List_of_Number_1_singles_from_the_1960s_(UK)

List of Number 1 singles from the 1960s (UK) - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1960s. The source for this decade up until 1966 is the New Musical Express chart, following that it is the Record Retailer.

Contents

1960

Michael Holliday - "Starry Eyed"
January 19 for 1 week
Anthony Newley - "Why"
February 5 for 4 weeks
Adam Faith - "Poor Me"
March 5 for 2 weeks
Johnny Preston - "Running Bear"
March 19 for 1 week
Lonnie Donegan - "My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer)"
March 26 for 4 weeks
Anthony Newley - "Do You Mind"
April 23 for 1 week
Everly Brothers - "Cathy's Clown"
April 30 for 8 weeks
Jimmy Jones - "Good Timin'"
July 2 for 3 weeks
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Please Don't Tease"
July 23 for 4 weeks
The Shadows - "Apache"
August 20 for 6 weeks
Ricky Valance - "Tell Laura I Love Her"
October 1 for 2 weeks
Roy Orbison - "Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)"
October 15 for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "It's Now Or Never"
November 5 for 9 weeks

1961

Johnny Tillotson - "Poetry In Motion"
January 7 for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
January 28 for 5 weeks
Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back"
4 March for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Wooden Heart"
March 25 for 2 weeks and April 15 for 1 week
The Allisons - "Are You Sure?"
April 8 for 1 week and April 22 for 1 week
Temperance Seven - "You're Driving Me Crazy"
April 29 for 1 week
The Marcels - "Blue Moon"
May 6 for 2 weeks
Del Shannon - "Runaway"
May 20 for 1 week and July 1 for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Surrender"
May 27 for 5 weeks
Everly Brothers - "Temptation"
July 15 for 1 week
Eden Kane - "Well I Ask You"
July 22 for 2 weeks
Helen Shapiro - "You Don't Know"
5 August for 3 weeks and September 2 for 1 week tied with John Leyton
John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me"
August 26 for 4 weeks including 1 tied and September 30 for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Wild in the Country"
September 23 for 1 week
The Highwaymen - "Michael"
October 7 for 1 week
Helen Shapiro - "Walkin' Back to Happiness"
October 14 for 4 weeks
Elvis Presley - "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame"
November 11 for 3 weeks
Bobby Vee - "Take Good Care of my Baby"
December 2 for 1 week (tied)
Frankie Vaughan - "Tower of Strength"
December 2 for 4 weeks (first tied)
Danny Williams - "Moon River"
December 30 for 1 week

1962

Acker Bilk - "Stranger on the Shore"
January 6 for 1 week
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Young Ones"
January 13 for 6 weeks
Chubby Checker - "Let's Twist Again"
February 24 for 2 weeks
Kenny Ball - "March of the Siamese Children"
March 10 for 1 week
The Shadows - "Wonderful Land"
March 17 for 9 weeks (last week tied)
B.Bumble & the Stingers - "Nut Rocker"
May 12 for 1 week (tied)
Elvis Presley - "Good Luck Charm"
May 19 for 5 weeks
Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard - "Come Outside"
June 23 for 2 weeks
Joe Brown - "A Picture of You"
July 7 for 1 week
Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Lovin' You"
July 14 for 1 week
Frank Ifield - "I Remember You"
July 21 for 7 weeks
Elvis Presley - "She's Not You"
September 22 for 5 weeks
The Tornados - "Telstar"
October 6 for 5 weeks
Frank Ifield - "Lovesick Blues"
November 10 for 5 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Return to Sender"
December 15 for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Next Time"
December 29 for 1 week

1963

1963 saw the first number one for The Beatles with "Please Please Me"

