SIXTY YEARS OF BRITISH NUMBER ONES

MOST No 1s for ARTISTS
ARTIST TRACK LISTINGS

 

 

CLIFF RICHARD  (14 No 1s)

 

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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