| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
16th Jan |
Belinda Carlisle |
Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
2 |
First solo hit and only UK
No 1 for this former member of female band The
Go-Gos. |
30th Jan |
Tiffany |
I Think We're Alone Now |
3 |
Only UK No 1 for this Californian
teenager with a Tommy James & The Shondells
song from 1967. |
20th Feb |
Kylie Minogue |
I Should Be So Lucky |
5 |
A 1st UK No 1 for this former
Aussie soap star who made a successful music
career with help from top producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. |
26th Mar |
Aswad |
Don't Turn Around |
2 |
British reggae band with their
first major hit. They continued into the
mid 90s although this was their only UK No 1. |
9th Apr |
Pet Shop Boys |
|
3 |
A 4th and final UK No 1 for
the boys although they enjoyed further Top 10
hits throughout the 1990s. |
30th Apr |
S'Express |
Theme from S'Express |
2 |
Only UK No 1 for London DJ
Mark Moore with a major House dance track. |
14th May |
Fairground Attraction |
Perfect |
1 |
Only UK No 1 for this Scottish
band led by folk/jazz songstress, Eddi Reader.
She quit in 1990 for a solo career. |
21st May |
Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg |
With A Little Help From My
Friends / She's Leaving Home |
4 |
A 1st UK No 1 for these teeny
bopper heart-throbs with a Lennon & McCartney
song that had been at No 1 in 1968 for
Joe Cocker. |
18th Jun |
Timelords |
Doctorin' The Tardis |
1 |
Only UK No 1 for this Scottish
duo of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who later
formed KLF and had a No 1 in 1991. |
25th Jun |
Bros |
I Owe You Nothing |
2 |
Boy band comprising twins
Luke & Matt Goss and Craig Logan. Although
they had 8 top ten hits, this was their only
UK No 1. |
9th Jul |
Glenn Medeiros |
Nothing's Gonna Change My
Love For You |
4 |
18 year old from Hawaii. One of the youngest
males to reach the top, but almost a One-hit Wonder. |
6th Aug |
Yazz & The Plastic Population |
The Only Way Is Up |
5 |
Only UK No 1 for this London singer, Yasmin
Evans, who started as a vocalist with Coldcut. |
10th Sep |
Phil Collins |
A Groovy Kind Of Love |
2 |
A 3rd and final UK No 1 with this track from
his film "Buster". |
24th Sep |
Hollies |
He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother |
2 |
Originally No 3 for them in 1969, but shot to
the top after use in a Miller Lite TV ad. Their
2nd and final No 1. |
8th Oct |
U2 |
Desire |
1 |
A 1st UK No 1 for critically acclaimed, and
internationally famous Irish rock band fronted
by Bono. |
15th Oct |
Whitney Houston |
One Moment In Time |
2 |
Whitney's 3rd UK No 1 was recorded
to celebrate the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988. |
29th Oct |
Enya |
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) |
3 |
Originally with family act, Clannad, she went
solo and specialised in Celtic and New Age recordings.
This was her only UK No 1. |
19th Nov |
Robin Beck |
The First Time |
3 |
Studio singer from New York. Like the
New Seekers' No 1 of 1971,
this started as a TV jingle for Coca Cola. |
10th
Dec |
Cliff Richard |
Mistletoe & Wine |
4 |
Cliff's 12th UK No 1 was his first solo No
1 for 9 years, and the first to associate him with
Christmas chart toppers. |
