Sixties City - Sixties British Music Chart Statistics

12" LP (Long Play) Album Charts Statistics and Trivia

According to The Official Charts Company, the official British albums chart is the Melody Maker chart from 8th November 1958 to March 1960 (although the Record Mirror published charts from 28th July 1956); the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 and the Official UK Albums Chart from 1969 on.

Some albums were issued in both stereo and mono. The chart rating treated both as the same version although they had different catalogue numbers. For statistical purposes here, if no chart was issued for a particular week the previous week's positions have been used. Also, all statistics are calculated from the Saturday of the week in which the particular chart was published.

British Record Chart History Sixties Trivia, Quizzes and Games

	Most weeks at No1 - label by year		Most number one hits - by artist
	Most weeks at No1 - total - by label		Most top ten hits - total - by artist
	Most number ones - total - by label		Most weeks on chart - artist - by year
	Most consecutive weeks at No1 - by title		Most weeks at No1 - total - by artist
	Most consecutive weeks on chart - by title		Most weeks at No1 - artist - by year
	Most chart hits - total - by artist		Most total weeks at No1 - by title
	Most chart hits without a top ten hit - by artist		Most total weeks on chart - by artist
	Most chart hits without a No1 hit - by artist		Most total weeks on chart - by title
	Most top ten hits without a No1 hit		Albums that went straight to No1

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 LABEL - BY YEAR	MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 TOTAL - BY LABEL	MOST NUMBER 1 HITS TOTAL - BY LABEL	MOST CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 BY TITLE
1960 47 RCA 1961 31 RCA 1962 24 RCA 1963 34 PARLOPHONE 1964 40 PARLOPHONE 1965 20 RCA 1966 31 RCA 1967 26= PARLOPHONE / RCA 1968 20 CBS 1969 16 APPLE	186 RCA 142 PARLOPHONE 139 CBS 139 COLUMBIA 133 DECCA 120 APPLE 119 HMV 110 PYE	10 RCA 19 PARLOPHONE 18 CBS 16 COLUMBIA 15 DECCA	30 PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES 23 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES 21 WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES 21 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE BEATLES - FILM SOUNDTRACK 19 SOUTH PACIFIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK 18 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK 17 BLUE HAWAII - ELVIS PRESLEY - FILM SOUNDTRACK 14 SUMMER HOLIDAY - CLIFF RICHARD - FILM SOUNDTRACK 13 SOUTH PACIFIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK 12 G.I. BLUES - ELVIS PRESLEY - FILM SOUNDTRACK 12 ROLLING STONES - THE ROLLING STONES 11 ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES 10 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK (achieved on 3 separate occasions!) 10 JOHN WESLEY HARDING - BOB DYLAN

MOST CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON CHART BY TITLE		MOST CHART HITS TOTAL - BY ARTIST Artists who had 5 or more original hits ( Reissues and re-entries are not included )
125 THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 118 BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS - THE BEACH BOYS 91 GOING PLACES HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 87 LIVE AT THE TALK OF THE TOWN - TOM JONES 72 FOUR TOPS LIVE! - THE FOUR TOPS 67 PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES 65 BLUE HAWAII - ELVIS PRESLEY 59 BEST OF THE SEEKERS - THE SEEKERS	58 RELEASE ME ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 58 IN DREAMS - ROY ORBISON 57 THE SHADOWS - THE SHADOWS 57 GREATEST HITS - THE SUPREMES 56 GREATEST HITS - THE FOUR TOPS 52 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES 51 G.I. BLUES - ELVIS PRESLEY 50 WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES	31 FRANK SINATRA ( plus 1 with Count Basie ) 29 ELVIS PRESLEY 24 CLIFF RICHARD 20 JIM REEVES 13 THE BEACH BOYS 13 THE BEATLES 10 BOB DYLAN 10 ROY ORBISON 10 THE ROLLING STONES 10 ANDY WILLIAMS 19 TOM JONES 19 JOHN MAYALL ( plus 1 with Eric Clapton ) 19 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 19 OTIS REDDING ( plus 1 with Carla Thomas ) 18 HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 18 SHIRLEY BASSEY 18 RAY CONNIFF 18 BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS 18 BERT KAEMPFERT 18 JAMES LAST 18 MANTOVANI 18 THE SUPREMES ( plus 2 with The Temptations )	17 THE BACHELORS 17 DUANE EDDY 17 THE HOLLIES 17 THE KINKS 17 GENE PITNEY 17 THE SHADOWS ( plus 18 credits with Cliff Richard ) 16 MR ACKER BILK ( plus 3 with other artists ) 16 THE BYRDS 16 JOHNNY CASH 16 CREAM 16 VAL DOONICAN 16 DEAN MARTIN 16 THE SEEKERS 15 JOAN BAEZ 15 THE BEE GEES 15 TONY BENNETT 15 CHUCK BERRY 15 PETULA CLARK 15 RUSS CONWAY 15 DONOVAN 15 GEORGIE FAME 15 THE FOUR TOPS 15 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 15 MANFRED MANN 15 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 15 BOBBY VEE ( plus 1 with The Crickets ) 15 THE TEMPTATIONS ( plus 1 with Diana Ross and The Supremes )

