List of UK charts and number-one singles (1952–1969)

The UK Singles Chart is the official chart for the United Kingdom of singles. The chart is compiled by The Official Chart Company and the beginning of an "official" singles chart is generally regarded as February 1969 when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) was formed to compile the chart in a joint venture between the BBC and Record Retailer. Charts were used to measure the popularity of music and, initially, were based on sheet music. In 1952, NME imitated an American idea from Billboard magazine and began compiling a chart based on physical sales of the release. Rival publications such as Record Mirror, Melody Maker and Disc began to compile their own charts in the mid-to-late 1950s. Trade paper Record Retailer compiled their first chart in March 1960.

UK Singles Chart number ones

UK Singles Chart

Other charts

UK Singles Chart
Official Charts Company
Christmas number one

No single chart was universally followed during this period. Retrospectively, the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Official Chart Company have chosen canonical sources for the era: NME (November 1952 March 1960) and Record Retailer (March 1960 February 1969). These choices have not been universally welcomed, particularly that of Record Retailer during the 1960s, when charts like NME had a significantly wider circulation and following. The BBC's Pick of the Pops circumvented the lack of an official chart by aggregating the aforementioned publications to create their own chart.

Notable omissions from the canon are The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" and The Beatles' "Please Please Me" which both reached number one on the NME, Disc, and Melody Maker charts, topped the BBC's Pick of the Pops aggregated chart and - in the case of "19th Nervous Breakdown" - was announced as number one on Top of the Pops; however, in failing to top the Record Retailer chart, they are not generally regarded as number-one singles.[1][2]

Main charts

Elvis Presley had nineteen number-one singles between the main five charts before the "official" chart was established. These include thirteen that topped all the main charts published at the time and four not recognised in The Official Chart Company's canon.

New Musical Express (NME)

The New Musical Express (NME) chart was the first in the United Kingdom to gauge musics' popularity by physical sales previously sheet music sales were used. NME's co-founder Percy Dickins imitated the chart produced by American Billboard magazine and began to compile Britain's first hit parade in 1952.[1][3] For the first chart, Dickins telephoned a sample of around 20 shops asking for a list of the 10 best-selling songs. These results were then aggregated to give a Top 12 chart (with 15 entries due to tied positions) that was published in NME on 14 November 1952.[1][3] Other periodicals produced their own charts and The Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums regard NME as the canonical British singles chart until 10 March 1960.[4] After this Record Retailer is regarded as the canonical source until February 1969, when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) was formed. However, during the 1960s NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was the most widely followed.[1][2]

After 1969, NME continued to compile charts in the 1970s and 1980s and ended its time as the longest running independently compiled in May 1988.[5]

Record Mirror

The Beatles had eighteen number-one singles on the five main charts before the BMRB was formed. Fourteen of them topped all the main charts published at the time, and three are not recognised by The Official Chart Company's canon.

Record Mirror compiled its own record chart from 1955 until 1962 which was used by many national newspapers.[1] It formed as the first rival to the existing chart published by NME. The Mirror's chart was based on the postal returns from record stores that were financed by the newspaperrival chart, NME, was based on a telephone poll.[5] Its first chart was a Top 10 published on 22 January 1955 using figures from 24 shops.[6] The chart was expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 20 on 8 October 1955.[7] In the early 1960s some national newspapers switched to using a chart compiled by Melody Maker and, ultimately, the cost of collecting sales figures by post led to the chart's demise. On 24 March 1962, the paper stopped compiling its own chart and started publishing Record Retailer's Top 50.[1]

Melody Maker

Cliff Richard was the last artist to top all five main charts, spending five or six weeks at the top of each chart with "The Young Ones". Richard had the third most number-one singles during this era; four as a solo artist and six with The Shadows (one as "The Drifters").

