Rocking50s

Date

Artist

Title

Weeks at No 1

29

January

1960

Michael Holliday

Starry Eyed

1

5

February

1960

Anthony Newley

Why

4

10

Mar

1960

Adam Faith

Poor Me

1

17

Mar

1960

Johnny Preston

Running Bear

2

31

Mar

1960

Lonnie Donegan

My Old Man's A Dustman

4

28

April

1960

Anthony Newley

Do You Mind

1

5

May

1960

Everly Brothers

Cathy's Clown

7

23

June

1960

Eddie Cochran

Three Steps To Heaven

2

7

July

1960

Jimmy Jones

Good Timin'

3

28

July

1960

Cliff Richard

Please Don't Tease

4

4

August

1960

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

Shakin' All Over

1

25

August

1960

Shadows

Apache

5

29

September

1960

Ricky Valence

Tell Laura I Love Her

3

20

October

1960

Roy Orbison

Only The Lonely

2

3

November

1960

Elvis Presley

It's Now Or Never

8

29

December

1960

Cliff Richard

I Love You

2

12

January

1961

Johnny Tillotson

Poetry In Motion

2

26

January

1961

Elvis Presley

Are You Lonesome Tonight

4

23

February

1961

Petula Clark

Sailor

1

2

Mar

1961

Everly Brothers

Walk Right Back

3

23

Mar

1961

Elvis Presley

Wooden Heart

6

4

May

1961

The Marcels

Blue Moon

2

18

May

1961

Floyd Cramer

On The Rebound

1

25

May

1961

The Temperance Seven

You're Driving Me Crazy

1

1

June

1961

Elvis Presley

Surrender

4

29

June

1961

Del Shannon

Runaway

3

20

July

1961

Everly Brothers

Temptation

2

3

August

1961

Eden Kane

Well I Ask You

1

10

August

1961

Helen Shapiro

You Don't Know

3

31

August

1961

John Leyton

Johnny Remember Me

4

21

September

1961

Shirley Bassey

Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain

1

5

October

1961

Shadows

Kon Tiki

1

12

October

1961

The Highwaymen

Michael

1

19

October

1961

Helen Shapiro

Walkin' Back To Happiness

3

9

November

1961

Elvis Presley

His Latest Flame

4

7

December

1961

Frankie Vaughan

Tower Of Strength

3

28

December

1961

Danny Williams

Moon River

2

11

January

1962

Cliff Richard

The Young Ones

6

22

February

1962

Elvis Presley

Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby

4

22

March

1962

Shadows

Wonderful Land

8

17

May

1962

B.Bumble & The Stingers

Nut Rocker

1

24

May

1962

Elvis Presley

Good Luck Charm

5

28

June

1962

Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard

Come Outside

2

12

July

1962

Ray Charles

I Can't Stop Loving You

2

26

July

1962

Frank Ifield

I Remember You

7

13

September

1962

Elvis Presley

She's Not You

3

4

October

1962

Tornados

Telstar

5

8

November

1962

Frank Ifield

Lovesick Blues

5

13

December

1962

Elvis Presley

Return To Sender

3

1

January

1963

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

The Next Time/Bachelor Boy

3

22

January

1963

The Shadows

Dance On

1

29

January

1963

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

Diamonds

3

19

February

1963

Frank Ifield

Wayward Wind

3

12

March

1963

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Summer Holiday

2

26

March

1963

The Shadows

Foot Tapper

1

2

April

1963

Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Summer Holiday

1

9

April

1963

Gerry and the Pacemakers

How Do You Do It?

3

30

April

1963

The Beatles

From Me To You

7

18

June

1963

Gerry and the Pacemakers

I Like It

4

16

July

1963

Frank Ifield

Confessin'

2

30

July

1963

Elvis Presley

(You're The) Devil In Disguise

1

6

August

1963

The Searchers

Sweets For My Sweet

2

20

August

1963

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas

Bad To Me

3

10

September

1963

The Beatles

She Loves You

4

8

October

1963

Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

Do You Love Me

3

29

October

1963

Gerry and the Pacemakers

You'll Never Walk Alone

4

26

November

1963

The Beatles

She Loves You

2

10

December

1963

The Beatles

I Want To Hold Your Hand

5

14

January

1964

Dave Clark Five

Glad All Over

2

28

January

1964

The Searchers

Needles and Pins

3

18

February

1964

The Bachelors

Diane

1

25

February

1964

Cilla Black

Anyone Who Had A Heart

3

17

March

1964

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas

Little Children

2

31

March

1964

The Beatles

Can't Buy Me Love

3

21

April

1964

Peter and Gordon

World Without Love

2

5

May

1964

The Searchers

Don't Throw Your Love Away

2

19

May

1964

Four Pennies

Juliet

1

26

May

1964

Cilla Black

You're My World

4

23

June

1964

Roy Orbison

It's Over

2

7

July

1964

The Animals

House of the Rising Sun

1

14

July

1964

Rolling Stones

It's All Over Now

1

21

July

1964

The Beatles

A Hard Day's Night

3

11

August

1964

Manfred Mann

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

2

25

August

1964

Honeycombs

Have I The Right

2

8

September

1964

The Kinks

You Really Got Me

2

22

September

1964

Herman's Hermits

I'm Into Something Good

2

6

October

1964

Roy Orbison

Oh Pretty Woman

2

20

October

1964

Sandie Shaw

(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

3

10

November

1964

Roy Orbison

Oh Pretty Woman

1

17

November

1964

The Supremes

Baby Love

2

1

December

1964

Rolling Stones

Little Red Rooster

1

8

December

1964

The Beatles

I Feel Fine

5

12

January

1965

Georgie Fame with the Blue Flames

Yeh Yeh

2

26

January

1965

Moody Blues

Go Now

1

2

February

1965

Righteous Brothers

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

2

16

February

1965

The Kinks

Tired Of Waiting For You

1

23

February

1965

The Seekers

I'll Never Find Another You

2

9

March

1965

Tom Jones

It's Not Unusual

1

16

March

1965

Rolling Stones

The Last Time

3

6

April

1965

Unit Four Plus Two

Concrete and Clay

1

13

April

1965

Cliff Richard

The Minute You're Gone

1

20

April

1965

The Beatles

Ticket To Ride

3

11

May

1965

Roger Miller

King Of The Road

1

18

May

1965

Jackie Trent

Where Are You Now (My Love)

