The Definitive Combined Music Papers Chart 1955 - 1969

[MrTibbs]

I wonder if, as in 1955-56, British covers still chart because they're cheaper and the acts can promote them in person? This might still have been happening in the 60s, but less often from 1963.

I think this was further compounded by the fact that the BBC always tended to play the British covers rather than the American versions, maybe because the royalty figure due was less.

[MrTibbs]

		THE DEFINITIVE MUSIC PAPERS CHART					Dealer Returns
CHART	CHART	BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING RECORDS					NME	MM	DISC	RM	Gallup	Inverse	Inverse
LAST	THIS	CHART BASED ON OVER 170 DEALER RETURNS					65	26	25	60	Points	Points	Chart
WEEK	WEEK	Chart For Week Ending Saturday 1st March 1958									Scored	Scored	Position
2	1	Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					1	1	1	1	5280.0	5280	1
1	2	The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday					2	2	2	2	3717.1	5104	2
3	3	Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley					3	3	3	3	3033.9	4928	3
4	4	At The Hop - Danny and The Juniors					4	4	4	4	2633.0	4752	4
5	5	Oh Boy - The Crickets					7	5	7	5	2109.9	4396	5
8	6	Love Me Forever - Marion Ryan					5	9	5	7	2077.8	4352	6
7	7	You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka					7	6	6	6	2016.4	4335	7
6	8	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					6	7	9	8	1872.4	4179	8
9	9	April Love - Pat Boone					9	8	8	9	1649.6	3923	9
10	10	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					10	10	10	10	1492.2	3696	10
12	11	Bony Moronie - Larry Williams					11	11	12	13	1317.4	3375	11
NEW	12	Don't / I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley					13	13	14	11	1271.4	3263	12
11	13	Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis					15	12	11	12	1236.9	3174	13
26	14	Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra					12	14	13	17	1164.6	2967	14
18	15	Mandy - Eddie Calvert					13		18	16	941.4	2395	15
19	16	Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters					18		17	20	774.7	1855	16
13	17	Raunchy - Bill Justis					16			18	702.1	1755	17
23	18	Raunchy - Ken Mackintosh					21	16	16		599.2	1415	18
17	19	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Frankie Vaughan					22			19	589.4	1305	20
24	20	At The Hop - Nick Todd						18		14	533.7	1358	19
22	21	My Special Angel - Malcolm Vaughan					17		20		486.7	1185	21
RE	22	Sugartime - Alma Cogan					20	17			459.7	1079	23
14	23	Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - The Johnny Otis Show					19		19		458.5	1080	22
20	24	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers					24	19			386.5	767	25
NEW	25	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater								15	374.3	960	24
27	26	Cry My Heart - David Whitfield					29		15		356.4	530	26
NEW	27	Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard					23				267.7	520	27
30	28	Put A Light In The Window - The King Brothers					25				242.0	390	29
NEW	29	Baby Lover - Petula Clark					26				230.8	325	30
15	30	Jailhouse Rock (EP) - Elvis Presley					27				221.2	260	32
		Magic Moments - Ronnie Hilton					28				209.6	195	33
		The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent					30				191.4	65	34
		Raunchy - Billy Vaughan						14			171.5	442	28
		Manchester United Calypso - Edric Connor						20			125.3	286	31

[MrTibbs]

Just when we thought the days of the crooner were over Perry Como nips in and grabs #1 with a couple of ,what are essentially, very early fifties style songs.
Michael Holliday's deposed #1 is actually a pop cover of Marty Robbins's American Country and Western hit. Marty must be unhappy at this as he has already seen Guy Mitchell last year steal his thunder with Guy's covers of his Singing The Blues and Knee Deep In The Blues.

[Splodj]

Since 8-Feb MM has listed only All The Way, so either Chicago dropped out of their 20 or they have decided to combine sides. NME also seems to have a general policy of combining currently - although we know that won't last.

[Satchmo76]

First football song to chart? I think the sales were a sympathetic response to the Munich Air Disaster.

