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[edit] Events

January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who
January 14 - Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of the Monkees
January 17 - Simon and Garfunkel release Sounds of Silence, which hits #1 on Billboard charts
January 21 - Beatle George Harrison marries fashion model Pattie Boyd. The couple met on the set of the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night.
January 28 - The Small Faces release 3rd single "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart.
February 2 - The first edition of Go-Set magazine is published in Melbourne, Australia. Founded by former Monash University students Philip Frazer and Tony Schauble, the new weekly is the first independent periodical in Australia devoted entirely to popular music and youth culture. The inaugural 24-page issue has a cover feature on Tom Jones, stories on The Groop, singer Pat Carroll and DJ Ken Sparkes and a feature on mod fashion by designer Prue Acton.
February 19 - Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at the Fillmore
March 3 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles, California.
March 4 - The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, The Evening Standard as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
March 6 - In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool's Cavern Club.
April - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass place 4 albums in Billboard's Top 10. A world record.
April 12 - In Los Angeles, California, Jan Berry, of Jan and Dean, crashes his Corvette into a truck that is parked on Whittier Boulevard. Berry suffers total physical paralysis for over a year as well as extensive brain damage.
May 1 - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the Who perform at the New Musical Express' poll winners' show in London. The show is televised, except for The Beatles' and The Stones' segments, as a result of union conflicts.
May 6 - The Small Faces release 4th single "Hey Girl" it reaches #10 in UK Singles Chart.
May 16 - Album Pet Sounds by Beach Boys released
May 17 - Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) play their show at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, during which Dylan is booed by the audience due to his decision to tour with an electric band; the booing culminates in the famous "Judas" shout.
May 30 - Them fronted by Van Morrison began a three-week stint as the headliner act at the Whisky-A-Go-Go. On the last night June 18, they were joined on stage by that week's opening act The Doors. Van and Jim Morrison sang Gloria together.
June 6 – At Gallatin, Tennessee, 25-year-old Claudette Frady-Orbison, while motorcycycle riding with her husband Roy Orbison, was killed when her motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck.
July 2 - The Beatles become the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The performance ignited a lot of protest from local citizens who felt that it was inappropriate for a rock and roll band to play at Budokan.
July 29 - Bob Dylan is involved in a motorcycle accident.
July - In this month, The Mothers of Invention release their debut album, Freak Out!, a pioneer concept album.
August 11 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his remarks the previous March. "I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better."
August 1 - "Midsummer Serenades: A Mozart Festival" is held - the first Mostly Mozart Festival.
August 5 - The Small Faces 5th single release "All or Nothing" reaches #1 in UK Singles Chart.
August 5 - The Beatles release their seventh album, Revolver.
August 29 - The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
September - George Harrison travels to India for 6 weeks to study sitar with Ravi Shankar
September 12 - First episode of The Monkees is broadcast on NBC Television
October - Gerry & the Pacemakers break up.
October 7 - Johnny Kidd, writer of 'Shakin All Over' dies in a car accident.
October 8 - WOR-FM in New York City becomes the first FM rock music station, under the leadership of DJ Murray The K.
October 10 - Simon and Garfunkel release Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, which hits #4 on Billboard charts
The Crystals, of 'Da Do Ron Ron' fame, disband
The Moscow Radio Orchestra becomes the first major overseas orchestra to perform at The Proms.
Guinness Book of World Records recognize that Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass set a world record for placing five albums simultaneously on Billboard's Pop Album Chart. Their music outsells The Beatles by a margin of two-to-one... over 13 million recordings. They win 4 Grammys this year.
Dalida receives for a second time the Music Hall Bravos.
Charley Pride is signed by RCA.
The Move form.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience form.
November 11 - The Small Faces release single "My Mind's Eye" it reaches #4 in UK Singles Chart.
Cream form.

