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1962 |
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| The UK Entries in the Charts continued to be dire but The Beatles entered the Charts for the first time. | ||||||||
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1962 was very similar to 1960 and 1961 for BJS.
(that is spells with a variety of Bands (e.g. Russ Sainty & The Nu-Notes and Nero & The Gladiators) and some Session work) Cliff Richard and The Shadows dominated the UK Pop Scene. (In April Brian Locking replaced Jet Harris in the Shadows) (Jet's wife, Carol Costa, seduced Cliff Richard) (Carol was coincidentially BJS's near neighbour) BJS played on the Seminal Album "R'n'B At The Marquee". (Mick, Keith, Brian, Bill and Charlie were regulars at the Ealing Club) In this year BJS played on 3 Number One Records. For more details please view BJS's Wikipedia page. | ||||||||
| Date Entered UK Chart | Artist | Title | UK Highest Chart Position | Label | Producer | Guitar Rating | Comments | Did BJS play the lead ? |
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| 04/01/1962 Thursday | Doug Sheldon | Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night | 29 | Decca | . |
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Inspiration for Dave Clark | . |
| 18/01/1962 Thursday | Danny Williams | Jeannie | 14 | HMV | Norman Newell |
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| 18/01/1962 Thursday | Eden Kane | Forget Me Not | 3 | Decca | Bunny Lewis |
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Pleasant guitar playing | . |
| 18/01/1962 Thursday | Adam Faith | Lonesome | 12 | Parlophone | John Burgess |
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Delightful guitar in the background. | . |
| 01/02/1962 Thursday | Miki And Griff | Little Bitty Tear | 16 | Pye | Tony Hatch |
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Written by Burl Ives. Nice electric guitar in the background. | . |
| 01/02/1962 Thursday | Frankie Vaughan | Don’t Stop Twist | 22 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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Terrible | . |
| 08/02/1962 Thursday | Petula Clark | I'm Counting On You | 41 | Pye | Alan Freeman |
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Pleasant | . |
| 08/02/1962 Thursday | Matt Monro | Softly As I Leave You | 10 | Parlophone | Norman Newell |
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| 15/02/1962 Thursday | Allisons | Lessons In Love | 30 | Fontana | Jack Baverstock |
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Vigorous strumming | . |
| 17/02/1962 Saturday | Shirley Bassey | Shirley Bassey | 14 | Columbia | Norman Newell |
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| 22/02/1962 Thursday | Tommy Bruce | Babette | 50 | Columbia | Knownman |
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Lively | . |
| 22/02/1962 Thursday | Russ Conway | Lesson One | 21 | Columbia | Norman Newell |
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| 01/03/1962 Thursday | Johnnie Spence | Theme From Dr Kildare | 15 | Parlophone | Knownman |
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Richard Chamberlain starred | . |
| 01/03/1962 Thursday | Johnny Keating | Theme From Z Cars | 8 | Piccadilly | Knownman |
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Based on a Northumberland tune | . |
| 08/03/1962 Thursday | Clinton Ford | Fanlight Fanny | 22 | Oriole | John Schroeder |
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George Formby song | . |
| 10/03/1962 Saturday | Helen Shapiro | Tops With Me | 2 | Columbia | Norrie Paramor |
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| 15/03/1962 Thursday | John Leyton | Lone Rider | 40 | HMV | Joe Meek |
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Similar to the others | . |
| 22/03/1962 Thursday | Craig Douglas | When My Little Girl Is Smiling | 9 | Top Rank | Bunny Lewis |
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The singing milkman. | . |
| 29/03/1962 Thursday | Jimmy Justice | When My Little Girl Is Smiling | 9 | Pye | Tony Hatch |
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Covered by many | . |
| 29/03/1962 Thursday | Joe Loss | The Maigret Theme | 20 | HMV | . |
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Original by Ron Grainger | . |
| 05/04/1962 Thursday | Shane Fenton | Its All Over Now | 29 | Parlophone | Knownman |
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Great guitar. Became Alvin Stardust. | . |
| 03/05/1962 Thursday | John Leyton | Lonely City | 14 | HMV | Joe Meek |
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Constant strumming. | . |
| 03/05/1962 Thursday | Billy Fury | Last Night Was Made For Love | 4 | Decca | . |
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| 03/05/1962 Thursday | Adam Faith | As You Like It | 5 | Parlophone | John Burgess |
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Usual Faith stuff. | . |
| 10/05/1962 Thursday | Mike Sarne | Come Outside | 1 | Parlophone | Charles Blackwell |
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With Wendy Richard. | . |
| 10/05/1962 Thursday | Eden Kane | I Dont Know Why | 7 | Decca | Bunny Lewis |
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A delightful guitar break. There is also a deep sounding guitar. | . |