[braindeadpj]

Magic Moments gains its flipside Catch A Falling Star as it climbs to no.1. The Top 4 are unanimous on all the charts, while the Top 10s feature the same records but have some discrepancies in their order. THree records currently list both sides; but there are no split sides. Withcraft suddenly decides to take off as it becomes the biggest climber jumping 12 places up to 14. There are 4 new entries and a re-entry (climbing back in from last week's breakers) and 2 new breakers:
12 Don't/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires
25 Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater with instrumental accompaniment (flipside Baby, Don't Go)
27 Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard with instrumental accompaniment (flipside Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey)
29 Baby Lover (from the Anglo-Amalgamated film Six Five Special produced by Herbert Smith - Petula Clark with the Peter Knight Orchestra and the Beryl Stott Group (flipside Little Blue Man - Petula Clark with the Peter Knight Orchestra)
Breaker 2 The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent with accompaniment directed by Norrie Paramor (flipside Don't Save Your Love (For a Rainy Day))
Breaker 4 Manchester United Calypso - Edric Connor with Ken Jones and his Music (flipside Yorumba Highlife). The latter was actually released in 1957, possibly for Manchester United's succesful run at the First Division (or unsuccessful bid to win the FA Cup). As Satchmo76 points out its sales now are probably in response to the Munich air disaster.on the 6th February which killed 23 people including 8 Manchester United players. Edric Connor was a Caribbean singer and actor.

There are 11 climbers, 6 nonmovers and 8 fallers with a net fall of 4 and an average climb of 3.18 places and an average fall of 4.875.
Elvis Presley still has Jailhouse Rock the single and the EP (just - as the EP doubles its position to 30 from 15), but now also has Don"t/I Beg of You giving him a third RCA hit on the chart. . Frank Sinatra has 2 records.
There are 2 versions of Magic Moments if you include the breakers, as well as 2 Jailhouse Rock's, At The Hop, Sugartime, Raunchy (consecutive positions again at 17 and 18; though also 3 versions if you include the breakers)), and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.

[MrTibbs]

The 'Definitive Chart' along with David's explanations, commentaries and background information provide a perfect backdrop to this often forgotten and derided period in our chart history. So many younger music fans think charts and music began with streaming and downloads

[MrTibbs]

		THE DEFINITIVE MUSIC PAPERS CHART					Dealer Returns
CHART	CHART	BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING RECORDS					NME	MM	DISC	RM	Gallup	Inverse	Inverse
LAST	THIS	CHART BASED ON OVER 170 DEALER RETURNS					65	27	25	60	Points	Points	Chart
WEEK	WEEK	Chart For Week Ending Saturday 8th March 1958									Scored	Scored	Position
1	1	Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					1	1	1	1	5310.0	5310	1
2	2	The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday					2	2	2	2	3738.3	5133	2
3	3	Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley					3	3	3	3	3051.1	4956	3
4	4	At The Hop - Danny and The The Juniors					4	4	4	4	2647.9	4779	4
12	5	Don't / I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley					5	7	5	5	2278.7	4548	5
7	6	You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka					6	6	7	6	2071.0	4400	6
5	7	Oh Boy - The Crickets					8	5	6	7	1942.8	4262	7
6	8	Love Me Forever - Marion Ryan					7	9	8	8	1787.7	4109	8
9	9	April Love - Pat Boone					9	10	9	9	1604.1	3867	9
8	10	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					10	8	11	10	1522.3	3746	10
10	11	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					16	11	10	11	1277.7	3240	11
NEW	12	Can't Get Along Without You / We Are Not Alone - Frankie Vaughan					11	12	18	13	1261.0	3218	12
11	13	Bony Moronie - Larry Williams					12	13	14	17	1172.0	2986	13
NEW	14	Nairobi - Tommy Steele					15		12	12	1033.6	2655	14
27	15	Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard					13	17		14	1002.4	2568	15
15	16	Mandy - Eddie Calvert					14		16	19	882.1	2200	16
29	17	Baby Lover - Petula Clark					23	14		15	820.1	1939	17
13	18	Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis					21	15	15		622.3	1482	18
16	19	Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters					19	19	17		609.5	1454	19
NEW	20	Sugartime / Don't Let Go - Jim Dale					25			17	580.0	1230	20
25	21	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater					29			16	554.9	1030	22
14	22	Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra					17		19		493.5	1210	21
18	23	Raunchy - Ken Mackintosh					27	17			373.3	638	26
NEW	24	Why Don't They Understand - George Hamilton IV					28	16			369.1	600	27
17	25	Raunchy - Bill Justis					18				344.7	845	23
22	26	Sugartime - Alma Cogan					20				313.3	715	24
30	27	Jailhouse Rock (EP) - Elvis Presley								20	289.2	660	25
NEW	28	The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent					24				254.1	455	28
28	29	Put A Light In The Window - The King Brothers					26				230.8	325	29
RE	30	Stood Up - Ricky Nelson					29				200.5	130	32
		At The Hop - Nick Todd						19			137.5	324	30
		Cry My Heart - David Whitfield							20		120.5	275	31
		Magic Moments - Perry Como					1		1
		Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					21		13

