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January

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Just Like Us! Paul Revere & the Raiders –
7 The Second Album The Spencer Davis Group –
14 A-tom-ic Jones Tom Jones –
17 Four & More Miles Davis Live
Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel –
20 Ballads of the Green Berets Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler featuring hit title track
21 Them Again Them UK
Lesley Gore Sings All About Love Lesley Gore –
31 The Movie Song Album Tony Bennett –
– I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown –
Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Bobby Vinton –
Five O'Clock World The Vogues –
Jealous Heart Connie Francis –
Lightfoot! Gordon Lightfoot –
That Nashville Sound Jimmie Rodgers –
The Orbison Way Roy Orbison –
Where the Action Is The Ventures –

February

Day Album Artist Notes
7 Roll Out the Red Carpet Buck Owens –
18 I Hear a Symphony The Supremes –
– Ascension John Coltrane –
The Best of The Animals The Animals Compilation
Crying Time Ray Charles –
Doctor Zhivago Maurice Jarre Soundtrack to 1965 film
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show Sammy Davis Jr. –
Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin –
Take a Ride Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels –

March

Day Album Artist Notes
4 Yesterday The Beatles EP
11 Love Love –
14 Folk-Country Waylon Jennings –
15 Boots Nancy Sinatra –
24 It's 2 Easy The Easybeats –
28 Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) The Rolling Stones Compilation
The Sonny Side of Chér Chér –
The Young Rascals The Young Rascals –
– Black Monk Time The Monks –
Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles Chet Atkins –
Color Me Barbra Barbra Streisand –
Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful –
For the 'In' Crowd Jack Jones –
The Fugs The Fugs –
Hold On! Herman's Hermits US
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears The Mamas & the Papas –
Moonlight Sinatra Frank Sinatra –
Phil Ochs in Concert Phil Ochs Live
Woman Peter and Gordon –

April

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Hold On, I'm Comin' Sam and Dave –
The Soul Album Otis Redding –
15 Aftermath The Rolling Stones UK
18 Cilla Sings a Rainbow Cilla Black –
– Frankie and Johnny Elvis Presley Soundtrack[1]
Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile Bobby Darin –
Live! Lou Rawls Live
The Seeds The Seeds –
Soul & Inspiration The Righteous Brothers –

May

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Dust on Mother's Bible Buck Owens –
Everybody Loves a Nut Johnny Cash –
4 Up-Tight Stevie Wonder –
6 Small Faces Small Faces –
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & the Raiders –
9 What Now My Love Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass –
16 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys –
23 Moods of Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye –
30 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra –
31 Try Too Hard Dave Clark Five US
– Go with the Ventures! The Ventures –
Wayne Newton – Now! Wayne Newton –

June

Day Album Artist Notes
10 Paradise, Hawaiian Style Elvis Presley Soundtrack
13 Soul Sister Aretha Franklin –
15 Gettin' Ready The Temptations –
20 Yesterday and Today The Beatles Compilation; early pressings feature the controversial "Butcher" cover
Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan –
27 Freak Out! The Mothers of Invention –
30 Red Rubber Ball The Cyrkle –
– Animalisms The Animals UK
The Impossible Dream Jack Jones –
In a Broadway Bag (Mame) Bobby Darin –
The Incredible String Band The Incredible String Band –

July

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Animalization The Animals –
Would You Believe? The Hollies –
5 Best of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Greatest Hits
8 Nowhere Man The Beatles EP
15 Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds aka The Yardbirds and Over Under Sideways Down
18 Fifth Dimension The Byrds –
22 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers –
25 From Nowhere The Troggs –
– And Then... Along Comes the Association The Association –
Beau Brummels '66 The Beau Brummels –
The Classic Roy Orbison Roy Orbison –
Movie Greatest of the Sixties Connie Francis –
On Top Four Tops –
Sinatra at the Sands Frank Sinatra Live; with Count Basie and his orchestra
Tim Hardin 1 Tim Hardin –
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield –

August

Day Album Artist Notes
1 The Exciting Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett –
4 Tages 2 Tages –
5 Revolver The Beatles –
15 Jefferson Airplane Takes Off Jefferson Airplane –
25 The Supremes A' Go-Go The Supremes –
26 Portrait The Walker Brothers –
Sunshine Superman Donovan –
Autumn '66 The Spencer Davis Group –
29 A Time for Love Tony Bennett –
30 The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas –
– East-West The Paul Butterfield Blues Band –
It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown –
Nancy in London Nancy Sinatra –

September

Day Album Artist Notes
5 Chér Chér –
15 Satisfied with You The Dave Clark Five US
– From the Heart Tom Jones –
Jack Orion Bert Jansch –
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love Petula Clark ~
The Lovin' Machine Johnny Paycheck –
Meditations John Coltrane –
The Real Donovan Donovan Compilation
River Deep – Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner UK release
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (soundtrack) The Lovin' Spoonful –
Wild Things! The Ventures –
Faithfull Forever Marianne Faithfull -

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October

Day Album Artist Notes
3 The Best of Dean Martin Dean Martin Greatest Hits
10 Happiness Is You Johnny Cash –
The Monkees The Monkees –
17 The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators Debut
24 Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Simon & Garfunkel –
28 Face to Face The Kinks –
31 Spinout Elvis Presley Soundtrack
– Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Otis Redding –
Bus Stop The Hollies –
Je m'appelle Barbra Barbra Streisand –
Leavin' Town Waylon Jennings –
Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas Connie Francis Live
Psychedelic Moods The Deep
Tim Buckley Tim Buckley –
A Web of Sound The Seeds –

November

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Volume 3 The Easybeats –
11 Ready Steady Who The Who EP
16 Away We a Go-Go Smokey Robinson & the Miracles –
Down to Earth Stevie Wonder –
Greatest Hits The Temptations Greatest Hits
Watchout! Martha and the Vandellas –
18 That's Life Frank Sinatra –
21 Animalism The Animals –
Noël Joan Baez Christmas
25 The Art of Chris Farlowe Chris Farlowe
28 Extra Extra Tages
– 96 Tears Question Mark & the Mysterians –
And Now! Booker T & the M.G.'s –
Da Capo Love –
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful The Lovin' Spoonful –
Handful of Soul James Brown
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs James Brown
Projections The Blues Project –
Psychedelic Lollipop Blues Magoos Debut
Songs for a Merry Christmas Wayne Newton –
Spicks and Specks Bee Gees –
The Spirit of '67 Paul Revere & the Raiders –
S.R.O. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass –

December

Day Album Artist Notes
5 Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield –
9 For Certain Because The Hollies –
Fresh Cream Cream –
A Quick One The Who –
A Collection of Beatles Oldies The Beatles Greatest Hits[2]
19 In the Arms of Love Andy Williams –
The Hep Stars Hep Stars –
– Got Live If You Want It! The Rolling Stones Live
Fred Neil Fred Neil –
If I Were a Carpenter Bobby Darin –
Live at the Village Vanguard Again! John Coltrane –

Release date unknown

from Billboard December 24, 1966 pg 34


Billboard's year-end list for 1966 included Hot 100 data from January to December 10, 1966, and used an early formula of awarding 100 points to the number one record, then ninety-nine points for number two, ninety-eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Billboard soon realized the increase to 100 positions per week greatly diluted the accuracy of its chart, as opposed to twenty years ago, when charts had 10-30 positions. The impact of a no. 1 song scoring 20 points for no. 1 and 10 points for no. 10 (20 position chart) is huge compared to 100 points for no. 1 and 90 points for no. 10. A record with 8 weeks at no. 1 could have its advantage wiped out by the no. 10 record if it spent one additional week on the Hot 100, which is exactly what happened to the hottest artists, like the Beatles, Elvis, and others, whose records debuted at very high positions, quickly shot to the top, sold hundreds of thousands of records each week at no. 1, and then quiuckly dropped off the chart. An example is "We Can Work it Out", no. 49 on the 1966 year-end chart, despite three weeks at no. 1. However, it lost 155 points because its debut at no. 36 and second week at no. 11 fell on the last two weeks of December 1965, and Billboard did not count them. Three weeks at no.1 and seven weeks in the top 5 were of little ad vantage. However, by 1970, huge bonuses were being awarded to the no. 1 record each week, as Billboard searched for a better formula.

With 20-20 hindsight, the Billboard year-end chart for 1966 can be completed with archived issues of Billboard for November-December 1965 and November 1966-March 1967, and Joel Whitburn's Records Research books other Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the 1966 year-end chart. The completed chart is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1965 and December 1966. Records with chart runs that started in 1965 and ended in 1966, or started in 1966 and ended in 1967, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1966. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1965 or 1967. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on down to number twenty. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Cashbox rankings were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs,[3] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Release Date CB Sales Charts, Awards
1 The Monkees "I'm a Believer" Colgems 66-1002 October 23, 1966 November 12, 1966 1 10.00[4] US Billboard 1966 #1, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 288 points, from Colgems Single 1002.
2 SSgt Barry Sadler "The Ballad of the Green Berets" RCA Victor 8739 December 1, 1965 January 1966 3 6.00 US Billboard 1966 #2, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, 214 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 224 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1997
3 The New Vaudeville Band "Winchester Cathedral" Fontana 1562 July 1966 August 26, 1966 2 3.00 US Billboard 1966 #3, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 212 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #10, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 200 points
4 The Righteous Brothers "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" Verve 10383 December 1965 February 26, 1966 8 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #4, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 191 points, from Soul and Inspiration - Verve
5 The Beatles "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"[5] Capitol 5555 October 29, 1965 December 3, 1965 5 3.00 US Billboard 1966 #5, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 179 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, from Capitol single 5555
6 The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer In The City" Kama Sutra 211 March 1966 July 4, 1966 9 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #6, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 177 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #5, from Kama Sutra single 211 and Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054
7 The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" Motown 1098 July 27, 1966 August 18, 1966 10 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #7, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 170 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #13, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 189 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2022, from Four Tops Reach Out - Motown 660
8 ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians "96 Tears" Cameo 428 March 13, 1966 August 1966 15 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #8, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 170 points, from 96 Tears - Cameo 2004
9 The Association "Cherish"[6] Valiant 747 May 1966 August 1966 11 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #9, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 163 points
10 The Mamas and The Papas "Monday, Monday" Dunhill 4026 December 16, 1965 March 1966 7 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #10, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 163 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008, from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006
11 The Supremes "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Motown 1101 August 1, 1966 October 12, 1966 20 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #11, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #9, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 206 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
12 The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" Capitol 5676 17 sessions Jan to Sept 1966 October 10, 1966 6 3.00 US Billboard 1966 #12, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 158 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #1, from Capitol single 5676, Grammy Hall of Fame 1994
13 The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" Motown 1097 July 5, 1966 July 25, 1966 12 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #13, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 156 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #14, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 186 points
14 The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black"[7] London 901 March 9, 1966 May 7, 1966 13 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 155 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018
15 The Troggs "Wild Thing" Fontana 1548, Atco 6415 April 1966 May 1966 30 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #15, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 153 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2019,
16 Johnny Rivers "Poor Side of Town" Imperial 66205 August 20, 1966 September 1966 16 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #16, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 150 points, from Changes - Imperial 12334.
17 Nancy Sinatra These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Reprise 0432 November 19, 1965 December 16, 1965 25 4.00 US Billboard 1966 #17, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 149 points, from Boots - Reprise 6202
18 Frank Sinatra "Strangers in the Night" Reprise 0470 April 11, 1966 May 1966 22 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #18, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 143 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 325 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008
19 The Mamas and The Papas "California Dreamin'" Dunhill 4020 November 4, 1965 December 8, 1965 28 1.80 US Billboard 1966 #19, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 143 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001, from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006
20 The Young Rascals "Good Lovin'" Atlantic 45-2321 February 1, 1966 February 21, 1966 18 1.00 US 1966 Billboard #20, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 142 points
21 Percy Sledge "When A Man Loves A Woman" Atlantic 2326 February 17, 1966 March 1966 (1966-03) 26 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #21, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 141 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 235 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
22 Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs Li'l Red Riding Hood MGM 13506 December 1964 March 12, 1966 23 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #22, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 137 points
23 Tommy James and the Shondells "Hanky Panky" Roulette 4686 October 1963 May 1966 19 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 136 points, from Hanky Panky - Roulette 25336
24 The Beatles "Paperback Writer"[8] Capitol 5651 April 14, 1966 May 30, 1966 17 2.50 US Billboard 1966 #24, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 135 points
25 The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville" Colgems 66-1001 July 25, 1966 August 16, 1966 4 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #25, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 134 points
26 Donovan "Sunshine Superman" Epic 10045 December 1965 July 1966 21 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #26, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 134 points
27 Paul Revere and the Raiders "Kicks" Columbia 43566 November 1965 February 28, 1966 37 1.00} US Billboard 1966 #27, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 130 points, from Midnight Ride - Columbia 2508
28 Lou Christie "Lightnin' Strikes" MGM 13412 September 3, 1966 December 1965 14 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #28, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 50 points, 128 points
29 Petula Clark "My Love" Warner Bros. 5684 November 1965 December 1965 38 1.00} US Billboard 1966 #29, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 127 points
30 Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Devil with a Blue Dress On and Good Golly Miss Molly" New Voice 817 July 1966 September 1966 32 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #30, Hot100 #4 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 126 points
31 The Rolling Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown"[7] London 9823 December 8, 1965 February 12, 1966 24 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #31, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 125 points
32 The Vogues "Five O'Clock World" Co & Ce 232 1965 October 1965 39 1.00} US Billboard 1966 #32, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 125 points
33 The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream" Kama Sutra 208 December 1965 February 19, 1966 34 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #33, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 119 points
34 Donovan "Mellow Yellow" Epic 10098 October 1966 October 1966 33 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #34, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 118 points
35 Jimmy Ruffin "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Soul 35022 February 1966 June 3, 1966 100 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #35, Hot100 #7 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, US R&B 1966 #6, R&B #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 118 points
36 Bobby Hebb "Sunny" Philips 40365 February 21, 1966 June 1966 22 1.00} US Billboard 1966 #36, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 114 points
37 The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" Capitol 5651 May 26, 1966 August 8, 1966 27 2.50 US Billboard 1966 #37, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 113 points
38 Simon and Garfunkel "I Am a Rock"[9] Columbia 4-43396 March 10, 1964 + June 1965 September 13, 1965 36 1.25 US Billboard 1965 #38, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2012, 111 points
39 Roger Williams "Born Free" Kapp 767 December 8, 1965 July 1966 39 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #39, Hot100 #7 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 111 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 24 total weeks, 477 points
40 Stevie Wonder "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" Tamla 54124 September 3, 1965 November 22, 1965 35 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #40, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 110 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 266 points, from Up-Tight - Tamla 268 


