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