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I know this has been pointed out B4. But I did a bit of looking into this as to who was the 1st Irish band to have a number one in the UK charts, and trust me on this one it's The Boomtown Rats. The Bachelors song Diane did get to number one But only in the record retailer chart. And reached number two in the UK singles chart. I rest my case. Long live the Rats the best band by a mile to come out of dear old wee Ireland. To be sure.
It was an official number one, though it is possible that it wasn't number one in all the charts. Charts didn't always agree, and it's possible Rat Trap wasn't number one in all of them. Rat Trap was only #2 in Ireland.
It was an official number one, though it is possible that it wasn't number one in all the charts. Charts didn't always agree, and it's possible Rat Trap wasn't number one in all of them. Rat Trap was only #2 in Ireland.
Trust me most of the songs that got into the irish charts in the 60s70s and 80s where sh?t. Its even a wonder that the rats where aloud to be released in the South as the goverment of the day could not stand them
Excuse the long post, but this supports your argument. Diane peaked at #2 in the NME chart which was the most widely acknowledged chart at the time, but the Record Retailer chart was considered most accurate.
Week Ending 01 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 03 - 04 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 06 - 02 - 02 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 11 - 01 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 03 - 05 - 04 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 09 - 07 - 05 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 09 - 03 - 06 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 11 - 06 - 07 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 03 - 11 - 08 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 09 - 08 - 08 - Hollies - Stay 03 - 10 - 10 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 03 - 12 - 10 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 08 - 09 - 12 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 08 - 16 - 13 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 01 - NE - 14 - Bachelors - Diane 04 - 12 - 15 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 06 - 15 - 16 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 03 - 22 - 17 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 23 - 14 - 18 - Beatles - She Loves You 03 - 19 - 19 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 01 - RE - 20 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 01 - NE - 20 - Rick Nelson - For You 09 - 17 - 22 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 07 - 18 - 22 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 01 - NE - 24 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 04 - 24 - 25 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 03 - 26 - 26 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 01 - NE - 27 - Tony Meehan - Song Of Mexico 02 - 28 - 28 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five (EP) 01 - NE - 29 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 13 - 23 - 30 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Don't Talk To Him Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 29 - 01 - 01 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 03 - 05 - 02 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 20 - 02 - 03 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 03 - 04 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 13 - 03 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 06 - 06 - 06 - Big Three - At The Cavern 08 - 08 - 07 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 10 - 07 - 08 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 12 - 11 - 09 - Cliff Richard - Love Songs 03 - 14 - 10 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen 30 - 09 - 11 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 20 - 12 - 12 - Searchers - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya 26 - 10 - 13 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 01 - NE - 14 - Heinz - Live It Up 07 - 15 - 15 - Wilfrid Brambell And Harry H Corbett - The Wages Of Sin 59 - 13 - 16 - Frank Ifield - Frank Ifield's Hits 13 - RE - 17 - Billy J. Kramer - The Billy J Kramer Hits 01 - NE - 18 - Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 17 - 17 - 19 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 1) 02 - 18 - 20 - Frank Ifield - Please Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 03 - 06 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 11 - 01 - 02 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 08 - 02 - 03 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 03 - 10 - 04 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One
11 - 04 - 05 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 08 - 03 - 06 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 09 - 05 - 07 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 11 - 12 - 08 - Hollies - Stay 04 - 09 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 04 - 13 - 10 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 08 - 11 - 11 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 11 - 07 - 12 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 05 - 17 - 13 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 02 - 27 - 14 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 07 - 14 - 15 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 23 - 08 - 16 - Beatles - She Loves You 12 - 15 - 17 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 04 - 23 - 18 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 03 - 29 - 19 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 06 - 21 - 20 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 13 - 18 - 21 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 02 - 40 - 22 - Bachelors - Diane 14 - 19 - 23 - Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 09 - 16 - 24 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 13 - 20 - 25 - Freddie And The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 03 - 31 - 26 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 17 - 22 - 27 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 11 - 30 - 28 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 09 - 24 - 29 - Shadows - Geronimo 01 - NE - 30 - Ricky Nelson - For You 11 - 28 - 31 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Money 13 - 26 - 32 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Don't