26th Jan – ‘Are you lonesome tonight’ becomes the first single outside of the top 10 to jump to number one (from 19)
9th March – Britain’s Eurovision entry ‘ Are you sure’ starts a run of 6 weeks at number two.
27th April – Cliff’s ‘Gee whizz its you’ is only available as an import but still makes the top 10.
25th May – George Martin’s first ever number one as a producer thanks to the Temperance Seven.
1st June – Biggest chart number 1 fall as Temperance Seven fall to 9 while Elvis records the biggest leap to number 1 – from 27.
22nd June – Top 4 all by American male singers.
10th August – Helen Shapiro becomes the youngest ever chart-topper aged 14 years and 310 days.
7th Sept – The top 8 are all British acts.
14th Sept – Elvis’ Wild in the country peaks at number 4 halting his run of 4 consecutive number ones.
19th Oct – A sixth new number one for the sixth consecutive week.
19th Oct – 3 songs with men’s names in the title stay in the top10 together for three weeks.
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