List of Melody Maker number-one singles from 1956 to 1969 explained

Melody Maker was a British weekly popular music newspaper, published between 1926 and 2000. It was the third publication, after the New Musical Express (in 1952) and the Record Mirror (in 1955), to start its own singles chart, effective 7 April 1956. Like NME, Melody Maker drew a sample of random record stores by phone. Its first chart drew from figures for 19 shops; during the 1950s, sample sizes ranged from around 14 - 33 shops, and on 30 July 1960 the phoning of record shops was supplemented with postal returns; the first chart to use this method sampled 38 stores from 110 returns. In its 9 February 1963 edition, Melody Maker disclosed that it received chart returns from 245 retailers and that its chart was audited by auditors supplied by Middlesex County Council.^[1] When Disc & Music Echo (which at that point was published by the same company) began publishing Melody Makers charts after 26 August 1967 upon discontinuing its own chart the week before, the latter expanded their sample pool to 282.^[2] After Record Retailer and the BBC contracted with the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) to compile their singles and album charts in 1969, Melody Maker (and NME) gradually reduced their respective sample pools to the point where, by the next decade, each drew from 100 stores. The chart itself was originally a Top 20, extended to a Top 30 effective 14 April 1962, and Top 50 on 15 September 1962. After 1 April 1967, Melody Maker reverted to a Top 30 chart.^[3]

Record charts in the United Kingdom began on 14 November 1952 when NME imitated an idea started in American Billboard magazine compiled their own hit parade. Until 15 February 1969, when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) chart was established, many periodicals compiled their own charts. During this time the BBC used aggregated results of the prominent NME, Melody Maker, Disc, Record Mirror and, later, Record Retailer charts to compile their Pick of the Pops chart. Prior to 1969 there was no universally accepted source or "official" singles chart;^{[4] [5] [6]} however, the Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums regard the canonical sources for this period as NME before 10 March 1960 and Record Retailer from then until the BMRB took over in 1969.^[7] Although Record Retailer is now the most predominantly used source for charting music in the 1960s, NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was more widely followed.^{[4] [5]} After the BMRB was formed, the NME continued compiling its own chart up until 14 May 1988.^[8]

Elvis Presley had the first "non-canonical" number-one in the history of the Melody Maker chart when his 1957 single "Party" reached the top, but couldn't get past number two on the NME chart which, prior to 10 March 1960, was the "canonical" chart source as determined by the Official Charts Company.^[9] Between then and 1969, Melody Maker had a total of twenty number ones that did not reach number one on the NME chart before 1960, Record Retailer from then to 15 February 1969, and the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) after that date. Of that total, seven also failed to top the Record Mirror (pre-1962), NME (post-1960) or Disc charts. Two were by The Beatles, whose 1967 hit "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" and EP of Magical Mystery Tour only reached number one in Melody Maker; conversely, their "Lady Madonna" made the top of all charts but Melody Maker, where it got no higher than number two.^{[4] [5]} __TOC__

Number-one singles

Key

scope=row style="background-color:pink"	†	The song did not reach number on the NME (1952 - 1960) or Record Retailer (1960 - 1969) charts which are considered by the Official Charts Company as the canonical sources until 15 February 1969.
scope=row style="background-color:mistyrose"	‡	The song did not reach number one on the BMRB chart which is considered as the official chart after 15 February 1969.
scope=row style="background-color:lightgreen; white-space:nowrap;"	[nb #]	The song spent a week at number one, where it shared the top spot with another song.

