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This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1950s.
The source for this decade is the New Musical Express chart.
1952
Al Martino - "Here in My Heart" 14 November for 9 weeks
1953
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "You Belong to Me" 16 January for 1 week
Kay Starr - "Comes A-Long A-Love" 23 January for 1 week
Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - "Outside Of Heaven" 30 January for 1 week
Perry Como with The Ramblers - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" 6 February for 5 weeks
Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus - She Wears Red Feathers" 13 March for 4 weeks
The Stargazers - "Broken Wings" 10 April for 1 week
Lita Roza - "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" 17 April for 1 week
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe" 24 April for 9 weeks
Eddie Fisher feat. Sally Sweetland, with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - "I'm Walking Behind You" 26 June for 1 week
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe" 3 July for 6 weeks
Mantovani & His Orchestra - "The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" 14 August for 1 week
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe" 21 August for 3 weeks
Guy Mitchell - "Look At That Girl" 11 September for 6 weeks
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Hey Joe" 23 October for 2 weeks
David Whitfield with Stanley Black & His Orchestra - "Answer Me" 6 November for 1 week
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Answer Me" 13 November for 8 weeks David Whitfield's version shared the number one position on 11 December
1954
Eddie Calvert - "Oh Mein Papa" 8 January for 9 weeks
The Stargazers - "I See the Moon" 12 March for 5 weeks
Doris Day - "Secret Love" 16 April for 1 week
The Stargazers - "I See the Moon" 23 April for 1 week
Johnnie Ray - "Such a Night" 30 April for 1 week
Doris Day - "Secret Love" 7 May for 8 weeks
David Whitfield with Mantovani - "Cara Mia" 2 July for 10 weeks
Kitty Kallen - "Little Things Mean a Lot" 10 September for 1 week
Frank Sinatra - "Three Coins in the Fountain" 17 September for 3 weeks
Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand" 8 October for 4 weeks
Vera Lynn - "My Son, My Son" 5 November for 2 weeks
Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand" 19 November for 1 week
Rosemary Clooney - "This Ole House" 26 November for 1 week
Winifred Atwell - "Let's Have Another Party" 3 December for 5 weeks
1955
Record Mirror launched its chart on 22 January.
Dickie Valentine - "Finger Of Suspicion" NME: 7 January for 1 week
Rosemary Clooney - "Mambo Italiano" NME: 14 January for 1 week
Dickie Valentine - "The Finger Of Suspicion" NME: 21 January for 2 weeks
Rosemary Clooney- "Mambo Italiano" NME: 4 February for 2 weeks RM: 22 January for 2 weeks
Dean Martin - "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane" RM: 12 February for 1 week
Ruby Murray - "Softly, Softly" NME: 18 February for 3 weeks RM: 12 March for 1 week
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Give Me Your Word" NME: 11 March for 7 weeks RM: 19 February for 3 weeks and 19 March for 7 weeks
Perez Prado - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" NME: 29 April for 2 weeks
Tony Bennett - "Stranger in Paradise" NME: 13 May for 2 weeks RM: 7 May for 5 weeks
Eddie Calvert - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" NME: 27 May for 4 weeks
Al Hibbler - "Unchained Melody" RM: 11 June for 4 weeks
Jimmy Young - "Unchained Melody" NME:24 June for 3 weeks
Alma Cogan - "Dreamboat" NME:15 July for 2 weeks RM: 9 July for 2 weeks
Slim Whitman - "Rose Marie" NME:29 July for 11 week RM: 23 July for 9 week
Frankie Laine - "Cool Water" RM: 1 October for 1 week
Jimmy Young - "The Man From Laramie" NME:14 October for 4 weeks RM: 8 October for 5 weeks
Johnston Brothers - "Hernando's Hideaway" NME:11 November for 2 weeks
Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock" NME:25 November for 3 weeks RM: 12 November for 9 weeks
Dickie Valentine - "Christmas Alphabet" NME:16 December for 3 weeks
1956
Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock" 6 January for 2 weeks
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Sixteen Tons" 20 January for 4 weeks
Dean Martin - "Memories Are Made of This" 17 February for 4 weeks
Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow" 16 March for 2 weeks
Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra - "Rock And Roll Waltz" 30 March for 1 week
Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow" 6 April for 1 week
Winifred Atwell - "The Poor People Of Paris" 13 April for 3 weeks
Ronnie Hilton - "No Other Love" 4 May for 6 weeks
Pat Boone - "I'll Be Home" 15 June for 5 weeks
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 20 July for 3 weeks
Doris Day - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" 10 August for 6 weeks
Anne Shelton- "Lay Down Your Arms" 21 September for 4 weeks
Frankie Laine - "A Woman In Love" 19 October for 4 weeks
Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' In The Rain" 16 November for 7 weeks
1957
Guy Mitchell - "Singing the Blues" 4 January, 18 January and 1 February for 1 week each
Tommy Steele - "Singing the Blues" 11 January for 1 week
Frankie Vaughan - "The Garden of Eden" 25 January for 4 weeks (1 week tied)
Tab Hunter - "Young Love" 22 February for 7 weeks
Lonnie Donegan - "Cumberland Gap" 12 April for 5 weeks
Guy Mitchell - "Rock-a-Billy" 17 May for 1 week
Andy Williams - "Butterfly" 24 May for 2 weeks
Johnnie Ray - "Yes Tonight Josephine" 7 June for 3 weeks
Lonnie Donegan - "Gamblin' Man / Puttin' On the Style" 28 June for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up" 12 July for 7 weeks
Paul Anka - "Diana" 30 August for 9 weeks
Buddy Holly and The Crickets - "That'll Be the Day" 1 November for 3 weeks
Harry Belafonte - "Mary's Boy Child" 22 November for 7 weeks
1958
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire" 10 January for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock" 24 January for 3 weeks
Michael Holliday - "The Story of My Life" 14 February for 2 weeks
Perry Como - "Magic Moments" 28 February for 8 weeks
Marvin Rainwater - "Whole Lotta Woman" 25 April for 3 weeks
Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now?" 16 May for 6 weeks
Vic Damone - "On the Street Where You Live" 27 June for 2 week
Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" 4 July for 1 week; equal top with Vic Damone.
Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" 11 July for 6 weeks
Kalin Twins - "When" 22 August for 5 weeks
Connie Francis - "Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid" 26 September for 6 weeks
Tommy Edwards - "It's All in the Game" 7 November for 3 weeks
Lord Rockingham's XI - "Hoots Mon" 28 November for 3 weeks
Conway Twitty - "It's Only Make Believe" 19 December for 5 weeks
1959
Jane Morgan - "The Day the Rains Came" 23 January for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "One Night" / "I Got Stung" 30 January for 3 weeks
Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - "As I Love You" 20 February for 4 weeks
The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" 20 March for 1 week
Russ Conway - "Side Saddle" 27 March for 4 weeks
Buddy Holly - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 24 April for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - "A Fool Such as I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight" 15 May for 5 weeks
Russ Conway - "Roulette" 19 June for 2 weeks
Bobby Darin - "Dream Lover" 3 July for 4 weeks
Cliff Richard and the Drifters - "Living Doll" 31 July for 6 weeks
Craig Douglas - "Only Sixteen" 11 September for 4 weeks
Jerry Keller - "Here Comes Summer" 9 October for 1 week
Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife" 16 October for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "Travellin' Light" 30 October for 5 weeks
Adam Faith - "What Do You Want?" (equal top for one week) 4 December for 3 weeks
Emile Ford and The Checkmates - "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 18 December for 6 weeks (equal top for one week)
List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)
1960
1.Michael Holliday - "Starry Eyed" 29 January for 1 week
2,Anthony Newley - "Why" 5 February for 4 weeks
Adam Faith - "Poor Me" 4 March for 2 weeks
Johnny Preston - "Running Bear" 17 March for 2 weeks
Lonnie Donegan - "My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer)" 31 March for 4 weeks
Anthony Newley - "Do You Mind" 28 April for 1 week
Everly Brothers - "Cathy's Clown" 5 May for 7 weeks
Eddie Cochran - "Three Steps to Heaven" 23 June for 2 weeks
Jimmy Jones - "Good Timin'" 7 July for 3 weeks
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Please Don't Tease" 28 July for 1 week
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - "Shakin' All Over" 4 August for 1 we
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Please Don't Tease" 11 August for 2 weeks
The Shadows - "Apache" 25 August for 5 weeks
Ricky Valance - "Tell Laura I Love Her" 29 September for 3 weeks
Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" 20 October for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "It's Now or Never" 3 November for 8 weeks
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "I Love You" 29 December for 2 week
1961
1, Johnny Tillotson - "Poetry in Motion" 12 January for 2 week
Elvis Presley - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 26 January for 4 weeks
Petula Clark - "Sailor" 23 February for 1 week
Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes" 2 March for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Wooden Heart" 23 March for 6 weeks
The Marcels - "Blue Moon" 4 May for 2 weeks
Floyd Cramer - "On the Rebound" 18 May for 1 week
The Temperance Seven - "You're Driving Me Crazy" 25 May for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Surrender" 1 June for 4 weeks
Del Shannon - "Runaway" 29 June for 3 weeks
Everly Brothers - "Temptation" 20 July for 2 weeks
Eden Kane - "Well I Ask You" 3 August for 1 week
Helen Shapiro - "You Don't Know" 10 August for 3 weeks
John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me" 31 August for 3 weeks
Shirley Bassey - "Reach for the Stars"/"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" 21 September for 1 week
John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me" 28 September for 1 week
The Shadows - "Kon-Tiki" 5 October for 1 week
The Highwaymen - "Michael" 12 October for 1 week
Helen Shapiro - "Walkin' Back to Happiness" 19 October for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Little Sister/(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" 9 November for 4 weeks
Frankie Vaughan - "Tower of Strength" 7 December for 3 weeks
Danny Williams - "Moon River" 28 December for 2 weeks
1962
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Young Ones" 11 January for 6 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love" 22 February for 4 weeks
The Shadows - "Wonderful Land" 22 March for 8 weeks
B. Bumble and the Stingers - "Nut Rocker" 17 May for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Good Luck Charm" 24 May for 5 weeks
Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard - "Come Outside" 28 June for 2 weeks
Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Loving You" 12 July for 2 weeks
Frank Ifield - "I Remember You" 26 July for 7 weeks
Elvis Presley - "She's Not You" 13 September for 3 weeks
The Tornados - "Telstar" 4 October for 5 weeks
Frank Ifield - "Lovesick Blues" 8 November for 5 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Return to Sender" 13 December for 3 weeks
1963
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "The Next Time/Bachelor Boy" 3 January for 3 weeks
The Shadows - "Dance On!" 24 January for 1 week
Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - "Diamonds" 31 January for 3 weeks
Frank Ifield - "The Wayward Wind" 21 February for 3 weeks
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday" 14 March for 2 weeks
The Shadows - "Foot Tapper" 28 March for 1 week
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday" 4 April for 1 week
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?" 11 April for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "From Me to You" 2 May for 7 weeks
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "I Like It" 20 June for 4 weeks
Frank Ifield - "Confessin' (That I Love You)" 18 July for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" 1 August for 1 week
The Searchers - "Sweets for My Sweet" 8 August for 2 weeks
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Bad to Me" 22 August for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "She Loves You" 12 September for 4 weeks
Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - "Do You Love Me" 10 October for 3 weeks
Gerry & The Pacemakers - "You'll Never Walk Alone" 31 October for 4 weeks
The Beatles - "She Loves You" 28 November for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 12 December for 5 weeks
1964
Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over" 16 January for 2 weeks The Searchers - "Needles and Pins" 30 January for 3 weeks
The Bachelors - "Diane" 20 February for 1 week
Cilla Black - "Anyone Who Had a Heart" 27 February for 3 weeks
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - "Little Children" 19 March for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Can't Buy Me Love" 2 April for 3 weeks
Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love" 23 April for 2 weeks
The Searchers - "Don't Throw Your Love Away" 7 May for 2 weeks
The Four Pennies - "Juliet" 21 May for 1 week
Cilla Black - "You're My World" 28 May for 4 weeks
Roy Orbison - "It's Over" 25 June for 2 weeks
The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun" 9 July for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "It's All Over Now" 16 July for 1 week
The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night" 23 July for 3 weeks
Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" 13 August for 2 weeks
The Honeycombs - "Have I The Right" 27 August for 2 weeks
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" 10 September for 2 weeks
Herman's Hermits - "I'm Into Something Good" 24 September for 2 weeks
