page_title: List of best-selling singles of the 1960s in the United Kingdom
section_title: Singles
hierarchical_section_title: List of best-selling singles of the 1960s in the United Kingdom / Singles
caption_attribution_description: English: Trade ad for 1965 Rolling Stones' North American tour.
context_page_description: A single is a type of music release defined by the British Official Charts Company as having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes. On 31 May 2011, a retrospective record chart was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 that listed the 60 biggest-selling singles in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The programme, entitled The Top 60 Best Selling Records of the 60s, was hosted by British DJ Tony Blackburn. The chart was compiled by the OCC, and was based on sales of singles from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 1969.
  The most represented act in the chart is the Beatles, who feature on the list with 18 releases, seven of which are in the top twenty. Similarly, the most represented record label is Parlophone, who released music from The Beatles between 1962 and 1968 in the UK. The most represented act after the Beatles is the Rolling Stones, who have five singles in the list. The highest-placed solo female artist on the list is Cilla Black at number 27, with her 1964 single "Anyone Who Had a Heart", which was also distributed by Parlophone. Of the 60 discs in the chart, more than half are by British acts.
context_section_description: The record labels, years and chart peaks are those given by the OCC.
  Magical Mystery Tour was released as an extended play in the UK, which, at the time, qualified it for the UK Singles Chart.
caption: The Rolling Stones had five of the biggest-selling singles of the decade.
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