User:FraDany/List of my number-one singles of the 1960s

The Singles Chart is a weekly record chart based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday. During the 1960s, a total of 75 singles reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1960s was the English band The Beatles, who topped the Singles Chart for 127 weeks with nineteen different singles. "Unchained Melody" by the American duo The Righteous Brothers, released in 1965, was the biggest-selling single of its year and the biggest-selling single of the decade. The first number-one single of the 1960s was "Oh! Carol" by American singer Neil Sedaka – released in 1959, first reached number one during the last week of December, and remained at the top for eight consecutive weeks. The final number one of the decade was the double A-side single "Fortunate Son" / "Down on the Corner" by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Number-one singles

English rock band The Beatles is the most successful act of the decade, having spent 127 weeks at the summit, longer than any other act, with nineteen different releases, more than any other artist. Their 1968 single "Hey Jude" is the third best-selling single of the 1960s, having spent 12 consecutive weeks at the top of the Singles Chart. The Beatles also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling singles chart with six: "All You Need Is Love" (1967) at number 4, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963) at 9, "Hello, Goodbye" (1967) at 13, "From Me to You" (1963) at 16 and "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) at 17. The Beatles also scored six consecutive number-one singles during the 1960s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat.

"Unchained Melody" by the American duo The Righteous Brothers is the best-selling single of the 1960s, having spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one, more than any other single.

American singer and actor Elvis Presley is the second most successful act of the decade; he spent 40 weeks at the top spot, and also reached number one with six different releases, more than any other male act and second only to The Beatles. "It's Now or Never" (1960) is the 18th best-selling single of the 1960s.

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (1967), by American singer and songwriter Scott McKenzie is the second biggest-selling single of the decade, having spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one, the second most.

American singer and actress Cher is the most successful female act of the decade; she reached number one with 4 different releases (three as part of the duo Sonny & Cher) and spent 13 weeks at the summit.

American band Creedence Clearwater Revival scored the 7th best-selling single of the decade with the double A-side single "Fortunate Son" / "Down on the Corner" (1969).

"White Rabbit" (1967), by American rock band Jefferson Airplane is the 10th biggest-selling single of the decade, despite it never reached number one.

Key

†	Best-selling single of the year
‡	Runner-up single of the year
	Best-selling single of the decade
	Runner-up single of the decade

Artist	Song	Weeks at number one	Issue date
1960
Percy Faith and His Orchestra	"Theme from A Summer Place" ‡	9	21 February
Elvis Presley	"Stuck on You"	7	24 April
Bob Azzam	"Mustapha"	3	12 June
Brian Hyland	"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"	2	3 July
Elvis Presley	"It's Now or Never" †	9	17 July
The Shadows	"Apache"	6	18 September
The Drifters	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	5	30 October
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs	"Stay"	4	4 December
1961
The Shirelles	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"	3	1 January
Édith Piaf	"Non, je ne regrette rien"	6	22 January
Elvis Presley	"Surrender"	7	5 March
	"Wooden Heart"	4	23 April
Del Shannon	"Runaway" ‡	7	21 May
Ben E. King	"Stand by Me" †	10	9 July
Ray Charles	"Hit the Road Jack"	5	17 September
Dion	"Runaround Sue"	6	22 October
The Marvelettes	"Please Mr. Postman"	5	3 December
1962
The Tokens	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" †	9	7 January
Bruce Channel	"Hey! Baby"	7	11 March
Elvis Presley	"Good Luck Charm"	6	29 April
Ray Charles	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	7	10 June
Little Eva	"The Loco-Motion" ‡	8	29 July
The Tornados	"Telstar"	6	23 September
The Crystals	"He's a Rebel"	2	4 November
Elvis Presley	"Return to Sender"	5	18 November
The Four Seasons	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	5	23 December
1963
The Beatles	"Love Me Do"	8	27 January
Roy Orbison	"In Dreams"	5	24 March
Little Peggy March	"I Will Follow Him"	2	28 April
The Beatles	"From Me to You" †	10	12 May
Elvis Presley	"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	5	21 July
The Surfaris	"Wipe Out"	4	25 August
The Beatles	"She Loves You" ‡	9	22 September
The Ronettes	"Be My Baby"	6	24 November
1964
The Beatles	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" †	12	5 January
	"Can't Buy Me Love"	10	29 March
Mary Wells	"My Guy"	6	7 June
The Beatles	"A Hard Day's Night"	5	19 July
The Animals	"The House of the Rising Sun"	6	23 August
Roy Orbison / The Candymen	"Oh, Pretty Woman" ‡	10	4 October
The Beatles	"I Feel Fine"	2	13 December
Petula Clark	"Downtown"	6	27 December
1965
The Righteous Brothers	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	3	7 February
The Beatles	"Eight Days a Week"	7	28 February
	"Ticket to Ride"	9	18 April
The Byrds	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	2	20 June
The Rolling Stones	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" ‡	8	4 July
Sonny & Cher	"I Got You Babe"	2	29 August
The Righteous Brothers	"Unchained Melody" †	14	12 September
The Beatles	"We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"	4	19 December
1966
Simon & Garfunkel	"The Sound of Silence" †	10	16 January
The Mamas & the Papas	"California Dreamin'" ‡	8	27 March
Cher	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	3	22 May
Frank Sinatra	"Strangers in the Night"	6	12 June
Ike & Tina Turner	"River Deep – Mountain High"	4	24 July
The Beatles	"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"	5	21 August
Sonny & Cher	"Little Man"	6	25 September
The Beach Boys	"Good Vibrations"	4	6 November
The Spencer Davis Group	"Gimme Some Lovin'"	4	4 December
1967
The Monkees	"I'm a Believer"	7	1 January
Sonny & Cher	"The Beat Goes On"	2	19 February
The Beatles	"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever"	6	5 March
Buffalo Springfield	"For What It's Worth"	8	16 April
Procol Harum	"A Whiter Shade of Pale"	5	11 June
The Beatles	"All You Need Is Love" ‡	3	16 July
Scott McKenzie	"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" †	13	6 August
Bee Gees	"Massachusetts"	4	5 November
The Beatles	"Hello, Goodbye"	8	3 December
1968
The Moody Blues	"Nights in White Satin" ‡	8	28 January
The Beatles	"Lady Madonna"	5	24 March
Louis Armstrong	"What a Wonderful World"	6	28 April
Simon & Garfunkel	"Mrs. Robinson"	5	9 June
Aphrodite's Child	"Rain and Tears"	5	14 July
The Doors	"Hello, I Love You"	3	18 August
The Beatles	"Hey Jude" †	12	8 September
Marvin Gaye	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	7	1 December
1969
Dusty Springfield	"Son of a Preacher Man"	8	19 January
The 5th Dimension	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"	5	16 March
The Beatles / Billy Preston	"Get Back"	4	20 April
Simon & Garfunkel	"The Boxer"	3	18 May
The Beatles	"The Ballad of John and Yoko"	5	8 June
Zager and Evans	"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" ‡	8	13 July
The Archies	"Sugar, Sugar"	6	7 September
The Beatles	"Something" / "Come Together"	3	19 October
Creedence Clearwater Revival	"Fortunate Son" / "Down on the Corner" †	8	9 November

