# List of UK charts and number-one singles (1952–1969)/Record Retailer

| No. | Artist | Single | NME | Record Mirror | Melody Maker | Disc | Record Retailer |
| Number-one |||||
| 097 | Adam Faith | "Poor Me" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 098 | Johnny Preston | "Running Bear" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 099 | Lonnie Donegan | "My Old Man's a Dustman" | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| — | Elvis Presley | "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" | No | No | 1 | 1 | No |
| 100 | Anthony Newley | "Do You Mind?" | 1 | No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 101 | The Everly Brothers | "Cathy's Clown" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 102 | Eddie Cochran | "Three Steps to Heaven" | No | No | No | No | 2 |
| — | Connie Francis | "Mama"/"Robot Man" | No | No | No | 2 | No |
| 103 | Jimmy Jones | "Good Timin'" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 104 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | "Please Don't Tease" | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 105 | Johnny Kidd & The Pirates | "Shakin' All Over" | No | No | No | No | 1 |
| 106 | The Shadows | "Apache" | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| — | Elvis Presley | "A Mess of Blues"/"The Girl of My Best Friend" | No | No | 1 | No | No |
| 107 | Ricky Valance | "Tell Laura I Love Her" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 108 | Roy Orbison | "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 109 | Elvis Presley | "It's Now or Never" | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 110 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | "I Love You" | No | No | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 111 | Johnny Tillotson | "Poetry in Motion" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 112 | Elvis Presley | "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 113 | Petula Clark | "Sailor" | No | No | No | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | The Everly Brothers | "Walk Right Back" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 115 | Elvis Presley | "Wooden Heart" | 3 | 3.5*4* | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| — | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | 2 | 2 | No | 2 | No |
| 116 | The Temperance Seven | "You're Driving Me Crazy" | 1 | 1.5*2* | 1 | No | 1 |
| 117 | The Marcels | "Blue Moon" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 118 | Floyd Cramer | "On the Rebound" | No | 1 | No | No | 1 |
| 119 | Del Shannon | "Runaway" | 4 | 1.5*2* | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 120 | Elvis Presley | "Surrender" | 4 | 4.5*5* | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| — | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | "A Girl Like You" | No | No | No | 1 | No |
| 121 | The Everly Brothers | "Temptation" | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 122 | Eden Kane | "Well I Ask You" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | Helen Shapiro | "You Don't Know" | 3.5*4* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 124 | John Leyton | "Johnny Remember Me" | 4.5*5* | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 125 | Shirley Bassey | "Reach for the Stars" / "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | No | No | No | No | 1 |
| — | Elvis Presley | "Wild in the Country" | 1 | No | No | No | No |
| 126 | The Shadows | "Kon-Tiki" | No | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| 127 | The Highwaymen | "Michael (Row the Boat)" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 128 | Helen Shapiro | "Walkin' Back to Happiness" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 129 | Elvis Presley | "His Latest Flame" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 130 | Frankie Vaughan | "Tower of Strength" | 3.5*4* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| — | Bobby Vee | "Take Good Care of My Baby" | 1.0*1* | 1 | No | No | No |
| 131 | Danny Williams | "Moon River" | 1 | No | No | No | 2 |
| — | Acker Bilk | "Stranger on the Shore"* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | No |
| 132 | Cliff Richard | "The Young Ones" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 133 | Elvis Presley | "Rock-A-Hula Baby" / "Can't Help Falling in Love" | No | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| — | Chubby Checker | "Let's Twist Again" | 2 | — | No | No | No |
| — | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | "March of the Siamese Children" | 1 | — | No | 2 | No |
| 134 | The Shadows | "Wonderful Land" | 9 | — | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 135 | B. Bumble and the Stingers | "Nut Rocker" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 136 | Elvis Presley | "Good Luck Charm" | 5 | — | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 137 | Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard | "Come Outside" | 2 | — | 1 | No | 2 |
| — | Joe Brown and the Bruvvers | "A Picture of You" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | No |
| 138 | Ray Charles | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 139 | Frank Ifield | "I Remember You" | 8 | — | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| — | Pat Boone | "Speedy Gonzales" | No | — | No | 2 | No |
| 140 | Elvis Presley | "She's Not You" | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 141 | The Tornados | "Telstar" | 5 | — | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 142 | Frank Ifield | "Lovesick Blues" | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 143 | Elvis Presley | "Return to Sender" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 144 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 145 | The Shadows | "Dance On!" | 3 | — | No | No | 1 |
| 146 | Jet Harris and Tony Meehan | "Diamonds" | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 147 | Frank Ifield | "The Wayward Wind" | 1 | — | No | 1 | 3 |
| — | The Beatles | "Please Please Me" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | No |
