List of number-one 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 March 1960 is the New Musical Express chart, and after that it is the "Record Retailer".

"Continued from List of number-one singles from the 1950s"

1960

1 Michael Holliday - "Starry Eyed" :January 29 for 1 week2 Anthony Newley - "Why":February 5 for 4 weeks3 Adam Faith - "Poor Me":March 4 for 2 week4 Johnny Preston - "Running Bear":March 17 for 2 weeks5 Lonnie Donegan - "My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer)":March 31 for 4 weeks6 Anthony Newley - "Do You Mind":April 28 for 1 week7 Everly Brothers - "Cathy's Clown":May 5 for 7 weeks8 Eddie Cochran - "Three Steps to Heaven":June 23 for 2 weeks9 Jimmy Jones - "Good Timin'":July 7 for 3 weeks10 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Please Don't Tease":July 28 for 1 week11 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - "Shakin' All Over":August 4 for 1 week12 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Please Don't Tease":August 11 for 2 weeks13 The Shadows - "Apache" :August 25 for 5 weeks14 Ricky Valance - "Tell Laura I Love Her":September 29 for 3 weeks15 Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)":October 20 for 2 weeks16 Elvis Presley - "It's Now or Never":November 3 for 8 weeks17 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "I Love You":December 29 for 2 weeks

1961

1 Johnny Tillotson - "Poetry in Motion":January 12 for 2 weeks2 Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?":January 26 for 4 weeks3 Petula Clark - "Sailor":February 23 for 1 week4 Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes":March 2 for 3 weeks5 Elvis Presley - "Wooden Heart":March 23 for 6 weeks 6 The Marcels - "Blue Moon":May 4 for 2 weeks7 Floyd Cramer - "On the Rebound":May 18 for 1 week8 The Temperance Seven - "You're Driving Me Crazy":May 25 for 1 week9 Elvis Presley - "Surrender":June 1 for 4 weeks10 Del Shannon - "Runaway":June 29 for 3 weeks 11 Everly Brothers - "Temptation":July 20 for 2 weeks12 Eden Kane - "Well I Ask You":August 3 for 1 week13 Helen Shapiro - "You Don't Know":August 10 for 3 weeks 14 John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me":August 31 for 3 weeks15 Shirley Bassey - "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain":September 21 for 1 week 16 John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me":September 28 for 1 week17 The Shadows - "Kon-Tiki":October 5 for 1 week18 The Highwaymen - "Michael":October 12 for 1 week19 Helen Shapiro - "Walkin' Back to Happiness":October 19 for 3 weeks20 Elvis Presley - "Little Sister/(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame":November 9 for 4 weeks21 Frankie Vaughan - "Tower of Strength":December 7 for 3 weeks 22 Danny Williams - "Moon River":December 28 for 2 weeks

1962

1 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Young Ones":January 11 for 6 weeks2 Elvis Presley - "Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love":February 22 for 4 weeks3 The Shadows - "Wonderful Land" :March 22 for 8 weeks4 B. Bumble and the Stingers - "Nut Rocker":May 17 for 1 week 5 Elvis Presley - "Good Luck Charm":May 24 for 5 weeks6 Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard - "Come Outside":June 28 for 2 weeks7 Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Loving You":July 12 for 2 weeks8 Frank Ifield - "I Remember You":July 26 for 7 weeks9 Elvis Presley - "She's Not You":September 13 for 3 weeks10 The Tornados - "Telstar":October 4 for 5 weeks11 Frank Ifield - "Lovesick Blues":November 8 for 5 weeks12 Elvis Presley - "Return to Sender":December 13 for 3 weeks

1963

1 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Next Time/Bachelor Boy":January 3 for 3 weeks2 The Shadows - "Dance On!":January 24 for 1 week3 Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - "Diamonds":January 31 for 3 weeks4 Frank Ifield - "The Wayward Wind":February 21 for 3 weeks 5 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday":March 14 for 2 weeks6 The Shadows - "Foot Tapper":March 28 for 1 week7 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday":April 4 for 1 week8 Gerry and the Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?":April 11 for 3 weeks9 The Beatles - "From Me to You":May 2 for 7 weeks 10 Gerry & the Pacemakers - "I Like It":June 20 for 4 weeks11 Frank Ifield - "Confessin' (That I Love You)":July 18 for 2 weeks12 Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise":August 1 for 1 week13 The Searchers - "Sweets for My Sweet":August 8 for 2 weeks4 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Bad to Me":August 22 for 3 weeks15 The Beatles - "She Loves You":September 12 for 4 weeks 16 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - "Do You Love Me":October 10 for 3 weeks17 Gerry & the Pacemakers - "You'll Never Walk Alone":October 31 for 4 weeks18 The Beatles - "She Loves You":November 28 for 2 weeks 19 The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand":December 12 for 5 weeks

