SIXTY YEARS OF BRITISH NUMBER ONES

MOST No 1s for ARTISTS
ARTIST TRACK LISTINGS

 

 

ELVIS PRESLEY  (21 No 1s)

 

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.

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