19th November 1966

1

(2)

Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys

Capitol CL 15475

2

(4)

Gimme Some Loving

The Spencer Davis Group

Fontana TF 762

3

(3)

Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James

Manfred Mann

Fontana TF 757

4

(1)

Reach Out I'll Be There

The Four Tops

Tamla Motown TMG 579

5

(5)

Stop, Stop, Stop

The Hollies

Parlophone R 5508

6

(6)

High Time

Paul Jones

HMV POP 1554

7

(20)

Green Green Grass Of Home

Tom Jones

Decca F 22511

8

(7)

Distant Drums

Jim Reeves

RCA 1537

9

(17)

What Would I Be

Val Doonican

Decca F 12505

10

(15)

Holy Cow

Lee Dorsey

Stateside SS 552

11

(8)

I Can't Control Myself

The Troggs

Page One POF 001

12

(11)

A Fool Am I

Cilla Black

Parlophone R 5515

13

(12)

If I Were A Carpenter

Bobby Darin

Atlantic 584 051

14

(9)

Winchester Cathedral

The New Vaudeville Band

Fontana TF 741

15

(10)

No Milk Today

Herman's Hermits

Columbia DB 8012

16

(13)

Time Drags By

Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Columbia DB 8017

17

(28)

Just One Smile

Gene Pitney

Stateside SS 558

18

(14)

Guantanamera

The Sandpipers

Pye International 7N 25380

19

(19)

Help Me Girl

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Decca F 12502

20

(-)

My Mind's Eye

The Small Faces

Decca F 12500

21

(18)

A Love Like Yours

Ike & Tina Turner

London HL 10083

22

(-)

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Jimmy Ruffin

Tamla Motown TMG 577

23

(25)

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

The Temptations

Tamla Motown TMG 578

24

(-)

White Cliffs Of Dover

The Righteous Brothers

London HL 10086

25

(24)

Ride On Baby

Chris Farlowe

Immediate IM 038

26

(22)

All That I Am

Elvis Presley

RCA 1545

27

(21)

I've Got You Under My Skin

The Four Seasons

Philips BF 1511

28

(23)

Somewhere My Love

The Mike Sammes Singers

HMV POP 1546

29

(-)

Friday On My Mind

The Easybeats

United Artists UP 1157

30

(-)

Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)

Otis Redding

Atlantic 584 049

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Sunday 20th... Escaped British spy George Blake was reported to have turned up in East Berlin

Wednesday 23rd... BP said it had struck the best gas-producing areas yet in the North Sea, 40 miles east of the Humber

Thursday 24th... Joseph "Run" Simmons (Run DMC) was born

Friday 25th... FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover said all evidence suggested that Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy

Friday 25th... Warren Mitchell, star of "Till Death Us Do Part", was named best TV actor for 1966

Friday 25th... Stacy Lattislaw was born