List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966

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

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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 & Garfunkel 1January 15
"Ebb Tide" The Righteous Brothers 5January 84
Singles from 1966
January 1"We Can Work It Out" The Beatles 1January 87
January 8"She's Just My Style" Gary Lewis & the Playboys 3January 85
"Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers 4January 82
"Five O'Clock World" The Vogues 4January 156
"Day Tripper" The Beatles 5January 223
January 15"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" The T-Bones 3February 56
"As Tears Go By" The Rolling Stones 6January 293
"The Men in My Little Girl's Life" Mike Douglas 6February 54
January 22"A Must to Avoid" Herman's Hermits 8January 223
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" The Lovin' Spoonful 10January 221
January 29"My Love" Petula Clark 1February 56
"Barbara Ann" The Beach Boys 2January 294
"Jenny Take a Ride" Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels 10January 291
February 5"Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie 1February 196
"Crying Time" Ray Charles 6February 193
February 12"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" Stevie Wonder 3February 124
"My World Is Empty Without You" The Supremes 5February 194
"Don't Mess with Bill" The Marvelettes 7February 263
February 19"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra 1February 267
"The Ballad of the Green Berets"S/Sgt. Barry Sadler 1March 59
February 26"California Dreamin'" The Mamas and the Papas 4March 127
"Elusive Butterfly" Bob Lind 5March 125
"Working My Way Back to You" The Four Seasons 9March 52
March 5"Listen People" Herman's Hermits 3March 124
March 12"19th Nervous Breakdown" The Rolling Stones 2March 196
"Nowhere Man" The Beatles 3March 265
"Homeward Bound" Simon & Garfunkel 5March 264
"I Fought the Law" The Bobby Fuller Four 9March 122
March 19"Daydream" The Lovin' Spoonful 2April 97
March 26"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" The Righteous Brothers 1April 98
April 2"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Cher 2April 236
"Sure Gonna Miss Her" Gary Lewis & the Playboys 9April 92
April 9"Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers 3April 235
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" B. J. Thomas 8April 93
April 16"Good Lovin'" The Young Rascals 1April 307
"Kicks" Paul Revere & the Raiders 4May 146
"Time Won't Let Me" The Outsiders 5April 163
April 23"Monday, Monday" The Mamas and the Papas 1May 78
"Sloop John B" The Beach Boys 3May 75
April 30"Leaning on the Lamp Post" Herman's Hermits 9May 72
May 7"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" Bob Dylan 2May 215
"Gloria" The Shadows of Knight 10May 72
May 14"When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge 1May 286
"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" Nancy Sinatra 7May 142
"Message to Michael" Dionne Warwick 8May 142
May 21"A Groovy Kind of Love" The Mindbenders 2May 285
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" The Supremes 9May 282
May 28"Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones 1June 117
"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" The Lovin' Spoonful 2June 116
"I Am a Rock" Simon & Garfunkel 3June 116
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" James Brown 8June 43
June 4"Green Grass" Gary Lewis & The Playboys 8June 183
"Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra 1July 27
June 11"Barefootin'" Robert Parker 7June 184
June 18"Red Rubber Ball" The Cyrkle 2July 96
"Cool Jerk" The Capitols 7July 24
June 25"Paperback Writer" The Beatles 1June 255
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Dusty Springfield 4July 165
"Sweet Talking Guy" The Chiffons 10June 251
July 2"Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells 1July 166
July 9"Wild Thing" The Troggs 1July 308
"Along Comes Mary" The Association 7July 162
"Little Girl" Syndicate of Sound 8July 92
July 16"Li'l Red Riding Hood" Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs2August 67
"Hungry" Paul Revere & the Raiders 6July 303
July 23"The Pied Piper" Crispian St. Peters 4July 235
"I Saw Her Again" The Mamas and the Papas 5July 304
"Sweet Pea" Tommy Roe 8July 304
July 30"Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful 1August 137
"Mother's Little Helper" The Rolling Stones 8August 134
"Somewhere, My Love" Ray Conniff 9August 133
August 6"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" Napoleon XIV 3August 133
August 13"Sunny" Bobby Hebb 2August 206
August 20"Sunshine Superman" Donovan 1September 37
"See You in September" The Happenings 3August 275
"I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" Petula Clark 9August 202
August 27"You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes 1September 108
"Yellow Submarine" The Beatles 2September 176
"Summertime" Billy Stewart 10August 272
September 3"Land of a Thousand Dances" Wilson Pickett 6September 103
"Working in the Coal Mine" Lee Dorsey 8September 32
"Blowin' in the Wind" Stevie Wonder 9September 31
September 10"Bus Stop" The Hollies 5September 174
"Guantanamera" The Sandpipers 9September 172
September 17"Cherish" The Association 1September 246
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" The Beach Boys 8September 172
September 24"Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops 1October 157
"96 Tears" ? and the Mysterians 1October 299
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" The Temptations 3October 13
"Black Is Black" Los Bravos 4October 13
October 1"Cherry, Cherry" Neil Diamond 6October 153
October 8"Last Train to Clarksville" The Monkees 1November 59
"Psychotic Reaction" Count Five 5October 153
"I've Got You Under My Skin" The Four Seasons 9October 152
October 15"Walk Away Renée" The Left Banke 5October 294
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Jimmy Ruffin 7October 294
October 22"Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers 1November 127
"Dandy" Herman's Hermits 5November 54
"See See Rider" The Animals 10October 222
October 29"Hooray for Hazel" Tommy Roe 6November 52
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The Rolling Stones 9October 292
November 5"If I Were a Carpenter" Bobby Darin 8November 53
November 12"You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes 1November 196
"Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band 1December 310
"Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys 1December 107
"Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels 4November 267
"I'm Your Puppet" James & Bobby Purify 6November 264
November 19"Rain on the Roof" The Lovin' Spoonful 10November 191
November 26"Mellow Yellow" Donovan 2December 107
"Lady Godiva" Peter and Gordon 6December 103
"Born Free" Roger Williams 7December 174
December 10"That's Life" Frank Sinatra 4December 246
"Stop Stop Stop" The Hollies 7December 101
"I'm Ready for Love" Martha and the Vandellas 9December 101
December 17"I'm a Believer" The Monkees 1December 3112
"Sugar Town" Nancy Sinatra 5December 316
"A Place in the Sun" Stevie Wonder 9December 243
December 24"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" The Royal Guardsmen 2December 318
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" The Temptations 8December 312

1965 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1965
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 13"Let's Hang On!" The Four Seasons 3December 118
November 20"Turn! Turn! Turn!" The Byrds 1December 48
November 27"I Got You (I Feel Good)" James Brown 3December 187
December 4"Over and Over" The Dave Clark Five 1December 256
December 18"Fever" The McCoys 7December 253
"England Swings" Roger Miller 8December 183
"Make the World Go Away" Eddy Arnold 6December 253

1967 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1966 which peaked in 1967
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 31"Tell It Like It Is" Aaron Neville 2January 288
"Good Thing" Paul Revere & the Raiders 4January 146

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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