SIXTY YEARS OF BRITISH NUMBER ONES |
MOST No 1s for ARTISTS |
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ELVIS PRESLEY (21 No 1s)
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| Week Ending | ACT | TITLE | Weeks | TALLY | COMMENT |
| 28 Jun 1957 | Elvis Presley | All Shook Up | 7 | 1st No 1 | "The King" had 9 previous UK hits before finally making No 1. |
| 24 Jan 1958 | Elvis Presley | Jailhouse Rock | 3 | 2nd No 1 | 1st record to enter charts at No 1. From the Presley film of the same name. |
| 30 Jan 1959 | Elvis Presley | I Got Stung / One Night | 3 | 3rd No 1 | Presley was in the army by the time this was a hit. |
| 15 May 1959 | Elvis Presley | A Fool Such As I | 5 | 4th No 1 | His first ballad to make it to the top. |
| 3 Nov 1960 | Elvis Presley | It's Now Or Never | 8 | 5th No 1 | Based on Italian song, "O Sole Mio", it was his first post-army No 1. |
| 26 Jan 1961 | Elvis Presley | Are You Lonesome Tonight | 4 | 6th No 1 | Song written in 1926 - includes spoken passage based on Shakespeare. |
| 23 Mar 1961 | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 6 | 7th No 1 | Based on a German folk song, it was featured in Presley's film "GI Blues". |
| 1 Jun 1961 | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 4 | 8th No 1 | Another revived Italian song, "Return To Sorrento", written in 1911. |
| 9 Nov 1961 | Elvis Presley | His Latest Flame | 4 | 9th No 1 | Recorded in Nashville while his 8th No 1 was at the top. |
| 22 Feb 1962 | Elvis Presley | Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby | 4 | 10th No 1 | Both tracks taken from his movie "Blue Hawaii". |
| 24 May 1962 | Elvis Presley | Good Luck Charm | 5 | 11th No 1 | Written by the same team that gave Elvis "I Got Stung" in 1959. |
| 13 Sep 1962 | Elvis Presley | She's Not You | 3 | 12th No 1 | Country-flavoured song from the Lieber & Stoller team. |
| 13 Dec 1962 | Elvis Presley | Return To Sender | 3 | 13th No 1 | Apart from Elvis again, last US record to reach No 1 in the UK until 20 Jun 1964! |
| 1 Aug 1963 | Elvis Presley | Devil In Disguise | 1 | 14th No 1 | His 10th No 1 in less than 3 years, but it got tougher for the King from hereon. |
| 17 Jun 1965 | Elvis Presley | Crying In The Chapel | 2 | 15th No 1 | Now struggling in the charts, his first No 1 for two years was recorded 5 years earlier. |
| 1 Aug 1970 | Elvis Presley | The Wonder Of You | 6 | 16th No 1 | He was reviving his career in Las Vegas, and this is a live recording from his show. At this point he was still one behind the Beatles. |
| 3 Sep 1977 | Elvis Presley | Way Down | 5 | 17th No 1 | Released just before the King died on 16/8/77, it shot to No 1 as a result. It put him equal with the Beatles, each amassing 17 No 1 hits. |
| 22 Jun 2002 | Elvis Presley vs JXL | A Little Less Conversation | 4 | 18th No 1 | 25 years after his death and previous No 1, the King returned to the top. The song is from one of his long-forgotten 1960s films, remixed for a Nike world cup 2002 tv ad. |
| 15 Jan 2005 | Elvis Presley | Jailhouse Rock | 1 | 19th No 1 | To celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a series of re-released Presley singles was issued. The first of these went straight to the top. The track was last at No 1 in January 1958. |
| 22 Jan 2005 | Elvis Presley | One Night / I Got Stung | 1 | 20th No 1 | Continuing the re-issue of Presley's former No 1s, the second in the series jumped to the top, replacing the first. This recording was previously at No 1 in January 1959. |
| 5 Feb 2005 | Elvis Presley | It's Now Or Never | 1 | 21st No 1 | Yet another of his reissues hit the top. This was last at No 1 in November 1960. |