| 148 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | "Summer Holiday" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 149 | The Shadows | "Foot Tapper" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 150 | Gerry & The Pacemakers | "How Do You Do It?" | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 151 | The Beatles | "From Me to You" | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| — | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | "Do You Want to Know a Secret" | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | No |
| 152 | Gerry & The Pacemakers | "I Like It" | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 153 | Frank Ifield | "Confessin' (That I Love You)" | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 154 | Elvis Presley | "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" | No | — | No | No | 1 |
| 155 | The Searchers | "Sweets for My Sweet" | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 156 | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | "Bad to Me" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 157 | The Beatles | "She Loves You" | 6 | — | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 158 | Brian Poole and The Tremeloes | "Do You Love Me" | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 159 | Gerry & The Pacemakers | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 160 | The Beatles | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 161 | The Dave Clark Five | "Glad All Over" | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| — | The Swinging Blue Jeans | "Hippy Hippy Shake" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 162 | The Searchers | "Needles and Pins" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 163 | The Bachelors | "Diane" | No | — | No | No | 1 |
| 164 | Cilla Black | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| — | The Dave Clark Five | "Bits and Pieces" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 165 | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | "Little Children" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 166 | The Beatles | "Can't Buy Me Love" | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 167 | Peter & Gordon | "A World Without Love" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 168 | The Searchers | "Don't Throw Your Love Away" | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 169 | The Four Pennies | "Juliet" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 170 | Cilla Black | "You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 171 | Roy Orbison | "It's Over" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 172 | The Animals | "House of the Rising Sun" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 173 | The Rolling Stones | "It's All Over Now" | No | — | 1 | No | 1 |
| 174 | The Beatles | "A Hard Day's Night" | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 175 | Manfred Mann | "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 176 | The Honeycombs | "Have I the Right?" | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 177 | The Kinks | "You Really Got Me" | 1 | — | 1 | No | 2 |
| 178 | Herman's Hermits | "I'm Into Something Good" | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 179 | Roy Orbison | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 180 | Sandie Shaw | "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 181 | The Supremes | "Baby Love" | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 182 | The Rolling Stones | "Little Red Rooster" | 2 | — | No | 1 | 1 |
| 183 | The Beatles | "I Feel Fine" | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 184 | Georgie Fame | "Yeh Yeh" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 185 | The Moody Blues | "Go Now" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 186 | The Righteous Brothers | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 187 | The Kinks | "Tired of Waiting for You" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 188 | The Seekers | "I'll Never Find Another You" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 189 | Tom Jones | "It's Not Unusual" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 190 | The Rolling Stones | "The Last Time" | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 191 | Unit 4 + 2 | "Concrete and Clay" | No | — | No | 1 | 1 |
| — | The Yardbirds | "For Your Love" | 1 | — | No | No | No |
| 192 | Cliff Richard | "The Minute You're Gone" | 1 | — | 1 | No | 1 |
| 193 | The Beatles | "Ticket to Ride" | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 194 | Roger Miller | "King of the Road" | No | — | No | No | 1 |
| — | The Seekers | "A World of Our Own" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 195 | Jackie Trent | "Where Are You Now (My Love)" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 196 | Sandie Shaw | "Long Live Love" | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 197 | Elvis Presley | "Crying in the Chapel" | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| — | The Everly Brothers | "The Price of Love" | 1 | — | No | No | No |
| 198 | The Hollies | "I'm Alive" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 199 | The Byrds | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 200 | The Beatles | "Help!" | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 201 | Sonny & Cher | "I Got You Babe" | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 202 | The Rolling Stones | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 203 | The Walker Brothers | "Make It Easy on Yourself" | No | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 204 | Ken Dodd | "Tears" | 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 205 | The Rolling Stones | "Get Off of My Cloud" | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| — | Len Barry | "1-2-3" | 1 | — | No | No | No |
