Goodness, the constituent charts are all over the place! Other than the top 3 the UAC and the BBC charts are close together but at least the UAC number 1 is number 1 in two of the charts. It's very close between the top 3 though.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending October 24th 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 24th 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 35 45 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard 1 2 1 1 1 6375 2 2 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 1 2 2 2 6310 4 3 ('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers 3 2 3 7 3 5915 8 4 Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde 4= 4 6 5 4 5690 7 5 The Three Bells - The Browns 4= 6 4 4 5 5595 3 6 Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller 6 5 7 3 6 5550 5 7 Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas 7 7 5 6 7 5275 6 8 Living Doll - Cliff Richard 8 8 8 8 10 4825 9 9 Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 8= 10 9 9 12 4475 19 10 Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson 8= 13 11 16 8 4105 15 11 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 11= 10 16 12 13 4035 10 12 Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 13 9 14 18 11 4030 18 13 Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 14 12 13 19 9 3915 12 14 Someone - Johnny Mathis 11= 14 10 10 17 3795 11 15 Just A Little Too Much / Sweeter Than You - Ricky Nelson 15= 17 15 11 14 3530 14 16 Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy 15= 16 12 13 16 3500 13 17 Lonely Boy - Paul Anka 17= 15 18 17 18 3065 16 18 China Tea - Russ Conway 17= 18 17 14 19 2950 17 19 Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly 19 19 15 15 2580 NEW 20 One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine 20 20 19 1245 RE 21 The Three Bells - Les Compagnons De La Chanson 21 750 24 22 Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran 22 675 NEW 23 Mr Blue - Mike Preston 20 660 23 24 Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains 23 600 21 25 The Heart Of A Man - Frankie Vaughan 30 20 570 26 26 I Know - Perry Como 24 525 27 27 But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald 25 450 20 27 Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny 25 450 NEW 29 The Riddle Of Love - Craig Douglas 20 385 NEW 30 Old Shep - Clinton Ford 27 300 Treble Chance - Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson 28 225 24 I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino 29 150 22 Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis 27 Lonesome - Chris Barber 27 Plenty Good Lovin' - Connie Francis The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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It's only right that the two 'first ladies' of jazz, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, appear on the chart with both delivering stunning performances. I'm not normally into jazz as a genre but I hugely admire and enjoy these two legends with their honeyed silk voices. Timeless.
Who are they ?, the 'now' generation ask. Take a listen and enjoy pure class music. Magnifigue !The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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This week it's NME that's the odd man out denying Cliff Richard #1 and it can't be blamed on 'Dynamite' splitting the sides this week as it has left the NME chart. That said Disc again this week continues to have some 'out of touch' positions too.The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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I believe this is one of only 3 occasions pre-BMRB when there was an untied 'Official' Number One for 2 or more weeks that did not top any other chart.
The others being 'Its All In The Game' (3 weeks) and 'Three Steps To Heaven' (2 weeks).
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending October 31st 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending October 31st 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 35 45 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard (A) 1 1 1 1 1 6450 2 2 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 2 2 2 2 6235 4 3 Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde 3 3 4 3 4 5925 3 4 ('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers 4 4 3 5 3 5855 13 5 Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 6 5 6 10 5 5330 6 6 Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller 7 6 8 7 7 5200 5 7 The Three Bells - The Browns 5 10 5 4 6 5200 7 8 Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas 8 8 10 6 8 4965 11 9 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 9 9 7 9 10 4740 12 10 Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 11 7 13 15 11 4350 10 11 Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson 10 13 9 13 9 4250 NEW 12 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka 12= 11 14 14 14 3880 8 13 Living Doll - Cliff Richard 12= 15 15 8 15 3755 9 14 Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 14 14 11 11 18 3655 NEW 15 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates 15 12 12 12 3230 19 16 Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly 16 17 19 20 16 2865 20 17 One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine 18 17 16 20 2235 16 18 Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy 19 16 20 18 2095 14 19 Someone - Johnny Mathis 16 22 18 12 1985 15 20 Just A Little Too Much / Sweeter Than You - Ricky Nelson 20 17 1455 RE 21 I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino 19 17 1390 23 22 Mr Blue - Mike Preston 20 29 13 1230 17 23 Lonely Boy - Paul Anka 27 16 975 NEW 24 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 17 840 NEW 25 Mr Blue - David Macbeth 30 19 795 18 26 China Tea - Russ Conway 30 19 615 27 27 Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny 23 600 NEW 28 Poison Ivy - The Coasters 24 525 22 29 Somethin' Else - Eddy Cochran 25 450 21 29 The Three Bells - Les Compagnons De La Chanson 25 450 Primrose Lane - Dickie Pride 28 225 Dynamite - Cliff Richard (B) 21 750 24 Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains 25 The Heart Of A Man - Frankie Vaughan 26 I Know - Perry Como 27 But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald 29 The Riddle Of Love - Craig Douglas 30 Old Shep - Clinton Ford The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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It's strange because earlier in the year the chart welcomed The Fleetwoods with Come Softly To Me despite strong competition but now two cover versions chart and The Fleetwoods' superior version of Mr Blue will be totally overlooked.The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Originally posted by MrTibbs View PostIt's strange because earlier in the year the chart welcomed The Fleetwoods with Come Softly To Me despite strong competition but now two cover versions chart and The Fleetwoods' superior version of Mr Blue will be totally overlooked.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending November 7th 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending November 7th 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 35 45 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard (A) 1 1 1 1 1 6450 2 2 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 2 2 2 2 6235 3 3 Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde 3 3 3 3 3 6020 5 4 Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 4 4 5 5 4 5725 4 5 ('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers 5 5 4 6 5 5580 7 6 The Three Bells - The Browns 6 8 6 4 6 5315 15 7 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates 7= 7 7 10 9 4905 9 8 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 7= 6 8 7 12 4900 11 9 Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson 9 11 9 8 7 4745 12 10 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka 10 9 11 12 8 4585 10 11 Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 11 10 10 17 10 4200 6 12 Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller 12 12 12 15 11 4010 8 13 Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas 13 13 16 11 16 3675 14 14 Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 15 14 14 14 17 3475 13 15 Living Doll - Cliff Richard 14 17 13 9 18 3450 21 16 I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino 16 14 15 19 19 3095 17 17 One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine 18 16 16 20 2460 22 18 Mr Blue - Mike Preston 19= 20 20 13 2290 19 19 Someone - Johnny Mathis 17 19 19 13 2130 25 20 Mr Blue - David Macbeth 19= 18 14 1995 24 21 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 28 14 1245 18 22 Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy 17 20 985 16 23 Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly 25 18 905 26 24 China Tea - Russ Conway 20 825 27 25 Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny 22 675 NEW 26 Morgen - Ivo Robic 23 600 23 27 Lonely Boy - Paul Anka 18 585 NEW 28 Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong 24 525 RE 29 Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains 27 300 28 30 Poison Ivy - The Coasters 29 150 Little Donkey - Gracie Fields 30 75 Dynamite - Cliff Richard (B) 26 20 Just A Little Too Much / Sweeter Than You - Ricky Nelson 29 Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran 29 The Three Bells - Les Compagnons De La Chanson The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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All charts are in agreement for the top 3.
Manuel (Geoff Love) makes his chart debut. Famously he was number 1 for 3 hours in 1976 when a BMRB computer error placed 'Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez' at number 1 at 11am on Tuesday 17 February 1976. After the BMRB discovered a computation error, the chart was rerun and the single was placed at number 3 with 'December 1963 (Oh What A Night)' by The Four Seasons taking his place at number 1.
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Originally posted by Robbie View PostAll charts are in agreement for the top 3.
Manuel (Geoff Love) makes his chart debut. Famously he was number 1 for 3 hours in 1976 when a BMRB computer error placed 'Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez' at number 1 at 11am on Tuesday 17 February 1976. After the BMRB discovered a computation error, the chart was rerun and the single was placed at number 3 with 'December 1963 (Oh What A Night)' by The Four Seasons taking his place at number 1.
