SIXTY YEARS OF BRITISH NUMBER ONES |
MOST No 1s for ARTISTS |
CLIFF
RICHARD (14 No 1s)
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Week Ending | ACT | TITLE | Weeks | TALLY | COMMENT |
31 Jul 1959 | Cliff Richard | Living Doll | 6 | 1st No 1 | Written by Lionel Bart ("Oliver!"), it was Cliff's first of 14 No 1s spanning a record 40 years. |
30 Oct 1959 | Cliff Richard | Travellin' Light | 5 | 2nd No 1 | Living Doll sound-alike repeated the trick. |
28 Jul 1960 | Cliff Richard | Please Don't Tease | 4 | 3rd No 1 | Co-written by Bruce Welch, it was chosen for release by a poll of Cliff's fans. |
29 Dec 1960 | Cliff Richard | I Love You | 2 | 4th No 1 | His first Xmas No 1 - something he would later become famed for. |
11 Jan 1962 | Cliff Richard | The Young Ones | 6 | 5th No 1 | Taken from his film of the same name. One of his most popular songs. |
3 Jan 1963 | Cliff Richard | The Next Time / Bachelor Boy | 3 | 6th No 1 | Both tracks from his film "Summer Holiday". |
14 Mar 1963 | Cliff Richard | Summer Holiday | 3 | 7th No 1 | From Cliff's film of the same name. Perhaps his best-loved song. |
15 Apr 1965 | Cliff Richard | The Minute You're Gone | 1 | 8th No 1 | Country music song recorded in Nashville. His first No 1 for two years. |
10 Apr 1968 | Cliff Richard | Congratulations | 2 | 9th No 1 | Losing Eurovision song which gave Cliff a new No 1. His next was 11 years away. |
25 Aug 1979 | Cliff Richard | We Don't Talk Anymore | 4 | 10th No 1 | After a lean time through most of the 70s, this first No 1 for 11 years started run of Top 10 hits throughout the 80s. |
22 Mar 1986 | Cliff Richard & The Young Ones | Living Doll (New recording for Comic Relief) |
3 | 11th No 1 | He was in the middle of an 80s revival, and made this charity hit with the anarchic team from the tv show "The Young Ones". |
3 Dec 1988 | Cliff Richard | Mistletoe And Wine | 4 | 12th No 1 | He was still riding high, and this Christmas hit swept him back to the top of the chart. |
8 Dec 1990 | Cliff Richard | Saviour's Day | 1 | 13th No 1 | He had been part of Band Aid II which made No 1 at Xmas 1989, so he could claim three Xmas chart toppers in a row. |
28 Nov 1999 | Cliff Richard | Millennium Prayer | 3 | 14th No 1 | 40 years after his first ever No 1, he was back at the top again, despite resistance from radio stations. It failed to hang on for Christmas. |
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