List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966.

The Lovin' Spoonful scored a #1 hit with "Summer in the City" in 1966.

The Four Tops scored a #1 hit with "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966.

That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt. Barry Sadler, the Young Rascals, the Mamas & the Papas, Percy Sledge, Tommy James & the Shondells, the Troggs, the Lovin' Spoonful, Donovan, the Association, ? and the Mysterians, the Monkees, Johnny Rivers, and the New Vaudeville Band. Frank Sinatra, having already hit number one before the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first one on the chart. The Beatles, the Supremes and the Monkees are the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, with each of them having two.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1966 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. The original #1 song of 1966, "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas & the Papas, never reached #1 on the weekly charts.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
151	January 1	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	[1]
152	January 8	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles	[2]
	January 15			[3]
re	January 22	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	[4]
re	January 29	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles	[5]
153	February 5	"My Love"	Petula Clark	[6]
	February 12			[7]
154	February 19	"Lightnin' Strikes"	Lou Christie	[8]
155	February 26	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Nancy Sinatra	[9]
156	March 5	"The Ballad of the Green Berets"	SSgt Barry Sadler	[10]
	March 12			[11]
	March 19			[12]
	March 26			[13]
	April 2			[14]
157	April 9	"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"	The Righteous Brothers	[15]
	April 16			[16]
	April 23			[17]
158	April 30	"Good Lovin'"	The Young Rascals	[18]
159	May 7	"Monday, Monday"	The Mamas & the Papas	[19]
	May 14			[20]
	May 21			[21]
160	May 28	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Percy Sledge	[22]
	June 4			[23]
161	June 11	"Paint It Black"	The Rolling Stones	[24]
	June 18			[25]
162	June 25	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	[26]
163	July 2	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra	[27]
re	July 9	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	[28]
164	July 16	"Hanky Panky"	Tommy James and the Shondells	[29]
	July 23			[30]
165	July 30	"Wild Thing"	The Troggs	[31]
	August 6			[32]
166	August 13	"Summer in the City"	The Lovin' Spoonful	[33]
	August 20			[34]
	August 27			[35]
167	September 3	"Sunshine Superman"	Donovan	[36]
168	September 10	"You Can't Hurry Love"	The Supremes	[37]
	September 17			[38]
169	September 24	"Cherish"	The Association	[39]
	October 1			[40]
	October 8			[41]
170	October 15	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	Four Tops	[42]
	October 22			[43]
171	October 29	"96 Tears"	? and the Mysterians	[44]
172	November 5	"Last Train to Clarksville"	The Monkees	[45]
173	November 12	"Poor Side of Town"	Johnny Rivers	[46]
174	November 19	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	The Supremes	[47]
	November 26			[48]
175	December 3	"Winchester Cathedral"	The New Vaudeville Band	[49]
176	December 10	"Good Vibrations"	The Beach Boys	[50]
re	December 17	"Winchester Cathedral"	The New Vaudeville Band	[51]
	December 24			[52]
177	December 31	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees	[53]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	SSgt Barry Sadler	5
	The Beatles
3	The Supremes	4
4	The Righteous Brothers	3
	The Mamas & Papas
	The Lovin' Spoonful
	The Association
	The New Vaudeville Band
9	Simon & Garfunkel	2
	Petula Clark
	Percy Sledge
	The Rolling Stones
	Tommy James and the Shondells
	The Troggs
	Four Tops
	The Monkees
17	Lou Christie	1
	Nancy Sinatra
	The Young Rascals
	Frank Sinatra
	Donovan
	? and the Mysterians
	Johnny Rivers
	The Beach Boys

See also

• 1966 in music
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1966
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1966
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.