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The act that has achieved the most number ones is American entertainer Elvis Presley, who has topped the chart 21 times (including 3 re-releases of songs that had previously been number ones) – Presley's second number one, "Jailhouse Rock", was the first single ever to debut at the top of the chart. [1]
Elvis Presley secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1957 with seven hit singles. Paul Anka was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Diana". Bing Crosby, Malcolm Vaughan, Petula Clark, Tab Hunter and Winifred Atwell were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1957.
Alternatively, some considered the BBC's Pick of the Pops, which averaged all these charts, to be a better indicator of the number-one single. [2] In terms of number-one singles, Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell and Elvis Presley were the most successful artists of the 1950s, having four singles reach the top spot. [nb 1] The longest duration of a ...
UK singles chart number ones UK singles chart 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Other charts Melody Maker – 1956–1969 Melody Maker – 1970s Melody Maker – 1980s NME – 1960s NME – 1970s NME – 1980s Record Mirror (1955–1962) Miscellaneous charts 1952–1969 Miscellaneous charts 1969–1988 Related Official Charts Company Christmas number one Melody Maker was a ...
List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1957; List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1957; List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1957; List of number-one hits of 1957 (Germany) List of UK top-ten singles in 1957
It is the first time the UK has entered the competition. June – Kay Kendall , star of Les Girls , marries Rex Harrison , star of My Fair Lady . 6 July – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles first meet at a garden fete at St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool , at which Lennon's skiffle group, The Quarrymen , is playing (and in the ...
Elvis Presley holds the record for most number one singles. The Beatles have the most number one singles of any group or British act. Madonna has the most number one singles of any female artist. This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company since November 1952.
Donovan never had a number-one single or number-one album in his native UK; [1] however, his Universal Soldier EP spent eight weeks at the top of the EP chart. In the 1950s and 1960s "a third vinyl format" was introduced alongside long-playing (LP) albums, and singles. The extended play (EP) used the same formats as singles but contained more ...