Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1966. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 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
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