Editing 1966 in music (section)

==Top American hits on record==
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! Single – Artist !! !! Composer
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|'''Winter'''|| ||
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|"'''[[The Sound of Silence]]'''" – [[Simon & Garfunkel]]||||w.m. [[Paul Simon]]
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|"'''[[Shapes of Things]]'''"—[[The Yardbirds]]
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|w. [[Keith Relf]] m. [[Jim McCarty]], [[Paul Samwell-Smith]]; guitar solo by [[Jeff Beck]]
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|"'''[[We Can Work It Out]]'''" – [[The Beatles]]|| ||w.m. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]
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|"[[Fever (1956 song)|Fever]]" – [[The McCoys]]|| ||w.m. [[Eddie Cooley]] and John Davenport (a pseudonym for [[Otis Blackwell]])
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|"[[Ebb Tide (song)|Ebb Tide]]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]]|| ||w. [[Carl Sigman]], m. [[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|Robert Maxwell]]
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|"[[England Swings]]" – [[Roger Miller]]|| ||w.m. [[Roger Miller]]
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|"[[Make the World Go Away]]" – [[Eddy Arnold]]|| ||w.m. [[Hank Cochran]]
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|"[[When Liking Turns to Loving]]" - [[Ronnie Dove]]|| ||w.m. [[Kenny Young]]
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|"'''[[She's Just My Style]]'''" – [[Gary Lewis and the Playboys]]|| ||w.m. [[Gary Lewis (musician)|Gary Lewis]], [[Leon Russell]], [[Snuff Garrett]], [[Al Capps]]
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|"[[Flowers on the Wall]]" – [[The Statler Brothers]]|| ||w.m. [[Lew DeWitt]]
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|"[[Help Me Girl]]" – [[Eric Burdon]]|| |||w.m. Scott English, Larry Weiss
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|"'''[[Five O'Clock World]]'''" – [[The Vogues]]|| ||w.m. [[Allen Reynolds]]
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|"[[Day Tripper]]" – [[The Beatles]]|| ||w.m. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]
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|"[[The Men in My Little Girl's Life]]" – [[Mike Douglas]]|| ||w.m. [[Gloria Shayne Baker|Gloria Shayne]], [[Eddie Dean (singer)|Eddie Dean]] and [[Mary Candy]]
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|"'''[[No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)]]'''" – [[The T-Bones]]|| ||m. [[Granville Burland]]
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|"[[A Must to Avoid]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]|| ||w.m. [[Steve Barri]] and [[P. F. Sloan]]
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|"[[You Didn't Have to Be So Nice]]" – [[The Lovin' Spoonful]]|| ||w.m. [[John Sebastian]] and [[Steve Boone]]
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|"'''[[Barbara Ann]]'''" – [[The Beach Boys]]|| ||w.m. [[Fred Fassert]]
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|"[[My Love (Petula Clark song)|My Love]]" – [[Petula Clark]]|| ||w.m. [[Tony Hatch]]
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|"[[Jenny Take a Ride]]" – [[Mitch Ryder|Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels]]|| ||w.m. [[Richard Penniman]], [[Enotris Johnson]] and [[Bob Crewe]]
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|"'''[[Lightnin' Strikes]]'''" – [[Lou Christie]]|| ||w.m. [[Lou Christie]] and [[Twyla Herbert]]
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|"[[Crying Time]]" – [[Ray Charles]]|| ||w.m. [[Buck Owens]]
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|"'''[[Uptight (Everything's Alright)]]'''" – [[Stevie Wonder]]|| ||w.m. [[Henry Cosby]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Sylvia May]]
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|"[[My World Is Empty Without You|My World Is Empty without You]]" – [[The Supremes]]|| ||w.m. [[Brian Holland]], [[Lamont Dozier]] and [[Eddie Holland]]
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|"[[Don't Mess with Bill]]" – [[The Marvelettes]]|| ||w.m. [[Smokey Robinson]]
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|"'''[[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']]'''" – [[Nancy Sinatra]]|| ||w.m. [[Lee Hazlewood]]
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|"'''[[The Ballad of the Green Berets]]'''" – [[Sgt. Barry Sadler]]|| ||w.m. [[Robin Moore]] and [[Barry Sadler]]
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|"'''[[California Dreamin']]'''" – [[The Mamas & the Papas]]|| ||w.m. [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] and [[Michelle Phillips]]
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|"[[Elusive Butterfly]]" – [[Bob Lind]]|| ||w.m. Bob Lind
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|"[[Working My Way Back to You]]" – [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]]|| ||w.m. [[Sandy Linzer]], [[Denny Randell]]
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|"[[Listen People]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]|| ||w.m. [[Graham Gouldman]]
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|'''"[[Nowhere Man (song)|Nowhere Man]]"''' – [[The Beatles]]|| ||w.m. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]
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|"[[I Fought the Law]]" – [[Bobby Fuller|Bobby Fuller Four]]|| ||w.m. [[Sonny Curtis]]
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|"[[Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Homeward Bound]]" – [[Simon & Garfunkel]]|| ||w.m. [[Paul Simon]]
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|"[[Daydream (1966 song)|Daydream]]" – [[The Lovin' Spoonful]]|| ||w.m. [[John Sebastian]]
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|"[[(You're My) Soul and Inspiration]]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]]|| ||w.m. [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]]
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|.|| ||
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|'''Spring'''|| ||
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|"[[Sure Gonna Miss Her]]" – [[Gary Lewis and the Playboys]]|| ||w.m. [[Bobby Russell]]
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|"'''[[Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song)|Secret Agent Man]]'''" – [[Johnny Rivers]]|| ||w.m. [[P. F. Sloan]] and [[Steve Barri]]
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|"[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]" – [[B. J. Thomas]]|| ||w.m. [[Hank Williams]]
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|"[[Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song)|Don't Bring Me Down]]" – [[The Animals]]|| ||
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|"[[Inside-Looking Out]]" – [[The Animals]]|| ||w.m. [[Eric Burdon]]
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|"[[Time Won't Let Me]]" – [[The Outsiders (American band)|The Outsiders]]|| ||w.m. [[Tom King (musician)|Tom King]] and [[Chet Kelley]]
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|"[[Good Lovin']]" – [[The Young Rascals]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Kicks (song)|Kicks]]'''" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]|| ||w.m. [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]]
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|"'''[[Sloop John B]]'''" – [[The Beach Boys]]|| ||w.m. Traditional
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|"'''[[Let's Start All Over Again]]'''" - [[Ronnie Dove]]|| ||w.m. [[Al Kasha]] and [[Joel Hirschhorn]]
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|"'''[[Monday, Monday]]'''" – [[The Mamas & the Papas]]|| ||w.m. [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]]
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|"[[Leaning on a Lamp-post|Leaning on the Lamp Post]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]|| ||w. [[L. Arthur Rose]] and [[Douglas Furber]], m. [[Noel Gay]]
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|"'''[[Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35|Rainy Day Women #12 & 35]]'''" – [[Bob Dylan]]|| ||w.m. [[Bob Dylan]]
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|"[[Over Under Sideways Down]]" – [[The Yardbirds]]
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|w. [[Keith Relf]] m. [[Jim McCarty]], [[Chris Dreja]], [[Paul Samwell-Smith]], guitar solo [[Jeff Beck]]
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|"[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" – [[Shadows of Knight]]|| ||w.m. [[Van Morrison]]
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|"[[How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?]]" – [[Nancy Sinatra]]|| ||w.m. Lee Hazlewood
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|"[[Message to Michael]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]|| ||w. [[Hal David]], m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
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|"'''[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]'''" – [[Percy Sledge]]|| ||w.m. [[Calvin Lewis (songwriter)|Calvin Lewis]] and [[Andrew Wright (musician)|Andrew Wright]]
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|"[[A Groovy Kind of Love]]" – [[The Mindbenders]]|| ||w.m. [[Carole Bayer Sager]] and [[Toni Wine]]
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|"[[Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart]]" – [[The Supremes]]|| ||w.m. [[Brian Holland]], [[Lamont Dozier]] and [[Eddie Holland]]
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|"'''[[Paint It Black]]'''" – [[The Rolling Stones]]|| ||w.m. [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]]
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|"'''[[I Am a Rock]]'''" – [[Simon & Garfunkel]]|| ||w.m. [[Paul Simon]]
