The Ultimate Averaged Chart - The BBC Chart Re-Imagined

[kjell]

They’re interesting and you’re working so fast that I barely get time to paint the house in between. There is one tiny bit that can’t be solved by these charts, and that is the hit that would have charted at the bottom of the original charts if they didn’t skip those weeks. The main issue here is that your in between charts are a whole lot better than using frozen charts which not only recapture certainly wrong positions but often also wrong number of weeks.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 5th 1963								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	100	150	50	30	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
2	1	The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard					1	3	1	1	1	9700
1	2	Return To Sender - Elvis Presley					2	2	2	2	2	9570
5	3	Dance On - The Shadows					3	1	3	3	7	9320
3	4	Sun Arise - Rolf Harris					4	4	4	4	4	8910
6	5	(Dance With The) Guitar Man - Duane Eddy					5	5	5	6	5	8530
4	6	Lovesick Blues / She Taught Me How To Yodel - Frank Ifield					6	7	6	5	3	8290
8	7	Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan					7	8	8	8	6	7650
11	8	It Only Took A Minute - Joe Brown					8	9	10	7	8	7240
10	9	Telstar - The Tornados					11	9	7	18	9	7110
9	10	Let's Dance - Chris Montez					9	11	9	10	10	6980
12	11	The Swiss Maid - Del Shannon					10	17	11	12	11	5950
14	12	Desafinado - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd					12	12	14	12	18	5790
21	13	Go Away Little Girl - Mark Wynter					13	13	19	9	17	5120
7	14	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee					15	22	12	16	12	5070
20	15	Like I Do - Maureen Evans					17	14	16	17	19	5010
18	16	Up On The Roof - Kenny Lynch					14	16	18	11	14	4960
17	17	A Forever Kind Of Love - Bobby Vee					18	18	13	26	13	4790
19	18	Your Cheating Heart - Ray Charles					16	14	20	14	15	4680
13	19	The Main Attraction - Pat Boone					19	23	15	20	20	4080
16	20	Devil Woman - Marty Robbins					21	28	17	22	16	3300
23	21	Me And My Shadow - Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jnr.					20	19	28	15	21	2750
15	22	Must Be Madison - Joe Loss					22	25	23	19	23	2640
25	23	Baby Take A Bow - Adam Faith					23	21	24	30	22	2370
24	24	Love Me Do - The Beatles					25		21		24	1710
22	25	Sherry - The Four Seasons					24		22	27	27	1670
NEW	26	Up On The Roof - Julie Grant						20		21		1600
NEW	27	He's A Rebel - The Crystals					26	29	27	24	30	1180
29	28	Don't You Think It's Time - Mike Berry						24		23		1100
NEW	29	Can Can '62 - Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers					29=		25			900
RE	30	Venus In Blue Jeans - Mark Wynter							26			750
		Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard						5
B		Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torme						26				500
28		Island Of Dreams - The Springfields					27		30	28	26	450
B		Just For Kicks - Mike Sarne					29=	27				400
26		Love Me Tender - Richard Chamberlain					29=		29		28	390
B		The Alley Cat Song - David Thorne								25		300
30		Gossip Calypso - Bernard Cribbins					28				25	180
		We're Gonna Go Fishin' - Hank Locklin						30			29	160
X		Go Away Little Girl - Ray Bennett								29		100
27		Venus In Blue Jeans - Mark Wynter

