List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1966 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard
adult contemporary chart
number-one hits of 1966. The chart was known as Easy Listening during this year.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
adult contemporary chart
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
number-one hits of 1966. The chart was known as Easy Listening during this year.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | "England Swings England Swings "England Swings " is a 1965 country music song written and performed by Roger Miller. The single was Miller's eleventh hit on the US country chart where it peaked at number three. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number eight and was Miller's second number one on the Easy Listening chart... " |
Roger Miller Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs... |
| January 8 | "Spanish Eyes Moon Over Naples "Moon Over Naples" is a 1965 instrumental composed and originally performed by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert and was the first track on his album, The Magic Music of Far Away Places for Decca Records.... " |
Al Martino Al Martino Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The... |
| January 15 | ||
| January 22 | ||
| January 29 | ||
| February 5 | "It Was a Very Good Year It Was a Very Good Year "It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 for and originally recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio and subsequently made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D-minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male in 1966. Gordon Jenkins was awarded... " |
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the... |
| February 12 | "Crying Time Crying Time "Crying Time" is a song from 1964 written by country music artist Buck Owens.Owens recorded a version of his song, but it failed to reach the music charts. A cover version of "Crying Time" was then recorded by R&B singer Ray Charles, and his version proved to be a hit... " |
Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records... |
| February 19 | ||
| February 26 | ||
| March 5 | "Ballad of the Green Berets Ballad of the Green Berets "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special force in the U.S. Army. It is one of the very few songs of the 1960s to cast the military in a positive light, yet it became a major hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard charts for five... " |
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler Barry Sadler Barry Sadler was an American soldier, author and musician. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic with the rank of Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War... |
| March 12 | ||
| March 19 | ||
| March 26 | ||
| April 2 | ||
| April 9 | "I Want to Go with You I Want to Go with You "I Want to Go with You" is the title of a popular song from 1966 by the American country music singer Eddy Arnold. The song was written by country music singer-songwriter Hank Cochran.... " |
Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more... |
| April 16 | ||
| April 23 | ||
| April 30 | "Together Again Together Again (Buck Owens song) "Together Again" is a 1964 song by United States country singer and guitarist Buck Owens.The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "My Heart Skips a Beat", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts... " |
Ray Charles |
| May 7 | ||
| May 14 | ||
| May 21 | "Band of Gold Band of Gold (1955 song) "Band of Gold" is a popular song with music by Jack Taylor and lyrics by Bob Musel. It was published in 1955.The biggest hit version was recorded by Don Cherry in 1955. This version reached the top five on the pop chart in the United States... " |
Mel Carter Mel Carter Mel Carter is an American singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million selling recording, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".-Biography:Carter recorded for Sam Cooke's SAR record label in the early 1960s... |
| May 28 | ||
| June 4 | "Strangers in the Night Strangers in the Night "Strangers in the Night" is a popular song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. It was originally created under the title Beddy Bye as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed... " |
Frank Sinatra |
| June 11 | ||
| June 18 | ||
| June 25 | ||
| July 2 | ||
| July 9 | ||
| July 16 | ||
| July 23 | "The Impossible Dream (The Quest) The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "The Impossible Dream " is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was written for the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha... " |
Jack Jones Jack Jones (singer) John Allan "Jack" Jones is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s.-Overview:... |
| July 30 | "Somewhere, My Love Lara's Theme "Lara's Theme" is the generic name given to a leitmotif written for the film Doctor Zhivago by composer Maurice Jarre. Soon afterward, it became the basis of the song "Somewhere My Love."- Original composition :... " |
Ray Conniff Ray Conniff Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:... Singers |
| August 6 | ||
| August 13 | ||
| August 20 | ||
| August 27 | "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love I Couldn't Live Without Your Love "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" is a 1966 single written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark. It was inspired by the affair the songwriters were having at the time.... " |
Petula Clark Petula Clark Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II... |
| September 3 | "Born Free Born Free (song) "Born Free" is a popular song with music by John Barry, and lyrics by Don Black. It was written for the 1966 film of the same name and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.... " |
Roger Williams Roger Williams (pianist) Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist. As of 2004, he had released 116 albums.-Biography:... |
| September 10 | ||
| September 17 | ||
| September 24 | ||
| October 1 | "In the Arms of Love In the Arms of Love "In the Arms of Love" is a song featured in the 1966 film, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? The song's music was composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and was performed by Andy Williams... " |
Andy Williams Andy Williams Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,... |
| October 8 | ||
| October 15 | "Summer Wind Summer Wind "Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, with music by Heinz Meier and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Original german lyrics by Hans Bradtke. The song is a nostalgic tale of a fleeting romance, first recorded by Wayne Newton who had the first national chart hit with the song in 1965, peaking at number 78."Summer... " |
Frank Sinatra |
| October 22 | "Born Free" | Roger Williams |
| October 29 | ||
| November 5 | "The Wheel of Hurt The Wheel of Hurt "The Wheel of Hurt" is the title of a popular song from 1966 . The song was written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.Two versions of "The Wheel of Hurt" were released in late 1966 at virtually the same time... " |
Margaret Whiting Margaret Whiting Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:... |
| November 12 | ||
| November 19 | ||
| November 26 | ||
| December 3 | "Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral (song) "Winchester Cathedral" is a song released in late 1966 by Fontana Records, whereupon it shot to the No. 1 spot in Canada on the RPM 100 national singles charts and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was released by The New Vaudeville Band, a novelty group established... " |
The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s and a Rudy Vallee megaphone style vocal... |
| December 10 | ||
| December 17 | ||
| December 24 | ||
| December 31 | "That's Life That's Life (song) "That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon for Frank Sinatra, and released on his 1966 album of the same name. Both the album and the song proved major successes for Sinatra... " |
Frank Sinatra |
See also
- 1966 in music1966 in music-Events:*January 3 – Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work it Out".*January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who...
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart