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The Top 100 Songs of 1966

1.
The Ballad Of The Green Berets SSgt Barry Sadler
2.
Winchester Cathedral New Vaudeville Band
3.
Cherish Association
4.
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration Righteous Brothers
5.
We Can Work It Out Beatles
6.
Monday, Monday Mama's & Papa's
7.
Summer In The City Lovin' Spoonful
8.
Reach Out I'll Be There Four Tops
9.
The Sounds Of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
10.
You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
11.
When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge
12.
My Love Petula Clark
13.
You Keep Me Hangin' On Supremes
14.
Hanky Panky Tommy James & Shondells
15
Wild Thing Troggs
16.
Paint It Black Rolling Stones
17.
Paperback Writer Beatles
18.
96 Tears Question Mark & Mysterians
19.
Last Train To Clarksville Monkees
20.
Strangers In The Night Frank Sinatra
21.
Poor Side Of Town Johnny Rivers
22.
Lightin' Strikes Lou Christie
23.
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Nancy Sinatra
24.
Good Vibrations Beach Boys
25.
Good Lovin' Young Rascals
26.
Sunshine Superman Donovan
27.
Mellow Yellow Donovan
28.
19th Nervous Breakdown Rolling Stones
29.
Sunny Bobby Hebb
30.
Lil' Red Riding Hood Sam The Sham & Pharoahs
31.
A Groovy Kind Of Love Mindbenders
32.
Daydream Lovin' Spoonful
33.
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind Lovin' Spoonful
34.
Barbara Ann Beach Boys
35.
Red Rubber Ball Cyrkle
36.
Bang Bang Cher
37.
Rainy Day Woman Bob Dylan
38.
Yellow Submarine Beatles
39.
See You In September Happenings
40.
Uptight, Everything's Alright Stevie Wonder
41.
No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In T-Bones
42.
She's Just My Style Gary Lewis & Playboys
43.
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Temptations
44.
Sloop John B. Beach Boys
45.
Secret Agent Man Johnny Rivers
46.
I Am A Rock Simon & Garfunkel
47.
Nowhere Man Beatles
48.
Listen People Herman's Hermits
49.
They're Coming To take Me Away Napoleon XIV
50.
California Dreamin' Mama's & Papa's

51.
Devil With A Blue Dress On Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels
52.
Kicks Paul Revere & Raiders
53.
Five O'Clock World Vogues
54.
Flowers On The Wall Statler Brothers
55.
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield
56.
The Pied Piper Crispian St. Peters
57.
Black Is Black Los Bravos
58.
That's Life Frank Sinatra
59.
Time Won't Let Me Outsiders
60.
Bus Stop Hollies
61.
Sugar Town Nancy Sinatra
62.
Walk Away Renee Left Banke
63.
Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind
64.
Psychotic Reaction Count Five
65.
Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
66.
Dandy Herman's Hermits
67.
My World Is Empty Without You Supremes
68.
Day Tripper Beatles
69.
I Saw Her Again Mama's & Papa's
70.
Ebb Tide Righteous Brothers
71.
Crying Time Ray Charles
72.
Lady Godiva Peter & Gordon
73.
I'm Your Puppet James & Bobby Purify
74.
Hooray For Hazel Tommy Roe
75.
Cherry, Cherry Neil Diamond
76.
Hungry Paul Revere & Raiders
77.
Land Of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett
78.
As Tears Goes By Rolling Stones
79.
The Men In My Little Girl's Life Mike Douglas
80.
Born Free Roger Williams
81.
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Jimmy Ruffin
82.
Barefootin' Robert Parker
83.
Cool Jerk Capitols
84.
Don't Mess With Bill Marvelettes
85.
Along Comes Mary Association
86.
Stop Stop Stop Hollies
87.
How Does That Grab You Darlin' Nancy Sinatra
88.
Sweet Pea Tommy Roe
89.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry B.J. Thomas
90.
Message To Michael Dionne Warwick
91.
Working In The Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
92.
Wouldn't It Be Nice Beach Boys
93.
If I Were A Carpenter Bobby Darin
94.
Little Girl Syndicate Of Sound
95.
I'm Losing You Temptations
96.
It's A Man's Man's Man's World James Brown
97.
Mother's Little Helper Rolling Stones
98.
A Must To Avoid Herman's Hermits
99.
Green Grass Gary Lewis & Playboys
100.
Somewhere My Love Ray Conniff & Singers

Some statistics from 1966


France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20).

Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.

Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.

India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in aid to the country.


Medicare begins (July 1).

Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused.

Stokeley Carmichael elected president of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC. 

Background: Student movements

 


US GDP (1998 dollars):   $787.8 billion
Federal spending:   $134.53 billion
Federal debt:   $328.5 billion
Consumer Price Index:   32.4
Unemployment:   4.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.05

World Series
Baltimore d. LA Dodgers (4-0)
NBA Championship
Boston d. LA Lakers (4-3)
Stanley Cup
Montreal d. Detroit (4-2)
Wimbledon
Women: Billie Jean King d. M. Bueno (6-3 3-6 6-1)
Men: Manuel Santana d. D. Ralston (6-4 11-9 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Kauai King
NCAA Basketball Championship
Texas Western d. Kentucky (72-65)
NCAA Football Champions
Notre Dame (AP, UPI, FW, NFF-tie) (9-0-1) & Michigan St. (NFF-tie) (9-0-1)
World Cup
England d. W. Germany (4-2)

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
Music: Variations for Orchestra, Leslie Bassett


Oscars awarded in 1966

Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Israel) and Nelly Sachs (Sweden)


Grammys awarded in 1966

Record of the Year: "A Taste of Honey," Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Album of the Year: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Song of the Year: "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme From The Sandpiper), Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel, songwriters

Miss America: Deborah Irene Bryant (KS)


Events

  • The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast on September 8. The plot concerns a creature that sucks salt from human bodies.
  • CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie too violent for at-home viewing.
  • The old Metropolitan Opera House is abandoned as the company moves to Lincoln Center. The new Metropolitan Opera opens with Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.

 


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