Posted March 27, 200817 yr # Date Song Artist(s) 1 July 26, 1952 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn 2 April 14, 1958 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Laurie London 3 May 26, 1962 Stranger on the Shore Mr. Acker Bilk 4 Dec-22 Telstar The Tornados 5 February 1, 1964 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 6 Mar-21 She Loves You The Beatles 7 Apr-04 Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles 8 May-30 Love Me Do The Beatles 9 Jun-27 A World Without Love Peter & Gordon 10 Aug-01 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 11 Sep-05 The House of the Rising Sun The Animals 12 Oct-17 Do Wah Diddy Diddy Manfred Mann 13 Dec-26 I Feel Fine The Beatles 14 January 23, 1965 Downtown Petula Clark 15 Mar-13 Eight Days a Week The Beatles 16 Apr-10 I'm Telling You Now Freddie & the Dreamers 17 Apr-24 Game of Love Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders 18 May-01 Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter Herman's Hermits 19 May-22 Ticket to Ride The Beatles 20 Jul-10 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Rolling Stones 21 Aug-07 I'm Henry VIII, I Am Herman's Hermits 22 Sep-04 Help! The Beatles 23 Oct-09 Yesterday The Beatles 24 Nov-06 Get off of My Cloud Rolling Stones 25 Dec-25 Over and Over The Dave Clark Five 26 January 8, 1966 We Can Work It Out The Beatles 27 Feb-05 My Love Petula Clark 28 Jun-11 Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones 29 Jun-25 Paperback Writer The Beatles 30 Jul-30 Wild Thing The Troggs 31 Sep-03 Sunshine Superman Donovan 32 Dec-03 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band 33 March 4, 1967 Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 34 Mar-18 Penny Lane The Beatles 35 Aug-19 All You Need Is Love The Beatles 36 Oct-21 To Sir, with Love Lulu 37 Dec-30 Hello, Goodbye The Beatles 38 September 28, 1968 Hey Jude The Beatles 39 May 24, 1969 Get Back The Beatles with Billy Preston 40 Aug-23 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones 41 Nov-29 Come Together / Something The Beatles 42 April 11, 1970 Let It Be The Beatles 43 Jun-13 The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue The Beatles 44 Dec-26 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity George Harrison 45 May 29, 1971 Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones 46 Aug-07 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Bee Gees 47 Sep-04 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney 48 Oct-02 Maggie May / Reason To Believe Rod Stewart 49 July 29, 1972 Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan 50 February 3, 1973 Crocodile Rock Elton John 51 Jun-02 My Love Paul McCartney and Wings 52 Jun-30 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) George Harrison 53 Oct-20 Angie The Rolling Stones 54 Nov-24 Photograph Ringo Starr 55 January 26, 1974 You're Sixteen Ringo Starr 56 Apr-13 Bennie and the Jets Elton John 57 Jun-08 Band on the Run Paul McCartney and Wings 58 Aug-17 The Night Chicago Died Paper Lace 59 Sep-14 I Shot The Sheriff Eric Clapton 60 Nov-16 Whatever Gets You Thru the Night John Lennon 61 January 4, 1975 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Elton John 62 Feb-22 Pick Up the Pieces The Average White Band 63 Apr-12 Philadelphia Freedom The Elton John Band 64 Jul-19 Listen to What the Man Said Paul McCartney and Wings 65 Aug-09 Jive Talkin' Bee Gees 66 Sep-20 Fame David Bowie 67 Nov-01 Island Girl Elton John 68 January 3, 1976 Saturday Night Bay City Rollers 69 May-22 Silly Love Songs Wings 70 Aug-07 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John and Kiki Dee 71 Sep-04 You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees 72 Nov-13 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) Rod Stewart 73 January 15, 1977 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer 74 Feb-19 Blinded by the Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band 75 May-14 When I Need You Leo Sayer 76 Jun-18 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 77 Jul-30 I Just Want To Be Your Everything Andy Gibb 78 Dec-24 How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees 79 February 4, 1978 Stayin' Alive Bee Gees 80 Mar-04 (Love Is) Thicker Than Water Andy Gibb 81 Mar-18 Night Fever Bee Gees 82 May-20 With A Little Luck Wings 83 Jun-17 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb 84 Aug-05 Miss You The Rolling Stones 85 January 6, 1979 Too Much Heaven Bee Gees 86 Feb-10 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart 87 Mar-24 Tragedy Bee Gees 88 Jun-09 Love You Inside Out Bee Gees 89 Nov-03 Pop Muzik M 90 February 23, 1980 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen 91 Mar-22 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd 92 Jun-28 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) Paul McCartney and Wings 93 Oct-04 Another One Bites the Dust Queen 94 Dec-27 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon 95 May 2, 1981 Morning Train (Nine to Five) Sheena Easton 96 May 15, 1982 Ebony and Ivory Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 97 Jul-03 Don't You Want Me The Human League 98 Nov-06 Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes 99 April 23, 1983 Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners 100 May-21 Let's Dance David Bowie 101 Jul-09 Every Breath You Take The Police 102 Sep-03 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics 103 Oct-01 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 104 Dec-10 Say Say Say Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 105 January 21, 1984 Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes 106 Feb-04 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 107 Apr-21 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins 108 Jun-23 The Reflex Duran Duran 109 Sep-22 Missing You John Waite 110 Nov-17 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! 