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Sixties City British 60s Charts and Artists
Mary Wells
   


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!)

THE MAGIC LANTERNS
MAJOR LANCE
MAKADOPULOS and HIS GREEK SERENADERS
EXCUSE ME BABY
JUL 1966
44
UM UM UM UM UM UM
FEB 1964
40
NEVER ON SUNDAY
OCT 1960
36

MALCOLM ROBERTS
MAMA CASS
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS

TIME ALONE WILL TELL

MAY 1967

45

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

AUG 1968

11

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

APR 1966

23

MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU

OCT 1968

8

IT'S GETTING BETTER

AUG 1969

8

MONDAY MONDAY

MAY 1966

3

LOVE IS ALL

NOV 1969

12

I SAW HER AGAIN (LAST NIGHT)

JUL 1966

11

also see The Mamas And The Papas

WORDS OF LOVE

FEB 1967

47

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE

APR 1967

2

CREEQUE ALLEY

JUL 1967

9


MANFRED MANN

5-4-3-2-1

JAN 1964

5

IF YOU GOTTA GO GO NOW

SEP 1965

2

SWEET PEA

MAY 1967

36

HUBBLE BUBBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE

APR 1964

11

PRETTY FLAMINGO

APR 1966

1

MIGHTY QUINN

JAN 1968

1

DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY

JUL 1964

1

YOU GAVE ME SOMEBODY TO LOVE

JUL 1966

36

MY NAME IS JACK

JUN 1968

8

SHA LA LA

OCT 1964

3

JUST LIKE A WOMAN

AUG 1966

10

FOX ON THE RUN

DEC 1968

5

COME TOMORROW

JAN 1965

4

SEMI-DETACHED SUBURBAN MR. JAMES

OCT 1966

2

RAGAMUFFIN MAN

APR 1969

8

OH NO NOT MY BABY

APR 1965

11

HA HA SAID THE CLOWN

MAR 1967

4


MANUEL and HIS MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS
THE MARAUDERS
THE MARBLES

NEVER ON SUNDAY

OCT 1960

29

THAT'S WHAT I WANT
AUG 1963
43

ONLY ONE WOMAN

SEP 1968

5

SOMEWHERE MY LOVE

OCT 1966

42

THE WALLS FELL DOWN

MAR 1969

28

  (Geoff Love and his orchestra)                    

MARCELLO MINERBI
THE MARCELS
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
ZORBA'S DANCE
JUL 1965
6

BLUE MOON

APR 1961

1

AS TEARS GO BY

AUG 1964

9

SUMMERTIME

JUN 1961

46

COME AND STAY WITH ME

FEB 1965

4

THIS LITTLE BIRD

MAY 1965

6

SUMMER NIGHTS

JUL 1965

10

YESTERDAY

NOV 1965

36

IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU?

MAR 1967

43


MARK DINNING
THE MARMALADE
MARSHA HUNT
TEEN ANGEL
MAR 1960
37

LOVIN' THINGS

MAY 1968

6

WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS
MAY 1969
46

WAIT FOR ME MARIANNE

OCT 1968

30

OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA

DEC 1968

1

BABY MAKE IT SOON

JUN 1969

9

REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE

DEC 1969

3


MARK WYNTER

IMAGE OF A GIRL

AUG 1960

11

EXCLUSIVELY YOURS

JUN 1961

32

SHY GIRL

JUN 1963

28

KICKING UP THE LEAVES

NOV 1960

24

VENUS IN BLUE JEANS

OCT 1962

4

IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW

NOV 1963

12

DREAM GIRL

MAR 1961

27

GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL

DEC 1962

6

ONLY YOU

APR 1964

38


MARTHA REEVES and THE VANDELLAS
MARTY ROBBINS
MARV JOHNSON
DANCING IN THE STREET

OCT 1964

28

EL PASO

JAN 1960

19

YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES

FEB 1960

5

NOWHERE TO RUN

APR 1965

26

BIG IRON

MAY 1960

48

I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE

MAY 1960

35

I'M READY FOR LOVE

DEC 1966

29

DEVIL WOMAN

SEP 1962

5

AIN'T GONNA BE THAT WAY

AUG 1960

50

JIMMY MACK

MAR 1967

21

RUBY ANN

JAN 1963

24

I'LL PICK A ROSE FOR MY ROSE

JAN 1969

10

HONEY CHILE

JAN 1968

30

I MISS YOU BABY

OCT 1969

25

 