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 29th 1962								NME	MM	DISC	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	80	110	50	30	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Return To Sender - Elvis Presley					1	2	1	2	1	7970
2	2	The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard					2	1	2	1	2	7960
4	3	Sun Arise - Rolf Harris					4	4	3	4	7	7310
3	4	Lovesick Blues / She Taught Me How To yodel - Frank Ifield					3	5	3	5	5	7240
8	5	Dance On - The Shadows					5	3	6	3	3	7230
5	6	(Dance With The) Guitar Man - Duane Eddy					6	6	5	7	4	6870
7	7	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee					7	6	10	6	6	6310
6	8	Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan					8	10	6	8	9	6240
9	9	Let's Dance - Chris Montez					9	8	8	9	10	6100
11	10	Telstar - The Tornados					10	12	9	16	8	5380
12	11	It Only Took A Minute - Joe Brown					12	11	12	10	15	5220
10	12	The Swiss Maid - Del Shannon					11	16	10	11	12	5080
14	13	The Main Attraction - Pat Boone					13	14	13	13	16	4690
15	14	Desafinado - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd					15	20	16	12	11	4080
17	15	Must Be Madison - Joe Loss					16	18	18	14	21	3620
13	16	Devil Woman - Marty Robbins					14	22	15	21	14	3490
16	17	A Forever Kind Of Love - Bobby Vee					17	23	13	22	19	3430
27	18	Up On The Roof - Kenny Lynch					22=	13	22	20	22	3250
20	19	Your Cheating Heart - Ray Charles					18	14	25	19	13	3160
19	20	Like I Do - Maureen Evans					20=	20	18	18	29	3020
26	21	Go Away Little Girl - Mark Wynter					22=	17	24	15	28	2780
18	22	Sherry - The Four Seasons					19		17	23	25	2120
29	23	Me And My Shadow - Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jnr.					20=	19		17	20	1990
28	24	Love Me Do - The Beatles					25		20		17	1630
25	25	Baby Take A Bow - Adam Faith					24	26	28	25	23	1270
23	26	Love Me Tender - Richard Chamberlain					30		22		27	1110
22	27	Venus In Blue Jeans - Mark Wynter							21			1100
NEW	28	Island Of Dreams - The Springfields					26	25		28	24	840
NEW	29	Don't You Think It's Time - Mike Berry						27		26		570
NEW	30	Gossip Calypso - Bernard Cribbins					29	24				560
X		Can Can '62 - Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers							26			550
21		The 'James Bond' Theme - John Barry							26			550
		We're Gonna Go Fishin' - Hank Locklin					27				18	390
X		Up On The Roof - Julie Grant						29		27		360
		Always You And Me - Russ Conway								24		350
24		No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile - The Everly Brothers							28			330
		Merry Christmas You Suckers - Paddy Roberts						28				240
X		He's A Rebel - The Crystals					28			30	26	200
		Up On The Roof - The Drifters						29				160
30		Because Of Love - Billy Fury							30			110
		Go Away Little Girl - Ray Bennett								29		100
		I Remember You - Frank Ifield									30	30
		Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard						9
		*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 22nd December 1962 and the chart for 5th January 1963 for MM in order to compile a 'bridging' chart for the week of 2nd January to compile the Ultimate Averaged Chart.

[MrTibbs]

I was just thinking about the bridging charts. Since we have Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line, Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett and Tennesse Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons charting in the 31st December 1955 chart solely based on the bridging RM chart, were they actually available to do so that week since they didn't chart on NME?

I looked into this David as it is a valid point actually.

From what I can gather Rock Island Line was released in November 1955, Sixteen Tons in October 1955 so both could have realistically charted. Davy Crockett is harder to pin down and I think some of our other experts may pin it down The 45 rpm version was released on 7th January 1956 but back then the 7'' version often followed behind the 10'' version which was still the predominant format.
It entered the Sheet Music Chart on 7th January which suggests it was around before then also. Bear in mind too that the published charts at the time were a week behind the sales week referred to.

The 'bridging' chart itself is a 'possibility' chart and not to be taken too seriously. Like I've said before discount it and just refer to actual published charts for the exact facts for those weeks but also bear in mind that none of the charts were likely to have been completely accurate either. In the early sixties remember MM charted an Elvis single that hadn't even been released yet.

[MrTibbs]

Corrected thanks.

[braindeadpj]

For the January 2nd 1960 chart, I think the BBC used the previous week's RM chart in their calculations. Everything matches except for Johnny Staccato Theme and Among My Souvenirs being at 10 and 9 instead of 9 and 10.

[braindeadpj]

Also note that on the 31st December 1955 chart, The Big Banjo band is a re-entry.

[braindeadpj]

I was just thinking about the bridging charts. Since we have Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line, Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett and Tennesse Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons charting in the 31st December 1955 chart solely based on the bridging RM chart, were they actually available to do so that week since they didn't chart on NME? While I understand the principle behind the bridging chart, this may be something we need to take into account (if we can) and exclude tracks that couldn't chart due to not being released yet. Of course this information may not be available so it may be academic anyway....

I seem to remember there was some debate about whether release dates were available and/or whether all records were released at the beginning of the month?
My apologies if this was already discussed.

[MrTibbs]

1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, and 1968 will follow tomorrow guys to complete the set and complete the full collection of UAC

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 9th 1960								NME	RM	MM	DISC	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	80	60	38	50	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates					1	1	1	1	1	6840
2	2	What Do You Want - Adam Faith					2	2	2	2	2	6612
3	3	Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka					3	3	3	3	3	6384
4	4	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons					4	4	4	4	4	6156
7	5	Johnny Sraccato Theme - Elmer Bernstein					5	5	5	7	5	5852
13	6	Little White Bull - Tommy Steele					6	6	6	6	14	5300
8	7	Rawhide - Frankie Laine					7	8	11	8	8	5064
15	8	Bad Boy - Marty Wilde					9	7	7	9	15	4996
5	9	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard					8	9	9	5	13	4968
14	10	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					10	10	12	12	11	4542
12	11	Some Kind-A Earthquake - Duane Eddy					11	12	10	11	16	4290
11	12	Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis					12	11	17	15	9	4148
6	13	Snow Coach - Russ Conway					13	20	13	13	6	3894
24	14	Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday					15	14	14	20	10	3848
17	15	Reveille Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					14	17	8	14	17	3846
21	16	Be My Guest - Fats Domino					17	13	16	19	18	3446
10	17	More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway					18	15	18		12	3010
18	18	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson					16	18	15	10		2798
9	19	Jingle Bell Rock - Max Bygraves					19	25		18	7	2174
30	20	In The Mood - Ernie Fields					20	18		17	19	2172
27	21	Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddy Cannon						20	20			1540
23	22	Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell						16				1200
NEW	23	Wild Cat - Gene Vincent						28			20	790
19	24	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka						22				720
NEW	25	Too Good - Little Tony							19			720
22	26	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin						23				640
30	27	Living Doll - Cliff Richard								16		570
NEW	28	Dance With Me - The Drifters						24				560
NEW	29	I'll Stay Single - Jerry Lordan						26				400
NEW	29	I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Johnny Ray						26				400
		Piano Party - Winifred Atwell						29				160
		We Got Love - Alma Cogan						29				160

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 2nd 1960								NME	RM	MM	DISC	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	80	60	38	50	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
2	1	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - Emile Ford and The Checkmates					1	1	1	1	1	6840
1	2	What Do You Want - Adam Faith					2	2	1	2	2	6672
3	3	Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka					3	4	3	3	4	6254
4	4	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons					4	3	4	5	3	6248
5	5	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard					5	5	5	4	9	5766
6	6	Snow Coach - Russ Conway					6	8	8	6	8	5320
11	7	Johnny Staccato Theme - Elmer Bernstein					9	8	6	15	7	5148
13	8	Rawhide - Frankie Laine					11	6	10	14	11	4906
9	9	Jingle Bell Rock - Max Bygraves					7	7	17	8	6	4884
7	10	More And More Party Pops - Russ Conway					8	11	14	13	5	4604
10	11	Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis					10	12	12	7	12	4522
12	12	Some Kind-A Earthquake - Duane Eddy					12	13	7	12	15	4402
14	13	Little White Bull - Tommy Steele					14	10	13	10	18	4208
8	14	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					13	19	10	9	10	4106
18	15	Bad Boy - Marty Wilde					15	14	14	11	14	3990
16	16	Little Donkey - The Beverley Sisters					16	16	20	17	13	3292
22	17	Reveille Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes					18	19	9	18		2774
15	18	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson					19=	22	16	19	20	2626
19	19	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka					19=	17		20	16	2288
17	20	Piano Party - Winifred Atwell					17	15			17	1980
21	21	Be My Guest - Fats Domino						25	18		19	1860
20	22	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin						19		16		1530
24	23	Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell						17				1120
NEW	24	Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday						28	18			1020
23	25	Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans and The Curls							20			660
26	26	Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale						23				640
NEW	27	Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddy Cannon						24				560
29	28	We Got Love - Alma Cogan						26				400
25	29	If You Were The Only Boy In The World - Stevie Marsh						27				320
NEW	30	In The Mood - Ernie Fields						28				240
27	30	Living Doll - Cliff Richard						28				240
		* 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 26th December 1959 and the chart for 9th January 1960 for RM in order to compile a 'bridging' chart for the week of 2nd January for RM to compile the Ultimate Averaged Chart.

