The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 18th August 1966 | Charts

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Number
1 Up by 7

Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
2
Number
2 Down by 1

With a Girl Like You
The Troggs
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
3 Up by 2

God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
From the album: Pet Sounds
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4

Black Is Black
Los Bravos
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
5 Up by 1
Mama
Dave Berry
Peak
5
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 3
The More I See You
Chris Montez
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
7 Up by 5
Visions
Cliff Richard
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
8 Up by 1

Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
From the album: Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 7
Out of Time
Chris Farlowe
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 21

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
Napoleon XIV
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11 Down by 4
Love Letters
Elvis Presley
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 3
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Alan Price Set
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13 Down by 3
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Petula Clark
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
14 Up by 10
Lovers of The World Unite
David and Jonathan
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15 Up by 2

I Saw Her Again
The Mamas and the Papas
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Up by 6
More Than Love
Ken Dodd
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17 Down by 1

I Want You
Bob Dylan
From the album: Blonde on Blonde
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 9
Just Like A Woman
Manfred Mann
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 5

Goin' Back
Dusty Springfield
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 19

All Or Nothing
Small Faces
From the album: 25 Greatest Hits
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Down by 10
Getaway
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 9

Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks
From the album: Face to Face
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
23 Down by 3

Strangers in the Night
Frank Sinatra
From the album: Strangers in the Night
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
24 Down by 5
Nobody Needs Your Love
Gene Pitney
Peak
2
Weeks
11
Number
25 Debut
Too Soon To Know
Roy Orbison
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Up by 12
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Four Tops
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 9
Barefootin'
Robert Parker
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 9
Give Me Your Word
Billy Fury
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations
From the album: Gettin' Ready
Peak
29
Weeks
6
Number
30 Down by 7

(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me
The Walker Brothers
From the album: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
31 Down by 13

River Deep - Mountain High
Ike & Tina Turner
From the album: River Deep - Mountain High
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
32 Down by 11
I Love How You Love Me
Paul & Barry Ryan
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
33 Debut
Distant Drums
Jim Reeves
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Up by 14
Working In The Coal Mine
Lee Dorsey
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 14
Got To Get You Into My Life
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 11

When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge
From the album: When a Man Loves a Woman
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
37 Down by 11

Bus Stop
The Hollies
From the album: Bus Stop
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
38 Up by 2

Hanky Panky
Tommy James & The Shondells
From the album: Hanky Panky
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
39 Up by 2

Warm and Tender Love
Percy Sledge
From the album: Warm & Tender Soul
Peak
39
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 10

Paperback Writer
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
41 Debut
Big Time Operator
Zoot Money's Bog Roll Band
Peak
41
Weeks
1
Number
42 Debut
Blowin' In The Wind
Stevie Wonder
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Debut
Headline News
Edwin Starr
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Down by 16
Hideaway
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
45 Debut
This and That
Tom Jones
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 14

I Am a Rock
Simon and Garfunkel
From the album: Sounds of Silence
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
47 Down by 12
Can I Trust You
The Bachelors
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
48 Debut
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Re-Entry

Lil' Red Riding Hood
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
From the album: Li'l Red Riding Hood
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
50 Down by 6
My Lover's Prayer
Otis Redding
Peak
37
Weeks
6

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout
A Place In The Sun
The Shadows
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
34 Dropout
Don't Answer Me
Cilla Black
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
42 Dropout
Lana
Roy Orbison
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
43 Dropout
Promises
Ken Dodd
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
45 Dropout
I Feel Something In The Air
Cher
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
46 Dropout
Excuse Me Baby
The Magic Lanterns
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
47 Dropout
Sittin' On A Fence
Twice As Much
Peak
25
Weeks
9
Number
50 Dropout

It's A Man's Man's Man's World
James Brown
From the album: It's A Man's Man's Man's World
Peak
13
Weeks
9

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August 18, 1966

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8 1 The Beatles – “Yellow Submarine” 1(×1) 2

1 2 The Troggs – “With a Girl Like You” 1(×2) 6

5 3 The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows” 3 4

4 4 Los Bravos – “Black Is Black” 2 8

6 5 Dave Berry – “Mama” 5 8

3 6 Chris Montez – “The More I See You” 3 8

12 7 Cliff Richard – “Visions” 7 5

9 8 The Lovin' Spoonful – “Summer in the City” 8 6

2 9 Chris Farlowe – “Out of Time” 1(×1) 9

31 10 Napoleon XIV – “They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!” 10 3

7 11 Elvis Presley – “Love Letters” 6 7

15 12 Alan Price Set – “Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo” 12 6

10 13 Petula Clark – “I Couldn't Live Without Your Love” 6 8

24 14 David and Jonathan – “Lovers of The World Unite” 14 7

17 15 The Mamas and the Papas – “I Saw Her Again” 15 4

22 16 Ken Dodd – “More Than Love” 16 3

16 17 Bob Dylan – “I Want You” 16 5

27 18 Manfred Mann – “Just Like A Woman” 18 3

14 19 Dusty Springfield – “Goin' Back” 10 7

39 20 Small Faces – “All Or Nothing” 20 2

11 21 Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – “Getaway” 1(×1) 9

13 22 The Kinks – “Sunny Afternoon” 1(×2) 11

20 23 Frank Sinatra – “Strangers in the Night” 1(×3) 15

19 24 Gene Pitney – “Nobody Needs Your Love” 2 11

NE 25 Roy Orbison – “Too Soon To Know” 25 1

38 26 Four Tops – “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” 26 5

36 27 Robert Parker – “Barefootin'” 27 3

37 28 Billy Fury – “Give Me Your Word” 28 3

29 29 The Temptations – “Ain't Too Proud to Beg” 29 6

23 30 The Walker Brothers – “(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me” 13 6

18 31 Ike & Tina Turner – “River Deep - Mountain High” 3 11

21 32 Paul & Barry Ryan – “I Love How You Love Me” 21 6

NE 33 Jim Reeves – “Distant Drums” 33 1

48 34 Lee Dorsey – “Working In The Coal Mine” 34 2

49 35 Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – “Got To Get You Into My Life” 35 2

25 36 Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman” 4 15

26 37 The Hollies – “Bus Stop” 5 9

40 38 Tommy James & The Shondells – “Hanky Panky” 38 5

41 39 Percy Sledge – “Warm and Tender Love” 39 3

30 40 The Beatles – “Paperback Writer” 1(×2) 10

NE 41 Zoot Money's Bog Roll Band – “Big Time Operator” 41 1

NE 42 Stevie Wonder – “Blowin' In The Wind” 42 1

NE 43 Edwin Starr – “Headline News” 43 1

28 44 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Hideaway” 10 11

NE 45 Tom Jones – “This and That” 45 1

32 46 Simon and Garfunkel – “I Am a Rock” 17 10

35 47 The Bachelors – “Can I Trust You” 26 7

NE 48 Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” 48 1

RE 49 Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs – “Lil' Red Riding Hood” 48 2

44 50 Otis Redding – “My Lover's Prayer” 37 6

DROPOUTS:

33 -- The Shadows – “A Place In The Sun” 24 6

34 -- Cilla Black – “Don't Answer Me” 6 10

42 -- Roy Orbison – “Lana” 15 9

43 -- Ken Dodd – “Promises” 6 14

45 -- Cher – “I Feel Something In The Air” 43 2

46 -- The Magic Lanterns – “Excuse Me Baby” 44 3

47 -- Twice As Much – “Sittin' On A Fence” 25 9

50 -- James Brown – “It's A Man's Man's Man's World” 13 9

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