1964

1 Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over":January 16 for 2 weeks2 The Searchers - "Needles and Pins":January 30 for 3 weeks3 The Bachelors - "Diane":February 20 for 1 week4 Cilla Black - "Anyone Who Had a Heart":February 27 for 3 weeks5 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Little Children":March 19 for 2 weeks6 The Beatles - "Can't Buy Me Love":April 2 for 3 weeks7 Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love":April 23 for 2 weeks7 The Searchers - "Don't Throw Your Love Away":May 7 for 2 weeks8 The Four Pennies - "Juliet":May 21 for 1 week9 Cilla Black - "You're My World":May 28 for 4 weeks10 Roy Orbison - "It's Over":June 25 for 2 weeks11 The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun" :July 9 for 1 week12 Rolling Stones - "It's All Over Now":July 16 for 1 week13 The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night":July 23 for 3 weeks14 Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy":August 13 for 2 weeks15 The Honeycombs - "Have I The Right":August 27 for 2 weeks16 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me":September 10 for 2 weeks17 Herman's Hermits - "I'm Into Something Good":September 24 for 2 weeks18 Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman":October 8 for 2 weeks19 Sandie Shaw - "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me":October 22 for 3 weeks20 Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman":November 12 for 1 week21 The Supremes - "Baby Love":November 19 for 2 weeks22 Rolling Stones - "Little Red Rooster":December 3 for 1 week23 The Beatles - "I Feel Fine":December 10 for 5 weeks

1965

1 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - "Yeh Yeh":January 14 for 2 weeks2 The Moody Blues - "Go Now":January 28 for 1 week3 Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'":February 4 for 2 weeks4 The Kinks - "Tired of Waiting for You":February 18 for 1 week5 The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You":February 25 for 2 weeks6 Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual":March 11 for 1 week7 Rolling Stones - "The Last Time":March 18 for 3 weeks8 Unit 4 + 2 - "Concrete and Clay":April 8 for 1 week 9 Cliff Richard - "The Minute You're Gone":April 15 for 1 week 10 The Beatles - "Ticket to Ride":April 22 for 3 weeks11 Roger Miller - "King of the Road":May 13 for 1 week12 Jackie Trent - "Where Are You Now (My Love)":May 20 for 1 week13 Sandie Shaw - "Long Live Love":May 27 for 3 weeks14 Elvis Presley - "Crying in the Chapel":June 17 for 1 week15 The Hollies - "I'm Alive":June 24 for 1 week16 Elvis Presley - "Crying in the Chapel":July 1 for 1 week17 The Hollies - "I'm Alive":July 8 for 2 weeks18 The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man":July 22 for 2 weeks19 The Beatles - "Help!":August 5 for 3 weeks20 Sonny & Cher - "I Got You Babe":August 26 for 2 weeks21 Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction":September 9 for 2 weeks22 The Walker Brothers - "Make It Easy on Yourself":September 23 for 1 week23 Ken Dodd - "Tears":September 30 for 5 weeks24 Rolling Stones - "Get off of My Cloud":November 4 for 3 weeks25 The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over":November 25 for 3 weeks26 The Beatles - "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out":December 16 for 5 weeks

