| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
24th Jan |
Georgie Fame |
The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde |
1 |
3rd & final UK No. 1
for Georgie Fame with a song written by Mitch
Murray, and inspired by the film. |
31st Jan |
Love Affair |
Everlasting Love |
2 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for Love
Affair. Singer
Steve Ellis was the only band member to perform
on the recording! |
14th Feb |
Manfred Mann |
The Mighty Quinn |
2 |
3rd & final UK No. 1 for
Manfred Mann with a Bob
Dylan song and a new lead singer, Mike D'Abo. |
28th Feb |
Esther & Abi Ofarim |
Cinderella Rockefella |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
Israeli husband & wife
duo who were stars in Europe but never really
in the UK. |
20th Mar |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Legend Of Xanadu |
1 |
Although they had 6 top 10s
before this, The Legend Of Xanadu was their only
ever UK No. 1. |
27th Mar |
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2 |
The Beatles 14th UK No. 1
that stayed on the chart for a total of just eight weeks. |
10th Apr |
|
Congratulations |
2 |
Losing Eurovision song which
gave Cliff a new UK No. 1, his 9th so far, and
his last for the next 11 years. |
24th Apr |
Louis Armstrong |
What A Wonderful World |
4 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
jazz legend
with a classic track that's still heard everywhere to this day. |
22nd May |
Union Gap featuring Gary
Puckett |
Young Girl |
4 |
Only ever UK No. 1. Tackling
the subject of under-age sex, the band sold more
singles in the US than the Beatles in 1968! |
19th Jun |
|
Jumping Jack Flash |
2 |
A 7th UK No. 1 for The Stones
with an absolute classic, after 2 years doing
other recreational activities. |
3rd Jul |
The Equals |
Baby Come Back |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for The Equals whose lead
singer, Eddie Grant had a solo No. 1 in 1982. |
24th Jul |
Des O'Connor |
I Pretend |
1 |
The perennial comedian and chat show host had
a series of hits at this time. This was his only
UK No. 1. |
31st Jul |
Tommy James & The Shondells |
Mony Mony |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 with a good, old fashioned
rock 'n' roll song, later to be covered by Billy
Idol (1987). |
14th Aug |
Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
|
1 |
A truly bizarre one hit wonder. Arthur would
appear on stage with a bowl on his head that was
actually on fire during the song! |
28th Aug |
The Beach Boys |
Do It Again |
1 |
2nd & final UK No. 1 for The Beach Boys. Despite
member deaths, they continued for another three
decades and charted until 1996. |
4th Sep |
The Bee Gees |
I've Gotta Get A Message
To You |
1 |
A 2nd UK No. 1 for the Gibb brothers who disappeared
for a while after this before exploding back into
the charts in the late 70s. |
11th Sep |
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2 |
The Beatles 15th UK No. 1 was 7 minutes long,
and was at No. 1 in US for an incredible nine weeks. |
25th Sep |
Mary Hopkin |
Those Were The Days |
6 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this Welsh folk singer
who won "Opportunity
Knocks" and
had this first hit produced by Paul McCartney. |
6th Nov |
Joe Cocker |
With A Little Help From
My Friends |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this Sheffield born singer,
with a Lennon & McCartney classic. |
13th Nov |
Hugo Montenegro Orchestra |
The Good The Bad And The
Ugly |
4 |
The theme from the film of the same name.
This was the first instrumental No. 1 since 1963. |
11th
Dec |
The Scaffold |
Lily The Pink |
4 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this Liverpool folk group
with a novelty song. |
