| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
16th Jan |
The Dave Clark Five |
Glad All Over |
2 |
First UK and only UK No. 1
for this London band. |
30th Jan |
The Searchers |
Needles & Pins |
3 |
This, The Searchers 2nd UK
No. 1 was written by Sonny Bono (of Sonny & Cher
fame) and produced by Tony Hatch. |
20th Feb |
The Bachelors |
Diane |
3 |
Despite the fact that The Bachelors
had many hits throughout the 60s, this would
be their only ever UK No. 1 single. |
27th Feb |
Cilla Black |
Anyone Who Had A Heart |
3 |
Yet another Liverpool singer
who followed in the wake of the Beatles with
this Burt Bacharach song. |
19th Mar |
Billy J Kramer & The
Dakotas |
Little Children |
2 |
A 2nd and final UK No. 1 for
Billy J Kramer with this one, written by
one of Elvis Presley's song writing teams. |
2nd Apr |
|
Can't Buy Me Love |
3 |
The Beatles 4th UK No. 1 from
their film, "A
Hard Day's Night". This also completed another
hat trick for their producer George Martin, with
3 more consecutive number ones. |
23rd Apr |
Peter & Gordon |
A World Without Love |
2 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
duo performing a
Lennon & McCartney song. |
7th May |
The Searchers |
Don't Throw Your Love Away |
2 |
A 3rd and final UK No. 1 for
The Searchers although they still had more hits
over the next couple of years. |
21st May |
Four Pennies |
Juliet |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
short lived group. |
28th May |
Cilla Black |
You're My World |
4 |
A 2nd and final UK No. 1 for
Cilla, although she still had further hits
into the 70s. she later wen on to become a
tv presenter. |
25th Jun |
Roy Orbison |
It's Over |
2 |
Roy Orbison had to wait 4 years from his 1st
UK No. 1 to hit it big again with this song. |
9th Jul |
The Animals |
The House Of The Rising
Sun |
1 |
Geordie band led by Eric Burdon and produced
by Mickie Most. The song was recorded in one take. |
16th Jul |
|
It's All Over now |
1 |
The legendary rock group's first No. 1 in the
UK Charts with this hit, written by Womack & Womack. |
23rd Jul |
|
A Hard Day's Night |
3 |
The Beatles 5th UK No. 1 from their film of the
same name. |
13th Aug |
Manfred Mann |
Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
2 |
First UK No. 1 for the group inspiringly named
after their keyboard player. |
27th Aug |
The Honeycombs |
Have I The Right |
2 |
Famous only for having a girl drummer. This
was the band's first UK and only UK No. 1. |
10th Sep |
The Kinks |
You Really Got Me |
2 |
First UK No. 1 for The Kinks with this Ray Davies
classic. |
24th Sep |
Herman's Hermits |
I'm Into Something Good |
2 |
First UK and only UK No. 1 for this Manchester
group that became more famous in America, with
this Carole King & Gerry Goffin song. |
8th Oct |
Roy Orbison |
Oh Pretty Woman |
2 |
4 years waiting then 2 No. 1's in a year for
Roy Orbison. Unfortunately, this was also his last
UK No. 1, although he continued to have further
hits. |
22nd Oct |
Sandie Shaw |
(There's) Always Something
There To Remind Me |
3 |
First UK No. 1 for the girl famous for going
barefoot on stage. Life was definately simpler
in the 60s! |
19th Nov |
The Supremes |
Baby Love |
2 |
First UK No. 1 for The Supremes and the begining
of a 4-decade career for lead-singer
Diana Ross. |
3rd Dec |
|
Little Red Rooster |
1 |
The Stones 2nd UK No. 1 had originally been
a US soul hit in 1951. |
10th
Dec |
|
I Feel Fine |
5 |
A 6th UK No. 1 for the Fab Four, and their
second consecutive Christmas No. 1, not their
last either. |
