Fantasy Top 10, This Week in 1966

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As their first big hit makes a strong move, there's sad news on the Association front.  Their brilliant songwriter and vocalist, Terry Kirkman, passed away yesterday (9/23) of congestive heart failure at the age of 83.

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CHART DATE: October 1

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes [2nd week at #1]
2	5	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
3	6	ELEANOR RIGBY...The Beatles
4	10	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
5	2	CHERISH...The Association
6	7	SUMMER WIND...Frank Sinatra
7	4	SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER...The Happenings
8	8	BUS STOP...The Hollies
9	-->	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees
10	-->	MR. DIEINGLY SAD...The Critters

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CHART DATE: October 8

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes [3rd week at #1]
2	2	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
3	4	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
4	3	ELEANOR RIGBY...The Beatles
5	5	CHERISH...The Association
6	6	SUMMER WIND...Frank Sinatra
7	8	BUS STOP...The Hollies
8	9	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees
9	10	MR. DIEINGLY SAD...The Critters
10	-->	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond

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CHART DATE: October 15

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	3	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
2	2	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
3	1	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes
4	5	CHERISH...The Association
5	4	ELEANOR RIGBY...The Beatles
6	10	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
7	8	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees
8	-->	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
9	-->	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
10	7	BUS STOP...The Hollies

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CHART DATE: October 22    

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops [2nd week at #1]
2	6	CHERRY CHERRY...Neil Diamond
3	3	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes
4	2	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
5	7	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees
6	8	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
7	9	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
8	4	CHERISH...The Association
9	-->	FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (Sad Song)...Otis Redding
10	5	ELEANOR RIGBY...The Beatles

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CHART DATE: October 29

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	2	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
2	1	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
3	6	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
4	7	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
5	3	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes
6	4	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
7	-->	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
8	9	FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (Sad Song)...Otis Redding
9	-->	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
10	5	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees

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Oct 29, 2023 17:00:10 GMT -5 doofus67 said:

CHART DATE: October 29

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	2	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
2	1	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
3	6	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
4	7	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
5	3	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes
6	4	BLACK IS BLACK...Los Bravos
7	-->	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
8	9	FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (Sad Song)...Otis Redding
9	-->	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
10	5	LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE...The Monkees

We won't find many Top Tens with so many songs that received significant airplay for so many years. Classic after classic after classic.
Actually, this applies to ALL of October 1966, especially two weeks ago.

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CHART DATE: November 5

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond [2nd week at #1]
2	3	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
3	7	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
4	4	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
5	9	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
6	2	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
7	8	FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (Sad Song)...Otis Redding
8	5	YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE...The Supremes
9	-->	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
10	-->	LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING...Lou Rawls

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CHART DATE: November 12

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	3	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
2	1	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
3	5	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
4	9	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
5	2	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
6	4	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin
7	10	LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING...Lou Rawls
8	-->	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
9	6	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE...The Four Tops
10	-->	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes

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CHART DATE: November 19

Bobby Darin was taken way too soon -- a master of every subgenre of rock and of big band.

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys [2nd week at #1]
2	3	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
3	4	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
4	2	CHERRY CHERRY...Neil Diamond
5	8	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
6	5	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke
7	7	LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING...Lou Rawls
8	10	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
9	-->	IF I WERE A CARPENTER...Bobby Darin
10	6	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED... Jimmy Ruffin

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CHART DATE: November 26

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	3	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
2	1	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
3	2	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers
4	5	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
5	4	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
6	7	LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING...Lou Rawls
7	8	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
8	-->	MELLOW YELLOW...Donovan
9	-->	BUT IT'S ALRIGHT...J.J. Jackson
10	6	WALK AWAY RENEE...The Left Banke

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CHART DATE: December 3

#9 is referenced in Golden Earring's Fantasy #1, "Radar Love."

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels [2nd week at #1]
2	2	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
3	9	BUT IT'S ALRIGHT...J.J. Jackson
4	8	MELLOW YELLOW...Donovan
5	7	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
6	4	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
7	-->	KNOCK ON WOOD...Eddie Floyd
8	5	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
9	-->	COMING ON STRONG...Brenda Lee
10	3	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers

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Dec 4, 2023 0:24:15 GMT -5 doofus67 said:

CHART DATE: December 3

#9 is referenced in Golden Earring's Fantasy #1, "Radar Love."

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	1	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels [2nd week at #1]
2	2	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
3	9	BUT IT'S ALRIGHT...J.J. Jackson
4	8	MELLOW YELLOW...Donovan
5	7	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
6	4	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
7	-->	KNOCK ON WOOD...Eddie Floyd
8	5	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond
9	-->	COMING ON STRONG...Brenda Lee
10	3	POOR SIDE OF TOWN...Johnny Rivers

Mellow Yellow was the latest 1966 hit to have that "military" beat.

Rainy Day Women #12 and #35
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-haaaa
Yellow Submarine

And before those, the #1 song of the year.

We could listen to the five songs while watching a loop of the opening of Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.

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CHART DATE: December 10

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	3	BUT IT'S ALRIGHT...J.J. Jackson
2	1	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
3	4	MELLOW YELLOW...Donovan
4	2	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
5	5	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
6	7	KNOCK ON WOOD...Eddie Floyd
7	6	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
8	-->	THAT'S LIFE...Frank Sinatra
9	9	COMING ON STRONG...Brenda Lee
10	8	CHERRY, CHERRY...Neil Diamond

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CHART DATE: December 17

The original incarnation of Lou Simon's The Jukebox Diner on SiriusXM '60s Gold was named after the song at #10.  It ran from mid-2014 through early 2017, then became The Diner, then this past February, its current version.

TW	LW	Title and artist
1	2	DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels [3rd week at #1]
2	1	BUT IT'S ALRIGHT...J.J. Jackson
3	3	MELLOW YELLOW...Donovan
4	6	KNOCK ON WOOD...Eddie Floyd
5	4	GOOD VIBRATIONS...The Beach Boys
6	5	YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON...The Supremes
7	7	I'M YOUR PUPPET...James & Bobby Purify
8	8	THAT'S LIFE...Frank Sinatra
9	-->	WHISPERS (Gettin' Louder)...Jackie Wilson
10	-->	TALK TALK...The Music Machine