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List of Number 1 singles from the 1960s (UK)

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
1 1960
2 1961
3 1962
4 1963
5 1964
6 1965
7 1966
8 1967
9 1968
10 1969
11 See also

1960

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

1961

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

1962

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

1963

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

1964

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

1965

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

1966

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

1967

Number one hits from "Record Retailer":

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

1968

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

1969

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

Chart compilation changed to Sunday

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

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