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  Amazing Fact:

The Beatles hold one of the most astonishing occurrences that will probably never happen again.

Twelve songs on the Billboard Hot 100 belong to The Beatles. The following week; two additional songs made the chart as well, There's A Place & Love Me Do which gave The Beatles 14 of the top 100 songs. They also held the top 2 positions on the album charts that week as well.

1. Can't Buy Me Love

2. Twist & Shout

3. She Loves You

4. I Want To Hold Your Hand

5. Please Please Me

31. I Saw Her Standing There

41. From Me To You

46. Do You Want To Know A Secret

58. All My Loving

65. You Can't Do That

68. Roll Over Beethoven

79. Thank You Girl

 

Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 4, 1964 looked like this:

 

The Beatles US Singles - US Billboard Top 100 Positions

 

Debut Date Title Highest Position Total Weeks on Charts Total Weeks at #1
January 18, 1964  I Want To Hold Your Hand  1 15 7
January 25, 1964  She Loves You  1 15 2
February 1, 1964  Please Please Me  3 13  
February 1, 1964  I Saw Her Standing There  14 11  
February 8, 1964  My Bonnie  26 6  
February 22, 1964  From Me To You  41 6  
March 14, 1964  Twist And Shout  2 11  
March 14, 1964  Roll Over Beethoven  68 4  
March 28, 1964  Can't Buy Me Love  1 10 5
March 28, 1964  All My Loving  45 6  
March 28, 1964  Do You Want To Know A Secret  2 11  
March 28, 1964  You Can't Do That  48 4  
April 4, 1964  Thank You Girl  35 7  
April 11, 1964  There's A Place  74 1  
April 11, 1964  Love Me Do 1 14 1
April 11, 1964  Why  88 1  
May 9, 1964  P.S. I Love You  10 8  
May 30, 1964  Sie Liebt Dich  97 1  
July 18, 1964  A Hard Day's Night 1 13 2
July 18, 1964  Ain't She Sweet  19 9  
July 18, 1964  I Should Have Known Better  53 4  
July 25, 1964  And I Love Her 12 9  
July 25, 1964  I'm Happy Just To Dance With You  95 1  
July 25, 1964  I'll Cry Instead  25 7  
August 1, 1964  If I Fell  53 9  
September 5, 1964  Matchbox  17 8  
September 5, 1964  Slow Down  25 7  
December 5, 1964  I Feel Fine  1 11 3
December 5, 1964  She's A Woman  4 9  
February 20, 1965  Eight Days A Week 1 10 2
February 20, 1965   I Don't Want To Spoil The Party  39 6  
February 27, 1965  4 - By The Beatles  68 5  
April 24, 1965  Ticket To Ride 1 11 1
April 24, 1965  Yes It Is  46 4  
July 31, 1965  Help!  1 13 3
September 18, 1965  Yesterday 1 11 4
September 18, 1965  Act Naturally  47 7  
December 11, 1965  We Can Work It Out  1 12 3
December 11, 1965  Day Tripper  5 10  
March 5, 1966  Nowhere Man  3 9  
March 5, 1966  What Goes On  81 2  
June 11, 1966  Paperback Writer 1 10 2
June 11, 1966  Rain  23 7  
August 20, 1966  Yellow Submarine  2 9  
August 20, 1966  Eleanor Rigby  11 8  
February 18, 1967  Penny Lane  1 10 1
February 18, 1967   Strawberry Fields Forever  8 9  
July 22, 1967  All You Need Is Love 1 11 1
July 22, 1967  Baby You're A Rich Man  34 5  
December 2, 1967  Hello Goodbye  1 11 3
December 2, 1967  I Am The Walrus  56 4  
March 23, 1968  Lady Madonna  4 11  
March 23, 1968  The Inner Light  96 1  
September 14, 1968  Hey Jude 1 19 9
September 14, 1968  Revolution  12 11  
May 10, 1969  Get Back  1 12 5
May 10, 1969  Don't Let Me Down  35 12  
June 14, 1969  The Ballad Of John And Yoko  8 9  
October 18, 1969  Something* / Come Together* 1 16 1
March 21, 1970  Let It Be  1 14 2
May 23, 1970  The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue  1 10 2
June 12, 1976  Got To Get You Into My Life  7 16  
November 20, 1976  Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da  49 6  
September 16, 1978  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  71     
March 27, 1982  The Beatles Movie Medley  12    
August 9, 1986  Twist And Shout  23    
April 22, 1995  Baby It's You  67    
December 30, 1995  Free As A Bird  6    
March 23, 1996  Real Love  11    
 
*On November 29, 1969, Billboard stopped giving separate listings to both sides of singles.

 

              

 

The Beatles US Albums - US Billboard Top 200 Positions

 

Debut Date Title Highest Position Total Weeks on Charts Total Weeks at #1
January 10, 1964 Introducing The Beatles 2 49  
January 20, 1964 Meet The Beatles 1 71 11
April 10, 1964 The Beatles' Second Album 1 55 5
June 26, 1964 A Hard Day's Night 1 51 14
July 20, 1964 Something New 2 41  
October 12, 1964 Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles 63 9  
November 23, 1964 The Beatles' Story 7 17  
December 15, 1964 Beatles '65 1 71 9
March 22, 1965 The Early Beatles 43 35  
June 14, 1965 Beatles VI 1 41 6
August 13, 1965 Help! 1 44 9
December 6, 1965 Rubber Soul 1 59 6
June 20, 1966 "Yesterday"...And Today 1 31 5
August 8, 1966 Revolver 1 77 6
June 2, 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1 175 15
November 27, 1967 Magical Mystery Tour 1 91 8
November 25, 1968 The Beatles 1 155 9
January 13, 1969 Yellow Submarine 2 25  
October 1, 1969 Abbey Road 1 129 11
February 26, 1970 Hey Jude 2 33  
May 18, 1970 Let It Be 1 55 4
April 2, 1973 The Beatles 1962-1966 3 164  
April 2, 1973 The Beatles 1967-1970 1 169 1
June 7, 1976 Rock And Roll Music 2 29  
May 4, 1977 The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl 2 NA  
June 13, 1977 The Beatles Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962 111 NA  
October 21, 1977 Love Songs 24 NA  
March 24, 1980 Rarities 21 NA  
March 22, 1982 Reel Music 19 NA  
September 27, 1982 The Complete Silver Beatles NA NA  
October 11, 1982 20 Greatest Hits 50 NA  
March 07, 1988 Past Masters Volume 1 149 NA  
March 07, 1988 Past Masters Volume 2 121 NA  
December 06, 1994 The Beatles Live At The BBC 3 24  
November 21, 1995 Anthology 1  1 29 3
March 09, 1996 Anthology 2  1 37 1
October 29, 1996 Anthology 3 1 16 1
September 14, 1999 Yellow Submarine Soundtrack 15 15  
November 14, 2000 The Beatles 1 1 104 8
November 18, 2003 Let It Be...Naked 5 14  
November 20, 2006 Love 4 NA  
 
 

   

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