Toppermost of the Poppermost - UK Number Ones : part 2 - The 1960s

[daf]

Well playmates, that was fun wasn't it - The Sixties all done and dusted - from Starry Eyed Soup, to Harris' Hairy Nuts.

As in the Fifties thread, I'll include an 'index' at this point as a handy overview of the journey so far . . .

[daf]

(original post  |  youtube link)
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1960's UK Number Ones Index

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95.    Michael Holliday  |  Starry Eyed
96.    Anthony Newley  |  "Why"
97.    Adam Faith  |  Poor Me
98.    Johnny Preston  |  Running Bear
99.    Lonnie Donegan  |  My Old Man's A Dustman
99b.  (MM 51.)  Elvis Presley  |  Stuck on You
100.  Anthony Newley  |  Do You Mind
101.  The Everly Brothers  |  Cathy's Clown
102.  Eddie Cochran  |  Three Steps To Heaven
103.  Jimmy Jones  |  Good Timin'
104.  Cliff Richard and The Shadows  |  Please Don't Tease
105.  Johnny Kidd and The Pirates  |  Shakin' All Over
106.  The Shadows  |  Apache
106b. (MM 57.)  Elvis Presley |  A Mess of Blues
107.  Ricky Valance  |  Tell Laura I Love Her
108.  Roy Orbison  |  Only The Lonely
109.  Elvis Presley  |  It's Now Or Never
110.  Cliff Richard and The Shadows  |  I Love You
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111.  Johnny Tillotson  |  Poetry In Motion
112.  Elvis Presley  |  Are You Lonesome Tonight
113.  Petula Clark  |  Sailor
114.  Everly Brothers  |  Walk Right Back
115.  Elvis Presley  |  Wooden Heart
115b. (NME 112.)  The Allisons  |  Are You Sure?
116.  The Marcels |  Blue Moon
117.  Floyd Cramer  | On The Rebound
118.  The Temperance Seven  |  You're Driving Me Crazy
119.  Elvis Presley  |  Surrender
120.  Del Shannon  |  Runaway
121.  Everly Brothers  |  Temptation
122.  Eden Kane  |  Well I Ask You
123.  Helen Shapiro  |  You Don't Know
124.  John Leyton  |  Johnny Remember Me
125.  Shirley Bassey  |  Reach For The Stars
125b. (NME 121.)  Elvis Presley  |  Wild in the Country
126.  The Shadows  |  Kon Tiki
127.  The Highwaymen  |  Michael
128.  Helen Shapiro  |  Walkin' Back To Happiness
129.  Elvis Presley  |  Little Sister
130.  Frankie Vaughan  |  Tower Of Strength
131.  Danny Williams  |  Moon River
131b. (NME 126.)  Bobby Vee  |  Take Good Care of My Baby
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132.  Cliff Richard and The Shadows  |  The Young Ones
132b. (NME 128.)  Mr. Acker Bilk  |  Stranger on the Shore
133.  Elvis Presley  |  Can't Help Falling In Love
133b. (NME 130.)  Chubby Checker  |  Let's Twist Again
133c. (NME 131.)  Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen  |  March of the Siamese Children
134.  The Shadows  |  Wonderful Land
135.  B. Bumble and The Stingers  |  Nut Rocker
136.  Elvis Presley  |  Good Luck Charm
137.  Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard  |  Come Outside
137b. (NME 136.)  Joe Brown and the Bruvvers  |  A Picture of You   
138.  Ray Charles  |  I Can't Stop Loving You
139.  Frank Ifield  |  I Remember You
140.  Elvis Presley  |  She's Not You
141.  The Tornados  |  Telstar
142.  Frank Ifield  |  Lovesick Blues
143.  Elvis Presley |  Return To Sender
144.  Cliff Richard and The Shadows  |  Bachelor Boy
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145.  The Shadows  |  Dance On
146.  Jet Harris and Tony Meehan  |  Diamonds
147.  Frank Ifield  |  Wayward Wind
147b. (NME 147.) The Beatles  |  (MM 95.) Please Please Me
148.  Cliff Richard and The Shadow  |  Summer Holiday
149.  The Shadows  |  Foot Tapper
150.  Gerry and The Pacemakers  |  How Do You Do It?
151.  The Beatles  |  From Me To You