[MrTibbs]

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.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 3rd 1959								NME	MM	DISC	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey					75	25	40	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty					1	1	1		1	4800
2	2	Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI					2	2	2		2	4640
3	3	Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan					3	4	3		3	4405
5	4	Tea For Two Cha-Cha - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra					4	3	4		6	4275
4	5	Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio					5	5	5		4	4220
8	6	Love Makes The World Go 'Round / Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como					6	7	6		5	3985
9	7	The Day The Rains Came - Jane Morgan					7	6	7		9	3795
6	8	It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards					8	8	8		7	3740
7	9	High Class Baby - Cliff Richard					9	9	9		8	3580
16	10	More Party Pops - Russ Conway					10	10	10		10	3360
10	11	Come On Let's Go - Tommy Steele					11	11	11		11	3200
13	12	Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) - Ricky Nelson					12	12	12		13	2980
12	13	More Than Ever - Malcolm Vaughan					13	13	14		12	2915
11	14	Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte					14	15	18		14	2545
14	15	Come Prima / Volare - Marino Marini					16	19	13		16	2250
25	16	Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey					17	17	19		20	2010
15	17	A Certain Smile - Johnny Mathis					15	24	15		15	1885
20	18	The Son Of Mary - Harry Belafonte						21			19	1470
NEW	19	Cannonball - Duane Eddy						25			17	1290
24	20	To Know You Is To Love You - The Teddy Bears					18	20	16			1200
NEW	21	Baby Face - Little Richard					19	16				1125
26	22	You Always Hurt The One You Love - Connie Francis						17				1050
RE	23	Lonnie's Skiffle Party - Lonnie Donegan									18	780
30	24	King Creole - Elvis Presley						22				675
NEW	25	My Ukelele - Max Bygraves						23				600
21	26	Mr Success - Frank Sinatra					20	26				375
27	27	Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon - Connie Francis							17			350
28	28	Woman From Liberia - Jimmie Rodgers						27				300
RE	29	Tulips From Amsterdam / You Need Hands - Max Bygraves							20			275
18	30	Move It - Cliff Richard						28				225
		Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como (B)						14
19		Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis						29				150
23		Real Love - Ruby Murray						30				75
17		Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers
22		Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) - Jodie Sands
29		As I Love You - Shirley Bassey
		* Disc did not compile a chart again this week. As Disc did not compile a chart for 3rd January as well as 27th December it was not possible to take a reliable average for use in the UAC as their was no chart for the previous week to compare.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 27th 1958								NME	MM	DISC	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey					65	25	40	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC			TOP	30	Scored
1	1	It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty					1	1	1		1	4500
2	2	Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI					2	2	2		2	4350
3	3	Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan					3	3	2		3	4225
4	4	Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio					4	6	4		4	3920
7	5	Tea For Two Cha-Cha - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra					5	4	5		6	3905
6	6	It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards					7	4	7		8	3735
8	7	High Class Baby - Cliff Richard					9	9	8		5	3565
5	8	Love Makes The World Go 'Round / Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como					6	7	5		9	3530
11	9	The Day The Rains Came - Jane Morgan					8	8	9		7	3485
10	10	Come On Let's Go - Tommy Steele					10	10	10		11	3090
13	11	Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte					11	12	15		10	2895
9	12	More Than Ever - Malcolm Vaughan					12	11	12		14	2795
16	13	Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You - Ricky Nelson					13	13	14		13	2675
14	14	Come Prima / Volare - Marino Marini					17	15	13		12	2630
12	15	A Certain Smile - Johnny Mathis					14	14	11		15	2565
19	16	More Party Pops - Johnny Mathis					15	18	15		16	2145
15	17	Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers					19	19	17		20	1790
24	18	Move It - Cliff Richard						21			17	1490
29	19	Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis					16	17				910
17	20	The Son Of Mary - Harry Belafonte						24	18			780
29	21	Mr Success - Frank Sinatra					18				18	780
25	22	Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You - Jodie Sands									19	720
20	23	Real Love - Ruby Murray						20				715
26	24	To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears						25	18			715
NEW	25	Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey						22				585
NEW	26	You Always Hurt The One You Love - Connie Francis						23				520
22	27	Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon - Connie Francis						28	20			470
NEW	28	Woman From Liberia - Jimmie Rodgers						26				325
NEW	29	As I Love You - Shirley Bassey						27				260
18	30	King Creole - Elvis Presley					20	29				130
		Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como (B)						15
		Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper						30				65
21		Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
27		Fallin' - Connie Francis
23		Cha Cha Momma Brown - Martinas and His Orchestra
28		Susie Darlin' - Robin Luke
		* MM and Disc 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 20th December 1958 and the chart for 3rd January 1959 for MM in order to compile the Ultimate Averaged Chart. As Disc did not compile a chart for 3rd January as well as 27th December it was not possible to take a reliable average for use in the UAC.
		** Although the BBC compiled a chart this week it did not say how this was done. I assume it used only the NME and RM chart.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 4th 1958							NME	MM	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	65	25	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart					TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte					1	1	2	4440
2	2	Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - The Johnny Otis Show					4	3	1	4255
4	3	Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers					2	5	3	4215
3	4	My Special Angel - Malcolm Vaughan					3	2	6	4045
7	5	Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis					5	4	5	3925
5	6	I Love You Baby - Paul Anka					7	6	4	3805
9	7	Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson					6	7	7	3665
6	8	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					8	12	8	3350
10	9	Alone - Petula Clark					9	8	11	3205
13	10	Diana - Paul Anka					10	13	10	3075
12	11	Party - Elvis Presley					12	10	12	2900
15	12	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers					16	14	9	2720
19	13	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					12	16	13	2690
18	14	April Love - Pat Boone					15	20	15	2275
20	15	Jack O' Diamonds - Lonnie Donegan					14	16	18	2260
8	16	Let's Have A Ball - Winifred Atwell					17	19	14	2230
11	17	Be My Girl - Jim Dale					20	9	19	1985
30	18	Alone - The Southlanders					17		16	1810
14	19	Remember You're Mine / There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Pat Boone					23	15	20	1580
22	20	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Frankie Vaughan					11	20		1575
23	21	Oh Boy - The Crickets					24		17	1295
16	22	He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Laurie London					19	11		1280
28	23	Gotta Have Something In The Bank Frank - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters					21	20		925
17	24	Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me - Elvis Presley					25	16		765
RE	25	Alone - The Shepherd Sisters					22			585
RE	26	Stardust - Billy Ward and The Dominoes					26			325
NEW	27	Just Born - Jim Dale						20		275
NEW	28	Shake Me I Rattle / Alone - The Kaye Sisters					27			260
RE	29	Footprints In The Snow - Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys					28			195
26	30	My Dixie Darling - Lonnie Donegan					29			130
25		Keep A Knockin' - Little Richard					30			65
21		That'll Be The Day - The Crickets
24		Party Pops - Russ Conway
27		Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On - Jerry Lee Lewis
29		Snowbound For Christmas - Dickie Valentine

