The New Musical Express Charts 1960-1969

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The New Musical Express Charts 1960-1969

Compiled by Lonnie Readioff

Chart History For The NME Singles Charts Between 1 January 1960 and 27 December 1969

Entry Peak Weeks on chart, Title (Number 1 Number) (Awards symbols, if any for this record in this period) (Composer) Full artist credit (if different) B-Side (Or EP/Album track listing if any charted on this chart) Label (Catalogue Number) Duration. Notes are presented below the title for some entries. Entries are sorted by artist, then by entry date and finally, in the event of ties, by peak position and finally weeks on chart. All re-entries are shown as separate entries, but track listings of any albums or EP's which re-entered the chart are not shown for their re-entries.

Kenny Ball (Continued)

16.02.1962 1 11 March Of The Siamese Children (N1 #131) (Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers) 18.05.1962 8 11 The Green Leaves Of Summer (Dimitri Tiomkin / Paul Francis Webster) 24.08.1962 11 5 So Do I (Ian Grant / Theo Mackeben) 19.10.1962 23 3 The Pay-Off (A Moi De Payer) (Sidney Bechet) 25.01.1963 10 8 Sukiyaki (Ei Rohusuke / Nakamura Hachidai) 19.04.1963 17 6 Casablanca (Nicolas Sakelario / Renaud Sakelaris) 21.06.1963 25 3 Rondo (Kenny Ball / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) 16.08.1963 24 4 Acapulco 1922 (Eldon Allan / Shel Talmy) 12.06.1964 24 4 Hello Dolly (Jerry Herman) 17.07.1964 27 1 Hello Dolly (Re-entry 1) (Jerry Herman)

Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen If I Could Be With You Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Cornet Chop Suey Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Swanee River Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Hazelmere Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 55 Days At Peking Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Hand Me Down My Walking Shoes Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Tyrolean Stomp Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen Tyrolean Stomp

The Band

21.09.1968 24 5 The Weight (Robbie Robertson)

I Shall Be Released

Entry: 21.09.1968 Hits: 1

The Bandwagon

26.10.1968 4 12 Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache (Denny Randell / Sandy Linzer)

Dancin' Master

Entry: 26.10.1968 Hits: 1

The Barron Knights

10.07.1964 4 10 Call Up The Groups (Iverson Minter / Sonny Bono / Jack Nitzsche / Mitch Murray / John Lennon / Paul McCartney / Erno Call Up The Groups (Part 2) Rapee / Lew Pollack / Dave Clark / Mike Smith / Bert Russell / Phil Medley)

The Barron-Knights With Duke D'Mond

02.04.1965 7 17.12.1965 10

9 Pop Go The Workers (Willie Dixon / Brian Holland / Lamont Dozier / Eddie Holland / Bill Smith / Curtis Kirk / Bill Taylor) Pop Go The Workers (Part 2)

The Barron Knights With Duke D'Mond

6 Merry Gentle Pops (Barron Knights / Donovan Leitch / John D. Loudermilk / Mick Jagger / Keith Richards / Graham Gouldman / Charles Silverman / John Carter / Ken Lewis / Perry Ford / Peter Cook / Dudley Moore)

Merry Gentle Pops (Part 2)

The Barron-Knights With Duke D'Mond

Entry: 10.07.1964

Hits: 3

03.12.1966 30 17.12.1966 14

The Barron-Knights

1 Under New Management - Part 1 (Reg Presley / Mark Charron / Roger Cook / Roger Greenaway) 5 Under New Management - Part 1 (Re-entry 1) (Reg Presley / Mark Charron / Roger Cook / Roger Greenaway)

Entry: 03.12.1966

Under New Management - Part 2 Under New Management - Part 2

Hits: 1

John Barry

04.03.1960 18 10 Hit & Miss (John Barry) 16.09.1960 6 10 Walk Don't Run (Johnny Smith) 06.01.1961 23 2 Black Stockings (John Barry) 12.05.1961 29 1 The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein) 26.01.1962 13 5 Lonesome (Bert Pellish) 26.10.1962 15 8 The James Bond Theme (Monty Norman)

The John Barry Seven plus Four Rockin' Already The John Barry Seven I'm Movin' On The John Barry Seven Get Lost Jack Frost The John Barry Seven Skid Row