The Shadows - "Dance On!"
January 5 for 2 weeks
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - "Diamonds"
January 26 for 4 weeks
Frank Ifield - "The Wayward Wind"
February 23 for 1 week
The Beatles - "Please Please Me"
February 23 for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday"
March 9 for 3 weeks
The Shadows - "Foot Tapper"
March 30 for 1 week
Gerry & the Pacemakers - "How do you do it?"
April 6 for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "From Me To You"
April 27 for 6 weeks (last tied)
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
June 1 for 2 weeks (first tied)
Gerry & the Pacemakers - "I Like It"
Jun 15 for 4 weeks
Frank Ifield - "Confessin' (That I Love You)"
July 13 for 3 weeks
The Searchers - "Sweets for my Sweet"
August 3 for 3 weeks
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Bad to Me"
August 24 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "She Loves You"
September 7 for 4 weeks and November 23 for 2 weeks
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - "Do You Love Me?"
October 5 for 3 weeks
Gerry & the Pacemakers - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
October 26 for 4 weeks
The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
December 7 for 6 weeks

1964

Dave Clark Five - "Glad all Over"
January 18 for 2 weeks
The Searchers - "Needles & Pins"
February 1 for 3 weeks
Cilla Black - "Anyone who had a Heart"
February 22 for 4 weeks
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Little Children"
March 21 for 1 week
The Beatles - "Can't Buy me Love"
March 28 for 4 weeks
Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love"
April 25 for 2 weeks
The Searchers - "Don't Throw your Love Away"
May 9 for 1 week
The Four Pennies - "Juliet"
May 16 for 2 weeks
Cilla Black - "You're my World"
May 30 for 3 weeks
Roy Orbison - "It's Over"
June 20 for 2 weeks
The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"
July 4 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night"
July 18 for 4 weeks
Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
August 15 for 2 weeks
The Honeycombs - "Have I the Right"
August 29 for 2 weeks
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
September 12 for 1 week
Herman's Hermits - "I'm into Something Good"
September 19 for 3 weeks
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman"
October 10 for 3 weeks
Sandie Shaw - "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
October 31 for 2 weeks
The Supremes - "Baby Love"
November 14 for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "Little Red Rooster"
November 21 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "I Feel Fine"
December 5 for 6 weeks

1965

Georgie Fame - "Yeh Yeh"
January 16 for 1 week
The Moody Blues - "Go Now"
January 23 for 2 weeks
Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
February 6 for 1 week
The Kinks - "Tired of Waiting for You"
February 13 for 1 week
The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You"
February 20 for 2 weeks
Tom Jones - "It's not Unusual"
March 6 for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "The Last Time"
March 13 for 1 week
Yardbirds - "For Your Love"
April 10 for 1 week (tied)
Cliff Richard - "The Minute You're Gone"
April 10 for 1 week (tied)
The Beatles - "Ticket to Ride"
April 17 for 5 weeks
Jackie Trent - "Where Are You Now (My Love)"
May 22 for 1 week
Sandie Shaw - "Long Live Love"
May 29 for 2 weeks
Everly Brothers - "The Price of Love"
June 12 for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Crying in the Chapel"
June 19 for 2 weeks
The Hollies - "I'm Alive"
July 3 for 2 weeks
The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
July 17 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Help!"
July 31 for 4 weeks
Sonny & Cher - "I Got You Babe"
August 28 for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
September 4 for 3 weeks
Ken Dodd - "Tears"
September 25 for 6 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Get Off Of My Cloud"
November 6 for 3 weeks
Len Barry - "1-2-3"
November 27 for 1 week
The Seekers - "The Carnival is Over"
December 4 for 1 week
The Beatles - "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out"
December 11 for 5 weeks