[MrTibbs]

Just to explain, Perry Como's double-sider doesn't qualify for combined points at this time as Magic Moments is already placed at #1 on both NME and DISC so additional points would be irrelevant.

[Splodj]

Further evidence that MM also now has a policy of combining as it lists Perry Como as a double A-side. But NME is not rigid on separating - it combines Frankie Vaughan.

[Satchmo76]

Great work again MrTibbs. The Perry Como entries at the bottom just need asterisks.

[MrTibbs]

Great work again MrTibbs. The Perry Como entries at the bottom just need asterisks.

No Satchmo, they don't need asterisks in this case as the sides weren't combined because Magic Moments was already #1 on NME and DISC so additional combined points wouldn't have made a difference. .

[Splodj]

I wonder if Disc have decided that Como will be the last one they separate. They didn't separate Presley when he came in last week, and next month there are entries by Pat Boone and Tommy Steele they list jointly too.

[braindeadpj]

The Top 4 stay the same and show perfect agreement across the charts. There are 5 records with both sides reported, but currently only one - Magic Moments/Catch a Falling Star - has split sides recorded (on NME and Disc). Two records climb 12 places this week; Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard with instrumental accompaniment (flipside Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey) and Baby Lover (from the Anglo-Amalgamated film Six Five Special produced by Herbert Smith - Petula Clark with the Peter Knight Orchestra and the Beryl Stott Group (flipside Little Blue Man - Petula Clark with the Peter Knight Orchestra)
There are 5 new entries (1 from the 'breakers') and a re-entry (while 2 drop into the 'breakers'):
12 Can't Get Along Without You/We Are Not Alone - Frankie Vaughan with Ray Ellis and his Orchestra and Chorus
14 Nairobi- Tommy Steele and the Steelmen (flipside Neon Sign)
20 Sugartime/Don't Let Go - Jim Dale with accompaniment directed by Ken Jones
24 Why Don't They Understand - George Hamilton IV Arranged and Conducted by Don Costa
28 (from last week's 'breaker') The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent with accompaniment directed by Norrie Paramor (flipside Don't Save Your Love (For a Rainy Day))

There are 6 climbers, 5 nonmovers and 14 fallers with a net fall of 5 and an average climb of 6,5 and average fall of 3.38.
Elvis Presley continues to have the single and EP version of Jailhouse Rock as well as Don't/I Beg of You on the charts (2 in the Top 5). Frank Sinatra also has 2 records.
Jailhouse Rock, At The Hop (if you include the breakers), and Raunchy all have 2 versions on the chart, while there are 3 Sugartime's.

[MrTibbs]