Adam Faith with John Barry And His Orchestra Watch Your Step The John Barry Seven And Orchestra The Blacksmith Blues

Entry: 04.03.1960 Hits: 6

Len Barry

29.10.1965 1 13 1-2-3 (N1 #203) (David White / John Madara / Leonard Borisoff) 14.01.1966 12 6 Like A Baby (Len Barry / John Madara / David White)

Entry: 29.10.1965 Hits: 2

Bullseye Happiness (is A Girl Like You)

Lionel Bart

22.12.1961 27 1 Give Us A Kiss For Christmas (Lionel Bart)

How Now Brown Cow

Entry: 22.12.1961 Hits: 1

Count Basie

15.03.1963 29 1 My Kind Of Girl (Leslie Bricusse)

Frank Sinatra And Count Basie And His Orchestra Please Be Kind

Entry: 15.03.1963 Hits: 1

Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2051 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2054 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2056 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2061 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2062 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2064 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2065 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2067 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2071 Pye Jazz 7": 7NJ 2071

02:44 02:48 02:38 03:00 03:00 02:20 02:26 02:13 02:42 02:42

Peak: 24 Weeks: 5

Capitol 7": CL 15559

04:33

Peak: 4

Weeks: 12

Direction 7": 58-3670

02:34

Peak: 4

Weeks: 25

Columbia 7": DB 7317

05:52

Columbia 7": DB 7525 Columbia 7": DB 7780

02:43 03:04

Peak: 14 Weeks: 6

Columbia 7": DB 8071

03:18

Columbia 7": DB 8071

03:18

Peak: 6

Weeks: 36

Columbia 7": DB 4414

02:02

Columbia 7": DB 4505 Columbia 7": DB 4554

02:15 02:21

Columbia 7": DB 4598

02:03

Parlophone 7": R 4864

02:46

Columbia 7": DB 4898

01:57

Peak: 1

Weeks: 19

Brunswick 7": 05942

02:20

Brunswick 7": 05949

02:58

Peak: 27 Weeks: 1

Decca 7": F 11405

02:06

Peak: 29 Weeks: 1

Reprise 7": R 20148

04:33

Chart History For The NME Singles Charts Between 1 January 1960 and 27 December 1969

Entry Peak Weeks on chart, Title (Number 1 Number) (Awards symbols, if any for this record in this period) (Composer) Full artist credit (if different) B-Side (Or EP/Album track listing if any charted on this chart) Label (Catalogue Number) Duration. Notes are presented below the title for some entries. Entries are sorted by artist, then by entry date and finally, in the event of ties, by peak position and finally weeks on chart. All re-entries are shown as separate entries, but track listings of any albums or EP's which re-entered the chart are not shown for their re-entries.

22.04.1960 6 22.07.1960 16 13.01.1961 15 24.03.1961 21

The King Brothers

8 Standing On The Corner (Frank Loesser) 8 Mais Oui (Carlo Donida / Mann Curtis / Pinchi) 4 Doll House (Lou Duhig / Ruy Berry) 6 Seventy-Six Trombones (Meredith Wilson)

03.02.1961 30 30.06.1961 27 29.09.1961 25

Ben E. King

1 First Taste Of Love (Doc Pomus / Phil Spector) 3 Stand By Me (Ben E. King / Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) 3 Amor, Amor (Gabriel Ruiz / Sunny Skylar)

Carole King

21.09.1962 3 11 It Might As Well Rain Until September (Gerry Goffin / Carole King)

Jonathan King

30.07.1965 3 8 Everyone's Gone To The Moon (Jonathan King)

Solomon King

20.01.1968 3 13 She Wears My Ring (Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant) 11.05.1968 22 5 When We Were Young (Barry Mason / Les Reed)

The Kingsmen

17.01.1964 16 7 Louie Louie (Richard Berry)

The Kinks

14.08.1964 1 30.10.1964 3 22.01.1965 1 02.04.1965 19 28.05.1965 9 13.08.1965 15 10.12.1965 8 04.03.1966 4 10.06.1966 1 25.11.1966 8 13.05.1967 2 21.10.1967 5 11.05.1968 28 20.07.1968 14 26.04.1969 28

