List of number one hits in the UK charts (1966)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1966. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 50 and Albums Chart Top 30 compiled by the Chart Information Network . There were 21 number one singles and 4 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1965 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1967 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 10, 1965 - January 13, 1966 5 weeks 5 The Beatles Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - January 14, 1966 - January 20, 1966 1 week 1 The Spencer Davis Group Keep On Running Wilfred Gerald Edwards - January 21, 1966 - February 10, 1966 3 weeks 3 The Overlanders Michelle John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - February 11, 1966 - March 10, 1966 4 weeks 4th Nancy Sinatra These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' Lee Hazlewood - March 11, 1966 - April 7, 1966 4 weeks 4th The Walker Brothers The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Bob Crewe , Bob Gaudio - April 8, 1966 - April 21, 1966 2 weeks 2 The Spencer Davis Group Somebody Help Me Wilfred Gerald Edwards - April 22, 1966 - April 28, 1966 1 week 1 Dusty Springfield You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Music: Pino Donaggio; Original text: Vito Pallavicini; English text: Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Heather Wickham - April 29, 1966 - May 19, 1966 3 weeks 3 Manfred Mann Pretty Flamingo Mark Barkan - May 20, 1966 - May 26, 1966 1 week 1 The Rolling Stones Paint It Black Mick Jagger , Keith Richards - May 27, 1966 - June 16, 1966 3 weeks 3 Frank Sinatra Strangers in the Night Music: Bert Kaempfert ; Text: Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder - June 17, 1966 - June 30, 1966 2 weeks 2 The Beatles Paperback writers John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - July 1, 1966 - July 14, 1966 2 weeks 2 The Kinks Sunny Afternoon Raymond Douglas Davies - July 15, 1966 - July 21, 1966 1 week 1 Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames Getaway Clive Powell - July 22, 1966 - July 28, 1966 1 week 1 Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds Out of Time Mick Jagger , Keith Richards - July 29, 1966 - August 11, 1966 2 weeks 2 The Troggs With a Girl like You Reg Presley - August 12, 1966 - September 8, 1966 4 weeks 4th The Beatles Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby George Harrison / John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - September 9, 1966 - September 15, 1966 1 week 1 Small faces All or Nothing Steve Marriott , Ronald Lane - September 16, 1966 - October 20, 1966 5 weeks 5 Jim Reeves Distant drums Cindy Walker - October 21, 1966 - November 10, 1966 3 weeks 3 The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Eddie Holland - November 11, 1966 - November 24, 1966 2 weeks 2 The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Brian Wilson , Mike E. Love - November 25, 1966 - January 12, 1967 7 weeks 7th Tom Jones Green, Green Grass of Home Curly Putman -
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Albums

← 1965 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1967 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 19, 1965 - February 12, 1966 8 weeks 8th The Beatles Rubber Soul - February 13, 1966 - April 23, 1966 10 weeks (total 70) 70 ( Soundtrack ) The Sound of Music - April 24, 1966 - June 18, 1966 8 weeks 8th The Rolling Stones Aftermath - June 19, 1966 - August 6, 1966 7 weeks (total 70) 70 (Soundtrack) The Sound of Music - August 7, 1966 - September 24, 1966 7 weeks 7th The Beatles revolver - September 25, 1966 - January 28, 1967 18 weeks (total 70) 70 (Soundtrack) The Sound of Music -
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The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1965 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1967 →
Singles position# Albums Distant Drums Jim Reeves Cindy Walker 1 The Sound of Music ( Soundtrack ) Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra Music: Bert Kaempfert ; Text: Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder 2 Revolver The Beatles Spanish Flea Herb Alpert Julius L. Wechter 3 Rubber Soul The Beatles Hold Tight Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Alan Tudor Blaikley, Kenneth Charles Howard 4th Aftermath The Rolling Stones Sloop John B The Beach Boys Traditional; Editor: Brian Douglas Wilson 5 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' Nancy Sinatra Lee Hazlewood 6th Going Places Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass God Only Knows The Beach Boys Brian Douglas Wilson , Tony Asher 7th Best of the Beach Boys The Beach Boys Mama Dave Berry Mark Charron 8th Doctor Zhivago ( soundtrack ) A Groovy Kind of Love Mindbenders Music: Muzio Clementi; Text: Toni Wine, Carole Jill Bayer 9 Golden hits Dusty Springfield Sunny Afternoon The Kinks Raymond Douglas Davies 10 Best of the Beach Boys The Beach Boys
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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1966
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1966 / Top Albums of 1966

See also: 1966 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Spain, and the United States .