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|"'''[[Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?]]'''" – [[The Lovin' Spoonful]]|| ||w.m. [[John Sebastian]]
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|"[[It's a Man's Man's Man's World]]" – [[James Brown]]|| ||w.m. James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome
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|"Green Grass" – [[Gary Lewis and the Playboys]]|| ||w.m. Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
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|"'''[[Strangers in the Night]]'''" – [[Frank Sinatra]]|| ||w.m. Charles Singleton, [[Eddie Snyder]], [[Bert Kaempfert]]
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|"Barefootin'" – [[Robert Parker (singer)|Robert Parker]]|| ||w.m. Robert Parker
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|"[[Cool Jerk]]" – [[The Capitols]]|| ||w.m. Donald Storball
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|"'''[[96 Tears]]'''" – [[Question Mark & the Mysterians]]|| ||w.m. Rudy Martinez
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|"'''[[Red Rubber Ball]]'''" – [[The Cyrkle]]|| ||w.m. Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley
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|"'''[[Paperback Writer]]'''" – [[The Beatles]]|| ||w.m. [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]
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|"'''[[You Don't Have to Say You Love Me]]'''" – [[Dusty Springfield]]|| ||w.m. [[Pino Donaggio]], [[Vito Pallavicini]], Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell
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|"Sweet Talkin' Guy" – [[The Chiffons]]|| ||w.m. Barbara Baer, Elliot Greenberg, Doug Morris, Robert Schwartz
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|'''Summer'''|| ||
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|"'''[[Hanky Panky (The Raindrops song)|Hanky Panky]]'''" – [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]'''" – [[The Troggs]]|| ||Chip Taylor
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|"[[Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound song)|Little Girl]]" – [[Syndicate of Sound]]|| ||
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|"[[Along Comes Mary]]" – [[The Association]]|| ||
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|"[[Li'l Red Riding Hood]]" – [[Sam the Sham|Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs]]|| ||w.m. Ronald Blackwell
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|"[[Hungry (Paul Revere & the Raiders song)|Hungry]]" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]|| ||
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|"'''[[The Pied Piper (song)|The Pied Piper]]'''" – [[Crispian St. Peters]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Happy Summer Days]]'''" - [[Ronnie Dove]]|| ||w.m. [[Larry Kusik]], [[Ritchie Adams]], [[Wes Farrell]]
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|"[[I Saw Her Again]]" – [[The Mamas & the Papas]]|| ||
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|"[[Sweet Pea (song)|Sweet Pea]]" – [[Tommy Roe]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Summer in the City (song)|Summer in the City]]'''" – [[The Lovin' Spoonful]]|| ||w. [[John Sebastian]] and [[Mark Sebastian]], m. [[John Sebastian]] and [[Steve Boone]]
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|"Somewhere, My Love" – [[Ray Conniff|Ray Conniff and the Singers]]|| ||w. [[Paul Francis Webster]], m. [[Maurice Jarre]]
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|"[[They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!]]" – [[Napoleon XIV]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)|Sunny]]'''" – [[Bobby Hebb]]|| ||
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|"'''[[See You in September]]'''" – [[The Happenings]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Sunshine Superman (song)|Sunshine Superman]]'''" – [[Donovan]]|| ||w.m. Donovan
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|"'''[[You Can't Hurry Love]]'''" – [[The Supremes]]|| ||w.m. [[Holland-Dozier-Holland]]
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|"'''[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]'''" – [[The Beatles]]|| ||w.m. [[Lennon–McCartney]]
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|"[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" – [[Billy Stewart]]|| ||
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|"[[Land of a Thousand Dances|The Land of 1000 Dances]]" – [[Wilson Pickett]]|| ||w.m. [[Chris Kenner]]
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|"[[Working in the Coal Mine]]" – [[Lee Dorsey]]|| ||w.m. [[Allen Toussaint]]
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|"[[Bus Stop (song)|Bus Stop]]" – [[The Hollies]]|| ||w.m. [[Graham Gouldman]]
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|"[[Guantanamera]]" – [[The Sandpipers]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Cherish (The Association song)|Cherish]]'''" – [[The Association]]|| ||w.m. Terry Kirkman