[edit] Albums released

1 - Tim Hardin
A Slice of the Top - Hank Mobley with Lee Morgan
Adam's Apple - Wayne Shorter
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
Alfie Soundtrack - Sonny Rollins
All About Makeba - Miriam Makeba
All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter - Julie London
An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri - Harry Belafonte
And Now! - Booker T and the MGs
And Then... Along Comes The Association - The Association
Animalism - The Animals
Animalisms - The Animals
Animalization - The Animals
Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? - The Barbarians
Autumn '66 - The Spencer Davis Group
Away We A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Beau Brummels '66 - The Beau Brummels
The Best of The Animals - The Animals
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) - The Rolling Stones
Bill Haley-a-Go Go - Bill Haley & His Comets
Black Monk Time - The Monks
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Blow Up Soundtrack - Herbie Hancock
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton - John Mayall
Boom - The Sonics
Boots - Nancy Sinatra
Both Sides of Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
Bus Stop - The Hollies
Calypso in Brass - Harry Belafonte
The Classic Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison
Color Me Barbra - Barbra Streisand
Come the Day - The Seekers
Come Out - Steve Reich
Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul - Otis Redding
Conquistador! - Cecil Taylor
Country Joe and the Fish - Country Joe and the Fish
The Creation - The Creation (band)
Crying Time - Ray Charles
Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful
DelightfuLee - Lee Morgan with Wayne Shorter
Dion & The Belmonts Together Again - Dion DiMucci & the Belmonts
Distant Drums - Jim Reeves
Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarr
Double Dynamite - Sam and Dave
Down on Stovall's Plantation - Muddy Waters
Drums Unlimited - Max Roach
East Broadway Run Down - Sonny Rollins
East-West - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
The Empty Foxhole - Ornette Coleman
Everybody Loves a Nut - Johnny Cash
The Exciting Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett
Face to Face - The Kinks
Faithful Forever - Marianne Faithfull
The Far East Suite - Duke Ellington
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
For Certain Because - The Hollies
For the Night People - Julie London
Frankie and Johnny - Elvis Presley
Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention
Fresh Cream - Cream
Gettin' Ready - The Temptations
Go Away From My World - Marianne Faithfull
Got Live If You Want It! - The Rolling Stones
The Great Aarrival - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
The Great San Bernadino Birthday Party and Other Excursions - John Fahey
Grrr - Hugh Masakela
Handful of Soul - James Brown
Happiness is You - Johnny Cash
Here and Now and Sounding Good! - Dick Morrissey Quartet
Here I Am - Dionne Warwick
Hey Joe - The Leaves
The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe - Bill Monroe
Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful - The Lovin' Spoonful
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas & the Papas
Ike and Tina Turner and the Raelettes - Ike & Tina Turner
Impressions of a Patch of Blue - Sun Ra
In My Quiet Room - Harry Belafonte
In The Beginning - Paul Revere and the Raiders
In The Christmas Spirit - Booker T and the MGs
The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band
It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown
Jack Orion - Bert Jansch
James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) - James Brown
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs - James Brown
James Brown Sings James Brown Today and Yesterday - James Brown
Je m'appelle Barbra - Barbra Streisand
Just Between the Two of Us - Merle Haggard
Lightfoot! - Gordon Lightfoot
