The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 4th August 1966 | Charts

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Number
1 Up by 2

With a Girl Like You
The Troggs
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1
Out of Time
Chris Farlowe
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 1

Black Is Black
Los Bravos
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
4 Up by 3
The More I See You
Chris Montez
Peak
4
Weeks
6
Number
5 Down by 1
Getaway
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
6 Up by 2
Love Letters
Elvis Presley
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 7
Mama
Dave Berry
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 2
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Petula Clark
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
9 Down by 4

Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks
From the album: Face to Face
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
10

Goin' Back
Dusty Springfield
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
11 Down by 2

River Deep - Mountain High
Ike & Tina Turner
From the album: River Deep - Mountain High
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
12 Up by 4

Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
From the album: Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13

(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me
The Walker Brothers
From the album: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Down by 3
Nobody Needs Your Love
Gene Pitney
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
15 Up by 3
Visions
Cliff Richard
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
16 Up by 18

God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
From the album: Pet Sounds
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Up by 4
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Alan Price Set
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 4

I Want You
Bob Dylan
From the album: Blonde on Blonde
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 7

Bus Stop
The Hollies
From the album: Bus Stop
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
20 Down by 5

Strangers in the Night
Frank Sinatra
From the album: Strangers in the Night
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
21 Down by 2

Paperback Writer
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 1
Don't Answer Me
Cilla Black
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
23 Down by 6
Hideaway
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
24 Up by 14

I Saw Her Again
The Mamas and the Papas
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 3

I Am a Rock
Simon and Garfunkel
From the album: Sounds of Silence
Peak
17
Weeks
8
Number
26 Up by 3
I Love How You Love Me
Paul & Barry Ryan
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 7
Lana
Roy Orbison
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
28 Down by 1
Lovers of The World Unite
David and Jonathan
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
29 Down by 5
A Place In The Sun
The Shadows
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
30 Down by 4

When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge
From the album: When a Man Loves a Woman
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
31 Up by 8

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations
From the album: Gettin' Ready
Peak
31
Weeks
4
Number
32 Down by 7
Sittin' On A Fence
Twice As Much
Peak
25
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 3
Can I Trust You
The Bachelors
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
34 Debut
More Than Love
Ken Dodd
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 4

Monday, Monday
The Mamas and the Papas
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
36 Down by 1
Promises
Ken Dodd
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
37 Debut
Just Like A Woman
Manfred Mann
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Up by 4

Hanky Panky
Tommy James & The Shondells
From the album: Hanky Panky
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Down by 6

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
8
Number
40 Down by 3
My Lover's Prayer
Otis Redding
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
41 Down by 9
This Door Swings Both Ways
Herman's Hermits
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
42 Debut

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
Napoleon XIV
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Debut
I Feel Something In The Air
Cher
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Debut
Give Me Your Word
Billy Fury
Peak
44
Weeks
1
Number
45 Debut
Barefootin'
Robert Parker
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Down by 5
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Four Tops
Peak
41
Weeks
3
Number
47 Down by 2
Hi! Hi! Hazel
Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band
Peak
45
Weeks
3
Number
48 Debut

Lil' Red Riding Hood
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
From the album: Li'l Red Riding Hood
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Debut

Warm and Tender Love
Percy Sledge
From the album: Warm & Tender Soul
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Re-Entry
A House In The Country
The Pretty Things
Peak
50
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Sloop John B
The Beach Boys
From the album: Pet Sounds
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
40 Dropout
You Gave Me Somebody To Love
Manfred Mann
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
43 Dropout

Over Under Sideways Down
The Yardbirds
From the album: Roger the Engineer
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
44 Dropout
Excuse Me Baby
The Magic Lanterns
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
46 Dropout
Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)
The Four Seasons
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
47 Dropout
Younger Girl
The Critters
Peak
38
Weeks
5
Number
48 Dropout
Tell Her I'm Not Home
Ike and Tina Turner
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Dropout
If You Were Mine Mary
Eddy Arnold
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Dropout
Pack Up Your Sorrows
Joan Baez
Peak
50
Weeks
1

