List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966.

That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt. Barry Sadler, The Young Rascals, The Mamas & the Papas, Percy Sledge, Tommy James & the Shondells, The Troggs, The Lovin' Spoonful, Donovan, The Association, ? and the Mysterians, The Monkees, Johnny Rivers, and The New Vaudeville Band. Frank Sinatra, having already hit number one prior to the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first one on the chart. The Beatles, The Supremes, and The Monkees are the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, with each of them having two.

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1966 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

The original #1 song of 1966, "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas, never reached #1 on the weekly charts.

No. Issue Date Song Artist(s) Reference
151 January 1 "The Sound of Silence" Simon & Garfunkel
152 January 8 "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles
January 15
re January 22 "The Sound of Silence" Simon & Garfunkel
re January 29 "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles
153 February 5 "My Love" Petula Clark
February 12
154 February 19 "Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie
155 February 26 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra
156 March 5 "Ballad of the Green Berets" SSgt Barry Sadler
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
157 April 9 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" The Righteous Brothers
April 16
April 23
158 April 30 "Good Lovin'" The Young Rascals
159 May 7 "Monday, Monday" The Mamas and the Papas
May 14
May 21
160 May 28 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge
June 4
161 June 11 "Paint It Black" The Rolling Stones
June 18
162 June 25 "Paperback Writer" The Beatles
163 July 2 "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra
re July 9 "Paperback Writer" The Beatles
164 July 16 "Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells
July 23
165 July 30 "Wild Thing" The Troggs
August 6
166 August 13 "Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful
August 20
August 27
167 September 3 "Sunshine Superman" Donovan
168 September 10 "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes
September 17
169 September 24 "Cherish" The Association
October 1
October 8
170 October 15 "Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops
October 22
171 October 29 "96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians
172 November 5 "Last Train to Clarksville" The Monkees
173 November 12 "Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers
174 November 19 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes
November 26
175 December 3 "Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band
176 December 10 "Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys
re December 17 "Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band
December 24
177 December 31 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees

Sources

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

See also

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