Finally finished entering all the 50’s and 60’s chart information for Australia into my oldies database. Here’s a complete list of every song from that period that reached #1 on the charts in the USA (Billboard), England, Canada, Germany, and Australia.

Beatles – Hey Jude (1968)
Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1964)
Monkees – I’m A Believer (1966)
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (1970)
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (1966)
Zager And Evans – In The Year 2525 (1969)
Beatles (With Billy Preston) – Get Back (1969)
Beatles – All You Need Is Love (1967)

How many oldies stations in the USA still play Zager And Evans? For that matter, what about Nancy Sinatra?

If I add songs that hit #1 OR #2 in all of these places, these songs go into the list:

Paul Anka – Diana (1957 – #2 in Germany)
Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never (1960 – #2 in Germany)
Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night (1966 – #2 in Canada)
Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days (1968 #2 in US and Australia)
Beatles – Let It Be (1970 – #2 in the UK!)
Beatles – Help! (1965 – #2 in Germany)
Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964 – #2 in Germany)
Beatles – We Can Work It Out (1965 – #2 in Germany)
Beatles – Hello Goodbye (1967 – #2 in Australia)
Rolling Stones – Paint It Black (1966 – #2 in Australia)
Beatles – Ticket To Ride (1965 – #2 in Germany)
Rolling Stones – 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966 – #1 only in Germany!)
Beatles – Penny Lane (1967 – #2 in the UK!)
Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1966 – #2 in the USA)

The Germans were a little tough on the British Invasion acts!