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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1966.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Just Like Us! | Paul Revere & the Raiders | – |
7 | The Second Album | The Spencer Davis Group | – |
14 | A-tom-ic Jones | Tom Jones | – |
17 | Four & More | Miles Davis | Live |
Sounds of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | – | |
20 | Ballads of the Green Berets | Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler | featuring hit title track |
21 | Them Again | Them | UK |
Lesley Gore Sings All About Love | Lesley Gore | – | |
31 | The Movie Song Album | Tony Bennett | – |
– | I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | Compilation |
Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless | Bobby Vinton | – | |
Five O'Clock World | The Vogues | – | |
Jealous Heart | Connie Francis | – | |
Lightfoot! | Gordon Lightfoot | – | |
That Nashville Sound | Jimmie Rodgers | – | |
The Orbison Way | Roy Orbison | – | |
Where the Action Is | The Ventures | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
7 | Roll Out the Red Carpet | Buck Owens | – |
18 | I Hear a Symphony | The Supremes | – |
– | Ascension | John Coltrane | – |
The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Compilation | |
Crying Time | Ray Charles | – | |
Doctor Zhivago | Maurice Jarre | Soundtrack to 1965 film | |
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show | Sammy Davis Jr. | – | |
Somewhere There's a Someone | Dean Martin | – | |
Take a Ride | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hold On, I'm Comin' | Sam and Dave | – |
The Soul Album | Otis Redding | – | |
15 | Aftermath | The Rolling Stones | UK |
18 | Cilla Sings a Rainbow | Cilla Black | – |
– | Frankie and Johnny | Elvis Presley | Soundtrack [1] |
Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile | Bobby Darin | – | |
Live! | Lou Rawls | Live | |
The Seeds | The Seeds | – | |
Soul & Inspiration | The Righteous Brothers | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Elvis Presley | Soundtrack |
13 | Soul Sister | Aretha Franklin | – |
15 | Gettin' Ready | The Temptations | – |
20 | Yesterday and Today | The Beatles | Compilation; early pressings feature the controversial "Butcher" cover |
Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | – | |
27 | Freak Out! | The Mothers of Invention | – |
30 | Red Rubber Ball | The Cyrkle | – |
– | Animalisms | The Animals | UK |
The Impossible Dream | Jack Jones | – | |
In a Broadway Bag (Mame) | Bobby Darin | – | |
The Incredible String Band | The Incredible String Band | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Animalization | The Animals | – |
Would You Believe? | The Hollies | – | |
5 | Best of The Beach Boys | The Beach Boys | Greatest Hits |
8 | Nowhere Man | The Beatles | EP |
15 | Roger the Engineer | The Yardbirds | aka The Yardbirds and Over Under Sideways Down |
18 | Fifth Dimension | The Byrds | – |
22 | Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton | John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers | – |
25 | From Nowhere | The Troggs | – |
– | And Then... Along Comes the Association | The Association | – |
Beau Brummels '66 | The Beau Brummels | – | |
The Classic Roy Orbison | Roy Orbison | – | |
This Is My Bag | Del Shannon | ||
Movie Greatest of the Sixties | Connie Francis | – | |
On Top | Four Tops | – | |
Sinatra at the Sands | Frank Sinatra | Live; with Count Basie and his orchestra | |
Tim Hardin 1 | Tim Hardin | – | |
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
5 | Chér | Chér | – |
15 | Satisfied with You | The Dave Clark Five | US |
– | From the Heart | Tom Jones | – |
Jack Orion | Bert Jansch | – | |
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love | Petula Clark | – | |
The Lovin' Machine | Johnny Paycheck | – | |
Meditations | John Coltrane | – | |
The Real Donovan | Donovan | Compilation | |
River Deep – Mountain High | Ike & Tina Turner | UK release | |
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (soundtrack) | The Lovin' Spoonful | – | |
Wild Things! | The Ventures | – | |
Faithfull Forever | Marianne Faithfull | – |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Volume 3 | The Easybeats | – |
11 | Ready Steady Who | The Who | EP |
16 | Away We a Go-Go | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | – |
Down to Earth | Stevie Wonder | – | |
Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Greatest Hits | |
Watchout! | Martha and the Vandellas | – | |
18 | That's Life | Frank Sinatra | – |
21 | Animalism | The Animals | – |
Noël | Joan Baez | Christmas | |
25 | The Art of Chris Farlowe | Chris Farlowe | |
28 | Extra Extra | Tages | |
– | 96 Tears | Question Mark & the Mysterians | – |
And Now! | Booker T & the M.G.'s | – | |
Da Capo | Love | – | |
Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful | The Lovin' Spoonful | – | |
Handful of Soul | James Brown | ||
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs | James Brown | ||
Projections | The Blues Project | – | |
Psychedelic Lollipop | Blues Magoos | Debut | |
Stay with Me | Vic Damone | - | |
Songs for a Merry Christmas | Wayne Newton | – | |
Spicks and Specks | Bee Gees | – | |
The Spirit of '67 | Paul Revere & the Raiders | – | |
S.R.O. | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | – | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
5 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | – |
9 | For Certain Because | The Hollies | – |
Fresh Cream | Cream | – | |
A Quick One | The Who | – | |
A Collection of Beatles Oldies | The Beatles | Greatest Hits [2] | |
19 | In the Arms of Love | Andy Williams | – |
The Hep Stars | Hep Stars | – | |
– | Got Live If You Want It! | The Rolling Stones | Live |
Fred Neil | Fred Neil | – | |
If I Were a Carpenter | Bobby Darin | – | |
Live at the Village Vanguard Again! | John Coltrane | – | |
from Billboard December 24, 1966 pg 34