Talk To Him 08 - 25 - 33 - Chris Sandford - Not Too Little - Not Too Much 07 - 34 - 34 - Bobby Vinton - There I've Said It Again 04 - 33 - 35 - Dowlands - All My Loving 02 - 42 - 36 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 03 - 41 - 37 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 10 - 35 - 38 - Wilfrid Brambell And Harry H Corbett - At The Palace (Parts 1 And 2) 07 - 43 - 39 - Buddy Holly - What To Do 01 - NE - 40 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 13 - 32 - 41 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - I'll Keep You Satisfied 01 - NE - 42 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 19 - 37 - 43 - Shirley Bassey - I Who Have Nothing 12 - 36 - 44 - Matt Monro - From Russia With Love 02 - 38 - 45 - Helen Shapiro - Fever 03 - 39 - 46 - Tony Meehan - Song Of Mexico 02 - 47 - 47 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 10 - 50 - 48 - Johnny Kidd And The Pirates - Hungry For Love 01 - NE - 49 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 12 - 49 - 50 - Mark Wynter - It's Almost Tomorrow Week Ending 08 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 01 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 04 - 04 - 02 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 07 - 02 - 03 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 02 - 14 - 04 - Bachelors - Diane 12 - 03 - 05 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 04 - 10 - 06 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 04 - 10 - 07 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 10 - 05 - 08 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 04 - 08 - 09 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 10 - 06 - 10 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 10 - 08 - 11 - Hollies - Stay
02 - 20 - 12 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 12 - 07 - 13 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 01 - NE - 14 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 05 - 15 - 15 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 05 - 25 - 16 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 02 - 24 - 17 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 04 - 17 - 18 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 01 - NE - 18 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 01 - NE - 18 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 09 - 13 - 21 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 07 - 16 - 22 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 09 - 12 - 23 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 04 - 19 - 24 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 02 - 20 - 25 - Rick Nelson - For You 02 - 29 - 26 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 10 - 22 - 27 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 08 - 22 - 28 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 24 - 18 - 29 - Beatles - She Loves You 01 - NE - 30 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 04 - 02 - 01 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 30 - 01 - 02 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 04 - 04 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 21 - 03 - 04 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 14 - 05 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 07 - 06 - 06 - Big Three - At The Cavern 01 - NE - 07 - Beatles - All My Loving 11 - 08 - 08 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 09 - 07 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 31 - 11 - 10 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 27 - 13 - 11 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 13 - 09 - 12 - Cliff Richard - Love Songs 04 - 10 - 13 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen 02 - 14 - 14 - Heinz - Live It Up 21 - 12 - 15 - Searchers - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya 08 - 15 - 16 - Wilfrid Brambell And Harry H Corbett - The Wages Of Sin 01 - NE - 17 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 18 - 19 - 18 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 1) 03 - 20 - 19 - Frank Ifield - Please 01 - NE - 20 - Freddie And The Dreamers - What A Crazy World Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 01 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 04 - 04 - 02 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 09 - 03 - 03 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 12 - 02 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 05 - 09 - 05 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 10 - 07 - 06 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 09 - 06 - 07 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 03 - 22 - 08 - Bachelors - Diane 03 - 14 - 09 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 10 - 10 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 12 - 05 - 11 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 12 - 08 - 12 - Hollies - Stay 05 - 18 - 13 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 06 - 13 - 14 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 04 - 19 - 15 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 12 - 12 - 16 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 07 - 20 - 17 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 09 - 11 - 18 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 24 - 16 - 19 - Beatles - She Loves You 04 - 26 - 20 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering
02 - 30 - 21 - Ricky Nelson - For You 02 - 42 - 22 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 01 - NE - 23 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 13 - 17 - 24 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 08 - 15 - 25 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 12 - 28 - 26 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 14 - 21 - 27 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 01 - NE - 28 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 10 - 24 - 29 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 14 - 25 - 30 - Freddie And The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 15 - 23 - 31 - Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 18 - 27 - 32 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 02 - 49 - 33 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 02 - 40 - 34 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 08 - 34 - 35 - Bobby Vinton - There I've Said It Again 03 - 36 - 36 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 04 - 37 - 37 