This is the 3rd record in 1962 to peak at 40 and the 3rd in 1962 to be by an artist who's also had a number one. This time it's Helen Shapiro.
She was just 14 when she scored her first Top 40 hit, "Don't Treat Me Like A Child" which peaked at 3 the previous year. This was followed by 2 number ones with "You Don't Know" and "Walkin Back To Happiness".
She also had a good start to 1962 making 2 with "Tell Me What He Said". Her next single "Let's Talk About Love" didn't do so well peaking at 23, but she then had a top ten with "Little Miss Lonely".
At the end of September 1962 she turned 16 and a month or so later this record peaked at 40. The bulk of her singles to date had been written by John Schroeder and Mike Hawker, but this one was written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard which sounds like it should have been a recipe for success, but it wasn't.
It did collectively spend 3 weeks at 40, the first week it was keeping The Beatles out of the Top 40 with their debut "Love Me Do". It fell to 41 for a week and returned to 40 for 2 weeks in a row.
She would have a further 3 Top 40 hits which all did slightly better, but no better than 32. Being from the pre-Beatles era meant her days were numbered, despite being younger than them. By the start of 1964 aged just 17, her Top 40 career would be over.
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