26th March 1966
1 |
(1) |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips BF 1473 |
2 |
(2) |
I Can't Let Go |
The Hollies |
Parlophone R 5409 |
3 |
(6) |
Make The World Go Away |
Eddy Arnold |
RCA 1496 |
4 |
(5) |
Shapes Of Things |
The Yardbirds |
Columbia DB 7848 |
5 |
(4) |
Barbara Ann |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol CL 15432 |
6 |
(10) |
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion |
The Kinks |
Pye 7N 17064 |
7 |
(14) |
Elusive Butterfly |
Bob Lind |
Fontana TF 670 |
8 |
(3) |
Sha La La La Lee |
The Small Faces |
Decca F 12317 |
9 |
(7) |
Backstage |
Gene Pitney |
Stateside SS 490 |
10 |
(9) |
These Boots Were Made For Walkin' |
Nancy Sinatra |
Reprise R 20432 |
11 |
(11) |
Lightnin' Strikes |
Lou Christie |
MGM 1297 |
12 |
(19) |
Elusive Butterfly |
Val Doonican |
Decca F 12358 |
13 |
(8) |
A Groovy Kind Of Love |
The Mindbenders |
Fontana TF 644 |
14 |
(20) |
What Now My Love |
Sonny & Cher |
Atlantic AT 4069 |
15 |
(-) |
Somebody Help Me |
The Spencer Davis Group |
Fontana TF 679 |
16 |
(28) |
The Sound Of Silence |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12351 |
17 |
(22) |
Hold Tight |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 671 |
18 |
(15) |
Substitute |
The Who |
Reaction 591 001 |
19 |
(12) |
My Love |
Petula Clark |
Pye 7N 17038 |
20 |
(-) |
Blue Turns To Grey |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 7866 |
21 |
(27) |
Love Me With All Of Your Heart |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12351 |
22 |
(23) |
Woman |
Peter & Gordon |
Columbia DB 7834 |
23 |
(13) |
19th Nervous Breakdown |
The Rolling Stones |
Decca F 12331 |
24 |
(16) |
Inside Looking Out |
The Animals |
Decca F 12332 |
25 |
(17) |
Spanish Flea |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
Pye International 7N 25335 |
26 |
(18) |
I Got You |
James Brown |
Pye International 7N 25350 |
27 |
(25) |
May Each Day |
Andy Williams |
CBS 202042 |
28 |
(21) |
Blue River |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1504 |
29 |
(-) |
Heartaches |
Vince Hill |
Columbia DB 7852 |
30 |
(30) |
I Met A Girl |
The Shadows |
Columbia DB 7853 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 26th... Anglo won the Grand National
Sunday 27th... The stolen World Cup was found in a garden in South London by a dog called Pickles and his owner, David Corbett
Sunday 27th... Mrs. Gandhi arrived in Washington for talks with President Johnson
Tuesday 29th... Brezhnev opened the Communist Party Congress with a call for the US to end its involvement in Vietnam
Thursday 31st... Verwoerd's National Party retained power after a whites-only general election
Friday 1st April... The British Airports Authority was formed
Friday 1st... Harold Wilson's Labour Party had a majority of 96 after the general election