14th May 1966

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(1)

Pretty Flamingo

Manfred Mann

HMV POP 1523

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(3)

Daydream

The Lovin' Spoonful

Pye International 7N 25361

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(5)

Sloop John B

The Beach Boys

Capitol CL 15441

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(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

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(7)

Hold Tight

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Fontana TF 671

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(9)

Alfie

Cilla Black

Parlophone R 5427

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(8)

The Sound Of Silence

The Bachelors

Decca F 12351

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(11)

Homeward Bound

Simon & Garfunkel

CBS 202045

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(27)

Wild Thing

The Troggs

Fontana TF 689

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(21)

Sorrow

The Merseys

Fontana TF 694

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(10)

Somebody Help Me

The Spencer Davis Group

Fontana TF 679

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(17)

(You're My) Soul And Inspiration

The Righteous Brothers

Verve VS 535

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(14)

Someday One Day

The Seekers

Columbia DB 7867

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(-)

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

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(-)

Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35

Bob Dylan

CBS 202307

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(13)

Substitute

The Who

Reaction 591 001

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(20)

How Does That Grab You Darlin'

Nancy Sinatra

Reprise 20461

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(19)

Walking My Cat Named Dog

Norma Tanega

Stateside SS 496

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(23)

That's Nice

Neil Christian

Strike JH 301

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(24)

Come On Home

Wayne Fontana

Fontana TF 684

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(29)

Frankie And Johnny

Elvis Presley

RCA 1509

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(-)

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

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