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 28th 1957							NME	MM	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	65	25	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart					TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte					1	1	1	4500
2	2	Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - The Johnny Otis Show					2	2	1	4410
5	3	My Special Angel - Malcolm Vaughan					3	3	5	4080
3	4	Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers					7	4	3	3915
4	5	I Love You Baby - Paul Anka					8	5	4	3765
8	6	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					5	14	6	3615
15	7	Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis					6	8	8	3580
7	8	Let's Have A Ball - Winifred Atwell					4	14	8	3560
9	9	Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson					10	6	8	3370
12	10	Alone - Petula Clark					9	8	11	3205
6	11	Be My Girl - Jim Dale					11	7	12	3040
11	12	Party - Elvis Presley					16	10	7	2940
16	13	Diana - Paul Anka					12	13	13	2765
10	14	Remember You're Mine / There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Pat Boone					18	14	14	2290
25	15	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers					17	17	15	2220
13	16	He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Laurie London					19	11	17	2120
14	17	Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me - Elvis Presley					20	11	16	2115
18	18	April Love - Pat Boone					13		17	2010
24	19	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					21	18	19	1695
19	20	Jack O' Diamonds - Lonnie Donegan					14	18		1430
17	21	That'll Be The Day - The Crickets					22		20	1245
26	22	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Frankie Vaughan					15			1040
NEW	23	Oh Boy - The Crickets					23			520
26	24	Party Pops - Russ Conway					24			455
21	25	Keep A Knockin' - Little Richard					29	20		405
30	26	My Dixie Darling - Lonnie Donegan					25			390
RE	27	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis					26			325
23	28	Gotta Have Something In The Bank Frank - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters					27			260
NEW	29	Snowbound For Christmas - Dickie Valentine					28			195
28	30	Alone - The Southlanders					30			65
20		Wake Up Little Susie - The King Brothers
22		My Special Angel - Malcolm Vaughan
28		Man On Fire / Wandering Eyes - Frankie Vaughan
		Again MM and 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 21st December 1957 and the chart for 4th January 1958 for both charts in order to compile the Ultimate Averaged Chart.

