The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 21st September 1961

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Number
1 Up by 1
Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Shirley Bassey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Down by 1

Johnny Remember Me
John Leyton
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3

You Don't Know
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
4
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad
Elvis Presley
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Up by 2

Kon-Tiki
The Shadows
Peak
5
Weeks
3
Number
6 Up by 8
Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
7 Up by 4

Cupid
Sam Cooke
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 3

Well I Ask You
Eden Kane
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
9 Down by 3

Halfway to Paradise
Billy Fury
From the album: Halfway to Paradise
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
10

How Many Tears
Bobby Vee
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 3

That's My Home
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
12 Up by 12

Jealousy
Billy Fury
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13 Up by 7

Hats Off to Larry
Del Shannon
From the album: Hats Off to Del Shannon
Peak
13
Weeks
2
Number
14 Down by 1

Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
The Brook Brothers
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
15 Up by 17

Together
Connie Francis
Peak
15
Weeks
2
Number
16 Down by 7

Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 2

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
The Highway Men
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 6

Romeo
Petula Clark
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
19 Up by 16

Get Lost
Eden Kane
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Up by 16

You'll Answer To Me
Cleo Laine
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 4

Wheels Cha Cha
Joe Loss
Peak
21
Weeks
13
Number
22 Down by 4

Marcheta
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
23 Down by 6

You Always Hurt The One You Love
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
24 Up by 6

Say It With Flowers
Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 9

Hello Mary Lou
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Rick Is 21
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
26 Down by 11

Pasadena
The Temperance Seven
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
27 Up by 1

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson
From the album: The Best of Don Gibson
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 1

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
37
Number
29 Down by 6

Time
Craig Douglas
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
30 Down by 8

Baby I Don't Care
Buddy Holly
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
31 Down by 2

Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 6

A Girl Like You
Cliff Richard
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
33 Up by 4

Drivin' Home
Duane Eddy
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 11

Once In Every Lifetime
Ken Dodd
Peak
28
Weeks
13
Number
35 Down by 14

Don't You Know It?
Adam Faith
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 3

Breakaway
The Springfields
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 5

I'm Going Home
Gene Vincent
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
38 Up by 2

Heart and Soul
Jan & Dean
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Down by 5

Weekend
Eddie Cochran
From the album: Cherished Memories of Eddie Cochran
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
40 Down by 7

True Love
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
41 Up by 8

Who Put The Bomp
The Viscounts
Peak
41
Weeks
2
Number
42 Debut

Cryin'
Roy Orbison
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 12

Temptation
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
44 Debut

Hole In The Bucket
Harry Belafonte & Odetta
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Down by 4

Runaway
Del Shannon
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
46 Down by 3

Frightened City
The Shadows
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
47

Quite A Party
The Fireballs
Peak
29
Weeks
9
Number
48 Down by 10

What Kind Of Fool Am I?
Anthony Newley
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
49 Debut
Lonely Street/Why Can't You
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
Ral Donner
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
44 Dropout

Baby Sittin'
Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
46 Dropout

Writing On The Wall
Tommy Steele
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
48 Dropout

Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Curtis Lee
Peak
47
Weeks
2
Number
50 Dropout
Don't Bet Money Honey
Linda Scott
Peak
50
Weeks
1

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Date

September 21, 1961

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2 1 Shirley Bassey – “Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain” 1(×1) 9

1 2 John Leyton – “Johnny Remember Me” 1(×3) 8

3 3 Helen Shapiro – “You Don't Know” 1(×3) 13

4 4 Elvis Presley – “Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad” 4 3

7 5 The Shadows – “Kon-Tiki” 5 3

14 6 Lonnie Donegan – “Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered” 6 4

11 7 Sam Cooke – “Cupid” 7 9

5 8 Eden Kane – “Well I Ask You” 1(×1) 17

6 9 Billy Fury – “Halfway to Paradise” 3 20

10 10 Bobby Vee – “How Many Tears” 10 8

8 11 Mr. Acker Bilk – “That's My Home” 7 11

24 12 Billy Fury – “Jealousy” 12 3

20 13 Del Shannon – “Hats Off to Larry” 13 2

13 14 The Brook Brothers – “Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week” 13 5

32 15 Connie Francis – “Together” 15 2

9 16 Gary U.S. Bonds – “Quarter to Three” 7 10

19 17 The Highway Men – “Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)” 17 3

12 18 Petula Clark – “Romeo” 3 11

35 19 Eden Kane – “Get Lost” 19 2

36 20 Cleo Laine – “You'll Answer To Me” 20 2

25 21 Joe Loss – “Wheels Cha Cha” 21 13

18 22 Karl Denver – “Marcheta” 8 14

17 23 Clarence "Frogman" Henry – “You Always Hurt The One You Love” 6 11

30 24 Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway – “Say It With Flowers” 24 5

16 25 Ricky Nelson – “Hello Mary Lou” 2 17

15 26 The Temperance Seven – “Pasadena” 4 15

28 27 Don Gibson – “Sea of Heartbreak” 27 4

27 28 Andy Stewart – “A Scottish Soldier” 19 37

23 29 Craig Douglas – “Time” 9 13

22 30 Buddy Holly – “Baby I Don't Care” 12 12

29 31 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Someday (You'll Be Sorry)” 28 4

26 32 Cliff Richard – “A Girl Like You” 3 14

37 33 Duane Eddy – “Drivin' Home” 33 2

45 34 Ken Dodd – “Once In Every Lifetime” 28 13

21 35 Adam Faith – “Don't You Know It?” 12 10

39 36 The Springfields – “Breakaway” 36 4

42 37 Gene Vincent – “I'm Going Home” 36 4

40 38 Jan & Dean – “Heart and Soul” 38 5

34 39 Eddie Cochran – “Weekend” 15 15

33 40 Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – “True Love” 33 3

49 41 The Viscounts – “Who Put The Bomp” 41 2

NE 42 Roy Orbison – “Cryin'” 42 1

31 43 The Everly Brothers – “Temptation” 1(×2) 15

NE 44 Harry Belafonte & Odetta – “Hole In The Bucket” 44 1

41 45 Del Shannon – “Runaway” 1(×3) 22

43 46 The Shadows – “Frightened City” 3 20

47 47 The Fireballs – “Quite A Party” 29 9

38 48 Anthony Newley – “What Kind Of Fool Am I?” 36 8

NE 49 Clarence "Frogman" Henry – “Lonely Street/Why Can't You” 49 1

NE 50 Ral Donner – “You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

44 -- Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos – “Baby Sittin'” 30 6

46 -- Tommy Steele – “Writing On The Wall” 30 5

48 -- Curtis Lee – “Pretty Little Angel Eyes” 47 2

50 -- Linda Scott – “Don't Bet Money Honey” 50 1

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