		THE DEFINITIVE MUSIC PAPERS CHART					Dealer Returns
CHART	CHART	BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING RECORDS					NME	MM	DISC	RM	Gallup	Inverse	Inverse
LAST	THIS	CHART BASED ON OVER 170 DEALER RETURNS					65	26	25	60	Points	Points	Chart
WEEK	WEEK	Chart For Week Ending Saturday 15th March 1958									Scored	Scored	Position
1	1	Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					1	1	1	1	5280.0	5280	1
2	2	The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday					2	2	2	2	3717.1	5104	2
3	3	Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley					3	3	4	4	2840.3	4843	3
5	4	Don't / I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley					5	4	3	3	2715.5	4772	4
4	5	At The Hop - Danny and The Juniors					4	5	5	5	2443.2	4641	5
6	6	You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka					7	5	7	8	1907.4	4216	6
14	7	Nairobi - Tommy Steele					10	9	6	6	1796.9	4062	7
7	8	Oh Boy - The Crickets					9	7	10	7	1735.1	4019	8
8	9	Love Me Forever - Marion Ryan					6	15	8	12	1622.8	3756	10
9	10	April Love - Pat Boone					8	8	9	11	1598.0	3843	9
15	11	Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard					11	12	14	9	1416.5	3539	11
10	12	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					14	10	13	13	1243.6	3181	12
17	13	Baby Lover - Petula Clark					12	14	15	17	1145.8	2917	13
12	14	Can't Get Along Without You / We Are Not Alone - Frankie Vaughan					13	13		10	1145.0	2898	14
16	15	Mandy - Eddie Calvert					15	16	12	18	1062.0	2685	15
11	16	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					19	17	11	15	1047.8	2604	16
21	17	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater					18	20	19	16	951.8	2331	17
NEW	18	Maybe Baby - The Crickets					28	11	17	14	950.1	2085	18
24	19	Why Don't They Understand - George Hamilton IV					24	19		20	675.7	1427	19
22	20	Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra					20			20	602.5	1375	20
NEW	21	To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson					27			19	526.9	980	22
19	22	Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters					21		16		445.6	1025	21
13	23	Bony Moronie - Larry Williams					23		20		388.2	795	24
NEW	24	Listen To Me - Buddy Holly					16				383.9	975	23
NEW	25	La Dee Dah - Jackie Dennis					30	18			329.2	403	27
26	26	Sugartime - Alma Cogan					22				283.7	585	25
28	27	The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent					24				254.1	455	26
NEW	28	In Love - Michael Holliday					26				230.8	325	28
20	29	Sugartime / Don't Let Go - Jim Dale					29				200.5	130	29
NEW	30	Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath					30				191.4	65	30
23	30	Raunchy - Ken Mackintosh					30				191.4	65	30
		Magic Moments - Perry Como					1		1
		Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					17		18

[braindeadpj]

The top 3 remain the same on the DMPC, while 4 and 5 switch places and the same Top 5 appear on each component chart just slight variations in order. The highest climber has halved its position at no.7 - Nairobi -Tommy Steele and the Steelmen. There are 6 new entries this week (and 31 records due to a tie at 30 on NME).
18 Maybe Baby - The Crickets with Orchestral Accompaniment (flipside Tell Me How)
21 To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Milton Delugg (flipside Come Back To Me)
24 Listen To Me - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment (flipside I'm Gonna Love You Too)
25 La Dee Dah (featured in the film The Six-Five Special) - Jackie Dennis accompaniment directed by Harry Robinson (flipside You're the Greatest)
28 In Love - Michael Holliday with accompaniment directed by Ken Jones (flipside Rooney [from the Rank Organisation Presentation Rooney] - Michael Holliday with accompaniment directed by Norrie Paramor)
30 Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath and his Music (flipside Raunchy)
The first three are all on Coral and the first 2 are actually consecutive catalogue numbers Q 72307 and Q 72306.
Nairobi and La Dee Dah (featured in the film The Six-Five Special) are also on consecutive Decca catalogue numbers F10991 and F 10992.
There are 9 climbers, 5 nonmovers and 11 fallers with a net fall of 13 and an average climb of 3.22 positions and average fall of 3.82.
Elvis Presley has 2 records in consecutive positions at 3 and 4, Three of this week's new entries double the number for their artists; there are now 2 for Michael Holliday, The Crickets and Buddy Holly. Frank Sinatra also has 2 records on the charts.
There are 3 Sugartimes on the charts and 2 Raunchy's if you include the flipside to Swingin' Shepherd Blues.

[MrTibbs]