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending January 5th 1957							NME	MM	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	65	25	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart					TOP	30	Scored
2	1	Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell					1	2	1	4475
1	2	Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray					2	1	2	4375
3	3	Green Door - Frankie Vaughan					3	3	3	4200
4	4	St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan					4	5	4	4025
13	5	Singing The Blues - Tommy Steele					6	6	4	3870
5	6	Cindy Oh Cindy - Eddie Fisher					5	4	7	3805
6	7	True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly					7	7	7	3600
7	8	Rip It Up - Bill Haley and His Comets					9	7	6	3530
11	9	Hound Dog - Elvis Presley					8	10	9	3340
10	10	A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine					10	13	11	3015
12	11	Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley					11	17	12	2790
8	12	My Prayer - The Platters					16	9	10	2785
9	13	Make It A Party - Winifred Atwell					14	16	17	2320
20	14	Rocking Through The Rye - Bill Haley and His Comets					19	13	14	2250
15	15	Blue Moon - Elvis Presley (A)					22	11	13	2165
24	16	Friendly Persuasion - Pat Boone					16	20	19	1970
18	17	Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino					21	19	18	1730
23	18	A House With Love In It - Vera Lynn					19	20	20	1715
17	19	When Mexico Gave Up The Rumba - Mitchell Torok					12	13		1685
19	20	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets					25		14	1410
14	21	More - Jimmy Young					15	18		1365
22	22	Two Different Worlds - Ronnie Hilton					18	12		1320
21	23	Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine					13			1170
26	24	Sing With Shand - Jimmy Shand							16	900
27	25	Cindy Oh Cindy - Tony Brent					23			520
16	25	Christmas Island - Dickie Valentine					23			520
RE	27	Rudy's Rock - Bill Haley and His Comets					27			260
RE	28	A Letter To A Soldier - Barbara Lyon					28			195
NEW	29	Friendly Persuasion - The Four Aces					29			130
30	30	I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Elvis Presley (B)					30			65
		Lonnie Donegan Showcase (LP) - Lonnie Donegan					26
25		The Green Door - Jim Lowe
28		Christmas And You - Dave King
29		Join In And Sing No 3 - The Johnston Brothers

[MrTibbs]

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending December 29th 1956							NME	MM	RM	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey			Stores	65	20	60	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart					TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray					1	1	1	4350
3	2	Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell					2	2	1	4265
2	3	Green Door - Frankie Vaughan					3	3	3	4060
4	4	St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan					3	4	4	3980
5	5	Cindy Oh Cindy - Eddie Fisher					6	4	6	3665
8	6	True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly					5	8	7	3590
6	7	Rip It Up - Bill Haley and His Comets					9	7	5	3470
7	8	My Prayer - The Platters					10	6	8	3245
11	9	Make It A Party - Winifred Atwell					7	14	14	2920
10	10	A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine					12	11	10	2895
9	11	Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (A)					16	8	8	2815
12	12	Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley					11	13	12	2800
16	13	Singing The Blues - Tommy Steele					17	10	10	2590
13	14	More - Jimmy Young					13	16	17	2310
15	15	Blue Moon - Elvis Presley					22	14	13	2005
17	16	Christmas Island - Dickie Valentine					8			1495
14	17	When Mexico Gave Up The Rumba - Mitchell Torok					15	12		1420
30	18	Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino					25	20	20	1270
18	19	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets						18	15	1220
23	20	Rocking Through The Rye - Bill Haley and His Comets						16	16	1200
NEW	21	Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine					14			1105
20	22	Two Different Worlds - Ronnie Hilton					21	19		890
24	23	A House With Love In It - Vera Lynn					18			845
24	24	Friendly Persuasion - Pat Boone					19			780
19	25	The Green Door - Jim Lowe							18	780
RE	26	Sing With Shand - Jimmy Shand							19	720
21	27	Cindy Oh Cindy - Tony Brent					20			715
27	28	Christmas And You - Dave King					23			520
NEW	29	Join In And Sing No 3 - The Johnston Brothers					24			455
26	30	I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Elvis Presley (B)					26			325
22		Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow - Nat King Cole					30	20		285
29		A Letter To A Soldier - Barbara Lyon					27			260
		All Of You - Sammy Davis Jnr.					28			195
		Lonnie Donegan Showcase (LP) - Lonnie Donegan					29			130
28		Rudy's Rock - Bill Haley and His Comets					30			65
		MM and 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 22nd December and the chart for 5th January 1957 for both charts in order to compile an experimental Ultimate Averaged Chart.

[MrTibbs]

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

[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.

[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!

[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

[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]

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.

[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..