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman" 8 October for 2 weeks
Sandie Shaw - "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" 22 October for 3 weeks
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman" 12 November for 1 week
The Supremes - "Baby Love" 19 November for 2 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Little Red Rooster" 3 December for 1 week
The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" 10 December for 5 weeks
1965
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - "Yeh Yeh" 14 January for 2 weeks
The Moody Blues - "Go Now" 28 January for 1 week
Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" 4 February for 2 weeks
The Kinks - "Tired of Waiting for You" 18 February for 1 week
The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You" 25 February for 2 weeks
Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual" 11 March for 1 week
Rolling Stones - "The Last Time" 18 March for 3 weeks
Unit 4 + 2 - "Concrete and Clay" 8 April for 1 week
Cliff Richard - "The Minute You're Gone" 15 April for 1 week
The Beatles - "Ticket To Ride" 22 April for 3 weeks
Roger Miller - "King of the Road" 13 May for 1 week
Jackie Trent - "Where Are You Now (My Love)" 20 May for 1 week
Sandie Shaw - "Long Live Love" 27 May for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Crying In The Chapel" 17 June for 1 week
The Hollies - "I'm Alive" 24 June for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Crying In The Chapel" 1 July for 1 week
The Hollies - "I'm Alive" 8 July for 2 weeks
The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" 22 July for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Help!" 5 August for 3 weeks
Sonny & Cher - "I Got You Babe" 26 August for 2 weeks
Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 9 September for 2 weeks
The Walker Brothers - "Make It Easy On Yourself" 23 September for 1 week
Ken Dodd - "Tears" 30 September for 5 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Get Off Of My Cloud" 4 November for 3 weeks
The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over" 25 November for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" 16 December for 5 weeks
1966
Spencer Davis Group - "Keep On Running" 20 January for 1 week The Overlanders - "Michelle" 27 January for 3 weeks
Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" 17 February for 4 weeks
The Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" 17 March for 4 weeks
Spencer Davis Group - "Somebody Help Me" 14 April for 2 weeks
Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 28 April for 1 week
Manfred Mann - "Pretty Flamingo" 5 May for 3 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black" 26 May for 1 week
Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night" 2 June for 3 weeks
The Beatles - "Paperback Writer" 23 June for 2 weeks
The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" 7 July for 2 weeks
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - "Getaway" 21 July for 1 week
Chris Farlowe - "Out of Time" 28 July for 1 week
The Troggs - "With a Girl Like You" 4 August for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" 18 August for 4 weeks
The Small Faces - "All or Nothing" 15 September for 1 week
Jim Reeves - "Distant Drums" 22 September for 5 weeks
Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll Be There" 27 October for 3 weeks
Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations" 17 November for 2 weeks
Tom Jones - "Green Green Grass of Home" 1 December for 7 weeks
1967
The Monkees - "I'm a Believer" 19 January for 4 weeks
Petula Clark - "This Is My Song" 16 February for 2 weeks
Engelbert Humperdinck - "Release Me" 2 March for 6 weeks
Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra - "Somethin' Stupid" 13 April for 2 weeks
Sandie Shaw - "Puppet on a String" 27 April for 3 weeks
The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden" 18 May for 3 weeks
Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 8 June for 6 weeks
The Beatles - "All You Need Is Love" 19 July for 3 weeks
Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" 9 August for 4 weeks
Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz" 6 September for 5 weeks
The Bee Gees - "Massachusetts" 11 October for 4 weeks
The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You" 8 November for 2 weeks
Long John Baldry - "Let the Heartaches Begin" 22 November for 2 weeks
The Beatles - "Hello, Goodbye" 6 December for 7 weeks
1968
Georgie Fame - "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" 24 January for 1 week
Love Affair - "Everlasting Love" 31 January for 2 week
Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn" 14 February for 2 weeks
Esther & Abi Ofarim - "Cinderella Rockefella" 28 February for 3 weeks
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - "The Legend of Xanadu" 20 March for 1 week
The Beatles - "Lady Madonna" 27 March for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard - "Congratulations" 10 April for 2 weeks
Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World"/"Cabaret" 24 April for 4 weeks
Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett - "Young Girl" 22 May for 4 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 19 June for 2 weeks
The Equals - "Baby Come Back" 3 July for 3 weeks
Des O'Connor - "I Pretend" 24 July for 1 week
Tommy James & the Shondells - "Mony Mony" 31 July for 2 weeks
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire" 14 August for 1 week
Tommy James & the Shondells - "Mony Mony" 21 August for 1 week
Beach Boys - "Do It Again" 28 August for 1 week
Bee Gees - "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" 4 September for 1 week
The Beatles - "Hey Jude" 11 September for 2 weeks
Mary Hopkin - "Those Were the Days" 25 September for 6 weeks
Joe Cocker - "With a Little Help from My Friends" 6 November for 1 week
Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra - "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 13 November for 4 weeks
The Scaffold - "Lily the Pink" 11 December for 3 weeks
1969
Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 1 January for 1 week
The Scaffold - "Lily the Pink" 8 January for 1 week
Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 15 January for 2 weeks
Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross" 29 January for 1 week
The Move - "Blackberry Way" 5 February for 1 week
Amen Corner - "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" 12 February for 2 weeks
Peter Sarstedt - "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" 26 February for 4 weeks
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 26 March for 3 weeks
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - "Israelites" 16 April for 1 week
Beatles with Billy Preston - "Get Back" 23 April for 6 weeks
Tommy Roe - "Dizzy" 4 June for 1 week
The Beatles - "Ballad of John and Yoko" 11 June for 3 weeks
Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air" 2 July for 3 weeks
Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women" 23 July for 5 weeks
Chart compilation changed to Tuesday
Zager & Evans - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" 26 August for 3 weeks
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising" 16 September for 3 weeks
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus" 7 October for 1 week
Bobbie Gentry - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" 14 October for 1 week
The Archies - "Sugar, Sugar" 21 October for 8 weeks
Rolf Harris - "Two Little Boys" 16 December for 6 weeks
List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)
This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1970s. The source for this decade is the Record Retailer/Music Week chart (Record Retailer was renamed Music Week).