MOST HITS WITHOUT A TOP TEN HIT BY ARTIST	MOST HITS WITHOUT A NUMBER 1 HIT BY ARTIST	MOST NUMBER 1 HITS TOTAL - BY ARTIST	MOST TOP TEN HITS WITHOUT A NUMBER 1 HIT
5 PETULA CLARK 5 THE TEMPTATIONS 4 LOUIS ARMSTRONG 4 BO DIDDLEY 3 CHET ATKINS 3 CHRIS BARBER 3 DAVID McWILLIAMS 3 MRS MILLS 3 PETER, PAUL AND MARY 3 SAM AND DAVE	31 FRANK SINATRA 13 THE BEACH BOYS 10 ROY ORBISON 19 JOHN MAYALL 18 HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 18 SHIRLEY BASSEY 18 BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS 18 BERT KAEMPFERT 18 JAMES LAST 18 MANTOVANI 17 THE BACHELORS 17 DUANE EDDY 17 THE KINKS 17 GENE PITNEY	10 THE BEATLES 15 ELVIS PRESLEY 14 BOB DYLAN 14 THE ROLLING STONES 13 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 13 CLIFF RICHARD 12 THE MONKEES 12 THE SHADOWS ( plus 3 with Cliff Richard )	19 FRANK SINATRA 10 THE BEACH BOYS 16 BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS 15 RUSS CONWAY 15 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 15 THE KINKS 15 MANTOVANI 14 HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 14 THE ANIMALS 14 JOAN BAEZ 14 JIMI HENDRIX 14 FRANK IFIELD 14 PINK FLOYD 14 THE SEARCHERS 14 THE WALKER BROTHERS

MOST TOP TEN HITS - TOTAL - BY ARTIST ( Re-entries and reissues are not included )
21 ELVIS PRESLEY 19 FRANK SINATRA ( plus 1 with Count Basie ) 15 CLIFF RICHARD 12 THE BEATLES 10 THE BEACH BOYS 10 JIM REEVES 10 THE ROLLING STONES 9 BOB DYLAN 1	7 TOM JONES 7 THE SHADOWS ( plus 12 credits with Cliff Richard ) 6 CREAM 6 BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS 6 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 5 RUSS CONWAY 5 VAL DOONICAN 5 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 5 THE KINKS 5 MANTOVANI	4 HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 4 THE ANIMALS 4 JOAN BAEZ 4 THE FOUR TOPS 4 JIMI HENDRIX 4 THE HOLLIES 4 FRANK IFIELD 4 THE MONKEES 4 PINK FLOYD 4 THE SEARCHERS 4 THE SEEKERS 4 SCOTT WALKER ( plus 4 with The Walker Brothers ) 4 THE WALKER BROTHERS	3 THE BEE GEES 3 CHUCK BERRY 3 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP 3 DUANE EDDY 3 THE EVERLY BROTHERS 3 FLEETWOOD MAC 3 THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS 3 JOHN MAYALL ( plus 1 with Eric Clapton ) 3 THE MOODY BLUES 3 101 STRINGS 3 ROY ORBISON 3 OTIS REDDING 3 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 3 THE SUPREMES ( plus 1 with The Temptations ) 3 THE WHO 3 ANDY WILLIAMS

