26th January 1963
1 |
(5) |
Diamonds |
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan |
Decca F 11563 |
2 |
(1) |
Dance On |
The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4948 |
3 |
(4) |
Bachelor Boy |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4950 |
4 |
(6) |
Globetrotter |
The Tornados |
Decca F 11562 |
5 |
(2) |
Return To Sender |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1320 |
6 |
(7) |
Like I Do |
Maureen Evans |
Oriole CB 1760 |
7 |
(3) |
The Next Time |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 4950 |
8 |
(13) |
Don't You Think It's Time |
Mike Berry & The Outlaws |
HMV POP 1105 |
9 |
(8) |
Comin' Home Baby |
Mel Torme |
London HLK 9643 |
10 |
(17) |
Little Town Flirt |
Del Shannon |
London HLX 9653 |
11 |
(11) |
Up On The Roof |
Kenny Lynch |
HMV POP 1090 |
12 |
(12) |
Go Away Little Girl |
Mark Wynter |
Pye 7N 15492 |
13 |
(10) |
(Dance With The) Guitar Man |
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes |
RCA 1316 |
14 |
(20) |
Big Girls Don't Cry |
The Four Seasons |
Stateside SS145 |
15 |
(26) |
All Alone Am I |
Brenda Lee |
Brunswick 05882 |
16 |
(14) |
Sun Arise |
Rolf Harris |
Columbia DB 4888 |
17 |
(-) |
The Wayward Wind |
Frank Ifield |
Columbia DB 4960 |
18 |
(-) |
Island Of Dreams |
The Springfields |
Philips 326557 BF |
19 |
(9) |
Lovesick Blues |
Frank Ifield |
Columbia DB 4913 |
20 |
(-) |
Some Kinda Fun |
Chris Montez |
London HLU 9650 |
21 |
(-) |
Loo-Be-Loo |
The Chucks |
Decca F 11569 |
22 |
(15) |
Telstar |
The Tornados |
Decca F 11494 |
23 |
(-) |
A Taste Of Honey |
Mr. Acker Bilk |
Columbia DB 4949 |
24 |
(18) |
Bobby's Girl |
Susan Maughan |
Philips 326544 BF |
25 |
(16) |
It Only Took A Minute |
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers |
Piccadilly 7N 35082 |
26 |
(19) |
He's A Rebel |
The Crystals |
London HLU 9611 |
27 |
(27) |
Charmaine |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 11559 |
28 |
(30) |
Loop-De-Loop |
Frankie Vaughan |
Philips326566 BF |
29 |
(-) |
Sukiyaki |
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen |
Pye Jazz 7NJ 2062 |
30 |
(22) |
Desafinado |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd |
HMV POP 1061 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 26th... Birth of Soul II Soul's Jazzie B
Saturday 26th... Andrew Ridgely (Wham!) was born
Sunday 27th... The Cuban government claimed to have broken up two US spy networks
Monday 28th... Dan Spitz of Anthrax was born
Tuesday 29th... US poet Robert Frost, known as "the voice of New England", died aged 88
Wednesday 30th... French composer Francis Poulenc died aged 64
Friday 1st... 67 people died when a plane crashed into a market square in Turkey
Friday 1st... Self-government began in Nyasaland with Hasings Banda as premier