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18 April 2013
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We have Beatles 1, but how many number ones were there after the breakup?
Does anyone know which solo singles went number one?
I know Whatever Gets You Through the Night by John went number one.
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12.53pm
26 January 2017
Offline There were 22 #1 hits for combined solo Beatles vs. 27 Beatles #1 hits.
*George had the first and last, with My Sweet Lord in 1970 and Got My Mind Set On You in 1987, meaning it took them 17 years to make 22, vs the 7 years it took The Beatles to make 27.
George:
Give Me Love
Got My Mind Set On You
My Sweet Lord (2000)*
Paul(*only two are credited solely to him):
My Love
Silly Love Songs
With A Little Luck
Listen To What The Man Said
Coming Up (Live In Glasgow)*
Say Say Say
Ferry Cross The Mersey*
John (*posthumous):
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
(Just Like) Starting Over*
Woman *
Imagine (re-release)*
Ringo
Photograph
You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And Your Mine)
*Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney , Holly Johnson and The Christians was released in 1989, making it the most recent #1 hit, although it is a Gerry And The Pacemakers cover released to benefit the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. Got My Mind Set On You is also a cover, and both songs are legit Beatles solo releases, so I retract that statement. Paul has the most recent #1, and almost had another last year when his song with Rhianna and Kanye West FourFiveSeconds went to #3
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1.12pm
18 April 2013
Offline sir walter raleigh said
There were 20 #1 hits for combined solo Beatles vs. 27 Beatles #1 hits.George had the first and last, with My Sweet Lord in 1970 and Got My Mind Set On You in 1987, meaning it took them 17 years to make 20, vs the 7 years it took The Beatles to make 27.
George:
Give Me Love
Got My Mind Set On You
Paul(*only two are credited solely to him):
My Love
Silly Love Songs
With A Little Luck
Listen To What The Man Said
Say Say Say
John (*posthumous):
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
(Just Like) Starting Over*
Woman *
Imagine (re-release)*
Ringo
Photograph
You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And Your Mine)
Is this just from your awesome reservoir of Beatles knowledge, or did you find it on a website somewhere?
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1.14pm
14 December 2009
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Didn’t all four have one in ’74 or am I wrong?
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17 December 2012
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Is your list UK or US #1s, or a combination of both, @sir walter raleigh?
If it does include UK #1s, My Sweet Lord (2000) should be included as it reached #1 in 2002, following George’s death.
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1.20pm
18 April 2013
Offline I’m going to make a chronological mix of this and listen to it.
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1.22pm
26 January 2017
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Ringo’s I got from Billboard.com. For Paul and John, the Billboard.com listing is totally wrong and only features 2 for John and none for Paul, but through wikipedia I found that Paul had 11 and John had 4, so I just looked up what I knew as their most popular songs until I found 11 #1s. Some weren’t surprising, but It took me forever to find Pipes Of Peace and Listen To What The Man Said.
One downside of not being alive during that time is that I can’t use memory to recall what was popular. So to answer your question, I combined my reservoir of Beatles Knowledge with many different web pages, because I could not find one that had it all in one place. If I missed any more, I hope someone will correct me as Ron did.
@Ron Nasty I’m really not sure which are UK or US. I’ll add My Sweet Lord (2000) because that does qualify as a #1 hit.
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1.37pm
18 April 2013
Offline This website says Ferry Cross the Mersey by Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney , Holly Johnson and The Christians made it to # 1 in the UK.
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1.38pm
26 January 2017
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I’m going to make a chronological mix of this and listen to it.
I made you some album art if you want it.
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1.39pm
18 April 2013
Offline sir walter raleigh said
I made you some album art if you want it.
Ooh, thanks.
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1.41pm
26 January 2017
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This website says Ferry Cross the Mersey by Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney , Holly Johnson and The Christians made it to # 1 in the UK.
That came out in 1989, which means that Got My Mind Set On You isn’t the last number one. Funny, because I’ve read that in so many places I never doubted the truth of it.
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1.51pm
18 April 2013
Offline Also, this says that Coming Up was the “Live at Glasgow” version:
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3.39pm
26 January 2017
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I’m going to make a chronological mix of this and listen to it.
Could you post the chronological list? I also want to make the album.
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3.47pm
18 April 2013
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Could you post the chronological list? I also want to make the album.
Yes, I’ll post it tonight. It’s easiest for me to put them in an iTunes playlist and sort by year (then check Wikipedia for month by month if the songs are the same year).
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3.50pm
18 April 2013
Offline Also, if you’re looking for Ferry Cross the Mersey:
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3.54pm
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17 December 2012
Offline There are two other charity singles featuring to consider, @Expert Textpert @sir walter raleigh. Well, one to consider while the other is a definite. Both were UK #1s.
The first is 1987’s Let It Be released by Ferry Aid following the capsizing of the Roll-On/Roll-Off ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise as it left Zeebrugge in Belgium. 193 passengers and crew were killed. A lot of the passengers were readers of The Sun who had taken advantage of an offer from the paper for cheap trips to the continent. The Sun organised this single in response (this was in the days before The Sun became The Scum for everyone who loves Liverpool):
Now, this is the one to consider. It was said at the time that Paul’s part was recorded and filmed independently by him at his studio in Rye. It was later admitted that he’d just taken his vocal from The Beatles original and added it to the Ferry Aid recording. So, solo Paul or Beatle Paul?
This one is a definite, and the most recent #1 to feature a Beatle. As with Ferry Cross the Mersey this was recorded in 2012 to raise money for the Hillsborough families, so they could continue their fight for justice. Released as The Justice Collective, Paul appear from 3:01 on:
It was the Christmas #1.
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4.03pm
26 January 2017
Offline If he borrowed his original vocal, I categorize it as Beatle Paul. Although Free As A Bird only reached #2, it would count as Beatles not solo for John. I feel as though it shouldn’t count unless it is an original solo effort.
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1 May 2011
Offline ‘My Sweet Lord ‘ was the lead, the 2002 version was on the cd single as was the alternate ‘Let It Down ‘. No idea why it’s on the list, therefore.
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4.47pm
18 April 2013
Offline Here you go…dates are written per USA custom:
My Sweet Lord /Isn’t It A Pity 11/23/70
Uncle Albert /Admiral Halsey 8/2/71
My Love 4/9/73
Give Me Love 5/7/73
Photograph 9/24/73
You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And Your Mine) 12/3/73
Band On The Run 4/8/74
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 9/23/74
Listen To What The Man Said 5/16/75
Imagine (re-release)* 11/1/75
Silly Love Songs 4/1/76
Mull Of Kintyre 11/11/77
With A Little Luck 3/20/78
Coming Up * (Live at Glasgow) 4/11/80
(Just Like) Starting Over* 11/8/80
Woman *1/24/81
Ebony And Ivory 3/26/82
Say Say Say 10/3/83
Pipes Of Peace * 12/5/83
Let It Be (Ferry Aid, 3/23/87)
Got My Mind Set On You 10/12/87
Ferry Cross the Mersey 1989
He ain’t heavy (the Justice Collective 12/17/12)
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