		THE DEFINITIVE MUSIC PAPERS CHART					Dealer Returns
CHART	CHART	BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING RECORDS					NME	MM	DISC	RM	Gallup	Inverse	Inverse
LAST	THIS	CHART BASED ON OVER 170 DEALER RETURNS					65	25	25	60	Points	Points	Chart
WEEK	WEEK	Chart For Week Ending Saturday 22nd March 1958									Scored	Scored	Position
1	1	Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					1	1	1	1	5250.0	5250	1
2	2	The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday					2	2	2	3	3463.1	5015	2
4	3	Don't / I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley					5	4	3	2	2933.4	4805	3
3	4	Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley					4	5	4	5	2472.7	4640	4
7	5	Nairobi - Tommy Steele					6	3	5	4	2430.2	4595	5
5	6	At The Hop - Danny and The Juniors					3	6	6	6	2424.2	4570	6
6	7	You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka					7	7	7	10	1748.6	4020	7
11	8	Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard					8	8	11	7	1731.5	4010	8
17	9	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater					11	12	13	8	1461.4	3605	10
8	10	Oh Boy - The Crickets					10	10	10	11	1445.3	3615	9
18	11	Maybe Baby - The Crickets					15	9	9	9	1414.0	3460	11
10	12	April Love - Pat Boone					14	14	8	12	1284.0	3245	12
9	13	Love Me Forever - Marion Ryan					12	19	16	13	1174.8	2990	13
12	14	Chicago / All The Way - Frank Sinatra					13	18	15	15	1117.3	2855	14
14	15	Can't Get Along Without You / We Are Not Alone - Frankie Vaughan					19	11	19	14	1050.2	2600	15
15	16	Mandy - Eddie Calvert					17	15	14	18	1005.3	2515	16
16	17	Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly					16	17	20	19	950.9	2320	17
13	18	Baby Lover - Petula Clark					18		12	17	867.5	2160	18
19	19	Why Don't They Understand - George Hamilton IV					23	20		16	742.6	1695	19
30	20	Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath					21	15	17		594.7	1400	20
25	21	La Dee Dah - Jackie Dennis					21	13			472.7	1100	21
20	22	Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra					20				313.3	715	22
NEW	23	Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Mo Kauffman								20	289.2	660	23
NEW	24	To Be Loved - Malcolm Vaughan					24				254.1	455	24
23	25	Bony Moronie - Larry Williams					25				242.0	390	25
22	26	Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters					26				230.8	325	26
26	26	Sugartime - Alma Cogan					26				230.8	325	26
29	28	Sugartime / Don't Let Go - Jim Dale					28				209.6	195	28
28	29	In Love - Michael Holliday					29				200.5	130	29
24	30	Listen To Me - Buddy Holly					30				191.4	65	30
		Magic Moments - Perry Como					1		1
		Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como					9		18

[MrTibbs]

I can't believe what I just watched. I took a look at Jackie Dennis's La Dee Dah video from '6.5 Special' back in 1958' Surely this was a joke or at least tongue in cheek.

https://youtu.be/mggF4fu6mfI

[Blondini]

I can't believe what I just watched. I took a look at Jackie Dennis's La Dee Dah video from '6.5 Special' back in 1958' Surely this was a joke or at least tongue in cheek.

https://youtu.be/mggF4fu6mfI

that is very funny. The "Scottish Elvis"? Really?

[Splodj]

At Prestwick Airport in 1960 Elvis recorded 'Donald Where's Your Troosers?'. His impersonation of a Scotsman at the beginning and end is very impressive.

[Robbie]

I can't believe what I just watched. I took a look at Jackie Dennis's La Dee Dah video from '6.5 Special' back in 1958' Surely this was a joke or at least tongue in cheek.

https://youtu.be/mggF4fu6mfI

That was torture to watch!

[braindeadpj]

The top 2 remain the same this week for the 4th week running. Elvis replaces himself in the Top 3 and so they are now 2 doublesided hits in the top 3 (though only one - the no.1 - is splitsided). There are a further 3 doublesided hits on the charts, but none are currently splitsided. The highest climber is Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath and his Band up 10 places to 20. There are 2 new entries:

23 Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Moe Kaufman Quartet (flipside Hambourg Bound). Note that this is the original version of Swingin' Shepherd Blues which was recorded in 1957 and was originally titled 'Blues a la Canadiana'. Moe played the flute on this record. (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia....herd-blues-emc)
24 To Be Loved - Malcolm Vaughan with the Michael Sammes Singers Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell

There are 8 climbers, 4 nonmovers and 16 fallers with no net change and an average climb of 4.5 positions and average fall of 2.25 places.
Michael Holliday (penultimate top and tail of the chart), Elvis Presley (consecutive positions switching places at 3 and 4), The Crickets (consecutive positions at 10 and 11), Frank Sinatra (both records fall 2 places), Buddy Holly all have two records on the charts. Three versions of Sugartime are in consecutive positions on the charts from 26 to 28 (note that there are 2 at 26 rather than a 26, 27 and 28), while there are also 2 Swingin' Shepherd Blues.

