The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart (UAEPC) 1960 -1963

[braindeadpj]

After falling to 4 due to RR dropping it to 6, Strictly Elvis rebounds to no.1 as it climbs to 3 on RR and remains at no.1 on MM. Expresso Bongo drops down to 4 due to RR dropping it from no.1 to 6. Instead RR has Strictly For Grown-Ups at no.1.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending April 30th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 21 EP Chart					20	Scored	Points	Position
4	1	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	3	1300	38	1
3	2	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					2	2	1292	38	1
2	3	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					4	1	1246	37	3
1	4	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					3	6	1134	33	4
7	5	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2)(C)					5	4	1118	33	4
5	6	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					7	5	1012	30	6
6	7	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	7	990	29	7
8	8	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					8	9	854	25	8
10	9	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley					10	17	538	15	9
9	10	That's All - Bobby Darin					9		456	12	11
RE	11	Sunday Night at the London Palladium - Robert Horton, London Palladium Orchestra Conducted by Cyril Ornadel						8	390	13	10
17	12	Nina and Frederik Volume 2 - Nina and Frederik (P)						10	330	11	12
13	13	Mr. Acker Bilk Requests (Part 2) - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						11	300	10	13
14	14	Indian Love Call - Jeanette McDomald and Nelson Eddy						12	270	9	14
15	15	The Lady Is a Tramp - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra Conducted by Nelson Riddle (A1,A2, B2), Conducted by Billy May B1)						13	240	8	15
18	16	Selections from The Student Prince (OST) - Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos						14	210	7	16
11	17	Tommy The Toreador - Tommy Steele, accompaniment directed by Stanley Black						15	180	6	17
21	18	Pillow Talk (Songs from the Universal Picture) - Doris Day Orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall (A1,A2,B2), conducted by Frank de Vol (B1)						16	150	5	18
12	19	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						18	90	3	19
20	20	Hits From South Pacific Volume 2 - Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza and Juanita Hall, Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola						19	60	2	20
		THE NEXT POSITION(S)
19	21	Time to Celebrate (no.2) - Russ Conway with accompaniment directed by Geoff Love						20	30	1	21

No new entries this week.
links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post11293721
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...2#post11118022

Important note. The RR positions have actually been taken from the LW position of next week's chart and predicted by George R White in his EP book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Hit.../dp/0956267963) and used by Graham Betts and others where no position is known as there were distribution problems with this week's issue of RR. I've italicized the six positions that are not definite (11-13,.16,19-20)

[Splodj]

I bet Betts has been far too rational. Judging by their volatility at the top, the real RR placings were probably records bouncing in from nowhere.

[kingofskiffle]

Actually the original source for these is the George R White EP book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Hit.../dp/0956267963

[braindeadpj]

Yes, could be. It was actually the George R. White book on the EP charts entitled “British Hit EPs 1955-1989” that provided the 'missing' positions (and which Graham Betts is using; so George did the estimating, but like you say the volatility of the RR chart and the lack of other sources will make it difficult.

I've edited my post to correct this.

There is a similar problem with the LP chart and I've modified the post in the UAAC thread to reflect this. This is further confused by a small column in the 6th May issue of RR that states:

"Rank Buy Bought: Rank records are delighted with the success of jazzman Bob Wallis' first LP for their BUY series. First press of the LP, which was released on April 14th, has already sold right out. The disc appeared in the Record Retailer best selling LP chart last week and showed in several other charts."

This appears to correspond to Everybody Loves Saturday Night - Bob Wallis and the Storyville Jazz band that will chart (again) in June.

[Satchmo76]

Yes, the Wallis LP was advertised in the Sunday Mirror on 24/4/60. The first pressing sold out "within a fortnight" (Ealing and Acton Gazette, 18/6/60)

OCC just makes up a Top 16, with discrepancies as per the comment posted there:

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...19600424/7502/

[braindeadpj]

