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During the year, 20 different singles topped the chart, which was published under the title Top Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles through the issue dated April 2 and Top Selling R&B Singles thereafter. [2] In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, James Brown was at number one with "I Got You (I Feel Good)", the song's fifth week in the top spot. [3]
The Beatles had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1966. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles chart. Some publications have used Cashbox magazine's stats in their place. No specific reason has ever been given as to why Billboard ceased releasing R&B charts, but the prevailing wisdom is that the chart methodology used was being questioned, since more and more white acts were reaching number-one on the R&B chart.
List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1966; List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1966; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1966; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1966; List of number-one singles of 1966 (France) List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1966; List of number-one hits of 1966 (Brazil)
1966 January 15 Going to a Go-Go: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles: 4 April 23 I Hear a Symphony: The Supremes: 1 April 30 Got My Mojo Workin' Jimmy Smith: 2 May 14 Crying Time: Ray Charles: 1 May 21 Lou Rawls Live! Lou Rawls: 12 July 30 Gettin' Ready: The Temptations 6 August 20 Hold On, I'm Comin' Sam and Dave: 1 October 1 Soulin' Lou Rawls 9 ...
NOTE: No R&B charts were published between November 1963 and January 1965. The following R&B artists (as assessed by Joel Whitburn) had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart during that period : The Dixie Cups (3 weeks) The Shangri-Las (1 week) The Supremes (6 weeks) Mary Wells (2 weeks)