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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 22 JANUARY 1960

1 (10) Why? - Anthony Newley (Decca)

2 (4) Starry-Eyed - Michael Holliday (Columbia)

3 (1) What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? - Emile Ford (Pye)

4 (2) What Do You Want - Adam Faith (Parlophone)

5 (3) Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka (RCA)

6 (5) Johnny Staccato - Elmer Bernstein (Capitol)

7 (9) Way Down Yonder - Freddie Cannon (Top Rank)

8 (6) Little White Bull - Tommy Steele (Decca)

9 (-) Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell (Philips)

10 (-) A Voice In The Wilderness - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

No 1 album this week in 1960: South Pacific - Film Soundtrack (RCA)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 26 JANUARY 1961

1 (-) Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley (RCA)

2 (1) Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson (London)

3 (3) Portrait Of My Love - Matt Monro (Parlophone)

4 (6) Counting Teardrops - Emile Ford & the Checkmates (Pye)

5 (9) Pepe - Duane Eddy (London)

6 (2) I Love You - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

7 (4) Perfidia - The Ventures (London)

8 (5) Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters (London)

9 (-) Buona Sera - Acker Bilk (Columbia)

10 (-) You’re Sixteen - Johnny Burnette (London)

No 1 album this week in 1961: GI Blues - Elvis Presley (RCA)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 25 JANUARY 1962

1 (1) The Young Ones - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

2 (2) Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk (Columbia)

3 (4) Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka (RCA)

4 (3) Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson (London)

5 (8) Multiplication - Bobby Darin (London)

6 (6) I’ll Never Find Another You - Billy Fury (Decca)

7 (10)) Run To Him - Bobby Vee (London)

8 (-) Forget Me Not - Eden Kane (Decca)

9 (5) Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen (Pye)

10 (-) Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury)

No 1 album this week in 1962: The Young Ones - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 24 JANUARY 1963

1 (2) Dance On! - The Shadows (Columbia)

2 (1) The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

3 (5) Like I Do - Maureen Evans (Oriole)

4 (-) Diamonds - Jet Harris & Tony Meehan (Decca)

5 (9) Globetrotter - The Tornados (Decca)

6 (3) Return To Sender - Elvis Presley (RCA)

7 (6) Go Away Little Girl - Mark Wynter (Pye)

8 (-) Don’t You Think It’s Time - Mike Berry & the Outlaws (HMV)

9 (7) Dance With The Guitar Man - Duane Eddy (RCA)

10 (-) Up ON The Roof - Kenny Lynch (HMV)

No 1 album this week in 1963: Out of the Shadows - The Shadows (Columbia)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 23 JANUARY 1964

1 (1) Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five (Columbia)

2 (3) Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans (HMV)

3 (2) I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (Parlophone)

4 (4) I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield (Philips)

5 (6) Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney (United Artists)

6 (-) Needles And Pins - The Searchers (Pye)

7 (7) Swinging On A Star - Big Dee Irwin (Colpix)

8 (5) She Loves You - The Beatles (Parlophone)

9 (-) As Usual - Brenda Lee (Brunswick)

10 (-) I’m The One - Gerry & the Pacemakers (Columbia)

No 1 album this week in 1964: With The Beatles - The Beatles (Parlophone)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 21 JANUARY 1965

1 (1) Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (Columbia)

2 (3) Go Now - The Moody Blues (Decca)

3 (5) Girl Don’t Come - Sandie Shaw (Pye)

4 (4) Terry - Twinkle (Decca)

5 (10) Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Sounds Orchestral (Piccadilly)

6 (6) Somewhere - P J Proby (Liberty)

7 (2) I Feel Fine - The Beatles (Parlophone)

8 (9) Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers (Columbia)

9 (7) Walk Tall - Val Doonican (Pye)

10 (8) Downtown - Petula Clark (Pye)

No 1 album this week in 1965: Beatles For Sale - The Beatles (Parlophone)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 27 JANUARY 1966

1 (-) Michelle - The Overlanders (Pye)

1 (2) Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (Fontana)

3 (6) Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (Pye)

4 (2) Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - The Beatles (Parlophone)

5 (4) Let’s Hang On - The Four Seasons (Philips)

6 (8) A Must To Avoid - Herman's Hermits (Columbia)

7 (3) My Ship Is Coming In - The Walker Bros (Philips)

8 (10) Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks (Pye)

9 (9) The River - Ken Dodd (Columbia)

10 (-) You Were On My Mind - Crispian St Peters (Decca)

No 1 album this week in 1966: Rubber Soul - The Beatles (Parlophone)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 26 JANUARY 1967

1 (1) I’m A Believer - The Monkees (RCA)

2 (7) Night Of Fear - The Move (Deram)

3 (-) Matthew And Son - Cat Stevens (Deram)

4 (2) Green Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones (Decca)

5 (3) Happy Jack - The Who (Reaction)

6 (10) Standing In The Shadows Of Love - The Four Tops (Tamla Motown)

7 (-) Let’s Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones (Decca)

8 (4) Morningtown Ride - The Seekers (Columbia)

9 (-) Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience (Polydor)

10 (6) In The Country - Cliff Richard (Columbia)

No 1 album this week in 1967: The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (RCA)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 24 JANUARY 1968

1 (2) The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde - Georgie Fame (CBS)

2 (3) Everlasting Love - Love Affair (CBS)

3 (8) Am I That Easy To Forget? - Englebert Humperdinck (Decca)

4 (-) Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & the Playboy Band

5 (4) Magical Mystery Tour (EP) - The Beatles (Parlophone)

6 (6) Daydream Believer - The Monkees (RCA)

7 (5) Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops (Tamla Motown)

8 (1) Hello Goodbye - The Beatles (Parlophone)

9 (-) Tin Soldier - The Small Faces (Immediate)

10 (-) Everything I Am - Plastic Penny (Page One)

No 1 album this week in 1968: Val Doonican Rocks But Gently - Val Doonican (Pye)

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UK TOP 10 WEEK BEGINNING 22 JANUARY 1969

1 (1) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Marmalade (CBS)

2 (2) Albatross - Fleetwood Mac (Blue Horizon)

3 (5) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (Tamla Motown)

4 (4) Lily The Pink - The Scaffold (Parlophone)

5 (-) Blackberry Way - The Move (Regal Zonophone)

6 (3) Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (Pye)

7 (6) Something’s Happening - Herman’s Hermits (Columbia)

8 (10) Private Number - Judy Clay & William Bell (Stax)

9 (7) I’m The Urban Spaceman - The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (Liberty)

10 (-) Fox On The Run - Manfred Mann (Fontana)

No 1 album this week in 1969: The Beatles (aka The White Album) - The Beatles (Apple)
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Two record companies who specialise in re-releasing on CD much of the great music of the 1960s

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