Written by: Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch Produced by: Not listed South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Pye
Hit number for artist
1
Peak position
20
Weeks
1
Biggest climber awards
0
Star rater climbs
0
Biggest faller awards
0
Top 20 points
1
Overall Top 20 points ranking
=2351
Top 20 points ranking for the artist
2/1
Top 30 Points
11
Overall Top 30 points ranking
=2453
Top 30 points ranking for the artist
2/1
Annual ranking:
1968
=140
The song was the 6th (of 38) that would only spend 1 week on the charts and spend that week at the lowest position. Tony Hatch was the 3rd of 14 acts for whom it would be their only hit as an artist (he would see a number of hits as a song writer and produce, working extensively with Petula Clark).
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: