These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966.
That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt. Barry Sadler, the Young Rascals, the Mamas & the Papas, Percy Sledge, Tommy James & the Shondells, the Troggs, the Lovin' Spoonful, Donovan, the Association, ? and the Mysterians, the Monkees, Johnny Rivers, and the New Vaudeville Band. Frank Sinatra, having already hit number one before the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first one on the chart. The Beatles, the Supremes and the Monkees are the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, with each of them having two.
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1966 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.The original #1 song of 1966, "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas & the Papas, never reached #1 on the weekly charts. |
width=31 | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference | ||
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bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 151 | January 1 | "The Sound of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel | [1] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 152 | January 8 | "We Can Work It Out" | The Beatles | [2] | |
January 15 | [3] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | re | January 22 | "The Sound of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel | [4] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | re | January 29 | "We Can Work It Out" | The Beatles | [5] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 153 | February 5 | "My Love" | Petula Clark | [6] | |
February 12 | [7] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 154 | February 19 | "Lightnin' Strikes" | Lou Christie | [8] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 155 | February 26 | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Nancy Sinatra | [9] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5 | 156 | March 5 | bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="5" | "The Ballad of the Green Berets" | SSgt Barry Sadler | [10] |
March 12 | [11] | |||||
March 19 | [12] | |||||
March 26 | [13] | |||||
April 2 | [14] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3 | 157 | April 9 | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" | The Righteous Brothers | [15] | |
April 16 | [16] | |||||
April 23 | [17] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 158 | April 30 | "Good Lovin'" | The Young Rascals | [18] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3 | 159 | May 7 | "Monday, Monday" | The Mamas & the Papas | [19] | |
May 14 | [20] | |||||
May 21 | [21] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 160 | May 28 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | [22] | |
June 4 | [23] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 161 | June 11 | "Paint It Black" | The Rolling Stones | [24] | |
June 18 | [25] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 162 | June 25 | "Paperback Writer" | The Beatles | [26] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 163 | July 2 | "Strangers in the Night" | Frank Sinatra | [27] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | re | July 9 | "Paperback Writer" | The Beatles | [28] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 164 | July 16 | "Hanky Panky" | Tommy James and the Shondells | [29] | |
July 23 | [30] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 165 | July 30 | "Wild Thing" | The Troggs | [31] | |
August 6 | [32] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3 | 166 | August 13 | "Summer in the City" | The Lovin' Spoonful | [33] | |
August 20 | [34] | |||||
August 27 | [35] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 167 | September 3 | "Sunshine Superman" | Donovan | [36] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 168 | September 10 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | The Supremes | [37] | |
September 17 | [38] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3 | 169 | September 24 | "Cherish" | The Association | [39] | |
October 1 | [40] | |||||
October 8 | [41] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 170 | October 15 | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Four Tops | [42] | |
October 22 | [43] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 171 | October 29 | "96 Tears" | ? and the Mysterians | [44] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 172 | November 5 | "Last Train to Clarksville" | The Monkees | [45] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 173 | November 12 | "Poor Side of Town" | Johnny Rivers | [46] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | 174 | November 19 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | The Supremes | [47] | |
November 26 | [48] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 175 | December 3 | "Winchester Cathedral" | The New Vaudeville Band | [49] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 176 | December 10 | "Good Vibrations" | The Beach Boys | [50] | |
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2 | re | December 17 | "Winchester Cathedral" | The New Vaudeville Band | [51] | |
December 24 | [52] | |||||
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center | 177 | December 31 | "I'm a Believer" | The Monkees | [53] | |
1 | SSgt Barry Sadler | 5 |
The Beatles | ||
3 | The Supremes | 4 |
4 | The Righteous Brothers | 3 |
The Mamas & Papas | ||
The Lovin' Spoonful | ||
The Association | ||
The New Vaudeville Band | ||
9 | Simon & Garfunkel | 2 |
Petula Clark | ||
Percy Sledge | ||
The Rolling Stones | ||
Tommy James and the Shondells | ||
The Troggs | ||
Four Tops | ||
The Monkees | ||
17 | Lou Christie | 1 |
Nancy Sinatra | ||
The Young Rascals | ||
Frank Sinatra | ||
Donovan | ||
? and the Mysterians | ||
Johnny Rivers | ||
The Beach Boys |