Strictly Elvis remains at no.1 (no.1 on MM and no.3 on RR), while RR has Emile at no.1, but it is only at 4 on MM, meaning that it falls to 3 as Strictly For Grown-Ups climbs up to 2.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending May 7th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 21 EP Chart						Scored	Points	Position
1	1	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	3	1300	38	1
3	2	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					3	2	1254	37	2
2	3	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					4	1	1246	37	2
4	4	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					2	4	1232	36	4
6	5	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	5	1050	31	5
5	6	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					5	7	1028	30	6
7	7	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					9	6	906	27	7
8	8	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					7	9	892	26	8
9	9	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley					10	8	808	24	9
10	10	That's All - Bobby Darin					8	17	614	17	10
N	11	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran						10	330	11	11
RE	12	A Touch of Gold (volume 1) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1, B2)						11	300	10	12
N	13	Mr. Acker Bilk Marches On - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						12	270	9	13
N	14	No.5 - The Everly Brothers						13	240	8	14
17	15	Tommy The Toreador - Tommy Steele, accompaniment directed by Stanley Black						14	210	7	15
12	16	Nina and Frederik Volume 2 - Nina and Frederik (P)						15	180	6	16
19	17	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						16	150	5	17
N	18	Meet Mister Mathis - Johnny Mathis						18	90	3	18
11	19	Sunday Night at the London Palladium - Robert Horton, London Palladium Orchestra Conducted by Cyril Ornadel						19	60	2	19
16	20	Selections from The Student Prince (OST) - Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos						20	30	1	20

New Entries:

Artist	Title	A side			B side			Label	Catalogue No.
Eddie Cochran	Somethin' Else	Somethin' Else	Boll Weevil Song		Teenage Heaven	I Remember		LondonAmerican Recordings	RE U 1239
Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band	Mr. Acker Bilk Marches On	Blaze Away	Under the Double Eagles		El Abanico	C.R.E. March (recorded 21.7.1958)		Nixa Jazz Today Series	NJE 1061
The Everly Brothers	No.5	Problems	Love of My Life		Take A Message To Mary	Poor Jenny		London Records	RE A 1229
Johnny Mathis	Meet Mister Mathis	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (from My Fair Lady) (with Percy Faith and his Orchestra)	A Certain Smile (from the 20th Century Fox Film)(with Ray Ellis and his Orchestra)		Someone (with Ray Ellis and his Orchestra)	Chances Are (with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra)		Fontana Four Star Series	TFE 17177

Somethin' Else contains 2 singles (a side and b side) from 1959 and appears to be a 1960 release
Mr. Acker Bilk Marches On was released in 1958; Blaze Away, El Abanico are released as singles in 1959 while C.R.E. March was released in 1958 (not sure which was first)...
No.5 contains 2 singles (a and b side) from 1959 and appears to be a 1959 release
Meet Mister Mathis is listed by dscogs as a 1958 release and 45cat as a 1959 release: I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face is on a 1958 EP called Come To Me and a 1958 LP Warm. A Certain Smile was released as a single in 1958, Chances Are was released as a single in 1957, Someone was released as a single in 1959.

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post11294401
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post11119181

[Satchmo76]

Mr. Acker Bilk Marches On entered the MM Jazz Chart on 13.12.58 (pdf at worldradiohistory.com). "C.R.E. March (Wings)"* (full title) came out in October 58, according to 45cat. Note that Mr. needs a full stop to indicate the abbreviation.

The Eddie Cochran EP has the same cover photo as the London-American 1960 version of the Singin' To My Baby LP (HA-U 2093), which discogs dates to April 1960. The LP charted on 30.7.60.

Johnny Mathis TFE 17177 came out in 1959, derived from following his other TFE releases (17056 was Aug 58, 17194 was Oct 59). However TFE 17177 gets another push in Jan 1960 to coincide with his LP, 'Ride On A Rainbow'.

Everly Brothers No. 5 was advertised on 27.8.59, Lincolnshire Echo

*Corps of the Royal Engineers

[braindeadpj]

