16th July 1966
1 |
(1) |
Sunny Afternoon |
The Kinks |
Pye 7N 17125 |
2 |
(2) |
Nobody Needs Your Love |
Gene Pitney |
Stateside SS 518 |
3 |
(7) |
Get Away |
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
Columbia DB 7946 |
4 |
(5) |
River Deep, Mountain High |
Ike & Tina Turner |
London HL 10046 |
5 |
(3) |
Bus Stop |
The Hollies |
Parlophone R 5469 |
6 |
(13) |
Out Of Time |
Chris Farlowe |
Immediate IM 035 |
7 |
(9) |
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love |
Petula Clark |
Pye 7N 17133 |
8 |
(6) |
Strangers In The Night |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise R 23052 |
9 |
(4) |
Paperback Writer |
The Beatles |
Parlophone R 5452 |
10 |
(17) |
Black Is Black |
Los Bravos |
Decca F 22419 |
11 |
(8) |
Hideaway |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 711 |
12 |
(22) |
Love Letters |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1526 |
13 |
(15) |
The More I See You |
Chris Montez |
Pye International 7N 25369 |
14 |
(19) |
Goin' Back |
Dusty Springfield |
Philips BF 1502 |
15 |
(10) |
When A Man Loves A Woman |
Percy Sledge |
Atlantic 584 001 |
16 |
(11) |
Don't Answer Me |
Cilla Black |
Parlophone R 5463 |
17 |
(14) |
Lana |
Roy Orbison |
London HL 10051 |
18 |
(12) |
Monday, Monday |
The Mamas & The Papas |
RCA 1516 |
19 |
(-) |
With A Girl Like You |
The Troggs |
Fontana TF 717 |
20 |
(18) |
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World |
James Brown |
Pye International 7N 25371 |
21 |
(-) |
(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips BF 1497 |
22 |
(30) |
Mama |
Dave Berry |
Decca F 12435 |
23 |
(27) |
Sittin' On A Fence |
Twice As Much |
Immediate IM 033 |
24 |
(20) |
Promises |
Ken Dodd |
Columbia DB 7914 |
25 |
(21) |
This Door Swings Both Ways |
Herman's Hermits |
Columbia DB 7947 |
26 |
(29) |
Sloop John B |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol CL 15441 |
27 |
(24) |
I Am A Rock |
Simon & Garfunkel |
CBS 202303 |
28 |
(-) |
A Place In The Sun |
The Shadows |
Columbia DB 7952 |
29 |
(-) |
Can I Trust You |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12417 |
30 |
(26) |
I Need You (EP) |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips |
It happened this week...
Sunday 17th... Harold Wilson toured an industrial fair in Moscow
Sunday 17th... 19 year old Jim Ryun set a new world record for the mile at 3mins 51.3 seconds
Tuesday 19th... Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
Wednesday 20th... Wilson announced a six month pay freeze in an attempt to beat inflation
Wednesday 20th...Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) was born
Thursday 21st... Welsh Nationalist Gwynfor Evans was sworn in as a MP
Friday 22nd... 11 died when a pleasure boat crashed on the River Mawddach, Merionethshire