151b. (NME 152.)  Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas  |  (MM 100.) Do You Want to Know a Secret
152.  Gerry and The Pacemakers  |  I Like It
153.  Frank Ifield  |  Confessin' (That I Love You)
154.  Elvis Presley  |  (You're The) Devil In Disguise
155.  The Searchers  |  Sweets For My Sweet
156.  Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas  |  Bad To Me
157.  The Beatles  |  She Loves You
158.  Brian Poole and The Tremeloes  |  Do You Love Me
159.  Gerry and The Pacemakers  |  You'll Never Walk Alone
160.  The Beatles  | I Want To Hold Your Hand 
+       This Boy  |  Rattle Your Jewelry
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161.  The Dave Clark Five  |  Glad All Over
162.  The Searchers  |  Needles And Pins
163.  The Bachelors  |  Diane
164.  Cilla Black  |  Anyone Who Had A Heart
165.  Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas  |  Little Children
166.  The Beatles  |  Can't Buy Me Love
167.  Peter and Gordon  |  A World Without Love
168.  The Searchers  |  Don't Throw Your Love Away
169.  Four Pennies  |  Juliet
170.  Cilla Black  |  You're My World
171.  Roy Orbison  |  It's Over
172.  The Animals  |  The House Of The Rising Sun
173.  The Rolling Stones  |  It's All Over Now
174.  The Beatles  |  A Hard Day's Night
175.  Manfred Mann  |  Do Wah Diddy Diddy
176.  The Honeycombs  |  Have I The Right?
177.  The Kinks  |  You Really Got Me
178.  Herman's Hermits  |  I'm Into Something Good
179.  Roy Orbison  |  Oh Pretty Woman
180.  Sandie Shaw  |  (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
181.  The Supremes  |  Baby Love
182.  The Rolling Stones  |  Little Red Rooster
183.  The Beatles  |  I Feel Fine
+       The Fourth Album
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184.  Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames  |  Yeh Yeh
185.  Moody Blues  |  Go Now!
186.  The Righteous Brothers  |  You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
187.  The Kinks  |  Tired Of Waiting For You
188.  The Seekers  |  I'll Never Find Another You
189.  Tom Jones  |  It's Not Unusual
190.  The Rolling Stones  |  The Last Time
191.  Unit Four Plus Two  |  Concrete & Clay
192.  Cliff Richard  |  The Minute You're Gone
193.  The Beatles  |  Ticket To Ride
193b. (NME 189.)  The Yardbirds  |  For Your Love   
194.  Roger Miller  |  King Of The Road
195.  Jackie Trent  |  Where Are You Now
196.  Sandie Shaw  |  Long Live Love
197.  Elvis Presley  |  Crying In The Chapel
198.  The Hollies  |  I'm Alive
198b. (NME 194.)  The Everly Brothers  |  The Price of Love
199.  The Byrds  |  Mr Tambourine Man
200.  The Beatles  |  Help!
201.  Sonny and Cher  |  I Got You Babe
202.  The Rolling Stones  |  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
203.  The Walker Brothers  |  Make It Easy On Yourself
204.  Ken Dodd  |  Tears
205.  The Rolling Stones  |  Get Off Of My Cloud
206.  The Seekers |  The Carnival Is Over
206b. (NME 203.)  Len Barry  |  1-2-3
207.  The Beatles  |  Day Tripper
207.  The Beatles  |  We Can Work It Out
+       The Beatles Sixth Album
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208.  The Spencer Davis Group  |  Keep On Running
209.  The Overlanders  |  Michelle
210.  Nancy Sinatra  |  These Boots Are Made For Walking
210b. (MM 157.)  The Rolling Stones  |  (NME 209.) 19th Nervous Breakdown
210c. (MM 158.)  The Small Faces  |  Sha-La-La-La, Lee
211.  The Walker Brothers  |  The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
211b. (NME 210.)  The Hollies  |  I Can't Let Go
212.  The Spencer Davis Group  |  Somebody Help Me
