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These are the number-one singles of 1966 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cashbox magazine

Issue Date Song Artist
January 1 We Can Work It Out The Beatles
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29 The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
February 5 Barbara Ann The Beach Boys
February 12 Lightnin' Strikes Lou Christie
February 19
February 26 These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Nancy Sinatra
March 5 The Ballad of the Green Berets SSgt. Barry Sadler
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2 19th Nervous Breakdown The Rolling Stones
April 9 Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful
April 16 (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Righteous Brothers
April 23
April 30 Good Lovin' The Young Rascals
May 7 Monday, Monday The Mamas & the Papas
May 14
May 21
May 28 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge
June 4 A Groovy Kind of Love The Mindbenders
June 11 Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones
June 18 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra
June 25 Paperback Writer The Beatles
July 2
July 9 Hanky Panky Tommy James and the Shondells
July 16
July 23 Wild Thing The Troggs
July 30 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV
August 6 Lil' Red Riding Hood Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
August 13 Summer in the City The Lovin' Spoonful
August 20
August 27 Sunny Bobby Hebb
September 3 Sunshine Superman Donovan
September 10 Yellow Submarine The Beatles
September 17 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes
September 24 Cherish The Association
October 1
October 8
October 15 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops
October 22 96 Tears Question Mark & the Mysterians
October 29 Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees
November 5
November 12 Poor Side of Town Johnny Rivers
November 19 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
November 26 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band
December 3 You Keep Me Hangin' On The Supremes
December 10 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band
December 17
December 24 I'm a Believer The Monkees
December 31

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