| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
3rd Jan |
|
The Next Time / Bachelor
Boy |
3 |
A Double A Side was Cliff's
6th UK No. 1. Both tracks on this latest one
were from his film "Summer
Holiday". |
24th Jan |
The Shadows |
Dance On |
1 |
Hot on the heels of their former
singer The Shadows topped the charts with this,
their 4th UK No. 1. |
31st Jan |
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan |
Diamonds |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for a couple
of former members of The Shadows who enjoyed
brief stardom, with another Jerry Lordan tune. |
21st Feb |
Frank Ifield |
Wayward Wind |
3 |
A 3rd UK No. 1 for
Frank Ifield with another one of his popular country music songs. |
14th Mar |
|
Summer Holiday |
3 |
Cliff's
7th UK No. 1, like his hit from earlier in the
year, was again from his film "Summer Holiday". |
29th Mar |
The Shadows |
Foot Tapper |
1 |
Not wanting to miss out on
the fun The Shadows followed up with
one of their songs, also from "Summer Holiday". This was their 5th and final
UK No. 1. |
11th Apr |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
How Do You Do It? |
3 |
First of the "Mersey Beat" chart
toppers from Liverpool. Written by Mitch Murray.
This was their 1st UK No. 1. |
2nd May |
|
|
7 |
Enter The Beatles with the
first of 17 No. 1's, and the beginning of
the legend. Produced by George Martin |
20th Jun |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
I Like It |
4 |
A 2nd UK No. 1 for Gerry & The
Pacemakers with another
Mitch Murray song. Producer George Martin's 3rd
consecutive No 1. |
18th Jul |
Frank Ifield |
Confessin' |
2 |
4th UK No. 1 for Frank Ifield
with another one of his popular country music
songs. This would become his last UK No. 1. |
1st Aug |
|
|
1 |
After a fairly quiet year (by his standards)
Elvis bounced back with this, his 14th UK No. 1. |
8th Aug |
The Searchers |
Sweets For My Sweet |
2 |
First UK No. 1 for another new Liverpool "Mersey
Beat" group,
but with a US song, this one produced by Tony
Hatch. |
22nd Aug |
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas |
Bad To Me |
3 |
First UK No. 1 for yet another new Liverpool
group with a song written by Lennon & McCartney,
but never recorded by the Beatles. |
12th Sep |
|
|
6 |
A 2nd UK No. 1 for the fab four with this perenial
classic. |
24th Oct |
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes |
Do You Love Me |
3 |
Only UK No. 1 for this Londoner. |
14th Nov |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
You'll Never Walk Alone |
4 |
A 3rd and final UK No. 1 for Gerry & The
Pacemakers. Their first 3 releases
hit the top spot, a record that remained unbeaten
until 1997 with The Spice Girls. |
12th
Dec |
|
|
5 |
A 3rd UK No. 1 for The Beatles reached the top
over Christmas this year, and they'd only just
got started. |
