List of number-one singles of the 1960s

UK Singles Chart number ones
UK Singles Chart
Official Charts Company
Christmas number one
The Beatles had eighteen number-one singles on the NME chart, only one of which never topped the Record Retailer chart.

The NME (or New Musical Express) is a British weekly popular music newspaper. Record charts in the United Kingdom began on 14 November 1952 when NME imitated an idea started in American Billboard magazine compiled their own hit parade. Until 15 February 1969, when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) chart was established, many periodicals compiled their own charts.[1] During this time the BBC used aggregated results of the prominent NME, Melody Maker, Disc, Record Mirror and, later, Record Retailer charts to compile their Pick of the Pops chart. Prior to 1969 there was no universally accepted source or "official" singles chart;[2][3][4] however, the Official Chart Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums regard the canonical sources for this period as NME before 10 March 1960 and Record Retailer from then until the BMRB took over in 1969.[5] Although Record Retailer is now the most predominantly used source for charting music in the 1960s, NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was more widely followed.[2][3] After the BMRB was formed NME continued compiling its own chart up until 14 May 1988.[1]

The Allisons's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, entitled "Are You Sure?", was the first single to be number one in the NME chart but not to reach the top spot in Record Retailer's chart.[3] In total, sixteen songs failed to reach number one with Record Retailer but topped the NME chart.[3][6][7] In 1969, after the BMRB chart was introduced, four songs topped the NME but not the BMRB chart. Notable discrepancies include "19th Nervous Breakdown" which reached number one on the NME, Disc, and Melody Maker charts, topped the BBC's Pick of the Pops aggregated chart and was announced as number one on Top of the Pops; however, because it did not reach number one on the Record Retailer chart it is omitted from the Official Chart Company's canon.[2] The Beatles' "Please Please Me" suffered the same fate so, arguably, should be considered The Beatles' first number-one single.[3] Conversely, Elvis Presley's double A-side, "Rock-A-Hula Baby"/"Can't Help Falling in Love", reached number one on all charts except NME because the entries were split by NME according to which song was requested when the shop returned its figures.[2][3]

