| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
4th Jan |
Guy Mitchell |
Singing The Blues |
3 |
Third No 1 in a row from
producer Mitch Miller, and 5th in a row on Philips
label. |
11th Jan |
Tommy Steele |
Singing The Blues |
1 |
He is regarded as Britain's
first Rock 'n' Roll performer. This was his only
UK No. 1 and he moved into film and stage musicals
for the rest of his career. |
25th Jan |
Frankie Vaughan |
The Garden Of Eden |
4 |
First UK No. 1 for this British
singing entertainer, popular for several decades. |
22nd Feb |
Tab Hunter |
Young Love |
7 |
The only ever UK No. 1 for
this US movie idol who was asked to record the
song; a song that
had no connection with any movie of the time. |
12th Apr |
Lonnie Donegan |
Cumberland Gap |
5 |
First UK No. 1 for the "King
of Skiffle", Lonnie Donegan, who was
a former member of Chris Barber's Jazz Band. |
17th May |
Guy Mitchell |
Rock-A-Billy |
1 |
The song gave its name to
a music style (a mix of rock and country) was
to Become Guy Mitchell's 4th and final UK No.
1. |
24th May |
Andy Williams |
Butterfly |
2 |
Early hit for the international
tv crooner of the 60s and 70s. He accrued 21
hits by 1976, but surprisingly this was his only
ever UK No. 1. |
7th Jun |
Johnnie Ray |
Yes Tonight Josephine |
3 |
Another Mitch Miller production. Ray
remained popular until the end of the decade
although this, his 3rd UK No. 1, became his last. |
28th Jun |
Lonnie Donegan |
Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin'
Man |
2 |
Record breaking in two ways,
this was the 1st double-sided No. 1, and the
first live recording to reach the top spot. It
was Lonnie Donegan's 2nd No. 1. |
12th Jul |
|
|
7 |
A first No. 1 in the UK for
The King of Rock 'n' Roll himself, who'd had
9 previous UK hits before finally making No 1
with this, the first of a record 18 No.1 Hit
singles. |
30th Aug |
Paul Anka |
Diana |
9 |
Canadian who wrote the song himself about his
kid brother's baby-sitter. His success continued
into the 70s although was his only
UK No. 1. |
1st Nov |
The Crickets |
That'll Be The Day |
3 |
First No. 1 for Buddy
Holly, in the days before it became Buddy
Holly and The Crickets. |
22nd
Nov |
Harry Belafonte |
Mary's Boy Child |
7 |
Only UK No. 1 for the man famous for his West
Indian calypso music, even though he was an American,
born in New York. |
