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Artist
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Peak reached (week ending)
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Albums in 1956
28 July 1956
112
Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡
Various artists
1
29 September 1956
3
Albums in 1958
3 May 1958
276
South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ [B]
Various artists
1
8 November 1958
115
Albums in 1959
2 May 1959
43
The Buddy Holly Story ‡ [C]
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
2
16 May 1959
1
Albums in 1960
10 September 1960
55
Oliver!
Original London Cast
4
21 October 1961
1
15 October 1960
28
Me and My Shadows ‡
Cliff Richard and The Shadows
2
29 October 1960
6
22 October 1960
5
The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers ‡
The Everly Brothers
4
29 October 1960
1
19 November 1960
13
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart ‡
Bob Newhart
2
3 December 1960
2
26 November 1960
120
The Black and White Minstrel Show
The George Mitchell Minstrels
1
29 July 1961
9
3 December 1960
25
The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion ‡
Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus
3
17 December 1960
2
9
Peter and Sophia
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren
5
14 January 1961
2
10 December 1960
49
G.I. Blues
Elvis Presley
1
14 January 1961
22
5
Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway ‡
Johnny Mathis
6
24 December 1960
1
17 December 1960
7
Party Time ‡
Russ Conway
7
24 December 1960
3
Albums in 1961
7 January 1961
16
Adam
Adam Faith
5
28 January 1961
1
21 January 1961
22
Nice 'n' Easy
Frank Sinatra
4
11 February 1961
4
18 February 1961
1
Glenn Miller Plays Selections From The Glenn Miller Story
Glenn Miller
10
18 February 1961
1
25 February 1961
5
Song Without End: Original Soundtrack
Various Artists
8
8 April 1961
1
4 March 1961
12
A Date With the Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
3
1 April 1961
1
1
Shirley
Shirley Bassey
9
4 March 1961
1
8 April 1961
1
Huckleberry Hound: Original Television Soundtrack
Various artists
10
8 April 1961
1
15 April 1961
6
$1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang
Duane Eddy
5
20 May 1961
1
22 April 1961
19
Listen to Cliff!
Cliff Richard
2
20 May 1961
1
6 May 1961
11
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Original Soundtrack
Various artists
6
6 May 1961
3
20 May 1961
16
His Hand in Mine
Elvis Presley
3
10 June 1961
1
3 June 1961
2
The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 1
Chris Barber and Acker Bilk
4
1 July 1961
9
7
The Music Man
Original London Cast
8
3 June 1961
3
1 July 1961
12
The Sound of Music
Original Broadway Cast
4
15 July 1961
2
8 July 1961
6
Tony
Anthony Newley
5
19 August 1961
1
19 August 1961
37
The Sound of Music
Original London Cast
3
21 October 1961
1
26 August 1961
7
When Your Lover Has Gone
Frank Sinatra
6
23 September 1961
1
9 September 1961
1
The Student Prince/The Vagabond King
John Hanson
9
9 September 1961
1
16 September 1961
51
The Shadows
The Shadows
1
23 September 1961
5
23 September 1961
2
Hell Bent for Leather
Frankie Laine
7
23 September 1961
1
30 September 1961
4
Halfway to Paradise
Billy Fury
5
21 October 1961
1
7 October 1961
2
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
Original London Cast
8
7 October 1961
2
14 October 1961
2
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
Frank Sinatra
6
21 October 1961
1
28 October 1961
24
Another Black and White Minstrel Show
The George Mitchell Minstrels
1
11 November 1961
8
8
21 Today
Cliff Richard
1
4 November 1961
1
7
That'll Be the Day
Buddy Holly
5
4 November 1961
1
4 November 1961
10
Something for Everybody
Elvis Presley
2
11 November 1961
2
4
Sinatra Swings
Frank Sinatra
8
4 November 1961
3
2 December 1961
2
The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 2 ♦
Chris Barber and Acker Bilk
8
6 January 1962
1
9 December 1961
1
Sinatra Plus
Frank Sinatra
7
9 December 1961
1
47
Blue Hawaii ♦
Elvis Presley
1
6 January 1962
18
16 December 1961
26
The Roaring 20's: Songs from the TV Series
Dorothy Provine
3
30 December 1961
2
23 December 1961
30
The Young Ones ♦
Cliff Richard
1
13 January 1962
6
30 December 1961
1
Christmas Carols
Temple Church Choir
8
30 December 1961
1
4
Ring-a-Ding-Ding! ♦
Frank Sinatra
8
13 January 1962
1