8th January 1966
1 |
(1) |
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out |
The Beatles |
Parlophone R 5389 |
2 |
(4) |
Keep On Running |
The Spencer Davis Group |
Fontana TF 632 |
3 |
(2) |
The River |
Ken Dodd |
Columbia DB 7750 |
4 |
(3) |
The Carnival Is Over |
The Seekers |
Columbia DB 7711 |
5 |
(8) |
My Ship Is Coming In |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips BF 1454 |
6 |
(5) |
Tears |
Ken Dodd |
Columbia DB 7659 |
7 |
(7) |
Rescue Me |
Fontella Bass |
Chess CRS 8023 |
8 |
(11) |
Let's Hang On |
The Four Seasons |
Philips BF 1439 |
9 |
(6) |
Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) |
Cliff Richard |
Columbia DB 7745 |
10 |
(16) |
Till The End Of The Day |
The Kinks |
Pye 7N 15981 |
11 |
(10) |
Merry Gentle Pops |
The Barron Knights |
Columbia DB 7780 |
12 |
(9) |
1-2-3 |
Len Barry |
Brunswick 05942 |
13 |
(13) |
My Generation |
The Who |
Brunswick 05944 |
14 |
(14) |
To Whom It Concerns |
Chris Andrews |
Decca F 22285 |
15 |
(15) |
A Hard Day's Night |
Peter Sellers |
Parlophone R 5393 |
16 |
(18) |
A Must To Avoid |
Herman's Hermits |
Columbia DB 7791 |
17 |
(12) |
Maria |
P.J. Proby |
Liberty LIB 10218 |
18 |
(20) |
Spanish Flea |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
Pye International 7N 25335 |
19 |
(22) |
I Left My Heart In San Francisco |
Tony Bennett |
CBS 201730 |
20 |
(-) |
Bye Bye Blues |
Bert Kaempfert |
Polydor BM 56 504 |
21 |
(29) |
England Swings |
Roger Miller |
Philips BF 1456 |
22 |
(21) |
My Girl |
Otis Redding |
Atlantic AT 4050 |
23 |
(17) |
A Lover's Concerto |
The Toys |
Stateside SS 460 |
24 |
(-) |
If I Needed Someone |
The Hollies |
Parlophone R 5392 |
25 |
(19) |
You Make It Move |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 630 |
26 |
(30) |
The Very Thought Of You |
Tony Bennett |
CBS 202021 |
27 |
(-) |
Midnight To Six Man |
The Pretty Things |
Fontana TF 647 |
28 |
(-) |
Hello Dolly |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12309 |
29 |
(28) |
Princess In Rags |
Gene Pitney |
Stateside SS 471 |
30 |
(24) |
Yesterday Man |
Chris Andrews |
Decca F 12236 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 8th... US troops launched their biggest offensive of the Vietnam War so far, at the "Iron Triangle"
Tuesday 11th... Commonwealth leaders began a conference on Rhodesia in Lagos, Nigeria
Tuesday 11th... Indian Prime Minister, Lal Shastri died from a heart attack, aged 61
Wednesday 12th... Three visiting Labour MPs were jostled and jeered by a white crowd in the Rhodesian capital, Salisbury
Thursday 13th... The Rhodesian regime expelled the three visiting Labour MPs