Lightly Latin - Perry Como
Little Wheel Spin and Spin - Buffy Saint Marie
Live at the Cafe Au Go Go - Blues Project
Live in Greenwich Village - Albert Ayler
The Lost Acetates 1965-1966 - The Misunderstood
Love (album) - Love (band)
Love, Strings and Jobim - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Machines - Manfred Mann
Magic Box - The Loved Ones
Malaisha - Miriam Makeba
The Mamas and the Papas - The Mamas & the Papas
Mama Too Tight - Archie Shepp
Mann Made Hits - Manfred Mann
Mean as Hell - Johnny Cash
Midnight Ride - Paul Revere and the Raiders
Mighty Instrumentals - James Brown
Miles Smiles - Miles Davis
Mission:Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
Mode for Joe - Joe Henderson
The Monkees - The Monkees
Monorails and Satellites - Sun Ra
Moods of Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye
Moonlight Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
North Country Maid - Marianne Faithful
Nothing Is - Sun Ra
On Top - The Four Tops
The Orbison Way - Roy Orbison
The Originator - Bo Diddley
Other Planes of There - Sun Ra
Paradise, Hawaiian Style - Elvis Presley
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel
Perry Como in Italy - Perry Como
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Phil Ochs in Concert - Phil Ochs
Play One More - Ian and Sylvia
Portrait - The Walker Brothers
Projections - Blues Project
Psychedelic Lollipops - Blues Magoos
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators
A Quick One - The Who
Ray's Moods - Ray Charles
The Real Folk Blues - Howlin' Wolf
The Real Folk Blues - Muddy Waters
The Real Folk Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)
Reflections in a Crystal Wind - Richard Farina and Mimi Farina
The Remains - The Remains
Revolver - The Beatles
River Deep - Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Roadrunner - Junior Walker and the All Stars
Sam and Dave Roulette - Sam and Dave
Satisfied With You - The Dave Clark Five
Second Album - The Four Tops
The Second Album - The Spencer Davis Group
The Seeds - The Seeds
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
Shadow Music - The Shadows
Sinatra at the Sands - Frank Sinatra
Small Faces - The Small Faces
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - The Standells
Sonny Side of Cher - Cher
The Soul Album - Otis Redding
Soul Sister - Aretha Franklin
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Spinout - Elvis Presley
S.R.O. - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
The Stockholm Concert, 1966 - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Stop!Stop!Stop! - The Hollies
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Supreme's a Go-Go - The Supremes
Swinging Doors - Merle Haggard
Symphony for Improvisers - Don Cherry with Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri
Take a Little Walk With Me - Tom Rush
Takes Off - Jefferson Airplane
Tauhid - Pharoah Sanders
That's Life - Frank Sinatra
Try Too Hard - The Dave Clark Five
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor
Uptight - Stevie Wonder
Víctor Jara (Geografía) - Víctor Jara
Visits Planet Earth - Sun Ra
Volume One - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
What Now My Love - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
What's Up Tiger Lily? - The Lovin' Spoonful
When Angels Speak of Love - Sun Ra
Where Is Brooklyn? - Don Cherry with Pharoah Sanders
Where Were You When I Needed You? - The Grass Roots
Whiskey-a-Go Go - Bill Haley & His Comets
Whisper Not - Ella Fitzgerald
Why Pick On Me? - The Standells
Wild is the Wind - Nina Simone
With God On Our Side - Joan Baez
Wonderfulness - Bill Cosby
Working My Way Back to You - The Four Seasons
Would You Believe? - The Hollies
The Yardbirds USA-title: "Over, Under Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds
Yesterday and Today - The Beatles
You Got My Mind Messed Up - James Carr
You Make Me Feel So Good - The McCoys
The Young Rascals - The Young Rascals