Number-one singles

Elvis Presley had eleven number-one singles on the NME chart, including two not recognised by The Official Chart Company.
Kenny Rogers' first number-one single on the NME chart came over seven years before he reached the top of Record Retailer's chart.
Joe Brown said the decision to favour the Record Retailer chart "has deprived me of my only number one".[3]
Len Barry's only number-one single was on the NME chart with "1-2-3".
Adam Faith's "Poor Me" was the last number-one single for which NME is considered the canonical source.
Key
 Italics  Prior to 10 March 1960 the NME is considered by the Official Chart Company as the canonical source.
          The song did not reach number one on the Record Retailer chart which is considered by the Official Chart Company as the canonical source until 15 February 1969.
          The song did not reach number one on the BMRB chart which is considered as the official chart after 15 February 1969.
  [nb #]   The song spent a week at number one, where it shared the top spot with another song.
Contents
← 1950s · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970s →
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1960
Holliday, MichaelMichael Holliday "Starry Eyed" 30 January 19601
Newley, AnthonyAnthony Newley "Why" 6 February 19604
Faith, AdamAdam Faith "Poor Me" 5 March 19602
Preston, JohnnyJohnny Preston "Running Bear" 19 March 19601
Donegan, LonnieLonnie Donegan "My Old Man's a Dustman" 26 March 19604
Newley, AnthonyAnthony Newley "Do You Mind?" 23 April 19601
The Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" 30 April 19609
Jones, JimmyJimmy Jones "Good Timin'" 2 July 19603
Richard, CliffCliff Richard and The Shadows "Please Don't Tease" 23 July 19604
The Shadows "Apache" 20 August 19606
Valance, RickyRicky Valance "Tell Laura I Love Her" 1 October 19602
Orbison, RoyRoy Orbison "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" 15 October 19603
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "It's Now or Never" 5 November 19609
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1961
Tillotson, JohnnyJohnny Tillotson "Poetry in Motion" 7 January 19613
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 28 January 19615
The Everly Brothers "Walk Right Back" 4 March 19613
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Wooden Heart" 25 March 19612
The Allisons "Are You Sure?"† 8 April 19611
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Wooden Heart" 15 April 19611
The Allisons "Are You Sure?"† 22 April 19611
The Temperance Seven "You're Driving Me Crazy" 29 April 19611
The Marcels "Blue Moon" 6 May 19612
Shannon, DelDel Shannon "Runaway" 20 May 19611
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Surrender" 27 May 19614
Shannon, DelDel Shannon "Runaway" 24 June 19613
The Everly Brothers "Temptation" 15 July 19611
Kane, EdenEden Kane "Well I Ask You" 22 July 19612
Shapiro, HelenHelen Shapiro "You Don't Know" 5 August 19613
Leyton, JohnJohn Leyton "Johnny Remember Me" 26 August 19614[nb 2]
Shapiro, HelenHelen Shapiro "You Don't Know" 2 September 19611[nb 2]
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Wild in the Country"† 23 September 19611
Leyton, JohnJohn Leyton "Johnny Remember Me" 30 September 19611
The Highwaymen "Michael (Row the Boat)" 7 October 19611
Shapiro, HelenHelen Shapiro "Walkin' Back to Happiness" 14 October 19614
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "His Latest Flame" 11 November 19613
Vaughan, FrankieFrankie Vaughan "Tower of Strength" 2 December 19614[nb 3]
Vee, BobbyBobby Vee "Take Good Care of My Baby"† 2 December 19611[nb 3]
Williams, DannyDanny Williams "Moon River" 30 December 19611
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1962
Bilk, AckerAcker Bilk "Stranger on the Shore"† 6 January 19621
Richard, CliffCliff Richard "The Young Ones" 13 January 19626
Checker, ChubbyChubby Checker "Let's Twist Again"† 24 February 19622
Ball, KennyKenny Ball and his Jazzmen "March of the Siamese Children"† 10 March 19621
The Shadows "Wonderful Land" 17 March 19629[nb 4]
B. Bumble and the Stingers "Nut Rocker" 12 May 19621[nb 4]
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Good Luck Charm" 19 May 19625
Sarne, MikeMike Sarne with Wendy Richard "Come Outside" 23 June 19622
Brown, JoeJoe Brown and the Bruvvers "A Picture Of You"† 7 July 19621
Charles, RayRay Charles "I Can't Stop Loving You" 14 July 19621
Ifield, FrankFrank Ifield "I Remember You" 21 July 19628
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "She's Not You" 15 September 19623
The Tornados "Telstar" 6 October 19625
Ifield, FrankFrank Ifield "Lovesick Blues" 10 November 19625
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Return to Sender" 15 December 19622
Richard, CliffCliff Richard and The Shadows "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" 29 December 19621
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1963
The Shadows "Dance On!" 5 January 19633
Harris, JetJet Harris and Tony Meehan "Diamonds" 26 January 19634
Ifield, FrankFrank Ifield "The Wayward Wind" 23 February 19631[nb 5]
The Beatles "Please Please Me"† 23 February 19632[nb 5]
Richard, CliffCliff Richard and The Shadows "Summer Holiday" 9 March 19633
The Shadows "Foot Tapper" 30 March 19631
Gerry & The Pacemakers "How Do You Do It?" 6 April 19633
The Beatles "From Me to You" 27 April 19636[nb 6]
Kramer, Billy J.Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas "Do You Want to Know a Secret"† 1 June 19632[nb 6]
Gerry & The Pacemakers "I Like It" 15 June 19634
Ifield, FrankFrank Ifield "Confessin' (That I Love You)" 13 July 19633
The Searchers "Sweets for My Sweet" 3 August 19633
Kramer, Billy J.Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas "Bad to Me" 24 August 19632
The Beatles "She Loves You" 7 September 19634
Brian Poole and The Tremeloes "Do You Love Me" 5 October 19633
Gerry & The Pacemakers "You'll Never Walk Alone" 26 October 19634
The Beatles "She Loves You" 23 November 19632
The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 7 December 19636
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1964
The Dave Clark Five "Glad All Over" 18 January 19642
The Searchers "Needles and Pins" 1 February 19643
Black, CillaCilla Black "Anyone Who Had a Heart" 22 February 19644
Kramer, Billy J.Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas "Little Children" 21 March 19641
The Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" 28 March 19644
Peter & Gordon "A World Without Love" 25 April 19642
The Searchers "Don't Throw Your Love Away" 9 May 19641
The Four Pennies "Juliet" 16 May 19642
Black, CillaCilla Black "You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)" 30 May 19643
Orbison, RoyRoy Orbison "It's Over" 20 June 19642
The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" 4 July 19642
The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" 18 July 19644
Mann, ManfredManfred Mann "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" 15 August 19642
The Honeycombs "Have I the Right?" 29 August 19642
The Kinks "You Really Got Me" 12 September 19641
