14th May 1966
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(1) |
Pretty Flamingo |
Manfred Mann |
HMV POP 1523 |
2 |
(3) |
Daydream |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
Pye International 7N 25361 |
3 |
(5) |
Sloop John B |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol CL 15441 |
4 |
(2) |
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me |
Dusty Springfield |
Philips BF 1482 |
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(6) |
The Pied Piper |
Crispian St. Peters |
Decca F 12359 |
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(4) |
Bang Bang |
Cher |
Liberty LIB 66160 |
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(12) |
Shotgun Wedding |
Roy C |
Island WI 273 |
8 |
(7) |
Hold Tight |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
Fontana TF 671 |
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(9) |
Alfie |
Cilla Black |
Parlophone R 5427 |
10 |
(8) |
The Sound Of Silence |
The Bachelors |
Decca F 12351 |
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(11) |
Homeward Bound |
Simon & Garfunkel |
CBS 202045 |
12 |
(27) |
Wild Thing |
The Troggs |
Fontana TF 689 |
13 |
(21) |
Sorrow |
The Merseys |
Fontana TF 694 |
14 |
(10) |
Somebody Help Me |
The Spencer Davis Group |
Fontana TF 679 |
15 |
(17) |
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration |
The Righteous Brothers |
Verve VS 535 |
16 |
(14) |
Someday One Day |
The Seekers |
Columbia DB 7867 |
17 |
(-) |
Hey Girl |
The Small Faces |
Decca F 12393 |
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(15) |
I Put A Spell On You |
The Alan Price Set |
Decca F 12367 |
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(16) |
Elusive Butterfly |
Val Doonican |
Decca F 12358 |
20 |
(-) |
Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35 |
Bob Dylan |
CBS 202307 |
21 |
(13) |
Substitute |
The Who |
Reaction 591 001 |
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(20) |
How Does That Grab You Darlin' |
Nancy Sinatra |
Reprise 20461 |
23 |
(19) |
Walking My Cat Named Dog |
Norma Tanega |
Stateside SS 496 |
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(23) |
That's Nice |
Neil Christian |
Strike JH 301 |
25 |
(24) |
Come On Home |
Wayne Fontana |
Fontana TF 684 |
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(29) |
Frankie And Johnny |
Elvis Presley |
RCA 1509 |
27 |
(-) |
Promises |
Ken Dodd |
Columbia DB 7914 |
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(26) |
Highway Code |
The Master Singers |
Parlophone R 5428 |
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(-) |
California Dreamin' |
The Mama's & The Papa's |
RCA 1503 |
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(-) |
Once |
Genieveve |
CBS 202061 |
It happened this week...
Saturday 14th... Everton won the FA Cup by defeating Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 at Wembley
Sunday 15th... 8,000 Vietnam protestors encircled the White House for two hours
Monday 16th... Janet Jackson was born
Tuesday 17th... Transport Minister Barbara Castle said the 70 mph speed limit would remain until 1967
Tuesday 17th... Ex-world middleweight boxing champion Randolph Turpin was found shot dead in his Leamington Spa flat aged 37
Wednesday 18th... Home Secretary Roy Jenkins said that the number of police forces in England and Wales would be cut by 68