1970
Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" 31 January for 5 weeks
Lee Marvin - "Wand'rin' Star" 7 March for 3 weeks
Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water" 28 March for 3 weeks
Dana - "All Kinds of Everything" 18 April for 2 weeks
Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky" 2 May for 2 weeks
England World Cup Squad - "Back Home" 16 May for 3 weeks
Christie - "Yellow River" 6 June for 1 week
Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime" 13 June for 7 weeks
Elvis Presley - "The Wonder of You (Live)" 1 August for 6 weeks
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tears of a Clown" 12 September for 1 week
Freda Payne - "Band of Gold" 19 September for 6 weeks
Matthews' Southern Comfort - "Woodstock" 31 October for 3 weeks
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 21 November for 1 week
Dave Edmunds - "I Hear You Knocking" 28 November for 6 weeks
1971
Clive Dunn - "Grandad" 2 January for 3 weeks
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" 30 January for 5 weeks
Mungo Jerry - "Baby Jump" 6 March for 2 weeks
T.Rex - "Hot Love" 20 March for 6 weeks
Dave and Ansil Collins - "Double Barrel" 1 May for 2 weeks
Dawn - "Knock Three Times" 15 May for 5 weeks
Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 19 June for 5 weeks
T.Rex - "Get It On" 24 July for 4 weeks
Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting" 21 August for 4 weeks
The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" 18 September for 3 weeks
Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" (actually the B-side; A-side was "Reason to Believe") 9 October for 5 weeks
Slade - "Coz I Luv You" 13 November for 4 weeks
Benny Hill - "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" 11 December for 4 weeks
1972
The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" 8 January for 4 weeks
T.Rex - "Telegram Sam" 5 February for 2 weeks
Chicory Tip - "Son of My Father" 19 February for 3 weeks
Nilsson - "Without You" 11 March for 5 weeks
The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - "Amazing Grace" 15 April for 5 weeks
T.Rex - "Metal Guru" 20 May for 4 weeks
Don McLean - "Vincent" 17 June for 2 weeks
Slade - "Take Me Bak 'Ome" 1 July for 1 week
Donny Osmond - "Puppy Love" 8 July for 5 weeks
Alice Cooper - "School's Out!" 12 August for 3 weeks
Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well" 2 September for 1 week
Slade - "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" 9 September for 3 weeks
David Cassidy - "How Can I Be Sure" 30 September for 2 weeks
Lieutenant Pigeon - "Mouldy Old Dough" 14 October for 4 weeks
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair" 11 November for 2 weeks
Chuck Berry - "My Ding-a-Ling" 25 November for 4 weeks
Little Jimmy Osmond - "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" 23 December for 5 weeks
1973
Sweet - "Block Buster!" 27 January for 5 weeks
Slade - "Cum on Feel the Noize" 3 March for 4 weeks
Donny Osmond - "The Twelfth of Never" 31 March for 1 week
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Get Down" 7 April for 2 weeks
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 21 April for 4 weeks
Wizzard - "See My Baby Jive" 19 May for 4 weeks
Suzi Quatro - "Can the Can" 16 June for 1 week
10cc - "Rubber Bullets" 23 June for 1 week
Slade - "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" 30 June for 3 weeks
Peters and Lee - "Welcome Home" 21 July for 1 week
Gary Glitter - "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" 28 July for 4 weeks
Donny Osmond - "Young Love" 25 August for 4 weeks
Wizzard - "Angel Fingers" 22 September for 1 week
Simon Park Orchestra - "Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")" 29 September for 4 weeks
David Cassidy - "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" 27 October for 3 weeks
Gary Glitter - "I Love You Love Me Love" 17 November for 4 weeks
Slade - "Merry Xmas Everybody" 15 December for 5 weeks
1974
The New Seekers - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" 19 January for 1 week
Mud - "Tiger Feet" 26 January for 4 weeks
Suzi Quatro - "Devil Gate Drive" 23 February for 2 weeks
Alvin Stardust - "Jealous Mind" 9 March for 1 week
Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be a Hero" 16 March for 3 weeks
Terry Jacks - "Seasons in the Sun" 6 April for 4 weeks
ABBA - "Waterloo" 4 May for 2 weeks
The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love" 18 May for 4 weeks.