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|"[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]|| ||w.m. [[Brian Wilson]], [[Tony Asher]], [[Mike Love]]
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|"[[Beauty Is Only Skin Deep]]" – [[The Temptations]]|| ||
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|"[[Black Is Black]]" – [[Los Bravos]]|| ||w.m. Michelle Grainger, Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey
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|"'''[[Reach Out I'll Be There]]'''" – [[Four Tops]]|| ||w.m. [[Holland-Dozier-Holland]]
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|"[[Cherry, Cherry]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]|| ||
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|"[[I Really Don't Want to Know]]" - [[Ronnie Dove]]|| ||
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|'''Autumn'''|| ||
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|"[[Born Free (song)|Born Free]]" – [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]]|| ||w.m. [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]]
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|"[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]" - [[Ronnie Dove]]|| ||w.m. [[Churchill Kohlman]]
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|"[[Dandy (song)|Dandy]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]|| ||
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|"'''Devil With A Blue Dress On / [[Good Golly, Miss Molly|Good Golly Miss Molly]]'''" – [[Mitch Ryder|Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Paul Revere and the Raiders|Good Thing]]'''" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Good Vibrations]]'''" – [[The Beach Boys]]|| ||w.m. [[Brian Wilson]], [[Mike Love]]
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|"[[Hooray for Hazel]]" – [[Tommy Roe]]|| ||
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|"'''[[I'm a Believer]]'''" – [[The Monkees]]|| ||w.m. [[Neil Diamond]]
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|"[[I'm Ready for Love]]" – [[Martha and the Vandellas]]|| ||
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|"[[I'm Your Puppet]]" – [[James & Bobby Purify]]|| ||
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|"[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]" – [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]]|| ||
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|"[[(I Know) I'm Losing You]]" – [[The Temptations]]|| ||
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|"[[If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If I Were a Carpenter]]" – [[Bobby Darin]]|| ||w.m. [[Tim Hardin]]
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|"[[Lady Godiva (song)|Lady Godiva]]" – [[Peter and Gordon]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Last Train to Clarksville]]'''" – [[The Monkees]]|| ||w.m. [[Tommy Boyce]], [[Bobby Hart (songwriter)|Bobby Hart]]
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|"'''[[Mellow Yellow]]'''" – [[Donovan]]|| ||w.m. Donovan
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|"[[A Place in the Sun (Stevie Wonder song)|A Place in the Sun]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]|| ||w.m. [[Ron Miller (songwriter)|Ronald Miller]], Bryan Wells
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|"'''[[Poor Side of Town]]'''" – [[Johnny Rivers]]|| ||
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|"[[Psychotic Reaction]]" – [[Count Five]]|| ||
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|"[[Rain on the Roof (song)|Rain on the Roof]]" – [[The Lovin' Spoonful]]|| ||
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|"[[See See Rider]]" – [[The Animals|Eric Burdon and the Animals]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song)|Snoopy vs. the Red Baron]]'''" – [[The Royal Guardsmen]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Sugar Town]]'''" – [[Nancy Sinatra]]|| ||
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|"'''[[Tell It Like It Is (song)|Tell It Like It Is]]'''" – [[Aaron Neville]]|| ||w.m. George Davis and Lee Diamond
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|"'''[[That's Life (song)|That's Life]]'''" – [[Frank Sinatra]]|| ||w.m. [[Dean Kay]], Kelly Gordon
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|"[[Walk Away Renée]]" – [[The Left Banke]]|| ||
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|"[[What Becomes of the Brokenhearted]]" – [[Jimmy Ruffin]]|| ||w.m. [[William Witherspoon]], Paul Riser, James Dean
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|"'''[[Winchester Cathedral (song)|Winchester Cathedral]]'''" – [[The New Vaudeville Band]]|| ||w.m. [[Geoff Stephens]]
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|"'''[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]'''" – [[The Supremes]]|| ||w.m. [[Holland-Dozier-Holland]]
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