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August 4, 1966

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3 1 The Troggs – “With a Girl Like You” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Chris Farlowe – “Out of Time” 1(×1) 7

2 3 Los Bravos – “Black Is Black” 2 6

7 4 Chris Montez – “The More I See You” 4 6

4 5 Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – “Getaway” 1(×1) 7

8 6 Elvis Presley – “Love Letters” 6 5

14 7 Dave Berry – “Mama” 7 6

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

5 9 The Kinks – “Sunny Afternoon” 1(×2) 9

10 10 Dusty Springfield – “Goin' Back” 10 5

9 11 Ike & Tina Turner – “River Deep - Mountain High” 3 9

16 12 The Lovin' Spoonful – “Summer in the City” 12 4

13 13 The Walker Brothers – “(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me” 13 4

11 14 Gene Pitney – “Nobody Needs Your Love” 2 9

18 15 Cliff Richard – “Visions” 15 3

34 16 The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows” 16 2

21 17 Alan Price Set – “Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo” 17 4

22 18 Bob Dylan – “I Want You” 18 3

12 19 The Hollies – “Bus Stop” 5 7

15 20 Frank Sinatra – “Strangers in the Night” 1(×3) 13

19 21 The Beatles – “Paperback Writer” 1(×2) 8

23 22 Cilla Black – “Don't Answer Me” 6 9

17 23 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Hideaway” 10 9

38 24 The Mamas and the Papas – “I Saw Her Again” 24 2

28 25 Simon and Garfunkel – “I Am a Rock” 17 8

29 26 Paul & Barry Ryan – “I Love How You Love Me” 26 4

20 27 Roy Orbison – “Lana” 15 8

27 28 David and Jonathan – “Lovers of The World Unite” 27 5

24 29 The Shadows – “A Place In The Sun” 24 5

26 30 Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman” 4 13

39 31 The Temptations – “Ain't Too Proud to Beg” 31 4

25 32 Twice As Much – “Sittin' On A Fence” 25 8

30 33 The Bachelors – “Can I Trust You” 26 5

NE 34 Ken Dodd – “More Than Love” 34 1

31 35 The Mamas and the Papas – “Monday, Monday” 3 13

35 36 Ken Dodd – “Promises” 6 13

NE 37 Manfred Mann – “Just Like A Woman” 37 1

42 38 Tommy James & The Shondells – “Hanky Panky” 38 3

33 39 James Brown – “It's A Man's Man's Man's World” 13 8

37 40 Otis Redding – “My Lover's Prayer” 37 4

32 41 Herman's Hermits – “This Door Swings Both Ways” 18 7

NE 42 Napoleon XIV – “They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!” 42 1

NE 43 Cher – “I Feel Something In The Air” 43 1

NE 44 Billy Fury – “Give Me Your Word” 44 1

NE 45 Robert Parker – “Barefootin'” 45 1

41 46 Four Tops – “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” 41 3

45 47 Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band – “Hi! Hi! Hazel” 45 3

NE 48 Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs – “Lil' Red Riding Hood” 48 1

NE 49 Percy Sledge – “Warm and Tender Love” 49 1

RE 50 The Pretty Things – “A House In The Country” 50 2

DROPOUTS:

36 -- The Beach Boys – “Sloop John B” 2 15

40 -- Manfred Mann – “You Gave Me Somebody To Love” 36 4

43 -- The Yardbirds – “Over Under Sideways Down” 10 9

44 -- The Magic Lanterns – “Excuse Me Baby” 44 2

46 -- The Four Seasons – “Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)” 20 9

47 -- The Critters – “Younger Girl” 38 5

48 -- Ike and Tina Turner – “Tell Her I'm Not Home” 48 1

49 -- Eddy Arnold – “If You Were Mine Mary” 49 1

50 -- Joan Baez – “Pack Up Your Sorrows” 50 1

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