200 ESSENTIAL UK & US #1 SINGLES.PART 2:  XXVI - L. Continues next week. 

Caffé Latté presents…

THE 200 MOST ESSENTIAL BRITISH &

AMERICAN

#1 SINGLES

Hundreds of songs have topped the charts in Britain and America- the 2 key markets of rock music- since “Rock Around The Clock” reached #1 in 1955. The 200 that matter the most are presented here in chronological order, from that watershed disc through to 2016.

SATISFACTION  Rolling Stones 1965- 2 weeks	WHERE DID OUR  LOVE GO Supremes 1964 - 2 weeks
KEEP ON RUNNING  Spencer Davis Group 1966- 1 week	THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Animals 1964- 3 weeks
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY  YOU LOVE ME Dusty Springfield 1966- 1 week	OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison 1964- 3 weeks
PAINT IT, BLACK Rolling Stones 1966- 1 week	YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' Righteous Brothers 1965- 2 weeks
SUNNY AFTERNOON The Kinks 1966- 1 week	MY GIRL Temptations 1965- 1 week
ELEANOR RIGBY Beatles 1966- 4 weeks	I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Four Tops 1965- 2 weeks
REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE Four Tops 1966- 3 weeks	MR TAMBOURINE MAN Byrds 1965- 1 week
GOOD VIBRATIONS Beach Boys 1966- 2 weeks	SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 1965- 4 weeks
I'M A BELIEVER Monkees 1967- 4 weeks	YESTERDAY Beatles 1965- 4 weeks
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Procol Harum 1967-  6 weeks	THE SOUND OF SILENCE  Simon & Garfunkel 1966- 2 weeks
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE Beatles 1967- 3 weeks	PAINT IT, BLACK Rolling Stones 1966- 2 weeks
SAN FRANCISCO Scott McKenzie 1967- 4 weeks	GOOD VIBRATIONS Beach Boys 1966- 1 weeks
MASSACHUSETTS Bee Gees 1967- 4 weeks	RESPECT Aretha Franklin 1967- 2 weeks
WHAT A  WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 1968- 4 weeks	LIGHT MY FIRE Doors 1967- 3 weeks
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH Rolling Stones 1968- 2 weeks	THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding 1968- 4 weeks
HEY JUDE Beatles 1968- 2 weeks	HEY JUDE Beatles 1968- 9 weeks
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye 1969- 3 weeks	LOVE CHILD Supremes 1968- 2 weeks
BAD MOON RISING Creedence  Clearwater Revival 1969- 3 weeks	I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye 1968- 7 weeks
BRIDGE OVER  TROUBLED WATER  Simon & Garfunkel 1970- 3 weeks	EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone 1955- 4 weeks
THE TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1970- 1 week	I WANT YOU BACK  Jackson 5 1970- 1 week
WOODSTOCK  Matthews' Southern  Comfort 1970- 3 weeks	BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel 1970- 6 weeks
VOODOO CHILE  Jimi Hendrix 1970- 1 week	LET IT BE Beatles 1970- 2 weeks
MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 1971- 5 weeks	CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters 1970- 4 weeks
GET IT ON T. Rex 1971- 4 weeks	WAR Edwin Starr 1970- 3 weeks
MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart 1971- 5 weeks	MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 1970- 4 weeks

Now that the dust has settled on another year, this is a look back on the 200 #1 singles that have mattered most on the UK and US Top 40 Pop charts. The songs are listed in chronological order from 1955 to the present day, starting with "Rock Around The Clock" at the dawn of the Rock Era.