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List of Billboard Hot 100 #1 songs not on Spotify US

Beginning August 1958. Updated as I get to it.

The Beatles - “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1964)

The Beatles - “She Loves You” (1964)

The Beatles - “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)

The Beatles - “Love Me Do” (1964)

The Beatles - “Hard Day’s Night” (1964)

The Beatles - “I Feel Fine” (1964-65)

The Beatles - “Eight Days a Week” (1965)

The Beatles - “Ticket to Ride” (1965)

The Beatles - “Help!” (1965)

The Beatles - “Yesterday” (1965)

Dave Clark Five - “Over and Over” (1965)

The Beatles - “We Can Work It Out” (1966)

The Beatles - “Paperback Writer” (1966)

The New Vaudeville Band - “Winchester Cathedral” (1966)

The Beatles - “Penny Lane” (1967)

The Beatles - “All You Need Is Love” (1967)

The Beatles - “Hello, Goodbye” (1967-68)

Paul Mauriat - “Love is Blue” (1968)

The Beatles - “Hey Jude” (1968)

The Beatles with Billy Preston - “Get Back” (1969)

The Beatles - “Come Together/Something” (1969)

The Beatles - “Let It Be” (1970)

George Harrison - “My Sweet Lord”/”Isn’t It a Pity” (1970)

Rod Stewart -“Reason To Believe” (1971) [double A-side with “Maggie May”]

Roberta Flack - “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face” (1972)

Chi-Lites - “Oh Girl” (1972)

Gilbert O’Sullivan - “Alone Again (Naturally)” (1972)

Roberta Flack - “Killing Me Softly WIth His Song” (1973)

Vicki Lawrence - “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (1973)

George Harrison - “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” (1973)

Ringo Starr - “Photograph” (1973)

The Steve Miller Band - “The Joker” (1974)

Ringo Starr - “You’re Sixteen” (1974)

Roberta Flack - “Feel Like Makin’ Love” (1974)

Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died” (1974)

Olivia Newton-John - “I Honestly Love You” (1974)

John Lennon - “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” (1974)

Average White Band - “Pick Up the Pieces” (1975)

Eagles - “Best of My Love” (1975)

Olivia Newton-John - “Have You Ever Been Mellow” (1975)

Eagles - “One of These Nights” (1975)

Rhythm Heritage - “Theme from S.W.A.T.” (1976)

Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - “Disco Duck (Part 1)” (1976)

Mary MacGregor - “Torn Between Two Lovers” (1977)

The Eagles - “New Kid in Town” (1977)

The Eagles - “Hotel California” (1977)

The Eagles - “Heartache Tonight” (1979)

Pink Floyd - “Another Brick in the Wall” (1980)

John Lennon - “(Just Like) Starting Over” (1980-81)

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (1982)

Steve Miller Band - “Abracadabra” (1982)

Patti Austin and James Ingram - “Baby, Come to Me” (1983)

Phil Collins - “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” (1984)

USA for Africa - “We Are the World” (1985)

Peter Gabriel - “Sledgehammer” (1986)

Bob Seger - “Shakedown” (1987)

** For some of the songs above (“Winchester Cathedral”, “Love Is Blue”) there are re-recordings made by the original artists later in the careers. Who cares? If the original hit version is not available, I am saying the song is not on Spotify.