Editing 1966 in music (section)

==Billboard Top popular records of 1966==

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#History|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. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Billboard also has chart summaries] on its website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052429/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1966YESP.html Cashbox rankings] were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA's Gold and Platinum database], the [https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified database]  and The Book of Golden Discs,<ref name=goldendiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref> but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] and [[National Recording Registry]] information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" 
! [[Billboard Hot 100|Rank]] 
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Release Date
! CB
! Sales
! Charts, Awards
|-
| 1  || [[The Monkees]] || "[[I'm a Believer]]" || Colgems 66-1002 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|October 23, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196611}}|November 12, 1966 || 1 || 10.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs>{{cite book| first=Joseph| last=Murrells| year=1978| title=The Book of Golden Discs| edition=2nd| publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location=[[London]]| pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/211 211–212]| isbn=978-0-2142-0512-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/211}}</ref> || US Billboard 1966 #1, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 288 points, from Colgems Single 1002.
|-
| 2 || [[Barry Sadler|SSgt Barry Sadler]] || "[[The Ballad of the Green Berets]]" || RCA Victor 8739 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|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
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| 3 || [[The New Vaudeville Band]] || "[[Winchester Cathedral (song)|Winchester Cathedral]]" || Fontana 1562 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|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
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| 4 || [[The Righteous Brothers]] || "[[(You're My) Soul and Inspiration]]" || Verve 10383 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 26, 1966 || 8 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1966 #4, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 191 points, from [[Soul and Inspiration|Soul and Inspiration - Verve ]]    
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| 5 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[We Can Work It Out]]" / "Day Tripper"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-16 |title=We Can Work It Out |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/we-can-work-it-out/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=The Beatles Bible |language=en-GB}}</ref> || Capitol 5555 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|October 29, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 3, 1965 || 5 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1966 #5, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 179 points, [[Grammy Hall of Fame|Grammy Hall of Fame 2003]], from Capitol single 5555
|-
| 6 || [[The Lovin' Spoonful]] || "[[Summer in the City (song)|Summer In The City]]" || Kama Sutra 211 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|March 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|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|Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054]]
|-
| 7 || [[The Four Tops]] || "[[Reach Out I'll Be There]]" || Motown 1098 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 27, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|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|National Recording Registry 2022]], from [[Reach Out (Four Tops album)|Four Tops Reach Out - Motown 660]] 
|-
| 8 || [[? and the Mysterians|? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians]] || "[[96 Tears]]" || Cameo 428 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|March 13, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 1966 || 15 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1966 #8, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 170 points, from [[96 Tears (album)|96 Tears - Cameo 2004]]
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| 9 || [[The Association]] || "[[Cherish (The Association song)|Cherish]]"<ref name=AssociationAnthology>{{Citation |last=The Association |title=Just The Right Sound: The Association Anthology [Disc 1] |date=2002 |url=http://archive.org/details/cd_just-the-right-sound-the-association-antho_the-association-bijou-russ-giguere-the-ass |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Warner Brothers |access-date=2023-01-27 |last2=Bijou |last3=Russ Giguere |last4=The Association & Larry Ramos}}</ref> || Valiant 747 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|May 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 16, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|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|If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006]]
|-
| 11 || The Supremes || "[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]" || Motown 1101 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 1, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196609}}|17 sessions Jan to Sept 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 5, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|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]]"<ref name=WorksStones>{{Cite web |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones - Database |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.nzentgraf.de}}</ref> || London 901 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|March 9, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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 (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" || Fontana 1548, Atco 6415 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|April 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 20, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196609}}|September 1966 || 16 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #16, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 150 points, from Changes - Imperial 12334. 
