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British Singles Chart Artists and Hits 1960 - 1969
Also see:    British Singles Charts 60s
  Artists are listed more or less alphabetically by the first letter of the artist's name (e.g. Barry Ryan is under 'B', not 'R'). Where a title appears to be repeated it is a different release with the same title. Re-releases and re-entries are not included in the listing. The month/year given is when the recording first hit the charts (according to the Guinness book of British hit singles which uses NME data) and the position is the highest that recording achieved at any time in the chart. A lot of the latter data comes from the 'Record Retailer (Music Week)' chart which began chart listings on 10th March 1960. Prior to that, for the first nine weeks of 1960, the NME (New Musical Express) chart is used, but which only listed the top 30. For this reason, these entries may differ slightly from the 'week by week' chart listings. Where the entry was a double 'A' side, both tracks have been listed. Entries listed on this page are now in chronological order of release (working on the others!)

HAL PAGE and THE WHALERS
HANK B. MARVIN and CLIFF RICHARD
HANK LEVINE
GOING BACK TO MY HOME TOWN
AUG 1960
50
THROW DOWN A LINE
SEP 1969
7
IMAGE
DEC 1961
45

HANK LOCKLIN
THE HAPPENINGS
HARMONY GRASS

PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING

AUG 1960

9

I GOT RHYTHM

MAY 1967

28

MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER
JAN 1969
24

FROM HERE TO THERE TO YOU

FEB 1962

44

MY MAMMY

AUG 1967

34

WE'RE GONNA GO FISHIN'

NOV 1962

18

I FEEL A CRY COMING ON

MAY 1966

28


HARPERS BIZARRE
HARRY BELAFONTE and ODETTA
THE HARRY J. ALL STARS

59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELING GROOVY)

MAR 1967

34

HOLE IN THE BUCKET
SEP 1961
32
LIQUIDATOR
OCT 1969
9

ANYTHING GOES

OCT 1967

33


HARRY SECOMBE
THE HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE
HAYLEY MILLS

IF I RULED THE WORLD

OCT 1963

18

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
DEC 1960
35
LET'S GET TOGETHER
OCT 1961
17

