NUMBER ONE Singles in Australia 1966 - 1974
according to GO-SET magazine charts
in chronological order
Dates
Weeks at
Number One
Song
Artist
5.10.1966
-
12.10.1966
2 weeks
YELLOW SUBMARINE/ELEANOR RIGBY
The Beatles
19.10.1966
-
26.10.1966
2 weeks
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
The Twilights
2.11.1966
1 week
STEP BACK/CARA-LYN
Johnny Young And Kompany
9.11.1966
1 week
LADY GODIVA
Peter And Gordon
16.11.1966
(2 weeks)
SORRY
The Easybeats
23.11.1966
1 week
IF I WERE A CARPENTER
Bobby Darin
30.11.1966
(2 weeks)
SORRY
The Easybeats
7.12.1966
-
14.12.1966
2 weeks
NO MILK TODAY
Herman's Hermits
21.12.1966
-
28.12.1966
(4 weeks)
OOH LA LA
Normie Rowe
4.1.1967
1 week
FRIDAY ON MY MIND
The Easybeats
11.1.1967
-
18.1.1967
(4 weeks)
OOH LA LA
Normie Rowe
25.1.1967
-
15.2.1967
4 weeks
GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME
Tom Jones
22.2.1967
-
22.3.1967
5 weeks
SNOOPY vs. THE RED BARON
The Royal Guardsmen
29.3.1967
-
5.4.1967
2 weeks
GEORGY GIRL
The Seekers
12.4.1967
-
3.5.1967
4 weeks
PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
The Beatles
10.5.1967
-
31.5.1967
4 weeks
SOMETHING STUPID
Nancy And Frank Sinatra
7.6.1967
-
5.7.1967
5 weeks
THIS IS MY SONG
Petula Clark
12.7.1967
-
25.7.1967
3 weeks
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
Procol Harum
2.8.1967
-
6.9.1967
6 weeks
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE/BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN
The Beatles
13.9.1967
-
20.9.1967
2 weeks
UP UP AND AWAY
The Fifth Dimension
27.9.1967
-
4.10.1967
2 weeks
DON'T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY
Petula Clark
11.10.1967
-
18.10.1967
2 weeks
IT MUST BE HIM
Vikki Carr
25.10.1967
-
29.11.1967
(9 weeks)
THE LAST WALTZ
Engelbert Humperdinck
6.12.1967
1 week
MASSACHUSETTS
Bee Gees
13.12.1967
-
27.12.1967
(9 weeks)
THE LAST WALTZ
Engelbert Humperdinck
3.1.1968
-
10.1.1968
2 weeks
SNOOPY'S CHRISTMAS
The Royal Guardsmen
17.1.1968
-
24.1.1968
2 weeks
HELLO GOODBYE/I AM THE WALRUS
The Beatles
31.1.1968
-
28.2.1968
5 weeks
SADIE (THE CLEANING LADY)
Johnny Farnham
6.3.1968
-
20.3.1968
3 weeks
JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES)
John Fred And His Playboy Band
27.3.1968
-
24.4.1968
5 weeks
LOVE IS BLUE
Paul Mauriat
1.5.1968
-
8.5.1968
2 weeks
LADY MADONNA/THE INNER LIGHT
The Beatles
15.5.1968
-
5.6.1968
4 weeks
HONEY
Bobby Goldsboro
12.6.1968
-
10.7.1968
5 weeks
THE UNICORN
The Irish Rovers
17.7.1968
-
24.7.1968
2 weeks
THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
31.7.1968
1 week
JUMPING JACK FLASH
The Rolling Stones
7.8.1968
-
14.8.1968
2 weeks
ANGEL OF THE MORNING
Merrilee Rush
21.8.1968
-
28.8.1968
2 weeks
THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN/WHISKEY ON A SUNDAY
The Irish Rovers
4.9.1968
-
11.9.1968
2 weeks
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
Mama Cass
18.9.1968
-
2.10.1968
3 weeks
HELP YOURSELF
Tom Jones
9.10.1968
-
4.12.1968
(11 weeks)
HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION
The Beatles
11.12.1968
1 week
LITTLE ARROWS
Leapy Lee
18.12.1968
-
25.12.1968
(11 weeks)
HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION
The Beatles