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1966.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Frank Sinatra	Strangers in the Night	1966	UK 1 - May 1966, US BB 1 - May 1966, Italy 1 of 1966, Germany 1 - Jul 1966, Éire 1 - Jun 1966, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1966, Grammy in 1966, Canada 2 - May 1966, Holland 2 - Jun 1966, South Africa 3 of 1966, US CashBox 4 of 1966, Norway 5 - Jul 1966, Scrobulate 6 of swing, Australia 9 of 1966, US BB 29 of 1966, POP 29 of 1966, RYM 42 of 1966, Germany 48 of the 1960s, RIAA 275, Acclaimed 1681
2	Nancy Sinatra	These Boots Are Made For Walking	1966	UK 1 - Jan 1966, US BB 1 - Feb 1966, Canada 1 - Feb 1966, Holland 1 - Feb 1966, Germany 1 - Apr 1966, Éire 1 - Feb 1966, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1966, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jan 1966, South Africa 1 of 1966, Norway 2 - Feb 1966, Australia 3 of 1966, RYM 7 of 1966, Italy 20 of 1966, US CashBox 26 of 1966, Scrobulate 48 of oldies, Germany 85 of the 1960s, DDD 88 of 1965, Acclaimed 1392
3	The Beatles	Yellow Submarine	1966	UK 1 - Aug 1966, Canada 1 - Aug 1966, Holland 1 - Aug 1966, Norway 1 - Aug 1966, Germany 1 - Sep 1966, Éire 1 - Aug 1966, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Sep 1966, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1966, Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1966, US BB 2 - Aug 1966, US BB 7 of 1966, POP 7 of 1966, RYM 22 of 1966, Italy 29 of 1966, Scrobulate 47 of classic rock, US CashBox 83 of 1966, Germany 141 of the 1960s
4	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	1966	UK 1 - Nov 1966, US BB 1 - Oct 1966, France 1 - Jul 1976, DDD 1 of 1966, Canada 2 - Oct 1966, Norway 2 - Dec 1966, Australia Goset 2 - Dec 1966, RYM 3 of 1966, Acclaimed 3, Holland 4 - Nov 1966, Rolling Stone 6, Germany 8 - Jan 1967, Scrobulate 8 of oldies, Europe 12 of the 1960s, US BB 14 of 1966, POP 14 of 1966, Australia 15 of 1966, RIAA 24, 31 in 2FM list, WXPN 57, OzNet 58, Italy 69 of 1967
5	The Beatles	Paperback Writer	1966	UK 1 - Jun 1966, US BB 1 - Jun 1966, Canada 1 - May 1966, Holland 1 - Jun 1966, Norway 1 - Jun 1966, Éire 1 - Jun 1966, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1966, Germany 2 - Jul 1966, RYM 2 of 1966, France 9 - Mar 1976, US BB 12 of 1966, POP 12 of 1966, Scrobulate 22 of British, US CashBox 43 of 1966, Italy 45 of 1966, DDD 53 of 1966, Germany 181 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 195, WXPN 765