Ray Stevens - "The Streak" 15 June for 1 week
Gary Glitter - "Always Yours" 22 June for 1 week
Charles Aznavour - "She" 29 June for 4 weeks
George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby" 27 July for 3 weeks
The Three Degrees - "When Will I See You Again" 17 August for 2 weeks
The Osmonds - "Love Me For A Reason" 31 August for 3 weeks
Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting" 21 September for 3 weeks
John Denver - "Annie's Song" 12 October for 1 week
Sweet Sensation - "Sad Sweet Dreamer" 19 October for 1 week
Ken Boothe - "Everything I Own" 26 October for 3 weeks
David Essex - "Gonna Make You a Star" 16 November for 3 weeks
Barry White - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" 7 December for 2 weeks
Mud - "Lonely This Christmas" 21 December for 4 weeks
1975
Status Quo - "Down Down" 18 January for 1 week
The Tymes - "Ms Grace" 25 January for 1 week
Pilot - "January" 1 February for 3 weeks
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" 22 February for 2 weeks
Telly Savalas - "If" 8 March for 2 weeks
Bay City Rollers - "Bye, Bye Baby" 22 March for 6 weeks
Mud - "Oh Boy" 3 May for 2 weeks
Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man" 17 May for 3 weeks
Windsor Davies and Don Estelle - "Whispering Grass" 7 June for 3 weeks
10cc - "I'm Not in Love" 28 June for 2 weeks
Johnny Nash - "Tears on My Pillow" 12 July for 1 week
Bay City Rollers - "Give a Little Love" 19 July for 3 weeks
Typically Tropical - "Barbados" 9 August for 1 week
The Stylistics - "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" 16 August for 3 weeks
Rod Stewart - "Sailing" 6 September for 4 weeks
David Essex - "Hold Me Close" 4 October for 3 weeks
Art Garfunkel - "I Only Have Eyes for You" 25 October for 2 weeks
David Bowie - "Space Oddity" 8 November for 2 weeks
Billy Connolly - "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." 22 November for 1 week
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" 29 November for 9 weeks
1976
ABBA - "Mamma Mia" 31 January for 2 weeks
Slik - "Forever and Ever" 14 February for 1 week
The Four Seasons - "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" 21 February for 2 weeks
Tina Charles - "I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance)" 6 March for 3 weeks
Brotherhood of Man - "Save Your Kisses for Me" 27 March for 6 weeks
ABBA - "Fernando" 8 May for 4 weeks
J.J. Barrie - "No Charge" 5 June for 1 week
The Wurzels - "The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" 12 June for 2 weeks
The Real Thing - "You to me are Everything" 26 June for 3 weeks
Demis Roussos - "The Roussos Phenomenon EP" 17 July for 1 week
Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 24 July for 6 weeks
ABBA - "Dancing Queen" 4 September for 6 weeks
Pussycat - "Mississippi" 16 October for 4 weeks
Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now" 13 November for 3 weeks
Showaddywaddy - "Under the Moon of Love" 4 December for 3 weeks
Johnny Mathis - "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" 25 December for 3 weeks
1977
David Soul - "Don't Give Up on Us" 15 January for 4 weeks
Julie Covington - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" 12 February for 1 week
Leo Sayer - "When I Need You" 19 February for 3 weeks
The Manhattan Transfer - "Chanson D'Amour" 12 March for 3 weeks
ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You" 2 April for 5 weeks
Deniece Williams - "Free" 7 May for 2 weeks
Rod Stewart - "I Don't Want to Talk About It /The First Cut is the Deepest" 21 May for 4 weeks
Kenny Rogers - "Lucille" 18 June for 1 week
The Jacksons - "Show You the Way to Go" 25 June for 1 week
Hot Chocolate - "So You Win Again" 2 July for 3 weeks
Donna Summer - "I Feel Love" 23 July for 4 weeks
Brotherhood of Man - "Angelo" 20 August for 1 week
The Floaters - "Float On" 27 August for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "Way Down" 3 September for 5 weeks
David Soul - "Silver Lady" 8 October for 3 weeks
Baccara - "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 29 October for 1 week
ABBA - "The Name of the Game" 5 November for 4 weeks Wings - "Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School" 3 December for 9 week
1978
Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top Ranking" 4 February for 1 week
Brotherhood of Man - "Figaro" 11 February for 1 week
ABBA - "Take a Chance on Me" 18 February for 3 weeks
Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights" 11 March for 4 weeks
Brian and Michael - "Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (Lowry's Song)" 8 April for 3 weeks
Bee Gees - "Night Fever" 29 April for 2 weeks
Boney M - "Rivers of Babylon" 13 May for 5 weeks
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - "You're the One That I Want" 17 June for 9 weeks
Commodores - "Three Times a Lady" 19 August for 5 weeks
10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday" 23 September for 1 week
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - "Summer Nights" 30 September for 7 weeks
The Boomtown Rats - "Rat Trap" 18 November for 2 weeks
Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" 2 December for 1 week
Boney M - "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" 9 December for 4 weeks
1979
Village People - "Y.M.C.A." 6 January for 3 weeks
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" 27 January for 1 week
Blondie - "Heart of Glass" 3 February for 4 weeks
The Bee Gees - "Tragedy" 3 March for 2 weeks
Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" 17 March for 4 weeks
Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes" 14 April for 6 weeks
Blondie - "Sunday Girl" 26 May for 3 weeks
Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" 16 June for 2 weeks
Tubeway Army - "Are 'Friends' Electric?" 30 June for 4 weeks
The Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays" 28 July for 4 weeks
Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore" 25 August for 4 weeks
Gary Numan - "Cars" 22 September for 1 week
The Police - "Message In A Bottle" 29 September for 3 weeks
The Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star" 20 October for 1 week
Lena Martell - "One Day At A Time" 27 October for 3 weeks
Dr. Hook - "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" 17 November for 3 weeks
The Police - "Walking on the Moon" 8 December for 1 week
Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall" 15 December for 5 weeks
List corrected with reference to the "Guinness book of British Hit Singles"
List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK)
Madonna had six singles that reached number-one during the 1980s. Her first chart-topper was "Into the Groove" in August 1985.
George Michael was one of the most successful artists of the 1980's, with 2 solo number-ones, 4 with Wham! and 1 with Aretha Franklin. Careless Whisper was his biggest hit in 1984.
Do They Know It's Christmas? is the biggest selling single of the 80's, claiming christmas number-one in 1984 and selling over 3.5 million. The song was written and produced by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood had three consecutive number-ones, of which "Relax" and "Two Tribes" both sold more than 1 million copies
During the 1980s Michael Jackson released 22 singles, 3 of them number ones.
Bucks Fizz scored 3 Number Ones during the 1980s - all within 12 months.
The day that the chart was revealed changed from Tuesday to Sunday on 4 October 1987.
The yellow background indicates that the particular song was the best-selling single of the year.
1980
Another Brick in the Wall"
Brass in Pocket"
The Special AKA Live!
Coward of the County"
Atomic
Together We Are Beautiful"
Going Underground" / "Dreams of Children"
Working My Way Back to You"
Call Me"
Geno"
What's Another Year"
Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)"
Crying"
&Electric Light Orchestra
Xanadu"
Use It Up and Wear It Out"
The Winner Takes It All"
Ashes to Ashes"
Start!"