213.  Dusty Springfield  |  You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
214.  Manfred Mann  |  Pretty Flamingo
215.  The Rolling Stones  |  Paint It, Black
216.  Frank Sinatra  |  Strangers In The Night
217.  The Beatles  |  Paperback Writer
+       The Beatles - Rain  +  The Beatles Seventh Album - Part 1
218.  The Kinks  |  Sunny Afternoon 
219.  Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames  |  Getaway
220.  Chris Farlowe  |  Out Of Time
221.  The Troggs  |  With A Girl Like You
222.  The Beatles  |  Yellow Submarine
222.  The Beatles  |  Eleanor Rigby
+       The Beatles Seventh Album - Part 2 
223.  The Small Faces  |  All Or Nothing
224.  Jim Reeves  |  Distant Drums
224b. (MM 172.)  The Who  |  I'm a Boy
+       The Story So Far & Further : The 1970s and Beyonnnnd!!
225.  Four Tops  |  Reach Out I'll Be There
226.  The Beach Boys  |  Good Vibrations
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1966-1968
227.  Tom Jones  |  Green Green Grass Of Home
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228.  The Monkees  |  I'm A Believer
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1967
229.  Petula Clark |  This Is My Song
230.  Engelbert Humperdink  |  Release Me
230b. (MM 179.)  The Beatles  |  Strawberry Fields Forever
230b. (MM 179.)  The Beatles  |  Penny Lane 
+       The Beatles Eighth Album - Part 1
231.  Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra  |  Somethin' Stupid
232.  Sandie Shaw  |  Puppet On A String
233.  The Tremeloes  |  Silence Is Golden
234.  Procol Harum  |  A Whiter Shade Of Pale
234b. (MM 184.)  The Monkees  |  Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git)
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1968-2018
235.  The Beatles  |  All You Need Is Love
+       The Beatles Eighth Album - Part 2
+       The Beatles Eighth Album - Part 3
236.  Scott McKenzie  |  San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
237.  Engelbert Humperdink  |  The Last Waltz
238.  Bee Gees  |  Massachusetts
239.  The Foundations  |  Baby Now That I've Found You
240.  Long John Baldry  |  Let The Heartaches Begin
241.  The Beatles  |  Hello, Goodbye
241.  The Beatles  |  I Am the Walrus
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241b. (MM 192.)  The Beatles  |  Magical Mystery Tour (Double EP)
242.  Georgie Fame  |  The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde
243.  Love Affair |  Everlasting Love
244.  Manfred Mann  |  Mighty Quinn
245.  Esther and Abi Ofarim  |  Cinderella Rockefella
246.  Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich  |  Legend Of Xanadu
247.  The Beatles  |  Lady Madonna
+       The Story So Far : January-July 1968
+       The Story So Far : The Beatles Album Number Nine . . . Number Nine . . . Number Nine - Part 1
247b. (MM 197.)  Tom Jones  |  Delilah
248.  Cliff Richard  |  Congratulations
249.  Louis Armstrong  |  What A Wonderful World
250.  The Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett  |  Young Girl
251.  The Rolling Stones  |  Jumpin' Jack Flash
+       The Story So Far & Further :  1968-1969
252.  The Equals |  Baby Come Back
253.  Des O'Connor  |  I Pretend
254.  Tommy James and The Shondells  |  Mony Mony
255.  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown  |  Fire
256.  The Beach Boys  |  Do It Again
+       The Story So Far : 1975-1978
+       The Story So Far :  1978-1992
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1992-2012
256b. (MM 203.)  Herb Alpert  |  This Guy's In Love with You
257.  Bee Gees  |  I've Gotta Get A Message To You
