The Beatles had 17 No. 1 hits in the 1960s, more than anyone else. Their single " She Loves You " has become the bestseller of the decade.
Singer Elvis Presley had 11 No. 1 hits this decade, including the single β It's Now or Never, β which spent 8 weeks at the top of the charts.
Singer Cliff Richard recorded 7 charttopers in the 1960s.
The Everly Brothers recorded the 1960 best-seller Cathy's Clown .
Singer Louis Armstrong recorded the main hit of 1968.
The 1960s No. 1 Singles List (UK Singles Chart) includes only those singles that have reached No. 1 on the UK music singles sales ranking of the 1960s. The Official Charts Company (OSS) is compiled weekly and published in the Music Week magazine [1] (top 75) and on the OSS official website [2] (top 100). Key: - Top Selling Singles of the Year.
The names of the performers and the names of their singles who led the hit parade are given according to The Official Charts Company [3] .
1960
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Holliday | Starry Eyed | January 29, 1960 | one |
| Anthony Newley | " Why " | February 5, 1960 | four |
| Adam Faith | " Poor Me " | March 4, 1960 | 2 |
| Johnny Preston | " Running Bear " | March 17, 1960 | 2 |
| Lonnie Donegan | " My Old Man's a Dustman " | March 31, 1960 | four |
| Anthony Newley | " Do you mind? " | April 28, 1960 | one |
| The everly brothers | " Cathy's Clown " β | May 5, 1960 | 7 |
| Eddie cochran | " Three Steps to Heaven " | June 23, 1960 | 2 |
| Jimmy Jones | " Good Timin ' " | July 7, 1960 | 3 |
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " Please Don't Tease " | July 28, 1960 | one |
| Johnny Kidd & The Pirates | " Shakin 'All Over " | August 4, 1960 | one |
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " Please Don't Tease " | August 11, 1960 | 2 |
| The shadows | "Apache" | August 25, 1960 | five |
| Ricky Valance | Tell Laura I Love Her | September 29, 1960 | 3 |
| Roy Orbison | β Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) β | October 20, 1960 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | " It's Now or Never " | November 3, 1960 | eight |
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " I Love You " | December 29, 1960 | 2 |
1961
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny tillotson | " Poetry in Motion " | January 12, 1961 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | β Are You Lonesome Tonight? " | January 26, 1961 | four |
| Petula Clark | Sailor | February 23, 1961 | one |
| The everly brothers | Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes | March 2, 1961 | 3 |
| Elvis Presley | " Wooden Heart " | March 23, 1961 | 6 |
| The marcels | " Blue Moon " | May 4, 1961 | 2 |
| Floyd Cramer | " On the Rebound " | May 18, 1961 | one |
| The temperance seven | " You're Driving Me Crazy " | May 25, 1961 | one |
| Elvis Presley | " Surrender " | June 1, 1961 | four |
| Del Shannon | " Runaway " β | June 29, 1961 | 3 |
| The everly brothers | " Temptation " | July 20, 1961 | 2 |
| Eden Kane | " Well I Ask You " | August 3, 1961 | one |
| Helen Shapiro | " You Don't Know " | August 10, 1961 | 3 |
| John Leyton | " Johnny Remember Me " | August 31, 1961 | 3 |
| Shirley Bassey | Reach for the Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain | September 21, 1961 | one |
| John Leyton | " Johnny Remember Me " | September 28, 1961 | one |
| The shadows | Kon-Tiki | October 5, 1961 | one |
| The highwaymen | " Michael " | October 12, 1961 | one |
| Helen Shapiro | ' Walkin' Back to Happiness ' | October 19, 1961 | 3 |
| Elvis Presley | " Little Sister " / " (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame " | November 9, 1961 | four |
| Frankie Vaughan | " Tower of Strength " | December 7, 1961 | 3 |
| Danny Williams | " Moon River " | December 28, 1961 | 2 |
1962
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " The Young Ones " | January 11, 1962 | 6 |
| Elvis Presley | Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love | February 22, 1962 | 4 [3] [4] |