Feels Like I'm in Love"
Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Woman in Love"
The Tide Is High"
Super Trouper"
(Just Like) Starting Over"
There's No-one Quite Like Grandma"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Pink Floyd |
" | 15
December 1979
|
5
|
|
The Pretenders |
" | 19
January 1980
|
2
|
|
The Specials |
" | 2
February 1980
|
2
|
|
Kenny Rogers |
" | 16
February 1980
|
2
|
|
Blondie |
" | 1 March
1980
|
2
|
|
Fern Kinney |
" | 15 March
1980
|
1
|
|
The Jam |
" | 22 March
1980
|
3
|
|
The Detroit Spinners |
" | 12 April
1980
|
2
|
|
Blondie |
" | 26 April
1980
|
1
|
|
Dexys Midnight Runners |
" | 3 May
1980
|
2
|
|
Johnny Logan |
" | 17 May
1980
|
2
|
|
Mash
|
" | 31 May
1980
|
3
|
|
Don McLean |
" | 21 June
1980
|
3
|
|
Olivia Newton-John |
" | 12 July
1980
|
2
|
|
Odyssey |
" | 26 July
1980
|
2
|
|
ABBA |
" | 9 August
1980
|
2
|
|
David Bowie |
" | 23 August
1980
|
2
|
|
The Jam |
" | 6
September 1980
|
1
|
|
Kelly Marie |
" | 13
September 1980
|
2
|
|
The Police |
" | 27
September 1980
|
4
|
|
Barbra Streisand |
" | 25
October 1980
|
3
|
|
Blondie |
" | 15
November 1980
|
2
|
|
ABBA |
" | 29
November 1980
|
3
|
|
John Lennon |
" | 20
December 1980
|
1
|
|
St Winifred's School Choir |
" | 27
December 1980
|
2
|
1981
Imagine"
Woman"
Shaddap You Face"
Jealous Guy"
This Ole House"
Making Your Mind Up"
Stand and Deliver"
Being with You"
One Day In Your Life"
Ghost Town"
Green Door"
Japanese Boy"
Tainted Love"
Prince Charming"
&Barbara Gaskin
It's My Party"
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
&David Bowie
Under Pressure"
Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
Don't You Want Me"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
John Lennon |
" | 10
January 1981
|
4
|
|
John Lennon |
" | 7
February 1981
|
2
|
|
Joe Dolce Music Theatre |
" | 21
February 1981
|
3
|
|
Roxy Music |
" | 14 March
1981
|
2
|
|
Shakin' Stevens |
" | 28 March
1981
|
3
|
|
Bucks Fizz |
" | 18 April
1981
|
3
|
|
Adam and the Ants |
" | 9 May
1981
|
5
|
|
Smokey Robinson |
" | 13 June
1981
|
2
|
|
Michael Jackson |
" | 27 June
1981
|
2
|
|
The Specials |
" | 11 July
1981
|
3
|
|
Shakin' Stevens |
" | 1 August
1981
|
4
|
|
Aneka |
" | 29 August
1981
|
1
|
|
Soft Cell |
" | 5
September 1981
|
2
|
|
Adam and the Ants |
" | 19
September 1981
|
4
|
|
Dave Stewart |
" | 17
October 1981
|
4
|
|
The Police |
" | 14
November 1981
|
1
|
|
Queen |
" | 21
November 1981
|
2
|
|
Julio Iglesias |
" | 5
December 1981
|
1
|
|
The Human League |
" | 12
December 1981
|
5
|
1982
The Land of Make Believe"
Oh Julie"
The Model" / "Computer Love"
Town Called Malice" /"Precious"
The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Seven Tears"
My Camera Never Lies"
&Stevie Wonder
Ebony and Ivory"
A Little Peace"
House of Fun"
Goody Two Shoes"
I've Never Been to Me"
Happy Talk"
Fame"
and the Emerald Express
Come On Eileen"
Eye of the Tiger"
Pass the Dutchie"
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
I Don't Wanna Dance"
Beat Surrender"
Save Your Love"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Bucks Fizz |
" | 16
January 1982
|
2
|
|
Shakin' Stevens |
" | 30
January 1982
|
1
|
|
Kraftwerk |
" | 6
February 1982
|
1
|
|
The Jam |
" | 13
February 1982
|
3
|
|
Tight Fit |
" | 6 March
1982
|
3
|
|
Goombay Dance Band |
" | 27 March
1982
|
3
|
|
Bucks Fizz |
" | 17 April
1982
|
1
|
|
Paul McCartney |
" | 24 April
1982
|
3
|
|
Nicole |
" | 15 May
1982
|
2
|
|
Madness |
" | 29 May
1982
|
2
|
|
Adam Ant |
" | 12 June
1982
|
2
|
|
Charlene |
" | 26 June
1982
|
1
|
|
Captain Sensible |
" | 3 July
1982
|
2
|
|
Irene Cara |
" | 17 July
1982
|
3
|
|
Dexys Midnight Runners |
" | 7
August 1982
|
4
|
|
Survivor |
" | 4
September 1982
|
4
|
|
Musical Youth |
" | 2 October
1982
|
3
|
|
Culture Club |
" | 23
October 1982
|
3
|
|
Eddy Grant |
" | 13
November 1982
|
3
|
|
The Jam |
" | 4
December 1982
|
2
|
|
Renée and Renato |
" | 18
December 1982
|
4
|
1983
You Can't Hurry Love"
Down Under"
Too Shy"
Billie Jean"
Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Is There Something I Should Know?"