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 10 - 29 - 38 - Shadows - Geronimo 05 - 35 - 39 - Dowlands - All My Loving 01 - NE - 40 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 12 - 31 - 41 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Money 03 - 45 - 42 - Helen Shapiro - Fever 11 - 38 - 43 - Wilfrid Brambell And Harry H Corbett - At The Palace (Parts 1 And 2) 08 - 39 - 44 - Buddy Holly - What To Do 13 - 44 - 45 - Matt Monro - From Russia With Love 04 - 46 - 46 - Tony Meehan - Song Of Mexico 09 - 33 - 47 - Chris Sandford - Not Too Little - Not Too Much 03 - 47 - 48 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 01 - RE - 49 - Four Pennies - Do You Want Me To 20 - 43 - 50 - Shirley Bassey - I Who Have Nothing Week Ending 15 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 05 - 01 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 05 - 02 - 02 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 03 - 04 - 03 - Bachelors - Diane 05 - 06 - 04 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 08 - 03 - 05 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 02 - 18 - 05 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 13 - 05 - 07 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 05 - 07 - 08 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 03 - 12 - 09 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 02 - 14 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 03 - 17 - 11 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 11 - 08 - 12 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 06 - 16 - 13 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 05 - 09 - 14 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 02 - 18 - 15 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 11 - 10 - 16 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 05 - 18 - 16 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 11 - 11 - 18 - Hollies - Stay 06 - 15 - 19 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 05 - 24 - 20 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 10 - 23 - 21 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 03 - 25 - 22 - Rick Nelson - For You 13 - 13 - 23 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 02 - 30 - 24 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 10 - 21 - 25 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 01 - NE - 26 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 03 - 26 - 27 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me
08 - 22 - 28 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 01 - NE - 29 - Various Artists - Top Six No. 1 (EP) 01 - NE - 30 - Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um 01 - NE - 30 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 05 - 01 - 01 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 02 - 07 - 02 - Beatles - All My Loving 05 - 03 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 31 - 02 - 04 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 22 - 04 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 08 - 06 - 06 - Big Three - At The Cavern 15 - 05 - 07 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 12 - 08 - 08 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 10 - 09 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 32 - 10 - 10 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 28 - 11 - 11 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 02 - 17 - 12 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 14 - 12 - 13 - Cliff Richard - Love Songs 22 - 15 - 14 - Searchers - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya 02 - 20 - 15 - Freddie And The Dreamers - What A Crazy World 01 - NE - 16 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 3) 19 - 18 - 17 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 1) 03 - 14 - 18 - Heinz - Live It Up 01 - NE - 19 - Unidentified Artists - Top Ten No 9 05 - 13 - 20 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 05 - 01 - 01 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 05 - 02 - 02 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 04 - 08 - 03 - Bachelors - Diane 10 - 03 - 04 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 04 - 09 - 05 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 13 - 04 - 06 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 06 - 05 - 07 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 06 - 10 - 08 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 05 - 15 - 09 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 02 - 28 - 10 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 11 - 06 - 11 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 06 - 13 - 12 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 03 - 22 - 13 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 02 - 23 - 14 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 10 - 07 - 15 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 03 - 21 - 16 - Ricky Nelson - For You 13 - 11 - 17 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 08 - 17 - 18 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 13 - 12 - 19 - Hollies - Stay 13 - 16 - 20 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 25 - 19 - 21 - Beatles - She Loves You 07 - 14 - 22 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 05 - 20 - 23 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 03 - 33 - 24 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 10 - 18 - 25 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 03 - 34 - 26 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 14 - 24 - 27 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 13 - 26 - 28 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 16 - 31 - 29 - Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 09 - 25 - 30 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 02 - 40 - 31 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 15 - 27 - 32 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 11 - 29 - 33 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 04 - 36 - 34 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 05 - 37 - 35 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy
19 - 32 - 36 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 11 - 38 - 37 - Shadows - Geronimo 04 - 42 - 38 - Helen Shapiro - Fever 06 - 39 - 39 - Dowlands - All My Loving 13 - 41 - 40 - Bern Elliott And The Fenmen - Money 04 - 48 - 41 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 01 - NE - 42 - Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 01 - NE - 43 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 15 - 30 - 44 - Freddie And The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 09 - 35 - 45 - Bobby Vinton - There I've Said It Again 12 - 43 - 46 - Wilfrid Brambell And Harry H Corbett - At The Palace (Parts 1 And 2) 01 - NE - 47 - Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um 01 - NE - 48 - Unit Four Plus Two - Green Fields 01 - NE - 49 - Tony Sheveton - A Million Drums 01 - RE - 50 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Don't Talk To Him Week Ending 22 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 03 - 05 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 06 - 01 - 02 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 04 - 03 - 03 - Bachelors - Diane 06 - 02 - 04 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 06 - 04 - 05 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 04 - 09 - 06 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 01 - NE - 07 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 04 - 11 - 08 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 06 - 08 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 09 - 05 - 10 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 03 - 10 - 11 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 14 - 07 - 12 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 03 - 15 - 13 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 07 - 13 - 14 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 06 - 20 - 15 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 06 - 14 - 16 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 04 - 22 - 17 - Rick Nelson - For You 12 - 12 - 17 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 06 - 16 - 19 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 12 - 16 - 20 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 01 - NE - 21 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 02 - 26 - 22 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 01 - NE - 23 - Freddie and The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 29 - 24 - Various Artists - Top Six No. 1 (EP) 12 - 18 - 25 - Hollies - Stay 01 - NE - 26 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 07 - 19 - 27 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 01 - NE - 28 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 01 - NE - 29 - Heinz - You Were There 11 - 21 - 30 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 06 - 01 - 01 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 03 - 02 - 02 - Beatles - All My Loving 06 - 03 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 32 - 04 - 04 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 23 - 05 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 16 - 07 - 06 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 09 - 06 - 07 - Big Three - At The Cavern 13 - 08 - 08 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 11 - 09 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 03 - 12 - 10 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 03 - RE - 11 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
04 - 18 - 12 - Heinz - Live It Up 33 - 10 - 13 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 02 - 16 - 14 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 3) 01 - NE - 15 - Unidentified Artists - Top Six No 1 29 - 11 - 16 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 02 - 19 - 17 - Unidentified Artists - Top Ten No 9 01 - NE - 18 - Ken Dodd - Still 15 - 13 - 19 - Cliff Richard - Love Songs 23 - 14 - 20 - Searchers - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 05 - 03 - 01 - Bachelors - Diane 03 - 10 - 02 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 06 - 01 - 03 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 06 - 02 - 04 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 05 - 05 - 05 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 11 - 04 - 06 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 07 - 07 - 07 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 03 - 14 - 08 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 06 - 09 - 09 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 14 - 06 - 10 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 04 - 13 - 11 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 07 - 08 - 12 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 07 - 12 - 13 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 04 - 16 - 14 - Ricky Nelson - For You 11 - 15 - 15 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 12 - 11 - 16 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 14 - 17 - 17 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 04 - 24 - 18 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 01 - NE - 19 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 09 - 18 - 20 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 14 - 19 - 21 - Hollies - Stay 03 - 31 - 22 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 26 - 21 - 23 - Beatles - She Loves You 11 - 25 - 24 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 06 - 23 - 25 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 14 - 20 - 26 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 02 - 43 - 27 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 08 - 22 - 28 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 04 - 26 - 29 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 01 - NE - 30 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 15 - 27 - 31 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 05 - 34 - 32 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 01 - NE - 33 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 14 - 28 - 34 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 17 - 29 - 35 - Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 01 - NE - 36 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 05 - 41 - 37 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 12 - 33 - 38 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 10 - 30 - 39 - Elvis Presley - Kiss Me Quick 02 - 47 - 40 - Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um 16 - 32 - 41 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 06 - 35 - 42 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 10 - 45 - 43 - Bobby Vinton - There I've Said It Again 01 - NE - 44 - Freddie And The Dreamers - Over You 01 - NE - 45 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 07 - 39 - 46 - Dowlands - All My Loving 02 - 42 - 47 - Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 12 - 37 - 48 - Shadows - Geronimo 01 - NE - 49 - John Leyton - Make Love To Me 02 - 48 - 50 - Unit Four Plus Two - Green Fields