[braindeadpj]

Apologies for the delay but here are the Top 30 Singles for 1957 (based on proportion of maximum points acheived each week).
205 singles appeared on the chart (or in the breakers).22 Records (and 4 breakers) only spent 1 week on the chart (thought 7 were either from 1956 or entered the last chart of 1957)

	Points	Artist	Songs	HP	WOC	wi3	wi5	wi10
1	1231.82	Paul Anka	Diana	1(9)	21*	9	12	13
2	1160.481	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1(7)	21	9	10	15
3	1130.31	Tab Hunter	Young Love	1(7)	18	11	12	13
4	948.9453	Pat Boone	Love Letters in the Sand/Bernadine	2(6)	21	9	11	15
5	872.4257	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues	1(3)	*18	8	10	11
6	853.1125	Lonnie Donegan	Putting On The Style/Gamblin' Man	1(1)	19	7	10	11
7	831.745	Johnnie Ray	Yes Tonight Josephine	1(4)	16	7	7	11
8	755.9141	Harry Belafonte	Island in the Sun/Cocoanut Woman	2(1)	25	1	8	13
9	725.6211	Pat Boone	Don't Forbid Me	2(6)	16	6	9	11
10	721.5575	Frankie Vaughan	Garden of Eden	1(4)	13	7	8	9
11	706.6905	The Crickets	That'll Be the Day	1(3)	14*	6	6	10
12	696.1055	Andy Williams	Butterfly	1(3)	16	6	7	9
13	692.4333	Nat King Cole	When I Fall In Love	2(1)	20	5	7	12
14	667.2128	Lonnie Donegan	Cumberland Gap	1(5)	12	5	6	9
15	665.7977	Harry Belafonte	Mary's Boy Child	1(6)*	9*	7	7	7
16	654.956	Elvis Presley	Teddy Bear/Loving You	2(2)	20(1)	2	6	10
17	641.0889	Elvis Presley	Party/Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do	2(4)	13*	6	8	10
18	626.9243	Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly	True Love	4(2)	*21		4	14
19	622.6896	Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys	Last Train to San Fernando	2(1)	17	5	7	10
20	594.9198	Harry Belafonte	The Banana Boat Song (Daddy-O)	2(1)	18	3	7	8
21	591.3998	Russ Hamilton	We Will Make Love	3(5)	20	5	5	10
22	587.2602	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally/Tutti Frutti	3(2)	17	2	6	9
23	579.5917	Debbie Reynolds	Tammy	3(4)	16(1)	4	6	11
24	577.0555	The Diamonds	Little Darlin'	4(4)	17(1)		7	11
25	563.9952	Lonnie Donegan	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O	4(1)	17		5	12
26	541.4533	Johnnie Ray	Look Homeward Angel/You Don't Owe Me A Thing	6(1)	20			8
27	525.5442	Guy Mitchell	Rock-A-Billy	2(2)	14	3	6	8
28	503.729	Pat Boone	Friendly Persuasion	3(2)	*17	2	5	9
29	481.6688	Ronnie Hilton	Around the World (from the film Around the World in Eighty Days)	5(3)	18		3	10
30	469.1657	Guy Mitchell	Knee Deep in the Blues	3(3)	12	3	6	9

Red titles highlight records that featured at some point, both sides and also just one side. Time spent in top 3, top 5 and top 10 are also listed. Parentheses in the woc column refer to time in 'breakers'.

[braindeadpj]