[edit] Top American hits on record

Single - Artist		Composer
Winter
"The Sound of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel	------	w.m. Paul Simon
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" - The Byrds		w.m. Pete Seeger
"Over and Over" - The Dave Clark Five		w.m. Robert James Byrd
"Let's Hang On!" - The Four Seasons		w.m. Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
"Fever" - The McCoys		w.m. Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell)
"Ebb Tide" - The Righteous Brothers		w. Carl Sigman, m. Robert Maxwell
"England Swings" - Roger Miller		w.m. Roger Miller
"Make the World Go Away" - Eddy Arnold		w.m. Hank Cochran
"She's Just My Style" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys		w.m. Gary Lewis, Leon Russell, Snuff Garrett, Al Capps
"Flowers on the Wall" - The Statler Brothers		w.m. Lew DeWitt
"Help Me Girl" - Eric Burdon
"Five O'Clock World" - The Vogues		w.m. Allen Reynolds
"Day Tripper" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"The Men In My Little Girl's Life" - Mike Douglas		w.m. Gloria Shain, Eddie Dean and Mary Candy
"No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In" - The T-Bones		m. Granville Burland
"A Must to Avoid" - Herman's Hermits		w.m. Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" - The Lovin' Spoonful		w.m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone
"Barbara Ann" - The Beach Boys		w.m. Fred Fassert
"My Love" - Petula Clark		w.m. Tony Hatch
"Jenny Take a Ride" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels		w.m. Richard Penniman, Enotris Johnson and Bob Crewe
"Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie		w.m. Lou Christie and Twlya Herbert
"Crying Time" - Ray Charles		w.m. Ray Charles
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder		w.m. Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Sylvia May
"My World Is Empty without You" - The Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Don't Mess with Bill" - The Marvelettes		w.m. Smokey Robinson
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra		w.m. Lee Hazlewood
"Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler		w.m. Robin Moore and Barry Sadler
"California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Elusive Butterfly" - Bob Lind		w.m. Bob Lind
"Working My Way Back to You" - The Four Seasons		w.m. Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
"Listen People" - Herman's Hermits		w.m. Graham Gouldman
"Nowhere Man" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"I Fought the Law" - Bobby Fuller Four		w.m. Sonny Curtis
"Homeward Bound" - Simon and Garfunkel		w.m. Paul Simon
"Daydream" - Lovin' Spoonful		w.m. John Sebastian
"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers		w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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Spring
"Sure Gonna Miss Her" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys		w.m. Bobby Russell
"Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers		w.m. P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - B. J. Thomas		w.m. Hank Williams
"Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals
"Inside-Looking Out" - The Animals		w.m. Eric Burdon
"Time Won't Let Me" - The Outsiders		w.m. Tom King and Chet Kelley
"Good Lovin'" - The Young Rascals
"Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders		w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
"Sloop John B" - The Beach Boys		w.m. Traditional
"Monday, Monday" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Leaning on the Lamp Post" - Herman's Hermits		w. L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, m. Noel Gay
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan		w.m. Bob Dylan
"Gloria" - Shadows of Knight		w.m. Van Morrison
"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'" - Nancy Sinatra
"Message to Michael" - Dionne Warwick		w. Hal David, m. Burt Bacharach
"When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge		w.m. Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
"A Groovy Kind of Love" - The Mindbenders		w.m. Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine
"Love Is Like an Itching in my Heart" - The Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones
"I Am a Rock" - Simon and Garfunkel		w.m. Paul Simon
"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind" - The Lovin' Spoonful		w.m. John Sebastian
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown
"Green Grass" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra
"Barefootin'" - Robert Parker
"Cool Jerk" - The Capitols
"Red Rubber Ball" - The Cyrkle
"Paperback Writer" - The Beatles
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
"Sweet Talkin' Guy" - The Chiffons
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Summer
"Hanky Panky" - Tommy James and the Shondells
"Wild Thing" - The Troggs		Chip Taylor
"Little Girl" - Syndicate of Sound
"Along Comes Mary" - The Association
"Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"Hungry" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
"The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters
"I Saw Her Again" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Sweet Pea" - Tommy Roe
"Summer in the City" - The Lovin' Spoonful		w. John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian, m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone
"Somewhere, My Love" - Ray Conniff and the Singers		w. Paul Francis Webster, m. Maurice Jarre
"They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV
"Sunny" - Bobby Hebb
"See You in September" - The Happenings
"Sunshine Superman" - Donovan
"You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes
"Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles
"Summertime" - Billy Stewart
"The Land of 1000 Dances" - Wilson Pickett
"Working in the Coal Mine" - Lee Dorsey
"Blowing in the Wind" - Stevie Wonder
"Bus Stop (song)" - The Hollies
"Guantanamera" - The Sandpipers
"Cherish" - The Association
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" - The Temptations
"Black Is Black" - Los Bravos
"96 Tears" - Question Mark & the Mysterians
"Reach Out I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
"Cherry Cherry" - Neil Diamond
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Autumn
"Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees
"Psychotic Reaction" - Count Five
"I've Got You Under My Skin" - The Four Seasons
"Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
"Poor Side of Town" - Johnny Rivers
"Dandy" - Herman's Hermits
"See See Rider" - Eric Burdon and the Animals
"Hooray for Hazel" - Tommy Roe
"If I Were a Carpenter" - Bobby Darin
"Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys
"Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Devil With A Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly" - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
"I'm Your Puppet" - James & Bobby Purify
"Rain on the Roof" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Lady Godiva" - Peter and Gordon
"Mellow Yellow" - Donovan
"Born Free" - Roger Williams
"I'm Ready for Love" - Martha & The Vandellas
"That's Life" - Frank Sinatra
"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
"Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra
"A Place in the Sun" - Stevie Wonder
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" - The Temptations
"Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville
"Good Thing" - Paul Revere and the Raiders

[edit] British number one hits not included above

Winter

Spring

"Somebody Help Me" - Spencer Davis Group
"Pretty Flamingo" - Manfred Mann

Summer

"Sunny Afternoon" - The Kinks
"Get Away" - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
"With a Girl Like You" - The Troggs
"All or Nothing" - Small Faces

Autumn

"Distant Drums" - Jim Reeves
"Green Green Grass of Home" - Tom Jones

[edit] Other Significant Recordings

(Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.)

