30th April 1966
1 |
(1) |
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me |
Dusty Springfield |
Philips BF 1482 |
2 |
(5) |
Bang Bang |
Cher |
Liberty LIB 66160 |
3 |
(18) |
Pretty Flamingo |
Manfred Mann |
HMV POP 1523 |
4 |
(10) |
Daydream |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
Pye International 7N 25361 |
5 |
(3) |
Hold Tight |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 671 |
6 |
(9) |
The Pied Piper |
Crispian St. Peters |
Decca F 12359 |
7 |
(2) |
Somebody Help Me |
The Spencer Davis Group |
Fontana TF 679 |
8 |
(4) |
The Sound Of Silence |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12351 |
9 |
(8) |
Alfie |
Cilla Black |
Parlophone R 5427 |
10 |
(7) |
Substitute |
The Who |
Reaction 591 001 |
11 |
(19) |
Sloop John B |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol CL 15441 |
12 |
(12) |
I Put A Spell On You |
The Alan Price Set |
Decca F 12367 |
13 |
(6) |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore |
The Walker Brothers |
Philips BF 1473 |
14 |
(15) |
Homeward Bound |
Simon & Garfunkel |
CBS 202045 |
15 |
(11) |
Elusive Butterfly |
Val Doonican |
Decca F 12358 |
16 |
(16) |
Someday One Day |
The Seekers |
Columbia DB 7867 |
17 |
(25) |
Shotgun Wedding |
Roy C |
Island WI 273 |
18 |
(13) |
Elusive Butterfly |
Bob Lind |
Fontana TF 670 |
19 |
(14) |
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion |
The Kinks |
Pye 7N 17064 |
20 |
(21) |
Frankie And Johnny |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1509 |
21 |
(30) |
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration |
The Righteous Brothers |
Verve VS 535 |
22 |
(27) |
Highway Code |
The Master Singers |
Parlophone R 5428 |
23 |
(17) |
Make The World Go Away |
Eddy Arnold |
RCA 1496 |
24 |
(-) |
Walking My Cat Named Dog |
Norma Tanega |
Stateside SS 496 |
25 |
(22) |
That's Nice |
Neil Christian |
Strike JH 301 |
26 |
(26) |
Ballad Of The Green Berets |
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler |
RCA 1506 |
27 |
(20) |
Blue Turns To Grey |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
Columbia DB 7866 |
28 |
(-) |
How Does That Grab You Darlin' |
Nancy Sinatra |
Reprise R 20461 |
29 |
(-) |
Take It Or Leave It |
The Searchers |
Pye 7N 17094 |
30 |
(-) |
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