Artists with the most number ones

Two artists had at least six number-one singles during the 1960s.

Artist	Number ones	Singles
The Beatles	19	List "Love Me Do" (1962) "From Me to You" (1963) "She Loves You" (1963) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963) "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) "I Feel Fine" (1964) "Eight Days a Week" (1965) "Ticket to Ride" (1965) "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" (1965) "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967) "All You Need Is Love" (1967) "Hello, Goodbye" (1967) "Lady Madonna" (1968) "Hey Jude" (1968) "Get Back" (1969) "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969) "Something" / "Come Together" (1969)
Elvis Presley	6	List "Stuck on You" (1960) "It's Now or Never" (1960) "Surrender" (1961) "Good Luck Charm" (1962) "Return to Sender" (1962) "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" (1963)

Singles with the most weeks at number one

The following singles spent at least twelve weeks at number one during the 1960s.

Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
The Righteous Brothers	"Unchained Melody"	14
Scott McKenzie	"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"	13
The Beatles	"Hey Jude"	12
	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

Artists with the most weeks at number one

Two artists have spent forty weeks or more at number one during the 1960s.

Artist	Weeks at number one	Singles
The Beatles	127	List "Love Me Do" (8 weeks) "From Me to You" (10 weeks) "She Loves You" (9 weeks) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (12 weeks) "Can't Buy Me Love" (10 weeks) "A Hard Day's Night" (5 weeks) "I Feel Fine" (2 weeks) "Eight Days a Week" (7 weeks) "Ticket to Ride" (9 weeks) "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" (4 weeks) "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" (5 weeks) "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" (6 weeks) "All You Need Is Love" (3 weeks) "Hello, Goodbye" (8 weeks) "Lady Madonna" (5 weeks) "Hey Jude" (12 weeks) "Get Back" (4 weeks) "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (5 weeks) "Something" / "Come Together" (3 weeks)
Elvis Presley	40	List "Stuck on You" (5 weeks) "It's Now or Never" (9 weeks) "Surrender" (9 weeks) "Good Luck Charm" (6 weeks) "Return to Sender" (6 weeks) "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" (5 weeks)

Best-selling singles of the 1960s

No.	Single	Artist	Year	Weeks at number one
1	"Unchained Melody"	The Righteous Brothers	1965	14
2	"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"	Scott McKenzie	1967	13
3	"Hey Jude"	The Beatles	1968	12
4	"All You Need Is Love"		1967	3
5	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	1965	10
6	"California Dreamin'"	The Mamas and the Papas		8
7	"Fortunate Son" / "Down on the Corner"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969	8
8	"For What It's Worth"	Buffalo Springfield	1966	8
9	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles	1963	12
10	"White Rabbit"	Jefferson Airplane	1967	-
11	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	The Rolling Stones	1965	8
12	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison / The Candymen	1964	10
13	"Hello, Goodbye"	The Beatles	1967	8
14	"Gimme Some Lovin'"	The Spencer Davis Group	1966	4
15	"Good Vibrations"	The Beach Boys		4
16	"From Me to You"	The Beatles	1963	10
17	"Can't Buy Me Love"		1964	10
18	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley	1960	9
19	"Nights in White Satin"	The Moody Blues	1967	8
20	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees	1966	7