Week Ending 29 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 01 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 05 - 03 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 02 - 07 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 02 - 04 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 05 - 06 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 07 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 08 - 08 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 07 - 09 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 01 - NE - 10 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 04 - 11 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 10 - 10 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 02 - 23 - 13 - Freddie and The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 21 - 14 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 05 - 17 - 15 - Rick Nelson - For You 03 - 22 - 16 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 08 - 14 - 17 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 07 - 15 - 18 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 02 - 26 - 18 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 01 - NE - 20 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 04 - 13 - 21 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 15 - 12 - 22 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 02 - 28 - 23 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 13 - 20 - 24 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 29 - 25 - Heinz - You Were There 13 - 17 - 26 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 27 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 01 - NE - 28 - Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs To Yesterday 01 - RE - 29 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 07 - 16 - 29 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 07 - 19 - 29 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 04 - 02 - 01 - Beatles - All My Loving 07 - 01 - 02 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 33 - 04 - 03 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 07 - 03 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 24 - 05 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 14 - 08 - 06 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 17 - 06 - 07 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 04 - 11 - 08 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 12 - 09 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 10 - 07 - 10 - Big Three - At The Cavern 02 - 15 - 11 - Unidentified Artists - Top Six No 1 03 - 14 - 12 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 3) 04 - 10 - 13 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 30 - 16 - 14 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 01 - NE - 15 - Gene Pitney - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 16 - Searchers - Hungry For Love 01 - NE - 17 - Fourmost - The Fourmost Sound 05 - 12 - 18 - Heinz - Live It Up 34 - 13 - 19 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 01 - NE - 20 - Matt Monro - A Song For Europe Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 02 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 06 - 01 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 07 - 03 - 03 - Searchers - Needles And Pins
02 - 19 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 09 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 06 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 11 - 08 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 08 - 07 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 04 - 08 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 08 - 13 - 11 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 12 - 06 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 05 - 18 - 13 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 15 - 10 - 14 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 08 - 12 - 15 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 05 - 14 - 16 - Ricky Nelson - For You 12 - 15 - 17 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 30 - 18 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 13 - 16 - 19 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 02 - 44 - 20 - Freddie And The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 33 - 21 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 04 - 22 - 22 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 10 - 20 - 23 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 02 - 36 - 24 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 15 - 17 - 25 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 02 - 45 - 26 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 03 - 27 - 27 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 27 - 23 - 28 - Beatles - She Loves You 01 - NE - 29 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 05 - 29 - 30 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 15 - 21 - 31 - Hollies - Stay 09 - 28 - 32 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 07 - 25 - 33 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 01 - NE - 34 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 12 - 24 - 35 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 16 - 31 - 36 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 15 - 26 - 37 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 06 - 32 - 38 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 01 - NE - 39 - Hollies - Just One Look 01 - NE - 40 - Heinz - You Were There 15 - 34 - 41 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 13 - 38 - 42 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 06 - 37 - 43 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 07 - 42 - 44 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 01 - NE - 45 - Maureen Evans - I Love How You Love Me 01 - NE - 46 - Joy Strings - It's An Open Secret 03 - 47 - 47 - Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 01 - NE - 48 - Andy Williams - A Fool Never Learns 01 - NE - 49 - Mary May - Anyone Who Had A Heart 17 - 41 - 50 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love
-- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 20th of August 2014 07:45:24 PM
The NME number ones make a case for God Save The Queen, Denis and The Ballroom Blitz being number one and Rat Trap topping the chart for three weeks. So I am all for adopting them. Sadly should we do that Rat Trap ain't the first punk/new wave number one.