Melody Maker compiled its own chart from 1956 until 1988 which was used by many national newspapers.[1] It was the third periodical to compile a chart and rivaled existing compilers NME and Record Mirror. Melody Maker's chart, like NME's, was based on a telephone poll of record stores.[1][5] Melody Maker compiled a Top 20 for its first chart using figures from 19 shops on 7 April 1956.[1] During the 1950s, sample sizes ranged from around 1433 shops and on 30 July 1960 the phoning of record shops was supplemented with postal returns; the first chart to use this method sampled 38 stores from 110 returns. On 26 August 1967, Disc, owned by the same company as Melody Maker, stopped compiling their own chart and started using the Melody Maker chart.[8] In its 9 February 1963 edition, Melody Maker disclosed that it received chart returns from 245 retailers and that its chart was audited by auditors supplied by Middlesex County Council.[9]

Disc & Music Echo

Disc compiled its own chart from 1958 until 1967, the Disc which was used by many national newspapers.[1] It formed as a rival to the existing charts published by NME, Record Mirror, and Melody Maker. Disc's chart, like two of its rivals, was based on a telephone poll of record stores.[1][5] On 1 February 1958 Disc compiled its first chart which was a Top 20 using figures from 20 shops.[1] Throughout the 1950s Disc's sample sizes remained below 40 shops and in the early 1960s the sample size was increased to approximately 50 and compiled by Fred Zebadee; other rival charts had increased their samples to around 100 but this was too expensive for Disc. On 23 April 1966 the publication Mersey Beat (which ran its own chart) was incorporated into Disc which became Disc and Music Echo.[5] On 26 August 1967, Disc, who was then owned by the same company as Melody Maker, stopped compiling their own chart and started using the Melody Maker chart.[8]

Record Retailer

Record Retailer was a trade paper that began compiling a record chart in March 1960. Although prior to 1969 there was no official singles chart,[1][2][10] Record Retailer is considered by The Official Charts Company to be the canonical source from 10 March 1960 until 15 February 1969 when Retailer and the BBC jointly commissioned the BMRB to compile the charts.[1][4] The choice to use Record Retailer as the canonical source for the 1960s has been contentious because NME had the biggest circulation of periodicals in the decade and was more widely followed.[1][2] One source explains that the reason for using the Record Retailer chart for the 1960s was that it was "the only chart to have as many as 50 positions for almost the entire decade".[11] The sample size of Record Retailer in the early 1960s was around 30 stores whereas NME and Melody Maker were sampling over 100 stores.[1] In 1969, the first BMRB chart was compiled using postal returns of sales logs from 250 record shops.[4]

Other charts

BBC's Pick of the Pops

The BBC first aired Pick of the Pops on its Light Programme radio station on 4 October 1955.[1] Initially airing popular songs, it developed an aggregated chart from March 1958. Using the NME, Melody Maker, Disc and Record Mirror charts the BBC cumulated them by totalling points gained in the four charts (1 point for a number one, 2 for a number two, etc.) to give a form of chart average however, this method was prone to tied positions.[1] Record Retailer was included in the average from 31 March 1962 after Record Mirror had ceased compiling their chart.[1]

Radio Luxembourg

In the 1930s, Radio Luxembourg pioneered the United States style of commercial broadcasting in Britain.[12] During the World War II the station broadcast Nazi propaganda and was then used United States troops until September 1946 with English-sponsored programming resuming at the end of the year.[13] In 1946, the Music Publishers' Association began compiling sheet music popularity charts and in 1948 British radio listeners heard their first chart show based on sales of sheet music with Radio Luxembourg broadcasting them during a Top Twenty programme on Sunday evenings.[14][15][16][17][18]

When programme administrator Derek Johnson heard about NME's chart in the 1950s, he passed them on to disc jockeys at Radio Luxembourg who aired a chart rundown each night.[19][20] The NME chart was used by Radio Luxembourg from January 1960 to 1967 and is said to have given "the chart acceptance and credence".[5][20]

