Number ones from Wales
topHere we look at the chart-topping singles from Wales, blasting to the top of the hit parade around the world.
1959
Shirley Bassey - As I Love You (UK number one, January 1959)
Watch Shirley Bassey performing As I Love You on Show Of The Week
Number crunching
- 22 UK Number Ones
- 9 international Number Ones
- First: Shirley Bassey - As I Love You
- Latest: DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans - Louder
- 20 Number One artists
- 15 male artists
- 6 female artists
1960
Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her (UK number one, August 1960)
Ricky Valance - Jimmy's Girl (number one in Austria and Scandinavia, 1960)
1961
Ricky Valance - Moving Away (number one in Austria and Scandinavia, 1961)
Shirley Bassey - Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain (UK number one, July 1961)
1965
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (UK number one, February 1965)
Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (UK number one, December 1965)
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1966
Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (UK number one, March 1966)
Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of 91Èȱ¬ (UK Christmas number one, November 1966)
Watch a documentary clip about the song
1968
Tom Jones - Delilah (German and Swiss number one, February 1968)
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (UK, German, Swiss and US Adult Contemporary number one, September 1968)
1969
Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (UK number one, January 1969)
1970
Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (UK Christmas number one, November 1970)
1977
Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache (French, Swedish and Norwegian number one, 1977)
1980
Steve Strange's Visage - Fade To Grey (German and Swiss number one, November 1980)
1981
Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House (UK number one, February 1981)
Watch Shakin' Stevens performing This Ole House on The Little And Large Show
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door (UK number one, July 1981)
1982
Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie (UK number one, January 1982)
1983
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (UK, US, French and Norwegian number one, February 1983)
Watch Bonnie Tyler performing Total Eclipse Of The Heart on Top Of The Pops
The Flying Pickets - Only You (UK Christmas number one, November 1983)
Watch The Flying Pickets performing Only You on Top Of The Pops
1985
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (UK Christmas number one, December 1985)
Watch Shakin' Stevens performing Merry Christmas Everyone on Top Of The Pops
1990
World Party - Way Down Now (US Modern Rock chart number one, 1990)
1998
Donna Lewis - Love Him (US Dance Chart number one, 1998)
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (UK number one, September 1998)
2000
Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes (UK number one, January 2000)
2001
Feeder - Buck Rogers (South African number one, January 2001)
Watch Feeder performing Buck Rogers on Top Of The Pops
2003
Bonnie Tyler - Si Demain (Turn Around) (French number one, 2003)
2004
Lostprophets - Last Train 91Èȱ¬ (US Alternative Chart number one, April 2004)
2005
Stereophonics - Dakota (UK number one, February 2005)
2008
Duffy - Mercy (UK, French, Dutch and Swiss number one, February 2008)
Watch Duffy performing Mercy on Later... With Jools Holland
2009
Ruth Jones, Tom Jones and Rob Brydon - Barry Islands In The Stream (UK number one, March 2009)
2011
DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans - Louder (UK number one, July 2011)
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See also
- The history of music in Wales
- The top 10 albums of the 2000s
- Blog: Adam Walton's top 10 albums of the 2000s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- The present day
- Welsh Number Ones
- The history of Welsh Number Ones
- Newport: The new Seattle?
- Newport in the 1970s
- Swansea's Fierce Recordings
- Led Zeppelin at Bron-Yr-Aur
- Kurt and Courtney in Newport
- The Stone Roses in Newport
- The Sex Pistols in Caerphilly
- Bob Marley in Wales
- Hendrix in Cardiff