30th July 1966
1 |
(1) |
Out Of Time |
Chris Farlowe |
Immediate IM 035 |
2 |
(8) |
With A Girl Like You |
The Troggs |
Fontana TF 717 |
3 |
(4) |
Black Is Black |
Los Bravos |
Decca F 22419 |
4 |
(3) |
Get Away |
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
Columbia DB 7946 |
5 |
(9) |
The More I See You |
Chris Montez |
Pye International 7N 25369 |
6 |
(2) |
Sunny Afternoon |
The Kinks |
Pye 7N 17125 |
7 |
(7) |
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love |
Petula Clark |
Pye 7N 17133 |
8 |
(11) |
Love Letters |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1526 |
9 |
(6) |
Nobody Needs Your Love |
Gene Pitney |
Stateside SS 518 |
10 |
(5) |
River Deep, Mountain High |
Ike & Tina Turner |
London HL 10046 |
11 |
(12) |
Goin' Back |
Dusty Springfield |
Philips BF 1502 |
12 |
(10) |
Bus Stop |
The Hollies |
Parlophone R 5469 |
13 |
(17) |
Mama |
Dave Berry |
Decca F 12435 |
14 |
(14) |
(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips BF 1497 |
15 |
(19) |
Summer In The City |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
Kama Sutra KAS 200 |
16 |
(13) |
Strangers In The Night |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise R 23052 |
17 |
(21) |
Visions |
Cliff Richard |
Columbia DB 7968 |
18 |
(26) |
Hi Lili Hi Lo |
The Alan Price Set |
Decca F 12442 |
19 |
(-) |
God Only Knows |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol CL 15459 |
20 |
(15) |
Hideaway |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 711 |
21 |
(-) |
I Want You |
Bob Dylan |
CBS 202258 |
22 |
(-) |
I Love How You Love Me |
Paul & Barry Ryan |
Decca F 12445 |
23 |
(16) |
Paperback Writer |
The Beatles |
Parlophone R 5452 |
24 |
(18) |
Lana |
Roy Orbison |
London HL 10051 |
25 |
(-) |
Can I Trust You |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12417 |
26 |
(-) |
Lovers Of The World Unite |
David & Jonathan |
Columbia DB 7950 |
27 |
(22) |
When A Man Loves A Woman |
Percy Sledge |
Atlantic 584 001 |
28 |
(30) |
Promises |
Ken Dodd |
Columbia DB 7914 |
29 |
(27) |
This Door Swings Both Ways |
Herman's Hermits |
Columbia DB 7947 |
30 |
(28) |
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World |
James Brown |
Pye International 7N 25371 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 30th... US planes bombed the demilitarised zone between North and South Vietnam
Saturday 30th... England defeated West Germany 4-2 after extra time to win the World Cup
Sunday 31st... Race riots flared in Chicago, New York and Cleveland
Monday August 1st... 31 people were lost off the Cornish coast in the pleasure boat Darlwyne
Monday 1st... 25 year-old Charles Whitman shot 12 people dead at Texas University in Austin before being killed by a policeman
Monday 1st... Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon seized power in a coup in Nigeria
Tuesday 2nd... Johnson urged firearms curbs to prevent further tragedies like the Austin massacre
Wednesday 3rd... Comedian Lenny Bruce died from a drug overdose, aged 39
Thursday 4th... The Kray twins were taken in for questioning by police conducting a murder investigation