1.1.1969
-
15.1.1969
3 weeks
WHITE ROOM
Cream
22.1.1969
1 week
GOING UP THE COUNTRY
Canned Heat
29.1.1969
-
5.2.1969
2 weeks
ELOISE
Barry Ryan
12.2.1969
-
5.3.1969
4 weeks
LILY THE PINK
The Scaffold
12.3.1969
1 week
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
The Foundations
19.3.1969
-
23.4.1969
6 weeks
OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA/WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
The Beatles
3.5.1969
-
24.5.1969
4 weeks
WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY)
Peter Sarstedt
31.5.1969
1 week
THE REAL THING
Russell Morris
7.6.1969
-
5.7.1969
5 weeks
GET BACK/DON'T LET ME DOWN
The Beatles
12.7.1969
-
19.7.1969
2 weeks
HAIR
The Cowsills
26.7.1969
-
16.8.1969
4 weeks
THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO/OLD BROWN SHOE
The Beatles
23.8.1969
-
6.9.1969
3 weeks
IN THE GHETTO
Elvis Presley
13.9.1969
-
11.10.1969
5 weeks
HONKY TONK WOMEN/YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
The Rolling Stones
18.10.1969
-
8.11.1969
4 weeks
PART THREE INTO PAPER WALLS/THE GIRL THAT I LOVE
Russell Morris
15.11.1969
-
22.11.1969
2 weeks
THE STAR
Ross D. Wylie
29.11.1969
-
6.12.1969
2 weeks
PENNY ARCADE
Roy Orbison
13.12.1969
-
27.12.1969
(4 weeks)
SOMETHING/COME TOGETHER
The Beatles
3.1.1970
-
10.1.1970
2 weeks
SUSPICIOUS MINDS
Elvis Presley
17.1.1970
(4 weeks)
SOMETHING/COME TOGETHER
The Beatles
24.1.1970
-
7.3.1970
7 weeks
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD
Johnny Farnham
14.3.1970
1 week
I THANK YOU
Lionel Rose
21.3.70
1 week
VENUS
Shocking Blue
4.4.1970
1 week
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
Led Zeppelin
11.4.1970
-
18.4.1970
2 weeks
LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES)
Edison Lighthouse
25.4.1970
-
23.5.1970
5 weeks
LET IT BE
The Beatles
30.5.1970
1 week
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Simon And Garfunkel
6.6.1970
-
18.7.1970
7 weeks
SPIRIT IN THE SKY
Norman Greenbaum
25.7.1970
1 week
COTTON FIELDS
Beach Boys
1.8.1970
-
15.8.1970
3 weeks
UP AROUND THE BEND/RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE
Creedence Clearwater Revival
22.8.1970
1 week
EL CONDOR PASA
Simon And Garfunkel
29.8.1970
-
24.10.1970
9 weeks
IN THE SUMMERTIME
Mungo Jerry/The Mixtures
31.10.1970
1 week
YELLOW RIVER
Autumn/Jigsaw/Christie/Leapy Lee
7.11.1970
-
14.11.1970
2 weeks
CLOSE TO YOU
The Carpenters
21.11.1970
-
19.12.1970
5 weeks
LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR/LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
Creedence Clearwater Revival
26.12.1970
1 week
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE
Glen Campbell
2.1.1971
-
30.1.1971
5 weeks
I THINK I LOVE YOU
The Partridge Family
6.2.1971
-
20.2.1971
(6 weeks)
MY SWEET LORD
George Harrison
27.2.1971
(6 weeks)
THE PUSHBIKE SONG
The Mixtures
6.3.1971
-
20.3.1971
(6 weeks)
MY SWEET LORD
George Harrison
27.3.1971
-
24.4.1971
(6 weeks)
THE PUSHBIKE SONG
The Mixtures
1.5.1971
1 week
I'LL BE GONE
Spectrum
8.5.1971
-
15.5.1971
2 weeks
WHAT IS LIFE?/APPLE SCRUFFS
George Harrison
22.5.1971
1 week
ME AND BOBBY McGEE
Janis Joplin
29.5.1971
-
12.6.1971
3 weeks
ANOTHER DAY
Paul McCartney
19.6.1971
-
