| Date |
Venue |
Details and Notes |
| January 26th 1966 |
Top 20 Club, Idle |
Heinz & The Wild Boys |
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| February 5th 1966 |
Top 20 Club, Idle |
The Tornadoes |
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| March 30th 1966 |
Queens Hall? |
Alex Harvey Soul Band
The Five Man Cargo
The Midnight Hour |
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| April 6th 1966 |
Queens Hall |
The Downliners Sect
The Citizens
The Moldywarps |
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| April 8th 1966 |
Gaumont |
Roy Orbison
Walker Brothers
Lulu & The Luvvers
Marionettes
Kim D
Quotations
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
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| Aug 5th 1966 |
LP |
Beatles |
Revolver |
| Sept 24th 1966 |
Top 20 Club, Idle |
Victor Brox Blues Train |
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| Oct 16th 1966 |
Lyceum |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
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| Oct 22nd 1966 |
Gaumont |
Walker Brothers
The Troggs
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & TichPromoter : Arthur Howes |
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| 1966 |
Charts Top 20 Singles |
| No. |
Artist |
Single |
Points |
|
1 |
Jim Reeves |
Distant Drums |
18.52 |
| 2 |
Frank Sinatra |
Strangers In The Night |
14.58 |
| 3 |
Four Tops |
Reach Out (I'll Be There) |
11.61 |
| 4 |
Beatles |
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby |
11.07 |
| 5 |
New Vaudeville Band |
Winchester Cathedral |
10.82 |
| 6 |
Roy Orbison |
Too Soon To Know |
10.57 |
| 7 |
Kinks |
Sunny Afternoon |
10.27 |
| 8 |
Nancy Sinatra |
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' |
10.22 |
| 9 |
Beach Boys |
God Only Knows |
9.99 |
| 10 |
Herb Alpert |
Spanish Flea |
9.94 |
| 11 |
Tom Jones |
Green Green Grass Of Home |
9.83 |
| 12 |
Beach Boys |
Sloop John B |
9.64 |
| 13 |
Troggs |
With A Girl Like You |
9.62 |
| 14 |
Dave Berry |
Mama |
9.59 |
| 15 |
Sandpipers |
Guantanamera |
9.47 |
| 16 |
Manfred Mann |
Pretty Flamingo |
9.44 |
| 17 |
Beach Boys |
Good Vibrations |
9.41 |
| 18 |
Walker Brothers |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore |
9.34 |
| 19 |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Bend It! |
9.19 |
| 20 |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Hold Tight |
9.17 |
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| 1966 |
Charts Top 10 Artists |
| No. |
Artist |
Points |
| 1 |
Beach Boys |
35.28 |
| 2 |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
28.65 |
| 3 |
Troggs |
26.82 |
| 4 |
Spencer Davis Group |
26.56 |
| 5 |
Small Faces |
26.14 |
| 6 |
Beatles |
25.11 |
| 7 |
Kinks |
24.75 |
| 8 |
Manfred Mann |
24.39 |
| 9 |
Dusty Springfield |
23.12 |
| 10 |
Cliff Richard |
22.91 |
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| 1966 |
Charts Number 1 Albums |
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| 1966 |
Charts Number 1 Singles NME charts Guinness switched
to Record Retailer charts in 1960 The rest of the country continued with
the NME RR number 1s are shown as [RR] in green |
|
Date |
Artist |
Title |
Wks |
|
January 5 |
The Beatles |
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out |
1 |
|
January 12 |
The Spencer
Davis Group |
Keep On Running |
3 |
| February
2 |
The Overlanders |
Michelle |
1 |
| February
9 |
Nancy Sinatra |
These Boots Are
Made For Walkin' |
1 |
| February
16 |
The Rolling Stones |
19th Nervous Breakdown [NME
only] |
3 |
| March 9 |
The Hollies |
I Can't Let Go [NME only] |
2 |
| March 16 |
The Walker Brothers |
The Sun
Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore |
4 |
| April 13 |
The Spencer Davis Group |
Somebody Help Me |
1 |
| April 20 |
Dusty Springfield |
You Don't
Have To Say You Love Me |
2 |
| May 4 |
Manfred Mann |
Pretty Flamingo |
3 |
| May 25 |
The Rolling Stones |
Paint It
Black | 1 |
| June 1 |
Frank Sinatra |
Strangers In The
Night | 3 |
| June 22 |
The Beatles |
Paperback Writer |
2 |
| July 6 |
The Kinks |
Sunny Afternoon |
2 |
| July 20 |
Chris Farlowe |
Out Of Time |
2 |
| July 20 |
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
Get Away [RR only] |
|
| August 3 |