"7 and 7 Is" - Love (band)
"19th Nervous Breakdown" - The Rolling Stones
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - Simon and Garfunkel
"634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" - Wilson Pickett
"The 7 O'clock News/Silent Night" - Simon and Garfunkel
"A Hard Day's Night" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" - Simon and Garfunkel
"A Legal Matter" - The Who
"A Little Bit of Soap" - The Exciters
"A Quick One, While He's Away" - The Who
"A Sign of the Times" - Petula Clark
"A Well Respected Man" - The Kinks
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - The Temptations
"All I See is You" - Dusty Springfield
"All Tomorrows Parties" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
"And Your Bird Can Sing" - The Beatles
"Anyway That You Want Me" - The Troggs
"April Come She Will" - Simon and Garfunkel
"At the Party" - Hector Rivera
"At the Scene" - The Dave Clark Five
"B-A-B-Y" - Carla Thomas
"Baby Don't You Do It" - The Poets
"Baby Scratch My Back" - Slim Harpo
"Bang! Bang!" - Joe Cuba Sextet
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" - Cher
"Batman Theme" - The Marketts
"Biff Bang Pow" - The Creation (band)
"Blues from an Airplane" - Jefferson Airplane
"Boa Constrictor" - Johnny Cash
"Boris the Spider" - The Who
"Born Free" - Matt Monro
"Born Free" - Roger Williams
"Burned" - The Buffalo Springfield
"But It's Alright" - J.J. Jackson
"Call Me" - Chris Montez
"Can't Help Thinking About Me" - David Bowie and The Lower Third
"Caroline No" - Brian Wilson
"Children of the Sun" - The Misunderstood
"Circles" - Les Fleur de Lys
"C'mon Let's Go" - The McCoys
"Codine" - The Charlatans
"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" - The Miracles
"Come Up the Years" - Jefferson Airplane
"Coming On Strong" - Brenda Lee
"Coming Home Soldier" - Bobby Vinton
"Cops of the World" - Phil Ochs
"The Dangling Conversation" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Diddy Wah Diddy" - Captain Beefheart
"Dirty Water" - The Standells
"Do Anything You Say" - David Bowie and The Buzz
"Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? - The Buffalo Springfield
"Doctor Robert" - The Beatles
"Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals
"Don't Ease Me In" - The Grateful Dead
"Don't Look Back" - The Remains
"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" - The Swingin' Medallions
"Dum-De-Da" - Bobby Vinton
"East West" - Herman's Hermits
"Eight Miles High" - The Byrds
"Eve" - The Balloon Farm
"Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" - Otis Redding
"Femme Fatale" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
"Flight 505" - The Rolling Stones
"Flying on the Ground is Wrong" - The Buffalo Springfield
"Free Advice" - The Great Society
"Frying Pan" - Captain Beefheart
"Georgie Girl" - The Seekers
"Get Me To The World On Time" - The Electric Prunes
"Get Ready" - The Temptations
"Go and Say Goodbye" - The Buffalo Springfield
"Go Away Little Girl" - The Happening
"Good Day Sunshine" - The Beatles
"Got to Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles
"The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
"The Hair of My Chinny Chin Chin" - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
"Happy Jack" - The Who
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" - The Rolling Stones
"He" - The Righteous Brothers
"Help I'm a Rock" - The Mothers of Invention
"Here, There And Everywhere" - The Beatles
"Hey Joe" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Hey Joe" - The Leaves
"Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" - Jimmy Castor
"Hungry Freaks, Daddy" - The Mothers of Invention
"Girl Don't Tell Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Barbara Ann)
"You're So Good to Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Sloop John B)
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Wouldn't It Be Nice)
"Let's Go Away For Awhile" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Good Vibrations)
"What Goes On" - The Beatles (B-side to Nowhere Man)
"Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles (B-side to Yellow Submarine)
"Rain" - The Beatles (B-side to Paperback Writer)
"I Can Take You to the Sun" - The Misunderstood
"I Dig Everything" - David Bowie and The Buzz
"I Don't Need No Doctor" - Ray Charles
"I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No)" - Neil Diamond
"I Love Onions" - Susan Christie
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas" - Elvis Presley
"I'll Be Your Mirror" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
"I'm a Boy" - The Who
"(I'm a) Roadrunner" - Jr. Walker and the Allstars
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - The Monkees
"I'm Only Sleeping" - The Beatles
"I'm Ready For Love" - Martha and the Vandellas
"I'm Sick Y'all" - Otis Redding
"I'm So Glad" - Cream (band)
"Inside-Looking Out" - The Animals
"Mame" - Bobby Darin
"Mame" - Louis Armstrong
"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan
"I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan
"Pledging My Time - Bob Dylan (B-side to Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)
"I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs
"I Can't Get No(Satisfation)" - Otis Redding
"I Can't Let Go" - The Hollies
"I Feel Free" - Cream (band)
"I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" - The Electric Prunes
"I Know There's An Answer" - The Beach Boys
"I Just Wasn't Meant for These Times" - The Beach Boys
"I Want To Be With You" - Dee Dee Warwick
"Just Like a Woman"/"Obviously 5 Believers" - Bob Dylan
"It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye with Kim Weston
