Audio Samples
Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino
Must Be Santa - Joan Regan
Till - Tony Bennett
Ask Anyone in Love (Serenata) - Ralph Burns & His Orchestra/Tony Bennett
Pepe - Duane Eddy
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis
Piltdown Rides Again - Piltdown Men
Sings a Scottish Soldier, A (Green Hills of Tyrol) - Andy Stewart
Bangers and Mash - Peter Sellers/Sophia Loren
Chariot - Rhet Stoller
Singers Doll House - The Rita Williams Singers/The King Brothers
Can't You Hear My Heart - Danny Rivers
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley/The Jordanaires
Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
Let's Jump the Broomstick - Brenda Lee
Thousand Stars, A - Billy Fury
New Orleans - Gary "U.S." Bonds
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - The Olympics
Lonely Teenager - Dion
Corinne, Corrina - Ray Peterson
Sailor - Petula Clark
Rubber Ball - Marty Wilde
Sailor - Anne Shelton
Mystery Girl - Jess Conrad
Rubber Ball - The Avons
Shine - Joe Brown
What To Do - Buddy Holly
Mean Mean Mean - Wanda Jackson
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
First Taste of Love - Ben E. King
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
Ginchy - Bert Weedon
World in My Arms, The - Nat King Cole
Jimmy's Girl - Johnny Tillotson
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
This Is It - Adam Faith
Who Am I - Adam Faith
F.B.I. - The Shadows
Messing About on the River - Josh MacRae
Gather in the Mushrooms - Benny Hill
Pepys' Diary - Benny Hill
Black Bear - Frank Cordell and His Orchestra/Frank Cordell
Hey Good Looking - Tommy Zang
Fools Rush In - Brook Benton
Calcutta (Nicolette) - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra/Lawrence Welk
Are You Sure - The Allisons
Wheels - The String-A-Longs
Riders in the Sky - The Ramrods
African Waltz - Johnny Dankworth
Samantha - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
C'est Si Bon - Conway Twitty
Gypsy Beat - Packabeats
Man from Madrid - Tony Osborne
Theme for a Dream - Cliff Richard/The Shadows
Ja-Da - Johnny & the Hurricanes
Baby Sittin' Boogie - Buzz Clifford
76 Trombones - The King Brothers
What Am I Gonna Do? - Emile Ford & the Checkmates
Magnificent Seven, The - The John Barry Seven
Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley/The Jordanaires
Marry Me - Mike Preston
My Kind of Girl - Matt Monro
Theme from "Exodus" - Ferrante & Teicher/Teicher/Ferrante
Goodnight Mrs. Flintstone - Piltdown Men
Trambone - The Krew Kats
Dream Girl - Mark Wynter
Ram-Bunk-Shush - The Ventures
Lazy River - Bobby Darin
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Baby Roo - Connie Francis
Cried - Anthony Newley
Theme from "Exodus" - Semprini
I Count the Tears - The Drifters
Whispering Hope - Jim Reeves
Don't Treat Me Like a Child - Helen Shapiro
I Wanna Love My Life Away - Gene Pitney
Till There Was You - Peggy Lee
Entry of the Gladiators - Nero & the Gladiators/Peggy Lee
Good Time Baby - Bobby Rydell
You're Driving Me Crazy - Nero & the Gladiators/The Temperance Seven
Gee Whiz It's You - Cliff Richard & the Shadows/The Temperance Seven
Warpaint - Cliff Richard/Brook Brothers
Pony Time - Chubby Checker/The Brook Brothers
I Told You So - Chubby Checker/Jimmy Jones
How Wonderful to Know - Teddy Johnson/Pearl Carr/Jimmy Jones
Emotions - Teddy Johnson/Pearl Carr/Brenda Lee
Theme from "Exodus" - Mantovani & His Orchestra/Brenda Lee
On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer/Mantovani
Blue Moon - Floyd Cramer/The Marcels
More Than I Can Say - The Marcels/Bobby Vee
Stayin' In - Bobby Vee
Little Boy Sad - Johnny Burnette/Bobby Vee
Asia Minor - Johnny Burnette/Kokomo
Something Missing - Kokomo/Petula Clark
Swingin' Low - The Outlaws/Petula Clark
Linda Lu - The Outlaws/Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Theme from Dixie - Duane Eddy/Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Hundred Pounds of Clay - Craig Douglas/Duane Eddy
Hundred Pounds of Clay, A - Craig Douglas
Muskrat Ramble - Freddy Cannon
My Blue Heaven - Frank Sinatra
Cowboy Jimmy Joe - Alma Cogan
Runaway - Del Shannon
Easy Going Me - Adam Faith
Don't Worry - Billy FuryTrack List
Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino
Must Be Santa - Joan Regan
Till - Tony Bennett
Ask Anyone in Love (Serenata) - Ralph Burns & His Orchestra/Tony Bennett
Pepe - Duane Eddy