scope=col		scope=col	Artist	scope=col	Single	scope=col	Reached number one	scope=col	Weeks at number one
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"It's Almost Tomorrow"		0.54
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			""		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"No Other Love"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"I'll Be Home"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		and The Teenagers	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Whatever Will Be, Will Be"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"		and The Teenagers	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Whatever Will Be, Will Be"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Lay Down Your Arms"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"A Woman in Love"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Just Walking in the Rain"		9
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	10		"Singing the Blues"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	11		""		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	12		"Young Love"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	13		"Cumberland Gap"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	14		"Butterfly"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	15		"Yes Tonight Josephine"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	16		"All Shook Up"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	17		"Diana"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	18		"Party" †		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	19		"That'll Be the Day"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Party" †		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	20		"Mary's Boy Child"		7
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	21		"Ma He's Making Eyes at Me" †		1.51
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	22		"Great Balls of Fire"		0.52
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	23		"Jailhouse Rock"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	24		""		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	25		"Magic Moments" / "Catch a Falling Star"		7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	26		"Whole Lotta Woman"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	27		"Who's Sorry Now"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	28		"All I Have to Do Is Dream"		9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	29		"When"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	30		"Stupid Cupid" / "Carolina Moon"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	31		"Bird Dog" †		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	32		"Hoots Mon"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	33		"It's Only Make Believe"		7
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	34		"I Got Stung" / "One Night"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	35		"As I Love You"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	36		"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	37		"Side Saddle"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	38		"It Doesn't Matter Any More"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	39		"" / "I Need Your Love Tonight"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	40		"Roulette"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	41		"Dream Lover"		55
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	42		"Living Doll"		4.05
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	43		"Only Sixteen"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	44		"Travellin' Light"		7
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	45		"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	46		"What Do You Want"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	47		"Why"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	48		"Poor Me"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	49		"Running Bear"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	50		"My Old Man's a Dustman"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	51		"Stuck on You" †		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"My Old Man's a Dustman"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	52		"Do You Mind"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	53		"Cathy's Clown"		9
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	54		"Good Timin'"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	55		"Please Don't Tease"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	56		"Apache"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	57		"A Mess of Blues""The Girl of My Best Friend" †		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	58		"Tell Laura I Love Her"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	59		"Only the Lonely"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	60		"It's Now or Never"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	61		"I Love You"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	62		"Poetry in Motion"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	63		"Are You Lonesome Tonight"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	64		"Walk Right Back"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	65		"Wooden Heart"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	66		"You're Driving Me Crazy"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	67		"Blue Moon"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	68		"Runaway"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	69		"Surrender"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"			"Runaway"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	70		"Temptation"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	71		"Well I Ask You"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	72		"You Don't Know"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	73		"Johnny Remember Me"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	74		"Kon-Tiki"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	75		"Michael – Row the Boat"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	76		"Walking Back to Happiness"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	77		"His Latest Flame"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	78		"Tower of Strength"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	79		"Stranger on the Shore" †		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	80		""		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	81		"Rock-A-Hula Baby""Can't Help Falling in Love"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	82		"Wonderful Land"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	83		"Nut Rocker"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	84		"Good Luck Charm"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	85		"Come Outside"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	86		"" †		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	87		"I Can't Stop Loving You"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	88		"I Remember You"		8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	89		"She's Not You"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	90		"Telstar"		6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	91		"Lovesick Blues"		5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	92		"Return to Sender"		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	93		"""Bachelor Boy"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	94		"Diamonds"		4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	95		"Please Please Me" †		2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	96		"Summer Holiday"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	97		"Foot Tapper"		1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	98		"How Do You Do It?"		3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	99		"From Me to You"		align="center"

