Sunday, 14 December 2025

In My Ears and In My Eyes: A Chronology of the Canadian Number Ones

1957
Elvis Presley: "All Shook Up" 
Jimmy Dorsey with Orchestra and Chorus: "So Rare"
Paul Anka: "Diana"
Jimmy Rodgers: "Honeycomb"
The Bobbettes: "Mr. Lee"
The Everly Brothers: "Wake Up Little Susie"
Bobby Helms: "My Special Angel"
Elvis Presley: "Jailhouse Rock"
The Rays: "Silhouettes"
Sam Cooke: "You Send Me"
Bill Justis: "Raunchy"
Danny & The Juniors: "At the Hop"

1958
Elvis Presley: "I Beg of You" / "Don't"
The Silhouettes: "Get a Job"
The Chantels: "Maybe"
The Champs: "Tequila"
The Chordettes: "Lollipop"
Connie Francis: "Who's Sorry Now?"
David Seville: "Witch Doctor"
The Everly Brothers: "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
Bobby Freeman: "Do You Want to Dance"
Elvis Presley: "Hard Headed Woman"
Ricky Nelson: "Poor Little Fool"
Jack Scott: "My True Love"
The Everly Brothers: "Bird Dog" / "Devoted to You"
Robin Luke: "Susie Darlin'"
Tommy Edwards: "It's All in the Game"
Conway Twitty: "It's Only Make Believe"
The Kingston Trio: "Tom Dooley"
The Chipmunks with David Seville: "The Chipmunk Song"

1959
Ritchie Valens: "Donna" / "La Bamba"
David Seville & The Chipmunks: "Alvin's Harmonica"
The Coasters: "Charlie Brown"
Frankie Avalon: "Venus"
The Fleetwoods: "Come Softly to Me"
Travis & Bob: "Tell Him No"
Wilbert Harrison: "Kansas City"
The Browns: "The Three Bells"
Phil Phillips with The Twilights: "Sea of Love"
Ivo Robić: "Morgen"
Bobby Darin: "Mack the Knife"
The Fleetwoods: "Mr. Blue"
Marty Robbins: "El Paso"

1960
Johnny Preston: "Running Bear"
Jimmy Clanton: "Go, Jimmy, Go"
Mark Dinning: "Teen Angel"
Jim Reeves: "He'll Have to Go"
Johnny & The Hurricanes: "Beatnik Fly"
Johnny Horton: "Sink the Bismark"
Anita Bryant: "Paper Roses"
Jeanne Black: "He'll Have to Stay"
Lonnie Donegan: "My Old Man's a Dustman"
The Ventures: "Walk  Don't Run"
Jimmie Rodgers: "The Wreck of the John B"
Johnny Horton: "North to Alaska"
Bert Kaempfert: "Wonderland by Night"

1961
Neil Sedaka: "Calendar Girl"
Andy Stewart: "A Scottish Soldier"
Jørgen Ingmann: "Apache"
The Marcels: "Blue Moon"
Del Shannon: "Runaway"
Roy Orbison: "Running Scared"
Pat Boone: "Moody River"
Gary U.S. Bonds: "Quarter to Three"
Del Shannon: "Hats Off to Larry"
Fred Darian: "Johnny Willow"
Jimmy Dean: "Big Bad John"
Bobby Edwards: "You're the Reason"
Leroy Van Dyke: "Walk on By"
James Darren: "Goodbye Cruel World"

1962
Chubby Checker: "The Twist"
Charlie Drake: "My Boomerang Won't Come Back"
Gene Chandler: "Duke of Earl"
The Shirelles: "Soldier Boy"
Claude King: "Wolverton Mountain"
Brian Hyland: "Sealed with a Kiss"
Little Eva: "The Loco-Motion"
Tommy Roe: "Sheila"
The Four Seasons: "Sherry"
Bobby "Boris" Pickett: "Monster Mash"
The Crystals: "He's a Rebel"
Elvis Presley: "Return to Sender"
The Four Seasons: "Big Girls Don't Cry"
The Tornados: "Telstar"

1963
The Rooftop Singers: "Walk Right In"
Paul & Paula: "Hey Paula"
The Cascades: "Rhythm of the Rain"
The Four Seasons: "Walk Like a Man"
Skeeter Davis: "The End of the World"
The Chiffons: "He's So Fine"
Little Peggy March: "I Will Follow Him"
Cliff Richard and The Shadows: "Summer Holiday" / "Dancing Shoes"
Lesley Gore: "It's My Party"
Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights: "Charlena"
Jackie DeShannon: "Needles and Pins"
Doris Troy: "Just One Look"
Inez Foxx: "Mockingbird"
Bobby Vinton: "Blue Velvet"
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs: "Sugar Shack"
Cliff Richard: "It's All in the Game"
The Singing Nun: "Dominique"
The Kingsmen: "Louie Louie"