   Billboard Top Soul Singles 1966
1 The Temptations "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" Gordy 7054 January 11, 1966 May 3, 1966 112 1.50 US Billboard 1966 #91, Hot100 #13 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 57 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 313 points, from Gettin' Ready - Gordy 918
2 Wilson Pickett "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" Atlantic 2386 December 20, 1965 January 1966 69 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #124, Hot100 #13 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 37 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, 280 points, from The Exciting Wilson Pickett - Atlantic 8129
3 Stevie Wonder "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" see number 40
4 Sam and Dave "Hold On I'm Comin'" Stax 189 January 1966 March 1966 69 1.00 US Billboard 1966 #195, Hot100 #21 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, Top Soul Singles 1966 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 262 points, from Hold On, I'm Comin'- Stax 708
5 The Temptations "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" Gordy 7055 May 11, 1966 August 4, 1966 69 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #63, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 81 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 258 points, from Gordy single 7055. 


   Billboard Top Country Singles 1966
1 David Houston "Almost Persuaded" Epic 10025 January 1966 June 1966 237 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #216, Hot100 #24 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #1, Country Singles #1 for 9 weeks, 25 total weeks, 368 points
2 Jack Greene "There Goes My Everything" Decca 32023 August 6, 1966 October 1966 179 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #155, Hot100 #19 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 4 points, Top Country Singles 1966 #2, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 23 total weeks, 353 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2010
3 Red Sovine "Giddyup Go" Starday 737 August 1965 October 1965 187 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #4, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 22 total weeks, 349 points, National Recording Registry 2003
4 Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" Capitol 5566 August 24, 1965 January 3, 1966 179 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #427, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #3, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 19 total weeks, 316 points
5 Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "Think Of Me" Capitol 5647 February 15, 1966 May 2, 1966 226 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #229, Hot100 #26 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #5, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 21 total weeks, 313 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004


