Beatles Number One in UK (merged topics)

[MP3J]

Glad to have contributed to a No.1 for the first time since who knows when.
I bought the 4 x 7" variations, red and black 12" copies, the cassette...and am being fleeced on bay for the 10" vinyl.
I also got an extra black 7"s to go in the 1982 Singles Box Collection (which has copies of Movie Medley, FAAB, and Real Love previously inserted), and the newer Box. For the 82 box i had to replace the sleeve with a generic "Beatles On Apple" sleeve because the current sleeve wouldn't fit!

[MarkRJones1970]

Wowsers! They've gone and done it!
https://www.officialcharts.com/

[Help67]

Now and then, number one in the UK. Now it's real. 54 years later, they have a number 1 in the singles chart again. Up 42 places in one week.

[Help67]

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/

[harrythebannister]

Amazing...that’s something I never thought I would see in my lifetime.

[El_Garnatí]

They are eternal. Happy and always proud to be in love with The Beatles

[Mr Bump]

My whole life I've understood the Beatles had 17 UK number 1s. It's going to take some time to re-learn the stat.

[jpgrjd]

Was it 17 or 18?

If you think back to early 1963 the Beatles were No.1 on the BBC with Please Please Me (which I believe was based on Record Mirror) and there was the same congratulations about their first No.1!! I remember it well. If I remember correctly the only chart they were not No.1 on was the NME.

Then suddenly years later only the NME chart was official so they were demoted to No.2. Similar thing happened to the Twist and Shout EP which I remember reaching No.4 in the singles chart.

Anyone else have recollections?

[harrythebannister]

Please please me made number 1 but not in the chart used by Guinness where it only reached number 2. So they had 18 and this is there 19th.

[Lord Reith]

A great day and an astonishing achievement.

FAB, lads! 60 years later and you're still topping the charts!