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  • Billboard #1 and #2 Singles that never charted in UK Top 75: 1955 - 196

    From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 12 16:13:44 2024
    (actually this list goes up to 2010)

    Source used by researcher is ‘Virgin Book of British Hit Singles: 2nd
    edition’.

    1955 (02)
    Fontane Sisters – Hearts Of Stone
    Roger Williams – Autumn Leaves

    1956 (02)
    Nelson Riddle – Lisbon Antigua
    Les Baxter – Poor People Of Paris

    1957 (01)
    Perry Como – Round & Round

    1959 (03)
    Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez – The Happy Organ
    Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City
    Fleetwoods – Mr. Blue

    1960 (01)
    Larry Verne – Mr. Custer

    1961 (04)
    Bert Kaempfert – Wonderland By Night
    Lawrence Welk – Calcutta (Charted in Record Mirror)
    Bobby Lewis – Tossin’ & Turnin’
    Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman

    1962 (03)
    Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl (Charted in New Musical Express)
    David Rose – The Stripper
    Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & Cryptkickers – Monster Marsh (Peaked at number
    3 in 1973)

    1963 (04)
    Steve Lawrence – Go Away Little Girl
    Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him
    ‘Little’ Stevie Wonder – Fingertips
    Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet (Peaked at number 2 in 1990)

    1964 (01)
    Bobby Vinton – Mr. Lonely

    BILLBOARD NUMBER ONES THAT NEVER CHARTED IN UK (126)
    14 – 1975
    10 – 1973
    09 – 1974
    07 – 1971
    06 – 1976
    05 – 1965 / 1988
    04 – 1961 / 1963 / 1966 / 1967 / 1972 / 1987
    03 – 1959 / 1962 / 1968 / 1977
    02 – 1955 / 1956 / 1969 / 1970 / 1978 / 1986 / 1989 / 1990 / 1991 /
    2000 / 2004 / 2006
    01 – 1957 / 1960 / 1964 / 1980 / 1981 / 1992 / 2002 / 2003 / 2005 /
    2007
    00 – 1958 / 1979 / 1982 / 1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1993 / 1994 / 1995 /
    1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2001 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010

    BILLBOARD NUMBER TWOS THAT NEVER CHARTED IN UK (115)
    09 – 1969
    06 – 1961
    05 – 1964 / 1967 / 1971 / 1972
    04 – 1959 / 1963 / 1970 / 1973 / 1982
    03 – 1955 / 1957 / 1962 / 1965 / 1968 / 1974 / 1985 / 1990 / 2003
    02 – 1966 / 1975 / 1976 / 1978 / 1981 / 1983 / 1986 / 1989 / 1999 /
    2007 / 2009
    01 – 1956 / 1958 / 1960 / 1977 / 1980 / 1984 / 1991 / 1998 / 2000 /
    2005 / 2008
    00 – 1979 / 1987 / 1988 / 1992 / 1993 / 1994 / 1995 / 1996 / 1997 /
    2001 / 2002 / 2004 / 2006 / 2010

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