| Top Easy Listening Singles 1966

1 Roger Williams "Born Free" see number 39
2 Frank Sinatra "Strangers In The Night" see number 18
3 Jack Jones "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Kapp 755 January 11, 1966 April 1966 264 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #295, Hot100 #35 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks, 293 points
4 Margaret Whiting "The Wheel of Hurt" London 101 September 1967 November 1966 187 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 24 total weeks, 289 points, National Recording Registry 2003
5 Ray Conniff & The Singers "Somewhere, My Love" Columbia 43626 August 29, 1966 October 23, 1966 226 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #229, Hot100 #26 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 281 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 


   Top Rock Tracks 1966 (unofficial)
1 The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" see number 12, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #1, from Capitol single 5676.
2 The Beatles "Day Tripper" Capitol 5555 October 16, 1965 December 3, 1965 169 2.00 US Billboard 1966 #2, Hot100 #20 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #2, from Capitol single 5555.
3 The Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing" Capitol 2576 April 26, 1966 August 5, 1966 Top Rock Tracks 1966 #3, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576."
4 The Beatles "Got to Get You into My Life" Capitol 2576 June 17, 1966 August 5, 1966 Top Rock Tracks 1966 #4, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576."
5 The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer In The City" see number 6, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #5, from "Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054."
6 The Who "My Generation" Decca 31877 December 22, 1966 February 13, 1967 15 2.50 Top Rock Tracks 1966 #6, US Billboard 1966 #84, Hot100 #74 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, 123 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #6, from "The Who Sings My Generation - Decca 4664."
7 The Animals "Don't Bring Me Down" MGM 13514 April 13, 1966 May 17, 1966 59 1.25 US Billboard 1966 #117, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 106 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #7, from MGM single 13514.
8 The Rolling Stones "Paint It Black" see number 14, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #8, from "Aftermath - London 476."
9 The Supremes "You Keep Me Hangin' On" see number 11, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #9, from "The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland - Motown 650."
10 The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" Capitol 5715 June 6, 1966 August 5, 1966 15 2.50 US Billboard 1966 #127, Hot100 #11 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 123 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #10, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576."
11 The Kinks "Till the End of the Day" Reprise 0454 October 30, 1965 March 2, 1966 59 6.00 Top Rock Tracks 1966 #11, US Billboard 1966 #117, Hot100 #50 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 106 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, from "The Kink Kontroversy - Reprise 6197."