111 February 02, 1985 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner 112 Feb-16 Careless Whisper George Michael 113 Mar-30 One More Night Phil Collins 114 May-18 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 115 May-25 Everything She Wants Wham! 116 Jun-08 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 117 Jul-06 Sussudio Phil Collins 118 Jul-13 A View to a Kill Duran Duran 119 Jul-27 Everytime You Go Away Paul Young 120 Aug-03 Shout Tears for Fears 121 Sep-07 St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) John Parr 122 Sep-21 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 123 Nov-30 Separate Lives Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin 124 May-03, 1986 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer 125 May-10 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 126 Jul-05 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Billy Ocean 127 Jul-12 Holding Back the Years Simply Red 128 Jul-19 Invisible Touch Genesis 129 Jul-26 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel 130 Aug-30 Higher Love Steve Winwood 131 Sep-06 Venus Bananarama 132 Nov-22 Human Human League 133 April 18, 1987 I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Aretha Franklin and George Michael 134 May-02 (I Just) Died In Your Arms Cutting Crew 135 Jun-06 You Keep Me Hangin' On Kim Wilde 136 Oct-10 Here I Go Again Whitesnake 137 Nov-21 Mony Mony "Live" Billy Idol 138 Dec-12 Faith George Michael 139 January 16, 1988 Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison 140 Feb-27 Father Figure George Michael 141 Mar-12 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 142 May-28 One More Try George Michael 143 Jun-18 Together Forever Rick Astley 144 Jul-30 Roll With It Steve Winwood 145 Aug-27 Monkey George Michael 146 Oct-08 Love Bites Def Leppard 147 Oct-15 Red Red Wine UB40 148 Oct-22 Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins 149 Nov-12 Wild Wild West The Escape Club 150 January 21, 1989 Two Hearts Phil Collins 151 Mar-25 The Living Years Mike & the Mechanics 152 Apr-15 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 153 Jul-08 Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals 154 Jul-15 If You Don't Know Me By Now Simply Red 155 Dec-23 Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins 156 October 6, 1990 Close to You Maxi Priest 157 Oct-13 Praying for Time George Michael 158 July 20, 1991 Unbelievable EMF 159 February 1, 1992 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me George Michael and Elton John 160 Feb-08 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred 161 July 24, 1993 Can't Help Falling in Love UB40 162 January 22, 1994 All For Love Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting 163 August 26, 1995 Kiss From a Rose Seal 164 February 22, 1997 Wannabe Spice Girls 165 Oct-11 Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight Elton John 166 March 11, 2006 You're Beautiful James Blunt 167 March 27, 2008 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis To count at least 50% of the act has to be British to qualify so the likes of Foreigner, Air Supply, Londonbeat and Elton John's quarter on That's What Friends Are For are ineligible. Also Olivia Newton John has been classified as Australian (she has a dual passport (born in Oxford)) but as she regards herself as an Australian then I've ruled her out of being eligible.
March 28, 200817 yr Let's celebrate the European Continental acts that did it.....like Domenico Modugno - Volare (Italy) Falco - Rock me Amadeus (Austria) Roxette - The Look (Sweden)
March 28, 200817 yr Rick Astley had two US No.1's :o I can't believe between 1997 and 2006 there were none :o I hope Leona and James Blunt are the start of a long line of many...
March 28, 200817 yr The U.S. chart has become more and more boring over the years. So let's hope that Leona will be the first of many to change that
March 28, 200817 yr They've certainly been getting rarer in the last few years haven't they? I didn't realise the Spice Girls had only had one #1 there though. :o
March 28, 200817 yr Although Leona is the first UK female artist to have a US No.1 single for 21 years (that was Kim Wilde in 1987 with her cover version of the Supremes 1966 US#1 You Keep Me Hanging On) she has an even more impressive record is that she is the first to have a US #1 hit since Petula Clark (with Downtown in 1965) to hit the top with her DEBUT single. Even more impressive she has done it all on downloads only. What a gal :wub: A Moment Like This wasn't released in the US as Kelly Clarkson had the original as her winning single from American Idol. Edited March 28, 200817 yr by Euro Music
March 28, 200817 yr Can you imagine what the US would think if she launched there with A Moment Like This :rofl: It would be like some major new US talent releasing a cover of Will Young's Evergreen as their debut single in the UK
March 28, 200817 yr Samantha Mumba released Divine cover "Lately" in 2002 in the US, only 3 years after the original was a #1 hit. I always thought that was kind of silly. Anyway it failed to chart.
April 1, 200817 yr How weird that ever since the 90s the number ones have been dwindling down. That was when rubbish RnB & Hip Hop began to take over the charts and it's been that way ever since. After urban the next most popular genre in the US is country. Edited April 1, 200817 yr by Euro Music
April 1, 200817 yr Samantha Mumba released Divine cover "Lately" in 2002 in the US, only 3 years after the original was a #1 hit. I always thought that was kind of silly. Anyway it failed to chart. But Samantha Mumba is not Irish?
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