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis
Piltdown Rides Again - Piltdown Men
Sings a Scottish Soldier, A (Green Hills of Tyrol) - Andy Stewart
Bangers and Mash - Peter Sellers/Sophia Loren
Chariot - Rhet Stoller
Singers Doll House - The Rita Williams Singers/The King Brothers
Can't You Hear My Heart - Danny Rivers
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley/The Jordanaires
Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
Let's Jump the Broomstick - Brenda Lee
Thousand Stars, A - Billy Fury
New Orleans - Gary "U.S." Bonds
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - The Olympics
Lonely Teenager - Dion
Corinne, Corrina - Ray Peterson
Sailor - Petula Clark
Rubber Ball - Marty Wilde
Sailor - Anne Shelton
Mystery Girl - Jess Conrad
Rubber Ball - The Avons
Shine - Joe Brown
What To Do - Buddy Holly
Mean Mean Mean - Wanda Jackson
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
First Taste of Love - Ben E. King
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
Ginchy - Bert Weedon
World in My Arms, The - Nat King Cole
Jimmy's Girl - Johnny Tillotson
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
This Is It - Adam Faith
Who Am I - Adam Faith
F.B.I. - The Shadows
Messing About on the River - Josh MacRae
Gather in the Mushrooms - Benny Hill
Pepys' Diary - Benny Hill
Black Bear - Frank Cordell and His Orchestra/Frank Cordell
Hey Good Looking - Tommy Zang
Fools Rush In - Brook Benton
Calcutta (Nicolette) - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra/Lawrence Welk
Are You Sure - The Allisons
Wheels - The String-A-Longs
Riders in the Sky - The Ramrods
African Waltz - Johnny Dankworth
Samantha - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
C'est Si Bon - Conway Twitty
Gypsy Beat - Packabeats
Man from Madrid - Tony Osborne
Theme for a Dream - Cliff Richard/The Shadows
Ja-Da - Johnny & the Hurricanes
Baby Sittin' Boogie - Buzz Clifford
76 Trombones - The King Brothers
What Am I Gonna Do? - Emile Ford & the Checkmates
Magnificent Seven, The - The John Barry Seven
Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley/The Jordanaires
Marry Me - Mike Preston
My Kind of Girl - Matt Monro
Theme from "Exodus" - Ferrante & Teicher/Teicher/Ferrante
Goodnight Mrs. Flintstone - Piltdown Men
Trambone - The Krew Kats
Dream Girl - Mark Wynter
Ram-Bunk-Shush - The Ventures
Lazy River - Bobby Darin
Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
Baby Roo - Connie Francis
Cried - Anthony Newley
Theme from "Exodus" - Semprini
I Count the Tears - The Drifters
Whispering Hope - Jim Reeves
Don't Treat Me Like a Child - Helen Shapiro
I Wanna Love My Life Away - Gene Pitney
Till There Was You - Peggy Lee
Entry of the Gladiators - Nero & the Gladiators/Peggy Lee
Good Time Baby - Bobby Rydell
You're Driving Me Crazy - Nero & the Gladiators/The Temperance Seven
Gee Whiz It's You - Cliff Richard & the Shadows/The Temperance Seven
Warpaint - Cliff Richard/Brook Brothers
Pony Time - Chubby Checker/The Brook Brothers
I Told You So - Chubby Checker/Jimmy Jones
How Wonderful to Know - Teddy Johnson/Pearl Carr/Jimmy Jones
Emotions - Teddy Johnson/Pearl Carr/Brenda Lee
Theme from "Exodus" - Mantovani & His Orchestra/Brenda Lee
On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer/Mantovani
Blue Moon - Floyd Cramer/The Marcels
More Than I Can Say - The Marcels/Bobby Vee
Stayin' In - Bobby Vee
Little Boy Sad - Johnny Burnette/Bobby Vee
Asia Minor - Johnny Burnette/Kokomo
Something Missing - Kokomo/Petula Clark
Swingin' Low - The Outlaws/Petula Clark
Linda Lu - The Outlaws/Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Theme from Dixie - Duane Eddy/Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Hundred Pounds of Clay - Craig Douglas/Duane Eddy
Hundred Pounds of Clay, A - Craig Douglas
Muskrat Ramble - Freddy Cannon
My Blue Heaven - Frank Sinatra
Cowboy Jimmy Joe - Alma Cogan
Runaway - Del Shannon
Easy Going Me - Adam Faith
Don't Worry - Billy FuryAlbum Notes
This is the first installment of the four-disc, 110-song collection 1961 British Hit Parade issued by Acrobat. Included are the original versions of "Spanish Harlem" by Ben E. King, "Runaway" by Del Shannon, and "My Girl Josephine" by Fats Domino, along with obscure tracks by Andy Stewart, Rhet Stoller, Danny Rivers, and Josh MacRae. ~ Al Campbell

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