January 20, 1962

----- DROPOUTS -----
Hey! Little Girl - Del Shannon ----- 38 / 2
Poor Fool - Ike & Tina Turner ----- 39 / 1
Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night - Kenny Dino ----- 24 / 6
Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker ----- 8 (2) / 15
Johnny Will - Pat Boone ----- 35 / 3
Moon River - Jerry Butler ----- 11 / 11
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Fats Domino ----- 30 / 3
Gypsy Woman - The Impressions ----- 20 (2) / 8
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Rydell / Chubby Checker ----- 21 / 3


26 40 --- I Don't Know Why - Linda Scott
 39 --- Multiplication - Bobby Darin (50)
22 38 --- 'Til - The Angels
25 37 --- There's No Other (Like My Baby) - The Crystals
 36 --- Pocketful Of Miracles - Frank Sinatra (47)
 35 --- Dreamy Eyes - Johnny Tillotson (47)
 34 --- Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby Bland (46)
 33 --- Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips (51)
 32 --- Do-Re-Mi - Lee Dorsey (43)
 31 --- Twist-Her - Bill Black's Combo (41)

31 40 --- Rock-A-Hula Baby ("Twist" Special) - Elvis Presley
 29 --- Break It To Me Gently - Brenda Lee (56)
32 28 --- Moon River - Henry Mancini & his Orchestra
36 27 --- Irresistible You - Bobby Darin
33 26 --- Dear Lady Twist - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
15 25 --- Revenge - Brook Benton
 24 --- Dear Ivan - Jimmy Dean (42)
27 23 --- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - James Ray
29 22 --- Funny How Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge
28 21 --- Small Sad Sam - Phil McLean

11 20 --- Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
13 19 --- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes    
20 18 --- The Wanderer - Dion
18 17 --- A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
19 16 --- Cotton Fields - The Highwaymen
16 15 --- Baby It's You - The Shirelles
21 14 --- Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
14 13 --- Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
10 12 --- When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) - Connie Francis
09 11 --- Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles

17 10 --- Norman - Sue Thompson
12 09 --- When I Fall In Love - The Lettermen
08 08 --- Run To Him - Bobby Vee
07 07 --- Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
06 06 --- Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka
05 05 --- I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George
04 04 --- Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
02 03 --- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens        
03 02 --- Peppermint Twist - Part 1 - Joey Dee & The Starliters
01 01 --- The Twist - Chubby Checker        



Notes regarding this week's countdown....

--- #39 is from the movie Come September starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.

--- #36 is the title song from the movie starring Bette Davis.

--- #35 originally peaked at #63 in 1958.

--- #34 is the first hit for Blues singer / Guitarist, Bobby Bland. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. He also won Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.  Bobby Bland

R1 SINGLES CHART - 18-24 January 1962

01 01 THE YOUNG ONES Cliff Richard **
02 02 STRANGER ON THE SHORE Acker Bilk
03 04 LET THERE BE DRUMS Sandy Nelson
04 06 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET SIXTEEN Neil Sedaka
05 08 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
06 05 I'D NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU Billy Fury
07 03 MOON RIVER Danny Williams **
08 09 MULTIPLICATION Bobby Darin
09 07 JOHNNY WILL Pat Boone
10 13 RUN TO HIM Bobby Vee

11 11 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT The Tokens
12 10 SO LONG, BABY Del Shannon
13 14 THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE John D Loudermilk
14 27 THE TWIST Chubby Checker
15 19 SON, THIS IS SHE John Leyton
16 22 LET'S TWIST AGAIN Chubby Checker
17 26 WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke
18 12 TOWER OF STRENGTH Frankie Vaughan ***
19 -- FORGET ME NOT Eden Kane
20 18 YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING Jim Reeves

21 -- CRYIN' IN THE RAIN The Everly Brothers
22 17 TOY BALLOONS Russ Conway
23 23 WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS Helen Shapiro ***
24 15 MY FRIEND, THE SEA Petula Clark
25 20 I UNDERSTAND The G-Clefs
26 -- THE COMANCHEROS Lonnie Donegan
27 21 DON'T BRING LULU Dorothy Provine
28 24 LITTLE SISTER / (MARIE'S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAME Elvis Presley ****
29 16 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY Bobby Vee
30 29 YOUR MA SAID YOU CRIED IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT Doug Sheldon

31 28 GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD James Darren
32 40 TALL, DARK STRANGER Rose Brennan
33 -- LONESOME Adam Faith
34 -- SMALL, SAD SAM Phil McLean
35 -- PEPPERMINT TWIST Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks
36 38 TAKE FIVE Dave Brubeck
37 -- WHAT A CRAZY WORLD WE LIVE IN Joe Brown
38 RE COME ALONG, PLEASE Bob Wallis
39 34 I CRIED FOR YOU Ricky Stevens
40 39 BAMBINO The Springfields

-- 25 BIG, BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean
-- 30 CHARLESTON The Temperance Seven
-- 31 I'LL GET BY Shirley Bassey
-- 32 WHEN THE GIRL IN YOUR ARMS IS THE GIRL IN YOUR HEART Cliff Richard
-- 33 THE NIGHT IS YOUNG / THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN Gary Miller
-- 35 THE TIME HAS COME Adam Faith
-- 36 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME Jimmy Crawford
-- 37 KING KONG Terry Lightfoot