Top American hits on record

Single – Artist Composer
Winter
"The Sound of Silence" – Simon & Garfunkel w.m. Paul Simon
"Shapes of Things"—The Yardbirds w. Keith Relf m. Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith; guitar solo by Jeff Beck
"We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Fever" – The McCoys w.m. Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell)
"Ebb Tide" – The Righteous Brothers w. Carl Sigman, m. Robert Maxwell
"England Swings" – Roger Miller w.m. Roger Miller
"Make the World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold w.m. Hank Cochran
"When Liking Turns to Loving" - Ronnie Dove w.m. Kenny Young
"She's Just My Style" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys w.m. Gary Lewis, Leon Russell, Snuff Garrett, Al Capps
"Flowers on the Wall" – The Statler Brothers w.m. Lew DeWitt
"Help Me Girl" – Eric Burdon w.m. Scott English, Larry Weiss
"Five O'Clock World" – The Vogues w.m. Allen Reynolds
"Day Tripper" – The Beatles w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"The Men in My Little Girl's Life" – Mike Douglas w.m. Gloria Shayne, Eddie Dean and Mary Candy
"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" – The T-Bones m. Granville Burland
"A Must to Avoid" – Herman's Hermits w.m. Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" – The Lovin' Spoonful w.m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone
"Barbara Ann" – The Beach Boys w.m. Fred Fassert
"My Love" – Petula Clark w.m. Tony Hatch
"Jenny Take a Ride" – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels w.m. Richard Penniman, Enotris Johnson and Bob Crewe
"Lightnin' Strikes" – Lou Christie w.m. Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert
"Crying Time" – Ray Charles w.m. Buck Owens
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" – Stevie Wonder w.m. Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Sylvia May
"My World Is Empty without You" – The Supremes w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Don't Mess with Bill" – The Marvelettes w.m. Smokey Robinson
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra w.m. Lee Hazlewood
"The Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler w.m. Robin Moore and Barry Sadler
"California Dreamin'" – The Mamas & the Papas w.m. John Phillips and Michelle Phillips
"Elusive Butterfly" – Bob Lind w.m. Bob Lind
"Working My Way Back to You" – The Four Seasons w.m. Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
"Listen People" – Herman's Hermits w.m. Graham Gouldman
"Nowhere Man" – The Beatles w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"I Fought the Law" – Bobby Fuller Four w.m. Sonny Curtis
"Homeward Bound" – Simon & Garfunkel w.m. Paul Simon
"Daydream" – The Lovin' Spoonful w.m. John Sebastian
"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" – The Righteous Brothers w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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Spring
"Sure Gonna Miss Her" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys w.m. Bobby Russell
"Secret Agent Man" – Johnny Rivers w.m. P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" – B. J. Thomas w.m. Hank Williams
"Don't Bring Me Down" – The Animals
"Inside-Looking Out" – The Animals w.m. Eric Burdon
"Time Won't Let Me" – The Outsiders w.m. Tom King and Chet Kelley
"Good Lovin'" – The Young Rascals
"Kicks" – Paul Revere & the Raiders w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
"Sloop John B" – The Beach Boys w.m. Traditional
"Let's Start All Over Again" - Ronnie Dove w.m. Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
"Monday, Monday" – The Mamas & the Papas w.m. John Phillips
"Leaning on the Lamp Post" – Herman's Hermits w. L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, m. Noel Gay
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" – Bob Dylan w.m. Bob Dylan
"Over Under Sideways Down" – The Yardbirds w. Keith Relf m. Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, guitar solo Jeff Beck
"Gloria" – Shadows of Knight w.m. Van Morrison
"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" – Nancy Sinatra w.m. Lee Hazlewood
"Message to Michael" – Dionne Warwick w. Hal David, m. Burt Bacharach
"When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge w.m. Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
"A Groovy Kind of Love" – The Mindbenders w.m. Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – The Supremes w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Paint It Black" – The Rolling Stones w.m. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
"I Am a Rock" – Simon & Garfunkel w.m. Paul Simon
"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" – The Lovin' Spoonful w.m. John Sebastian
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown w.m. James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome
"Green Grass" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys w.m. Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
"Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra w.m. Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Bert Kaempfert
"Barefootin'" – Robert Parker w.m. Robert Parker
"Cool Jerk" – The Capitols w.m. Donald Storball
"96 Tears" – Question Mark & the Mysterians w.m. Rudy Martinez
"Red Rubber Ball" – The Cyrkle w.m. Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley
"Paperback Writer" – The Beatles w.m. John Lennon, Paul McCartney
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" – Dusty Springfield w.m. Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell
"Sweet Talkin' Guy" – The Chiffons w.m. Barbara Baer, Elliot Greenberg, Doug Morris, Robert Schwartz
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Summer
"Hanky Panky" – Tommy James and the Shondells
"Wild Thing" – The Troggs Chip Taylor
"Little Girl" – Syndicate of Sound
"Along Comes Mary" – The Association
"Li'l Red Riding Hood" – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs w.m. Ronald Blackwell
"Hungry" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"The Pied Piper" – Crispian St. Peters
"Happy Summer Days" - Ronnie Dove w.m. Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams, Wes Farrell
"I Saw Her Again" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Sweet Pea" – Tommy Roe
"Summer in the City" – The Lovin' Spoonful w. John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian, m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone
"Somewhere, My Love" – Ray Conniff and the Singers w. Paul Francis Webster, m. Maurice Jarre
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" – Napoleon XIV
"Sunny" – Bobby Hebb
"See You in September" – The Happenings
"Sunshine Superman" – Donovan w.m. Donovan
"You Can't Hurry Love" – The Supremes w.m. Holland-Dozier-Holland
"Yellow Submarine" – The Beatles w.m. Lennon–McCartney
"Summertime" – Billy Stewart
"The Land of 1000 Dances" – Wilson Pickett w.m. Chris Kenner
"Working in the Coal Mine" – Lee Dorsey w.m. Allen Toussaint
"Bus Stop" – The Hollies w.m. Graham Gouldman
"Guantanamera" – The Sandpipers
"Cherish" – The Association w.m. Terry Kirkman
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" – The Beach Boys w.m. Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" – The Temptations
"Black Is Black" – Los Bravos w.m. Michelle Grainger, Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey
"Reach Out I'll Be There" – Four Tops w.m. Holland-Dozier-Holland
"Cherry, Cherry" – Neil Diamond
"I Really Don't Want to Know" - Ronnie Dove
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Autumn
"Born Free" – Roger Williams w.m. John Barry, Don Black
"Cry" - Ronnie Dove w.m. Churchill Kohlman
"Dandy" – Herman's Hermits
"Devil With A Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly" – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
"Good Thing" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"Good Vibrations" – The Beach Boys w.m. Brian Wilson, Mike Love
"Hooray for Hazel" – Tommy Roe
"I'm a Believer" – The Monkees w.m. Neil Diamond
"I'm Ready for Love" – Martha and the Vandellas
"I'm Your Puppet" – James & Bobby Purify
"I've Got You Under My Skin" – The Four Seasons
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" – The Temptations
"If I Were a Carpenter" – Bobby Darin w.m. Tim Hardin
"Lady Godiva" – Peter and Gordon
"Last Train to Clarksville" – The Monkees w.m. Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
"Mellow Yellow" – Donovan w.m. Donovan
"A Place in the Sun" – Stevie Wonder w.m. Ronald Miller, Bryan Wells
"Poor Side of Town" – Johnny Rivers
"Psychotic Reaction" – Count Five
"Rain on the Roof" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"See See Rider" – Eric Burdon and the Animals
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" – The Royal Guardsmen
"Sugar Town" – Nancy Sinatra
"Tell It Like It Is" – Aaron Neville w.m. George Davis and Lee Diamond
"That's Life" – Frank Sinatra w.m. Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
"Walk Away Renée" – The Left Banke
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" – Jimmy Ruffin w.m. William Witherspoon, Paul Riser, James Dean
"Winchester Cathedral" – The New Vaudeville Band w.m. Geoff Stephens
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes w.m. Holland-Dozier-Holland