Week Ending 29 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 01 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 05 - 03 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 02 - 07 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 02 - 04 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 05 - 06 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 07 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 08 - 08 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 07 - 09 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 01 - NE - 10 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 04 - 11 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 10 - 10 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 02 - 23 - 13 - Freddie and The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 21 - 14 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 05 - 17 - 15 - Rick Nelson - For You 03 - 22 - 16 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 08 - 14 - 17 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 07 - 15 - 18 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 02 - 26 - 18 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 01 - NE - 20 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 04 - 13 - 21 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 15 - 12 - 22 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 02 - 28 - 23 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 13 - 20 - 24 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 29 - 25 - Heinz - You Were There 13 - 17 - 26 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 27 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 01 - NE - 28 - Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs To Yesterday 01 - RE - 29 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 07 - 16 - 29 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 07 - 19 - 29 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 04 - 02 - 01 - Beatles - All My Loving 07 - 01 - 02 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 33 - 04 - 03 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 07 - 03 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 24 - 05 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 14 - 08 - 06 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 17 - 06 - 07 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 04 - 11 - 08 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 12 - 09 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 10 - 07 - 10 - Big Three - At The Cavern 02 - 15 - 11 - Unidentified Artists - Top Six No 1 03 - 14 - 12 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 3) 04 - 10 - 13 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 30 - 16 - 14 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 01 - NE - 15 - Gene Pitney - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 16 - Searchers - Hungry For Love 01 - NE - 17 - Fourmost - The Fourmost Sound 05 - 12 - 18 - Heinz - Live It Up 34 - 13 - 19 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 01 - NE - 20 - Matt Monro - A Song For Europe Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 02 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 06 - 01 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 07 - 03 - 03 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 02 - 19 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 09 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 06 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 11 - 08 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 08 - 07 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 04 - 08 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 08 - 13 - 11 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 12 - 06 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 05 - 18 - 13 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 15 - 10 - 14 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 08 - 12 - 15 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 05 - 14 - 16 - Ricky Nelson - For You 12 - 15 - 17 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 30 - 18 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 13 - 16 - 19 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 02 - 44 - 20 - Freddie And The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 33 - 21 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 04 - 22 - 22 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 10 - 20 - 23 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 02 - 36 - 24 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 15 - 17 - 25 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 02 - 45 - 26 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 03 - 27 - 27 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 27 - 23 - 28 - Beatles - She Loves You 01 - NE - 29 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 05 - 29 - 30 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 15 - 21 - 31 - Hollies - Stay 09 - 28 - 32 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 07 - 25 - 33 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 01 - NE - 34 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 12 - 24 - 35 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 16 - 31 - 36 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 15 - 26 - 37 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 06 - 32 - 38 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 01 - NE - 39 - Hollies - Just One Look 01 - NE - 40 - Heinz - You Were There 15 - 34 - 41 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 13 - 38 - 42 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 06 - 37 - 43 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 07 - 42 - 44 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 01 - NE - 45 - Maureen Evans - I Love How You Love Me 01 - NE - 46 - Joy Strings - It's An Open Secret 03 - 47 - 47 - Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 01 - NE - 48 - Andy Williams - A Fool Never Learns 01 - NE - 49 - Mary May - Anyone Who Had A Heart 17 - 41 - 50 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love
I know most of these songs and they were all recorded before I was born. Some are real bonafide classics (Baby I Love You, Nadine and I Only Want To Be With You stand out), but three versions of Anyone Who Had a Heart is two too many and it's sad that Dionne Warwick's original and far superior version was stuck in the lower reaches of the charts whilst the squawking Cilla Black topped the charts . If I looked at any top fifty chart from the last ten years, I'd probably only know about one in ten.
I generally work on the basis that nothing of any note happened until after my birth in 1964. I still have it over my son that I was alive when man walked on the moon and England won the World Cup