So I wonder if it's 3 hour reign still qualifies it as an 'official' #1The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Originally posted by braindeadpj View PostManuel and the Music of the Mountains is actually a re-entry. The last week positions for China Tea, Sleep Walk, and Poison Ivy all reflect the chart with position 26 missing.The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending November 14th 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending November 14th 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 35 45 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard 1 1 1 1 1 6450 2 2 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 2 2 2 2 6235 4 3 Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 3 3 3 4 3 5975 3 4 Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde 4 5 4 3 4 5775 7 5 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates 5 4 6 5 5 5630 5 6 ('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers 6 6 5 9 6 5275 9 7 Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson 7 9 7 7 8 4950 10 8 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka 8 8 8 10 7 4915 8 9 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 9 10 13 6 9 4650 6 10 The Three Bells - The Browns 10 11 10 8 11 4470 11 11 Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 11 7 9 20 10 4325 18 12 Mr Blue - Mike Preston 12 12 12 12 12 4085 17 13 One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine 13 16 14 11 14 3640 NEW 14 Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka 14 13 11 17 2890 12 15 Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller 16 14 19 15 2775 16 16 I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino 17 22 16 15 19 2640 15 17 Living Doll - Cliff Richard 15 15 15 13 2570 13 18 Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas 17 19 17 14 2155 21 19 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 19 18 13 2055 NEW 20 Snow Coach - Russ Conway 24 18 16 1880 14 21 Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 20 17 16 1725 NEW 22 Rawhide - Frankie Laine 25 18 1230 NEW 23 Always - Sammy Turner 30 19 20 1155 24 24 China Tea - Russ Conway 21 20 1135 19 25 Someone - Johnny Mathis 28 17 855 30 26 Poison Ivy - The Coasters 20 825 20 27 Mr Blue - David Macbeth 23 600 NEW 28 Count On Me - Shirley Bassey 18 585 NEW 29 Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons 26 375 29 30 Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains 27 300 23 Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly 29 150 22 Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy 25 Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny 26 Morgen - Ivo Robic 27 Lonely Boy - Paul Anka 28 Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Originally posted by MrTibbs View Post* Again the BBC manuscript is wrong. Craig should be 17 on points 71 and Fats 18 on 72 points.Last edited by braindeadpj; Wed June 29, 2022, 02:57.
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending November 21st 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending November 21st 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 35 45 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard 1 1 1 1 1 6450 2 2 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 2 2 2 4 6115 3 3 Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 3 4 3 4 2 5960 5 4 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates 4 3 6 3 3 5915 4 5 Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde 5 6 5 5 5 5515 6 6 ('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers 6 5 4 9 6 5385 8 7 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka 7 7 9 7 7 5090 14 8 Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka 8 10 7 13 8 4605 7 9 Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson 9 11 8 6 14 4450 10 10 The Three Bells - The Browns 10= 9 11 12 12 4345 12 11 Mr Blue - Mike Preston 10= 17 10 8 9 4140 9 12 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 12 8 17 11 15 4075 11 13 Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 14 11 15 19 12 3740 20 14 Snow Coach - Russ Conway 13 15 14 17 10 3685 19 15 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 15 16 16 15 11 3570 13 16 One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine 17 14 10 17 3060 17 17 Living Doll - Ciff Richard 16 13 12 14 2780 26 18 Poison Ivy - The Coasters 18 18 13 20 2265 29 19 Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons 19 23 16 16 2175 22 20 Rawhide - Frankie Laine 21 19 19 1890 NEW 21 What Do You Want - Adam Faith 20 18 18 1755 15 22 Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller 21 18 1335 NEW 23 More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway 25 20 835 23 24 Always - Sammy Turner 26 18 830 NEW 25 Little Donkey - The Beverly Sisters 20 825 27 26 Mr Blue - David Macbeth 23 600 21 27 Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty 30 20 570 NEW 28 The Village Of St. Bernadette - Anne Shelton 27 300 NEW 29 Little Donkey - Gracie Fields 28 225 NEW 30 Nashville Boogie - Bert Weedon 29 150 16 I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino 18 Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas 24 China Tea - Russ Conway 25 Someone - Johnny Mathis 28 Count On Me - Shirley Bassey 30 Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Musoic Of The Mountains The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Originally posted by braindeadpj View Postthe BBC chart is compiled using only the NME Top 20
But it could be argued that as the others are only 20s it is fairer to treat everything below 20 equally. As I understand it the UAC itself uses this principle when the boot is on the other foot, so to speak, and NME is the smallest chart. Although I suppose you could say there is a stronger case for ignoring positions 31-50 (as being less reliable) than 21-30.
Anyway ... with the final two number ones now in the chart I am beginning to get a bit sad that the end is nigh.
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Originally posted by Splodj View Post
Anyway ... with the final two number ones now in the chart I am beginning to get a bit sad that the end is nigh.http://thechartbook.co.uk - for the latest are best chart book - By Decade!
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Originally posted by Robbie View PostThe top 2 lockdown is finally broken in Record Mirror.The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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Yes we are almost there with just 5 charts to go but it will last a few charts longer because like I promised I will then post all the applicable end of year 'bridging' charts where one was not compiled to give a more definitive UAE.
Yeah this project has been a Herculean task like you say, 2 years of daily pouring over music paper charts, deliberating, correcting errors and inconsisties, compiling them and checking them before daily postings.
But, it has been such a pleasure to undertake and Im so glad I did. The experience was made all the better by having 24+ guys following my chart child from birth in the mid fifties to 1969 every day of its life.
I believe I leave something unique and hope you agree.The Record Mirror Singles Chart 1954 - 1961 Revised Re-Calculated And Extended
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