British number one hits not included above

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Other hit singles

Louis Armstrong in 1966
Sonny & Cher, 1966

(Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.)

Other notable songs

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Solo, Nr. 19 (2 versions, for trombone and for flute) 24 April NHK Studios, Tokyo Yasusuke Hirata; Ryū Noguchi[11]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Telemusik, Nr. 20 24 April NHK Studios, Tokyo Stockhausen[12]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Symphony No. 9 16 May Caracas[13] Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy[14]
Barraqué, Jean Chant après chant 23 June Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg Berthe Kal / André Krust / Les Percussions de Strasbourg – Bruck[15]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1966 in jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Musical television

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Leeds International Piano Competition

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Beatles Bible".
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  4. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-0-2142-0512-5.
  5. ^ "We Can Work It Out". The Beatles Bible. March 16, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  6. ^ The Association; Bijou; Russ Giguere; The Association & Larry Ramos (2002), Just The Right Sound: The Association Anthology [Disc 1], Internet Archive, Warner Brothers, retrieved January 27, 2023
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  10. ^ "Nessuno Mi Puo Giudicare And Other Hit Songs In Italian | Discografia de Gene Pitney". Letras.mus.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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  12. ^ Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992), 144. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-571-17146-X (pbk).
  13. ^ "World and U.A. Premieres by the Philadelphia Orchestra" (PDF). NewMusicBox. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  14. ^ Villa-Lobos, sua obra, second edition ([Rio de Janeiro]: MEC/DAC/Museu Villa-Lobos, 1972): 171.
  15. ^ Rose-Marie Janzen, "A Biographical Chronology of Jean Barraqué", translated by Adrian Jack, Perspectives of New Music 27, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 234–245. Citation on 241. JSTOR 833269 doi:10.2307/833269
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  20. ^ María Luisa Amador; Jorge Ayala Blanco (1986). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1960–1969. Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, Coordinación General de Difusión Cultural, Dirección de Literatura/UNAM. p. 287. ISBN 978-968-837-945-5.

Further reading

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