[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1966, as well as singles which peaked in 1965 and 1967 but were in the top 10 in 1966.
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*) The Merseys were an offshoot of the group The Merseybeats, created by former members Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley. According to the list, "Green, Green Grass of Home" by Tom Jones is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1966. Bob Lind Percy Sledge The very best music. - Love's Just A Broken Heart - 02-66 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te). The Spencer Davis Group and The Troggs both had two more top 10 singles in 1966. Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. - Guantanamera - 10-66 The Supremes The Beatles Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1966. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1966 is also shown. - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 02-66 The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. One-hundred and nineteen singles were in the top ten in 1966. Beats - Friday On My Mind - 12-66 Overall, twenty different singles peaked at number-one in 1966, with The Spencer Davis Group and The Beatles (2) having the joint most singles hit that position. Georgie Fame If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. - Paperback Writer - 06-66 Chris Montez Jonathan - Lovers Of The World Unite - 08-66 Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. - Strangers In The Night - 05-66 The Seekers - There Won't Be Many Coming Home - 12-66 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te), List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s § 1966, List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK), Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums, List of artists with the most UK top-ten singles, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_UK_top-ten_singles_in_1966&oldid=975146243, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Hideaway" (10), "Bend It!" - I Can't Control Myself - 10-66 Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list.
Georgie Fame by The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli, and "My Ship Is Comin' In" by The Walker Brothers were the singles from 1965 to reach their peak in 1966. Faces - My Mind's Eye - 12-66 Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown -02-66 Roy 'C' - With A Girl Like You - 07-66 Cilla Black The "The More I See You" was first sung by Dick Haymes in the 1945 film Diamond Horseshoe. Single peaked in 1965 but still in chart in 1966. - A Fool Am I - 11-66 The Beatles Ten singles from 1965 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Save Me" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan and "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" by Jimmy Ruffin were all released in 1966 but did not reach their peak until 1967. See also: UK No 1 albums 1966. by The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli, and "My Ship Is Comin' In" by The Walker Brothers were the singles from 1965 to reach their peak in 1966. The song tells of the extreme lengths a man will go for the woman he loves. Stones - Paint It, Black - 05-66 The Who "Green, Green Grass of Home" (10) ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade. The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. - Lightnin' Strikes - 03-66 Sandie Shaw The list on this page is for all #1 hit R&B singles for 1966 using proprietary methods. The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1966, including singles that reached their peak in 1965 or 1967. Dusty Springfield Davis Group - Somebody Help Me - 04-66 - Wild Thing - 05-66 The Merseys were an offshoot of the group The Merseybeats, created by former members Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley. Elvis Presley - Elusive Butterfly - 03-66 - If Every Day Was Like Christmas - 12-66 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 04-66 The very best music. The Small Elvis Presley - Love Letters - 07-66 Hermits - A Must To Avoid - 01-66 - Don't Bring Me Down - 06-66 - Tomorrow - 02-66