1966

1 Spencer Davis Group - "Keep On Running":January 20 for 1 week2 The Overlanders - "Michelle":January 27 for 3 weeks3 Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'":February 17 for 4 weeks4 The Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore":March 17 for 4 weeks 5 Spencer Davis Group - "Somebody Help Me":April 14 for 2 weeks6 Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me":April 28 for 1 week7 Manfred Mann - "Pretty Flamingo" :May 5 for 3 weeks8 Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black":May 26 for 1 week9 Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night":June 2 for 3 weeks10 The Beatles - "Paperback Writer":June 23 for 2 weeks11 The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon":July 7 for 2 weeks12 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - "Getaway":July 21 for 1 week13 Chris Farlowe - "Out of Time":July 28 for 1 week14 The Troggs - "With a Girl Like You":August 4 for 2 weeks15 The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby":August 18 for 4 weeks16 The Small Faces - "All or Nothing":September 15 for 1 week17 Jim Reeves - "Distant Drums":September 22 for 5 weeks18 Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll Be There":October 27 for 3 weeks19 Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations":November 17 for 2 weeks20 Tom Jones - "Green Green Grass of Home":December 1 for 7 weeks

1967

1 The Monkees - "I'm a Believer":January 19 for 4 weeks2 Petula Clark - "This Is My Song":February 16 for 2 weeks3 Engelbert Humperdinck - "Release Me":March 2 for 6 weeks4 Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra - "Somethin' Stupid":April 13 for 2 weeks5 Sandie Shaw - "Puppet on a String":April 27 for 3 weeks6 The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden" :May 18 for 3 weeks7 Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale":June 8 for 6 weeks8 The Beatles - "All You Need Is Love":July 19 for 3 weeks9 Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)":August 9 for 4 weeks10 Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz":September 6 for 5 weeks11 The Bee Gees - "Massachusetts":October 11 for 4 weeks12 The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You":November 8 for 2 weeks13 Long John Baldry - "Let the Heartaches Begin":November 22 for 2 weeks14 The Beatles - "Hello, Goodbye":December 6 for 7 weeks

1968

1 Georgie Fame - "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde":January 24 for 1 week2 Love Affair - "Everlasting Love":January 31 for 2 weeks3 Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn":February 14 for 2 weeks4 Esther & Abi Ofarim - "Cinderella Rockefella":February 28 for 3 weeks5 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - "The Legend of Xanadu":March 20 for 1 week6 The Beatles - "Lady Madonna":March 27 for 2 weeks7 Cliff Richard - "Congratulations":April 10 for 2 weeks8 Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World"/"Cabaret":April 24 for 4 weeks9 Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett - "Young Girl":May 22 for 4 weeks10 Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash":June 19 for 2 weeks11 The Equals - "Baby Come Back":July 3 for 3 weeks12 Des O'Connor - "I Pretend":July 24 for 1 week13 Tommy James & the Shondells - "Mony Mony":July 31 for 2 weeks and August 21 for 1 week14 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire":August 14 for 1 week15 Beach Boys - "Do It Again":August 28 for 1 week16 Bee Gees - "I've Gotta Get a Message to You":September 4 for 1 week17 The Beatles - "Hey Jude":September 11 for 2 weeks18 Mary Hopkin - "Those Were the Days":September 25 for 6 weeks19 Joe Cocker - "With a Little Help from My Friends":November 6 for 1 week20 Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra - "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly":November 13 for 4 weeks21 The Scaffold - "Lily the Pink":December 11 for 4 weeks

1969

1 The Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da":January 1 for 1 week2 The Scaffold - "Lily the Pink":January 8 for 1 week3 The Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da":January 15 for 2 weeks4 Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross":January 29 for 1 week5 The Move - "Blackberry Way":February 5 for 1 week6 Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice":February 12 for 2 weeks7 Peter Sarstedt - "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)":February 26 for 4 weeks8 Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine":March 26 for 3 weeks9 Desmond Dekker & the Aces - "Israelites":April 16 for 1 week10 Beatles with Billy Preston - "Get Back":April 23 for 6 weeks11 Tommy Roe - "Dizzy":June 4 for 1 week12 The Beatles - "Ballad of John and Yoko":June 11 for 3 weeks13 Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air":July 2 for 3 weeks14 Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women":July 23 for 5 weeks

Chart compilation changed to Tuesday

15 Zager & Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)":August 26 for 3 weeks16 Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising":September 16 for 3 weeks17 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus":October 7 for 1 week18 Bobbie Gentry - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again":October 14 for 1 week19 The Archies - "Sugar, Sugar":October 21 for 8 weeks20 Rolf Harris - "Two Little Boys":December 16 for 6 weeks

Continues to List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)

ee also

* List of Number 1 singles (UK)
* UK Singles Chart