Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1966. Rankings are based on an inverse-point system based on a title's performance (ex. a single on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, etc. up to 100 points for each week spent at number one). Artists appearing on the chart include The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Ray Charles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Donovan, The Righteous Brothers, The Mamas & the Papas, Johnny Rivers, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, and more. Chart © by Billboard, a part of Penske Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: links go to Apple Music, and you'll also find a link at the bottom of the song or the album the song is on to purchase it from iTunes.
Example:
- 1. The Ballad of the Green Berets - Sgt. 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 Mama's and The Papa's
- 8. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
- 9. The Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers
- 10. California Dreamin' - The Mama's and The Papa's
- 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. Goodnight My Love (from 'Stowaway') - 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. Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
- 32. Devil With the 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 Renee - 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 So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J. Thomas
- 47. I'm Your Puppet - James and Bobby Purify
- 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 - The 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. Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters
- 70. Coming On Strong - Brenda Lee
- 71. Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from "Doctor Zhivago") - Ray Conniff and The Singers
- 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. Workin' In a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
- 77. Message to Michael (Message to Martha) - Dionne Warwick
- 78. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing - Lou Rawls
- 79. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys
- 80. Gloria - The Shadows Of Knight
- 81. My World Is Empty Without You - The Supremes
- 82. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
- 83. Guantanamera - The Sandpipers
- 84. Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
- 85. Oh How Happy - Shades Of Blue
- 86. Woman - Peter and Gordo
- 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 - The Bobby Fuller Four
- 96. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
- 97. Hungry - Paul Revere and The Raiders
- 98. Zorba the Greek - Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
- 99. Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds
- 100. 634-5789 - Wilson Pickett