1966
1. Paint It Black, Rolling Stones
2. For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield
3. Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix
4. When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
5. Good Vibrations, Beach Boys
6. Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
7. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Dusty Springfield
8. River Deep Mountain High, Ike and Tina
9. Reach Out, I'll Be There, Four Tops
10. Hold On! I'm a Comin!, Sam & Dave
*Stones get #1 this year after narrowly missing in 1965.
*Despite only one entry each on this list, The Beatles (Revolver) and Beach Boys (Pet Sounds) albums this year are classics.
*The Beatles play their final live concert at Candlestick Park.
*The Monkees television show debuts as a success. Despite not making the top 10 this year, I think they are very underrated as a music group (and John Lennon would agree).
*For What It's Worth has been used multiple times in movies set during the Vietnam War, most notably Forrest Gump.
*This is only the second year that no one has multiple entries in the top 10.
*The number of songs I'm listening to is increasing with each year.
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Billboard Top 30
1. The Ballad of the Green Berets SSG Barry Sadler
2. Cherish The Association
3. (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Righteous Brothers
4. Reach Out I'll Be there The Four tops
5. 96 Tears ? and the Mysterians
6. Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees
7. Monday Monday The Mamas and the Papas
8. You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes
9. Poor Side of town Johnny Rivers
10. California Dreamin' The Mamas and the Papas
11. Summer In the City The Lovin' Spoonful
12. Born Free Roger Williams
13. These Boots Are Made For Walking Nancy Sinatra
14. My Love Petula Clark
15. Stangers In the Night Frank Sinatra
16. We Can Work It Out The Beatles
17. Good Lovin' The Young Rascals
18. Winchester Catherdral The New Vaudeville Band
19. Hanky Panky tommy James and the Shondells
20. When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge
21. Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones
22. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted David Ruffin
23. Lighnin' Strikes Lou Christie
24. Wild Thing The Troggs
25. Kicks Paul Revere and the Raiders
26. Sunshine Superman Donovan
27. Sunny Bobby Hebb
28. Paperback Writer The Beatles
29. See You In September The Happenings
30. You Keep Me Hangin' On The Supremes
Rolling Stones Top 500 Songs
#6 - Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
#25 - God Only Knows, The Beach Boys
#33 - River Deep, Mountain High, Ike & Tina Turner
#54 - When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
#123 - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World, James Brown
#137 - Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
#150 - Eight Miles High, The Byrds
#174 - Paint it Black, Rolling Stones
#198 - Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix
#204 - Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding
#206 - Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops
#210 - 96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians
#211 - Caroline No, The Beach Boys
#220 - Walk Away Renee, The Left Banke
#230 - Just Like a Woman, Bob Dylan
#244 - Gimme Some Lovin, The Spencer Davis Group
#271 - Sloop John B, The Beach Boys
#325 - Good Lovin, The Rascals
#339 - You Keep Me Hangin On, The Supremes
#381 - Tell It Like It Is, Aaron Neville
#393 - Summer in the City, The Lovin Spoonful
#400 - Kicks, Paul Revere and the Raiders
#404 - Visions of Johanna, Bob Dylan
#428 - Devil With a Blue Dress On, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
#434 - Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett
#463 - Rain, The Beatles
#464 - Standing in the Shadows of Love, The Four Tops
#491 - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Dusty Springfield