"It Tears Me Up" - Percy Sledge
"It's a-Happening" - The Magic Mushrooms
"It's No Secret" - Jefferson Airplane
"It's Not Easy" - The Rolling Stones
"Jug Band Music" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
"The Kids Are Alright" - The Who
"Kill For Peace" - The Fugs
"Lady Jane" - The Rolling Stones
"Leaves That Are Green" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" - Bob Dylan
"Let's Go Get Stoned" - Ray Charles
"Let's Start All Over Again" - Ronnie Dove
"Lies" - The Knickerbockers
"Like A Baby" - Len Barry
"Little By Little" - Dusty Springfield
"Little Latin Lupe Lu" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
"Little Man" - Sonny and Cher
"The London Boys" - David Bowie
"Love Is A Hurting Thing" - Lou Rawls
"Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" - The Supremes
"Love Letters" - Elvis Presley
"Love Makes The World Go Round" - Deon Jackson
"Love Me (I'm a Liberal)" - Phil Ochs
"Love Me With All of Your Heart" - The Bachelors
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" - The Four Tops
"Maintaining My Cool" - The Sonics
"Makin' Time" - The Creation (band)
"(The Marines Have Just Landed on the Shores of) Santo Domingo" - Phil Ochs
"Mission:Impossible" - Jack Jones
"Moonchild" - Captain Beefheart
"The More I See You" - Chris Montez
"Mother's Little Helper" - The Rolling Stones
"Moulty" - The Barbarians
"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters
"Mr. Spaceman" - The Byrds
"My Little Red Book" - Love (band)
"My Lover's Prayer" - Otis Redding
"Nashville Cats" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Needle in a Haystack" - The Twilights (band)
"Night Time" - The Strangeloves
"No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits
"Nothing's Too Good For My Baby" - Stevie Wonder
"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - The Buffalo Springfield
"Oh How Happy" - Shades of Blue
"The One on the Right Is on the Left" - Johnny Cash
"One More Heartache" - Marvin Gaye
"Open the Door To Your Heart" - Darrell Banks
"Open Up Your Door" - Richard and the Young Lions
"Opus 17" - The Four Seasons
"Orange Skies" - Love (band)
"Out of My Mind" - The Buffalo Springfield
"Out of Time" - The Rolling Stones
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds
"Painter Man" - The Creation (band)
"Pandora's Golden Heepie Jeebies" - The Association
"Psycho" - The Sonics
"Pushin' Too Hard" - The Seeds
"Respectable" - The Outsiders
"Reverberation (Doubt)" - 13th Floor Elevators
"Rhapsody in the Rain" - Lou Christie
"Richard Cory" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Ringing of Revolution" - Phil Ochs
"Riot on Sunset Strip" - The Standells
"Rubber Band" - David Bowie
"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" - Bob Dylan
"Scarborough Fair" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Season of the Witch" - Donovan
"Second Hand Rose" - Barbra Streisand
"Shapes of Things" - The Yardbirds
"She Comes in Colors" - Love (band)
"She Said She Said" - The Beatles
"Sit Down I Think I Love You" - The Buffalo Springfield
"Somebody to Love" - The Great Society
"Solitary Man" - Neil Diamond
"Somewhere" - Len Barry
"Spanish Eyes" - Al Martino
"Spoonful" - Cream (band)
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" - The Four Tops
"Stealin'" - The Grateful Dead
"Stone Free" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Stop!" - The Moody Blues
"Stop!Stop!Stop!" - The Hollies
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" - Bob Dylan
"Stupid Girl" - The Rolling Stones
"Substitute" - The Who
"Suicida" - Os Mutantes
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" - The Walker Brothers
"Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
"Sunny Afternoon" - The Kinks
"Sweet Dreams" - Tommy McLain
"Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
"Talk Talk" - The Music Machine
"Tar and Cement" - Verdelle Smith
"Taxman" - The Beatles
"Tell It To The Rain" - The Four Seasons
"That's Not Me" - The Beach Boys
"There But For Fortune" - Phil Ochs
"There Will Never Be Another You" - Chris Montez
"Think" - The Rolling Stones
"This Door Swings Both Ways" - Herman's Hermits
"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" - The Isley Brothers
"Tomorrow Never Knows" - The Beatles
"Try a Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding
"Try Too Hard" - The Dave Clark Five
"Turn Down Day" - The Cyrkle
"Twinkle Toes" - Roy Orbison
"Under My Thumb" - The Rolling Stones
"Up and Down" - The McCoys
"Visions of Johanna" - Bob Dylan
"Wade in the Water" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
"Walking My Cat Named Dog" - Norma Tanega
"War or Hands of Time" - The Masters Apprentices
"Warm and Tender Love" - Percy Sledge
"The Wheel of Hurt" - Margaret Whiting
"Where Were You When I Needed You?" - The Grass Roots
"Who Am I?" - Petula Clark
"Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" - Captain Beefheart
"Who's Flying Your Plane?" - The Rolling Stones
"Whispers (Getting Louder)" - Jackie Wilson
"Why Do I Cry?" - The Remains
"Wipe Out" - The Surfaris
"With a Girl Like You" - The Troggs
"Words of Love" - The Mamas and the Papas
"You Baby" - The Turtles
"You Better Run" - The Young Rascals
"You Don't Have To Paint Me a Picture" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"You Don't Know Like I Know" - Sam and Dave
"You Got Soul" - The Twilights (band)
"You Got Your Head on Backwards" - The Sonics
"You Still Believe In Me" - The Beach Boys
"Younger Girl" - The Critters
"(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" - Frankie Valli
"You're Gonna Miss Me" - The 13th Floor Elevators

