The Ultimate Averaged Chart - The BBC Chart Re-Imagined

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending December 12th 1959

Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 12th 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
2	1	What Do You Want - Adam Faith					1	1	1	2	1	6405
1	2	What Do You Want To MAKE Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates					2	2	2	1	2	6280
3	3	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard					3=	3	4	3	4	5925
4	4	Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka					3=	4	3	4	3	5900
8	5	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons					5	5	5	5	5	5590
5	6	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					6	6	6	6	6	5375
6	7	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin					7	7	7	8	8	5055
7	8	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka					8=	7	8	12	9	4780
10	9	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson					8=	9	10	10	7	4770
12	10	Snow Coach - Russ Conway					10	9	12	11	10	4475
27	11	Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis					11	12	9	19	12	3875
13	12	Rawhide - Frankie Laine					12	13	13	17	11	3810
18	13	Little White Bull - Tommy Steele					15	11	17	20	13	3565
11	14	Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde					14	20	15	9	16	3275
9	15	('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers					17	19	16	14	17	3030
24	16	Little Donkey - The Beverley Sisters					13	14	11	13		2785
14	17	Mr Blue - Mike Preston					16	17	18	7		2585
20	18	More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway					18=	15	20		15	2545
15	19	Piano Party - Winifred Atwell					20	16		18	20	2370
25	20	Bad Boy - Marty Wilde						18	19		19	2115
19	21	Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale					18=	24	14	15		1840
16	22	Poison Ivy - The Coasters						23		16		1275
NEW	23	Some Kind-a Earthquake - Duane Eddy									14	1020
RE	24	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans and The Curls									18	780
17	25	One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine						21				750
29	26	The Three Bells - The Browns						22				675
25	27	San Miguel - Lonnie Donegan						25				450
RE	28	Living Doll - Cliff Richard						26				375
21	28	Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson						26				375
NEW	30	I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnnie Ray						28				225
		If You Were The Only Boy In The World - Stevie Marsh						29				150
		Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte						30				75
30		Little Donkey - Gracie Fields						30				75
22		Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell
23		Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan
28		Ivy Will Cling - Arnold Strang

[MrTibbs]

It's poignant that three of the most prominent male vocalists throughout the 1950's Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray all enjoy their very last Top 30 hit each will have at the very end of the decade and in the last month.

[Blondini]

According to Discogs 'Ivy Will Cling' by Arnold Stang was the B-side, so I wonder if it was flipped.

his version (featuring The Sunshine Kids) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StCQGn5quWw is better than the cloying version by Bernard Bresslaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSZaCskFpA

[Robbie]

'I'll Never Fall In Love' will be Johnnie Ray's last chart entry. It's also one of his best singles. The track was sampled by Portishead in 1994 on the track 'Biscuit', from the album 'Dummy'.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending December 19th 1959

Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 19th 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	What Do You Want - Adam Faith					1	1	1	1	1	6450
2	2	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates					2	1	2	2	2	6310
4	3	Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka					3	3	3	3	3	6020
3	4	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard					4	5	4	4	4	5730
5	5	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons					5	4	6	5	5	5630
6	6	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					6	6	5	6	6	5410
10	7	Snow Coach - Russ Conway					7	10	12	8	9	4595
12	8	Rawhide - Frankie Laine					8=	8	8	16	14	4225
8	9	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka					8=	7	9	12	18	4205
13	10	Little White Bull - Tommy Steele					11	12	13	13	11	4065
11	11	Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis					10	13	7	18	10	4035
18	12	More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway					13	8	20	15	11	4030
7	13	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin					12	16	11	10	16	3670
9	14	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson					15	21	19	9	8	3540
23	15	Some Kind-a Earthquake - Duane Eddy					14	17	10		7	3225
19	16	Piano Party - Winifred Atwell					18	10		19	15	3075
16	17	Little Donkey - The Beverley Sisters					16	15	17	7		2770
NEW	18	Jingle Bell Rock - Max Bygraves					17	14	15	14		2600
21	19	Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale						18		20	19	2190
20	20	Bad Boy - Marty Wilde						20	14		20	2080
NEW	21	Johnny Staccato Theme - Elmer Bernstein					19=	19			13	1980
NEW	22	Be My Guest - Fats Domino						22			17	1515
17	23	Mr Blue - Mike Preston					19=	25		11		1350
15	24	('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers						28	18	17		1310
27	25	San Miguel - Lonnie Donegan						23				600
RE	26	Little Donkey - Gracie Fields						24				525
28	27	Living Doll - Cliff Richard							16			525
NEW	28	Mary's Boy Child - Nina and Frederick						26				375
RE	29	Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell						27				300
NEW	30	We Got Love - Alma Cogan						29				150
30	30	I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnny Ray						29				150
14		Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde
22		Poison Ivy - The Coasters
24		Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans and The Curls
25		One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine
26		The Three Bells - The Three Browns
28		Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson

[Robbie]

It's the famous 'What Do You Want...' dead heat on the NME chart. Elsewhere the clear winner is Adam Faith.