A Top 21 as RR doesn't feature Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran this week. While Strictly Elvis maintains the no.1 psotion on MM it is flaling on RR, which gives the RR no.1 Strictly For Grown-Ups the opportunity to take the top spot.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending May 14th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 21 EP Chart					20	Scored	Points	Position
2	1	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					3	1	1284	38	1
3	2	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					2	3	1262	37	2
1	3	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	5	1240	36	3
4	4	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					4	2	1216	36	3
6	5	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					7	4	1042	31	5
5	6	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					5	7	1028	30	6
9	7	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley					10	6	868	26	7
7	8	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					8	9	854	25	8
10	9	That's All - Bobby Darin					9	16	606	17	9
11	10	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran					6		570	15	10
15	11	Tommy The Toreador - Tommy Steele, accompaniment directed by Stanley Black						8	390	13	11
20	12	Selections from The Student Prince (OST) - Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos						10	330	11	12
RE	13	Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture - The Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam) conducted by Paul Van Kempen						11	300	10	13
N	14	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						12	270	9	14
RE	15	A Touch of Gold (volume 2) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1)						13	240	8	15
14	16	No.5 - The Everly Brothers						14	210	7	16
17	17	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						15	180	6	17
8	18	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment						17	120	4	18
13	19	Mr Acker Bilk Marches On - Mr Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						18	90	3	19
18	20	Meet Mister Mathis - Johnny Mathis						19	60	2	20
		THE NEXT POSITION(S)
19	21	Sunday Night at the London Palladium - Robert Horton, London Palladium Orchestra Conducted by Cyril Ornadel						20	30	1	21

This again is an issue of RR that was believed to not have been printed (though the numbering suggests it was) and so some of the positions (8,14,18-20) have been estimated (they are in italics here).

New Entries

Artist	Title	A side			B side			Label	Catalogue No.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1)	Original Soundtrack	The Carousel Waltz - Alfred Newman Soundtrack Orchestra			You'll Never Walk Alone - Claramae Turner	If I Loved You (reprise) - Gordon MacRae	You'll Never Walk Alone (Finale) - Shirley Jones and Mixed Chorus	Capitol	EAP 1-694

A series of 4 EPs were released in 1958 from the soundtrack to Carousel (EAP 1-694 to EAP 4-694). This is the 1st.

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post11294971
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...0#post11120030

[Satchmo76]

They were reviewed in August 1958.

[braindeadpj]

A Top 20 again. Strictly Elvis is still no.1 on MM, but is at 5 on RR, meaning that Emile being no.1 on RR and no.2 on MM takes the top spot this week, pushing Strictly For Grown-Ups down to 2. The Late Great Buddy Holly re-enters the MM Top 10 and so re-enters the Top 10 overall as it is still charting well on RR. The Top 10 MM are in the Top 10 UAEPC, while RR goes down to 13.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending May 21st 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 20 EP Chart						Scored	Points	Position
2	1	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					2	1	1322	39	1
1	2	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					3	2	1254	37	2
3	3	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	5	1240	36	3
5	4	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					4	4	1156	34	4
4	5	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					5	3	1148	34	4
6	6	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	6	1020	30	6
8	7	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					9	7	876	26	7
18	8	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					7	13	772	22	8
9	9	That's All - Bobby Darin					10	15	598	17	9
10	10	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran					8	20	524	14	10
12	11	Selections from The Student Prince (OST) - Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos						8	390	13	11
17	12	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						9	360	12	12
N	13	The Most Happy Fella - Edmund Hockridge, The Peter Knight Orchestra and Chorus						10	330	11	13
15	14	A Touch of Gold (volume 2) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1)						11	300	10	14
7	15	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley						12	270	9	15
14	16	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						14	210	7	16
RE	17	Nina and Frederik (Volume 2) - Nina and Frederik (P)						16	150	5	17
RE	18	Mr. Acker Bilk Requests (Part 2) - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						17	120	4	18
13	19	Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture - The Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam) conducted by Paul Van Kempen						18	90	3	19
N	20	The Pick of Salad Days - Original Bristol/London Cast Recording (A Bristol Old Vic Production/Vaudeville Theatre, London)						19	60	2	20

New Entries:

Artist	Title	A side			B side			Label	Catalogue No.
Edmund Hockridge, The Peter Knight Orchestra and Chorus	The Most Happy Fella	Happy To Make Your Acquaintance	Somebody Somewhere	Joey Joey Joey	Big D	Don't Cry	(The Letter Theme) My Heart Is So Full Of You	Pye Records	NEP 24122
The Pick of Salad Days	Original Bristol/London Cast Recording (A Bristol Old Vic Production/Vaudeville Theatre, London)	We Said We Wouldn't Look Back (John Warner, Eleanor Drew)	It's Easy To Sing (John Warner, Eleanor Drew, Michael Meachum)		Oh Look At Me (John Warner, Eleanor Drew)	I Sit In The Sun (Eleanore Drew)		Oriole	EP 7028

The covering of tracks from the musical The Most Happy Fella by Edmund Hockridge appears to be unique to this EP. The Original Broadway Cast of The Most Happy Fella appears on the UAAC this week at no.7
While the The Pick of Salad Days appears to have been released in 1960, the original recordings come from 1954 and the original cast of Salad Days that started at the Bristol Old Vic before moving to the Vaudeville Theatre in London. It includes the credit At The Pianos: Edward Rubach and Robert Docker. Salad Days featured a few times on the RM Extended chart in 1954/1955.