Week Ending 29 February 1964 NME Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 01 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 05 - 03 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 02 - 07 - 03 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 02 - 04 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 05 - 06 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry and The Pacemakers - I'm The One 07 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 08 - 08 - Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Candy Man 07 - 09 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 01 - NE - 10 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 04 - 11 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 10 - 10 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 02 - 23 - 13 - Freddie and The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 21 - 14 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 05 - 17 - 15 - Rick Nelson - For You 03 - 22 - 16 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 08 - 14 - 17 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 07 - 15 - 18 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (EP) 02 - 26 - 18 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 01 - NE - 20 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 04 - 13 - 21 - Beatles - All My Loving (EP) 15 - 12 - 22 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 02 - 28 - 23 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 13 - 20 - 24 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 29 - 25 - Heinz - You Were There 13 - 17 - 26 - Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 27 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 01 - NE - 28 - Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs To Yesterday 01 - RE - 29 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 07 - 16 - 29 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 07 - 19 - 29 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie Record Retailer EP Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 16-Dec-1967) 04 - 02 - 01 - Beatles - All My Loving 07 - 01 - 02 - Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones 33 - 04 - 03 - Beatles - Twist And Shout 07 - 03 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five 24 - 05 - 05 - Beatles - The Beatles' Hits 14 - 08 - 06 - Peter, Paul And Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary (Volume 1) 17 - 06 - 07 - Beatles - The Beatles No 1 04 - 11 - 08 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 12 - 09 - 09 - Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 10 - 07 - 10 - Big Three - At The Cavern 02 - 15 - 11 - Unidentified Artists - Top Six No 1 03 - 14 - 12 - Chuck Berry And Bo Diddley - Chuck And Bo (Volume 3) 04 - 10 - 13 - Chuck Berry - The Best Of Chuck Berry 30 - 16 - 14 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams 01 - NE - 15 - Gene Pitney - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa 01 - NE - 16 - Searchers - Hungry For Love 01 - NE - 17 - Fourmost - The Fourmost Sound 05 - 12 - 18 - Heinz - Live It Up 34 - 13 - 19 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It? 01 - NE - 20 - Matt Monro - A Song For Europe Record Retailer Single Charts (12-Mar-1960 to 03-Jan-1970) 04 - 02 - 01 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 06 - 01 - 02 - Bachelors - Diane 07 - 03 - 03 - Searchers - Needles And Pins 02 - 19 - 04 - Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 07 - 09 - 05 - Merseybeats - I Think Of You 07 - 04 - 06 - Gerry And The Pacemakers - I'm The One 06 - 05 - 07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1 05 - 11 - 08 - Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Candy Man 08 - 07 - 09 - Brenda Lee - As Usual 04 - 08 - 10 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows - I'm The Lonely One 08 - 13 - 11 - Ronettes - Baby I Love You 12 - 06 - 12 - Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 05 - 18 - 13 - Eden Kane - Boys Cry 15 - 10 - 14 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 08 - 12 - 15 - Frank Ifield - Don't Blame Me 05 - 14 - 16 - Ricky Nelson - For You 12 - 15 - 17 - Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 02 - 30 - 18 - Dusty Springfield - Stay Awhile 13 - 16 - 19 - Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 02 - 44 - 20 - Freddie And The Dreamers - Over You 02 - 33 - 21 - Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 04 - 22 - 22 - Ken Dodd - Eight By Ten 10 - 20 - 23 - Fourmost - I'm In Love 02 - 36 - 24 - Kathy Kirby - Let Me Go Lover 15 - 17 - 25 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 02 - 45 - 26 - Jim Reeves - I Love You Because 03 - 27 - 27 - Chuck Berry - Nadine (Is It You?) 27 - 23 - 28 - Beatles - She Loves You 01 - NE - 29 - Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away 05 - 29 - 30 - Kingsmen - Louie Louie 15 - 21 - 31 - Hollies - Stay 09 - 28 - 32 - Billy Fury - Do You Really Love Me Too (Fool's Errand) 07 - 25 - 33 - Nino Tempo And April Stevens - Whispering 01 - NE - 34 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Little Children 12 - 24 - 35 - Adam Faith - We Are In Love 16 - 31 - 36 - Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 15 - 26 - 37 - Big Dee Irwin - Swinging On A Star 06 - 32 - 38 - Shirley Bassey - My Special Dream 01 - NE - 39 - Hollies - Just One Look 01 - NE - 40 - Heinz - You Were There 15 - 34 - 41 - Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World 13 - 38 - 42 - Singing Nun - Dominique Soeur Sourire 06 - 37 - 43 - Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me 07 - 42 - 44 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 01 - NE - 45 - Maureen Evans - I Love How You Love Me 01 - NE - 46 - Joy Strings - It's An Open Secret 03 - 47 - 47 - Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart 01 - NE - 48 - Andy Williams - A Fool Never Learns 01 - NE - 49 - Mary May - Anyone Who Had A Heart 17 - 41 - 50 - Kathy Kirby - Secret Love
I know most of these songs and they were all recorded before I was born. Some are real bonafide classics (Baby I Love You, Nadine and I Only Want To Be With You stand out), but three versions of Anyone Who Had a Heart is two too many and it's sad that Dionne Warwick's original and far superior version was stuck in the lower reaches of the charts whilst the squawking Cilla Black topped the charts . If I looked at any top fifty chart from the last ten years, I'd probably only know about one in ten.
I generally work on the basis that nothing of any note happened until after my birth in 1964. I still have it over my son that I was alive when man walked on the moon and England won the World Cup