Every song here made it to the Number one position on the UK Charts…this is not an all-inclusive lists of every song, just some of the ones we like.

As always the links go to the Blip where we played the song. And as usual Blip may or may not have the song available.

Number One Hits in the UK: 1960’s

28 Jul 1960   –   Cliff Richard –   Please Don’t Tease

12 Jan 1961   –   Johnny Tillotson –   Poetry In Motion

1 Jun 1961   –   Elvis Presley –   Surrender ( this was originally an Italian song written in 1911 )

11 Jan 1962   –   Cliff Richard –   The Young Ones

17 May 1962   –   B.Bumble & The Stingers –   Nut Rocker

11 Apr 1963   –   Gerry &  The Pacemakers –   How Do You Do It?

2 May 1963   –   Beatles –    From Me To You ( their first UK number one )

8 Aug 1963   –   Searchers –   Sweets For My Sweet

22 Aug 1963  –    Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas –   Bad To Me ( this song was written by Lennon and McCartney but never recorded by them )

16 Jan 1964   –   Dave Clark Five –   Glad All Over

30 Jan 1964  –    Searchers –   Needles & Pins ( this song was written by Sonny Bono )

23 Apr 1964   –   Peter & Gordon –    A World Without Love ( another Lennon and McCartney tune )

28 May 1964   –   Cilla Black –   You’re My World

9 Jul 1964   –   Animals –   The House Of The Rising Sun

16 Jul 1964   –   Rolling Stones –   It’s All Over now ( their first number one hit in the UK )

13 Aug 1964   –   Manfred Mann –   Do Wah Diddy Diddy ( the group was named after the keyboard player not the lead singer )

27 Aug 1964  –    Honeycombes –   Have I The Right ( became more famous for having a female drummer than anything else )

10 Sep 1964  –    Kinks –   You Really Got Me

24 Sep 1964  –    Herman’s Hermits –    I’m Into Something Good ( amazingly their only number one in the UK )

19 Nov 1964   –   Supremes –    Baby Love

14 Jan 1965   –   Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames –   Yeh Yeh

4 Feb 1965   –   Righteous Brothers –   You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling

11 Mar 1965   –   Tom Jones –   It’s Not Unusual

18 Mar 1965   –   Rolling Stones –   The Last Time ( first UK hit that they wrote themselves )

8 Apr 1965   –   Unit Four Plus Two –   Concrete & Clay ( another group released their version in the same week )

24 Jun 1965   –   Hollies –   I’m Alive ( the only song that made it to number one in the UK in the 60’s )

22 Jul 1965   –   Byrds –   Mr Tambourine Man ( their only number one hit and the first song written by Dylan to hit number one in the UK )

26 Aug 1965   –   Sonny & Cher –    I Got You Babe ( their only number one hit as a duo )

20 Jan 1966   –   Spencer Davis Group –   Keep On Running ( headed by Steve Winwood )

17 Feb 1966   –   Nancy Sinatra –   These Boots Are Made For Walking

28 Apr 1966   –   Dusty Springfield –   You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

26 May 1966   –   Rolling Stones –   Paint It Black ( their 6th UK number one )

23 Jun 1966   –   Beatles –   Paperback Writer ( their 10th number one in the UK )

7 Jul 1966   –   Kinks –   Sunny Afternoon ( their 3rd and last number one hit  )

28 Jul 1966   –   Chris Farlowe –   Out Of Time ( was written by Jagger and Richards )

4 Aug 1966   –   Troggs –   With A Girl Like You ( their only song that made it to number one in the UK )

27 Oct 1966   –   Four Tops –   Reach Out I’ll Be There ( their only number one in the UK )

17 Nov 1966   –   Beach Boys –   Good Vibrations ( their 3rd number one in the US but their first in the UK )

19 Jan 1967   –   Monkees –   I’m A Believer ( song was written by Neil Diamond )

8 Jun 1967   –   Procol Harum –    A Whiter Shade Of Pale

11 Oct 1967   –   Bee Gees –   Massachusetts

8 Nov 1967   –   Foundations –   Baby Now That I’ve Found You

22 Nov 1967   –   Long John Baldry –   Let The Heartaches Begin ( several artists were at one time or another in his band including Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, and Elton John )

1968   –   Manfred Mann –    The Mighty Quinn ( another song written by Dylan )

27 Mar 1968   –   Beatles –   Lady Madonna ( their 14th UK number one )

24 Apr 1968   –   Louis Armstrong –   What A Wonderful World ( his only number one hit in the UK )

22 May 1968   –   Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett –   Young Girl

19 Jun 1968   –   Rolling Stones –   Jumping Jack Flash ( their 7th number one UK hit )

3 Jul 1968   –   Equals –   Baby Come Back

31 Jul 1968   –   Tommy James & The Shondells –   Mony Mony ( amazingly this was their only number one UK hit )

29 Jan 1969   –   Fleetwood Mac –   Albatross ( their first and only UK number one…they started out as a blues band and changed to rock in the 70’s and 80’s  )

4 Jun 1969   –   Tommy Roe –   Dizzy

11 Jun 1969   –   Beatles –   The Ballad Of John & Yoko ( their 17th and last number one hit in the UK )

20 Sep 1969   –   Creedence Clearwater Revival –   Bad Moon Rising

Note: some songs may have been omitted because they can be found on our other lists. 54 number one songs of the 60’s are presently on this list.

You might want to check out our one-hit wonder collection lists:

One-Hit Wonders: Popular and Rare

One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s: Popular and Rare

Top Twenty One-Hit Wonders in the UK: 1960-1999

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 90’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 80’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 70’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s

also our number-one hit collections:

Number One Hits in the UK: 1970s

Number One Hits in the UK: 1980s

Number One Hits in the UK: 1990s

also our hit collections:

Canadian Rock Classics

100 Greatest Rock Classics: 1960-1999

Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists

Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists : Part Two

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Two

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Three

Weird and Wacky Rock Classics: sometimes NSFW