The Official Singles Chart Top 50 - 25th August 1966 | Charts

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Number
1

Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
3
Number
2 Up by 1

God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
From the album: Pet Sounds
Peak
2
Weeks
5
Number
3 Down by 1

With a Girl Like You
The Troggs
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 6

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!
Napoleon XIV
Peak
4
Weeks
4
Number
5
Mama
Dave Berry
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Down by 2

Black Is Black
Los Bravos
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
7
Visions
Cliff Richard
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Down by 2
The More I See You
Chris Montez
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 11

All Or Nothing
Small Faces
From the album: 25 Greatest Hits
Peak
9
Weeks
3
Number
10 Up by 4
Lovers of The World Unite
David and Jonathan
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
11 Up by 1
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Alan Price Set
Peak
11
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 4

Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
From the album: Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 2

I Saw Her Again
The Mamas and the Papas
Peak
13
Weeks
5
Number
14 Up by 2
More Than Love
Ken Dodd
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 6
Out of Time
Chris Farlowe
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
16 Up by 2
Just Like A Woman
Manfred Mann
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 8
Too Soon To Know
Roy Orbison
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 1

I Want You
Bob Dylan
From the album: Blonde on Blonde
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 8
Love Letters
Elvis Presley
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
20 Down by 7
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
Petula Clark
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 2

Goin' Back
Dusty Springfield
Peak
10
Weeks
8
Number
22 Up by 11
Distant Drums
Jim Reeves
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 12
Got To Get You Into My Life
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 5

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations
From the album: Gettin' Ready
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 2
Barefootin'
Robert Parker
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Four Tops
Peak
26
Weeks
6
Number
27 Down by 4

Strangers in the Night
Frank Sinatra
From the album: Strangers in the Night
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
28 Down by 7
Getaway
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
29 Up by 5
Working In The Coal Mine
Lee Dorsey
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 2
Give Me Your Word
Billy Fury
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 9

Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks
From the album: Face to Face
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 9
Big Time Operator
Zoot Money's Bog Roll Band
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 9
Nobody Needs Your Love
Gene Pitney
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 5

Warm and Tender Love
Percy Sledge
From the album: Warm & Tender Soul
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
35 Down by 4

River Deep - Mountain High
Ike & Tina Turner
From the album: River Deep - Mountain High
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
36 Down by 4
I Love How You Love Me
Paul & Barry Ryan
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
37 Down by 7

(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me
The Walker Brothers
From the album: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
38 Up by 4
Blowin' In The Wind
Stevie Wonder
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Up by 4
Headline News
Edwin Starr
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Down by 2

Hanky Panky
Tommy James & The Shondells
From the album: Hanky Panky
Peak
38
Weeks
6
Number
41 Down by 5

When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge
From the album: When a Man Loves a Woman
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
42 Debut

I Can't Turn You Loose
Otis Redding
Peak
42
Weeks
1
Number
43 Up by 5
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Junior Walker and the All-Stars
Peak
43
Weeks
2
Number
44 Up by 1
This and That
Tom Jones
Peak
44
Weeks
2
Number
45 Debut
Ashes To Ashes
The Mindbenders
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Up by 3

Lil' Red Riding Hood
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
From the album: Li'l Red Riding Hood
Peak
46
Weeks
3
Number
47 Debut
Stop That Girl
Chris Andrews
Peak
47
Weeks
1
Number
48 Re-Entry
Hi! Hi! Hazel
Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band
Peak
45
Weeks
4
Number
49 Debut
Goodbye Bluebird
Wayne Fontana
Peak
49
Weeks
1
Number
50 Down by 10

Paperback Writer
The Beatles
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Bus Stop
The Hollies
From the album: Bus Stop
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
44 Dropout
Hideaway
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
46 Dropout

I Am a Rock
Simon and Garfunkel
From the album: Sounds of Silence
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
47 Dropout
Can I Trust You
The Bachelors
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
50 Dropout
My Lover's Prayer
Otis Redding
Peak
37
Weeks
6

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August 25, 1966

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1 1 The Beatles – “Yellow Submarine” 1(×2) 3

3 2 The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows” 2 5

2 3 The Troggs – “With a Girl Like You” 1(×2) 7

10 4 Napoleon XIV – “They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!” 4 4

5 5 Dave Berry – “Mama” 5 9

4 6 Los Bravos – “Black Is Black” 2 9

7 7 Cliff Richard – “Visions” 7 6

6 8 Chris Montez – “The More I See You” 3 9

20 9 Small Faces – “All Or Nothing” 9 3

14 10 David and Jonathan – “Lovers of The World Unite” 10 8

12 11 Alan Price Set – “Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo” 11 7

8 12 The Lovin' Spoonful – “Summer in the City” 8 7

15 13 The Mamas and the Papas – “I Saw Her Again” 13 5

16 14 Ken Dodd – “More Than Love” 14 4

9 15 Chris Farlowe – “Out of Time” 1(×1) 10

18 16 Manfred Mann – “Just Like A Woman” 16 4

25 17 Roy Orbison – “Too Soon To Know” 17 2

17 18 Bob Dylan – “I Want You” 16 6

11 19 Elvis Presley – “Love Letters” 6 8

13 20 Petula Clark – “I Couldn't Live Without Your Love” 6 9

19 21 Dusty Springfield – “Goin' Back” 10 8

33 22 Jim Reeves – “Distant Drums” 22 2

35 23 Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – “Got To Get You Into My Life” 23 3

29 24 The Temptations – “Ain't Too Proud to Beg” 24 7

27 25 Robert Parker – “Barefootin'” 25 4

26 26 Four Tops – “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever” 26 6

23 27 Frank Sinatra – “Strangers in the Night” 1(×3) 16

21 28 Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – “Getaway” 1(×1) 10

34 29 Lee Dorsey – “Working In The Coal Mine” 29 3

28 30 Billy Fury – “Give Me Your Word” 28 4

22 31 The Kinks – “Sunny Afternoon” 1(×2) 12

41 32 Zoot Money's Bog Roll Band – “Big Time Operator” 32 2

24 33 Gene Pitney – “Nobody Needs Your Love” 2 12

39 34 Percy Sledge – “Warm and Tender Love” 34 4

31 35 Ike & Tina Turner – “River Deep - Mountain High” 3 12

32 36 Paul & Barry Ryan – “I Love How You Love Me” 21 7

30 37 The Walker Brothers – “(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me” 13 7

42 38 Stevie Wonder – “Blowin' In The Wind” 38 2

43 39 Edwin Starr – “Headline News” 39 2

38 40 Tommy James & The Shondells – “Hanky Panky” 38 6

36 41 Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman” 4 16

NE 42 Otis Redding – “I Can't Turn You Loose” 42 1

48 43 Junior Walker and the All-Stars – “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” 43 2

45 44 Tom Jones – “This and That” 44 2

NE 45 The Mindbenders – “Ashes To Ashes” 45 1

49 46 Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs – “Lil' Red Riding Hood” 46 3

NE 47 Chris Andrews – “Stop That Girl” 47 1

RE 48 Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band – “Hi! Hi! Hazel” 45 4

NE 49 Wayne Fontana – “Goodbye Bluebird” 49 1

40 50 The Beatles – “Paperback Writer” 1(×2) 11

DROPOUTS:

37 -- The Hollies – “Bus Stop” 5 9

44 -- Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – “Hideaway” 10 11

46 -- Simon and Garfunkel – “I Am a Rock” 17 10

47 -- The Bachelors – “Can I Trust You” 26 7

50 -- Otis Redding – “My Lover's Prayer” 37 6

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