1966

Spencer Davis Group - "Keep On Running"
January 15 for 3 weeks
Overlanders - "Michelle"
February 5 for 1 week
Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots are Made For Walking"
February 12 for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
February 19 for 3 weeks
The Hollies - "I Can't let Go"
March 12 for 2 weeks (second tied)
The Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
March 19 for 4 weeks (first tied)
Spencer Davis Group - "Somebody Help Me"
April 16 for 1 week
Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
April 23 for 2 weeks
Manfred Mann - "Pretty Flamingo"
May 7 for 3 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
May 28 for 1 week
Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night"
June 4 for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "Paperback Writer"
June 25 for 2 weeks
The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"
July 9 for 2 weeks
Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds - "Out of Time"
July 23 for 2 weeks
The Troggs - "With A Girl Like You"
August 6 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby"
August 20 for 4 weeks
Small Faces - "All Or Nothing"
September 17 for 1 week
Jim Reeves - "Distant Drums"
September 24 for 5 weeks
Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll Be There"
October 29 for 3 weeks
Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
November 19 for 2 weeks
Tom Jones - "The Green, Green Grass of Home"
December 3 for 7 weeks

1967

Number one hits from "Record Retailer":

The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"
January 19 for 4 weeks
Petula Clark - "This is My Song"
February 16 for 2 weeks
Engelbert Humperdinck - "Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)"
March 2 for 6 weeks
Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra - "Somethin' Stupid"
April 13 for 2 weeks
Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String"
April 27 for 3 weeks
The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden"
May 18 for 3 weeks
Procul Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
June 8 for 6 weeks
The Beatles - "All You need Is Love"
July 19 for 3 weeks
Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)"
August 9 for 4 weeks
Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz"
September 6 for 5 weeks
The Bee Gees - "Massachusetts"
October 11 for 4 weeks
The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"
November 8 for 2 weeks
Long John Baldry - "Let The Heartaches Begin"
November 22 for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Hello Goodbye"
December 6 for 7 weeks

1968

Louis Armstrong reaches number one at the age of 66

Georgie Fame - "Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
January 24 for 1 week
Love Affair - "Everlasting Love"
January 31 for 2 weeks
Manfred Mann - "The Mighty Quinn"
February 14 for 2 weeks
Esther & Abi Ofarim - "Cinderella Rockefella"
February 28 for 3 weeks
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - "The Legend of Xanadu"
March 20 for 1 week
The Beatles - "Lady Madonna"
March 27 for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard - "Congratulations"
April 10 for 2 weeks
Louis Armstrong - "What A Wonderful World"/"Cabaret"
April 24 for 4 weeks
Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett - "Young Girl"
May 22 for 4 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
June 19 for 2 weeks
The Equals - "Baby Come Back"
July 3 for 3 weeks
Des O'Connor - "I Pretend"
July 24 for 1 week
Tommy James & the Shondells - "Mony Mony"
July 31 for 2 weeks and August 21 for 1 week
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"
August 14 for 1 week
Beach Boys - "Do It Again"
August 28 for 1 week
Bee Gees - "I've Gotta Get A Message To You"
September 4 for 1 week
The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
September 11 for 2 weeks
Mary Hopkin - "Those Were The Days"
September 25 for 6 weeks
Joe Cocker - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
November 6 for 1 week
Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra - "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"
November 13 for 4 weeks
The Scaffold - "Lily The Pink"
December 11 for 3 weeks

1969

The Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"
January 1 for 1 week
The Scaffold - "Lily The Pink"
January 8 for 1 week
The Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"
January 15 for 2 weeks
Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"
February 1 for 1 week
The Move - "Blackberry Way"
February 5 for 1 week
Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice"
February 12 for 2 weeks
Peter Sarstedt - "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"
February 26 for 4 weeks
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
March 26 for 3 weeks
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - "Israelites"
April 16 for 1 week
The Beatles with Billy Preston - "Get Back"
April 23 for 6 weeks
Tommy Roe - "Dizzy"
June 4 for 1 week
The Beatles - "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
June 11 for 3 weeks
Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air"
July 2 for 3 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women"
July 23 for 5 weeks

Chart compilation changed to Sunday

Zager & Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)"
August 24 for 3 weeks
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising"
September 14 for 3 weeks
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus"
October 5 for 1 week
Bobbie Gentry - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
October 12 for 1 week
The Archies - "Sugar Sugar"
October 19 for 8 weeks
Rolf Harris - "Two Little Boys"
December 14 for 6 weeks