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...5#post11295615
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...3#post11120453

[Satchmo76]

The Hockridge EP was marketed in March 1960 as a tribute to Frank Loesser.

[Satchmo76]

Would you be interested in continuing to post the RR positions after 20/5/63 (post-UAEPC) so we can continue to analyse how the EP market reflects or differs from the LP and 45 ones? Going track by track as we're doing also has historical value.

We can also compare The Beatles' dominance with that of Elvis, Cliff and The Shadows.

[braindeadpj]

Would you be interested in continuing to post the RR positions after 20/5/63 (post-UAEPC) so we can continue to analyse how the EP market reflects or differs from the LP and 45 ones? Going track by track as we're doing also has historical value.

We can also compare The Beatles' dominance with that of Elvis, Cliff and The Shadows.

I have contemplated that. It would end up being just the RR chart with mention of positions on other charts as I don't think there will be enough EPs charting on the other charts to be able to create an ultimate averaged version...

[Satchmo76]

Ok. We can analyze significant EPs when they make it to a singles chart.

[braindeadpj]

For the first time we have a no.1 for a record that is not no.1 on either of the component charts as Strictly for Grown-Ups has the best score. If Emile had been no.1 on MM instead of RR it would've been no.1 overall, but instead has to settle for 2nd place, while Strictly Elvis is only at 5 on RR and so only manages 3rd place despite still being no.1 on MM. .

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending May 28th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 22 EP Chart					20	Scored	Points	Position
2	1	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					2	2	1292	38	1
1	2	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					3	1	1284	38	1
3	3	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	5	1240	36	3
4	4	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					4	3	1186	35	4
6	5	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	4	1080	32	5
5	6	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					5	8	998	29	6
15	7	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley					10	7	838	25	7
8	8	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					7	20	562	15	8
N	9	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran					8		494	13	10
9	10	That's All - Bobby Darin					9		456	12	11
7	11	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows						6	450	15	8
17	12	Nina and Frederik (Volume 2) - Nina and Frederik (P)						9	360	12	11
12	13	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						10	330	11	13
14	14	A Touch of Gold (volume 2) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1)						11	300	10	14
RE	15	Mantovani's Big Four - Mantovani and his Orchestra						12	270	9	15
10	16	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran						13	240	8	16
N	17	Love Is The Thing (Part 1) - Nat King Cole arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins						14	210	7	17
'N'	18	The Best of Sellers - Peter Sellers Music directed by Ron Goodwin						15	180	6	18
RE	19	Tommy The Toreador - Tommy Steele, accompaniment directed by Stanley Black						16	150	5	19
16	20	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						17	120	4	20
		THE NEXT POSITION(S)
18	21	Mr. Acker Bilk Requests (Part 2) - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						18	90	3	21
N	22	Land of My Fathers - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						19	60	2	22

The Best of Peter Sellers is new to the UAEPC, but featured on the MM EP Chart and so is not included in the new entries below:

Artist	Title	A side			B side			Label	Catalogue No.
Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	C'mon Everybody	Sittin' in the Balcony		Summertime Blues	20 Flight Rock		London Records	RE U 1214
Nat King Cole arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins	Love Is The Thing (Part 1)	Love Is The Thing	Stay As Sweet As You Are		When I Fall In Love	Where Can I Go Without You		Capitol	EAP1 824
Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus	Land of My Fathers	We'll Keep A Welcome	God Bless The Prince of Wales		Land of My Fathers	All Through the Night		Philips	BBE 12207

C'Mon Everybody was released in 1959, and the tracks are all singles released in 1957 through to 1959 in the UK (though the 2 2nd tracks didn't chart)
Love Is The Thing is from the 1957 album of the same name and was released in 1957.
Land of My Fathers was issued in November 1958 and features We'll Keep a Welcome issued in 1956, All Through The Night/God Bless The Prince of Wales also 1958 and the title track appears to be new.

links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...7#post11296467
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...7#post11121607

[Splodj]

I have contemplated that. It would end up being just the RR chart with mention of positions on other charts as I don't think there will be enough EPs charting on the other charts to be able to create an ultimate averaged version...

