30th April 1966

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(1)

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Dusty Springfield

Philips BF 1482

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(5)

Bang Bang

Cher

Liberty LIB 66160

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(18)

Pretty Flamingo

Manfred Mann

HMV POP 1523

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(10)

Daydream

The Lovin' Spoonful

Pye International 7N 25361

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(3)

Hold Tight

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Fontana TF 671

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(9)

The Pied Piper

Crispian St. Peters

Decca F 12359

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(2)

Somebody Help Me

The Spencer Davis Group

Fontana TF 679

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(4)

The Sound Of Silence

The Bachelors

Decca F 12351

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(8)

Alfie

Cilla Black

Parlophone R 5427

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(7)

Substitute

The Who

Reaction 591 001

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(19)

Sloop John B

The Beach Boys

Capitol CL 15441

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(12)

I Put A Spell On You

The Alan Price Set

Decca F 12367

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(6)

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

The Walker Brothers

Philips BF 1473

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(15)

Homeward Bound

Simon & Garfunkel

CBS 202045

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(11)

Elusive Butterfly

Val Doonican

Decca F 12358

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(16)

Someday One Day

The Seekers

Columbia DB 7867

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(25)

Shotgun Wedding

Roy C

Island WI 273

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(13)

Elusive Butterfly

Bob Lind

Fontana TF 670

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(14)

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

The Kinks

Pye 7N 17064

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(21)

Frankie And Johnny

Elvis Presley

RCA 1509

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(30)

(You're My) Soul And Inspiration

The Righteous Brothers

Verve VS 535

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(27)

Highway Code

The Master Singers

Parlophone R 5428

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(17)

Make The World Go Away

Eddy Arnold

RCA 1496

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(-)

Walking My Cat Named Dog

Norma Tanega

Stateside SS 496

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(22)

That's Nice

Neil Christian

Strike JH 301

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(26)

Ballad Of The Green Berets

Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

RCA 1506

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(20)

Blue Turns To Grey

Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Columbia DB 7866

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(-)

How Does That Grab You Darlin'

Nancy Sinatra

Reprise R 20461

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(-)

Take It Or Leave It

The Searchers

Pye 7N 17094

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(-)

A Hard Day's Night

The Ramsey Lewis Trio

Chess

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Saturday 30th... Hoverlloyd began the first regular cross-Channel hovercraft service, between Ramsgate and Calais

Sunday 1st May... Britain's John Surtees won the Syracuse Grand Prix in Sicily

Tuesday 3rd... Governor Wallace's wife won the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama

Friday 6th... Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life imprisonment

 

 

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