DANCING IN THE STREET (re-release)

JAN 1969

4

               
 

NOWHERE TO RUN (re-release)

APR 1969

42

               

MARTY WILDE

BAD BOY

DEC 1959

7

LITTLE GIRL

DEC 1960

16

TOMORROW'S CLOWN

NOV 1961

33

JOHNNY ROCCO

MAR 1960

30

RUBBER BALL

JAN 1961

9

JEZEBEL

MAY 1962

19

THE FIGHT

MAY 1960

47

HIDE AND SEEK

JUL 1961

47

EVER SINCE YOU SAID GOODBYE

OCT 1962

31


THE MARVELETTES
MARVIN GAYE
MARVIN GAYE and KIM WESTON
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE
JUN 1967
13

HOW SWEET IT IS

DEC 1964

49

IT TAKES TWO
JAN 1967
16

LITTLE DARLIN'

SEP 1966

50

 

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

FEB 1969

1

 

TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY

JUL 1969

5


MARVIN GAYE and MARY WELLS
MARVIN GAYE and TAMMI TERRELL
MARY HOPKIN
ONCE UPON A TIME
JUL 1964
50

IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU

JAN 1968

41

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

SEP 1968

1

AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING

JUN 1968

34

GOODBYE

APR 1969

2

YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY

OCT 1968

19

YOU AIN'T LIVIN' TILL YOU'RE LOVIN'

JAN 1969

21

GOOD LOVIN' AIN'T EASY TO COME BY

JUN 1969

26

ONION SONG

NOV 1969

9


MARY MAY
MARY WELLS
MASON WILLIAMS
ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART
FEB 1964
49
MY GUY
MAY 1964
5
CLASSICAL GAS
AUG 1968
9
         
ONCE UPON A TIME
JUL 1964
50
       

MASSIEL
THE MASTER SINGERS
MAUREEN EVANS
LA LA LA
APR 1968
35

HIGHWAY CODE

APR 1966

25

THE BIG HURT

JAN 1960

26

WEATHER FORECAST

NOV 1966

50

LOVE KISSES & HEARTACHES

MAR 1960

44

PAPER ROSES

JUN 1960

40

LIKE I DO

NOV 1962

3

I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME

FEB 1964

34


MATT MONRO

PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE

DEC 1960

3

SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU

FEB 1962

10

WALK AWAY

SEP 1964

4

MY KIND OF GIRL

MAR 1961

5

WHEN LOVE COMES ALONG

JUN 1962

46

FOR MAMA

DEC 1964

36

WHY NOT NOW / CAN THIS BE LOVE

MAY 1961

24

MY LOVE AND DEVOTION

NOV 1962

29

WITHOUT YOU

MAR 1965

37

GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN

SEP 1961

44

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

NOV 1963

20

YESTERDAY

OCT 1965

8


MAURICE WILLIAMS and THE ZODIACS
MAX BYGRAVES
MAX HARRIS
STAY
JAN 1961
14

JINGLE BELL ROCK

DEC 1959

7

GURNEY SLADE
DEC 1960
11

FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE

MAR 1960

5

CONSIDER YOURSELF

JUL 1960

50

BELLS OF AVIGNON

JUN 1961

36

YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING

FEB 1969

34


MAX ROMEO
THE McCOYS
MEL TORME
WET DREAM
MAY 1969
10

HANG ON SLOOPY

SEP 1965

5

COMING HOME BABY
JAN 1963
13

FEVER

DEC 1965

44


THE MERSEYBEATS

IT'S LOVE THAT REALLY COUNTS

SEP 1963

24

WISHIN' AND HOPIN'

JUL 1964

13

I STAND ACCUSED

JAN 1966

38

I THINK OF YOU

JAN 1964

5

LAST NIGHT

NOV 1964

40

DON'T TURN AROUND

APR 1964

13

I LOVE YOU, YES I DO

OCT 1965

22


THE MERSEYS
MICHAEL COX
MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
SORROW
APR 1966
4

ANGELA JONES

JUN 1960

7

STARRY EYED

JAN 1960

1

ALONG CAME CAROLINE

OCT 1960

41

SKYLARK

APR 1960

39

     

