TONY HATCH (UK)

Born: 30 June 1939
Real name: Anthony Peter Hatch

Hatch was born in Pinner, a suburb of Harrow, which is just north of London and also the birthplace of Elton John. His mother was a pianist and she encouraged him in his music, sending him to the London Choir School. When he finished school in 1955 he went to work with Top Rank Records and was writing songs under the name Mark Anthony. One of his first break throughs as a songwriter was with ‘Look For A Star’ which saw 4 different versions enter the US Hot 100 on 20 June 1960. These were by Billy Vaughn, Dean Hawley, Gary Mills and Garry Miles. Miles’ version would see the best peak of the 4, going to 16. He would go on to collaborate with Petula Clark and later with Jackie Trent whom he would marry and later divorce.  As an artist he saw 1 UK chart hit in the form of 1962’s ‘Out Of This World’ which peaked at number 50.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
28-Jun-1968	Thank You For Loving Me	20	1
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	20

Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	1
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	=1228
Top 20 points ranking	=1194
Top 30 points	11
Top 20 points	1

‘Thank You For Loving Me’ was a duet with Jackie Trent and was 1 of 39 songs to spend just 1 week at 20 during the top 20 era. Hatch was 1 of 11 acts for whom this would be their entire SA chart career as an act.

Apart from his hit with Jackie Trent mentioned above, Tony Hatch also had song writing credits on the following:

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
I Know A Place	Petula Clark	5	5
Where Are You Now	Jackie Trent	12	6
My Love	Petula Clark	6	8
Where Did We Go Wrong	Petula Clark	7	8
Don’t Sleep in The Subway	Petula Clark	10	6
The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener	Petula Clark	19	2
		Total hits	6
		Total weeks	35

He would also have a production credit and sing backing vocals on the following Sweet Sensation hit:

Date of Entry	Song	Peak (Weeks at 1)	Weeks
14-Feb-1975	Sad Sweet Dreamer	8	10
		Total hits	1
		Total Weeks	10

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits	8
Weeks	46