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This is the UK Top 50 from 20th October 1966, as collated by Record Retailer magazine. It also lists the positions of the records in the charts of the various offshore stations that week. |
| BRITAIN'S TOP 50 20th October 1966 |
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| T H I S |
L A S T |
TITLE |
ARTIST |
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| 1 |
1 |
Distant Drums |
Jim Reeves |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
10 |
25 |
| 2 |
19 |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
The Four Tops |
2 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
- |
33 |
| 3 |
2 |
Bend It! |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
17 |
8 |
21 |
21 |
2 |
2 |
| 4 |
9 |
I Can't Control Myself |
The Troggs |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
| 5 |
3 |
I'm A Boy |
The Who |
- |
9 |
34 |
26 |
8 |
7 |
| 6 |
4 |
Winchester Cathedral |
The New Vaudeville Band |
1 |
5 |
18 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
| 7 |
7 |
Guantanamera |
The Sandpipers |
12 |
7 |
9 |
- |
6 |
19 |
| 8 |
5 |
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby? |
The Rolling Stones |
8 |
- |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
| 9 |
6 |
You Can't Hurry Love |
The Supremes |
- |
13 |
35 |
10 |
17 |
3 |
| 10 |
27 |
Stop, Stop, Stop |
The Hollies |
5 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
24 |
22 |
| 11 |
10 |
All I See Is You |
Dusty Springfield |
- |
12 |
12 |
36 |
11 |
8 |
| 12 |
11 |
Walk With Me |
The Seekers |
- |
25 |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
| 13 |
8 |
Little Man |
Sonny & Cher |
- |
10 |
42 |
37 |
9 |
15 |
| 14 |
13 |
Sunny |
Georgie Fame |
- |
1 |
7 |
17 |
3 |
9 |
| 15 |
14 |
Too Soon To Know |
Roy Orbison |
- |
43 |
- |
- |
23 |
26 |
| 16 |
16 |
Lady Godiva |
Peter & Gordon |
13 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
18 |
56 |
| 17 |
20 |
No Milk Today |
Herman's Hermits |
6 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
24 |
| 18 |
12 |
Another Tear Falls |
The Walker Brothers |
15 |
14 |
10 |
41 |
7 |
14 |
| 19 |
17 |
I Don't Care |
Los Bravos |
31 |
17 |
49 |
- |
21 |
29 |
| 20 |
18 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
The Four Seasons |
- |
19 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
- |
| 21 |
34 |
Time Drags By |
Cliff Richard |
7 |
18 |
22 |
- |
12 |
12 |
| 22 |
15 |
Sunny |
Bobby Hebb |
- |
20 |
23 |
17 |
3 |
47 |
| 23 |
22 |
Dear Mrs.Applebee |
David Garrick |
27 |
21 |
13 |
8 |
19 |
10 |
| 24 |
28 |
Born A Woman |
Sandy Posey |
20 |
- |
27 |
- |
27 |
6 |
| 25 |
35 |
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep |
The Temptations |
9 |
50 |
14 |
16 |
32 |
27 |
| 26 |
40 |
All That I Am |
Elvis Presley |
16 |
24 |
26 |
- |
- |
- |
| 27 |
30 |
Somewhere My Love |
The Mike Sammes Singers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
22 |
- |
| 28 |
39 |
High Time |
Paul Jones |
10 |
11 |
15 |
20 |
- |
- |
| 29 |
44 |
If I Were A Carpenter |
Bobby Darin |
4 |
23 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
| 30 |
26 |
Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby |
The Beatles |
- |
27 |
- |
- |
- |
60 |
| 31 |
25 |
God Only Knows |
The Beach Boys |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
48 |
| 32 |
23 |
When I Come Home |
The Spencer Davis Group |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
- |
| 33 |
21 |
All Or Nothing |
The Small Faces |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 34 |
24 |
Working In A Coal Mine |
Lee Dorsey |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 35 |
33 |
In The Arms Of Love |
Andy Williams |
- |
33 |
38 |
- |
- |
31 |
| 36 |
29 |
Land Of A Thousand Dances |
Wilson Pickett |
- |
- |
43 |
- |
- |
- |
| 37 |
38 |
Summer Wind |
Frank Sinatra |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
46 |
| 38 |
- |
A Fool Am I |
Cilla Black |
19 |
37 |
16 |
15 |
- |
- |
| 39 |
- |
I Love My Dog |
Cat Stevens |
11 |
28 |
19 |
30 |
- |
20 |
| 40 |
31 |
Got To Get You Into My Life |
Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30 |
- |
| 41 |
32 |
Lovers Of The World Unite |
David & Jonathan |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 42 |
42 |
Somewhere My Love |
Manuel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 43 |
37 |
Sunny |
Cher |
- |
- |
44 |
17 |
3 |
- |
| 44 |
43 |
Que Sera Sera |
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band |
29 |
- |
11 |
14 |
29 |
37 |
| 45 |
- |
Wrapping Paper |
Cream |
- |
- |
60 |
22 |
- |
- |
| 46 |
- |
The Merry Ploughboy |
Dermot O'Brien |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 47 |
36 |
Ashes To Ashes |
The Mindbenders |
- |
- |
55 |
- |
- |
44 |
| 48 |
49 |
Have You Ever Loved Somebody |
The Searchers |
- |
- |
53 |
12 |
20 |
13 |
| 49 |
41 |
How Sweet It Is |
Junior Walker & the All Stars |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 50 |
- |
Cheryl's Goin' Home |
Adam Faith |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
Full details here.
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