The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 7th September 1961

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Number
1

Johnny Remember Me
John Leyton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

You Don't Know
Helen Shapiro
From the album: 12 Hits and a Miss
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
3
Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Shirley Bassey
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 1

Halfway to Paradise
Billy Fury
From the album: Halfway to Paradise
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
5 Down by 1

Well I Ask You
Eden Kane
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
6

Romeo
Petula Clark
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
7 Up by 7

That's My Home
Mr. Acker Bilk
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
8

Marcheta
Karl Denver
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
9 Down by 2

Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
From the album: Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
10

Hello Mary Lou
Ricky Nelson
From the album: Rick Is 21
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 6

How Many Tears
Bobby Vee
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 6

Cupid
Sam Cooke
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 1

Don't You Know It?
Adam Faith
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 5

Pasadena
The Temperance Seven
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
15 Down by 2

You Always Hurt The One You Love
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 3

Baby I Don't Care
Buddy Holly
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
17 Debut
Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad
Elvis Presley
Peak
17
Weeks
1
Number
18 Down by 3

A Girl Like You
Cliff Richard
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
19 Up by 3

Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
The Brook Brothers
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 9

Time
Craig Douglas
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 14
Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 6

Temptation
The Everly Brothers
From the album: The Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
23

Wheels Cha Cha
Joe Loss
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
24 Debut

Kon-Tiki
The Shadows
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Down by 1

A Scottish Soldier
Andy Stewart
Peak
19
Weeks
35
Number
26 Down by 6

Runaway
Del Shannon
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
27 Down by 6

Weekend
Eddie Cochran
From the album: Cherished Memories of Eddie Cochran
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
28 Up by 3

Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29

Quite A Party
The Fireballs
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Down by 4

Frightened City
The Shadows
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
31 Down by 6

Dum Dum
Brenda Lee
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
32 Down by 4

(I Don't Know Why) But I Do
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
33 Up by 6

Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson
From the album: The Best of Don Gibson
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 4

Writing On The Wall
Tommy Steele
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 8

Moody River
Pat Boone
From the album: Moody River
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 2

I'm Going Home
Gene Vincent
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 9

Breakaway
The Springfields
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Up by 2

What Kind Of Fool Am I?
Anthony Newley
Peak
36
Weeks
6
Number
39 Up by 5

Heart and Soul
Jan & Dean
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Up by 2

San Antonio Rose
Floyd Cramer
Peak
36
Weeks
8
Number
41 Up by 7

Baby Sittin'
Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
42 Debut

True Love
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Down by 11

The Boll Weevil Song
Brook Benton
Peak
30
Weeks
9
Number
44 Down by 10

Once In Every Lifetime
Ken Dodd
Peak
28
Weeks
11
Number
45 Down by 2

Wooden Heart
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
46 Down by 5

Say It With Flowers
Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway
Peak
40
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut

Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
The Highway Men
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut
There I've Said It Again
Al Saxon
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Up by 1

Girls
Johnny Burnette
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
50 Debut

Jealousy
Billy Fury
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Running Scared
Roy Orbison
From the album: Crying
Peak
9
Weeks
15
Number
36 Dropout

Surrender
Elvis Presley
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
37 Dropout

Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker
From the album: Let's Twist Again
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
45 Dropout
Tansy
The Alex Welsh Band
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
47 Dropout

Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Curtis Lee
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
49 Dropout

You'll Never Know
Shirley Bassey
Peak
6
Weeks
17

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Date

September 7, 1961

Songs

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1 1 John Leyton – “Johnny Remember Me” 1(×2) 6

2 2 Helen Shapiro – “You Don't Know” 1(×3) 11

3 3 Shirley Bassey – “Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain” 3 7

5 4 Billy Fury – “Halfway to Paradise” 3 18

4 5 Eden Kane – “Well I Ask You” 1(×1) 15

6 6 Petula Clark – “Romeo” 3 9

14 7 Mr. Acker Bilk – “That's My Home” 7 9

8 8 Karl Denver – “Marcheta” 8 12

7 9 Gary U.S. Bonds – “Quarter to Three” 7 8

10 10 Ricky Nelson – “Hello Mary Lou” 2 15

17 11 Bobby Vee – “How Many Tears” 11 6

18 12 Sam Cooke – “Cupid” 12 7

12 13 Adam Faith – “Don't You Know It?” 12 8

9 14 The Temperance Seven – “Pasadena” 4 13

13 15 Clarence "Frogman" Henry – “You Always Hurt The One You Love” 6 9

19 16 Buddy Holly – “Baby I Don't Care” 12 10

NE 17 Elvis Presley – “Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad” 17 1

15 18 Cliff Richard – “A Girl Like You” 3 12

22 19 The Brook Brothers – “Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week” 19 3

11 20 Craig Douglas – “Time” 9 11

35 21 Lonnie Donegan – “Michael Row The Boat/Lumbered” 21 2

16 22 The Everly Brothers – “Temptation” 1(×2) 13

23 23 Joe Loss – “Wheels Cha Cha” 23 11

NE 24 The Shadows – “Kon-Tiki” 24 1

24 25 Andy Stewart – “A Scottish Soldier” 19 35

20 26 Del Shannon – “Runaway” 1(×3) 20

21 27 Eddie Cochran – “Weekend” 15 13

31 28 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – “Someday (You'll Be Sorry)” 28 2

29 29 The Fireballs – “Quite A Party” 29 7

26 30 The Shadows – “Frightened City” 3 18

25 31 Brenda Lee – “Dum Dum” 22 8

28 32 Clarence "Frogman" Henry – “(I Don't Know Why) But I Do” 3 19

39 33 Don Gibson – “Sea of Heartbreak” 33 2

30 34 Tommy Steele – “Writing On The Wall” 30 4

27 35 Pat Boone – “Moody River” 18 10

38 36 Gene Vincent – “I'm Going Home” 36 2

46 37 The Springfields – “Breakaway” 37 2

40 38 Anthony Newley – “What Kind Of Fool Am I?” 36 6

44 39 Jan & Dean – “Heart and Soul” 39 3

42 40 Floyd Cramer – “San Antonio Rose” 36 8

48 41 Bobby Angelo and The Tuxedos – “Baby Sittin'” 30 5

NE 42 Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen – “True Love” 42 1

32 43 Brook Benton – “The Boll Weevil Song” 30 9

34 44 Ken Dodd – “Once In Every Lifetime” 28 11

43 45 Elvis Presley – “Wooden Heart” 1(×6) 27

41 46 Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway – “Say It With Flowers” 40 3

NE 47 The Highway Men – “Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)” 47 1

NE 48 Al Saxon – “There I've Said It Again” 48 1

50 49 Johnny Burnette – “Girls” 37 5

NE 50 Billy Fury – “Jealousy” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Roy Orbison – “Running Scared” 9 15

36 -- Elvis Presley – “Surrender” 1(×4) 15

37 -- Chubby Checker – “Let's Twist Again” 37 3

45 -- The Alex Welsh Band – “Tansy” 45 4

47 -- Curtis Lee – “Pretty Little Angel Eyes” 47 1

49 -- Shirley Bassey – “You'll Never Know” 6 17

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