| Top 40 Hits of Late August 1961 |
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1 |
Helen Shapiro | You Don't Know |
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2 |
John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me |
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3 |
Shirley Bassey | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
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4 |
Petula Clark | Romeo |
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5 |
Eden Kane | Well I Ask You |
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6 |
Billy Fury | Halfway To Paradise |
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7 |
Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou / Travelin' Man |
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8 |
Craig Douglas | Time |
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9 |
Everly Brothers | Temptation |
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10 |
US Bonds | Quarter To Three |
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11 |
Karl Denver | Marcheta |
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12 |
Temperance Seven | Pasadena |
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13 |
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | You Always Hurt The One You Love |
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14 |
Adam Faith | Don't You Know It? |
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15 |
Cliff Richard | A Girl Like You |
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16 |
Bobby Vee | How Many Tears |
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17 |
Acker Bilk | That's My Home |
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18 |
Buddy Holly | Baby I Don't Care / Valley Of Tears |
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19 |
Del Shannon | Runaway |
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20 |
Sam Cooke | Cupid |
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21 |
Eddie Cochran | Weekend |
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22 |
Pat Boone | Moody River |
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23 |
Brenda Lee | Dum Dum |
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24 |
Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
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25 |
Joe Loss | Wheels Cha Cha |
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26 |
Shadows | Frightened City |
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27 |
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | But I Do |
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28 |
Fireballs | Quite A Party |
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29 |
Roy Orbison | Running Scared |
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30 |
Tommy Steele | Writing On The Wall |
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31 |
Brook Benton | Boll Weevil Song |
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32 |
Ken Dodd | Once In Every Lifetime |
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33 |
Brook Brothers | Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week |
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34 |
Elvis Presley | Surrender |
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35 |
Anthony Newley | What Kind Of Fool Am I? |
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36 |
Bobby Angelo | Baby Sittin' |
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37 |
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Someday (You'll Be Sorry) |
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38 |
Connie Francis | Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart |
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39 |
Lonnie Donegan | Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered |
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40 |
Shirley Bassey | You'll Never Know |