| The shadows | Wonderful Land | March 22, 1962 | eight |
| B. Bumble and the Stingers | " Nut Rocker " | May 17, 1962 | one |
| Elvis Presley | " Good Luck Charm " | May 24, 1962 | five |
| Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard | " Come Outside " | June 28, 1962 | 2 |
| Ray Charles | " I Can't Stop Loving You " | July 12, 1962 | 2 |
| Frank Ifield | " I Remember You " | July 26, 1962 | 7 |
| Elvis Presley | " She's Not You " | September 13, 1962 | 3 |
| The tornados | " Telstar " | October 4, 1962 | five |
| Frank Ifield | Lovesick Blues | November 8, 1962 | five |
| Elvis Presley | " Return to Sender " | December 13, 1962 | 3 |
1963
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | The Next Time / Bachelor Boy | January 3, 1963 | 3 [3] [5] |
| The shadows | β Dance On! " | January 24, 1963 | one |
| Jet Harris and Tony Meehan | " Diamonds " | January 31, 1963 | 3 |
| Frank Ifield | " The Wayward Wind " | February 21, 1963 | 3 |
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " Summer Holiday " | March 14, 1963 | 2 |
| The shadows | " Foot Tapper " | March 28, 1963 | one |
| Cliff Richard and The Shadows | " Summer Holiday " | April 4, 1963 | one |
| Gerry & The Pacemakers | " How Do You Do It? " | April 11, 1963 | 3 |
| The beatles | β From Me to You β β | May 2, 1963 | 7 |
| Gerry & The Pacemakers | " I Like It " | June 20, 1963 | four |
| Frank Ifield | β Confessin '(That I Love You) β | July 18, 1963 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | " (You're the) Devil in Disguise " | August 1, 1963 | one |
| The searchers | Sweets for My Sweet | August 8, 1963 | 2 |
| Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | " Bad to Me " | August 22, 1963 | 3 |
| The beatles | She Loves You β‘ | September 12, 1963 | four |
| Brian Poole and The Tremeloes | " Do You Love Me " | October 10, 1963 | 3 |
| Gerry & The Pacemakers | " You'll Never Walk Alone " | October 31, 1963 | four |
| The beatles | She Loves You β‘ | November 28, 1963 | 2 |
| The beatles | " I Want to Hold Your Hand " | December 12, 1963 | five |
1964
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The dave clark five | Glad All Over | January 16, 1964 | 2 |
| The searchers | " Needles and Pins " | January 30, 1964 | 3 |
| The bachelors | " Diane " | February 20, 1964 | one |
| Silla black | " Anyone Who Had a Heart " | February 27, 1964 | 3 |
| Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | " Little Children " | March 19, 1964 | 2 |
| The beatles | " Can't Buy Me Love " | April 2, 1964 | 3 |
| Peter & Gordon | β A World Without Love β | April 23, 1964 | 2 |
| The searchers | Don't Throw Your Love Away | May 7, 1964 | 2 |
| The Four Pennies | " Juliet " | May 21, 1964 | one |
| Silla black | β You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) β | May 28, 1964 | four |
| Roy Orbison | " It's Over " | June 25, 1964 | 2 |
| The animals | " House of the Rising Sun " | July 9, 1964 | one |
| The rolling stones | " It's All Over Now " | July 16, 1964 | one |
| The beatles | " A Hard Day's Night " | July 23, 1964 | 3 |
| Manfred Mann | " Do Wah Diddy Diddy " | August 13, 1964 | 2 |
| The honeycombs | " Have I the Right? " | August 27, 1964 | 2 |
| The kinks | " You Really Got Me " | September 10, 1964 | 2 |
| Herman's Hermits | " I'm Into Something Good " | September 24, 1964 | 2 |
| Roy Orbison | " Oh, Pretty Woman " | October 8, 1964 | 2 |
| Sandy show | " (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me " | October 22, 1964 | 3 |
| Roy Orbison | " Oh, Pretty Woman " | November 12, 1964 | one |
| The supremes | " Baby Love " | November 19, 1964 | 2 |
| The rolling stones | " Little Red Rooster " | December 3, 1964 | one |
| The beatles | " I Feel Fine " | December 10, 1964 | five |
1965
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgie Fame | " Yeh Yeh " | January 14, 1965 | 2 |
| The hoody blues | " Go now " | January 28, 1965 | one |
| The righteous brothers | β You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' β | February 4, 1965 | 2 |
