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rpm Singles Charts Statistics and Trivia In 1952, Percy Dickens rang around his friends in the music industry retail trade to find out what was selling, from which he compiled the first ever singles chart for the NME. The very first chart-topper was Al Martino with 'Here In My Heart'. Most of the data comes from the 'Record Retailer' (Music Week) top 50 chart which began listing on 10th March 1960. Prior to that, for the first nine weeks of 1960, the N.M.E. chart is used but which only listed the top 30. Where the entry was a double 'A' side, both tracks have been listed separately for ease of search. For statistical purposes, if no chart was issued for a particular week the previous week's positions have been used. All statistics are calculated from the Saturday of the week in which a chart was published. Ask almost anybody and they'll say that The Beatles dominated the charts in the Sixties. Although the Fab Four were phenomenally successful in terms of sales, they didn't have it all their own way in the charts. Check out the statistics below or use the links on the right - I'm sure you'll find a few surprises! British Record Chart History Sixties Trivia, Quizzes and Games |
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MOST
WEEKS ON CHART - TOTAL - BY ARTIST
( Each chart entry per week = 1 week to allow credit for simultaneous hits ) |
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537 CLIFF RICHARD 444 ELVIS PRESLEY 333 THE BEATLES ( +1 backing Tony Sheridan ) 309 ROY ORBISON 303 THE SHADOWS ( +328 backing Cliff Richard ) 292 JIM REEVES 258 BILLY FURY |
245 ADAM FAITH 231 THE HOLLIES 221 THE EVERLY BROTHERS 216 TOM JONES 210 BRENDA LEE 193 THE
BEACH BOYS |
183 KEN
DODD 181 THE ROLLING STONES 176 HERMANS HERMITS 176 MANFRED MANN 176 GENE PITNEY |
166 CILLA BLACK 163 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ( +66 with The Springfields ) 162 FRANK
SINATRA ( +27 with other artists ) |
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MOST
WEEKS ON CHART
ARTIST - BY YEAR |
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1962
1963
67 THE BEATLES 67 CLIFF RICHARD 61 THE SHADOWS |
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1968 58 TOM JONES 57 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 46 DES O'CONNOR |
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MOST
WEEKS ON CHART
TOTAL - BY TITLE |
MOST
CHART HITS
TOTAL - BY ARTIST |
ONE-HIT
WONDERS
Acts reaching No.1 with their only Sixties chart entry |
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56 RELEASE ME - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 55 STRANGER ON THE SHORE - MR. ACKER BILK 40 A SCOTTISH SOLDIER - ANDY STEWART 39 MY WAY - FRANK SINATRA 39 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - JIM REEVES 38 SOMEWHERE MY LOVE - THE MIKE SAMMES SINGERS 36 I PRETEND - DES O'CONNOR 34 LET'S TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER 33 SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES 31 HE'LL HAVE TO GO - JIM REEVES |
45 CLIFF RICHARD 42 ELVIS PRESLEY 28 ROY ORBISON 25 THE SHADOWS ( +25 with Cliff Richard ) 24 ADAM FAITH 24 BILLY FURY 23 THE BEATLES ( +1 with Tony Sheridan ) 22 BRENDA LEE 22 JIM REEVES 21 THE EVERLY BROTHERS |
JANE BIRKIN / SERGE GAINSBOURG - JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - FIRE B.BUMBLE AND THE STINGERS - NUT ROCKER THE OVERLANDERS - MICHELLE FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA - SOMETHIN' STUPID THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - SOMETHING IN THE AIR RICKY VALANCE - TELL LAURA I LOVE HER ZAGER AND EVANS - IN THE YEAR 2525 |
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STRAIGHT
INTO THE CHART AT NUMBER 1
This was only achieved 3 times in the Sixties: |
MOST
CONSECUTIVE NUMBER 1 HITS
BY ARTIST |
MOST
TOP TEN HITS
TOTAL - BY ARTIST |
1960 ELVIS PRESLEY - IT'S NOW OR NEVER 1962 CLIFF RICHARD - THE YOUNG ONES 1969 THE BEATLES - GET BACK  |
11 THE BEATLES 1963 TO 1966 6 THE BEATLES 1967 TO 1969 5 ELVIS PRESLEY 1961 TO 1962 5 THE ROLLING STONES 1964 TO 1965 4 ELVIS PRESLEY 1960 TO 1961 3 FRANK IFIELD 1962 TO 1963 3 GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS 1963 |
34 CLIFF RICHARD ( +1 with Hank B. Marvin ) 21 THE BEATLES ( +1 with Billy Preston ) 19 ELVIS PRESLEY 15 THE HOLLIES 14 THE SHADOWS ( +21 with Cliff Richard ) 13 MANFRED MANN 13 THE ROLLING STONES 11 ADAM FAITH 11 BILLY FURY 11 THE KINKS |
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MOST
WEEKS AT NUMBER 1
TOTAL - BY ARTIST |
MOST
WEEKS AT NUMBER 1
TOTAL - BY TITLE |
MOST
HITS WITHOUT A NUMBER 1 HIT
BY ARTIST |
MOST
NUMBER 1 HITS
TOTAL - BY ARTIST |
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8 IT'S NOW OR NEVER - ELVIS PRESLEY 8 WONDERFUL LAND - THE SHADOWS 8 SUGAR SUGAR - THE ARCHIES 7 CATHY'S CLOWN - THE EVERLY BROTHERS 7 I REMEMBER YOU - FRANK IFIELD 7 FROM ME TO YOU - THE BEATLES 7 THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES 7 HELLO GOODBYE - THE BEATLES |
24 BILLY FURY 22 BRENDA LEE 17 GENE PITNEY 16 DUANE EDDY 15 CONNIE FRANCIS 14 BOBBY DARIN 14 OTIS REDDING 14 THE WHO 13 BUDDY HOLLY |
17 THE BEATLES 11 ELVIS
PRESLEY 8 THE
ROLLING STONES 7 CLIFF
RICHARD 5 THE
SHADOWS ( +5 with Cliff Richard ) 4 FRANK IFIELD |
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