3rd August 1963
1 |
(3) |
Sweets For My Sweet |
The Searchers |
Pye 7N 15533 |
2 |
(2) |
Confessin' |
Frank Ifield |
Columbia DB 7062 |
3 |
(1) |
Devil In Disguise |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1355 |
4 |
(5) |
Twist And Shout |
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes |
Decca F 11694 |
5 |
(4) |
Da Doo Ron Ron |
The Crystals |
London HLU 9732 |
6 |
(8) |
Twist And Shout (EP) |
The Beatles |
Parlophone GEP 8882 |
7 |
(7) |
Atlantis |
The Shadows |
Columbia DB 7047 |
8 |
(13) |
Sukiyaki |
Kyu Sakamoto |
HMV POP 1171 |
9 |
(6) |
I Like It |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
Columbia DB 7041 |
10 |
(10) |
Take The Chains From My Heart |
Ray Charles |
HMV POP 1161 |
11 |
(9) |
It's My Party |
Lesley Gore |
Mercury AMT 1205 |
12 |
(20) |
In Summer |
Billy Fury |
Decca F 11701 |
13 |
(11) |
Welcome To My World |
Jim Reeves |
RCA 1342 |
14 |
(12) |
Deck Of Cards |
Wink Martindale |
London HLD 8962 |
15 |
(15) |
You Can Never Stop Me Loving You |
Kenny Lynch |
HMV POP 1165 |
16 |
(16) |
The From "The Legion's Last Patrol" |
Ken Thorne |
HMV POP 1176 |
17 |
(19) |
I Wonder |
Brenda Lee |
Brunswick 05891 |
18 |
(23) |
Wipe Out |
The Surfaris |
London HLD 9751 |
19 |
(-) |
Bad To Me |
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas |
Parlophone R 5049 |
20 |
(14) |
Bo Diddley |
Buddy Holly |
Coral Q 72463 |
21 |
(29) |
I'll Never Get Over You |
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates |
HMV POP 1173 |
22 |
(28) |
By The Way |
The Big Three |
Decca F 11689 |
23 |
(17) |
So Much In Love |
The Tymes |
Cameo Parkway P 871 |
24 |
(25) |
Hey Mama |
Frankie Vaughan |
Philips BF 1254 |
25 |
(21) |
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody |
Freddie & The Dreamers |
Columbia DB 7032 |
26 |
(-) |
Come On |
The Rolling Stones |
Decca F 11675 |
27 |
(18) |
From Me To You |
The Beatles |
Parlophone R 5015 |
28 |
(-) |
The Cruel Sea |
The Dakotas |
Parlophone R 5044 |
29 |
(-) |
Just Like Eddie |
Heinz |
Decca F 11693 |
30 |
(-) |
Wipe Out |
The Saints |
Pye 7N 15548 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 3rd... James Hetfield (Metallica) was born
Monday 5th... Craig Breedlove set a new land speed record of 407.45 mph
Thursday 8th... The Great Train Robbery tool place - a gang of robbers escaped with £2.6 million after holding up a mail train at Bridego Bridge near Cheddington in Buckinghamshire
Thursday 8th... The Moscow Treaty was signed banning the test of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
Friday 9th... President Kennedy's second son died, 36 hours after his birth
Friday 9th... Birth of Whitney Houston