Billboard's year-end list for 1966 included Hot 100 data from January to December 10, 1966, and used an early formula of awarding 100 points to the number one record, then ninety-nine points for number two, ninety-eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Billboard soon realized the increase to 100 positions per week greatly diluted the accuracy of its chart, as opposed to twenty years ago, when charts had 10-30 positions. The impact of a no. 1 song scoring 20 points for no. 1 and 10 points for no. 10 (20 position chart) is huge compared to 100 points for no. 1 and 90 points for no. 10. A record with 8 weeks at no. 1 could have its advantage wiped out by the no. 10 record if it spent one additional week on the Hot 100, which is exactly what happened to the hottest artists, like the Beatles, Elvis, and others, whose records debuted at very high positions, quickly shot to the top, sold hundreds of thousands of records each week at no. 1, and then quiuckly dropped off the chart. An example is "We Can Work it Out", no. 49 on the 1966 year-end chart, despite three weeks at no. 1. However, it lost 155 points because its debut at no. 36 and second week at no. 11 fell on the last two weeks of December 1965, and Billboard did not count them. Three weeks at no.1 and seven weeks in the top 5 were of little ad vantage. However, by 1970, huge bonuses were being awarded to the no. 1 record each week, as Billboard searched for a better formula.
With 20-20 hindsight, the Billboard year-end chart for 1966 can be completed with archived issues of Billboard for November-December 1965 and November 1966-March 1967, and Joel Whitburn's Records Research books other Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the 1966 year-end chart. The completed chart is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1965 and December 1966. Records with chart runs that started in 1965 and ended in 1966, or started in 1966 and ended in 1967, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1966. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1965 or 1967. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on down to number twenty. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.
The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Cashbox rankings were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs, [3] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Release Date | CB | Sales | Charts, Awards |
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1 | The Monkees | "I'm a Believer" | Colgems 66-1002 | October 23, 1966 | November 12, 1966 | 1 | 10.00 [4] | US Billboard 1966 #1, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 288 points, from Colgems Single 1002. |
2 | SSgt Barry Sadler | "The Ballad of the Green Berets" | RCA Victor 8739 | December 1, 1965 | January 1966 | 3 | 6.00 | US Billboard 1966 #2, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, 214 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 224 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1997 |
3 | The New Vaudeville Band | "Winchester Cathedral" | Fontana 1562 | July 1966 | August 26, 1966 | 2 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1966 #3, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 212 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #10, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 200 points |
4 | The Righteous Brothers | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" | Verve 10383 | December 1965 | February 26, 1966 | 8 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #4, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 191 points, from Soul and Inspiration - Verve |
5 | The Beatles | "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" [5] | Capitol 5555 | October 29, 1965 | December 3, 1965 | 5 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1966 #5, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 179 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, from Capitol single 5555 |
6 | The Lovin' Spoonful | "Summer In The City" | Kama Sutra 211 | March 1966 | July 4, 1966 | 9 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #6, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 177 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #5, from Kama Sutra single 211 and Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054 |
7 | The Four Tops | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Motown 1098 | July 27, 1966 | August 18, 1966 | 10 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #7, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 170 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #13, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 189 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2022, from Four Tops Reach Out - Motown 660 |
8 | ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians | "96 Tears" | Cameo 428 | March 13, 1966 | August 1966 | 15 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #8, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 170 points, from 96 Tears - Cameo 2004 |
9 | The Association | "Cherish" [6] | Valiant 747 | May 1966 | August 1966 | 11 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #9, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 163 points |
10 | The Mamas and The Papas | "Monday, Monday" | Dunhill 4026 | December 16, 1965 | March 1966 | 7 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #10, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 163 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008, from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006 |
11 | The Supremes | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Motown 1101 | August 1, 1966 | October 12, 1966 | 20 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #11, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #9, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 206 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999 |
12 | The Beach Boys | "Good Vibrations" | Capitol 5676 | 17 sessions Jan to Sept 1966 | October 10, 1966 | 6 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1966 #12, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 158 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #1, from Capitol single 5676, Grammy Hall of Fame 1994 |
13 | The Supremes | "You Can't Hurry Love" | Motown 1097 | July 5, 1966 | July 25, 1966 | 12 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #13, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 156 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #14, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 186 points |
14 | The Rolling Stones | "Paint It Black" [7] | London 901 | March 9, 1966 | May 7, 1966 | 13 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 155 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018 |
15 | The Troggs | "Wild Thing" | Fontana 1548, Atco 6415 | April 1966 | May 1966 | 30 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #15, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 153 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2019, |
16 | Johnny Rivers | "Poor Side of Town" | Imperial 66205 | August 20, 1966 | September 1966 | 16 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #16, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 150 points, from Changes - Imperial 12334. |
17 | Nancy Sinatra | These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | Reprise 0432 | November 19, 1965 | December 16, 1965 | 25 | 4.00 | US Billboard 1966 #17, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 149 points, from Boots - Reprise 6202 |
18 | Frank Sinatra | "Strangers in the Night" | Reprise 0470 | April 11, 1966 | May 1966 | 22 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #18, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 143 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 325 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008 |
19 | The Mamas and The Papas | "California Dreamin'" | Dunhill 4020 | November 4, 1965 | December 8, 1965 | 28 | 1.80 | US Billboard 1966 #19, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 143 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001, from If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Dunhill 50006 |
20 | The Young Rascals | "Good Lovin'" | Atlantic 45-2321 | February 1, 1966 | February 21, 1966 | 18 | 1.00 | US 1966 Billboard #20, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 142 points |
21 | Percy Sledge | "When A Man Loves A Woman" | Atlantic 2326 | February 17, 1966 | March 1966 | 26 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #21, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 141 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 235 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999 |
22 | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | Li'l Red Riding Hood | MGM 13506 | December 1964 | March 12, 1966 | 23 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #22, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 137 points |
23 | Tommy James and the Shondells | "Hanky Panky" | Roulette 4686 | October 1963 | May 1966 | 19 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 136 points, from Hanky Panky - Roulette 25336 |
24 | The Beatles | "Paperback Writer" [8] | Capitol 5651 | April 14, 1966 | May 30, 1966 | 17 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1966 #24, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 135 points |
25 | The Monkees | "Last Train to Clarksville" | Colgems 66-1001 | July 25, 1966 | August 16, 1966 | 4 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #25, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 134 points |
26 | Donovan | "Sunshine Superman" | Epic 10045 | December 1965 | July 1966 | 21 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #26, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 134 points |
27 | Paul Revere and the Raiders | "Kicks" | Columbia 43566 | November 1965 | February 28, 1966 | 37 | 1.00} | US Billboard 1966 #27, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 130 points, from Midnight Ride - Columbia 2508 |
28 | Lou Christie | "Lightnin' Strikes" | MGM 13412 | September 3, 1966 | December 1965 | 14 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #28, Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 50 points, 128 points |
29 | Petula Clark | "My Love" | Warner Bros. 5684 | November 1965 | December 1965 | 38 | 1.00} | US Billboard 1966 #29, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 127 points |
30 | Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels | "Devil with a Blue Dress On and Good Golly Miss Molly" | New Voice 817 | July 1966 | September 1966 | 32 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #30, Hot100 #4 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 126 points |
31 | The Rolling Stones | "19th Nervous Breakdown" [7] | London 9823 | December 8, 1965 | February 12, 1966 | 24 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #31, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 125 points |
32 | The Vogues | "Five O'Clock World" | Co & Ce 232 | 1965 | October 1965 | 39 | 1.00} | US Billboard 1966 #32, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 125 points |
33 | The Lovin' Spoonful | "Daydream" | Kama Sutra 208 | December 1965 | February 19, 1966 | 34 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #33, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 119 points |
34 | Donovan | "Mellow Yellow" | Epic 10098 | October 1966 | October 1966 | 33 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #34, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 118 points |
35 | Jimmy Ruffin | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" | Soul 35022 | February 1966 | June 3, 1966 | 100 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #35, Hot100 #7 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, US R&B 1966 #6, R&B #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 118 points |
