Most Popular Songs of 1966
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| Position | Billboard Hit | Artist |
| 1 | Ballad of the Green Berets | SSgt. Barry Sadler |
| 2 | Cherish | The Association |
| 3 | (You're My) Soul and Inspiration | The Righteous Brothers |
| 4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | The Four Tops |
| 5 | 96 Tears | ? and the Mysterians |
| 6 | Last Train to Clarksville | The Monkees |
| 7 | Monday, Monday | The Mamas and the Papas |
| 8 | You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes |
| 9 | Poor Side of Town | Johnny Rivers |
| 10 | California Dreamin' | The Mamas and the Papas |
| 11 | Summer in the City | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| 12 | Born Free | Roger Williams |
| 13 | These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | Nancy Sinatra |
| 14 | What Becomes of the Brokenhearted | Jimmy Ruffin |
| 15 | Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra |
| 16 | We Can Work It Out | The Beatles |
| 17 | Good Lovin' | The Young Rascals |
| 18 | Winchester Cathedral | The New Vaudeville Band |
| 19 | Hanky Panky | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| 20 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Percy Sledge |
| 21 | Paint It, Black | The Rolling Stones |
| 22 | My Love | Petula Clark |
| 23 | Lightnin' Strikes | Lou Christie |
| 24 | Wild Thing | The Troggs |
| 25 | Kicks | Paul Revere and the Raiders |
| 26 | Sunshine Superman | Donovan |
| 27 | Sunny | Bobby Hebb |
| 28 | Paperback Writer | The Beatles |
| 29 | See You In September | The Happenings |
| 30 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | The Supremes |
| 31 | Li'l Red Riding Hood | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
| 32 | Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly | Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels |
| 33 | Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys |
| 34 | A Groovy Kind of Love | The Mindbenders |
| 35 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
| 36 | Cool Jerk | The Capitols |
| 37 | Born a Woman | Sandy Posey |
| 38 | Red Rubber Ball | The Cyrkle |
| 39 | B-A-B-Y | Carla Thomas |
| 40 | Walk Away Ren�e | The Left Banke |
| 41 | Daydream | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| 42 | Time Won't Let Me | The Outsiders |
| 43 | Hooray for Hazel | Tommy Roe |
| 44 | Sweet Pea | Tommy Roe |
| 45 | Bus Stop | The Hollies |
| 46 | I'm Your Puppet | James and Bobby Purify |
| 47 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | B. J. Thomas |
| 48 | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations |
| 49 | Dirty Water | The Standells |
| 50 | Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
| 51 | I Am a Rock | Simon and Garfunkel |
| 52 | Crying Time | Ray Charles |
| 53 | Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
| 54 | The Sound of Silence | Simon and Garfunkel |
| 55 | Lady Godiva | Peter and Gordon |
| 56 | Homeward Bound | Simon and Garfunkel |
| 57 | Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind? | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| 58 | Barefootin' | Robert Parker |
| 59 | Uptight (Everything's Alright) | Stevie Wonder |
| 60 | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
| 61 | Sloop John B | The Beach Boys |
| 62 | 19th Nervous Breakdown | The Rolling Stones |
| 63 | Wipe Out | The Surfaris |
| 64 | Psychotic Reaction | Count Five |
| 65 | Beauty Is Only Skin Deep | The Temptations |
| 66 | No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) | The T-Bones |
| 67 | Just Like Me | Paul Revere and the Raiders |
| 68 | Love Makes the World Go Round | Deon Jackson |
| 69 | The Pied Piper | Crispian St. Peters |
| 70 | Coming on Strong | Brenda Lee |
| 71 | Somewhere My Love | Ray Conniff |
| 72 | Almost Persuaded | David Houston |
| 73 | If I Were a Carpenter | Bobby Darin |
| 74 | Don't Mess with Bill | The Marvelettes |
| 75 | Cherry, Cherry | Neil Diamond |
| 76 | Working in the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey |
| 77 | Message to Michael | Dionne Warwick |
| 78 | Love Is a Hurtin' Thing | Lou Rawls |
| 79 | Barbara Ann | The Beach Boys |
| 80 | Gloria | Shadows of Knight |
| 81 | My World Is Empty Without You | The Supremes |
| 82 | Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 | Bob Dylan |
| 83 | Guantanamera | The Sandpipers |
| 84 | Land of 1000 Dances | Wilson Pickett |
| 85 | Oh How Happy | The Shades of Blue |
| 86 | Woman | Peter and Gordon |
| 87 | You Baby | The Turtles |
| 88 | Five O'Clock World | The Vogues |
| 89 | Black Is Black | Los Bravos |
| 90 | Nowhere Man | The Beatles |
| 91 | Dandy | Herman's Hermits |
| 92 | Baby Scratch My Back | Slim Harpo |
| 93 | She's Just My Style | Gary Lewis and the Playboys |
| 94 | The More I See You | Chris Montez |
| 95 | I Fought the Law | Bobby Fuller Four |
| 96 | Yellow Submarine | The Beatles |
| 97 | Hungry | Paul Revere and the Raiders |
| 98 | Zorba the Greek | Herb Alpert |
| 99 | Shapes of Things | The Yardbirds |
| 100 | 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) | Wilson Pickett |
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