Let's Dance"
True"
Candy Girl"
Every Breath You Take"
Baby Jane"
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
Give It Up"
Red Red Wine"
Karma Chameleon"
Uptown Girl"
Only You"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Phil Collins |
" | 15
January 1983
|
2
|
|
Men at Work |
" | 29
January 1983
|
3
|
|
Kajagoogoo |
" | 19
February 1983
|
2
|
|
Michael Jackson |
" | 5 March
1983
|
1
|
|
Bonnie Tyler |
" | 12 March
1983
|
2
|
|
Duran Duran |
" | 26 March
1983
|
2
|
|
David Bowie |
" | 9 April
1983
|
3
|
|
Spandau Ballet |
" | 30 April
1983
|
4
|
|
New Edition |
" | 28 May
1983
|
1
|
|
The Police |
" | 4 June
1983
|
4
|
|
Rod Stewart |
" | 2 July
1983
|
3
|
|
Paul Young |
" | 23 July
1983
|
3
|
|
KC and the Sunshine Band |
" | 13 August
1983
|
3
|
|
UB40 |
" | 3
September 1983
|
3
|
|
Culture Club |
" | 24
September 1983
|
6
|
|
Billy Joel |
" | 5
November 1983
|
5
|
|
The Flying Pickets |
" | 10
December 1983
|
5
|
1984
Pipes of Peace"
Relax"
99 Red Balloons"
Hello"
The Reflex"
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Two Tribes"
Careless Whisper"
I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Freedom"
I Feel for You"
I Should Have Known Better"
The Power Of Love"
Do They Know It's Christmas?"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Paul McCartney |
" | 14
January 1984
|
2
|
|
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
" | 28
January 1984
|
5
|
|
Nena |
" | 3 March
1984
|
3
|
|
Lionel Richie |
" | 24 March
1984
|
6
|
|
Duran Duran |
" | 5 May
1984
|
4
|
|
Wham! |
" | 2 June
1984
|
2
|
|
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
" | 16 June
1984
|
9
|
|
George Michael |
" | 18 August
1984
|
3
|
|
Stevie Wonder |
" | 8
September 1984
|
6
|
|
Wham! |
" | 20
October 1984
|
3
|
|
Chaka Khan |
" | 10
November 1984
|
3
|
|
Jim Diamond |
" | 1
December 1984
|
1
|
|
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
" | 8
December 1984
|
1
|
|
Band Aid |
" | 15
December 1984
|
5
|
1985
I Want to Know What Love Is"
&Barbara Dickson
I Know Him So Well"
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
andPhil Collins
Easy Lover"
We Are the World"
Move Closer"
19"
You'll Never Walk Alone"
Frankie"
There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"
Into the Groove"
withChrissie Hynde
I Got You Babe"
&Mick Jagger
Dancing in the Street"
If I Was"
The Power Of Love"
A Good Heart"
I'm Your Man"
Saving All My Love for You"
Merry Christmas Everyone"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Foreigner |
" | 19
January 1985
|
3
|
|
Elaine Paige |
" | 9
February 1985
|
4
|
|
Dead or Alive |
" | 9 March
1985
|
2
|
|
Philip Bailey |
" | 23 March
1985
|
4
|
|
USA for Africa |
" | 20 April
1985
|
2
|
|
Phyllis Nelson |
" | 4 May
1985
|
1
|
|
Paul Hardcastle |
" | 11 May
1985
|
5
|
|
The Crowd |
" | 15 June
1985
|
2
|
|
Sister Sledge |
" | 29 June
1985
|
4
|
|
Eurythmics |
" | 13 July
1985
|
1
|
|
Madonna |
" | 3 August
1985
|
4
|
|
UB40 |
" | 31 August
1985
|
1
|
|
David Bowie |
" | 7
September 1985
|
4
|
|
Midge Ure |
" | 5 October
1985
|
1
|
|
Jennifer Rush |
" | 12
October 1985
|
5
|
|
Feargal Sharkey |
" | 16
November 1985
|
2
|
|
Wham! |
" | 30
November 1985
|
2
|
|
Whitney Houston |
" | 14
December 1985
|
2
|
|
Shakin' Stevens |
" | 28
December 1985
|
2
|
1986
West End Girls"
The Sun Always Shines on T.V."
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
Chain Reaction"
&The Young Ones, featuringHank Marvin
Living Doll"
A Different Corner"
Rock Me Amadeus"
The Chicken Song"
Spirit in the Sky"
The Edge of Heaven"
Papa Don't Preach"
The Lady in Red"
I Want to Wake Up with You"
Don't Leave Me This Way"
True Blue"
Every Loser Wins"
Take My Breath Away"
The Final Countdown"
Caravan of Love"
Reet Petite"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Pet Shop Boys |
" | 11
January 1986
|
2
|
|
a-ha |
" | 25
January 1986
|
2
|
|
Billy Ocean |
" | 8
February 1986
|
4
|
|
Diana Ross |
" | 8 March
1986
|
3
|
|
Cliff Richard |
" | 29 March
1986
|
3
|
|
George Michael |
" | 19 April
1986
|
3
|
|
Falco |
" | 10 May
1986
|
1
|
|
Spitting Image |
" | 17 May
1986
|
3
|
|
Doctor and the Medics |
" | 7 June
1986
|
3
|
|
Wham! |
" | 28 June
1986
|
2
|
|
Madonna |
" | 12 July
1986
|
3
|
|
Chris de Burgh |
" | 2 August
1986
|
3
|
|
Boris Gardiner |
" | 23 August
1986
|
3
|
|
The Communards |
" | 13
September 1986
|
4
|
|
Madonna |
" | 11
October 1986
|
1
|
|
Nick Berry |
" | 18
October 1986
|
3
|
|
Berlin |
" | 8
November 1986
|
4
|
|
Europe |
" | 6
December 1986
|
2
|
|
The Housemartins |
" | 20
December 1986
|
1
|
|
Jackie Wilson |
" | 27
December 1986
|
4
|
1987
Jack Your Body"
&George Michael
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
Stand by Me"
Everything I Own"
Respectable"
Let It Be"
La Isla Bonita"
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Star Trekkin'"
It's a Sin"
Who's That Girl"
La Bamba"
withSiedah Garrett
I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Never Gonna Give You Up"
Pump Up the Volume"
You Win Again"