|6|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|100| & The Dakotas || "Do You Want to Know a Secret" †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|101| Gerry & The Pacemakers || "I Like It"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|102| || "I'm Confessin'"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|103| || "Sweets for My Sweet"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|104| & The Dakotas || "Bad to Me"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|105| || "She Loves You"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|106| || "Do You Love Me?"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|107| Gerry & The Pacemakers || "You'll Never Walk Alone"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|| || "She Loves You"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|108| || "I Want to Hold Your Hand"| ||align="center"|5|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|109| || "Glad All Over"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|110| || "Needles and Pins"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|111| || "Anyone Who Had a Heart"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|112| and The Dakotas || "Little Children"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|113| || "Can't Buy Me Love"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|114| Peter & Gordon || ""| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|115| || "Don't Throw Your Love Away"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|116| || "Juliet"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|117| || "You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|118| || "It's Over"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|119| || "House of the Rising Sun"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|120| || "It's All Over Now"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|121| || ""| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|122| || "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|123| || "Have I the Right?"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|124| || "You Really Got Me"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|125| Herman's Hermits || "I'm Into Something Good"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|126| || "Oh, Pretty Woman"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|127| || ""| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|| || "Oh, Pretty Woman"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|128| || "Baby Love"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|129| || "I Feel Fine"| ||align="center"|6|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|130| || "Yeh Yeh"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|131| || "Go Now"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|132| || "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|133| || "Tired of Waiting for You"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|134| || "I'll Never Find Another You"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|135| || "It's Not Unusual"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|136| || ""| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|137| || ""|||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|138| || "Ticket to Ride"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|139| || "Where Are You Now?"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|140| || "Long Live Love"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|141| || "Crying in the Chapel"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|142| || "I'm Alive"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|143| || "Mr. Tambourine Man"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|144| || "Help!"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|145| Sonny & Cher || "I Got You Babe"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|146| || ""| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|147| || "Make It Easy on Yourself"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|148| || "Tears"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|149| || "Get Off My Cloud"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|150| || ""| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|151| || "Day Tripper""We Can Work It Out"| ||align="center"|4|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|152| || "Keep On Running"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|153| || "Michelle"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|154| || "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"| ||align="center"|1|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|155| || "19th Nervous Breakdown" †| ||align="center"|3|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|156| Small Faces || "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|157| || ""| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|158| || "Somebody Help Me"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|159| || "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|160| || "Pretty Flamingo"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|161| || "Paint It Black"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|162| || "Strangers in the Night"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|163| || "Paperback Writer"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|164| and the Blue Flames || "Getaway"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|165| || "Out of Time"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|166| || "With a Girl Like You"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|167| || "Yellow Submarine""Eleanor Rigby"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|168| Small Faces || "All or Nothing"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|169| || "Distant Drums"| ||align="center"|2|-bgcolor=pink!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|170| || "I'm a Boy" †| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|171| Four Tops || "Reach Out I'll Be There"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|172| || "Good Vibrations"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|173| || "Green, Green Grass of Home"| ||align="center"|7|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|174| || "I'm a Believer"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|175| || "This Is My Song"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|176| || "Release Me"| ||align="center"|1|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|177| || "Penny Lane""Strawberry Fields Forever" †| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|| || "Release Me"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|178| and Frank Sinatra || "Somethin' Stupid"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|179| || "Puppet on a String"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|180| || "Silence Is Golden"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|181| Procol Harum || ""| ||align="center"|5|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|182| || "Alternate Title" †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|183| || "All You Need Is Love"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|184| || "San Francisco"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|185| || ""| ||align="center"|7|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|186| Bee Gees || "Massachusetts"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|187| || "Baby Now That I've Found You"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|188| || "Let the Heartaches Begin"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|189| || "Hello Goodbye"| ||align="center"|5|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|190| || Magical Mystery Tour †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|191| || ""| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|192| Love Affair || "Everlasting Love"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|193| || "Mighty Quinn"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|194| || "Cinderella Rockefella"| ||align="center"|4|-bgcolor=pink!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|195| || "Delilah" †| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|196| || "What a Wonderful World"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|197| || "Young Girl"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|198| || "Jumpin' Jack Flash"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|199| || "Baby Come Back"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|200| || "Mony Mony"| ||align="center"|5|-bgcolor=pink!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|201| || "This Guy's in Love With You" †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|202| || "Hey Jude"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|203| || "Those Were the Days"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|204| || "With a Little Help from My Friends"| ||align="center"|1|-bgcolor="pink"!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|205| || "Eloise" †| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|206| || ""| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|207| || "Lily the Pink"| ||align="center"|4|-class="unsortable"!scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6||-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|208| Marmalade || "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|209| Fleetwood Mac || "Albatross"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|210| || "Blackberry Way"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|211| Amen Corner || ""| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|212| || "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"| ||align="center"|4|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|213| || "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|214| & The Aces || "Israelites"| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|215| with Billy Preston || "Get Back"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|216| || "Dizzy"| ||align="center"|2|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|217| || ""| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|218| Thunderclap Newman || "Something in the Air"| ||align="center"|1|-bgcolor=mistyrose!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|219| || "In the Ghetto" ‡| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|220| || "Honky Tonk Women"| ||align="center"|5|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|221| Zager and Evans || "In the Year 2525"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|222| Creedence Clearwater Revival || "Bad Moon Rising"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|223| || "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"| ||align="center"|3|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|224| || "Sugar, Sugar"| ||align="center"|6|-bgcolor=mistyrose!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|225| || "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" ‡| ||align="center"|1|-!scope=row style="text-align:center;"|226| || "Two Little Boys"| ||align="center"|6|}

References

Footnotes

Notes and References

1. Source: Melody Maker, 9th February 1963.
2. Book: Coryton. Demitri. Murrells. Joseph. Hits of the '60s: the million sellers. 1990. B.T. Batsford. London. 0-7134-5851-8 . 9.
3. Web site: Music paper biograhies and their No 1's. UKMix . 19 May 2021.
4. Web site: Smith . Alan . 50s & 60s UK Charts – The Truth! . Dave McAleer's website . 4 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110903033717/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page21.htm . 3 September 2011 .
5. Web site: Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away. Leigh. Spencer. 20 February 1998. The Independent. 5 August 2010.
6. Book: Warwick. Neil. Kutner. Jon. Brown. Tony. The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. 3rd. 2004. Omnibus Press. London. 1-84449-058-0. v. Until 15th February 1969, there was no officially compiled chart..
7. Web site: Key Dates in the History of the Official UK Charts. The Official Charts Company. 16 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20080110032725/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/company_history.php. 10 January 2008.
8. Web site: Smith . Alan . Every No.1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts! . Dave McAleer's website . 4 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110510032548/http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm . 10 May 2011 .
9. Web site: Featured Artists: Elvis Presley. The Official Charts Company. 5 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110926231849/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/ELVIS%20PRESLEY/. 26 September 2011. dmy-all.