List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)

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This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart in the 1960s. The sources are the Melody Maker chart until March 1960, and the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 onwards.

Contents

[edit] 1960

  1. Freddy Cannon - The Explosive Freddy Cannon
    March 12th for 1 week
  2. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    March 19th for 19 weeks
  3. Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back
    July 30th for 1 week
  4. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    August 6th for 5 weeks
  5. One Hundred And One Strings - Down Drury Lane To Memory Lane
    September 10th for 5 weeks
  6. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    October 15th for 13 weeks

[edit] 1961

  1. Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
    January 14th for 7 weeks
  2. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    March 4th for 1 week
  3. Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
    March 11th for 3 weeks
  4. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    April 1st for 1 week
  5. Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
    April 8th for 12 weeks
  6. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    July 1st for 4 weeks
  7. George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black and White Minstrel Show
    July 29th for 4 weeks
  8. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    August 26th for 1 week
  9. George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
    September 2nd for one week
  10. Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
    September 9th for 1 week
  11. George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
    September 16th for 1 week
  12. The Shadows - The Shadows
    September 23rd for 4 weeks
  13. George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
    October 21st for 1 week
  14. The Shadows - The Shadows
    October 28th for 1 week
  15. Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I'm 21 Today
    November 4th for 1 week
  16. George Mitchell Minstrels - Another Black And White Minstrel Show
    November 11th for 8 weeks

[edit] 1962

  1. Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST)
    January 6th for 1 week
  2. Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones (OST)
    January 13th for 6 weeks
  3. Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST)
    February 24th for 17 weeks
  4. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    June 23rd for 5 weeks
  5. Elvis Presley - Pot Luck
    July 28th for 5 weeks
  6. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    September 1st for 1 week
  7. Elvis Presley - Pot Luck
    September 8th for 1 week
  8. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    September 15th for 1 week
  9. Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk - The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk
    September 22nd for 1 week
  10. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    September 29th for 3 weeks
  11. Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk - The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk
    October 20th for 1 week
  12. The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
    October 27th for 3 weeks
  13. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    November 17th for 1 week
  14. The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
    November 24th for 1 week
  15. George Mitchell Minstrels - On Stage With The George Mitchell Minstrels
    December 1st for 2 weeks
  16. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    December 15th for 1 week
  17. The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
    December 22nd for 1 week
  18. George Mitchell Minstrels - Another Black And White Minstrel Show
    December 29th for 2 weeks

[edit] 1963

  1. Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
    January 12th for 1 week
  2. The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
    January 19th for 2 weeks
  3. Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Summer Holiday (OST)
    February 2nd for 14 weeks
  4. The Beatles - Please Please Me
    May 11th for 30 weeks
  5. The Beatles - With the Beatles
    December 7th for 21 weeks

[edit] 1964

  1. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
    May 2nd for 12 weeks
  2. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
    July 5th for 21 weeks
  3. The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
    December 19th for 7 weeks

[edit] 1965

  1. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
    February 6th for 3 weeks
  2. The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
    February 27th for 1 week
  3. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
    March 6th for 6 weeks
  4. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
    April 17th for 1 week
  5. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
    April 24th for 1 week
  6. The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
    May 1st for 3 weeks
  7. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
    May 22nd for 1 week
  8. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
    May 29th for 1 week
  9. Original Soundtrack For The Sound of Music
    June 5th for 10 weeks
  10. The Beatles - Help!
    August 14th for 9 weeks
  11. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    October 16th for 10 weeks
  12. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
    December 25th for 8 weeks

[edit] 1966

  1. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    February 19th for 10 weeks
  2. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
    April 30th for 8 weeks
  3. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    June 25th for 7 weeks
  4. The Beatles - Revolver
    August 13th for 7 weeks
  5. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    October 1st for 18 weeks

[edit] 1967

  1. The Monkees - The Monkees
    February 4th for 7 weeks
  2. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    March 25th for 7 weeks
  3. The Monkees - More Of The Monkees
    May 13th for 1 week
  4. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    May 20th for 1 week
  5. The Monkees - More Of The Monkees
    May 27th for 1 week
  6. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    June 3rd for 1 week
  7. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    June 10th for 23 weeks
  8. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    November 18th for 1 week
  9. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    November 25th for 1 week
  10. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    December 2nd for 3 weeks
  11. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    December 23rd for 2 weeks

[edit] 1968

  1. Val Doonican - Val Doonican Rocks But Gently
    January 6th for 3 weeks
  2. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    January 27th for 1 week
  3. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    February 3rd for 1 week
  4. The Four Tops - The Four Tops Greatest Hits
    February 10th for 1 week
  5. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Diana Ross & The Supremes Greatest Hits
    February 17th for 3 weeks
  6. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
    March 9th for 10 weeks
  7. Scott Walker - Scott 2
    May 18th for 1 week
  8. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
    May 25th for 3 weeks
  9. Andy Williams - Love Andy
    June 15th for 1 week
  10. Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
    June 22nd for 1 week
  11. The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
    June 29th for 6 weeks
  12. Tom Jones - Delilah
    August 10th for 1 week
  13. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
    August 17th for 5 week
  14. Tom Jones - Delilah
    September 21st for 1 week
  15. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
    September 28th for 2 weeks
  16. The Hollies - The Hollies' Greatest
    October 12th for 6 weeks
  17. Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
    November 23rd for 1 week
  18. The Hollies - The Hollies' Greatest
    November 30th for 1 week
  19. The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
    December 7th for 7 weeks

[edit] 1969

  1. The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
    January 25th for 1 week
  2. The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
    February 1st for 1 week
  3. The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
    February 8th for 1 week
  4. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
    February 15th for 4 weeks
  5. Cream - Goodbye
    March 15th for 2 weeks
  6. The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
    March 29th for 2 weeks
  7. Cream - Goodbye
    April 12th for 1 week
  8. The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
    April 19th for 1 week
  9. Cream - Goodbye
    April 26th for 1 week
  10. The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
    May 3rd for 1 week
  11. The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
    May 10th for 2 weeks
  12. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
    May 24th for 4 weeks
  13. Ray Conniff - His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound
    June 21st for 3 weeks
  14. Jim Reeves - According To My Heart
    July 12th for 4 weeks
  15. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
    August 9th for 3 weeks
  16. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
    August 30th for 1 week
  17. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
    September 6th for 2 weeks
  18. Blind Faith - Blind Faith
    September 20th for 2 weeks
  19. The Beatles - Abbey Road
    October 4th for 11 weeks
  20. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
    December 20th for 1 week
  21. The Beatles - Abbey Road
    December 27th for 6 weeks
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