Big L's Fab 40

Wonderful Radio London, also known as Big L, was a pirate radio station that operated from the MV Galaxy of the coast of Essex.[21] Founded and financially backed by American Don Pierson the station introduced contemporary hit radio, popular in the United States, to the UK. The Fab 40 was the weekly playlist and was broadcast each Sunday as a chart based entirely on airplay.[22][23] The station closed on 14 August 1967 when the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act came into effect,[21][24] Later, rivals to the official chart would factor airplay into their charts.[25]

Mersey Beat

Mersey Beat was founded initially as a regional bi-weekley publication on 13 July 1961. In 1963 it began compiling a Top 20 chart based on around 10 stores and became a national paper. The charts and paper became weekly on 24 April 1964 and, following an investment in September 1964 by Brian Epstein, expanded the chart and sample size to become the first publication to announce a Top 100 on 3 December 1964.[5] On 6 March 1965 the paper was rebranded Music Echo & Mersey Beat, which later that year became Music Echo, and by 16 April 1966 the chart was no longer publishedthe following week the newspaper was incorporated into Disc becoming Disc and Music Echo.[5][26]

Top Pops

Top Pops was founded initially as a monthly publication in May 1967. In May 1968 it began compiling a chart based on the telephone sample of 12 W H Smith & Son stores. The charts and paper became weekly the following month. Rebranded Music Now by 1970, the chart and paper ceased publication the following year.[5]

Comparison of chart number-ones (1952–1969)

Key
118 The number of weeks spent as a number-one single on a chart regarded as canonical by The Official Charts Company.
No The single did not reach number one on the chart regarded as canonical at the time.
118 The number of weeks spent as a number-one single on a chart not regarded as canonical by The Official Charts Company.
No The single did not reach number one on the listed chart (which was not regarded as canonical at the time).
* One of the weeks as number-one single was spent jointly with another single and, for the purposes of sorting, is considered less than acts whose time at number one was outright.
The canonical sources referred to above are NME for number ones 197 and Record Retailer for number ones 97265