| The kinks | " Tired of Waiting for You " | February 18, 1965 | one |
| The seekers | β I'll Never Find Another You β β | February 25, 1965 | 2 |
| Tom Jones | " It's Not Unusual " | March 11, 1965 | one |
| The rolling stones | " The Last Time " | March 18, 1965 | 3 |
| Unit 4 + 2 | " Concrete and Clay " | April 8, 1965 | one |
| Cliff richard | " The Minute You're Gone " | April 15, 1965 | one |
| The beatles | Ticket to Ride | April 22, 1965 | 3 |
| Roger Miller | " King of the Road " | May 13, 1965 | one |
| Jackie Trent | β Where Are You Now (My Love) β | May 20, 1965 | one |
| Sandy show | " Long Live Love " | May 27, 1965 | 3 |
| Elvis Presley | " Crying in the Chapel " | June 17, 1965 | one |
| The hollies | " I'm Alive " | June 24, 1965 | one |
| Elvis Presley | " Crying in the Chapel " | July 1, 1965 | one |
| The hollies | " I'm Alive " | July 8, 1965 | 2 |
| The byrds | " Mr. Tambourine Man Β» | July 22, 1965 | 2 |
| The beatles | β Help! " | August 5, 1965 | 3 |
| Sonny & Cher | " I Got You Babe " | August 26, 1965 | 2 |
| The rolling stones | " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " | September 9, 1965 | 2 |
| The walker brothers | β Make It Easy on Yourself β | September 23, 1965 | one |
| Ken Dodd | " Tears " | September 30, 1965 | five |
| The rolling stones | " Get Off of My Cloud " | November 4, 1965 | 3 |
| The seekers | " The Carnival Is Over " | November 25, 1965 | 3 |
| The beatles | β Day Tripper β / β We Can Work It Out β | December 16, 1965 | five |
1966
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Spencer Davis Group | " Keep On Running " | January 20, 1966 | one |
| The overlanders | " Michelle " | January 27, 1966 | 3 |
| Nancy Sinatra | β These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' β | February 17, 1966 | four |
| The walker brothers | " The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore " | March 17, 1966 | four |
| The Spencer Davis Group | " Somebody Help Me " | April 14, 1966 | 2 |
| Dusty Springfield | " You Don't Have to Say You Love Me " | April 28, 1966 | one |
| Manfred Mann | " Pretty Flamingo " | May 5, 1966 | 3 |
| The rolling stones | " Paint It, Black " | May 26, 1966 | one |
| Frank Sinatra | " Strangers in the Night " | June 2, 1966 | 3 |
| The beatles | Paperback Writer | June 23, 1966 | 2 |
| The kinks | " Sunny Afternoon " | July 7, 1966 | 2 |
| Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | " Getaway " | July 21, 1966 | one |
| Chris Farlowe | " Out of Time " | July 28, 1966 | one |
| The troggs | " With a Girl Like You " | August 4, 1966 | 2 |
| The beatles | Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby | August 18, 1966 | four |
| Small faces | " All or Nothing " | September 15, 1966 | one |
| Jim Reeves | Distant Drums β | September 22, 1966 | five |
| Four tops | " Reach Out I'll Be There " | October 27, 1966 | 3 |
| The beach boys | " Good vibrations " | November 17, 1966 | 2 |
| Tom Jones | " Green, Green Grass of Home " | December 1, 1966 | 7 |
1967
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The monkees | " I'm a Believer " | January 19, 1967 | four |
| Petula Clark | " This Is My Song " | February 16, 1967 | 2 |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Release Me β | March 2, 1967 | 6 |
| Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra | " Somethin 'Stupid " | April 13, 1967 | 2 |
| Sandy show | " Puppet on a String " | April 27, 1967 | 3 |
| The tremeloes | Silence Is Golden | May 18, 1967 | 3 |
| Procol harum | " A Whiter Shade of Pale " | June 8, 1967 | 6 |
| The beatles | " All You Need Is Love " | July 19, 1967 | 3 |
| Scott McKenzie | β San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) β | August 9, 1967 | four |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | " The Last Waltz " | September 6, 1967 | five |
| Bee gees | " Massachusetts " | October 11, 1967 | four |
| The foundations | " Baby Now That I've Found You " | November 8, 1967 | 2 |
| Long John Baldry | " Let the Heartaches Begin " | November 22, 1967 | 2 |
