List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966

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File:Lovin Spoonful 1965.jpg

The Lovin' Spoonful scored a #1 hit with "Summer in the City" in 1966.

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The Four Tops scored a #1 hit with "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966.

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.

Chart history

Key

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.

Template:Abbr	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
151	January 1	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
152	January 8	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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re	January 22	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
re	January 29	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
153	February 5	"My Love"	Petula Clark	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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154	February 19	"Lightnin' Strikes"	Lou Christie	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
155	February 26	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Nancy Sinatra	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
156	March 5	"The Ballad of the Green Berets"	SSgt Barry Sadler	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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157	April 9	"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"	The Righteous Brothers	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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158	April 30	"Good Lovin'"	The Young Rascals	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
159	May 7	"Monday, Monday"	The Mamas & the Papas	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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160	May 28	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Percy Sledge	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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161	June 11	"Paint It Black"	The Rolling Stones	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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162	June 25	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
163	July 2	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
re	July 9	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
164	July 16	"Hanky Panky"	Tommy James and the Shondells	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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165	July 30	"Wild Thing"	The Troggs	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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166	August 13	"Summer in the City"	The Lovin' Spoonful	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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167	September 3	"Sunshine Superman"	Donovan	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
168	September 10	"You Can't Hurry Love"	The Supremes	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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169	September 24	"Cherish"	The Association	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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170	October 15	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	Four Tops	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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171	October 29	"96 Tears"	? and the Mysterians	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
172	November 5	"Last Train to Clarksville"	The Monkees	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
173	November 12	"Poor Side of Town"	Johnny Rivers	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
174	November 19	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	The Supremes	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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175	December 3	"Winchester Cathedral"	The New Vaudeville Band	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
176	December 10	"Good Vibrations"	The Beach Boys	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
re	December 17	"Winchester Cathedral"	The New Vaudeville Band	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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177	December 31	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
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

See also

• 1966 in music
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1966
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.