Edit by chart considered the canonical source: NMERecord Retailer

No.
[nb 1]
Artist Single NME
[nb 2]
Record
Mirror

[nb 3]
Melody
Maker

[51]
Disc
[51]
Record
Retailer

[nb 4]
Weeks at number one
001Al Martino"Here in My Heart" 9
002Jo Stafford"You Belong to Me" 1
003Kay Starr"Comes A-Long A-Love" 1
004Eddie Fisher"Outside Of Heaven" 1
005Perry Como"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" 5
006Guy Mitchell"She Wears Red Feathers" 4
007The Stargazers"Broken Wings" 1
008Lita Roza"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" 1
009Frankie Laine"I Believe" 9.1818
010Eddie Fisher"I'm Walking Behind You" 1
011Mantovani"Song from Moulin Rouge" 1
012Guy Mitchell"Look At That Girl" 6
013Frankie Laine"Hey Joe" 2
014David Whitfield"Answer Me" 1.5*2*
015Frankie Laine"Answer Me" 7.5*8*
016Eddie Calvert"Oh Mein Papa" 9
017The Stargazers"I See the Moon" 9
018Doris Day"Secret Love" 9
019Johnnie Ray"Such a Night" 1
020David Whitfield"Cara Mia" 9.1010
021Kitty Kallen"Little Things Mean a Lot" 1
022Frank Sinatra"Three Coins in the Fountain" 3
023Don Cornell"Hold My Hand" 5
024Vera Lynn"My Son, My Son" 2
025Rosemary Clooney"This Ole House" 1
026Winifred Atwell"Let's Have Another Party" 5
027Dickie Valentine"The Finger Of Suspicion" 3
028Rosemary Clooney"Mambo Italiano" 33
Dean Martin"Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" No1
029Ruby Murray"Softly, Softly" 31
030Tennessee Ernie Ford"Give Me Your Word" 79
031Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" 2No
032Tony Bennett"Stranger in Paradise" 26
033Eddie Calvert"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" 4No
034Jimmy Young"Unchained Melody" 3No
Al Hibbler"Unchained Melody" No4
035Alma Cogan"Dreamboat" 22
036Slim Whitman"Rose Marie" 9.11119
Frankie Laine"Cool Water" No1
037Jimmy Young"The Man from Laramie" 45
038Johnston Brothers"Hernando's Hideaway" 2No
039Bill Haley & His Comets"Rock Around the Clock" 58
040Dickie Valentine"Christmas Alphabet" 2No
041Tennessee Ernie Ford"Sixteen Tons" 45
Lou Busch"Zambesi" No2
042Dean Martin"Memories Are Made of This" 42
043The Dream Weavers"It's Almost Tomorrow" 333
044Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra"Rock And Roll Waltz" 1NoNo
045Winifred Atwell"The Poor People of Paris" 352
046Ronnie Hilton"No Other Love" 645
047Pat Boone"I'll Be Home" 565
048Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 335
049Doris Day"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" 665
050Anne Shelton"Lay Down Your Arms" 445
051Frankie Laine"A Woman in Love" 433
052Johnnie Ray"Just Walking in the Rain" 779
053Guy Mitchell"Singing the Blues" 2.5*3*32
054Tommy Steele"Singing the Blues" 11No
055Frankie Vaughan"The Garden of Eden" 3.5*4*34
056Tab Hunter"Young Love" 778
057Lonnie Donegan"Cumberland Gap" 544
058Guy Mitchell"Rock-a-Billy" 1NoNo
059Andy Williams"Butterfly" 254
060Johnnie Ray"Yes Tonight Josephine" 344
061Lonnie Donegan"Puttin' On the Style" / "Gamblin' Man" 21No
062Elvis Presley"All Shook Up" 778
063Paul Anka"Diana" 988
064The Crickets"That'll Be the Day" 341
Elvis Presley"Party" NoNo2
065Harry Belafonte"Mary's Boy Child" 757
Johnny Otis Show"Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me" No21.5*2*
066Jerry Lee Lewis"Great Balls of Fire" 211.5*2*
067Elvis Presley"Jailhouse Rock" 3321.5*1*
068Michael Holliday"The Story of My Life" 2221.5*3*
069Perry Como"Magic Moments" 8778
070Marvin Rainwater"Whole Lotta Woman" 3443
071Connie Francis"Who's Sorry Now" 6666
072Vic Damone"On the Street Where You Live" 1.5*2*NoNoNo
073The Everly Brothers"All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Claudette" 6.5*7*998
074The Kalin Twins"When" 5545
075Connie Francis"Carolina Moon" / "Stupid Cupid" 6555
076Tommy Edwards"It's All in the Game" 3NoNoNo
The Everly Brothers"Bird Dog" No332
077Lord Rockingham's XI"Hoots Mon" 3438
078Conway Twitty"It's Only Make Believe" 5473
079Jane Morgan"The Day the Rains Came" 1NoNoNo
080Elvis Presley"I Got Stung" / "One Night" 3533
081Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra"As I Love You" 4No13
082The Platters"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" 1543
083Russ Conway"Side Saddle" 4233
084Buddy Holly"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 3254
085Elvis Presley"A Fool Such As I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight" 5744
086Russ Conway"Roulette" 2111
087Bobby Darin"Dream Lover" 4555
088Cliff Richard and the Drifters"Living Doll" 6455
089Craig Douglas"Only Sixteen" 4765
090Jerry Keller"Here Comes Summer" 1NoNo2
091Bobby Darin"Mack the Knife" 2NoNoNo
092Cliff Richard and The Shadows"Travellin' Light" 5766
093Adam Faith"What Do You Want?" 2.5*3*532
094Emile Ford and the Checkmates"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 5.5*6*256
095Michael Holliday"Starry Eyed" 1NoNo1
096Anthony Newley"Why" 4665
097Adam Faith"Poor Me" 21111
098Johnny Preston"Running Bear" 12222
099Lonnie Donegan"My Old Man's a Dustman" 45334
Elvis Presley"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" NoNo11No
100Anthony Newley"Do You Mind?" 1No111
101The Everly Brothers"Cathy's Clown" 99977
102Eddie Cochran"Three Steps to Heaven" NoNoNoNo2
Connie Francis"Mama"/"Robot Man" NoNoNo2No
103Jimmy Jones"Good Timin'" 34323
104Cliff Richard and The Shadows"Please Don't Tease" 43443
105Johnny Kidd & The Pirates"Shakin' All Over" NoNoNoNo1
106The Shadows"Apache" 66465
Elvis Presley"A Mess of Blues"/"The Girl of My Best Friend" NoNo1NoNo
107Ricky Valance"Tell Laura I Love Her" 22233
108Roy Orbison"Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" 33322
109Elvis Presley"It's Now or Never" 99878
110Cliff Richard and The Shadows"I Love You" NoNo232
111Johnny Tillotson"Poetry in Motion" 33212
112Elvis Presley"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 54554
113Petula Clark"Sailor" NoNoNo21
114The Everly Brothers"Walk Right Back" 34323
115Elvis Presley"Wooden Heart" 33.5*4*646
The Allisons"Are You Sure?" 22No2No
116The Temperance Seven"You're Driving Me Crazy" 11.5*2*1No1
117The Marcels"Blue Moon" 22232
118Floyd Cramer"On the Rebound" No1NoNo1
119Del Shannon"Runaway" 41.5*2*643
120Elvis Presley"Surrender" 44.5*5*334
Cliff Richard and The Shadows"A Girl Like You" NoNoNo1No
121The Everly Brothers"Temptation" 14112
122Eden Kane"Well I Ask You" 21111
123Helen Shapiro"You Don't Know" 3.5*4*2223
124John Leyton"Johnny Remember Me" 4.5*5*5674
125Shirley Bassey"Reach for the Stars" / "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" NoNoNoNo1
Elvis Presley"Wild in the Country" 1NoNoNoNo
126The Shadows"Kon-Tiki" No11No1
127The Highwaymen"Michael (Row the Boat)" 11121
128Helen Shapiro"Walkin' Back to Happiness" 44433
129Elvis Presley"His Latest Flame" 33344
130Frankie Vaughan"Tower of Strength" 3.5*4*4343
Bobby Vee"Take Good Care of My Baby" 1.0*1*1NoNoNo
131Danny Williams"Moon River" 1NoNoNo2
Acker Bilk"Stranger on the Shore"* 1121No
132Cliff Richard"The Young Ones" 65656
133Elvis Presley"Rock-A-Hula Baby" / "Can't Help Falling in Love" No4434
Chubby Checker"Let's Twist Again" 2NoNoNo
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen"March of the Siamese Children" 1No2No
134The Shadows"Wonderful Land" 9878
135B. Bumble and the Stingers"Nut Rocker" 1111
136Elvis Presley"Good Luck Charm" 5675
137Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard"Come Outside" 21No2
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers"A Picture of You" 111No
138Ray Charles"I Can't Stop Loving You" 1112
139Frank Ifield"I Remember You" 8857
Pat Boone"Speedy Gonzales" NoNo2No
140Elvis Presley"She's Not You" 3243
141The Tornados"Telstar" 5655
142Frank Ifield"Lovesick Blues" 5555
143Elvis Presley"Return to Sender" 2123
144Cliff Richard and The Shadows"The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" 1553
145The Shadows"Dance On!" 3NoNo1
146Jet Harris and Tony Meehan"Diamonds" 4423
147Frank Ifield"The Wayward Wind" 1No13
The Beatles"Please Please Me" 222No
148Cliff Richard and The Shadows"Summer Holiday" 3333
149The Shadows"Foot Tapper" 1111
150Gerry & The Pacemakers"How Do You Do It?" 3343
151The Beatles"From Me to You" 6657
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas"Do You Want to Know a Secret" 211No
152Gerry & The Pacemakers"I Like It" 4454
153Frank Ifield"Confessin' (That I Love You)" 3322
154Elvis Presley"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" NoNoNo1
155The Searchers"Sweets for My Sweet" 3232
156Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas"Bad to Me" 2223
157The Beatles"She Loves You" 6756
158Brian Poole and The Tremeloes"Do You Love Me" 3233
159Gerry & The Pacemakers"You'll Never Walk Alone" 4454
160The Beatles"I Want to Hold Your Hand" 6555
161The Dave Clark Five"Glad All Over" 2322
The Swinging Blue Jeans"Hippy Hippy Shake" NoNo1No
162The Searchers"Needles and Pins" 3333
163The Bachelors"Diane" NoNoNo1
164Cilla Black"Anyone Who Had a Heart" 4432
The Dave Clark Five"Bits and Pieces" NoNo1No
165Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas"Little Children" 1112
166The Beatles"Can't Buy Me Love" 4333
167Peter & Gordon"A World Without Love" 2222
168The Searchers"Don't Throw Your Love Away" 1222
169The Four Pennies"Juliet" 2221
170Cilla Black"You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)" 3334
171Roy Orbison"It's Over" 2222
172The Animals"House of the Rising Sun" 2121
173The Rolling Stones"It's All Over Now" No1No1
174The Beatles"A Hard Day's Night" 4443
175Manfred Mann"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" 2222
176The Honeycombs"Have I the Right?" 2332
177The Kinks"You Really Got Me" 11No2
178Herman's Hermits"I'm Into Something Good" 3232
179Roy Orbison"Oh, Pretty Woman" 3433
180Sandie Shaw"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" 2123
181The Supremes"Baby Love" 1322
182The Rolling Stones"Little Red Rooster" 2No11
183The Beatles"I Feel Fine" 6665
184Georgie Fame"Yeh Yeh" 1112
185The Moody Blues"Go Now" 2121
186The Righteous Brothers"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" 1212
187The Kinks"Tired of Waiting for You" 1111
188The Seekers"I'll Never Find Another You" 2222
189Tom Jones"It's Not Unusual" 1111
190The Rolling Stones"The Last Time" 4343
191Unit 4 + 2"Concrete and Clay" NoNo11
The Yardbirds"For Your Love" 1NoNoNo
192Cliff Richard"The Minute You're Gone" 11No1
193The Beatles"Ticket to Ride" 5543
194Roger Miller"King of the Road" NoNoNo1
The Seekers"A World of Our Own" NoNo1No
195Jackie Trent"Where Are You Now (My Love)" 1111
196Sandie Shaw"Long Live Love" 2233
197Elvis Presley"Crying in the Chapel" 2322
The Everly Brothers"The Price of Love" 1NoNoNo
198The Hollies"I'm Alive" 2223
199The Byrds"Mr. Tambourine Man" 2222
200The Beatles"Help!" 4443
201Sonny & Cher"I Got You Babe" 1222
202The Rolling Stones"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 3222
203The Walker Brothers"Make It Easy on Yourself" No111
204Ken Dodd"Tears" 6555
205The Rolling Stones"Get Off of My Cloud" 3233
Len Barry"1-2-3" 1NoNoNo
206The Seekers"The Carnival Is Over" 1423
207The Beatles"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" 5455
208The Spencer Davis Group"Keep On Running" 3221
209The Overlanders"Michelle" 1223
210Nancy Sinatra"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" 1114
The Rolling Stones"19th Nervous Breakdown" 333No
Small Faces"Sha-La-La-La-Lee" No11No
The Hollies"I Can't Let Go" 2NoNoNo
211The Walker Brothers"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" 4344
212The Spencer Davis Group"Somebody Help Me" 1212
213Dusty Springfield"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 2221
214Manfred Mann"Pretty Flamingo" 3333
215The Rolling Stones"Paint It, Black" 11No1
The Troggs"Wild Thing" NoNo1No
216Frank Sinatra"Strangers in the Night" 3233
217The Beatles"Paperback Writer" 2422
218The Kinks"Sunny Afternoon" 2No22
219Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames"Getaway" No2No1
220Chris Farlowe"Out of Time" 2121
221The Troggs"With a Girl Like You" 2222
222The Beatles"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" 4334
