Posted January 1, 200916 yr Does anyone know who has written or co-written the most number 1 singles in the Uk? A list of the top 10 would be great if anyone has them.
January 1, 200916 yr I read somewhere it's Ray Davis of the Kinks, but whether that was just top hits or #1 I'm not sure. Edited January 1, 200916 yr by munchkin
January 2, 200916 yr if it's not Paul McCartney at #1 I'll eat everyone's hat. John Lennon will be #2.
January 2, 200916 yr I'm assuming you're asking because Mel C is supposed to be one of them. She's co-written 11 #1 singles, 9 in the Spice Girls and 2 from her solo career. Geri must be up there too as 'Spice Girls' have writing credits on all of their #1 singles and she featured on 7 of them and had 4 of her own #1s, though one was a cover and I don't know how much writing Geri did for her solo career. I think Lennon or McCartney would be at the top with their #1s in the Beatles and as solo artists.
January 2, 200916 yr if it's not Paul McCartney at #1 I'll eat everyone's hat. John Lennon will be #2.it is indeed Paul McCartney and John Lennon, between them they have wrote over 20 number ones. John Lennon has wrote or co-wrote the most, 24 to be exact, with Paul McCartney on 23. Edited January 2, 200916 yr by Robbie
January 2, 200916 yr The most successful songwriters in terms of number one singles are John Lennon (1940-80) and Paul McCartney (born in 1942). They co-wrote 23 US No 1 singles. McCartney is credited as the writer on a total of 32 number one hits in the US to Lennon's 26, whereas Lennon authored 30 UK number ones to McCartney's 29 (25 co-written). Due to a songwriting agreement the pair struck up before they were famous, all their Beatles related songs would be classified as co-written even though on most occasions especially towards the end of the group they nearly always wrote separately. So of their 26 co written #1s (17 were by The Beatles): 1963 From Me To You (co-written) 1963 She Loves You (co-written) 1963 I Wanna Hold Your Hand (co-written) 1964 Can't Buy Me Love (Paul) 1964 A Hard Days Night (John) 1964 I Feel Fine (John) 1965 Ticket To Ride (John) 1965 Help! (John) 1965 Day Tripper (John) / We Can Work It Out (Paul) 1966 Paperback Writer (Paul) 1966 Yellow Submarine (co-written) / Eleanor Rigby (Paul) 1967 All You Need Is Love (John) 1967 Hello Goodbye (Paul) 1968 Lady Madonna (Paul) 1968 Hey Jude (Paul) 1969 Get Back (Paul) 1969 Ballad Of John & Yoko (John) (& 9 were passed on to other artists / covers): 1963 Bad To Me (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas) (Penned by John) 1964 A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon) (Penned by Paul) 1966 Michelle (The Overlanders) (Penned by Paul on Rubber Soul album) 1968 With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker) (Co-Written on Sgt Peppers..) 1969 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Marmalade) (Penned by Paul on The White Album) 1987 Let It Be (Ferry Aid) (Penned by Paul on Let It Be) 1987 With A Little Help From My Friends (Wet Wet Wet) (Co-Written) 2002 The Long & Winding Road (Will Young & Gareth Gates) (Penned by Paul on Let It Be) 2004 With A Little Help From My Friends (Sam & Mark) (Co-Written) Post Beatles: John Lennon: 1980 (Just Like) Starting Over 1981 Imagine 1981 Woman 1981 Jealous Guy (Roxt Music cover) All 4 of John's solo penned tracks came after his murder on Dec 8th 1980. Paul McCartney: 1977 Mull Of Kintyre / Girls School 1982 Ebony & Ivory (duet with Stevie Wonder) 1984 Pipes Of Peace
January 2, 200916 yr Thisispop - shouldn't 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da', by Marmalade, be there? It was on The Beatles 'White Album', (1968). They released the Single themselves in some Countries, but in the UK Marmalade had a January 1969 No.1 with it. 1 run of 1 Week, & 1 run of 2 Weeks.
January 2, 200916 yr I read somewhere Mel C is 2nd but cant remember whos 1st Well given the above information she clearly isn't.
January 2, 200916 yr Thisispop - shouldn't 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da', by Marmalade, be there? It was on The Beatles 'White Album', (1968). They released the Single themselves in some Countries, but in the UK Marmalade had a January 1969 No.1 with it. 1 run of 1 Week, & 1 run of 2 Weeks. You are right. I've corrected my original post as I knew their total number of #1 songs and worked backwards to locate the songs to match the totals but I included Billy J Kramer's Little Children in error as a Lennon/McCartney song. To be fair to me it is wishful thinking I forgot Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da as personally I think it is Paul at his throwaway tune with the first lyrics that come into my head worst.
January 2, 200916 yr (& 9 were passed on to other artists / covers): 1963 Bad To Me (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas) (Penned by John) 1964 A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon) (Penned by Paul) 1966 Michelle (The Overlanders) (Penned by Paul on Rubber Soul album) 1968 With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker) (Co-Written on Sgt Peppers..) 1969 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Marmalade) (Penned by Paul on The White Album) 1987 Let It Be (Ferry Aid) (Penned by Paul on Let It Be) 1987 With A Little Help From My Friends (Wet Wet Wet) (Co-Written) 2002 The Long & Winding Road (Will Young & Gareth Gates) (Penned by Paul on Let It Be) 2004 With A Little Help From My Friends (Sam & Mark) (Co-Written) Does it count if the same song goes to #1 twice? :unsure:
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