US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 5th March, 1966
TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)
1 3 THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS –•– S/Sgt. Barry Sadler (U.S. Army Special Forces) (RCA)-5 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN’ –•– Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)-7 (1)
3 2 LIGHTNIN’ STRIKES –•– Lou Christie (MGM)-11 (1)
4 13 LISTEN PEOPLE –•– Herman’s Hermits (MGM)-3 (4)
5 8 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ –•– The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)-9 (5)
6 9 ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY –•– Bob Lind (World Pacific)-7 (6)
7 6 MY LOVE –•– Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)-11 (1)
8 4 UP TIGHT (Everything’s Alright) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-12 (3)
9 10 WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU –•– The Four Seasons (Philips)-6 (9)
10 5 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU –•– The Supremes (Motown)-8 (5)
11 14 I FOUGHT THE LAW –•– The Bobby Fuller Four (Mustang)-6 (11)
12 46 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-2 (12)
13 7 DON’T MESS WITH BILL –•– The Marvellettes (Tamla)-9 (7)
14 16 WHAT NOW MY LOVE –•– Sonny and Cher (Atco)-6 (14)
15 12 CRYING TIME –•– Ray Charles (with the Raeletts) (ABC-Paramount)-13 (6)
16 31 HOMEWARD BOUND –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-4 (16)
17 20 THE CHEATER –•– Bob Kuban and the In-Men (Musicland U.S.A.)-6 (17)
18 18 WHEN LIKING TURNS TO LOVING –•– Ronnie Dove (Diamond)-7 (18)
19 21 AT THE SCENE –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-5 (19)
20 25 BATMAN THEME –•– The Marketts (Warner Brothers)-5 (20)
21 11 ZORBA THE GREEK –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-11 (11)
22 22 CALL ME –•– Chris Montez (A&M)-9 (22)
23 28 YOU BABY –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-5 (23)
24 15 BARBARA ANN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-10 (2)
25 — NOWHERE MAN –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-1 (25)
26 27 I SEE THE LIGHT –•– Five Americans (HBR)-10 (26)
27 36 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND –•– Deon Jackson (Carla)-7 (27)
28 41 BABY SCRATCH MY BACK –•– Slim Harpo (Excello)-6 (28)
29 30 MY BABY LOVES ME –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-7 (29)
30 23 GOING TO A GO-GO –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-11 (11)
31 33 BREAKIN’ UP IS BREAKIN’ MY HEART –•– Roy Orbison (MGM)-7 (31)
32 42 634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.) –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-4 (32)
33 37 LONG LIVE OUR LOVE –•– The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)-5 (33)
34 26 JUST LIKE ME –•– Paul Revere and the Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsey (Columbia)-14 (11)
35 19 NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (Your Stomach’s In) –•– The T-Bones (Liberty)-13 (3)
36 47 SOMEWHERE THERE’S A SOMEONE –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-4 (36)
37 48 BATMAN THEME –•– Neil Hefti (RCA)-4 (37)
38 17 A WELL RESPECTED MAN –•– The Kinks (Reprise)-14 (13)
39 49 THE RAINS CAME –•– The Sir Douglas Quintet (Tribe)-6 (39)
40 50 HUSBANDS AND WIVES –•– Roger Miller (Smash)-3 (40)
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