| 206 | The Seekers | "The Carnival Is Over" | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 207 | The Beatles | "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" | 5 | — | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 208 | The Spencer Davis Group | "Keep On Running" | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 209 | The Overlanders | "Michelle" | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 210 | Nancy Sinatra | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| — | The Rolling Stones | "19th Nervous Breakdown" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | No |
| — | Small Faces | "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" | No | — | 1 | 1 | No |
| — | The Hollies | "I Can't Let Go" | 2 | — | No | No | No |
| 211 | The Walker Brothers | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 212 | The Spencer Davis Group | "Somebody Help Me" | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 213 | Dusty Springfield | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 214 | Manfred Mann | "Pretty Flamingo" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 215 | The Rolling Stones | "Paint It, Black" | 1 | — | 1 | No | 1 |
| — | The Troggs | "Wild Thing" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 216 | Frank Sinatra | "Strangers in the Night" | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 217 | The Beatles | "Paperback Writer" | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 218 | The Kinks | "Sunny Afternoon" | 2 | — | No | 2 | 2 |
| 219 | Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | "Getaway" | No | — | 2 | No | 1 |
| 220 | Chris Farlowe | "Out of Time" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 221 | The Troggs | "With a Girl Like You" | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 222 | The Beatles | "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 223 | Small Faces | "All or Nothing" | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 224 | Jim Reeves | "Distant Drums" | 5 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| — | The Who | "I'm a Boy" | No | — | 2 | No | No |
| 225 | Four Tops | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 226 | The Beach Boys | "Good Vibrations" | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 227 | Tom Jones | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | 7 | — | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| — | The Seekers | "Morningtown Ride" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 228 | The Monkees | "I'm a Believer" | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 229 | Petula Clark | "This Is My Song" | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 230 | Engelbert Humperdinck | "Release Me" | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| — | The Beatles | "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" | No | — | 3 | No | No |
| — | Harry Secombe | "This Is My Song" | No | — | No | 1 | No |
| 231 | Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra | "Somethin' Stupid" | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 232 | Sandie Shaw | "Puppet on a String" | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 233 | The Tremeloes | "Silence Is Golden" | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 234 | Procol Harum | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | 5 | — | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| — | The Monkees | "Alternate Title" | No | — | 1 | No | No |
| 235 | The Beatles | "All You Need Is Love" | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 236 | Scott McKenzie | "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 237 | Engelbert Humperdinck | "The Last Waltz" | 6 | — | 7 | — | 5 |
| 238 | Bee Gees | "Massachusetts" | 3 | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| 239 | The Foundations | "Baby Now That I've Found You" | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 240 | Long John Baldry | "Let the Heartaches Begin" | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 241 | The Beatles | "Hello, Goodbye" | 6 | — | 5 | — | 7 |
| — | The Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour | No | — | 3 | — | No |
| 242 | Georgie Fame | "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 243 | Love Affair | "Everlasting Love" | 3 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| 244 | Manfred Mann | "Mighty Quinn" | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 245 | Esther and Abi Ofarim | "Cinderella Rockefella" | 4 | — | 4 | — | 3 |
| 246 | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | "The Legend of Xanadu" | No | — | No | — | 1 |
| — | Tom Jones | "Delilah" | No | — | 2 | — | No |
| 247 | The Beatles | "Lady Madonna" | 2 | — | No | — | 2 |
| 248 | Cliff Richard | "Congratulations" | 1 | — | No | — | 2 |
| 249 | Louis Armstrong | "What a Wonderful World" / "Cabaret" | 4 | — | 5 | — | 4 |
| 250 | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap | "Young Girl" | 5 | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| 251 | The Rolling Stones | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| 252 | The Equals | "Baby Come Back" | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 253 | Des O'Connor | "I Pretend" | No | — | No | — | 1 |
| 254 | Tommy James and the Shondells | "Mony Mony" | 4 | — | 5 | — | 3 |
| 255 | Crazy World of Arthur Brown | "Fire" | No | — | No | — | 1 |
| 256 | The Beach Boys | "Do It Again" | No | — | No | — | 1 |
| — | Tom Jones | "Help Yourself" | 2 | — | No | — | No |
| — | Herb Alpert | "This Guy's in Love With You" | No | — | 1 | — | No |
| 257 | Bee Gees | "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 258 | The Beatles | "Hey Jude" | 3 | — | 4 | — | 2 |
| 259 | Mary Hopkin | "Those Were the Days" | 5 | — | 5 | — | 6 |
| 260 | Joe Cocker | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 261 | Hugo Montenegro | "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| — | Barry Ryan | "Eloise" | 2 | — | 1 | — | No |
| 262 | The Scaffold | "Lily the Pink" | 5 | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| 263 | Marmalade | "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | 2 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 264 | Fleetwood Mac | "Albatross" | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| 265 | The Move | "Blackberry Way" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |