27th August 1966

1

(1)

Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby

The Beatles

Parlophone R 5493

2

(3)

God Only Knows

The Beach Boys

Capitol CL 15459

3

(2)

With A Girl Like You

The Troggs

Fontana TF 717

4

(8)

They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa!

Napoleon XIV

Warner Bros WB 5831

5

(4)

Mama

Dave Berry

Decca F 12435

6

(15)

All Or Nothing

The Small Faces

Decca F 12470

7

(10)

Visions

Cliff Richard

Columbia DB 7968

8

(5)

Black Is Black

Los Bravos

Decca F 22419

9

(7)

Summer In The City

The Lovin' Spoonful

Kama Sutra KAS 200

10

(11)

Hi-Lili Hi-Lo

The Alan Price Set

Decca F 12442

11

(6)

The More I See You

Chris Montez

Pye International 7N 25369

12

(12)

Lovers Of The World Unite

David & Jonathan

Columbia DB 7950

13

(21)

Too Soon To Know

Roy Orbison

London HLU 10067

14

(14)

I Saw Her Again

The Mamas & The Papas

RCA 1533

15

(16)

More Than Love

Ken Dodd

Columbia DB 7976

16

(9)

Out Of Time

Chris Farlowe

Immediate IM 035

17

(22)

Just Like A Woman

Manfred Mann

Fontana TF 730

18

(30)

Got To Get You Into My Life

Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

Parlophone R 5489

19

(18)

Revolver (LP)

The Beatles

Parlophone PMC 7009

20

(-)

Distant Drums

Jim Reeves

RCA 1537

21

(17)

I Want You

Bob Dylan

CBS 202258

22

(13)

Love Letters

Elvis Presley

RCA 1526

23

(24)

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

The Four Tops

Tamla Motown TMG 568

24

(-)

Working In The Coal Mine

Lee Dorsey

Stateside SS 528

25

(23)

Ain't Too Proud To Beg

The Temptations

Tamla Motown TMG 565

26

(-)

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Junior Walker & The All Stars

Tamla Motown TMG 571

27

(29)

Barefootin'

Robert Parker

Island WI 286

28

(28)

Strangers In The Night

Frank Sinatra

Reprise R 23052

29

(-)

Blowin' In The Wind

Stevie Wonder

Tamla Motown TMG 570

30

(20)

I Couldn't Live Without Your Love

Petula Clark

Pye 7N 17133

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Saturday 27th... Yachtsman Francis Chichester set off from Plymouth on a lone round-the-world voyage

Tuesday 30th... China pledged more aid to Ho Chi Minh's government

Wednesday 31st... 92 people died when a British airliner crashed in Yugoslavia

Friday 2nd September... Yorkshire won the County Cricket Championship