Herman's Hermits "I'm Into Something Good" 19 September 19643
Orbison, RoyRoy Orbison "Oh, Pretty Woman" 10 October 19643
Shaw, SandieSandie Shaw "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" 31 October 19642
The Supremes "Baby Love" 14 November 19641
The Rolling Stones "Little Red Rooster" 21 November 19642
The Beatles "I Feel Fine" 5 December 19646
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1965
Fame, GeorgieGeorgie Fame "Yeh Yeh" 16 January 19651
The Moody Blues "Go Now" 23 January 19652
The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" 6 February 19651
The Kinks "Tired of Waiting for You" 13 February 19651
The Seekers "I'll Never Find Another You" 20 February 19652
Jones, TomTom Jones "It's Not Unusual" 6 March 19651
The Rolling Stones "The Last Time" 13 March 19654
The Yardbirds "For Your Love"† 10 April 19651[nb 7]
Richard, CliffCliff Richard "The Minute You're Gone" 10 April 19651[nb 7]
The Beatles "Ticket to Ride" 17 April 19655
Trent, JackieJackie Trent "Where Are You Now (My Love)" 22 May 19651
Shaw, SandieSandie Shaw "Long Live Love" 29 May 19652
The Everly Brothers "The Price of Love"† 12 June 19651
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "Crying in the Chapel" 19 June 19652
The Hollies "I'm Alive" 3 July 19652
The Byrds "Mr. Tambourine Man" 17 July 19652
The Beatles "Help!" 31 July 19654
Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe" 28 August 19651
The Rolling Stones "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 4 September 19653
Dodd, KenKen Dodd "Tears" 25 September 19656
The Rolling Stones "Get Off of My Cloud" 6 November 19653
Barry, LenLen Barry "1-2-3"† 27 November 19651
The Seekers "The Carnival Is Over" 4 December 19651
The Beatles "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" 11 December 19655
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1966
The Spencer Davis Group "Keep On Running" 15 January 19663
The Overlanders "Michelle" 5 February 19661
Sinatra, NancyNancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" 12 February 19661
The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown"† 19 February 19663
The Hollies "I Can't Let Go"† 12 March 19662[nb 8]
The Walker Brothers "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" 19 March 19664[nb 8]
The Spencer Davis Group "Somebody Help Me" 16 April 19661
Springfield, DustyDusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 23 April 19662
Mann, ManfredManfred Mann "Pretty Flamingo" 7 May 19663
The Rolling Stones "Paint It, Black" 28 May 19661
Sinatra, FrankFrank Sinatra "Strangers in the Night" 4 June 19663
The Beatles "Paperback Writer" 25 June 19662
The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" 9 July 19662
Farlowe, ChrisChris Farlowe "Out of Time" 23 July 19662
The Troggs "With a Girl Like You" 6 August 19662
The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" 20 August 19664
Small Faces "All or Nothing" 17 September 19661
Reeves, JimJim Reeves "Distant Drums" 24 September 19665
Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" 29 October 19663
The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" 19 November 19662
Jones, TomTom Jones "Green, Green Grass of Home" 3 December 19667
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1967
The Monkees "I'm a Believer" 21 January 19674
Clark, PetulaPetula Clark "This Is My Song" 18 February 19672
Humperdinck, EngelbertEngelbert Humperdinck "Release Me" 4 March 19676
Sinatra, NancyNancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra "Somethin' Stupid" 15 April 19671
Shaw, SandieSandie Shaw "Puppet on a String" 22 April 19674
The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden" 20 May 19673
Procol Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 10 June 19675
The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" 15 July 19674
McKenzie, ScottScott McKenzie "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" 12 August 19674
Humperdinck, EngelbertEngelbert Humperdinck "The Last Waltz" 9 September 19676
Bee Gees "Massachusetts" 21 October 19673
The Foundations "Baby Now That I've Found You" 11 November 19673
Baldry, Long JohnLong John Baldry "Let the Heartaches Begin" 2 December 19671
The Beatles "Hello, Goodbye" 9 December 19676
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1968
Fame, GeorgieGeorgie Fame "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" 20 January 19681
Love Affair "Everlasting Love" 27 January 19683
Mann, ManfredManfred Mann "Mighty Quinn" 17 February 19682
Ofarim, Esther and AbiEsther and Abi Ofarim "Cinderella Rockefella" 2 March 19684
The Beatles "Lady Madonna" 30 March 19682
Richard, CliffCliff Richard "Congratulations" 13 April 19681
Armstrong, LouisLouis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" 20 April 19684
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap "Young Girl" 18 May 19685
The Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 22 June 19682
The Equals "Baby Come Back" 6 July 19683
Tommy James and the Shondells "Mony Mony" 27 July 19684
Jones, TomTom Jones "Help Yourself"† 24 August 19682
Bee Gees "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" 7 September 19681
The Beatles "Hey Jude" 14 September 19683
Hopkin, MaryMary Hopkin "Those Were the Days" 5 October 19685
Cocker, JoeJoe Cocker "With a Little Help from My Friends" 9 November 19681
Montenegro, HugoHugo Montenegro "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 16 November 19681
Ryan, BarryBarry Ryan "Eloise"† 23 November 19682
The Scaffold "Lily the Pink" 7 December 19685
Artist[nb 1]Single[nb 1]Reached
number 1[nb 1]
Weeks at
number 1[nb 1]
1969
Marmalade "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 11 January 19692
Fleetwood Mac "Albatross" 25 January 19693
The Move "Blackberry Way" 15 February 19691
Amen Corner "(If Paradise) Is Half as Nice 22 February 19691
Sarstedt, PeterPeter Sarstedt "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" 1 March 19694
Gaye, MarvinMarvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 29 March 19693
Dekker, DesmondDesmond Dekker & The Aces "Israelites" 19 April 19692
The Beatles with Billy Preston "Get Back" 3 May 19695
Roe, TommyTommy Roe "Dizzy" 7 June 19692
The Beatles "The Ballad of John and Yoko" 21 June 19692
Thunderclap Newman "Something in the Air" 5 July 19692
Presley, ElvisElvis Presley "In the Ghetto"‡ 19 July 19691
The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Women" 26 July 19695
Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" 30 August 19693
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising" 20 September 19693
Gentry, BobbieBobbie Gentry "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" 11 October 19693
The Archies "Sugar, Sugar" 1 November 19692
Fleetwood Mac "Oh Well"‡ 15 November 19691
The Archies "Sugar, Sugar" 22 November 19692
Wonder, StevieStevie Wonder "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"‡ 6 December 19691
Rogers, KennyKenny Rogers and The First Edition "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"‡ 13 December 19691
Harris, RolfRolf Harris "Two Little Boys" 20 December 19696