| The beatles | " Hello, Goodbye " | December 6, 1967 | 7 |
1968
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgie Fame | " The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde " | January 27, 1968 | one |
| Love affair | Everlasting Love | February 3, 1968 | 2 |
| Manfred Mann | Mighty Quinn | February 17, 1968 | 2 |
| Esther and Abi Ofarim | Cinderella Rockefella | March 2, 1968 | 3 |
| Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | " The Legend of Xanadu " | March 23, 1968 | one |
| The beatles | " Lady Madonna " | March 30, 1968 | 2 |
| Cliff richard | " Congratulations " | April 13, 1968 | 2 |
| Louis Armstrong | β What a Wonderful World β / βCabaretβ β | April 27, 1968 | four |
| Gary Puckett & The Union Gap | " Young Girl " | May 25, 1968 | four |
| The rolling stones | ' Jumpin' Jack Flash | June 22, 1968 | 2 |
| The equals | " Baby Come Back " | July 6, 1968 | 3 |
| Des O'Connor | " I Pretend " | July 27, 1968 | one |
| Tommy James and the Shondells | " Mony Mony " | August 3, 1968 | 2 |
| Crazy World of Arthur Brown | " Fire " | August 17, 1968 | one |
| Tommy James and the Shondells | " Mony Mony " | August 24, 1968 | one |
| The beach boys | " Do It Again " | August 31, 1968 | one |
| Bee gees | " I've Gotta Get a Message to You " | September 7, 1968 | one |
| The beatles | " Hey Jude " | September 14, 1968 | 2 |
| Mary Hopkin | " Those Were the Days " | September 28, 1968 | 6 |
| Joe Cocker | " With a Little Help from My Friends " | November 9, 1968 | one |
| Hugo Montenegro | " The Good, the Bad and the Ugly " | November 16, 1968 | four |
| The scaffold | " Lily the Pink " | December 14, 1968 | 3 |
1969
| Executor | Single number 1 | date | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marmalade | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | January 4, 1969 | one |
| The scaffold | " Lily the Pink " | January 11, 1969 | one |
| Marmalade | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | January 18, 1969 | 2 |
| Fleetwood mac | " Albatross " | February 1, 1969 | one |
| The move | " Blackberry Way " | February 8, 1969 | one |
| Amen corner | " (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice " | February 15, 1969 | 2 |
| Peter Sarstedt | β Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? " | March 1, 1969 | four |
| Marvin Gaye | " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " | March 29, 1969 | 3 |
| Desmond Dekker & The Aces | " Israelites " | April 19, 1969 | one |
| The beatles with billy preston | " Get Back " | April 26, 1969 | 6 |
| Tommy Roe | " Dizzy " | June 7, 1969 | one |
| The beatles | " The Ballad of John and Yoko " | June 14, 1969 | 3 |
| Thunderclap newman | " Something in the Air " | July 5, 1969 | 3 |
| The rolling stones | Honky Tonk Women | July 26, 1969 | five |
| Zager and evans | " In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) " | August 30, 1969 | 3 |
| Creedence clearwater revival | " Bad Moon Rising " | September 20, 1969 | 3 |
| Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg | " Je t'aime ... moi non plus " | October 11, 1969 | one |
| Bobbie Gentry | " I'll Never Fall in Love Again " | October 18, 1969 | one |
| The archies | " Sugar, Sugar " | October 25, 1969 | eight |
| Rolf Harris | " Two Little Boys " | December 20, 1969 | 6 |
See also
- UK Albums Chart
- UK Singles Chart
- Billboard 200
Notes
- β Music Week
- β The Official Charts Company
- β 1 2 3 Number 1 Singles - 1960s . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment December 25, 2010. Archived on April 8, 2008.
- β Featured Artists: Elvis Presley . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment July 27, 2010. Archived July 8, 2012.
- β Featured Artists: Cliff Richard . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment July 27, 2010. Archived July 8, 2012.
Literature
- Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition) / Roberts, David.
Links
- 1000 number ones: The Sixties . Music Week (January 17, 2005). Date of treatment December 25, 2010. Archived on May 11, 2012.