MOST WEEKS ON CHART ARTIST - BY YEAR
1960 51 ELVIS PRESLEY 48 PETER SELLERS ( + 12 with The Goons ) 43 CLIFF RICHARD 32 DUANE EDDY 31 THE EVERLY BROTHERS 29 BUDDY HOLLY 27 RUSS CONWAY 25 101 STRINGS 24 TONY HANCOCK 24 MARIO LANZA 24 FRANK SINATRA The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 53 SOUTH PACIFIC 40 GIGI 34 OKLAHOMA! 30 CAN CAN 30 THE KING AND I	1961 91 ELVIS PRESLEY 72 FRANK SINATRA 63 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 62 CLIFF RICHARD 52 BUDDY HOLLY 40 RAY CONNIFF 37 CHRIS BARBER AND ACKER BILK 29 ADAM FAITH 21 BOB NEWHART 20 FRANKIE LAINE The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 49 SOUTH PACIFIC 43 OKLAHOMA! 30 THE KING AND I 21 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS	1962 109 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 96 ELVIS PRESLEY 59 CLIFF RICHARD 57 FRANK SINATRA 53 THE SHADOWS 48 BUDDY HOLLY 44 DOROTHY PROVINE 28 ACKER BILK 25 KARL DENVER 25 HELEN SHAPIRO Acker Bilk charted another 24 weeks with Chris Barber and 19 with Chris Barber and Kenny Ball. Helen Shapiro charted another 21 weeks on the film soundtrack album 'It's Trad Dad'. The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 52 SOUTH PACIFIC 41 WEST SIDE STORY
1963 72 CLIFF RICHARD 66 BUDDY HOLLY 66 ELVIS PRESLEY 61 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 54 THE SHADOWS 51 FRANK IFIELD 44 THE BEATLES 44 BOBBY VEE 40 FRANK SINATRA 29 CHUCK BERRY 29 JOE BROWN 29 BRENDA LEE Frank Sinatra charted another 23 weeks with Count Basie. Bobby Vee charted 27 weeks solo and 17 weeks with The Crickets. The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 52 WEST SIDE STORY 45 SOUTH PACIFIC	1964 115 JIM REEVES 104 THE BEATLES 59 ROY ORBISON 54 THE SEARCHERS 48 THE SHADOWS 44 ELVIS PRESLEY 36 THE ROLLING STONES 31 FRANK IFIELD 27 THE BACHELORS 25 THE HOLLIES The following film soundtrack also had a high rating: 52 WEST SIDE STORY	1965 112 BOB DYLAN 80 THE BEATLES 65 THE ROLLING STONES 55 JOAN BAEZ 44 JIM REEVES 39 THE ANIMALS 32 THE KINKS 30 ELVIS PRESLEY 28 ANDY WILLIAMS 25 ROY ORBISON The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 50 MARY POPPINS 41 MY FAIR LADY 38 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 31 WEST SIDE STORY
1966 95 THE BEACH BOYS 87 HERB ALPERT 81 THE BEATLES 61 FRANK SINATRA 59 BERT KAEMPFERT 53 THE WALKER BROTHERS 51 JIM REEVES 47 THE ROLLING STONES 43 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP 33 THE KINKS The following film soundtrack also had a high rating: 52 THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1967 101 HERB ALPERT 97 THEBEACH BOYS 80 THE MONKEES 75 TOM JONES 69 THE FOUR TOPS 58 THE BEATLES 58 THEDUBLINERS 51 JAMES LAST 50 JIM REEVES 47 GENO WASHINGTON AND THE RAM JAM BAND The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 52 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 52 THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1968 135 TOM JONES 121 OTIS REDDING 116 THE BEACH BOYS 103 THE FOUR TOPS 74 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 73 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 70 DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES 54 HERB ALPERT 50 CREAM 50 THE SEEKERS The following film soundtrack also had a high rating: 52 THE SOUND OF MUSIC
	1969 66 THE SEEKERS 63 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 57 CREAM 46 TOM JONES 41 THE BEATLES 40 BOB DYLAN 39 ELVIS PRESLEY 32 JETHRO TULL 32 LED ZEPPELIN 32 THE MOODY BLUES The following film soundtracks also had high ratings: 52 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 45 OLIVER

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 TOTAL - BY ARTIST	MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 ARTIST - BY YEAR	MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 TOTAL - BY TITLE
154 THE BEATLES 70 CAST FROM THE FILM 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' 55 CAST FROM THE FILM 'SOUTH PACIFIC' 48 ELVIS PRESLEY 31 THE ROLLING STONES 21 CLIFF RICHARD 20 BOB DYLAN 19 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 13 BROADWAY STAGE CAST OF 'WEST SIDE STORY' 12 THE SHADOWS ( plus another 21 weeks with Cliff Richard )	1960 46 'SOUTH PACIFIC' FILM CAST 1961 22 ELVIS PRESLEY 1962 24 ELVIS PRESLEY 1963 34 THE BEATLES 1964 40 THE BEATLES 1965 20 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' FILM CAST 1966 31 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' FILM CAST 1967 26 THE BEATLES 1968 13 BOB DYLAN 1969 16 THE BEATLES	70 SOUND OF MUSIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK 55 SOUTH PACIFIC - FILM SOUNDTRACK 30 PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES 27 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES 22 G.I. BLUES - ELVIS PRESLEY 21 WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES 21 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE BEATLES 18 BLUE HAWAII - ELVIS PRESLEY 14 SUMMER HOLIDAY - CLIFF RICHARD 13 WEST SIDE STORY - BROADWAY STAGE CAST 13 JOHN WESLEY HARDING - BOB DYLAN 12 ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES 12 ROLLING STONES - THE ROLLING STONES 11 BEATLES FOR SALE - BEATLES 10 THE ROLLING STONES No 2 - ROLLING STONES