223Small Faces"All or Nothing" 1221
224Jim Reeves"Distant Drums" 5245
The Who"I'm a Boy" No2NoNo
225Four Tops"Reach Out I'll Be There" 3343
226The Beach Boys"Good Vibrations" 2322
227Tom Jones"Green, Green Grass of Home" 7767
The Seekers"Morningtown Ride" NoNo1No
228The Monkees"I'm a Believer" 4444
229Petula Clark"This Is My Song" 2122
230Engelbert Humperdinck"Release Me" 6356
The Beatles"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" No3NoNo
Harry Secombe"This Is My Song" NoNo1No
231Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra"Somethin' Stupid" 1222
232Sandie Shaw"Puppet on a String" 4433
233The Tremeloes"Silence Is Golden" 3333
234Procol Harum"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 5566
The Monkees"Alternate Title" No1NoNo
235The Beatles"All You Need Is Love" 4323
236Scott McKenzie"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" 4334
237Engelbert Humperdinck"The Last Waltz" 675
238Bee Gees"Massachusetts" 334
239The Foundations"Baby Now That I've Found You" 322
240Long John Baldry"Let the Heartaches Begin" 122
241The Beatles"Hello, Goodbye" 657
The BeatlesMagical Mystery Tour[nb 5] No3No
242Georgie Fame"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" 111
243Love Affair"Everlasting Love" 332
244Manfred Mann"Mighty Quinn" 222
245Esther and Abi Ofarim"Cinderella Rockefella" 443
246Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich"The Legend of Xanadu" NoNo1
Tom Jones"Delilah" No2No
247The Beatles"Lady Madonna" 2No2
248Cliff Richard"Congratulations" 1No2
249Louis Armstrong"What a Wonderful World" / "Cabaret" 454
250Gary Puckett & The Union Gap"Young Girl" 544
251The Rolling Stones"Jumpin' Jack Flash" 232
252The Equals"Baby Come Back" 333
253Des O'Connor"I Pretend" NoNo1
254Tommy James and the Shondells"Mony Mony" 453
255Crazy World of Arthur Brown"Fire" NoNo1
256The Beach Boys"Do It Again" NoNo1
Tom Jones"Help Yourself" 2NoNo
Herb Alpert"This Guy's in Love With You" No1No
257Bee Gees"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" 111
258The Beatles"Hey Jude" 342
259Mary Hopkin"Those Were the Days" 556
260Joe Cocker"With a Little Help from My Friends" 111
261Hugo Montenegro"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 134
Barry Ryan"Eloise" 21No
262The Scaffold"Lily the Pink" 534
263Marmalade"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 233
264Fleetwood Mac"Albatross" 321
265The Move"Blackberry Way" 111

Notes

  1. According to The Official Charts Company and the canonical sources, chronologically, which number one it was.[27][28]
  2. NME is considered by The Official Charts Company as the canonical source for number-one singles from the charts' inception until 10 March 1960.[4] The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are taken from The Official Charts Company and from NME.[27][29]
  3. The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are from the Record Mirror.[5][6][7][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
  4. Record Retailer is considered by The Official Charts Company as the canonical source for number-one singles from 10 March 1960 until 15 February 1969 when Retailer and the BBC jointly commissioned the British Music Record Bureau (BMRB) to compile the chart.[4] When BMRB started compiling the chart is generally regarded as the beginning of an official chart.[1][2][11] The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are taken from The Official Charts Company.
  5. This number-one record was not a single but a double extended play (EP) with six tracks. Due to the low popularity of EPs in the United States, an album of the same name was released containing the six EP tracks and five singles from 1967.[52] The rules now require at most four distinct songs to be eligible for the UK Singles Chart.[53]

References

Footnotes
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  2. Leigh, Spencer (20 February 1998). "Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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