List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966 explained

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1966.

The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The Rolling Stones each had five top-ten hits in 1966, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1965
December 25"The Sound of Silence"Simon & Garfunkel1January 15
"Ebb Tide"The Righteous Brothers5January 84
Singles from 1966
January 1"We Can Work It Out"The Beatles1January 87
January 8"She's Just My Style"Gary Lewis & the Playboys3January 85
"Flowers on the Wall"The Statler Brothers4January 82
"Five O'Clock World"The Vogues4January 156
"Day Tripper"The Beatles5January 223
January 15"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"The T-Bones3February 56
"As Tears Go By"The Rolling Stones6January 293
"The Men in My Little Girl's Life"Mike Douglas6February 54
January 22"A Must to Avoid"Herman's Hermits8January 223
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"The Lovin' Spoonful10January 221
January 29"My Love"Petula Clark1February 56
"Barbara Ann"The Beach Boys2January 294
"Jenny Take a Ride"Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels10January 291
February 5"Lightnin' Strikes"Lou Christie1February 196
"Crying Time"Ray Charles6February 193
February 12"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"Stevie Wonder3February 124
"My World Is Empty Without You"The Supremes5February 194
"Don't Mess with Bill"The Marvelettes7February 263
February 19"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"Nancy Sinatra1February 267
"The Ballad of the Green Berets"S/Sgt. Barry Sadler1March 59
February 26"California Dreamin'"The Mamas and the Papas4March 127
"Elusive Butterfly"Bob Lind5March 125
"Working My Way Back to You"The Four Seasons9March 52
March 5"Listen People"Herman's Hermits3March 124
March 12"19th Nervous Breakdown"The Rolling Stones2March 196
"Nowhere Man"The Beatles3March 265
"Homeward Bound"Simon & Garfunkel5March 264
"I Fought the Law"The Bobby Fuller Four9March 122
March 19"Daydream"The Lovin' Spoonful2April 97
March 26"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"The Righteous Brothers1April 98
April 2"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"Cher2April 236
"Sure Gonna Miss Her"Gary Lewis & the Playboys9April 92
April 9"Secret Agent Man"Johnny Rivers3April 235
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"B. J. Thomas8April 93
April 16"Good Lovin'"The Young Rascals1April 307
"Kicks"Paul Revere & the Raiders4May 146
"Time Won't Let Me"The Outsiders5April 163
April 23"Monday, Monday"The Mamas and the Papas1May 78
"Sloop John B"The Beach Boys3May 75
April 30"Leaning on the Lamp Post"Herman's Hermits9May 72
May 7"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"Bob Dylan2May 215
"Gloria"The Shadows of Knight10May 72
May 14"When a Man Loves a Woman"Percy Sledge1May 286
"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"Nancy Sinatra7May 142
"Message to Michael" Dionne Warwick8May 142
May 21"A Groovy Kind of Love" The Mindbenders2May 285
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" The Supremes9May 282
May 28"Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones1June 117
"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" The Lovin' Spoonful2June 116
"I Am a Rock" Simon & Garfunkel3June 116
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" James Brown8June 43
June 4"Green Grass" Gary Lewis & The Playboys8June 183
"Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra1July 27
June 11"Barefootin'" Robert Parker7June 184
June 18"Red Rubber Ball" The Cyrkle2July 96
"Cool Jerk" The Capitols7July 24
June 25"Paperback Writer" The Beatles1June 255
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Dusty Springfield4July 165
"Sweet Talking Guy" The Chiffons10June 251
July 2"Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells1July 166
July 9"Wild Thing" The Troggs1July 308
"Along Comes Mary" The Association7July 162
"Little Girl" Syndicate of Sound8July 92
July 16"Li'l Red Riding Hood" Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs2August 67
"Hungry" Paul Revere & the Raiders6July 303
July 23"The Pied Piper" Crispian St. Peters4July 235
"I Saw Her Again" The Mamas and the Papas5July 304
"Sweet Pea"Tommy Roe8July 304
July 30"Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful1August 137
"Mother's Little Helper" The Rolling Stones8August 134
"Somewhere, My Love" Ray Conniff9August 133
August 6"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" Napoleon XIV3August 133
August 13"Sunny" Bobby Hebb2August 206
August 20"Sunshine Superman" Donovan1September 37
"See You in September" The Happenings3August 275
"I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" Petula Clark9August 202
August 27"You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes1September 108
"Yellow Submarine" The Beatles2September 176
"Summertime" Billy Stewart10August 272
September 3"Land of a Thousand Dances" Wilson Pickett6September 103
"Working in the Coal Mine" Lee Dorsey8September 32
"Blowin' in the Wind" Stevie Wonder9September 31
September 10"Bus Stop" The Hollies5September 174
"Guantanamera" The Sandpipers9September 172
September 17"Cherish" The Association1September 246
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" The Beach Boys8September 172
September 24"Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops1October 157
"96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians1October 299
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" The Temptations3October 13
"Black Is Black" Los Bravos4October 13
October 1"Cherry, Cherry" Neil Diamond6October 153
October 8"Last Train to Clarksville" The Monkees1November 59
"Psychotic Reaction" Count Five5October 153
"I've Got You Under My Skin" The Four Seasons9October 152
October 15"Walk Away Renée" The Left Banke5October 294
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Jimmy Ruffin7October 294
October 22"Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers1November 127
"Dandy" Herman's Hermits5November 54
"See See Rider" The Animals10October 222
October 29"Hooray for Hazel" Tommy Roe6November 52
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The Rolling Stones9October 292
November 5"If I Were a Carpenter" Bobby Darin8November 53
November 12"You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes1November 196
"Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band1December 310
"Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys1December 107
"Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels4November 267
"I'm Your Puppet" James & Bobby Purify6November 264
November 19"Rain on the Roof" The Lovin' Spoonful10November 191
November 26"Mellow Yellow" Donovan2December 107
"Lady Godiva" Peter and Gordon6December 103
"Born Free" Roger Williams7December 174
December 10"That's Life" Frank Sinatra4December 246
"Stop Stop Stop" The Hollies7December 101
"I'm Ready for Love" Martha and the Vandellas9December 101
December 17"I'm a Believer" The Monkees1December 3112
"Sugar Town" Nancy Sinatra5December 316
"A Place in the Sun" Stevie Wonder9December 243
December 24"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" The Royal Guardsmen2December 318
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" The Temptations8December 312

1965 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1965.

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1965! Top ten
entry date! Single! Artist(s)! Peak! Peak date! Weeks in
top ten
November 13"Let's Hang On!"The Four Seasons3December 118
November 20"Turn! Turn! Turn!"The Byrds1December 48
November 27"I Got You (I Feel Good)"James Brown3December 187
December 4"Over and Over"The Dave Clark Five1December 256
December 18"Fever"The McCoys7December 253
"England Swings"Roger Miller8December 183
"Make the World Go Away"Eddy Arnold6December 253

1967 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1967.

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1967! Top ten
entry date! Single! Artist(s)! Peak! Peak date! Weeks in
top ten
December 31"Tell It Like It Is" Aaron Neville2January 288
"Good Thing" Paul Revere & the Raiders4January 146

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