1

25

May

1965

Sandie Shaw

Long Live Love

3

15

June

1965

Elvis Presley

Crying In The Chapel

1

22

June

1965

The Hollies

I'm Alive

1

29

June

1965

Elvis Presley

Crying In The Chapel

1

6

July

1965

The Hollies

I'm Alive

2

20

July

1965

The Byrds

Mr. Tambourine Man

2

3

August

1965

The Beatles

Help!

3

24

August

1965

Sonny and Cher

I Got You Babe

2

7

September

1965

Rolling Stones

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

2

21

September

1965

Walker Brothers

Make It Easy On Yourself

1

28

September

1965

Ken Dodd

Tears

5

2

November

1965

Rolling Stones

Get Off Of My Cloud

3

23

November

1965

The Seekers

The Carnival Is Over

3

14

December

1965

The Beatles

Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out

5

18

January

1966

Spencer Davis Group

Keep On Running

1

25

January

1966

Overlanders

Michelle

3

15

February

1966

Nancy Sinatra

These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

4

15

March

1966

Walker Brothers

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

4

12

April

1966

Spencer Davis Group

Somebody Help Me

2

26

April

1966

Dusty Springfield

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

1

3

May

1966

Manfred Mann

Pretty Flamingo

3

24

May

1966

Rolling Stones

Paint It, Black

1

31

May

1966

Frank Sinatra

Strangers In The Night

3

21

June

1966

The Beatles

Paperback Writer

2

5

July

1966

The Kinks

Sunny Afternoon

2

19

July

1966

Georgie Fame with the Blue Flames

Get Away

1

26

July

1966

Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds

Out of Time

1

2

August

1966

The Troggs

With A Girl Like You

2

16

August

1966

The Beatles

Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby

4

13

September

1966

Small Faces

All Or Nothing

1

20

September

1966

Jim Reeves

Distant Drums

5

25

October

1966

Four Tops

Reach Out I'll Be There

3

15

November

1966

Beach Boys

Good Vibrations

2

29

November

1966

Tom Jones

Green Green Grass of Home

7

17

January

1967

The Monkees

I'm A Believer

4

14

February

1967

Petula Clark

This Is My Song

4

28

February

1967

Englebert Humperdinck

Release Me ?

6

11

April

1967

Nancy and Frank Sinatra

Something Stupid

2

25

April

1967

Sandie Shaw

Puppet On A String

3

16

May

1967

Tremeloes

Silence Is Golden

3

6

June

1967

Procol Harum

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

6

18

July

1967

The Beatles

All You Need Is Love

3

8

August

1967

Scott McKenzie

San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)

4

5

September

1967

Englebert Humperdinck

The Last Waltz

5

10

October

1967

The Bee Gees

Massachusetts

4

7

November

1967

Foundations

Baby Now That I've Found You

2

21

November

1967

Long John Baldry

Let The Heartaches Begin

2

5

December

1967

The Beatles

Hello Goodbye

7

23

January

1968

Georgie Fame

The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde

1

30

January

1968

Love Affair

Everlasting Love

2

13

February

1968

Manfred Mann

Mighty Quinn

2

27

February

1968

Esther and Abi Ofarim

Cinderella Rockefella

3

19

March

1968

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

The Legend of Xanadu

1

26

March

1968

The Beatles

Lad Madonna

2

9

April

1968

Cliff Richard

Congratulations

2

23

April

1968

Louis Armstrong

What A Wonderful World/Cabaret

4

21

May

1968

Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett

Young Girl

4

18

June

1968

Rolling Stones

Jumping Jack Flash

2

2

July

1968

Equals

Baby Come Back

3

23

July

1968

Des O'Connor

I Pretend

1

30

July

1968

Tommy James and the Shondells

Mony Mony

2

13

August

1968

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Fire

1

20

August

1968

Tommy James and the Shondells

Mony Mony

1

27

August

1968

Beach Boys

Do It Again

1

3

September

1968

The Bee Gees

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

1

10

September

1968

The Beatles

Hey Jude

2

24

September

1968

Mary Hopkin

Those Were The Days

6

5

November

1968

Joe Cocker

With A Little Help From My Friends

1

12

November

1968

Hugo Montenegro

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

4

10

December

1968

Scaffold

Lily The Pink

3

31

December

1968

Marmalade

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

1

7

January

1969

Scaffold

Lily The Pink

1

14

January

1969

Marmalade

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

2

28

January

1969

Fleetwood Mac

Albatross

1

4

February

1969

The Move

Blackberry Way

1

11

February

1969

Amen Corner

(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

2

25

February

1969

Peter Sarstedt

Where Do You Go To My Lovely

4

25

March

1969

Marvin Gaye

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

3

15

April

1969

Desmond Dekker and the Aces

The Israelites

1

22

April

1969