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1960s Top 40 Rate

Number 1s

While there were several different UK singles charts during the 1960s (with the NME weekly chart being the most widely followed), the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles and, subsequently, the Official Charts Company use the Record Retailer chart as their reference during this period, so that's the one we'll be using here. (The most famous "injustice" being The Beatles' Please, Please Me being knocked down as a No.2, when it was a number one in all the other charts at the time). The 'Official' Singles Charts, as we know it, didn't begin until February 1969.

These series of rates will cover March 1960 (when the chart expanded to a Top 40 for the first time) to December 1969.

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.1 in the UK during the 1960s. Rate your faves, and the winner will go through to the final Ultimate Top 40 (where it will join the best No.1, No.2 etc).

Adam Faith - Poor Me
Johnny Preston - Running Bear
Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman
Anthony Newley - Do You Mind?
The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven
Jimmy Jones - Good Timin'
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Please Don't Tease
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
The Shadows - Apache
Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)
Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I Love You
Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion
Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Petula Clark - Sailor
The Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes
Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Floyd Cramer - On the Rebound
The Temperance Seven - You're Driving Me Crazy
Elvis Presley - Surrender
Del Shannon - Runaway
The Everly Brothers - Temptation
Eden Kane - Well I Ask You
Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know
John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
Shirley Bassey - Reach for the Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain
The Shadows - Kon-Tiki
The Highwaymen - Michael
Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back to Happiness
Elvis Presley - Little Sister / (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame
Frankie Vaughan - Tower of Strength
Danny Williams - Moon River
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones
Elvis Presley - Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love
The Shadows - Wonderful Land
B. Bumble and the Stingers - Nut Rocker
Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm
Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard - Come Outside
Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
Frank Ifield - I Remember You
Elvis Presley - She's Not You
The Tornados - Telstar
Frank Ifield - Lovesick Blues
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Next Time / Bachelor Boy
The Shadows - Dance On!
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds
Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Summer Holiday
The Shadows - Foot Tapper
Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
The Beatles - From Me to You
Gerry & The Pacemakers - I Like It
Frank Ifield - Confessin' (That I Love You)
Elvis Presley - (You're The) Devil In Disguise
The Searchers - Sweets for My Sweet
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad to Me
The Beatles - She Loves You
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Do You Love Me
Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
The Searchers - Needles and Pins
The Bachelors - Diane
Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had a Heart
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love
The Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away
The Four Pennies - Juliet
Cilla Black - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)
Roy Orbison - It's Over
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
The Honeycombs - Have I the Right?
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
The Supremes - Baby Love
The Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster
The Beatles - I Feel Fine
Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
The Moody Blues - Go Now
The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You
The Seekers - I'll Never Find Another You
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
The Rolling Stones - The Last Time
Unit 4 + 2 - Concrete And Clay
Cliff Richard - The Minute You're Gone
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Roger Miller - King Of The Road
Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (My Love)
Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love
Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
The Hollies - I'm Alive
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
The Beatles - Help!
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy on Yourself
Ken Dodd - Tears
The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud
The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over
The Beatles - Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out
The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
The Overlanders - Michelle
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me
Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
The Beatles - Paperback Writer
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Getaway
Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time
The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
Small Faces - All Or Nothing
Jim Reeves - Distant Drums
Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home
The Monkees - I'm A Believer
Petula Clark - This Is My Song
Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me
Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String
The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
Bee Gees - Massachusetts
The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You
Long John Baldry - Let The Heartaches Begin
The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
Georgie Fame - The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde
Love Affair - Everlasting Love
Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
Cliff Richard - Congratulations
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World / Cabaret
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Equals - Baby, Come Back
Des O'Connor - I Pretend
Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
The Beach Boys - Do It Again
Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
The Beatles - Hey Jude
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The Scaffold - Lily The Pink
Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
The Move - Blackberry Way
Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
The Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back
Tommy Roe - Dizzy
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Zager and Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus
Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys

As this one will be tough to whittle down, you have a choice to do a +50 vote:

+50
+49
+48
+47
+46
+45
+44
+43
+42
+41
+40
+39
+38
+37
+36
+35
+34
+33
+32
+31
+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
+25
+24
+23
+22
+21
+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

or a +40:

+40
+39
+38
+37
+36
+35
+34
+33
+32
+31
+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
+25
+24
+23
+22
+21
+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1


or you can use the standard +30 rate:

+30
+29
+28
+27
+26
+25
+24
+23
+22
+21
+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

or if you can narrow these down further, you can do a +20 rate:

+20
+19
+18
+17
+16
+15
+14
+13
+12
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

No more than +50 please.

Best of luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 10th July 2016, 12:02 AM