LITTLE BOY LOST

SEP 1960

50


MICKIE MOST
MICROBE
THE MIGHTY AVENGERS
MISTER PORTER
JUL 1963
45
GROOVY BABY
MAY 1969
29
SO MUCH IN LOVE
NOV 1964
46

THE MIGIL FIVE
MIKE BERRY with THE OUTLAWS
MIKE COTTON'S JAZZMEN

MOCKINGBIRD HILL

MAR 1964

10

TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY

OCT 1961

24

SWING THAT HAMMER
JUN 1963
36

NEAR YOU

JUN 1964

31

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME

JAN 1963

6

MY LITTLE BABY

APR 1963

34


MIKE PRESTON
MIKE SAGAR
THE MIKE SAMMES SINGERS

I'D DO ANYTHING

AUG 1960

23

DEEP FEELING
DEC 1960
44
SOMEWHERE MY LOVE *
JUL 1967
14

TOGETHERNESS

DEC 1960

41

MARRY ME

MAR 1961

14

* First charted Sept 1966 for 19 weeks, reaching No. 22 This entry also 19 weeks

MIKE SARNE
MIKI and GRIFF
MILLIE

COME OUTSIDE *

MAY 1962

1

ROCKIN' ALONE

OCT 1960

44

MY BOY LOLLIPOP

MAR 1964

2

WILL I WHAT **

AUG 1962

18

LITTLE BITTY TEAR

FEB 1962

16

SWEET WILLIAM

JUN 1964

30

JUST FOR KICKS

JAN 1963

22

I WANNA STAY HERE

AUG 1963

23

BLOODSHOT EYES

NOV 1965

48

CODE OF LOVE

MAR 1963

29

* with Wendy Richard             ** with Billie Davis

THE MINDBENDERS
MIREILLE MATHIEU
MISS X

A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE

JAN 1966

2

LA DERNIERE VALSE
DEC 1967
26
CHRISTINE
AUG 1963
37

CAN'T LIVE WITH YOU (CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU)

MAY 1966

28

ASHES TO ASHES

AUG 1966

14

THE LETTER

SEP 1967

42

  (also see Wayne Fontana)                    

MITCH RYDER and THE DETROIT WHEELS
MOIRA ANDERSON
THE MOJOS
JENNY TAKE A RIDE
FEB 1966
33
HOLY CITY
DEC 1969
43

EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT

MAR 1964

9

WHY NOT TONIGHT

JUN 1964

25

SEVEN DAFFODILS

SEP 1964

30


THE MONKEES

I'M A BELIEVER

JAN 1967

1

PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY

AUG 1967

11

TEARDROP CITY

MAR 1969

46

LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE

JAN 1967

23

DAYDREAM BELIEVER

NOV 1967

5

SOMEDAY MAN

JUN 1969

47

A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU

APR 1967

3

VALLERI

MAR 1968

12

ALTERNATE TITLE

JUN 1967

2

D.W.WASHBURN

JUN 1968

17


THE MOODY BLUES
THE MOONTREKKERS
THE MOVE

GO NOW

DEC 1964

1

NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
NOV 1961
50

NIGHT OF FEAR

JAN 1967

2

I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITHOUT YOU

MAR 1965

33

I CAN HEAR THE GRASS GROW

APR 1967

5

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART

JUN 1965

22

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN

SEP 1967

2

EVERYDAY

NOV 1965

44

FIRE BRIGADE

FEB 1968

3

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

DEC 1967

19

BLACKBERRY WAY

DEC 1968

1

VOICES IN THE SKY

AUG 1968

27

CURLY

JUL 1969

12

RIDE MY SEE-SAW

DEC 1968

42


Mr. ACKER BILK
Mrs. MILLS

SUMMER SET

JAN 1960

5

MRS. MILLS' MEDLEY
DEC 1961
18

GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE

JUN 1960

50

WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER

AUG 1960

30

BUONA SERA

DEC 1960

7

THAT'S MY HOME

JUL 1961

7

STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER / CREOLE JAZZ

NOV 1961

22

STRANGER ON THE SHORE *

NOV 1961

2

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY

MAR 1962

42

GOTTA SEE BABY TONIGHT

JUL 1962

24

LONELY *

SEP 1962

14

A TASTE OF HONEY *

JAN 1963

16

  * with the Leon Young String Chorale.   All others credited as Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band              





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