| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
1st Jan |
Marmalade |
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 with another
Beatles' album track that provided a big hit
for another band. |
29th Jan |
Fleetwood Mac |
Albatross |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for Fleetwood
Mac. They evolved from a blues band in the
60s to a stadium-filling super group in
the 70s and 80s. |
5th Feb |
The Move |
Blackberry Way |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for The
Move. Led by Roy Wood, they'd had 4 previous
Top 10s and were first act played on BBC Radio
1 (1967). |
12th Feb |
Amen Corner |
(If Paradise Is) Half As
Nice |
2 |
Andy Fairweather-Low led this
band and later had solo fame in the US during
the 70s. This was their only ever UK No. 1. |
26th Feb |
Peter Sarstedt |
Where Do You Go To My Lovely? |
4 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
singer songwriter with a song more often remembered
than the singer. |
26th Mar |
Marvin Gaye |
I Heard It Through The Grapevine |
3 |
Legendary Motown soul singer
scored his only ever UK No. 1 with this soul
classic. |
16th Apr |
Desmond Dekker & The
Aces |
Israelites |
1 |
First Jamaican reggae No.
1. This became the 11th No. 1 in a row from an
act who never repeated the feat. |
23rd Apr |
|
|
6 |
The 16th UK No. 1 for The
Beatles is famous for being performed live on
the roof of the HMV building in London. |
4th Jun |
Tommy Roe |
Dizzy |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this
singer who'd previously had chart success 7 years
earlier. |
11th Jun |
|
|
3 |
17th and final No. 1 from
the boys. George & Ringo did not play
on this recording. The band broke up the following
year. |
2nd Jul |
Thunderclap Newman |
Something In The Air |
3 |
Produced by Pete Townshend of "The Who",
that never had a No. 1 themselves. Only ever UK
No. 1 for Thunderclap Newman. |
23rd Jul |
|
Honky Tonk Women |
5 |
Strange that The Stones 8th and final UK No.
1 should come only a month after their arch rivals
when the band continued on for the rest of the
century! |
30th Aug |
Zager & Evans |
|
3 |
Another one hit wonder with a catchy tune about
life in the future. |
20th Sep |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Bad Moon Rising |
3 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for this American band, led
by John Fogerty. |
11th Oct |
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg |
|
1 |
This song was banned by the BBC, and switched
labels mid-way due to company embarrassment! |
18th Oct |
Bobby Gentry |
I'll Never Fall In Love
Again |
1 |
Only ever UK No. 1 for US country music star,
Bobby Gentry with a
Burt Bacharach song. |
25th Oct |
The Archies |
|
8 |
First No. 1 performed by US TV cartoon characters.
Like The Monkees, created by Ron Dante. (The series
was never shown in UK). |
20th
Dec |
Rolf Harris |
Two Little Boys |
6 |
Thankfully, the only ever UK No. 1 for this Aussie
entertainer. |