Might be worth including the Music Echo Top 100 to capture more EPs.

[braindeadpj]

A Top 22 this week as RR doesn't feature C'Mon Everybody or That's All. Strictly Elvis returns to no.1 as it remains at no.1 on MM and climbs back up to 2 on RR (wait and see what happens next week!). Cliff Sings No.3 enters at 8 despite only being at 10 on both of its respective charts (4,5 and 7 are also unanimous).

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending June 4th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 22 EP Chart					20	Scored	Points	Position
3	1	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	2	1330	39	1
1	2	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					3	1	1284	38	2
4	3	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					2	3	1262	37	3
2	4	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					4	4	1156	34	4
5	5	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					5	5	1088	32	5
6	6	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	8	960	28	6
8	7	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					7	7	952	28	6
N	8	Cliff Sings No.3 - Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Strings					10	10	748	22	8
9	9	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran					8		494	13	10
10	10	That's All - Bobby Darin					9		456	12	11
7	11	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley						6	450	15	9
16	12	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran						9	360	12	11
RE	13	Selections from The Student Prince (OST) - Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Constantine Callinicos						11	300	10	13
21	14	Mr. Acker Bilk Requests (Part 2) - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						12	270	9	14
RE	15	The Most Happy Fella - Edmund Hockridge, The Peter Knight Orchestra and Chorus						13	240	8	15
11	16	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows						14	210	7	16
19	17	Tommy The Toreador - Tommy Steele, accompaniment directed by Stanley Black						15	180	6	17
20	18	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						16	150	5	18
13	19	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						17	120	4	19
RE	20	A Touch of Gold (Volume 1) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1, B2)						18	90	3	20
		THE NEXT POSITION(S)
N	21	Songs from Follow That Girl - Music by Julian Slade with Geoffrey Webb, Elizabeth Humphreys, Charles Young, Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Gordon Franks						19	60	2	21
15	22	Mantovani's Big Four - Mantovani and his Orchestra						20	30	1	22

New Entries:

Artist	Title	A side				B side				Label	Catalogue No.
Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Strings	Cliff Sings No.3	I'll String Along With You	Embraceable You			As Time Goes By	The Touch of Your Lips			Columbia	SEG 8005
Songs from Follow That Girl	Music by Julian Slade with Geoffrey Webb, Elizabeth Humphreys, Charles Young, Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Gordon Franks	Tra La La	Follow That Girl	Solitary Stranger	One, Two, Three, One	Doh, Ray, Me	Lovel y Meeting You At Last	Evening in London	Follow That Girl (reprise)	Oriole	EP 7030

Cliff Sings No.3 is the thrd EP from the Cliff Sings LP this time featuring tracks A5 to A8 that feature the Norrie Paramor Strings.
Follow That Girl is a musical adapted by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds based on their production Christmas In King Street at the Bristol Old Vic. It opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London on March 17, 1960. The album has also charted 7/5/1960 (though is on HMV and not Oriole!)

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post11297171
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...2#post11123022

[Satchmo76]

Paramor.

Follow That Girl is not the original cast, who only appear on the LP:

https://www.discogs.com/master/15128...llow-That-Girl

Oriole must have knocked off a quick covers EP

Grazina Frame was in the musical and on the LP so has another chart claim to fame apart from Cliff.

Humphreys and Young previously did an LP of nursery rhymes on Oriole.

[braindeadpj]

Paramor.

Follow That Girl is not the original cast, who only appear on the LP:

https://www.discogs.com/master/15128...llow-That-Girl

Oriole must have knocked off a quick covers EP

Grazina Frame was in the musical and on the LP so has another chart claim to fame apart from Cliff.

Humphreys and Young previously did an LP of nursery rhymes on Oriole.

My apologies, you're right. The way they word it on the back of the EP makes it sound like it could be from the original cast, but checking with the album it clearly isn't.

