The UK Number Ones : Artist List

BEATLES (17 No 1s)
Week Ending	ACT	TITLE	Weeks	TALLY	COMMENT
2 May 1963	Beatles	From Me To You	7	1st No 1	The first of their 17 No 1s, and the beginning of a phenomenon.
12 Sep 1963	Beatles	She Loves You	6	2nd No 1	The "yeah, yeah, yeah" phrase charmed a public of all age groups.
12 Dec 1963	Beatles	I Want To Hold Your Hand	5	3rd No 1	They stuck to a formula that just could not miss.
2 Apr 1964	Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love	3	4th No 1	From their film "A Hard Day's Night". Another three in a row from George Martin.
23 Jul 1964	Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	3	5th No 1	Title track from the Beatles' first film.
10 Dec 1964	Beatles	I Feel Fine	5	6th No 1	Their second Christmas No 1. They got two more - in 1965 and 1967.
22 Apr 1965	Beatles	Ticket To Ride	3	7th No 1	From the Beatles film "Help!"
5 Aug 1965	Beatles	Help!	3	8th No 1	From their film of the same name.
16 Dec 1965	Beatles	Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out	5	9th No 1	They ended the year as global mega-stars without equal.
23 Jun 1966	Beatles	Paperback Writer	2	10th No 1	Slight change of direction in writing, but the fans kept buying.
18 Aug 1966	Beatles	Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby	4	11th No 1	Their 11th consecutive No 1; a feat never rivalled. Their next release stalled at 2.
19 Jul 1967	Beatles	All You Need Is Love	3	12th No 1	Back at No 1 with a song performed live on the first worldwide satellite link up.
6 Dec 1967	Beatles	Hello Goodbye	7	13th No 1	Straight-forward pop song which equalled their most weeks at the top.
27 Mar 1968	Beatles	Lady Madonna	2	14th No 1	Uninspired song that stayed on the chart for a total of just eight weeks.
11 Sep 1968	Beatles	Hey Jude	2	15th No 1	Single was 7 minutes long, and was at No 1 in US for nine weeks.
23 Apr 1969	Beatles	Get Back	6	16th No 1	Famous for being performed live on the roof of the HMV building in London.
11 Jun 1969	Beatles	The Ballad Of John & Yoko	3	17th & last No 1	Last No 1 from the Fab Four. Now disintegrating, George & Ringo did not play on this recording.