Shirley Bassey - As I Love You (UK number one, January 1959) Watch Shirley Bassey performing As I Love You on Show Of The Week Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her (UK number one, August 1960 ...

Here’s our rundown of over half a century of Christmas number ones, from the top of the pops ... but also the first ever UK number one. It was a couple of years until we had a tailor-made ...

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Why? As BBC Bitesize shows, despite making the much-desired number one spot on the UK singles chart, none of these tracks have any lyrics. In 1953, the British film Moulin Rouge, based on the life ...

Please Please Me was their longest run at the summit, racking up an incredible 30 consecutive weeks at Number 1. See all the Beatles' UK hit singles and albums Before we move away from the ...