This thread will record all the Melody Maker singles charts from their inception in April 1956 to the end of 1959. Here's the first one;

Melody Maker Singles Week Ending 7 April 1956

TW LW WC

1 NE 1 IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW The Dreamweavers
2 NE 1 Memories Are Made Of This Dave King With The Keynotes
2 NE 1 Rock And Roll Waltz Kay Starr
4 NE 1 The Poor People Of Paris Winifred Atwell
5 NE 1 Zambesi Lou Busch
6 NE 1 Only You (And You Alone) The Hilltoppers
7 NE 1 See You Later Alligator Bill Haley And His Comets
8 NE 1 Memories Are Made Of This Dean Martin
9 NE 1 Chain Gang Jimmy Young
10 NE 1 Band Of Gold Don Cherry

11 NE 1 I'm A Fool Slim Whitman
12 NE 1 Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' Billy Vaughn
13 NE 1 The Great Pretender Jimmy Parkinson
14 NE 1 Rock Island Line The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
15 NE 1 A Tear Fell Teresa Brewer
16 NE 1 (Love Is) The Tender Trap Frank Sinatra
17 NE 1 Jimmy Unknown Lita Roza
18 NE 1 Zambesi Eddie Calvert
19 NE 1 My September Love David Whitfield
20 NE 1 Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' The Dick Hyman Trio

Curiously, the last week positions are listed on the first chart, which means that an unpublished 31 March 1956 chart must have been compiled. It's possible to piece together most of it, as follows;

1 It's Almost Tomorrow The Dreamweavers
2 Zambesi Lou Busch
3 Rock And Roll Waltz Kay Starr
4 Memories Are Made Of This Dean Martin
5 Memories Are Made Of This Dave King With The Keynotes
6 The Poor People Of Paris Winifred Atwell
7 Only You (And You Alone) The Hilltoppers
8 See You Later Alligator Bill Haley And His Comets
9 Chain Gang Jimmy Young

11 The Great Pretender Jimmy Parkinson
12 Rock Island Line The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
13 Band Of Gold Don Cherry
14 (Love Is) The Tender Trap Frank Sinatra
16 My September Love David Whitfield
17 Jimmy Unknown Lita Roza
20 I'm A Fool Slim Whitman