THIS IS MY SONG

FEB 1967

2


HEDGEHOPPERS ANONYMOUS
HEINZ
HELMUT ZACHARIAS
IT'S GOOD NEWS WEEK
SEP 1965
5

JUST LIKE EDDIE

AUG 1963

5

TOKYO MELODY
OCT 1964
9

COUNTRY BOY

NOV 1963

26

YOU WERE THERE

FEB 1964

26

QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER

OCT 1964

39

DIGGIN' MY POTATOES

MAR 1965

49


HELEN SHAPIRO

DON'T TREAT ME LIKE A CHILD

MAR 1961

3

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE

MAY 1962

23

WOE IS ME

APR 1963

35

YOU DON'T KNOW

JUN 1961

1

LITTLE MISS LONELY

JUL 1962

8

LOOK WHO IT IS

OCT 1963

47

WALKIN' BACK TO HAPPINESS

SEP 1961

1

KEEP AWAY FROM OTHER GIRLS

OCT 1962

40

FEVER

JAN 1964

38

TELL ME WHAT HE SAID

FEB 1962

2

QUEEN FOR TONIGHT

FEB 1963

33


HENRY MANCINI
HERB ALPERT
THE HERD

MOON RIVER

DEC 1961

44

THE LONELY BULL

JAN 1963

22

FROM THE UNDERWORLD

SEP 1967

6

HOW SOON

SEP 1964

10

SPANISH FLEA

DEC 1965

3

PARADISE LOST

DEC 1967

15

TIJUANA TAXI

MAR 1966

37

I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE

APR 1968

5

CASINO ROYALE

APR 1967

27

THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU

JUL 1968

3

WITHOUT HER

JUN 1969

36


HERMAN'S HERMITS

I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD

AUG 1964

1

YOU WON'T BE LEAVING

MAR 1966

20

SLEEPY JOE

MAY 1968

12

SHOW ME GIRL

NOV 1964

19

THIS DOOR SWINGS BOTH WAYS

JUN 1966

18

SUNSHINE GIRL

JUL 1968

8

SILHOUETTES

FEB 1965

3

NO MILK TODAY

OCT 1966

7

SOMETHING'S HAPPENING

DEC 1968

6

WONDERFUL WORLD

APR 1965

7

EAST WEST

DEC 1966

37

MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND

APR 1969

2

JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER

SEP 1965

15

THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH

FEB 1967

7

HERE COMES THE STAR

NOV 1969

33

A MUST TO AVOID

DEC 1965

6

I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR LOVING

JAN 1968

11


THE HOLLIES

JUST LIKE ME

MAY 1963

25

I'M ALIVE

MAY 1965

1

CARRIE-ANNE

JUN 1967

3

SEARCHIN'

AUG 1963

12

LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW

SEP 1965

4

KING MIDAS IN REVERSE

SEP 1967

18

STAY

NOV 1963

8

IF I NEEDED SOMEONE

DEC 1965

20

JENNIFER ECCLES

MAR 1968

7

JUST ONE LOOK

FEB 1964

2

I CAN'T LET GO

FEB 1966

2

LISTEN TO ME

OCT 1968

11

HERE I GO AGAIN

MAY 1964

4

BUS STOP

JUN 1966

5

SORRY SUZANNE

MAR 1969

3

WE'RE THROUGH

SEP 1964

7

STOP STOP STOP

OCT 1966

2

HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER

OCT 1969

3

YES I WILL

JAN 1965

9

ON A CAROUSEL

FEB 1967

4


THE HIGHWAYMEN
THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES
HONEYBUS

MICHAEL

SEP 1961

1

ALLEY OOP
JUL 1960
24
I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO
MAR 1968
8

GYPSY ROVER

DEC 1961

41


THE HONEYCOMBS
HORST JANKOWSKI
HOUSTON WELLS

HAVE I THE RIGHT

JUL 1964

1

A WALK IN THE BLACK FOREST
JUL 1965
3
ONLY THE HEARTACHES
AUG 1963
22

IS IT BECAUSE

OCT 1964

38

SOMETHING BETTER BEGINNING

APR 1965

39

THAT'S THE WAY

AUG 1965

12


HOWLIN' WOLF
HUGO MONTENEGRO
HUMBLE PIE
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN'
JUN 1964
42

THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY

SEP 1968

1

NATURAL BORN BUGIE
AUG 1969
4

HANG 'EM HIGH

JAN 1969

50


IAIN GREGORY
THE IAN CAMPBELL FOLK GROUP
IKE and TINA TURNER
CAN'T YOU HEAR THE BEAT OF A BROKEN HEART
JAN 1962
39
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
MAR 1965
42

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH

JUN 1966

3

TELL HER I'M NOT HOME

JUL 1966

48

A LOVE LIKE YOURS

OCT 1966

16

                  * Re-issued Feb 1969, reaching No.33    

THE IN CROWD
INEZ and CHARLIE FOXX
INEZ FOXX
THAT'S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS
MAY 1965
48
MOCKINGBIRD
FEB 1969
34
HURT BY LOVE
JUL 1964
40

THE ISLEY BROTHERS
THE IVY LEAGUE

TWIST AND SHOUT

JUL 1963

42

FUNNY HOW LOVE CAN BE

FEB 1965

8

THIS OLD HEART OF MINE *

OCT 1968

3

THAT'S WHY I'M CRYING

MAY 1965

22

I GUESS I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU **

JAN 1969

11

TOSSING AND TURNING

JUN 1965

3

BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE

APR 1969

5

WILLOW TREE

JUL 1966

50

IT'S YOUR THING

JUN 1969

30

PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE

AUG 1969

13

                       
  * Re-issue. Originally charted April 1966 reaching No.47                    
  ** Re-issue. Originally charted Sept 1966 reaching No.45                    





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