[braindeadpj]

Strictly for Grown-Ups returns to no.1 because Strictly Elvis crashes to 14 on RR. Cliff Richard Sings No.2 climbs to 2 despite only being at 4 on the component charts. Love Is The Thing Part 1 re-enters at 2 on RR and is not in the MM Top 10 and so returns at no.8. We have a Top 22 again because MM has C'mon Everybody (again) and a new entry Four More.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending June 11th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 22 EP Chart						Scored	Points	Position
2	1	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					3	1	1284	38	1
5	2	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					4	4	1156	34	2
4	3	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					6	3	1110	33	3
3	4	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					2	11	1022	29	4
1	5	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					1	14	970	27	5
6	6	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					9	9	816	24	6
7	7	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					5	17	728	20	7
RE	8	Love Is The Thing (Part 1) - Nat King Cole arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins						2	570	19	8
8	9	Cliff Sings No.3 - Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Strings					7	20	562	15	10
9	10	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran					8		494	13	13
N	11	Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet - Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet (C)						5	480	16	9
12	12	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran						6	450	15	10
22	13	Mantovani's Big Four - Mantovani and his Orchestra						7	420	14	12
N	14	Four More - The Crickets feat. The Late Great Buddy Holly					10		418	11	15
15	15	The Most Happy Fella - Edmund Hockridge, The Peter Knight Orchestra and Chorus						8	390	13	13
N	16	With A Song In My Heart - Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman						10	330	11	15
RE	17	Nina and Frederik (Volume One) - Nina and Frederik (P)						12	270	9	17
19	18	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						13	240	8	18
N	19	Mr. Acker Bilk Sings - Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band						15	180	6	19
20	20	A Touch of Gold (Volume 1) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1, B2)						16	150	5	20
		THE NEXT POSITION(S)
18	21	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						18	90	3	21
RE	22	Land of My Fathers - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						19	60	2	22

New Entries:

Artist	Title	A side				B side				Label	Catalogue No.
Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet	Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Time For Man Go Home			Nine Hundred Miles	Let's Put Out The Lights			Columbia	SEG 7997
The Crickets feat. The Late Great Buddy Holly	Four More	Last Night	Send Me Some Lovin'			You've Got Love	Rock Me My Baby			Coral	FEP 2060
Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman	With A Song In My Heart	With A Song In My Heart	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye			Manhattan	Blue Moon			HMV Verve Series	7 EG 8503
Mr. Acker Bik and his Paramount Jazz Band	Mr. Acker Bilk Sings	Carry Me Back	Jump In The Line			Louisian-i-ay	Higher Ground			Pye Nixa Jazz Today Series	NJE 1067

I've modified the title as suggested. It is on Columbia and Pye uses Volume though RR says volume here too!, since it is unclear what the title should be (the EP itself does not include the 2 anywhere, but it is their second on Columbia....(The volume discs are on Pye). The tracks are all on a North American LP called Introducing The Fabulous Nina and Frederik, but I don't see a UK release of this.
Four More includes 4 tracks from the 1958 LP The Chirping Crickets - with Buddy Holly now added specifically to the credits.
Manhattan/Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye was released as a single in 1957. With A Song In My Heart and Manhattan are on Ella Fizgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book vol 1 from 1957, while Blue Moon is on Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book Vol.2, both are also from 1957.
Mr, Acker Bilk Sings is from 1959 (though it was recorded 20./1/1958). There doesn't appear to be any other release of these songs prior to the EP.

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...9#post11297769
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...7#post11123577

[braindeadpj]

I've just been looking at the RR EP chart and there are major printing errors with regards to the Nina and Frederik EPs making it confusing as to which is which. The 6-09 issue (the one used for the above) has Nina and Frederik Vol II (Columbia SEG 7997) coming in at 5 (instead of Nina and Frederik no.2), Nina and Frederik (Columbia SEG 7926) at 11 [falling from 3] (instead of Nina and Frederik no.1) and Nina and Frederik Vol.1 (also Columbia SEG 7926) (re-)entering at 12 (presumably that should be the Pye version and so the name is right but the catalogue number wrong). I'm fairly sure we have it correct here and will double check that the prior RR charts (that we have) line up also - The second Pye disc clearly says Volume 2

To really confuse things in the 03-24-1960 issue Nina and Frederik has the catalogue number for Cliff Sings No.1!

[Satchmo76]

Ella recorded Blue Moon in February 1956 and the other three between 21.8.56 and 31.8.56

Mr. Acker Bilk's recordings were made by this company, which then licenced them to Pye.

https://www.discogs.com/label/432403

The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker was also made by that outfit.