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 The names, singles, week-ending dates and duration at number one are from NME.[1][8]
  2. 1 2 John Leyton's "Johnny Remember Me" and Helen Shapiro's "You Don't Know" were classified jointly as number one on 2 September 1961. The following week "Johnny Remember Me" reclaimed the number-one spot outright.[9]
  3. 1 2 Frankie Vaughan's "Tower of Strength" and Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby" were classified jointly as number one on 2 December 1961. For the following three weeks "Tower of Strength" claimed the number-one spot outright.[10]
  4. 1 2 The Shadows's "Wonderful Land" and B. Bumble and the Stingers's "Nut Rocker" were classified jointly as number one on 12 May 1962. The following week neither reclaimed the number-one spot.[11]
  5. 1 2 Frank Ifield's "The Wayward Wind" and The Beatles' "Please Please Me" were classified jointly as number one on 23 February 1963. The following week The Beatles claimed the number-one spot outright.[12]
  6. 1 2 The Beatles' "From Me to You" and Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas' "Do You Want to Know a Secret" were classified jointly as number one on 1 June 1963. The previous week "From Me to You" had been the number-one spot outright, and the following week "Do You Want to Know a Secret" claimed the number-one spot individually.[13]
  7. 1 2 The Yardbirds' "For Your Love" and Cliff Richard's "The Minute You're Gone" were classified jointly as number one on 10 April 1965. The next week neither song reclaimed the number-one spot.[14]
  8. 1 2 The Hollies' "I Can't Let Go" and The Walker Brothers' "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" were classified jointly as number one on 19 March 1966. The previous week The Hollies had been number one outright and The Walker Brothers held the number-one spot individually for the following three weeks.[15]

References

Footnotes
  1. 1 2 3 Smith, Alan. "Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts!". Dave McAleer's website. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Alan. "50s & 60s UK Charts – The Truth!". Dave McAleer's website. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Leigh, Spencer (20 February 1998). "Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. v. ISBN 1-84449-058-0. Until 15th February 1969, there was no officially compiled chart.
  5. "Key Dates in the History of the Official UK Charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  6. "Featured Artists: Elvis Presley". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. "Artist Chart History: Bobby Vee". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  8. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, pp. 82217.
  9. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, p. 104.
  10. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, pp. 107108.
  11. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, p. 113.
  12. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, pp. 123124.
  13. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, p. 127.
  14. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, p. 152.
  15. Rees, Lazell & Osborne 1995, p. 165166.
Sources

Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Osborne, Roger (1995). Forty Years of "NME" Charts (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN 0-7522-0829-2. 

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