1st January 1966

1

(1)

Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out

The Beatles

Parlophone R 5389

2

(3)

The River

Ken Dodd

Columbia DB 7750

3

(2)

The Carnival Is Over

The Seekers

Columbia DB 7711

4

(7)

Keep On Running

The Spencer Davis Group

Fontana TF 632

5

(6)

Tears

Ken Dodd

Columbia DB 7659

6

(4)

Wind Me Up (let Me Go)

Cliff Richard

Columbia DB 7745

7

(10)

Rescue Me

Fontella Bass

Chess CRS 8023

8

(8)

My Ship Is Coming In

The Walker Brothers

Philips BF 1454

9

(5)

1-2-3

Len Barry

Brunswick 05942

10

(15)

Merry Gentle Pops

The Barron Knights

Columbia DB 7780

11

(14)

Let's Hang On

The Four Seasons

Philips BF 1439

12

(9)

Maria

P.J. Proby

Liberty LIB 10218

13

(12)

My Generation

The Who

Brunswick 05944

14

(13)

To Whom It Concerns

Chris Andrews

Decca F 22285

15

(20)

A Hard Day's Night

Peter Sellers

Parlophone R 5393

 16

(21)

Till The End Of The Day

The Kinks

Pye 7N 15981

17

(11)

A Lover's Concerto

The Toys

Stateside SS 460

18

(22)

A Must To Avoid

Herman's Hermits

Columbia DB 7791

19

(24)

You Make It Move

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Fontana TF 630

20

(26)

Spanish Flea

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Pye International 7N 25335

21

(17)

My Girl

Otis Redding

Atlantic AT 4050

22

(27)

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Tony Bennett

CBS 201730

23

(28)

The Water Is Over My Head

The Rockin' Berries

Piccadilly 7N 35270

24

(-)

Yesterday Man

Chris Andrews

Decca F 12236

25

(16)

War Lord

The Shadows

Columbia DB 7769

26

(-)

Is It Really Over

Jim Reeves

RCA 1488

27

(23)

You've Got To Be Cruel To Be Kind

Unit 4+2

Decca F 12299

28

(18)

Princess In Rags

Gene Pitney

Stateside SS 471

29

(-)

England Swings

Roger Miller

Philips BF 1456

30

(-)

The Very Thought Of You

Tony Bennett

CBS 202021

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Saturday 1st... Colonel Jean Bokassa took office following a coup in the Central African Republic

Tuesday 4th... 4,000 people attended a memorial service for Richard Dimbleby in Westminster Abbey

Friday 7th... Britain, Canada and Australia mounted drought relief operations in central Africa and Rhodesia