36 | Bobby Hebb | "Sunny" | Philips 40365 | February 21, 1966 | June 1966 | 22 | 1.00} | US Billboard 1966 #36, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 114 points |
37 | The Beatles | "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" | Capitol 5651 | May 26, 1966 | August 8, 1966 | 27 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1966 #37, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 113 points |
38 | Simon and Garfunkel | "I Am a Rock" [9] | Columbia 4-43396 | March 10, 1964 + June 1965 | September 13, 1965 | 36 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1965 #38, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2012, 111 points |
39 | Roger Williams | "Born Free" | Kapp 767 | December 8, 1965 | July 1966 | 39 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #39, Hot100 #7 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 111 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 24 total weeks, 477 points |
40 | Stevie Wonder | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | Tamla 54124 | September 3, 1965 | November 22, 1965 | 35 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #40, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 110 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 266 points, from Up-Tight - Tamla 268 |
Billboard Top Soul Singles 1966
1 | The Temptations | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | Gordy 7054 | January 11, 1966 | May 3, 1966 | 112 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1966 #91, Hot100 #13 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 57 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 313 points, from Gettin' Ready - Gordy 918 |
2 | Wilson Pickett | "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" | Atlantic 2386 | December 20, 1965 | January 1966 | 69 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #124, Hot100 #13 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 37 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, 280 points, from The Exciting Wilson Pickett - Atlantic 8129 |
3 | Stevie Wonder | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | see number 40 | |||||
4 | Sam and Dave | "Hold On I'm Comin'" | Stax 189 | January 1966 | March 1966 | 69 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1966 #195, Hot100 #21 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, Top Soul Singles 1966 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 262 points, from Hold On, I'm Comin'- Stax 708 |
5 | The Temptations | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | Gordy 7055 | May 11, 1966 | August 4, 1966 | 69 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #63, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 81 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 258 points, from Gordy single 7055. |
Billboard Top Country Singles 1966
1 | David Houston | "Almost Persuaded" | Epic 10025 | January 1966 | June 1966 | 237 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #216, Hot100 #24 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #1, Country Singles #1 for 9 weeks, 25 total weeks, 368 points |
2 | Jack Greene | "There Goes My Everything" | Decca 32023 | August 6, 1966 | October 1966 | 179 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1968 #155, Hot100 #19 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 4 points, Top Country Singles 1966 #2, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 23 total weeks, 353 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2010 |
3 | Red Sovine | "Giddyup Go" | Starday 737 | August 1965 | October 1965 | 187 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #4, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 22 total weeks, 349 points, National Recording Registry 2003 |
4 | Buck Owens & The Buckaroos | "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" | Capitol 5566 | August 24, 1965 | January 3, 1966 | 179 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1968 #427, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #3, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 19 total weeks, 316 points |
5 | Buck Owens & The Buckaroos | "Think Of Me" | Capitol 5647 | February 15, 1966 | May 2, 1966 | 226 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #229, Hot100 #26 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1966 #5, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 21 total weeks, 313 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 |
| Top Easy Listening Singles 1966
1 | Roger Williams | "Born Free" | see number 39 | |||||
2 | Frank Sinatra | "Strangers In The Night" | see number 18 | |||||
3 | Jack Jones | "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" | Kapp 755 | January 11, 1966 | April 1966 | 264 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #295, Hot100 #35 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks, 293 points |
4 | Margaret Whiting | "The Wheel of Hurt" | London 101 | September 1967 | November 1966 | 187 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 24 total weeks, 289 points, National Recording Registry 2003 |
5 | Ray Conniff & The Singers | "Somewhere, My Love" | Columbia 43626 | August 29, 1966 | October 23, 1966 | 226 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #229, Hot100 #26 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Top Easy Listening Singles 1966 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 281 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 |
Top Rock Tracks 1966 (unofficial)
1 | The Beach Boys | "Good Vibrations" | see number 12, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #1, from Capitol single 5676. | |||||
