1966 Year-End

1	1	1	Nancy Sinatra--These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
2	1	1	Mamas & Papas--Monday, Monday
3	1	1	Association--Cherish
4	1	2	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs--Lil' Red Riding Hood
5	1	1	SSgt Barry Sadler--The Ballad of the Green Berets
6	1	4	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Kicks
7	3	1	New Vaudeville Band--Winchester Cathedral
8	1	1	Beach Boys--Good Vibrations
9	3	1	Johnny Rivers--Poor Side of Town
10	3	1	? & the Mysterians--96 Tears
11	1	3	Beatles--Nowhere Man
12	1	8	Tommy Roe--Sweet Pea
13	1/1	11/2	Beatles--Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine
14	3	1	Monkees--Last Train to Clarksville
15	3	4	Mamas & Papas--California Dreamin'
16	4	1	Petula Clark--My Love
17	3	1	Donovan--Sunshine Superman
18	4	1	Percy Sledge--When a Man Loves a Woman
19	3	2	Mindbenders--A Groovy Kind of Love
20	1	6	Tommy Roe--Hooray For Hazel
21	1	1	Lou Christie--Lightnin' Strikes
22	1	1	Righteous Brothers--(You're My) Soul and Inspiration
23	4	1	Young Rascals--Good Lovin'
24	1	2	Lovin' Spoonful--Daydream
25	6	1	Supremes--You Can't Hurry Love
26	12	3	T-Bones--No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
27	3	3	Johnny Rivers--Secret Agent Man
28	2	1	Lovin' Spoonful--Summer in the City
29	2	1	Rolling Stones--Paint it, Black
30	2	2	Cher--Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
31	3	3	Herman's Hermits--Listen People
32	5	45	Dee Jay & the Runaways--Peter Rabbit
33	5	1	Supremes--You Keep Me Hangin' On
34	7	2	Bobby Hebb--Sunny
35	5	5	Left Banke--Walk Away Renee
36	5	5	Outsiders--Time Won't Let Me
37	1	1	Troggs--Wild Thing
38	9	1	Simon & Garfunkel--The Sounds of Silence
39	10	2	Cyrkle--Red Rubber Ball
40	4	12	Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
41	1	2	Lovin' Spoonful--Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
42	1	--/18	Beatles/David & Jonathan--Michelle
43	1	--	Monkees--I Wanna Be Free
44	1	6	Peter & Gordon--Lady Godiva
45	9	5	Hollies--Bus Stop
46	9	7	Roger Williams--Born Free
47	5	4	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels--Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
48	2	2	Donovan--Mellow Yellow
49	3	97	Hardtimes--Fortune Teller
50	3	4	Los Bravos--Black is Black

Out of sequence, but I found KJR’s Fabulous 50 For 1966.  The second column is the record’s peak position in the regular KJR survey, and the third column is the peak position at Billboard.

It’s hard to see what method they used.  The most surprising inclusion is “The Sounds of Silence,” which peaked at number nine in 1965 and was only on the survey for the first two weeks of 1966, when it was number 36 and number 45.  Similarly, “No Matter What Shape” peaked at number 12 at the end of 1965, remained on the survey for the first five weeks of 1966, and its highest position in those weeks was 15.  There are a few other records here that debuted at the end of 1965, but they all had most of their time on the survey, as well as their peak positions, in 1966.

The most surprising omissions are the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer,” which spent three weeks at number one, and their “Good Day Sunshine” and the Monkees’ “Theme From the Monkees,” which spent two weeks there each .  Also missing are number two hits “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James & the Shondells, “It’s You Alone” by the Wailers, “Little Girl” by the Syndicate of Sound, “Lady Jane” by the Rolling Stones, “Drive My Car” by the Beatles, “Open Up Your Door” by Richard & the Young Lions, “Psychotic Reaction” by the Count Five, “Here, There and Everywhere” by the Beatles and “Dandy” by Herman’s Hermits.