Britain's Top 50, 18th August 1966

Britain's Top 50, 18th August 1966

Thanks to Brian Long for this Record Retailer Top 50 from 18th August 1966, listing which offshore stations were playing each record. From this week they also started publishing a list of new, non-chart, singles which were being played on two or more of the stations, see below. The Radio London, Caroline and City charts are those broadcast over the weekend of 13/14 August. The Radio 270 positions don't exactly match the charts we have for either 7th or 14th, and we don't know the dates of the Radio England or Radio Scotland chart.

BRITAIN'S TOP 50 18th August 1966
T H I S	L A S T	TITLE	ARTIST
1	8	Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine	The Beatles	1	4	1	1	1	1
2	1	With A Girl Like You	The Troggs	7	6	6	6	2	2
3	5	God Only Knows	The Beach Boys	2	1	2	2	3	5
4	4	Black Is Black	Los Bravos	-	3	9	-	-	3
5	6	Mama	Dave Berry	-	7	5	5	22	23
6	3	The More I See You	Chris Montez	-	9	3	-	16	29
7	12	Visions	Cliff Richard	22	22	17	7	4	6
8	9	Summer In The City	The Lovin' Spoonful	17	2	4	3	5	9
9	2	Out Of Time	Chris Farlowe	-	16	13	13	17	7
10	31	They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!	Napoleon XIV	14	-	15	-	19	-
11	7	Love Letters	Elvis Presley	S	11	11	8	12	-
12	15	Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo	The Alan Price Set	6	5	7	4	11	4
13	10	I Couldn't Live Without Your Love	Petula Clark	-	33	31	-	25	-
14	24	Lovers Of The World Unite	David & Jonathan	19	45	27	-	-	-
15	17	I Saw Her Again	The Mamas & the Papas	4	8	8	9	6	8
16	22	More Than Love	Ken Dodd	3	17	-	-	7	-
17	16	I Want You	Bob Dylan	8	25	10	14	9	-
18	27	Just Like A Woman	Manfred Mann	9	14	14	20	23	10
19	14	Goin' Back	Dusty Springfield	-	23	22	28	20	24
20	39	All Or Nothing	The Small Faces	13	30	12	18	18	22
21	11	Get Away	Georgie Fame	-	13	28	-	28	18
22	13	Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks	-	26	-	-	-	-
23	20	Strangers In The Night	Frank Sinatra	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	19	Nobody Needs Your Love	Gene Pitney	-	40	-	-	30	12
25	-	Too Soon To Know	Roy Orbison	30	20	-	37	24	34
26	38	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever	The Four Tops	S	-	-	23	27	-
27	36	Barefootin'	Robert Parker	23	10	16	24	13	16
28	37	Give Me Your Word	Billy Fury	11	12	23	34	26	-
29	29	Ain't Too Proud To Beg	The Temptations	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	23	(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me	The Walker Brothers	-	29	29	33	21	26
31	18	River Deep Mountain High	Ike & Tina Turner	-	43	-	-	-	31
32	21	I Love How You Love Me	Paul & Barry Ryan	31	37	-	21	-	-
33	-	Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	C	-	-	C	-	36
34	48	Working In The Coalmine	Lee Dorsey	38	24	-	C	-	-
35	49	Got To Get You Into My Life	Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers	16	20	-	22	-	-
36	25	When A Man Loves A Woman	Percy Sledge	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	26	Bus Stop	The Hollies	-	-	-	-	29	27
38	40	Hanky Panky	Tommy James & The Shondells	S	15	21	-	-	13
39	41	Warm And Tender Love	Percy Sledge	15	35	37	15	14	-
40	30	Paperback Writer	The Beatles	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	-	Big Time Operator	Zoot Money & the Big Roll Band	12	19	39	12	-	-
42	-	Blowin' In The Wind	Stevie Wonder	S	-	32	-	-	14
43	-	Headline News	Edwin Starr	10	-	-	-	-	40
44	28	Hideaway	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	-	-	-	-	-	-
45	-	This And That	Tom Jones	S	18	24	11	10	-
46	32	I Am A Rock	Simon & Garfunkel	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	35	Can I Trust You	The Bachelors	-	28	-	-	-	-
48	-	How Sweet It Is	Junior Walker & the All-Stars	-	-	60	C	-	-
49	RE	Lil' Red Riding Hood	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	-	-	-	-	-	-
50	44	My Lover's Prayer	Otis Redding	-	-	-	-	-	25

C indicates a Radio London or Radio England Climber. S is a Radio London Slipper - a record which has dropped out of their Fab 40.

These new releases, which weren't in the Top 50, were being played on two or more offshore stations:

RECORD PROMOTIONS
TITLE	ARTIST
Good Day Sunshine	Glen Dale	X		X	X		X
Just A Dream	Chris Farlowe	X	X	X		X
So Sad About Us	The Merseys	X	X	X			X
Stop That Girl	Chris Andrews	X	X	X	X
Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Shelby Flint	X			X	X
Just Like A Woman	Jonathan King			X		X	X
Just Once In My Life	The Righteous Brothers	X	X				X
Oops	Neil Christian			X	X	X
Out Of This World	The Chiffons	X		X	X
Step Out Of Line	Twice As Much	X		X	X
A Place In The Sun	The Shadows					X	X
Ashes To Ashes	The Mindbenders	X		X
Distant Shores	Chad & Jeremy	X			X
Forbidden Fruit	The Nashville Teens				X	X
Friday's Child	Nancy Sinatra			X		X
Goodbye Bluebird	Wayne Fontana	X			X
Go Where You Wanna Go	The Overlanders	X			X
Headline News	The Alan Bown Set	X				X
Here, There and Everywhere	Episode Six	X			X
Here, There and Everywhere	The Fourmost			X	X
Hi Hi Hazel	Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band		X	X
How Long Is Time?	The Odyssey	X					X
I Feel Something In The Air	Cher			X	X
If You Ever Leave Me	Jackie Trent	X			X
If You Were Mine, Mary	Eddy Arnold			X		X
Is That A Ship I Head	The Tornados	X		X
Popsicle	Jan & Dean	X		X
See You In September	The Symbols			X		X
So Fine	The Santells	X			X
Summertime	Billy Stewart	X		X
Sweet Dreams	Tommy McLain			X			X
Tell Her	Dean Parrish	X		X
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!	Kim Fowley	X		X
When You Walk In The Sand	Tuesday's Children	X		X
Where Did We Go Wrong	The Sands of Time				X		X
Where Were You When I Needed You?	The Grass Roots	X					X

There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Full details here.

The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.

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