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