10 You Really Got Me (N1 #175) (Raymond Davies) 11 All Day And All Of The Night (Ray Davies) 8 Tired Of Waiting For You (N1 #185) (Ray Davies) 4 Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy (Raymond Davies) 7 Set Me Free (Ray Davies) 4 See My Friend (Raymond Davies) 9 Till The End Of The Day (Ray Davies) 9 Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (Ray Davies) 11 Sunny Afternoon (N1 #218) (Ray Davies) 9 Dead End Street (Raymond Davies) 9 Waterloo Sunset (Raymond Davies) 11 Autumn Almanac (Ray Davies) 1 Wonderboy (Raymond Davies) 8 Day's (Raymond Davies) 2 Plastic Man (Ray Davies)

Kathy Kirby

16.08.1963 13 08.11.1963 3 21.02.1964 16 08.05.1964 19

8 Dance On (Elaine Murtagh / Ray Adams / Valerie Murtagh) 12 Secret Love (Paul Francis Webster / Sammy Fain) 8 Let Me Go, Lover! (Al Hill / Jenny Carson) 6 You're The One (Elpidio Ramirez / Marcel Stellman)

Gladys Knight And The Pips

08.07.1967 17 6 Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me (Cornelius Grant / Roger Penzabene / Barrett Strong)

Entry: 22.04.1960

The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid Gotta Feeling Si Si Si I Like Everybody

Hits: 4

Spanish Harlem On The Horizon Souvenir Of Mexico

Entry: 03.02.1961 Hits: 3

Nobody's Perfect

Entry: 21.09.1962 Hits: 1

Summer's Coming

Entry: 30.07.1965 Hits: 1

I Get That Feeling Over You Those Gentle Hands

Entry: 20.01.1968

Hits: 2

Haunted Castle

Entry: 17.01.1964 Hits: 1

Entry: 14.08.1964

It's All Right I Gotta Move Come On Now Who'll Be The Next In Line I Need You Never Met A Girl Like You Before Where Have All The Good Times Gone Sittin' On My Sofa I'm Not Like Everybody Else Big Black Smoke Act Nice And Gentle Mr. Pleasant Polly She's Got Everything King Kong

Hits: 15

Entry: 16.08.1963

Playboy You Have To Want To Touch Him The Sweetest Sounds Love Me Baby

Hits: 4

Entry: 08.07.1967 Hits: 1

Do You Love Me Just A Little, Honey

Peak: 6

Weeks: 26

Parlophone 7": R 4639

02:42

Parlophone 7": R 4672 Parlophone 7": R 4715 Parlophone 7": R 4737

02:17 02:09 02:34

Peak: 25 Weeks: 7

London 7": HLK 9258

02:29

London 7": HLK 9358 London 7": HLK 9416

02:58 02:59

Peak: 3

Weeks: 11

London 7": HLU 9591

02:19

Peak: 3

Weeks: 8

Decca 7": F 12187

02:27

Peak: 3

Weeks: 18

Columbia 7": DB 8325

03:12

Columbia 7": DB 8402

02:57

Peak: 16 Weeks: 7

Pye International 7": 7N 25231 02:43

Peak: 1

Pye 7": 7N 15673 Pye 7": 7N 15714 Pye 7": 7N 15759 Pye 7": 7N 15813 Pye 7": 7N 15854 Pye 7": 7N 15919 Pye 7": 7N 15981 Pye 7": 7N 17064 Pye 7": 7N 17125 Pye 7": 7N 17222 Pye 7": 7N 17321 Pye 7": 7N 17400 Pye 7": 7N 17468 Pye 7": 7N 17573 Pye 7": 7N 17724

Weeks: 113

02:13 02:22 02:33 02:13 02:14 02:46 02:23 03:01 03:33 03:22 03:14 03:11 02:44 02:53 03:01

Peak: 3

Decca 7": F 11682 Decca 7": F 11759 Decca 7": F 11832 Decca 7": F 11892

Weeks: 34

02:31 02:31 02:15 02:21

Peak: 17 Weeks: 6

Tamla Motown 7": TMG 604 02:54

Most Weeks On Chart

761 artists made the chart during the period 01 January 1960 to 27 December 1969. The full listing is presented below, sorted by most weeks on chart (highest first), then by peak position, entry date, last week on the chart and finally, in the event of a tie, alphabetically by artist name.

Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit 1 01.01.60 485 1 The Shadows 2 01.01.60 435 1 Cliff Richard 3 12.02.60 375 1 Elvis Presley 4 26.10.62 314 1 The Beatles 5 29.07.60 222 1 The Jordanaires 6 19.08.60 191 1 Roy Orbison 7 01.01.60 178 1 Adam Faith 8 02.08.63 174 1 The Rolling Stones 9 01.04.60 172 1 Jim Reeves 10 11.03.60 170 3 Billy Fury 11 20.09.63 162 1 The Hollies 12 12.02.60 144 1 The Everly Brothers 13 12.02.65 142 1 Tom Jones 14 17.01.64 137 1 Manfred Mann 15 05.07.63 133 1 The Tremeloes 16 23.08.63 130 1 The Beach Boys 17 08.04.60 128 4 Brenda Lee 18 04.09.64 127 1 The Supremes 19 11.01.63 120 2 The Bachelors 20 22.11.63 117 1 Dusty Springfield 21 28.08.64 116 1 Herman's Hermits 22 04.02.67 114 1 Engelbert Humperdinck 23 14.08.64 113 1 The Kinks 24 19.02.60 111 1 Frank Ifield 25 14.04.61 111 2 Gene Pitney 26 05.08.60 108 2 Shirley Bassey 27 18.10.63 106 1 Cilla Black 28 10.12.65 104 2 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich 29 27.01.61 101 1 Petula Clark 30 09.10.64 100 1 Sandie Shaw 31 22.01.60 99 1 Mr. Acker Bilk 32 28.04.61 98 1 Del Shannon 33 01.01.60 98 3 Connie Francis 34 10.06.60 95 1 Frank Sinatra 35 01.07.60 94 1 Ken Dodd 36 03.09.65 94 1 Small Faces 37 01.01.60 94 2 Duane Eddy 38 03.03.61 91 1 Kenny Ball 39 26.02.65 90 2 The Who 40 22.01.65 89 1 The Seekers 41 27.09.63 88 1 The Dave Clark Five

Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit 42 05.07.63 87 1 The Searchers 43 09.07.65 87 1 Four Tops 44 17.04.64 84 1 The Animals 45 01.01.60 84 3 Bobby Darin 46 27.01.61 82 1 Bobby Vee 47 23.10.64 82 2 Val Doonican 48 29.01.60 80 1 Frankie Vaughan 49 19.03.65 80 3 Donovan 50 22.03.63 79 1 Gerry And The Pacemakers 51 31.03.61 76 1 Helen Shapiro 52 01.01.60 76 3 Neil Sedaka 53 25.03.60 75 1 Lonnie Donegan 54 06.05.67 75 1 The Bee Gees 55 16.06.61 75 3 Karl Denver 56 15.01.60 69 1 Anthony Newley 57 11.12.64 69 1 Georgie Fame 58 07.01.67 67 1 The Monkees 59 02.12.60 65 1 Ray Charles 60 06.05.66 65 1 The Troggs 61 03.05.63 64 1 The Dakotas 62 12.10.62 64 3 The Four Seasons 63 26.03.65 64 3 Bob Dylan 64 23.12.60 63 3 Matt Monro 65 15.05.64 63 3 Lulu 66 04.02.66 61 1 Stevie Wonder 67 13.05.66 61 2 The Mama's And The Papa's 68 09.09.67 61 3 Diana Ross 69 21.05.65 60 1 The Walker Brothers 70 05.07.63 59 1 Brian Poole 71 02.06.61 58 1 Eden Kane 72 17.05.63 58 2 Freddie And The Dreamers 73 03.05.63 57 1 Billy J. Kramer 74 22.01.60 57 4 Craig Douglas 75 01.01.60 56 4 Johnny and the Hurricanes 76 05.08.66 55 3 The Temptations 77 13.08.65 54 1 Cher 78 28.01.66 54 1 Nancy Sinatra 79 07.01.67 54 1 The Move 80 27.05.60 54 3 Buddy Holly 81 10.12.65 54 4 Otis Redding 82 01.12.61 52 1 Leon Young 83 11.11.67 51 2 Des O'Connor

