June 1966... 50 years ago! What was happening in the music world:
There were four Saturdays in June. '66, so there the charts came out 4 times. Three songs made it to #1. June started with Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Women" topping the charts, for the second week. The Rolling Stones took over for two weeks, with "Paint It Black". June ended with the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" at #1 (though it would only be there for the one week)..
Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 4 weeks:
- Name - Artist - Jun-Ave
- Paint It,Black - The Rolling Stones - 2.0
- Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin' Spoonful - 3.0
- I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 4.0
- When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge - 5.0
- Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra - 5.8
- A GroovyKind Of Love - The Mindbenders - 7.3
- Barefootin' - Robert Parker - 9.0
- Green Grass - Gary Lewis And The Playboys - 10.8
- Sweet Talkin' Guy - The Chiffons - 11.3
- Cool Jerk - The Capitols - 11.5
- Name - Artist - Peak
- PaperbackWriter - The Beatles - 1
- Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine - The Greenwoods - 6
- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield - 9
- Don't BringMe Down - The Animals - 14
- Hanky Panky - Tommy James And The Shondells - 15
- Double Shot(Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions - 19
- Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations - 20
- Hold On! I'm A Comin' - Sam & Dave - 21
- Dirty Water - The Standells - 21
- Mama - B.J. Thomas - 22
- Girl In Love - The Outsiders - 22
- Little Girl - Syndicate Of Sound - 24
- Crying - Jay & The Americans - 25
- He - The Righteous Brothers - 26
- Popsicle - Jan & Dean - 27
- Rain - The Beatles - 29
- I Love You Drops - Vic Dana - 30
- I Love You 1000 Times - The Platters - 31
- Along Comes Mary - The Association - 32
- Hey Joe - The Leaves - 34
- Come Running Back - Dean Martin - 35
- The Land Of Milk And Honey - The Vogues - 35
- Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - The Kinks - 36
- Day For Decision - Johnny Sea - 36
- It's Over - Jimmie Rodgers - 37
- Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles - 37
- (I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water - Johnny Rivers - 38
- S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) - Joe Tex - 39
- The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me - Eddy Arnold - 40
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