This Month In Music - May1966

May 1966...  50 years ago!  What was happening in the music world:

There were four Saturdays in March. '66, so there the charts came out 4 times.  But only two songs made it to #1.  Starting with The Mamas And The Papas' "Monday Monday", wich held #1 for the first three weeks, Percy Sledge took over the last week of the month with "When A Man Loves A Woman.

Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 4 weeks:

• Name  -  Artist  -  Average (May)
• Monday,Monday  -  The Mamas & The Papas  -  1.5
• Good Lovin'  -  The Young Rascals  -  3.8
• Rainy Day Women #12 & 35  -  Bob Dylan  -  4.3
• Kicks  -  Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay  -  6.5
• When A Man Loves A Woman  -  Percy Sledge  -  7.5
• Sloop John B  -  The Beach Boys  -  8.0
• A Groovy Kind Of Love  -  The Mindbenders  -  9.5
• Message To Michael  -  Dionne Warwick  -  10.8
• How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?  -  Nancy Sinatra  -  11.3
• Gloria  -  Shadows Of Knight  -  13.0

Twenty-Nine (29) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:

• Name  -  Artist  -  Peak
• Paint It,Black  -  The Rolling Stones  -  4
• I Am A Rock  -  Simon and Garfunkel  -  6
• Did You EverHave To Make Up Your Mind?  -  The Lovin' Spoonful  -  7
• Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart  -  The Supremes  -  9
• It's A Man's Man's Man's World  -  James Brown And The Famous Flames  -  10
• Green Grass  -  Gary Lewis And The Playboys  -  12
• Barefootin'  -  Robert Parker  -  17
• Sweet Talkin' Guy  -  The Chiffons  -  18
• Cool Jerk  -  The Capitols  -  19
• Let's Start All Over Again  -  Ronnie Dove  -  20
• Nothing's Too Good For My Baby  -  Stevie Wonder  -  20
• Come On Let's Go  -  The McCoys  -  23
• (I'm A) Road Runner  -  Jr. Walker and The All Stars  -  24
• Backstage  -  Gene Pitney  -  25
• Love's Made A Fool Of You  -  Bobby Fuller Four  -  26
• Oh How Happy  -  Shades Of Blue  -  26
• Strangers InThe Night  -  Frank Sinatra  -  27
• The A Team  -  SSgt Barry Sadler  -  28
• The More I See You  -  Chris Montez  -  29
• I'll Take Good Care Of You  -  Garnet Mimms  -  30
• Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)  -  The 4 Seasons  -  31
• Band Of Gold  -  Mel Carter  -  32
• I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree  -  Just Us  -  34
• The Ballad Of Irving  -  Frank Gallop  -  34
• Love Me With All Of Your Heart  -  The Bachelors  -  38
• History Repeats Itself  -  Buddy Starcher  -  39
• I'm Comin' Home, Cindy  -  Trini Lopez  -  39
• Twinkle Toes  -  Roy Orbison  -  39
• Dum-De-Da  -  Bobby Vinton  -  40