” 3 7

8 4 Eden Kane – “Forget Me Not” 4 3

2 5 Mr. Acker Bilk & The Leon Young String Chorale – “Stranger on the Shore” 2 10

10 6 Leroy Van Dyke – “Walk on By” 6 5

5 7 Bobby Darin – “Multiplication” 5 7

4 8 Sandy Nelson – “Let There Be Drums” 3 8

6 9 Billy Fury – “I'd Never Find Another You” 5 8

9 10 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Midnight in Moscow” 2 13

7 11 Bobby Vee – “Run to Him” 7 7

NE 12 Elvis Presley – “Can't Help Falling in Love” 12 1

18 13 The Everly Brothers – “Crying in the Rain” 13 3

14 14 Chubby Checker – “The Twist” 14 6

12 15 Pat Boone – “Johnny Will” 4 9

16 16 John D. Loudermilk – “The Language Of Love” 13 5

13 17 The Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” 11 7

24 18 Lonnie Donegan – “The Comancheros” 18 3

29 19 Danny Williams – “Jeannie” 19 3

15 20 Danny Williams – “Moon River” 1(×2) 14

19 21 John Leyton – “Son, This Is She” 15 6

21 22 Adam Faith – “Lonesome” 21 3

17 23 Del Shannon – “So Long, Baby” 10 9

20 24 Jim Reeves – “You're The Only Good Thing” 17 11

22 25 The G-Clefs – “I Understand (Just How You Feel)” 17 10

32 26 Danny Peppermint & The Jumping Jacks – “Peppermint Twist” 26 3

27 27 Anthony Newley – “D-Darling” 27 2

46 28 Karl Denver – “Wimoweh” 28 2

26 29 Russ Conway – “Toy Balloons” 7 10

44 30 Burl Ives – “Little Bitty Tear” 30 2

36 31 Gary Miller – “The Night Is Young/There Goes That Song Again” 31 7

38 32 Doug Sheldon – “Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night” 29 5

NE 33 Frankie Vaughan – “Don't Stop, Twist” 33 1

30 34 James Darren – “Goodbye Cruel World” 28 8

33 35 Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen – “Come Along Please” 33 5

40 36 Phil McLean – “Small Sad Sam” 34 3

41 37 Carol Deene – “Norman” 37 2

31 38 Dorothy Provine – “Don't Bring Lulu” 17 9

43 39 Rose Brennan – “Tall Dark Stranger” 31 9

23 40 Frankie Vaughan – “Tower of Strength” 1(×3) 13

NE 41 Shane Fenton & The Fentones – “Walk Away” 41 1

25 42 Petula Clark – “My Friend The Sea” 7 12

28 43 Helen Shapiro – “Walking Back To Happiness” 1(×3) 19

NE 44 Miki & Griff – “Little Bitty Tear” 44 1

47 45 Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – “King Kong” 29 11

34 46 Bobby Vee – “Take Good Care of My Baby” 3 15

35 47 The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Take Five” 6 15

NE 48 Ken Dodd – “Pianissimo” 48 1

NE 49 Don Gibson – “Lonesome Number One” 49 1

RE 50 Chris Barber's Jazz Band – “Revival” 50 3

DROPOUTS:

37 -- The Brook Brothers – “He's Old Enough To Know Better” 37 1

39 -- Elvis Presley – “(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame” 1(×4) 13

42 -- Cliff Richard – “When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart” 3 15

45 -- Ricky Stevens – “I Cried For You” 34 7

48 -- The Springfields – “Bambino” 16 11

49 -- Adam Faith – “The Time Has Come” 4 14

50 -- The Temperance Seven – “Charleston” 22 8

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