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1969-1974
257b. (NME 252.)  Tom Jones  |  Help Yourself
258.  The Beatles + Album Number Nine - Part 2  |  Hey Jude
258.  The Beatles + Album Number Nine - Part 3  |  Revolution
+       The Story So Far : The Beatles Album Number Nine - Part 4
259.  Mary Hopkin  |  Those Were The Days
260.  Joe Cocker  |  With a Little Help From My Friends
261.  Hugo Montenegro Orchestra  |  The Good The Bad And The Ugly
261b. (MM 207.)  Barry Ryan With The Majority  |  (NME 258.) Eloise
262.  The Scaffold  |  Lily The Pink
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263.  Marmalade  |  Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
264.  Fleetwood Mac  |  Albatross
265.  The Move  |  Blackberry Way 
266.  Amen Corner  |  (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
267.  Peter Sarstedt  |  Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
268.  Marvin Gaye  |  I Heard It Through The Grapevine
269.  Desmond Dekker and The Aces  |  Israelites
270.  The Beatles with Billy Preston + Get Back Part 1 - Twickenham  |  Get Back
+       The Beatles Get Back Part 2 - George Quits
+       The Beatles Get Back Part 3 - The Rooftop
+       The Beatles Get Back Part 4 - Glyn Johns
271.  Tommy Roe  |  Dizzy
272.  The Beatles  |  The Ballad Of John & Yoko
+       The Ballad of John and Yoko Part 2 - Zapple
+       The Ballad of John and Yoko Part 3 - Bed In
+       The Ballad of John and Yoko Part 4 - Abbey Road
+       The Ballad of John and Yoko Part 5 - John Quits
+       The Ballad of John and Yoko Part 6 - Paul Quits
273.  Thunderclap Newman  |  Something In The Air
274.  The Rolling Stones  |  Honky Tonk Women
+       The Story So Far & Further : 1969-1971
274b. (MM 221.)  Elvis Presley  |  (NME 271.) In The Ghetto
+       The Story So Far : 1968-1969
275.  Zager and Evans  |  In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
276.  Creedence Clearwater Revival  |  Bad Moon Rising
+       The Story So Further : 1970-2011
277.  Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg  |  Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus
278.  Bobbie Gentry  |  I'll Never Fall In Love Again
279.  The Archies  |  Sugar Sugar 
279b. (NME 277.)  Fleetwood Mac + The Story So Far : 1969-1974  |  Oh Well (Part 1)
+       The Story So Far : 1974-1981
+       The Story So Far : 1982-2020
279c. (NME 278.)  Stevie Wonder  |  Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
279d. (NME 279.)  Kenny Rogers and The First Edition |  Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
280.  Rolf Harris  |  Two Little Boys
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[kalowski]

Amazing, amazing stuff, daf.

[McChesney Duntz]

Yeah, incredible work, worthy of a book. So, seventies next...?

[daf]

Yes, get your glam rock bovver-boots ready - we kick off the new decade on Monday!

[xxxx xxx x xxx]

This is a really fascinating project, daf.. Thanks a million.

[timebug]

Yeah,thanks daf,amazing work in there! Lived through it all, so many memories were brought back! Thanks.

[Jockice]

I only lived through half of it, but it's great stuff.

[kalowski]

I'm not alive yet, but will be soon enough. I have a vague idea Marmalade are number one on my birthday. Let's find out.

[daf]

Ooh yes - thanks for the reminder.

If anyone fancies it, feel free to drop me a PM, and I'll pop their birthday into the notes of their particular number 1.

[daf]

Thread continued here :

Toppermost of the Poppermost - UK Number Ones : part 3 - The 1970s

[Satchmo Distel]

An appropriate 69 pages, given the decade.