[MrTibbs]

It's the famous 'What Do You Want...' dead heat on the NME chart. Elsewhere the clear winner is Adam Faith.

Yeah the way these two titles swopped and counter swopped the #1 position on the various charts suggests they were pretty close sales wise for weeks.

[Splodj]

Yes, earlier in the thread we identified 11 NME joint number ones.

Disc and RM each have a record at 7 that is nowhere on the other.

[brian05]

1 What Do You Want - Adam Faith
2 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates

Is this the first time that a song title has been included as part of another song?

[brian05]

30 I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnny Ray

Is this the same song as Bobbie Gentry's 1969 hit?

[MrTibbs]

30 I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnny Ray

Is this the same song as Bobbie Gentry's 1969 hit?

No Brian completely different song. The Bobbie Gentry song was a Bacharach/David composition from the musical Promises Promises.

[braindeadpj]

1 What Do You Want - Adam Faith
2 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates

Is this the first time that a song title has been included as part of another song?

I wonder how many singles were returned because they bought the wrong one due to the similarity with the song title? Presumably that would negate a sale?

[braindeadpj]

Gracie Fields - Little Donkey is a re-entry.

[MrTibbs]

I've fixed that above and on the spreadsheet thanks David.

Later today guys I will post the last chart for 1959, and then post the handful of 'bridging' charts to complete the set. The last chart for 1959 is itself a 'bridging' chart also for MM who did not compile that week.

[Metalweb]

1 What Do You Want - Adam Faith
2 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates

Is this the first time that a song title has been included as part of another song?

"Which No.1 single included the complete title of the previous No.1 within its own title?" is an old favourite pub quiz question!

Another good one: "Which lyrics of which No.1 single open with the title of the previous No.1?" (clue - it was in 1975)

[Splodj]

I can see a no. 1 where the lyrics open with the title of the next no. 1.

[MrTibbs]

Well here it is, the very last actual chart in the journey of the UAC.

After this the remainder of the 'bridging charts' to come to complete the set, listed in sequential order .

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending December 26th 1959

Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 26th 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	What Do You Want - Adam Faith					1	2	1	1	1	6375
2	2	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates					2	1	1	2	2	6345
3	3	Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka					3	3	3	4	3	5975
5	4	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons					4	4	5	3	4	5815
4	5	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard					5	8	4	5	5	5400
7	6	Snow Coach - Russ Conway					7	7	8	10	6	5050
12	7	More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway					6	5	16	7	9	4875
6	8	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					8	9	6	6	12	4790
18	9	Jingle Bell Rock - Max Bygraves					9	11	11	8	11	4435
11	10	Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis					11	12	6	15	8	4400
21	11	Johnny Staccato Theme - Elmer Bernstein					10	6	18	17	10	4220
15	12	Some Kind-a Earthquake - Duane Eddy					12	15	9	16	7	4085
8	13	Rawhide - Frankie Laine					13	13	9	13	13	4010
10	14	Little White Bull - Tommy Steele					18	10	11	18	20	3520
14	15	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson					14=	19	20	12	14	3160
17	16	Little Donkey - The Beverley Sisters					16	21	17	9	16	3130
16	17	Piano Party - Winifred Atwell					14=	13		14	18	2895
20	18	Bad Boy - Marty Wilde					19=	18	13	19	20	2805
9	19	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka					17	15	15	11		2660
13	20	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin						20	14	20		1915
22	21	Be My Guest - Fats Domino					19=	17			19	1770
NEW	22	Reveille Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					19=	23			15	1560
RE	23	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans and The Curls									16	900
29	24	Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell						22				675
NEW	25	If You Were The Only Boy In The World - Stevie Marsh						24				525
19	26	Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale						25				450
27	27	Living Doll - Cliff Richard							19			420
25	28	San Miguel - Lonnie Donegan						26				375
30	29	We Got Love - Alma Cogan						27				300
30	29	I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnnie Ray						27				300
		But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald						29				150
		In The Mood - Ernie Fields						30				75
23		Mr Blue - Mike Preston
24		('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers
26		Little Donkey - Gracie Fields
28		Mary's Boy Child - Nina and Frederick
		* MM did not compile a chart this week so an average position was taken of likely chart position for this non compiled week by taking a mid point position between the chart for 19th December 1959 and the chart for 2nd January 1960 for MM in order to compile the Ultimate Averaged Chart.
		** Although the BBC compiled a chart this week it did not say how this was done. I assume it used the NME, Disc and RM chart only.

[Robbie]

Well here it is, the very last actual chart in the journey of the UAC.

After this the remainder of the 'bridging charts' to come to complete the set, listed in sequential order .

A massive thanks for posting all the UAC's. It's been quite a job for you compiling all these. You deserve a rest! BUT not until you've posted the bridging charts..

[MrTibbs]

So let's take a look at the first UAC where a 'bridging' chart was compiled when a music paper did not compile a chart.

These charts will replace the earlier charts posted here on the thread.

