Eclipsing Elvis Presley’s smash It’s Now Or Never – which spent eight weeks in pole position in 1960 – Alex Warren’s Ordinary extends its run to nine weeks, and becomes the longest-reigning No.1 by a solo American male since Slim Whitman racked up 11 consecutive weeks at the summit with Rose Marie in 1955.  

And there’s more good news for Warren: After suffering a decline in consumption for two weeks in a row, Ordinary escapes the imminent threat of ACR ...