List of Record Mirror number-one singles

The first chart-topper was "Mambo Italiano" by Rosemary Clooney, with the newspaper having compiled a Top Ten.

On 24 March 1962, the paper stopped compiling its own chart and started publishing Record Retailer's Top 50.

[1] Record charts in the United Kingdom began life on 14 November 1952 when NME imitated an idea started in American Billboard magazine and began compiling a hit parade.

Additionally, the Record Mirror and other charts differed about what they classified as the top song of the year.

Furthermore, despite never reaching number-one, Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand" was classified by Record Mirror as the best-selling song of 1957; the song entered the chart at number eleven on 13 July and, later, charted in the top three positions for 9 consecutive weeks.