The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 20th October 1966 | Charts

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Number
1
Distant Drums
Jim Reeves
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 17

Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops
From the album: Reach Out
Peak
2
Weeks
2
Number
3 Down by 1
Bend It!
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 5

I Can't Control Myself
The Troggs
Peak
4
Weeks
4
Number
5 Down by 2

I'm a Boy
The Who
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
6 Down by 2

Winchester Cathedral
The New Vaudeville Band
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
7
Guantanamera
The Sandpipers
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 3

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
The Rolling Stones
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
9 Down by 3

You Can't Hurry Love
The Supremes
From the album: The Supremes A' Go-Go
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
10 Up by 17

Stop Stop Stop
The Hollies
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
11 Down by 1
All I See Is You
Dusty Springfield
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
12 Down by 1
Walk With Me
The Seekers
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 5

Little Man
Sonny & Cher
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 1
Sunny
Georgie Fame
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 1
Too Soon To Know
Roy Orbison
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
16

Lady Godiva
Peter and Gordon
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
17 Up by 3

No Milk Today
Herman's Hermits
From the album: There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 6

Another Tear Falls
The Walker Brothers
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
19 Down by 2
I Don't Care
Los Bravos
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 2
I've Got You Under My Skin
The Four Seasons
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
21 Up by 13
Time Drags By
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 7

Sunny
Bobby Hebb
From the album: Sunny
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
23 Down by 1

Dear Mrs. Applebee
David Garrick
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
24 Up by 4
Born A Woman
Sandy Posey
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 10

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
The Temptations
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
26 Up by 14
All That I Am
Elvis Presley
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 3
Somewhere My Love
The Mike Sammes Singers
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
28 Up by 11
High Time
Paul Jones
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 15
If I Were A Carpenter
Bobby Darin
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 4

Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
31 Down by 6

God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
From the album: Pet Sounds
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
32 Down by 9
When I Come Home
The Spencer Davis Group
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 12

All Or Nothing
Small Faces
From the album: 25 Greatest Hits
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
34 Down by 10
Working In The Coal Mine
Lee Dorsey
Peak
8
Weeks
11
Number
35 Down by 2
In The Arms Of Love
Andy Williams
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 7

Land of 1000 Dances
Wilson Pickett
From the album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 1
Summer Wind
Frank Sinatra
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
38 Debut
A Fool Am I
Cilla Black
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut
I Love My Dog
Cat Stevens
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 9
Got To Get You Into My Life
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
41 Down by 9
Lovers of The World Unite
David and Jonathan
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
42
Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From "Dr. Zhivago")
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains
Peak
42
Weeks
2
Number
43 Down by 6

Sunny
Cher
From the album: Chér
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
44 Down by 1
Que Sera Sera
Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band
Peak
43
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut
Wrapping Paper
Cream
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut
The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green)
Dermot O'Brien and His Clubmen
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 11
Ashes To Ashes
The Mindbenders
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
48 Up by 1
Have You Ever Loved Somebody?
The Searchers
Peak
48
Weeks
2
Number
49 Down by 8
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Junior Walker and the All-Stars
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
50 Debut
Cheryl's Going Home
Adam Faith
Peak
50
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
45 Dropout
Mama
Dave Berry
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
46 Dropout
There Will Never Be Another You
Chris Montez
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
47 Dropout

I Can't Turn You Loose
Otis Redding
Peak
29
Weeks
8
Number
48 Dropout
Changes
Crispian St. Peters
Peak
47
Weeks
4
Number
50 Dropout
More Than Love
Ken Dodd
Peak
14
Weeks
11

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October 20, 1966

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1 1 Jim Reeves – “Distant Drums” 1(×5) 10

19 2 Four Tops – “Reach Out I'll Be There” 2 2

2 3 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Bend It!” 2 6

9 4 The Troggs – “I Can't Control Myself” 4 4

3 5 The Who – “I'm a Boy” 2 8

4 6 The New Vaudeville Band – “Winchester Cathedral” 4 7

7 7 The Sandpipers – “Guantanamera” 7 6

5 8 The Rolling Stones – “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?” 5 4

6 9 The Supremes – “You Can't Hurry Love” 3 7

27 10 The Hollies – “Stop Stop Stop” 10 2

10 11 Dusty Springfield – “All I See Is You” 9 6

11 12 The Seekers – “Walk With Me” 10 7

8 13 Sonny & Cher – “Little Man” 4 7

13 14 Georgie Fame – “Sunny” 13 5

14 15 Roy Orbison – “Too Soon To Know” 3 10

16 16 Peter and Gordon – “Lady Godiva” 16 5

20 17 Herman's Hermits – “No Milk Today” 17 3

12 18 The Walker Brothers – “Another Tear Falls” 12 5

17 19 Los Bravos – “I Don't Care” 16 7

18 20 The Four Seasons – “I've Got You Under My Skin” 18 4

34 21 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “Time Drags By” 21 2

15 22 Bobby Hebb – “Sunny” 12 7

22 23 David Garrick – “Dear Mrs. Applebee” 22 5

28 24 Sandy Posey – “Born A Woman” 24 6

35 25 The Temptations – “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” 25 3

40 26 Elvis Presley – “All That I Am” 26 2

30 27 The Mike Sammes Singers – “Somewhere My Love” 27 6

39 28 Paul Jones – “High Time” 28 3

44 29 Bobby Darin – “If I Were A Carpenter” 29 2

26 30 The Beatles – “Yellow Submarine” 1(×4) 11

25 31 The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows” 2 13

23 32 The Spencer Davis Group – “When I Come Home” 12 8

21 33 Small Faces – “All Or Nothing” 1(×1) 11

24 34 Lee Dorsey – “Working In The Coal Mine” 8 11

33 35 Andy Williams – “In The Arms Of Love” 33 5

29 36 Wilson Pickett – “Land of 1000 Dances” 22 8

38 37 Frank Sinatra – “Summer Wind” 36 4

NE 38 Cilla Black – “A Fool Am I” 38 1

NE 39 Cat Stevens – “I Love My Dog” 39 1

31 40 Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – “Got To Get You Into My Life” 6 11

32 41 David and Jonathan – “Lovers of The World Unite” 7 16

42 42 Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – “Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From "Dr. Zhivago")” 42 2

37 43 Cher – “Sunny” 32 5

43 44 Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band – “Que Sera Sera” 43 3

NE 45 Cream – “Wrapping Paper” 45 1

NE 46 Dermot O'Brien and His Clubmen – “The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green)” 46 1

36 47 The Mindbenders – “Ashes To Ashes” 14 9

49 48 The Searchers – “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?” 48 2

41 49 Junior Walker and the All-Stars – “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” 22 10

NE 50 Adam Faith – “Cheryl's Going Home” 50 1

DROPOUTS:

45 -- Dave Berry – “Mama” 5 16

46 -- Chris Montez – “There Will Never Be Another You” 37 4

47 -- Otis Redding – “I Can't Turn You Loose” 29 8

48 -- Crispian St. Peters – “Changes” 47 4

50 -- Ken Dodd – “More Than Love” 14 11

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