2 | The Beatles | "Day Tripper" | Capitol 5555 | October 16, 1965 | December 3, 1965 | 169 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1966 #2, Hot100 #20 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #2, from Capitol single 5555. |
3 | The Beatles | "And Your Bird Can Sing" | Capitol 2576 | April 26, 1966 | August 5, 1966 | Top Rock Tracks 1966 #3, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576." | ||
4 | The Beatles | "Got to Get You into My Life" | Capitol 2576 | June 17, 1966 | August 5, 1966 | Top Rock Tracks 1966 #4, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576." | ||
5 | The Lovin' Spoonful | "Summer In The City" | see number 6, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #5, from "Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 8054." | |||||
6 | The Who | "My Generation" | Decca 31877 | December 22, 1966 | February 13, 1967 | 15 | 2.50 | Top Rock Tracks 1966 #6, US Billboard 1966 #84, Hot100 #74 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, 123 points, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #6, from "The Who Sings My Generation - Decca 4664." |
7 | The Animals | "Don't Bring Me Down" | MGM 13514 | April 13, 1966 | May 17, 1966 | 59 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1966 #117, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 106 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #7, from MGM single 13514. |
8 | The Rolling Stones | "Paint It Black" | see number 14, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #8, from "Aftermath - London 476." | |||||
9 | The Supremes | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | see number 11, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #9, from "The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland - Motown 650." | |||||
10 | The Beatles | "Eleanor Rigby" | Capitol 5715 | June 6, 1966 | August 5, 1966 | 15 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1966 #127, Hot100 #11 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 123 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011, Top Rock Tracks 1966 #10, from "Revolver - Capitol 2576." |
11 | The Kinks | "Till the End of the Day" | Reprise 0454 | October 30, 1965 | March 2, 1966 | 59 | 6.00 | Top Rock Tracks 1966 #11, US Billboard 1966 #117, Hot100 #50 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 106 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, from "The Kink Kontroversy - Reprise 6197." |
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(Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.)
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Solo , Nr. 19 (2 versions, for trombone and for flute) | 24 April | NHK Studios, Tokyo | Yasusuke Hirata; Ryū Noguchi [11] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Telemusik , Nr. 20 | 24 April | NHK Studios, Tokyo | Stockhausen [12] |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Symphony No. 9 | 16 May | Caracas [13] | Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [14] |
Barraqué, Jean | Chant après chant | 23 June | Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg | Berthe Kal / André Krust / Les Percussions de Strasbourg – Bruck [15] |
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1963.
Folk rock is a genre of rock music with heavy influences from English folk and American folk music. Combining the elements of folk and rock music, it arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music.
Bertrand Russell Berns, also known as Bert Russell and (occasionally) Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s. His songwriting credits include "Twist and Shout", "Piece of My Heart", "Here Comes the Night", "Hang on Sloopy", "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", and his productions include "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Under the Boardwalk".
Bringing It All Back Home is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. In a major transition from his earlier sound, it was Dylan's first album to incorporate electric instrumentation, which caused controversy and divided many in the contemporary folk scene.
Arthur Alexander was an American country-soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of genius, a poignant and deeply intimate body of work on par with the best of his contemporaries." Alexander's songs were covered by such stars as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Otis Redding, Tina Turner, Pearl Jam, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
"A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Originally recorded for Simon's 1965 UK-only debut, The Paul Simon Songbook, it was recorded soon after by Simon and his partner, Art Garfunkel, for the duo's third album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
Donald William "Bob" Johnston was an American record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Simon & Garfunkel.
The History of Rock and Roll is a radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969, and again in 1978 and 1981. It is currently distributed as both a 2+1⁄2-minute short feature on internet networks, and a two-hour weekly series hosted by Wink Martindale, distributed to radio stations nationwide. This list below reflects the contents of the more widely heard 1978 version of The History of Rock & Roll.
This article includes an overview of the events and trends in popular music in the 1960s.
Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the British had developed a viable national music industry and began to produce adapted forms of American music in Beat music and British blues which would be re-exported to America by bands such as the Beatles, the Animals and the Rolling Stones. This helped to make the dominant forms of popular music something of a shared Anglo-American creation, and led to the growing distinction between pop and rock music, which began to develop into diverse and creative subgenres that would characterise the form throughout the rest of the twentieth century.