The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 29th December 1966 | Charts

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Number
1

Green, Green Grass Of Home
Tom Jones
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 2

Sunshine Superman
Donovan
From the album: Sunshine Superman
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3 Up by 3
Save Me
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 2
Morningtown Ride
The Seekers
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
5

Dead End Street
The Kinks
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Down by 3
What Would I Be
Val Doonican
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
7

Friday on My Mind
The Easybeats
From the album: Good Friday
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
8 Up by 4

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Jimmy Ruffin
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
9 Up by 4
If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Elvis Presley
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 2

You Keep Me Hangin' On
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 2

Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
From the album: Smiley Smile
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 6
There Won't Be Many Coming Home
Roy Orbison
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Up by 4

Happy Jack
The Who
From the album: Happy Jack
Peak
13
Weeks
3
Number
14 Up by 5
Holy Cow
Lee Dorsey
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 5
My Mind's Eye
Small Faces
From the album: 25 Greatest Hits
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 2
Distant Drums
Jim Reeves
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
17 Up by 4
In The Country
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Up by 25
Sitting In The Park
Georgie Fame
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 6
Any Way That You Want Me
The Troggs
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20
Under New Management
The Barron Knights
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 2
Walk With Faith In Your Heart
The Bachelors
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 7

I'm Ready for Love
Martha & The Vandellas
From the album: Watchout!
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 12
Pamela, Pamela
Wayne Fontana
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 15
Island In The Sun
The Righteous Brothers
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 14

Gimme Some Lovin'
The Spencer Davis Group
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
26 Down by 10
Just One Smile
Gene Pitney
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 13

I Feel Free
Cream
From the album: Fresh Cream (US Version)
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 4
High Time
Paul Jones
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
29 Down by 3
Somewhere My Love
The Mike Sammes Singers
Peak
22
Weeks
16
Number
30 Down by 3
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
Otis Redding
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 1

(I Know) I'm Losing You
The Temptations
From the album: With a Lot o' Soul
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 4
Deadlier Than The Male
The Walker Brothers
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 4
East West
Herman's Hermits
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Up by 4

Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
From the album: The Wicked Pickett
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Down by 20

Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James
Manfred Mann
From the album: The Mighty Quinn
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
36 Up by 5
Call Her Your Sweetheart
Frank Ifield
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 8
(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
The Miracles
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
From the album: Are You Experienced (US Release)
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 11
If I Were A Carpenter
Bobby Darin
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
40 Up by 4
Heart
Rita Pavone
Peak
40
Weeks
5
Number
41 Down by 10
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Righteous Brothers
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
42 Down by 20

Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops
From the album: Reach Out
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
43 Down by 10
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)
Ike and Tina Turner
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
44 Up by 4

That's Life
Frank Sinatra
From the album: That's Life
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Re-Entry
Weather Forecast
The Master Singers
Peak
45
Weeks
2
Number
46 Debut
Games That Lovers Play
Donald Peers
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
47 Down by 17

Winchester Cathedral
The New Vaudeville Band
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
48 Down by 2
Missy Missy
Paul & Barry Ryan
Peak
43
Weeks
4
Number
49 Down by 7

Stop Stop Stop
The Hollies
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
50 Down by 16
Guantanamera
The Sandpipers
Peak
7
Weeks
16

Dropouts

Number
47 Dropout
Help Me Girl
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
49 Dropout
Time Drags By
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
50 Dropout

I Can't Control Myself
The Troggs
Peak
2
Weeks
13

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December 29, 1966

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1 1 Tom Jones – “Green, Green Grass Of Home” 1(×5) 8

4 2 Donovan – “Sunshine Superman” 2 4

6 3 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Save Me” 3 4

2 4 The Seekers – “Morningtown Ride” 2 6

5 5 The Kinks – “Dead End Street” 5 6

3 6 Val Doonican – “What Would I Be” 2 9

7 7 The Easybeats – “Friday on My Mind” 6 10

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

13 9 Elvis Presley – “If Every Day Was Like Christmas” 9 5

8 10 Diana Ross & The Supremes – “You Keep Me Hangin' On” 8 5

9 11 The Beach Boys – “Good Vibrations” 1(×2) 9

18 12 Roy Orbison – “There Won't Be Many Coming Home” 12 5

17 13 The Who – “Happy Jack” 13 3

19 14 Lee Dorsey – “Holy Cow” 6 10

10 15 Small Faces – “My Mind's Eye” 4 7

14 16 Jim Reeves – “Distant Drums” 1(×5) 20

21 17 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “In The Country” 17 3

43 18 Georgie Fame – “Sitting In The Park” 18 2

25 19 The Troggs – “Any Way That You Want Me” 19 3

20 20 The Barron Knights – “Under New Management” 20 5

23 21 The Bachelors – “Walk With Faith In Your Heart” 21 5

29 22 Martha & The Vandellas – “I'm Ready for Love” 22 5

35 23 Wayne Fontana – “Pamela, Pamela” 23 4

39 24 The Righteous Brothers – “Island In The Sun” 24 2

11 25 The Spencer Davis Group – “Gimme Some Lovin'” 2 9

16 26 Gene Pitney – “Just One Smile” 8 8

40 27 Cream – “I Feel Free” 27 3

24 28 Paul Jones – “High Time” 4 13

26 29 The Mike Sammes Singers – “Somewhere My Love” 22 16

27 30 Otis Redding – “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” 23 6

32 31 The Temptations – “(I Know) I'm Losing You” 31 3

36 32 The Walker Brothers – “Deadlier Than The Male” 32 3

37 33 Herman's Hermits – “East West” 33 5

38 34 Wilson Pickett – “Mustang Sally” 34 3

15 35 Manfred Mann – “Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James” 2 10

41 36 Frank Ifield – “Call Her Your Sweetheart” 36 4

45 37 The Miracles – “(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need” 37 2

NE 38 Jimi Hendrix – “Hey Joe” 38 1

28 39 Bobby Darin – “If I Were A Carpenter” 9 12

44 40 Rita Pavone – “Heart” 40 5

31 41 The Righteous Brothers – “The White Cliffs of Dover” 21 8

22 42 Four Tops – “Reach Out I'll Be There” 1(×3) 12

33 43 Ike and Tina Turner – “A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)” 16 10

48 44 Frank Sinatra – “That's Life” 44 3

RE 45 The Master Singers – “Weather Forecast” 45 2

NE 46 Donald Peers – “Games That Lovers Play” 46 1

30 47 The New Vaudeville Band – “Winchester Cathedral” 4 17

46 48 Paul & Barry Ryan – “Missy Missy” 43 4

42 49 The Hollies – “Stop Stop Stop” 2 12

34 50 The Sandpipers – “Guantanamera” 7 16

DROPOUTS:

47 -- Eric Burdon & The Animals – “Help Me Girl” 14 9

49 -- Cliff Richard & The Shadows – “Time Drags By” 10 11

50 -- The Troggs – “I Can't Control Myself” 2 13

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