----- DROPOUTS ----- (Peak Position / Weeks on Chart) - USA

Lonesome Number One - Don Gibson ----- 59 / 4
The Comancheros - Claude King ----- 71 / 7
Searching - Jack Eubanks & The Sound of The South ----- 83 / 4
Island In The Sky - Troy Shondell ----- 92 / 1
Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck Quartet ----- 74 / 6
Pop Goes The Weasel - Anthony Newley ----- 85 / 4
Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis ----- 26 / 5
The Majestic - Dion ----- 36 / 6
The Gypsy Rover - The Highwaymen ----- 42 / 10
Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) - Solomon Burke ----- 24 (2) / 17
Well. I Told You - The Chantels ----- 29 / 9
Tonight - Ferrante & Teicher ----- 8 / 13
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Rydell / Chubby Checker ----- 21 / 5


 100 --- Where Have All The Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio
 99 --- Oliver Twist - Rod McKuen
 98 --- Portrait Of A Fool - Conway Twitty
 97 --- Nite Owl - The Dukays
 96 --- Chip Chip - Gene McDaniels
 95 --- A Sunday Kind Of Love - Jan & Dean
97 94 --- The Basie Twist - Count Basie
 93 --- Blue Water Line - The Brothers Four
 92 --- Jamie - Eddie Holland
 91 --- A Little Bitty Tear - Wanda Jackson

82 90 --- Room Full Of Tears - The Drifters
64 89 --- Just Got To Know - Jimmy McCracklin
94 88 --- That's My Pa - Sheb Wooley
 87 --- There'll Be No Next Time - Jackie Wilson
 86 --- Afrikaan Beat - Bert Kaempfert & his Orchestra
 85 --- Chattanooga Choo Choo - Floyd Cramer
87 84 --- A Little Too Much - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
84 83 --- I Told The Brook - Marty Robbins
100 82 --- Percolator (Twist) - Billy Joe & The Checkmates
83 81 --- Tears From An Angel - Troy Shondell

 80 --- To A Sleeping Beauty - Jimmy Dean
90 79 --- Happy Jose (Ching-Ching) - Jack Ross
85 78 --- What's So Good About Good-By - The Miracles
80 77 --- The Lost Penny - Brook Benton
95 76 --- Surfer's Stomp - The Mar-Kets
77 75 --- I Need Some One - The Belmonts
55 74 --- Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean          
76 73 ---  What's The Reason - Bobby Edwards
86 72 --- But On The Other Hand Baby - Ray Charles
73 71 --- Lost Someone - James Brown & The Famous Flames

79 70 --- My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake
74 69 --- I Could Have Loved You So Well - Ray Peterson
78 68 --- Twistin' All Night Long - Danny & The Juniors w/ Freddy Cannon
89 67 --- Crying In The Rain - The Everly Brothers
38 66 --- Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night - Kenny Dino
60 65 --- Up A Lazy River - Si Zentner & his Orchestra
75 64 --- Let Me In - The Sensations
81 63 --- I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes
67 62 --- Turn Around, Look At Me - Glen Campbell
63 61 --- It Will Stand - The Showmen

65 60 --- Let's Go Trippin' - Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
35 59 --- Johnny Will - Pat Boone
37 58 --- Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
72 57 --- The Greatest Hurt - Jackie Wilson
34 56 --- Moon River - Jerry Butler
40 55 --- Hey! Little Girl - Del Shannon
68 54 --- Go On Home - Patti Page
57 53 --- Walkin' With My Angel - Bobby Vee
66 52 --- So Deep - Brenda Lee
48 51 --- Little Altar Boy - Vic Dana

53 50 --- Maria - Roger Williams
93 49 --- Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
52 48 --- She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be) - Ral Donner
54 47 --- Flying Circle - Frank Slay & his Orchestra
69 46 --- Smoky Places - The Corsairs feat. Jay "Bird" Uzzell
62 45 --- Shadrock - Brook Benton
61 44 --- Tuff - Ace Cannon
39 43 --- Poor Fool - Ike & Tina Turner
30 42 --- Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Fats Domino
24 41 --- Gypsy Woman - The Impressions

26 40 --- I Don't Know Why - Linda Scott
50 39 --- Multiplication - Bobby Darin
22 38 --- 'Til - The Angels
25 37 --- There's No Other (Like My Baby) - The Crystals
47 36 --- Pocketful Of Miracles - Frank Sinatra
47 35 --- Dreamy Eyes - Johnny Tillotson
46 34 --- Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby Bland
51 33 --- Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips
43 32 --- Do-Re-Mi - Lee Dorsey
41 31 --- Twist-Her - Bill Black's Combo

31 30 --- Rock-A-Hula Baby ("Twist" Special) - Elvis Presley
56 29 --- Break It To Me Gently - Brenda Lee
32 28 --- Moon River - Henry Mancini & his Orchestra
36 27 --- Irresistible You - Bobby Darin
33 26 --- Dear Lady Twist - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
15 25 --- Revenge - Brook Benton
42 24 --- Dear Ivan - Jimmy Dean
27 23 --- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - James Ray
29 22 --- Funny How Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge
28 21 --- Small Sad Sam - Phil McLean

11 20 --- Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
13 19 --- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes  
20 18 --- The Wanderer - Dion
18 17 --- A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
19 16 --- Cotton Fields - The Highwaymen
16 15 --- Baby It's You - The Shirelles
21 14 --- Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
14 13 --- Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
10 12 --- When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) - Connie Francis
09 11 --- Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles

17 10 --- Norman - Sue Thompson
12 09 --- When I Fall In Love - The Lettermen
08 08 --- Run To Him - Bobby Vee
07 07 --- Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
06 06 --- Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka
05 05 --- I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George
04 04 --- Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
02 03 --- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens      
03 02 --- Peppermint Twist - Part 1 - Joey Dee & The Starliters
01 01 --- The Twist - Chubby Checker