Number ones from Wales

1959

Shirley Bassey - As I Love You (UK number one, January 1959)
Watch Shirley Bassey performing As I Love You on Show Of The Week

1960

Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her (UK number one, August 1960)
Ricky Valance - Jimmy's Girl (number one in Austria and Scandinavia, 1960)

1961

Ricky Valance - Moving Away (number one in Austria and Scandinavia, 1961)
Shirley Bassey - Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain (UK number one, July 1961)

1965

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (UK number one, February 1965)
Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (UK number one, December 1965)

1966

Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (UK number one, March 1966)
Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home (UK Christmas number one, November 1966)
Watch a documentary clip about the song

1968

Tom Jones - Delilah (German and Swiss number one, February 1968)
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (UK, German, Swiss and US Adult Contemporary number one, September 1968)

1969

Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (UK number one, January 1969)

1970

Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (UK Christmas number one, November 1970)

1977

Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache (French, Swedish and Norwegian number one, 1977)

1980

Steve Strange's Visage - Fade To Grey (German and Swiss number one, November 1980)

1981

Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House (UK number one, February 1981)
Watch Shakin' Stevens performing This Ole House on The Little And Large Show
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door (UK number one, July 1981)

1982

Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie (UK number one, January 1982)

1983

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (UK, US, French and Norwegian number one, February 1983)
Watch Bonnie Tyler performing Total Eclipse Of The Heart on Top Of The Pops
The Flying Pickets - Only You (UK Christmas number one, November 1983)
Watch The Flying Pickets performing Only You on Top Of The Pops

1985

Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (UK Christmas number one, December 1985)
Watch Shakin' Stevens performing Merry Christmas Everyone on Top Of The Pops

1990

World Party - Way Down Now (US Modern Rock chart number one, 1990)

1998

Donna Lewis - Love Him (US Dance Chart number one, 1998)
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (UK number one, September 1998)

2000

Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes (UK number one, January 2000)

2001

Feeder - Buck Rogers (South African number one, January 2001)
Watch Feeder performing Buck Rogers on Top Of The Pops

2003

Bonnie Tyler - Si Demain (Turn Around) (French number one, 2003)

2004

Lostprophets - Last Train Home (US Alternative Chart number one, April 2004)

2005

Stereophonics - Dakota (UK number one, February 2005)

2008

Duffy - Mercy (UK, French, Dutch and Swiss number one, February 2008)
Watch Duffy performing Mercy on Later... With Jools Holland

2009

Ruth Jones, Tom Jones and Rob Brydon - Barry Islands In The Stream (UK number one, March 2009)

2011

DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans - Louder (UK number one, July 2011)