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