3.7.1971
3 weeks
TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED
The Hollies
10.7.1971
-
11.9.1971
10 weeks
EAGLE ROCK
Daddy Cool
18.9.1971
-
6.11.1971
8 weeks
DADDY COOL
Drummond
13.11.1971
-
4.12.1971
4 weeks
BANKS OF THE OHIO
Olivia Newton-John
11.12.1971
-
25.12.1971
3 weeks
MAGGIE MAY/REASON TO BELIEVE
Rod Stewart
1.1.1972
-
5.2.1972
6 weeks
IMAGINE
John Lennon
12.2.1972
1 week
DAY BY DAY
Colleen Hewitt
19.2.1972
1 week
ERNIE
Benny Hill
26.2.1972
-
4.3.1972
2 weeks
BRAND NEW KEY
Melanie
11.3.1972
-
22.4.1972
7 weeks
AMERICAN PIE
Don McLean
29.4.1972
-
20.5.1972
4 weeks
WITHOUT YOU
Nilsson
27.5.1972
1 week
A HORSE WITH NO NAME
America
3.6.1972
-
24.6.1972
4 weeks
AMAZING GRACE
The Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1.7.1972
-
15.7.1972
3 weeks
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
Roberta Flack
22.7.1972
-
29.7.1972
2 weeks
SYLVIA'S MOTHER
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
5.8.1972
-
19.8.1972
(4 weeks)
PUPPY LOVE
Donny Osmond
26.8.1972
-
2.9.1972
(4 weeks)
DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST
Wayne Newton
9.9.1972
(4 weeks)
PUPPY LOVE
Donny Osmond
16.9.1972
-
23.9.1972
(4 weeks)
DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST
Wayne Newton
30.9.1972
-
7.10.1972
2 weeks
LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS
The Hollies
14.10.1972
-
4.11.1972
4 weeks
BOPPIN' THE BLUES
Blackfeather
11.11.1972
-
30.12.1972
8 weeks
POPCORN
Hot Butter
6.1.1973
-
13.1.1973
2 weeks
BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME
Mac Davis
20.1.1973
-
24.2.1973
6 weeks
BEN
Michael Jackson
3.3.1973
-
14.4.1973
7 weeks
YOU'RE SO VAIN
Carly Simon
21.4.1973
-
26.5.1973
6 weeks
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
Roberta Flack
2.6.1973
-
7.7.1973
(7 weeks)
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE
Tony Orlando And Dawn
14.7.1973
(2 weeks)
DAISY A DAY
Jud Strunk
21.7.1973
(7 weeks)
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE
Tony Orlando And Dawn
28.7.1973
(2 weeks)
DAISY A DAY
Jud Strunk
4.8.1973
-
11.8.1973
2 weeks
HEAVEN IS MY WOMAN'S LOVE
Col Joye
18.8.1973
-
6.10.1973
8 weeks
NEVER NEVER NEVER
Shirley Bassey
13.10.1973
-
10.11.1973
5 weeks
CAN THE CAN
Suzi Quatro
17.11.1973
-
1.12.1973
(7 weeks)
ANGIE
The Rolling Stones
8.12.1973
(2 weeks)
HE DID WITH ME
Vicki Lawrence
15.12.1973
(7 weeks)
ANGIE
The Rolling Stones
22.12.1973
(2 weeks)
HE DID WITH ME
Vicki Lawrence
29.12.1973
-
12.1.1974
(7 weeks)
ANGIE
The Rolling Stones
19.1.1974
1 week
BALLROOM BLITZ
Sweet
26.1.1974
-
2.2.1974
2 weeks
LEAVE ME ALONE
Helen Reddy
9.2.1974
-
16.2.1974
2 weeks
PHOTOGRAPH
Ringo Starr
23.2.1974
-
9.3.1974
3 weeks
SORROW
David Bowie
16.3.1974
(2 weeks)
FAREWELL AUNTY JACK
Grahame Bond
23.3.1974
-
30.3.1974
(6 weeks)
MY COO CA CHOO
Alvin Stardust
6.4.1974
(2 weeks)
FAREWELL AUNTY JACK
Grahame Bond
13.4.1974
-
4.5.1974
(6 weeks)
MY COO CA CHOO
Alvin Stardust
11.5.1974
-
15.6.1974
6 weeks
SEASONS IN THE SUN
Terry Jacks
22.6.1974
-
29.6.1974
2 weeks
DEVIL GATE DRIVE
Suzi Quatro
6.7.1974
-
24.8.1974
8 weeks
BILLY DON'T BE A HERO
Paper Lace
charts calculated by Go-Set magazine's chart compiler, Ed Nimmervoll