1960S Pop

[lynndreef]

Does anybody know which single had the most CONSECUTIVE weeks on the chart in the 1960s?

[factor-fiction]

Just a guess- Sinatra and My Way

[Mamyalynne]

Some info here....


http://www.everyhit.com/mostweeksatno1.html

[tonyav]

Sugar Sugar by the Archies seemed to be No 1 forever !.

[factor-fiction]

Forget My Way- it was around for ages but wasn't released until 1969. The answer will have been around longer in the 60s

[factor-fiction]

That was also late 69, Tony.
It may depend on whether the setter means number 1, top 10, top 20,top 30 or what

[lynndreef]

I looked at My Way, Factor-Fiction, and I think your first posting is probably correct. Yes, it didnt chart until April 69, but it was on the chart for 41 consecutive weeks, the first time. I cant find any other record with that many donsecutive weeks. The nearest is she Loves You. Thanks to all for the posts.

[factor-fiction]

My Way was in for 124 weeks, but most were in the 70s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_singles_which_have_spent_the_most_weeks_on_the_UK_Singles_Chart

[factor-fiction]

Englebert Humperdink- Please Release Me?

[factor-fiction]

"Early in 1967, Humperdinck was asked to stand in for Dickie Valentine, who was ill, on the variety TV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium.[5] The show was one of the biggest rating shows in the UK at the time. He sang his latest song, "Release Me", an old US country hit, on the show and it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 2 March and stayed there for six weeks, keeping "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles off the top of the charts in the process.[5] The record stayed in the charts for a record fifty-six consecutive weeks.[8]

[baza]

A whiter shade of pale, Procul Harem ?

[factor-fiction]

^ See the last sentence.

I think Acker Bilk's Stranger on The Shore was around for a similar period (but much earlier in the 60s)

[lynndreef]

I just looked up Release Me, Factor-Fiction, and you may have something there. It first charted in Jan 67, and was there for 56 weeks. It doesnt matter what position it reached, just that it was there for an unbroken period of time. My Way managed 41 weeks from April 1970, the first time, which would take it into1970, and then kept re-entering the chart, after that. So, Englebert may well be the answer I shall use. Thanks very much.