[edit] Published popular music

"Alfie" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film Alfie
"And When I Die" w.m. Laura Nyro & Jerry Sears
"Big Spender" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical Sweet Charity
"Born Free" w. Don Black m. John Barry from the film Born Free
"Bosom Buddies" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mame
"Buy And Sell" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Cabaret" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical Cabaret
"Cherish" w.m. Terry Kirkman
"Flim Flam Man" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Funny, familiar, forgotten feelings" w.m. Mickey Newbury
"I Am a Rock" by Paul Simon
"I Can Hear Music" w.m. Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector
"I Love Onions" by Donald Cochrane & John Hill
"I Saw Her Again Last Night" w.m. John Phillips and Denny Doherty
"I'm a Believer" w.m. Neil Diamond
"If He Walked into My Life" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mame
"If I Were A Carpenter" w.m. Tim Hardin
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman, from the musical Sweet Charity
"If You Go Away" w. Rod McKuen m. Jacques Brel
"L'il Red Riding Hood" w.m. Ronald Blackwell
"Lady Godiva" w.m. Mike Leander & Charles Mills
"Mother's Little Helper" w.m. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
"A Must To Avoid" w.m. P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri from the film Hold On!
"Mustang Sally" w.m. Bonny Rice
"Red Rubber Ball" w.m. Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley
"The Rhythm Of Life" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical Sweet Charity
"Solitary Man" w.m. Neil Diamond
"Sunny W.M. Bobby Hebb
"This Is My Song" w.m. Charles Chaplin theme song from the film A Countess From Hong Kong
"Wedding Bell Blues" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Winnie The Pooh" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the animated film Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree

[edit] Classical music

Malcolm Arnold - Fantasy for solo flute
Jean Barraqué - Chant aprés chant
George Crumb - Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
Mario Davidovsky
- Junctures for flute, clarinet, and violin
- Synchronisms No. 4 for chorus and tape
John Serry, Sr. - Concerto For Free Bass Accordion
Roger Sessions - Symphony #6
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.122
Robert Ward - Fiesta Processional