david bowie has had the most uk number one singles.
who has had the most uk number one singles?
david bowie
the first deceased artist to top the charts was buddy holly, who died in a plane crash on 3 february 1959. three weeks later his song "it doesn't matter anymore" entered the charts, and in april it reached number one. in the 1960s eddie cochran and jim reeves achieved their first and only uk number ones after their deaths, as did jimi hendrix in 1970. in august 1977 the "king of rock'n roll", elvis presley, died of a heart attack and his song "way down", which was already in the charts at the time, quickly climbed to number one. presley achieved four further posthumous number ones in the 2000s. in 2002 his song "a little less conversation", a little-known former b-side, topped the charts after being remixed by dutch dance music producer junkie xl for a television advertisement for nike, which broke presley's long-standing tie with the beatles for the most uk number ones. three years later three of his singles returned to the top spot when all his previous number one singles were re-issued to mark what would have been his 70th birthday.
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