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| 17 || [[Nancy Sinatra]] || [[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']] || Reprise 0432 || {{Date table sorting|196511}}|November 19, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 16, 1965 || 25 || 4.00 || US Billboard 1966 #17, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 149 points, from [[Boots (album)|Boots - Reprise 6202]]
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| 18 || [[Frank Sinatra]] || "[[Strangers in the Night]]" || Reprise 0470 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|April 11, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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
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| 19 || The Mamas and The Papas || "[[California Dreamin']]" || Dunhill 4020 || {{Date table sorting|196511}}|November 4, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|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|If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006]]
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| 20 || [[The Young Rascals]] || "[[Good Lovin']]" || Atlantic 45-2321 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 1, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 21, 1966 || 18 || 1.00 || US 1966 Billboard #20, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 142 points
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| 21 || Percy Sledge || "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When A Man Loves A Woman]]" || Atlantic 2326 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 17, 1966 || {{Start date|1966|3}} || 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
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| 22 || [[Sam the Sham|Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs]] || [[Li'l Red Riding Hood]] || MGM 13506 || {{Date table sorting|196412}}|December 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|March 12, 1966 || 23 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #22, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 137 points
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| 23 || [[Tommy James and the Shondells]] || "[[Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells song)|Hanky Panky]]" || Roulette 4686 || {{Date table sorting|196310}}|October 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|May 1966 || 19 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1966 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 136 points, from [[Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells album)|Hanky Panky - Roulette 25336]]
|-
| 24 || The Beatles || "[[Paperback Writer]]"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-16 |title=Paperback Writer |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/paperback-writer/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=The Beatles Bible |language=en-GB}}</ref> || Capitol 5651 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|April 14, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|May 30, 1966 || 17 || 2.50 || US Billboard 1966 #24, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 135 points
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| 25 || [[The Monkees]] || "[[Last Train to Clarksville]]" || Colgems 66-1001 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 25, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 16, 1966 || 4 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1966 #25, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 134 points
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| 26 || [[Donovan]] || "[[Sunshine Superman (song)|Sunshine Superman]]" || Epic 10045 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 1966 || 21 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #26, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 134 points
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| 27 || [[Paul Revere and the Raiders]] || "[[Kicks (song)|Kicks]]" || Columbia 43566 || {{Date table sorting|196511}}|November 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 28, 1966 || 37 || 1.00} || US Billboard 1966 #27, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 130 points, from [[Midnight Ride (album)|Midnight Ride - Columbia 2508]]
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| 28  || [[Lou Christie]] || "[[Lightnin' Strikes]]" || MGM 13412 || {{Date table sorting|196609}}|September 3, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1965 || 14 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1966 #28, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 50 points, 128 points
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| 29 || [[Petula Clark]] || "[[My Love (Petula Clark song)|My Love]]" || Warner Bros. 5684 || {{Date table sorting|196511}}|November 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1965 || 38 || 1.00} || US Billboard 1966 #29, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 127 points
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| 30  || [[Mitch Ryder|Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels]] || "[[Devil with a Blue Dress On|Devil with a Blue Dress On and Good Golly Miss Molly]]" || New Voice 817 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|July 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196609}}|September 1966 || 32 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #30, Hot100 #4 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 126 points
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| 31 || The Rolling Stones || "[[19th Nervous Breakdown]]"<ref name=WorksStones/> || London 9823 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 8, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 12, 1966 || 24 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #31, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 125 points
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| 32 || [[The Vogues]] || "[[Five O'Clock World]]" || Co & Ce 232 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|1965 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|October 1965 || 39 || 1.00} || US Billboard 1966 #32, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 125 points
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| 33 || The Lovin' Spoonful || "[[Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful song)|Daydream]]" || Kama Sutra 208 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 19, 1966 || 34 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #33, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 119 points
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| 34 || Donovan || "[[Mellow Yellow]]" || Epic 10098 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|October 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|October 1966  || 33 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1966 #34, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 118 points
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| 35 || [[Jimmy Ruffin]] || "[[What Becomes of the Brokenhearted]]" || Soul 35022 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196606}}|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
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| 36 || [[Bobby Hebb]] || "[[Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)|Sunny]]" || Philips 40365 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 21, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196606}}|June 1966 || 22 || 1.00} || US Billboard 1966 #36, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 114 points
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| 37 || The Beatles || "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]" / "Eleanor Rigby" || Capitol 5651 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|May 26, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 8, 1966 || 27 || 2.50 || US Billboard 1966 #37, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 113 points
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| 38 || [[Simon and Garfunkel]] || "[[I Am a Rock]]"<ref name="ency">{{cite book |first=Steve|last=Sullivan|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2|pages=109–110|date=2013}}</ref>  || Columbia 4-43396 || {{Date table sorting|196403}}|March 10, 1964 + June 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196509}}|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|National Recording Registry 2012]], 111 points