22 Artists had 3 or more Hits in 1957

No. of hits	Artist	Songs
12	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up
	Elvis Presley	Teddy Bear/Loving You
	Elvis Presley	Party/Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do
	Elvis Presley	Paralyzed
	Elvis Presley	Too Much
	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel
	Elvis Presley	Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me)
	Elvis Presley	Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Tryin' to Get to You
	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender
	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon/I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train
	Elvis Presley	Rip It Up
9	Pat Boone	Love Letters in the Sand/Bernadine
	Pat Boone	Don't Forbid Me
	Pat Boone	Friendly Persuasion
	Pat Boone	Remember You're Mine / There's a Gold Mine in the Sky
	Pat Boone	Why Baby Why
	Pat Boone	April Love
	Pat Boone	I'll Be Home
	Pat Boone	Ain't That A Shame
	Pat Boone	White Christmas
7	Bill Haley and his Comets	Rip It Up
	Bill Haley and His Comets	Don't Knock the Rock
	Bill Haley and His Comets	Rock the Joint
	Bill Haley and His Comets	Rock Around The Clock
	Bill Haley and His Comets	Rockin' Through the Rye
	Bill Haley and his Comets	Rudy's Rock
	Bill Haley and His Comets	See You Later Alligator
6	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill
	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'
	Fats Domino	Ain't That A Shame
	Fats Domino	Blue Monday
	Fats Domino	Valley of Tears
	Fats Domino	Honey Chile
6	Lonnie Donegan	Putting On The Style/Gamblin' Man
	Lonnie Donegan	Cumberland Gap
	Lonnie Donegan	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
	Lonnie Donegan	My Dixie Darling
	Lonnie Donegan	Jack O' Diamonds
	Lonnie Donegan	Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive
6	Tommy Steele	Singing the Blues
	Tommy Steele	Water Water / A Handful of Songs
	Tommy Steele	Butterfingers
	Tommy Steele	Knee Deep in the Blues
	Tommy Steele	Shiralee
	Tommy Steele	Plant A Kiss/Hey You
6	Frankie Vaughan	Garden of Eden
	Frankie Vaughan	Man on Fire/Wanderin' Eyes
	Frankie Vaughan	Green Door
	Frankie Vaughan	Kisses Sweeter than Wine
	Frankie Vaughan	These Dangerous Years
	Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters	Got-ta Have Something In the Bank Frank
5	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally/Tutti Frutti
	Little Richard	She's Got It/The Girl can't Help It
	Little Richard	Lucille
	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny
	Little Richard	Keep A Knockin'
5	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues
	Guy Mitchell	Rock-A-Billy
	Guy Mitchell	Knee Deep in the Blues
	Guy Mitchell	Call Rosie on the Phone
	Guy Mitchell	In the Middle of a Dark, Dark Night/Sweet Stuff
5	Johnnie Ray	Yes Tonight Josephine
	Johnnie Ray	Look Homeward Angel/You Don't Owe Me A Thing
	Johnnie Ray	Just Walking in the Rain
	Johnnie Ray	Build Your Love
	Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine	Up Above My Head/Good Evening Friends
4	Harry Belafonte	Island in the Sun/Cocoanut Woman
	Harry Belafonte	Mary's Boy Child
	Harry Belafonte	The Banana Boat Song (Daddy-O)
	Harry Belafonte	Scarlet Ribbons
4	Nat King Cole	My Personal Possession
	Nat King Cole	Stardust
	Nat King Cole	When I Fall In Love
	Nat King Cole	When Rock and Roll Come to Trinidad
4	Frankie Laine	Moonlight Gambler
	Frankie Laine	A Woman in Love
	Frankie Laine	Love is a Golden Ring
	Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine	Up Above My Head/Good Evening Friends
4	The Platters	The Great Pretender/Only You
	The Platters	I'm Sorry
	The Platters	My Prayer
	The Platters	It Isn't Right/You'll Never Never Know
4	Malcolm Vaughan	St. Theresa of the Roses
	Malcolm Vaughan	My Special Angel
	Malcolm Vaughan	Chapel of the Roses
	Malcolm Vaughan	The World is Mine
3	Winifred Atwell	Let's Have A Ball
	Winifred Atwell	Make It a Party
	Winifred Atwell	Let's Rock'n'Roll
3	Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys	Last Train to San Fernando
	Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys	Footprints In The Snow
	Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys	Blue Blue Heartaches
3	Charlie Gracie	Wandering Eyes/ I Love You So Much It Hurts
	Charlie Gracie	Fabulous
	Charlie Gracie	Butterfly
3	Ronnie Hilton	Around the World (from the film Around the World in Eighty Days)
	Ronnie Hilton	Two Different Worlds
	Ronnie Hilton	Wonderful Wonderful
3	The King Brothers	A White Sport Coat
	The King Brothers	In the Middle of an Island
	The King Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie
3	Vera Lynn	Travellin' Home
	Vera Lynn	A House With Love In It
	Vera Lynn	The Faithful Hussar (Don't Cry My Love)
3	The Vipers Skiffle Group	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
	The Vipers Skiffle Group	Cumberland Gap/Maggie May
	The Vipers Skiffle Group	Streamline Train

A further 23 artists had 2 hits, while 52 artists only had 1 track - so 97 artists had 205 hits in 1957.

[Satchmo76]

I'd assume from those tables that Elvis, Pat Boone and Lonnie Donegan will be the top 3 acts. It will be interesting to see the margins.