Number Entry Wks Peak Artist credit 84 28.01.67 50 1 Marvin Gaye 85 01.01.60 50 8 Russ Conway 86 01.01.60 49 1 Emile Ford 87 20.03.64 49 1 Peter And Gordon 88 08.07.60 49 2 Pat Boone 89 19.06.64 49 3 P. J. Proby 90 26.08.60 48 5 Mark Wynter 91 14.09.62 46 1 Tommy Roe 92 10.12.65 45 1 The Spencer Davis Group 93 11.03.60 44 1 Joe Brown 94 29.05.64 44 1 Yardbirds 95 09.10.64 44 2 The Mindbenders 96 28.06.63 44 3 The Isley Brothers 97 04.10.63 44 4 Dave Berry 98 25.05.62 43 1 Jet Harris 99 14.09.62 43 1 The Tornados 100 13.08.65 43 1 Sonny 101 07.10.67 43 1 The Foundations 102 13.01.68 43 1 The Love Affair 103 05.04.63 43 2 Andy Williams 104 09.10.64 42 2 Wayne Fontana 105 12.02.60 42 4 Nat "King" Cole 106 05.01.62 41 1 Chubby Checker 107 23.09.60 40 4 Sam Cooke 108 14.01.67 40 5 Jimi Hendrix 109 18.03.60 39 1 Jimmy Jones 110 04.08.61 39 1 John Leyton 111 27.01.68 39 1 Amen Corner 112 01.04.66 39 4 Alan Price 113 11.03.60 39 12 Bobby Rydell 114 12.02.60 38 3 Johnny Kidd 115 14.09.68 37 1 Fleetwood Mac 116 28.08.64 37 3 Frankie Valli 117 03.11.61 36 1 Danny Williams 118 08.07.60 36 5 Brian Hyland 119 04.03.60 36 6 John Barry 120 15.01.65 35 1 The Righteous Brothers 121 24.12.65 35 3 Herb Alpert 122 08.04.66 35 4 Art Garfunkel 123 08.04.66 35 4 Paul Simon 124 15.09.61 35 5 The Springfields 125 15.07.67 35 7 Anita Harris

# Entry Wks Peak Artist credit

1969

1 04.01 37 1 Stevie Wonder 2 15.02 34 1 Marvin Gaye 3 04.01 33 1 Fleetwood Mac 4 01.03 31 1 Elvis Presley 5 01.02 30 3 The Temptations 6 04.01 30 4 The Isley Brothers 7 26.04 29 1 The Beatles 8 04.01 29 3 Diana Ross 9 04.01 29 3 The Supremes 10 04.01 29 7 Cliff Richard 11 07.06 28 1 Creedence Clearwater Revival 12 11.01 24 3 Jethro Tull 13 08.02 24 4 Engelbert Humperdinck 14 01.03 23 2 The Bee Gees 15 19.04 23 2 Clodagh Rodgers 16 19.04 23 4 Frank Sinatra 17 22.02 21 2 Cilla Black 18 08.02 21 5 Glen Campbell 19 04.01 20 1 Marmalade 20 11.01 19 1 The Move 21 08.02 19 1 Peter Sarstedt 22 29.03 19 1 Desmond Dekker 23 29.03 19 1 The Aces 24 08.03 19 2 The Hollies 25 01.02 18 1 Amen Corner 26 26.04 18 1 Billy Preston 27 11.01 18 5 Johnny Nash 28 05.07 18 5 Joe Dolan 29 08.03 18 6 The Beach Boys 30 12.04 18 9 Jr. Walker and the All Stars 31 04.01 17 5 Manfred Mann 32 04.01 17 9 Tom Jones 33 12.07 16 2 The Plastic Ono Band 34 04.01 16 3 Herman's Hermits 35 04.01 16 4 Des O'Connor 36 18.01 16 4 Booker T. And The M.G.'s 37 21.06 16 17 Max Romeo 38 04.01 15 2 The Foundations 39 25.01 15 9 Marv Johnson 40 04.01 15 11 Four Tops

# Entry Wks Peak Artist credit

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