[braindeadpj]

After 13 consecutive weeks at no.1 on MM, Strictly Elvis relinquishes its postion to Strictly For Grown-Ups allowing it to be no.1 on the UAEPC unanimously. On RR, Strictly Elvis climbs back up to 8 after falling from 2 to 14 last week. Cliff Richard has 4 EPs (3 from Cliff Sings and Expresso Bongo) - Cliff Sings No.2 and no.3 are consecutive at 7 and 8, while Eddie Cochran has two consecutive EPs at 9 and 10 and Nina and Frederik have 2 (both Columbia releases) as do Elvis Presley and Buddy Hollly.

The Ultimate Averaged EP Chart - Week Ending June 18th 1960							MM	RR	Total	Total	Inverse
Last	This						38	30	Points	Inverse	Points
Week	Week		The Top 20 EP Chart						Scored	Points	Position
1	1	Strictly For Grown-Ups - Paddy Roberts (accompaniment directed by Dennis Wilson)					1	1	1360	40	1
4	2	Nina and Frederik - Nina and Frederik (Jørn Grauengaard and his Orchestra A1, B2) (C)					3	2	1254	37	2
3	3	Emile - Emile Ford and the Checkmates					4	3	1186	35	3
5	4	Strictly Elvis - Elvis Presley					2	8	1112	32	4
6	5	Expresso Bongo (OST) - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					6	6	1020	30	5
7	6	The Late Great Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly with instrumental accompaniment					8	5	974	29	6
2	7	Cliff Sings No.2 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows					7	12	802	23	7
9	8	Cliff Sings No.3 - Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Strings					9	11	756	22	8
10	9	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran					5	19	668	18	9
12	10	Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran					10	17	538	15	11
8	11	Love Is The Thing (Part 1) - Nat King Cole arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins						4	510	17	10
14	12	Four More - The Crickets feat. The Late Great Buddy Holly						7	420	14	12
13	13	Mantovani's Big Four - Mantovani and his Orchestra						9	360	12	13
RE	14	Cliff Sings No.1 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows						10	330	11	14
18	15	Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and his Orchestra and Chorus						13	240	8	15
11	16	Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet - Nina and Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet (C)						14	210	7	16
RE	17	A Touch of Gold (Volume 2) - Elvis Presley (with the Jordanaires A1)						15	180	6	17
RE	18	Tony's Hits - Anthony Newley						16	150	5	18
21	19	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Part 1) - Original soundtrack						18	90	3	19
N	20	You'll Never Walk Alone - Perry Como						20	30	1	20

New Entries:

Artist	Title	A side				B side				Label	Catalogue No.
Perry Como	You'll Never Walk Alone	You'll Never Walk Alone (with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra)	No Other Love (with Henri Rene's Orchestra and Chorus)			Song of Songs (with Lloyd Shaffer and his Orchestra)	Some Enchanted Evening (with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra)			RCA Gold Standard Series	RCX 1018

You'll Never Walk Alone, a showtune from 1945's Carousel, appears on a US Album TV Favourites in 1952. No Other Love is featured on a UK EP from 1956 called So Smooth! (HMV 7EG 8171). Song of Songs was first released as single in the UK in 1947 (HMV BD 1171) . Some Enchanted Evening was released as a single in the UK in 1951 (HMV B 10149).

Links to same week on DMPC and UAAC:
DMPC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...9#post11298799
UAAC: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...4#post11123684

[Splodj]

The only Paddy Roberts track I was aware of previously was "Merry Christmas You Suckers". This thread has prompted me to listen to others and the impression I get is that he was inspired by risque old English folk songs like Foggy Foggy Dew. The sort of record The Third Programme would play as part of Britain's heritage but would be banned by The Light Programme.

[Satchmo76]

Perry Como: The EP came out in 1959; advertised in Lincolnshire Echo 30.4.59. No Other Love was a 1953 US single, RCA Victor – 47-5317. You'll Never Walk Alone, 1952 US single, RCA Victor – 20-4527. Song Of Songs was written in 1914. Some Enchanted Evening, 1949 US single, RCA Victor – 47-2896

So Smooth EP was reviewed in The Sunday People 24.6.56

The correct spelling is Richard Ayres.