MOST WEEKS ON CHART - TOTAL - BY ARTIST All artists who spent 50 or more weeks in the charts. Two or more may have been credited in the same week in the case of simultaneous hits. For example, see 'First Chart Of The Sixties' where Russ Conway had 3 concurrent entries, therefore being credited with 3 'chart weeks'.
462 ELVIS PRESLEY 435 THE BEATLES 340 FRANK SINATRA ( plus another 23 with Count Basie ) 338 THE BEACH BOYS 337 CLIFF RICHARD 289 JIM REEVES 278 THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS 263 BOB DYLAN 262 TOM JONES 259 BUDDY HOLLY 254 HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS 225 THE ROLLING STONES 221 THE SHADOWS ( plus another 305 weeks credited on some Cliff Richard albums ) 203 THE SEEKERS 192 OTIS REDDING ( plus another 17 weeks with Carla Thomas ) 186 THE FOUR TOPS 142 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 138 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 133 SUPREMES ( plus another 25 weeks with Diana Ross and The Temptations )	131 CREAM 119 VAL DOONICAN 119 ROY ORBISON 114 ANDY WILLIAMS 107 THE KINKS 98 THE BACHELORS 98 THE HOLLIES 95 BERT KAEMPFERT 93 THE WALKER BROTHERS 91 THE MONKEES 87 JOAN BAEZ 87 THE SEARCHERS 86 JIMI HENDRIX ( plus another 2 weeks with Curtis Knight ) 83 THE ANIMALS 83 FRANK IFIELD 82 JOHN MAYALL ( plus another 17 weeks with Eric Clapton ) 79 DUANE EDDY 78 THE DUBLINERS 78 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD	77 RAY CONNIFF 72 GEORGIE FAME 70 MANTOVANI 68 THE BEE GEES 67 JAMES LAST 66 THE SMALL FACES 65 THE TEMPTATIONS ( plus another 25 weeks with Diana Ross and The Supremes ) 61 CHRIS BARBER AND ACKER BILK* 61 FLEETWOOD MAC 60 THE MOODY BLUES 59 TONY BENNETT 58 MANFRED MANN 57 DONOVAN 51 JOHNNY CASH 51 GENE PITNEY 51 GENO WASHINGTON AND THE RAM JAM BAND * ( Chris Barber has another 27 weeks solo and with Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk ) ( Acker Bilk has another 72 weeks solo and with various collaborations )

MOST WEEKS ON CHART - TOTAL - BY TITLE ( Plus number of 'runs' in the chart )
142 THE BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (5) 137 THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS (15) 125 BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS - THE BEACH BOYS (5) 119 GOING PLACES - HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS (5) 89 LIVE AT THE TALK OF THE TOWN - TOM JONES (3) 75 OTIS BLUE - OTIS REDDING (4) 72 FOUR TOPS LIVE! - THE FOUR TOPS (1)	70 PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (4) 67 COME THE DAY - THE SEEKERS (2) 65 BLUE HAWAII - ELVIS PRESLEY (1) 64 ANOTHER BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (6) 60 GREATEST HITS - THE SUPREMES (2) 59 BEST OF THE SEEKERS - THE SEEKERS (1) 58 RELEASE ME - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1)	58 IN DREAMS - ROY ORBISON (1) 57 THE SHADOWS - THE SHADOWS (1) 56 GREATEST HITS - THE FOUR TOPS (1) 55 G.I. BLUES - ELVIS PRESLEY (3) 53 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (2) 51 WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES (2) 51 THE ROLLING STONES - THE ROLLING STONES (3) 51 GREATEST HITS - BOB DYLAN (5)

ALBUMS THAT WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE CHART AT NUMBER 1
August 14th, 1965 HELP! - THE BEATLES August 13th, 1966 REVOLVER - THE BEATLES December 7th, 1968 THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES March 8th, 1969 THE FOUR AND ONLY SEEKERS - THE SEEKERS March 15th, 1969 GOODBYE - CREAM	June 21st, 1969 HIS ORCHESTRA, HIS CHORUS, HIS SINGERS, HIS SOUND - RAY CONNIFF August 9th, 1969 STAND UP - JETHRO TULL September 20th, 1969 BLIND FAITH - BLIND FAITH October 4th, 1969 ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES December 20th, 1969 LET IT BLEED - THE ROLLING STONES