| 24/05/1962 Thursday | Marty Wilde | Jezebel | 19 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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| 24/05/1962 Thursday | Jet Harris | Besame Mucho | 22 | Decca | Jack Good |
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BJS suggested that the Fender VI six-string bass could be used as a lead Duane Eddy style | . |
| 07/06/1962 Thursday | Vince Hill | The Rivers Run Dry | 41 | Piccadilly | . |
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Vince in a mean mood ! | . |
| 14/06/1962 Thursday | Matt Monro | When Love Comes Along | 46 | Parlophone | Norman Newell |
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Average | . |
| 14/06/1962 Thursday | Jimmy Justice | Ain’t That Funny | 8 | Pye | Tony Hatch |
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Good | . |
| 28/06/1962 Thursday | Craig Douglas | Our Favourite Melodies | 9 | Columbia | Bunny Lewis |
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A Gary Criss original | . |
| 28/06/1962 Thursday | Petula Clark | Ya Ya Twist | 14 | Pye | Alan Freeman |
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| 05/07/1962 Thursday | Frank Ifield | I Remember You | 1 | Columbia | Norrie Paramor |
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First million seller in the UK | . |
| 05/07/1962 Thursday | Carol Deene | Johnny Get Angry | 32 | HMV | Walter Ridley |
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| 19/07/1962 Thursday | Billy Fury | Once Upon A Dream | 7 | Decca | Mike Smith |
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| 02/08/1962 Thursday | Ronnie Carroll | Roses Are Red | 3 | Phillips | Johnny Frank |
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| 16/08/1962 Thursday | Jet Harris | Man With The Golden Gun | 12 | Decca | Jack Good |
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| 23/08/1962 Thursday | Carol Deene | Some People | 25 | HMV | Walter Ridley |
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Nice Wind Instrument ! | . |
| 23/08/1962 Thursday | Jimmy Justice | Spanish Harlem | 20 | Pye | Tony Hatch |
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Faithful copy of the classic | . |
| 23/08/1962 Thursday | John Leyton | Down The River Nile | 42 | HMV | Joe Meek |
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Average | . |
| 30/08/1962 Thursday | Adam Faith | Dont That Beat All | 8 | Parlophone | John Burgess |
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Impressive violin | . |
| 30/08/1962 Thursday | Shirley Bassey | What Now My Love | 5 | Columbia | Norman Newell |
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Becaud. Ravels Bolero. Disciplined strumming. | . |
| 30/08/1962 Thursday | Mike Sarne | Will I What | 18 | Parlophone | Charles Blackwell |
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With Billie Davis. | . |
| 06/09/1962 Thursday | Vernon Girls | Loco motion | 47 | Decca | Jack Good |
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Ghastly | . |
| 27/09/1962 Thursday | Frankie Vaughan | Hercules | 42 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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Average | . |
| 04/10/1962 Thursday | Tony Hatch | Out Of This World | 50 | Pye | . |
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Guitar kicks in after 60 seconds. TV Sci Fi Themw. | . |
| 11/10/1962 Thursday | Jess Conrad | Pretty Jenny | 50 | Decca | . |
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| 11/10/1962 Thursday | Susan Maughan | Bobbys Girl | 3 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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| 18/10/1962 Thursday | Craig Douglas | Oh Lonesome Me | 15 | Decca | Bunny Lewis |
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Energetic strumming. Excellent guitar break but did BJS play it. | . |
| 25/10/1962 Thursday | Billy Fury | Because Of Love | 18 | Decca | Knownman |
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| 25/10/1962 Thursday | Frank Ifield | Lovesick Blues | 1 | Columbia | Norrie Paramor |
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| 25/10/1962 Thursday | Rolf Harris | Sun Arise | 3 | Columbia | George Martin |
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Struth ! | . |
| 01/11/1962 Thursday | John Barry | James Bond Theme | 13 | Columbia | John Burgess |
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Vic Flick played the lead guitar. Jim played acoustic. | NO |
| 01/11/1962 Thursday | Joe Loss | Must Be Madison | 20 | HMV | . |
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| 08/11/1962 Thursday | Peter Jay | Can Can 62 | 31 | Decca | Joe Meek |
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Tres beau ! Amazing drumming ! | . |
| 08/11/1962 Thursday | Matt Monro | My Love And Devotion | 29 | Parlophone | Norman Newell |
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Standard stuff. | . |
| 15/11/1962 Thursday | Ronnie Carroll | If Only Tomorrow | 33 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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| 06/12/1962 Thursday | Kenny Lynch | Up On The Roof | 10 | HMV | Walter Ridley |
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| 13/12/1962 Thursday | Mark Wynter | Go Away Little Girl | 6 | Pye | Tony Hatch |
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Steady strumming. | . |
| 13/12/1962 Thursday | Springfields | Island Of Dreams | 5 | Phillips | Johnny Franz |
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