Thanks to Brian Long for this Record Retailer Top 50 from 1st September 1966, listing which offshore stations were playing each record. The Radio London, Caroline, 270 and City charts are all from the weekend of 27/28 August. We assume the Radios England and Scotland charts are the same. |
| BRITAIN'S TOP 50 1st September 1966 |
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| T H I S |
L A S T |
TITLE |
ARTIST |
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| 1 |
1 |
Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine |
The Beatles |
9 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 |
2 |
God Only Knows |
The Beach Boys |
36 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
2 |
| 3 |
9 |
All Or Nothing |
The Small Faces |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
| 4 |
4 |
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! |
Napoleon XIV |
13 |
- |
1 |
- |
30 |
- |
| 5 |
3 |
With A Girl Like You |
The Troggs |
- |
15 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
7 |
| 6 |
5 |
Mama |
Dave Berry |
- |
18 |
9 |
11 |
33 |
- |
| 7 |
7 |
Visions |
Cliff Richard |
- |
24 |
40 |
- |
26 |
5 |
| 8 |
17 |
Too Soon To Know |
Roy Orbison |
3 |
22 |
11 |
15 |
8 |
13 |
| 9 |
10 |
Lovers Of The World Unite |
David & Jonathan |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
38 |
| 10 |
12 |
Summer In The City |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
- |
8 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
| 11 |
13 |
I Saw Her Again |
The Mamas & the Papas |
- |
12 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
| 12 |
11 |
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo |
The Alan Price Set |
- |
45 |
29 |
- |
- |
16 |
| 13 |
16 |
Just Like A Woman |
Manfred Mann |
6 |
4 |
6 |
17 |
14 |
4 |
| 14 |
8 |
The More I See You |
Chris Montez |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 15 |
14 |
More Than Love |
Ken Dodd |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 16 |
6 |
Black Is Black |
Los Bravos |
8 |
42 |
- |
31 |
17 |
21 |
| 17 |
22 |
Distant Drums |
Jim Reeves |
4 |
16 |
- |
26 |
19 |
26 |
| 18 |
23 |
Got To Get You Into My Life |
Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
21 |
15 |
| 19 |
29 |
Working In The Coalmine |
Lee Dorsey |
32 |
14 |
8 |
- |
34 |
- |
| 20 |
18 |
I Want You |
Bob Dylan |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 21 |
24 |
Ain't Too Proud To Beg |
The Temptations |
5 |
9 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
| 22 |
26 |
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever |
The Four Tops |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
19 |
| 23 |
15 |
Out Of Time |
Chris Farlowe |
- |
20 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
| 24 |
25 |
Barefootin' |
Robert Parker |
1 |
7 |
- |
25 |
4 |
9 |
| 25 |
32 |
Big Time Operator |
Zoot Money & the Big Roll Band |
12 |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
| 26 |
27 |
Strangers In The Night |
Frank Sinatra |
- |
17 |
33 |
20 |
13 |
12 |
| 27 |
30 |
Give Me Your Word |
Billy Fury |
- |
26 |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
| 28 |
19 |
Love Letters |
Elvis Presley |
- |
28 |
16 |
7 |
32 |
- |
| 29 |
45 |
Ashes To Ashes |
The Mindbenders |
20 |
47 |
23 |
34 |
28 |
29 |
| 30 |
21 |
Goin' Back |
Dusty Springfield |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 31 |
20 |
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love |
Petula Clark |
- |
23 |
17 |
16 |
9 |
6 |
| 32 |
43 |
How Sweet It Is |
Junior Walker & the All-Stars |
17 |
- |
41 |
27 |
22 |
23 |
| 33 |
42 |
I Can't Turn You Loose |
Otis Redding |
10 |
- |
58 |
35 |
- |
- |
| 34 |
34 |
Warm And Tender Love |
Percy Sledge |
- |
13 |
- |
9 |
38 |
- |
| 35 |
31 |
Sunny Afternoon |
The Kinks |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 36 |
47 |
Stop That Girl |
Chris Andrews |
6 |
5 |
25 |
19 |
24 |
30 |
| 37 |
38 |
Blowin' In The Wind |
Stevie Wonder |
- |
- |
19 |
- |
18 |
11 |
| 38 |
- |
When I Come Home |
The Spencer Davis Group |
25 |
- |
38 |
32 |
42 |
- |
| 39 |
9 |
Headline News |
Edwin Starr |
- |
37 |
- |
39 |
36 |
17 |
| 40 |
40 |
Hanky Panky |
Tommy James & The Shondells |
- |
38 |
32 |
- |
- |
- |
| 41 |
- |
Land Of 1000 Dances |
Wilson Pickett |
28 |
- |
55 |
- |
39 |
- |
| 42 |
- |
I'm A Boy |
The Who |
- |
- |
- |
33 |
- |
- |
| 43 |
28 |
Get Away |
Georgie Fame |
- |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 44 |
35 |
River Deep Mountain High |
Ike & Tina Turner |
- |
46 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 45 |
- |
I Guess I'll Always Love You |
The Isley Brothers |
- |
32 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 46 |
- |
The Kids Are Alright |
The Who |
21 |
- |
57 |
- |
23 |
25 |
| 47 |
44 |
This And That |
Tom Jones |
- |
11 |
39 |
8 |
12 |
- |
| 48 |
33 |
Nobody Needs Your Love |
Gene Pitney |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
20 |
| 49 |
41 |
When A Man Loves A Woman |
Percy Sledge |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 50 |
37 |
(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me |
The Walker Brothers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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| RECORD PROMOTIONS |
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| TITLE |
ARTIST |
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| Step Out Of Line |
Twice As Much |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Just Like A Woman |
Jonathan King |
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X |
X |
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X |
X |
| Run |
Sandie Shaw |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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| My Heart's Symphony |
Gary Lewis & the Playboys |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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| If You Ever Leave Me |
Jackie Trent |
X |
X |
X |
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| You Can't Hurry Love |
The Supremes |
|
X |
X |
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X |
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| Good Day Sunshine |
Glen Dale |
X |
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X |
X |
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X |
| We Love The Pirates |
The Roaring 60s |
X |
X |
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X |
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| Cast Your Fate to the Wind |
Shelby Flint |
X |
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X |
X |
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| I Feel Something In The Air |
Cher |
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X |
X |
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X |
| I've Been Wrong Before |
The Everly Brothers |
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X |
X |
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X |
| Turn Down Day |
The Cyrkle |
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X |
X |
X |
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| Sweet Dreams |
Tommy McLain |
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X |
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X |
| Here, There and Everywhere |
Episode Six |
X |
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X |
| Goodbye Bluebird |
Wayne Fontana |
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X |
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X |
| (You Make Me Feel) So Good |
The McCoys |
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X |
| Summertime |
Billy Stewart |
X |
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X |
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| Sunny |
Bobby Hebb |
X |
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X |
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| See You In September |
The Symbols |
X |
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X |
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| Thigh High |
David Essex |
X |
|
X |
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| Tell Her |
Dean Parrish |
X |
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X |
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| So Fine |
The Santells |
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X |
X |
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| Here, There and Everywhere |
The Fourmost |
|
X |
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X |
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| Go Where You Wanna Go |
The Overlanders |
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X |
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X |
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
Full details here.
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