The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 15th December 1966 | Charts

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Number
1

Green, Green Grass Of Home
Tom Jones
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Up by 1
What Would I Be
Val Doonican
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Up by 3
Morningtown Ride
The Seekers
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4
My Mind's Eye
Small Faces
From the album: 25 Greatest Hits
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 3

Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
From the album: Smiley Smile
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
6 Up by 3

Friday on My Mind
The Easybeats
From the album: Good Friday
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 4

Dead End Street
The Kinks
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 3

Gimme Some Lovin'
The Spencer Davis Group
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 6

You Keep Me Hangin' On
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 2

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Jimmy Ruffin
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Down by 3
Just One Smile
Gene Pitney
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
12 Down by 5

Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James
Manfred Mann
From the album: The Mighty Quinn
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 18

Sunshine Superman
Donovan
From the album: Sunshine Superman
Peak
13
Weeks
2
Number
14
Distant Drums
Jim Reeves
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
15 Down by 5
Holy Cow
Lee Dorsey
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 4
If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Elvis Presley
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17 Up by 15
Save Me
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 5

Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops
From the album: Reach Out
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 7
There Won't Be Many Coming Home
Roy Orbison
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 4
High Time
Paul Jones
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
21 Up by 13
Under New Management
The Barron Knights
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 8
Walk With Faith In Your Heart
The Bachelors
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 6
If I Were A Carpenter
Bobby Darin
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
24 Down by 3
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Righteous Brothers
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
25 Down by 3
Somewhere My Love
The Mike Sammes Singers
Peak
22
Weeks
14
Number
26 Down by 7

Stop Stop Stop
The Hollies
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
27 Down by 4
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
Otis Redding
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
28 Down by 10
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)
Ike and Tina Turner
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
29

Winchester Cathedral
The New Vaudeville Band
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
30 Debut

Happy Jack
The Who
From the album: Happy Jack
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Down by 3
Guantanamera
The Sandpipers
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
32 Up by 6

I'm Ready for Love
Martha & The Vandellas
From the album: Watchout!
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 9
Help Me Girl
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
34 Up by 11
Pamela, Pamela
Wayne Fontana
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Down by 10

I Can't Control Myself
The Troggs
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
36 Debut
In The Country
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37
Time Drags By
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
38 Down by 11
A Fool Am I
Cilla Black
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
39 Debut
Any Way That You Want Me
The Troggs
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut
Deadlier Than The Male
The Walker Brothers
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Up by 6
East West
Herman's Hermits
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
42 Down by 9

No Milk Today
Herman's Hermits
From the album: There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
43 Down by 8
Think Sometimes About Me
Sandie Shaw
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
44 Down by 1
Missy Missy
Paul & Barry Ryan
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
45 Up by 5
Call Her Your Sweetheart
Frank Ifield
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut

That's Life
Frank Sinatra
From the album: That's Life
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Debut

(I Know) I'm Losing You
The Temptations
From the album: With a Lot o' Soul
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Down by 6
Heart
Rita Pavone
Peak
42
Weeks
3
Number
49 Debut

Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
From the album: The Wicked Pickett
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Debut

I Feel Free
Cream
From the album: Fresh Cream (US Version)
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
The Temptations
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
39 Dropout
Ride On Baby
Chris Farlowe
Peak
31
Weeks
7
Number
40 Dropout

96 Tears
? and the Mysterians
From the album: 96 Tears
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
41 Dropout
It's Love
Ken Dodd
Peak
36
Weeks
7
Number
44 Dropout
I've Got You Under My Skin
The Four Seasons
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
46 Dropout
Too Soon To Know
Roy Orbison
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
48 Dropout
Living For You
Sonny & Cher
Peak
44
Weeks
4
Number
49 Dropout
The Dreams I Dream
The Shadows
Peak
42
Weeks
6

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December 15, 1966

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1 1 Tom Jones – “Green, Green Grass Of Home” 1(×3) 6

3 2 Val Doonican – “What Would I Be” 2 7

6 3 The Seekers – “Morningtown Ride” 3 4

4 4 Small Faces – “My Mind's Eye” 4 5

2 5 The Beach Boys – “Good Vibrations” 1(×2) 7

9 6 The Easybeats – “Friday on My Mind” 6 8

11 7 The Kinks – “Dead End Street” 7 4

5 8 The Spencer Davis Group – “Gimme Some Lovin'” 2 7

15 9 Diana Ross & The Supremes – “You Keep Me Hangin' On” 9 3

12 10 Jimmy Ruffin – “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?” 10 8

8 11 Gene Pitney – “Just One Smile” 8 6

7 12 Manfred Mann – “Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James” 2 8

31 13 Donovan – “Sunshine Superman” 13 2

14 14 Jim Reeves – “Distant Drums” 1(×5) 18

10 15 Lee Dorsey – “Holy Cow” 6 8

20 16 Elvis Presley – “If Every Day Was Like Christmas” 16 3

32 17 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Save Me” 17 2

13 18 Four Tops – “Reach Out I'll Be There” 1(×3) 10

26 19 Roy Orbison – “There Won't Be Many Coming Home” 19 3

16 20 Paul Jones – “High Time” 4 11

34 21 The Barron Knights – “Under New Management” 21 3

30 22 The Bachelors – “Walk With Faith In Your Heart” 22 3

17 23 Bobby Darin – “If I Were A Carpenter” 9 10

21 24 The Righteous Brothers – “The White Cliffs of Dover” 21 6

22 25 The Mike Sammes Singers – “Somewhere My Love” 22 14

19 26 The Hollies – “Stop Stop Stop” 2 10

23 27 Otis Redding – “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” 23 4

18 28 Ike and Tina Turner – “A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)” 16 8

29 29 The New Vaudeville Band – “Winchester Cathedral” 4 15

NE 30 The Who – “Happy Jack” 30 1

28 31 The Sandpipers – “Guantanamera” 7 14

38 32 Martha & The Vandellas – “I'm Ready for Love” 32 3

24 33 Eric Burdon & The Animals – “Help Me Girl” 14 8

45 34 Wayne Fontana – “Pamela, Pamela” 34 2

25 35 The Troggs – “I Can't Control Myself” 2 12

NE 36 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “In The Country” 36 1

37 37 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “Time Drags By” 10 10

27 38 Cilla Black – “A Fool Am I” 13 9

NE 39 The Troggs – “Any Way That You Want Me” 39 1

NE 40 The Walker Brothers – “Deadlier Than The Male” 40 1

47 41 Herman's Hermits – “East West” 41 3

33 42 Herman's Hermits – “No Milk Today” 7 11

35 43 Sandie Shaw – “Think Sometimes About Me” 32 4

43 44 Paul & Barry Ryan – “Missy Missy” 43 2

50 45 Frank Ifield – “Call Her Your Sweetheart” 45 2

NE 46 Frank Sinatra – “That's Life” 46 1

NE 47 The Temptations – “(I Know) I'm Losing You” 47 1

42 48 Rita Pavone – “Heart” 42 3

NE 49 Wilson Pickett – “Mustang Sally” 49 1

NE 50 Cream – “I Feel Free” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Temptations – “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” 18 10

39 -- Chris Farlowe – “Ride On Baby” 31 7

40 -- ? and the Mysterians – “96 Tears” 37 4

41 -- Ken Dodd – “It's Love” 36 7

44 -- The Four Seasons – “I've Got You Under My Skin” 12 11

46 -- Roy Orbison – “Too Soon To Know” 3 17

48 -- Sonny & Cher – “Living For You” 44 4

49 -- The Shadows – “The Dreams I Dream” 42 6

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