China in Your Hand"
Always on My Mind"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Steve "Silk" Hurley |
" | 24
January 1987
|
2
|
|
Aretha Franklin |
" | 7
February 1987
|
2
|
|
Ben E. King |
" | 21
February 1987
|
3
|
|
Boy George |
" | 14 March
1987
|
2
|
|
Mel and Kim |
" | 28 March
1987
|
1
|
|
Ferry Aid |
" | 4 April
1987
|
3
|
|
Madonna |
" | 25 April
1987
|
2
|
|
Starship |
" | 9 May
1987
|
4
|
|
Whitney Houston |
" | 6 June
1987
|
2
|
|
The Firm |
" | 20 June
1987
|
2
|
|
Pet Shop Boys |
" | 4 July
1987
|
3
|
|
Madonna |
" | 25 July
1987
|
1
|
|
Los Lobos |
" | 1 August
1987
|
2
|
|
Michael Jackson |
" | 15 August
1987
|
2
|
|
Rick Astley |
" | 29
August 1987
|
5
|
|
MARRS |
" | 3 October
1987
|
2
|
|
Bee Gees |
" | 17
October 1987
|
4
|
|
T'Pau |
" | 14
November 1987
|
5
|
|
Pet Shop Boys |
" | 19
December 1987
|
4
|
1988
Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
I Think We're Alone Now"
I Should Be So Lucky"
Don't Turn Around"
Heart"
Theme from S'Express"
Perfect"
Billy Bragg withCara Tivey
With a Little Help from My Friends"
"She's Leaving Home"
Doctorin' the Tardis"
I Owe You Nothing"
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
The Only Way Is Up"
A Groovy Kind of Love"
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Desire"
One Moment in Time"
Orinoco Flow"
First Time"
Mistletoe and Wine"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Belinda Carlisle |
" | 16
January 1988
|
2
|
|
Tiffany |
" | 30
January 1988
|
3
|
|
Kylie Minogue |
" | 20
February 1988
|
5
|
|
Aswad |
" | 26 March
1988
|
2
|
|
Pet Shop Boys |
" | 9 April
1988
|
3
|
|
S'Express |
" | 30 April
1988
|
2
|
|
Fairground Attraction |
" | 14 May
1988
|
1
|
|
Wet Wet Wet |
" | 21 May
1988
|
4
|
|
Timelords |
" | 18 June
1988
|
1
|
|
Bros |
" | 25 June
1988
|
2
|
|
Glenn Medeiros |
" | 9 July
1988
|
4
|
|
Yazz and the Plastic Population |
" | 6 August
1988
|
5
|
|
Phil Collins |
" | 10
September 1988
|
2
|
|
The Hollies |
" | 24
September 1988
|
2
|
|
U2 |
" | 8 October
1988
|
1
|
|
Whitney Houston |
" | 15
October 1988
|
2
|
|
Enya |
" | 29
October 1988
|
3
|
|
Robin Beck |
" | 19
November 1988
|
3
|
|
Cliff Richard |
" | 10
December 1988
|
4
|
1989
Especially for You"
withGene Pitney
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart"
Belfast Child"
Too Many Broken Hearts"
Like a Prayer"
Eternal Flame"
Hand on Your Heart"
,Holly Johnson,Paul McCartney
Gerry Marsden,Stock Aitken Waterman
Ferry Cross the Mersey"
Sealed with a Kiss"
featuringCaron Wheeler
Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)"
You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"
Swing the Mood"
Ride on Time"
That's What I Like"
All Around the World"
You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
Let's Party"
Do They Know It's Christmas?"
|
Artist
|
Single
|
Reached number
1
|
Weeks at number
1
|
|
Kylie Minogue |
" | 7 January
1989
|
3
|
|
Marc Almond |
" | 28
January 1989
|
4
|
|
Simple Minds |
" | 25
February 1989
|
2
|
|
Jason Donovan |
" | 11 March
1989
|
2
|
|
Madonna |
" | 25 March
1989
|
3
|
|
The Bangles |
" | 15 April
1989
|
4
|
|
Kylie Minogue |
" | 13 May
1989
|
1
|
|
The Christians |
" | 20 May
1989
|
3
|
|
Jason Donovan |
" | 10 June
1989
|
2
|
|
Soul II Soul |
" | 24 June
1989
|
4
|
|
Sonia |
" | 22 July
1989
|
2
|
|
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
" | 5 August
1989
|
5
|
|
Black Box |
" | 9
September 1989
|
6
|
|
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
" | 21
October 1989
|
3
|
|
Lisa Stansfield |
" | 11
November 1989
|
2
|
|
New Kids on the Block |
" | 25
November 1989
|
3
|
|
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
" | 16
December 1989
|
1
|
|
Band Aid II |
" | 23
December 1989
|
3
|
By artist
The following
artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the
1980s.
|
Artist
|
Number-one hits
|
|
Madonna |
6
|
|
The Jam |
4
|
|
Pet Shop Boys |
4
|
|
Shakin' Stevens |
4
|
|
Wham! |
4
|
|
Blondie |
3
|
|
David Bowie |
3
|
|
Bucks Fizz |
3
|
|
Phil Collins |
3
|
|
Jason Donovan |
3
|
|
Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
3
|
|
Whitney Houston |
3
|
|
Michael Jackson |
3
|
|
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
3
|
|
John Lennon |
3
|
|
Paul McCartney |
3
|
|
George Michael |
3
|
|
Kylie Minogue |
3
|
|
The Police |
|
Million-selling singles
|
Year of release
|
Song title
|
Artist
|
|||||||
| 1981 |
Don't You Want Me |
The Human League | |||||||
| Tainted Love | Soft Cell | ||||||||
|
1982 |
Come On Eileen |
Dexys Midnight Runners | |||||||
|
1983 |
Karma Chameleon |
Culture Club | |||||||
| Blue Monday | New Order | ||||||||
|
1984 |
Relax |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood | |||||||
| Two Tribes | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Careless Whisper | George Michael | I Just Called to Say I Love You | Stevie Wonder | Last Christmas | Wham! | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Band Aid |
|
1985 |
The Power of Love |
Jennifer Rush |