12th January 1963
1 |
(1) |
Dance On |
The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4948 |
2 |
(2) |
Return To Sender |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1320 |
3 |
(3) |
The Next Time |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4950 |
4 |
(6) |
Bachelor Boy |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4950 |
5 |
(5) |
(Dance With The) Guitar Man |
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes |
RCA 1316 |
6 |
(7) |
Lovesick Blues |
Frank Ifield |
Columbia DB 4913 |
7 |
(4) |
Sun Arise |
Rolf Harris |
Columbia DB 4888 |
8 |
(10) |
Telstar |
The Tornados |
Decca F 11494 |
9 |
(9) |
It Only Took A Minute |
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers |
Piccadilly 7N 35082 |
10 |
(13) |
Go Away Little Girl |
Mark Wynter |
Pye 7N 15492 |
11 |
(15) |
Like I Do |
Maureen Evans |
Oriole CB 1760 |
12 |
(8) |
Bobby's Girl |
Susan Maughan |
Philips 326544 BF |
13 |
(16) |
Up On The Roof |
Kenny Lynch |
HMV POP 1090 |
14 |
(11) |
Let's Dance |
Chris Montez |
London HLU 9596 |
15 |
(-) |
Globetrotter |
The Tornados |
Decca F 11562 |
16 |
(26) |
Comin' Home Baby |
Mel Torme |
London HLK 9643 |
17 |
(12) |
Desafinado |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd |
HMV POP 1061 |
18 |
(24) |
Don't You Think It's Time |
Mike Berry & The Outlaws |
HMV POP 1105 |
19 |
(14) |
Your Cheating Heart |
Ray Charles |
HMV POP 1099 |
20 |
(-) |
Diamonds |
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan |
Decca F 11563 |
21 |
(17) |
Swiss Maid |
Del Shannon |
London HLX 9761 |
22 |
(19) |
Me And My Shadow |
Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr. |
Reprise R 20128 |
23 |
(18) |
A Forever Kind Of Love |
Bobby Vee |
Liberty LIB 10046 |
24 |
(23) |
The Main Attraction |
Pat Boone |
London HLD 9620 |
25 |
(29) |
He's A Rebel |
The Crystals |
London HLU 9611 |
26 |
(20) |
Up On The Roof |
Julie Grant |
Pye 7N 15483 |
27 |
(-) |
Ruby Ann |
Marty Robbins |
CBS AAG 128 |
28 |
(-) |
Charmaine |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 11559 |
29 |
(25) |
Must Be Madison |
Joe Loss |
HMV POP 1075 |
30 |
(30) |
We're Gonna Go Fishin' |
Hank Locklin |
RCA 1305 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 12th... The Beatles' second single, "Please Please Me" was released in the UK
Sunday 13th... The military seized power in Togo following a coup
Wednesday 16th... Kruschev warned the world that Russia has a 100 megaton nuclear bomb
Wednesday 16th... Birthdate of Maxine Jones (En Vogue)
Thursday 17th... Students abducted the statue of "Mannikin Pis" in Brussels
Friday 18th... The leader of the Labour party, Hugh Gaitskell, died aged 56