The Troggs |
With A Girl Like You |
2 |
| August
17 |
The Beatles |
Yellow Submarine /
Eleanor Rigby | 4 |
|
September 14 |
The Small Faces |
All Or Nothing |
1 |
|
September 21 |
Jim Reeves |
Distant Drums |
5 |
| October
26 |
The Four Tops |
Reach Out I'll Be
There | 3 |
| November
16 |
The Beach Boys |
Good Vibrations |
2 |
| November
30 |
Tom Jones |
Green Grass Of Home |
5 |
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| 1966 |
UK Charts Number 1 EPs |
|
Date |
Artist |
Title |
Wks |
|
5 February |
Beatles |
The Beatles
Million Sellers |
|
|
19 February |
Seekers |
The Seekers |
|
| 26 March |
Beatles |
Yesterday |
|
| 21 May |
Joan Baez |
With God On Our Side |
|
| 28 May |
Manfred Mann |
Machines |
|
| 4 June |
Beach Boys |
Hits |
|
| 2 July |
Walker Brothers |
I Need You |
|
| 17
December |
Who |
Ready Steady Who |
|
| 31
December |
Jim Reeves |
A Christmas Card From Jim |
|
|
| 1966 |
USA Charts Number 1 Singles |
|
Date |
Artist |
Title |
Wks |
|
1 January |
Simon &
Garfunkel |
The Sounds Of
Silence |
2 |
|
8 January |
Beatles |
We Can Work It Out |
3 |
| 5
February |
Petula Clark |
My Love |
2 |
| 19
February |
Lou Christie |
Lightning Strikes |
1 |
| 26
February |
Nancy Sinatra |
These Boots Are Made For
Walking |
1 |
| 5 March |
Sgt Barry
Sadler |
Ballad Of The
Green Berets |
5 |
| 9 April |
Righteous Brothers |
You're My Soul &
Inspiration |
3 |
| 30 April |
Young Rascals |
Good Loving |
1 |
| 7 May |
Mama's & The Papa's |
Monday, Monday |
3 |
| 28 May |
Percy Sledge |
When A Man Loves A Woman |
2 |
| 11 June |
Rolling Stones |
Paint It Black |
2 |
| 25 June |
Beatles |
Paperback Writer |
2 |
| 2 July |
Frank Sinatra |
Strangers In The Night |
1 |
| 16 July |
Tommy James & The
Shondells |
Hanky Panky |
2 |
| 30 July |
Troggs |
Wild Thing |
2 |
| 13
August |
Lovin' Spoonful |
Summer In The City |
3 |
| 3
September |
Donovan |
Sunshine Superman |
1 |
| 10
September |
Supremes |
You Can't Hurry Love |
2 |
| 24
September |
Association |
Cherish |
3 |
| 15
October |
Four Tops |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
2 |
| 29
October |
? & The Mysterians |
96 Tears |
1 |
| 5
November |
Monkees |
Last Train To Clarksville |
1 |
| 12
November |
Johnny Rivers |
Poor Side Of Town |
1 |
| 19
November |
Supremes |
You Keep Me Hanging On |
2 |
| 3
December |
New Vaudeville Band |
Winchester Cathedral |
3 |
| 10
December |
Beach Boys |
Good Vibrations |
1 |
| 31
December |
Monkees |
I'm A Believer |
7 |
|
| 1966 |
USA Charts Top 20 Singles Cash Box |
|
No. |
Artist |
Title |
|
1 |
Sgt Barry
Sadler |
Ballad Of The
Green Berets |
|
2 |
Association |
Cherish |
| 3 |
Righteous Brothers |
You're My Soul &
Inspiration |
| 4 |
Mama's & The Papa's |
Monday, Monday |
| 5 |
? & The Mysterians |
96 Tears |
| 6 |
Monkees |
Last Train To Clarksville |
| 7 |
Four Tops |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
| 8 |
Lovin' Spoonful |
Summer In The City |
| 9 |
Johnny Rivers |
Poor Side Of Town |
| 10 |
Mama's & The Papa's |
California Dreaming |
| 11 |
Supremes |
You Can't Hurry Love |
| 12 |
Jimmy Ruffin |
What Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted |
| 13 |
Nancy Sinatra |
These Boots Are Made For
Walking |
| 14 |
Roger Williams |
Born Free |
| 15 |
Frank Sinatra |
Strangers In The Night |
| 16 |
Beatles |
We Can Work It Out |
| 17 |
Percy Sledge |
When A Man Loves A Woman |
| 18 |
New Vaudeville Band |
Winchester Cathedral |
| 19 |
Tommy James & The
Shondells |
Hanky Panky |
| 20 |
Young Rascals |
Good Loving |
|
| 1966 |
NME Poll Winners |
|
World Musical Personality |
Elvis Presley |
|
World Male Singer |
Elvis Presley |
|
World Female Singer |
Dusty Springfield |
|
World Vocal Group |
Beach Boys |
|
British Male Singer |
Cliff Richard |
| British Female Singer |
Dusty Springfield |
|
British Vocal Group |
Beatles |
|
British Vocal Personality |
Cliff Richard |
|
Blues/R&B Group |
Rolling Stones |
| New
Singer |
Steve Winwood |
| New Group |
Spencer Davis Group |
|
Best Single |
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby |
| TV
Show |
Top Of The Pops |
| Disc Jockey |
Jimmy Saville |
|
| 1966 |
Magazines |
|
| 1966 |
Football League Champions
Liverpool
FA Cup
Everton 3
Sheffield Wed 2
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