1964
The Beatles: "She Loves You"
The Dave Clark Five: "Bits and Pieces"
Gerry and the Pacemakers: "I'm the One"
Peter and Gordon: "A World Without Love"
The Dixie Cups: "Chapel of Love"
The Beach Boys: "I Get Around"
Johnny Rivers: "Memphis"
The Four Seasons: "Rag Doll"
The Beatles: "A Hard Day's Night"
The Newbeats: "Bread and Butter"
The Four Seasons: "Save It for Me"
Roy Orbison: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Manfred Mann: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
The Honeycombs: "Have I the Right?"
Jay and the Americans: "Come a Little Bit Closer"
Lorne Green: "Ringo"
Bobby Vinton: "Mr. Lonely"
The Beatles: "I Feel Fine"

1965
Little Anthony and the Imperials: "Goin' Out of My Head"
The Supremes: "Come See About Me"
Gerry and the Pacemakers: "I'll Be There"
The Righteous Brothers: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
Petula Clark: "Downtown"
The Kingsmen: "The Jolly Green Giant"
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames: "Yeh, Yeh"
The Beatles: "Eight Days a Week"
Guess Who? (aka Chad Allan and the Expressions): "Shakin' All Over"
Petula Clark: "I Know a Place"
Freddie and the Dreamers: "I'm Telling You Now"
Herman's Hermits: "Silhouettes"
Unit 4 + 2 / Eddie Rambeau: "Concrete and Clay"
The Beatles: "Ticket to Ride"
The Beach Boys: "Help Me, Rhonda"
The Yardbirds: "For Your Love"
Bobby Vinton: "L-O-N-E-L-Y"
Herman's Hermits: "Wonderful World"
Jay and the Americans: "Cara Mia"
Johnny Rivers: "Seventh Son"
Billy Joe Royal: "Down in the Boondocks"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys: "Save Your Heart for Me"
Sonny and Cher: "I Got You Babe"
The Beatles: "Help!"
Eddie Rambeau: "My Name Is Mud"
Barry McGuire: "Eve of Destruction"
Roy Orbison: "Ride Away"
Sonny and Cher: "Baby Don't Go"
Billy Joe Royal: "I Knew You When"
The Rolling Stones: "Get Off of My Cloud"
The Walker Brothers: "Make It Easy on Yourself"
Little Caesar and the Consuls: "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
The Wonder Who?: "Don't Think Twice"
The Dave Clark Five: "Over and Over"

1966
The Statler Brothers: "Flowers on the Wall"
The Rolling Stones: "As Tears Go By"
Petula Clark: "My Love"
Lou Christie: "Lightnin' Strikes"
David and Jonathan: "Michelle"
The Dave Clark Five: "At the Scene"
Herman's Hermits: "Listen People"
The Beatles: "Nowhere Man"
Peter and Gordon: "Woman"
The Vogues: "Magic Town"
The Lovin' Spoonful: "Daydream"
The Young Rascals: "Good Lovin'"
Paul Revere and the Raiders: "Kicks"
The Mamas and the Papas: "Monday, Monday"
The Rolling Stones: "Paint It Black"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys: "Green Grass"
The Chiffons: "Sweet Talkin' Guy"
The Beatles: "Paperback Writer"
The Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball"
Crispian St. Peters: "The Pied Piper"
Tommy James and the Shondells: "Hanky Panky"
Tommy Roe: "Sweet Pea"
The Mamas and the Papas: "I Saw Her Again"
The Lovin' Spoonful: "Summer in the City"
The Happenings: "See You in September"
The Hollies: "Bus Stop"
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames: "Get Away"
The Kinks: "Sunny Afternoon"
The Association: "Cherish"
Los Bravos: "Black Is Black"
Eric Burdon and the Animals: "See See Rider"
? and the Mysterians: "96 Tears"
Herman's Hermits: "Dandy"
Johnny Rivers: "Poor Side of Town"
The New Vaudeville Band / Dana Rollin: "Winchester Cathedral"
Peter and Gordon: "Lady Godiva"
The Hollies: "Stop! Stop! Stop!"
The Monkees: "I'm a Believer"

1967
The Royal Guardsmen: "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron"
The Seekers: "Georgy Girl"
The Buckinghams: "Kind of a Drag"
The Spencer Davis Group: "Gimme Some Lovin'"
The Beatles: "Penny Lane"
Young Canada Singers: "Canada"
Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra: "Somethin' Stupid"
The Spencer Davis Group: "I'm a Man"
The Who: "Happy Jack"
The Happenings: "I Got Rhythm"
The Young Rascals: "Groovin'"
The Mamas and the Papas: "Creeque Alley"
Jefferson Airplane: "Somebody to Love"

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