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| 39 || [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]] || "[[Born Free (Matt Monro song)|Born Free]]" || Kapp 767 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 8, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196607}}|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
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| 40  || [[Stevie Wonder]] || "[[Uptight (Everything's Alright)]]" || Tamla 54124 || {{Date table sorting|196509}}|September 3, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196511}}|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|Up-Tight - Tamla 268]]
|}

    Billboard Top Soul Singles 1966
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1  || [[The Temptations]] || "[[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]" || Gordy 7054 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|January 11, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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|Gettin' Ready - Gordy 918]]
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| 2 || [[Wilson Pickett]] || "[[634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)]]" || Atlantic 2386 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|December 20, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|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|The Exciting Wilson Pickett - Atlantic 8129]]
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| 3 || Stevie Wonder || "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 40]]
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| 4 || [[Sam & Dave|Sam and Dave]] || "[[Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)|Hold On I'm Comin']]" || Stax 189 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|January 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|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' (Sam & Dave album)|Hold On, I'm Comin'- Stax 708]] 
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| 5 || The Temptations || "[[Beauty Is Only Skin Deep]]" || Gordy 7055 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|May 11, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[David Houston (singer)|David Houston]] || "[[Almost Persuaded (song)|Almost Persuaded]]" || Epic 10025 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|January 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196606}}|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
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| 2 || [[Jack Greene]] || "[[There Goes My Everything (song)|There Goes My Everything]]" || Decca 32023 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 6, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|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
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| 3 || [[Red Sovine]] || "[[Giddyup Go]]" || Starday 737 || {{Date table sorting|196508}}|August 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|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
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| 4 || [[Buck Owens|Buck Owens & The Buckaroos]] || "[[Waitin' in Your Welfare Line]]" || Capitol 5566 || {{Date table sorting|196508}}|August 24, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|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
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| 5  || Buck Owens & The Buckaroos || "[[Think of Me (Buck Owens song)|Think Of Me]]" || Capitol 5647 || {{Date table sorting|196602}}|February 15, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || Roger Williams || "Born Free" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 39]]
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| 2 || Frank Sinatra || "Strangers In The Night" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 18]]
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| 3 || [[Jack Jones (American singer)|Jack Jones]] || "[[The Impossible Dream (The Quest)]]" || Kapp 755 || {{Date table sorting|196601}}|January 11, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|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
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| 4 || [[Margaret Whiting]] || "[[The Wheel of Hurt]]" || London 101 || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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
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| 5  || [[Ray Conniff|Ray Conniff & The Singers]] || "[[Lara's Theme|Somewhere, My Love]]" || Columbia 43626 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 29, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196610}}|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)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || The Beach Boys || "Good Vibrations" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 12]], Top Rock Tracks 1966 #1, from Capitol single 5676.
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| 2  || The Beatles || "[[Day Tripper]]" || Capitol 5555 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|October 16, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196512}}|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.
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| 3 || The Beatles || "[[And Your Bird Can Sing]]" || Capitol 2576 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|April 26, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 5, 1966 ||  ||  || Top Rock Tracks 1966 #3, from "[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver - Capitol 2576]]."
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| 4 || The Beatles || "[[Got to Get You into My Life]]" || Capitol 2576 || {{Date table sorting|196606}}|June 17, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|August 5, 1966 ||  ||  || Top Rock Tracks 1966 #4, from "[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver - Capitol 2576]]."
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| 5 || The Lovin' Spoonful || "Summer In The City" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 6]], Top Rock Tracks 1966 #5, from "[[Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful|Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054]]."
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| 6 || [[The Who]] || "[[My Generation]]" || Decca 31877 || {{Date table sorting|196612}}|December 22, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196702}}|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 "[[My Generation (album)|The Who Sings My Generation - Decca 4664]]."
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| 7 || [[The Animals]] || "[[Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down]]" || MGM 13514 || {{Date table sorting|196604}}|April 13, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196605}}|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.
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| 8 || The Rolling Stones || "Paint It Black" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 14]], Top Rock Tracks 1966 #8, from  "[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath - London 476]]."
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| 9 || The Supremes || "You Keep Me Hangin' On" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1966|see number 11]], Top Rock Tracks 1966 #9, from "[[The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland|The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland - Motown 650]]."
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| 10 || The Beatles || "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" || Capitol 5715 || {{Date table sorting|196606}}|June 6, 1966 || {{Date table sorting|196608}}|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 (Beatles album)|Revolver - Capitol 2576]]."
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| 11 || [[The Kinks]] || "[[Till the End of the Day]]" || Reprise 0454 || {{Date table sorting|196510}}|October 30, 1965 || {{Date table sorting|196603}}|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|The Kink Kontroversy - Reprise 6197]]."
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