The first of these was for December 31st 1955 and I will also post the chart for the following week also in all cases as the Last Week chart positions may have changed for some records.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 31st 1955							NME	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	60	52	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart					25	Scored
2	1	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets					2	1	2740
1	2	Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine					1	3	2696
4	3	Meet Me On The Corner - Max Bygraves					3	4	2524
3	4	Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing - The Four Aces					5	2	2508
5	5	Let's Have A Ding Dong - Winifred Atwell					4	4	2464
6	6	Twenty Tiny Fingers - The Stargazers					6	7	2188
7	7	Suddenly There's A Valley - Petula Clark					8	9	1964
9	8	Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller					11	9	1784
10	9	Ain't That A Shame - Pat Boone					14	6	1760
11	10	When You Lose The One You Love - David Whitfield and Mantovani					12	11	1620
8	11	Hawkeye - Frankie Laine					7	18	1556
NEW	12	Rock A Beatin' Boogie - Bill Haley and His Comets					21	8	1236
16	13	Join In And Sing Again - The Johnston Brothers					9		1020
15	14	Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo - Alma Cogan					10		960
14	15	Suddenly There's A Valley - Jo Stafford					13		780
18	16	The Shifting Whispering Sands - Billy Vaughan						11	780
NEW	16	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan						11	780
23	18	Tina Marie - Perry Como					24	14	744
25	19	Pickin' A Chicken - Eve Boswell					25	14	684
13	20	Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers					15		660
12	21	The Very First Christmas Of All - Ruby Murray						14	624
NEW	21	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes						14	624
26	23	Someone On Your Mind - Jimmy Young					16		600
24	24	Arrivederci Darling - Anne Shelton					17		540
RE	25	Let's Get Together Again - The Big Ben Banjo Band					18		480
28	25	Old Pianna Rag - Dickie Valentine					18		480
19	27	Cloudburst - Don Lang						18	416
NEW	27	Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford						18	416
27	29	Bluebell Polka - Jimmy Shand					20		360
17	30	Suddenly There's A Valley - Lee Lawrence					22		240
		Seventeen - Boyd Bennett					23		180
22		On With The Motley - Harry Secombe
21		Suddenly There's A Valley - Julius La Rosa
		* RM did not compile a chart this week so an average position was taken of likely chart position for this non compiled week by taking a mid point position between the chart for 24th December and the chart for 7th January 1956 in order to compile an experimental Ultimate Averaged Chart.
		** NME compiled a Top 25 this week

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 7th 1956							NME	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	60	52	Points
Week	Week		The Top 26 Singles Chart					20	Scored
1	1	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets					1	1	2240
4	2	Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing - The Four Aces					3	2	2068
3	3	Meet Me On The Corner - Max Bygraves					2	5	1972
12	4	Rock A Beatin' Boogie - Bill Haley and His Comets					5	3	1896
2	5	Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine					9	4	1604
6	6	Twenty Tiny Fingers - The Stargazers					4	10	1592
5	7	Let's Have A Ding Dong - Winifred Atwell					10	6	1440
9	8	Ain't That A Shame - Pat Boone					12	7	1268
21	9	Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes					13	9	1104
7	10	Suddenly There's A Valley - Petula Clark					7	17	1048
10	11	When You Lose The One You Love - David Whitfield and Mantovani					11	14	964
14	12	Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo - Alma Cogan					6	20	952
16	13	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan					17	8	916
11	14	Hawkeye - Frankie Laine					8		780
27	15	Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford					18	11	700
19	16	Pickin' A Chicken - Eve Boswell					20	12	528
23	17	Someone On Your Mind - Jimmy Young					14		420
18	18	Tina Marie - Perry Como						13	416
25	19	Old Pianna Rag - Dickie Valentine					15		360
8	20	Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller						15	312
15	21	Suddenly There's A Valley - Jo Stafford					16		300
16	22	The Shifting Whispering Sands - Billy Vaughan						16	260
27	23	Cloudburst - Don Lang						18	156
24	24	Arrivederci Darling - Anne Shelton					19		120
NEW	25	Arrivederci Darling - Edna Savage						19	104
NEW	26	Sixteen Tons - Frankie Laine						20	52
13		Join In And Sing Again - The Johnston Brothers
20		Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers
25		Let's Get Together Again - The Big Ben Banjo Band
29		The Bluebell Polka - Jimmy Shand
30		Suddenly There's A Valley - Lee Lawrence
21		The Very First Christmas Of All - Ruby Murray

[membranemusic]

Mr Tibbs
Many thanks and congratulations for a great project well presented. It has filled in many gaps in pop history.

As for RM revised - yes please - but no hurry just yet!

[braindeadpj]

Congratulations on the conclusion of this epic thread (with just the revised 'missing' chart weeks over the christmas period to go). Its been great following along as the charts were revealed and entering into discussions with other fellow chart fans.

Stevie Marsh may be a re-entry for NME, but it is not for the UAC on the 26th December chart .....

I can confirm that excluding the MM chart from the BBC chart compilation does give the reported positions.

[MrTibbs]

Here are the next 2 end of year 'bridging' charts guys for 1956 and 1957 and their following week charts.