The music industry trade paper Record Retailer, since renamed Music Week, used to report on the offshore stations' charts. This is their summary from 20th October 1966, comparing the various station playlists with the sales chart of the week. The Caroline, City, England and London charts are all those broadcast over the previous weekend but the Radio 270 figures don't seem to match the charts we have for either 16th October or 23rd October. |
BRITAIN'S TOP 50 20th October 1966 |
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T H I S |
L A S T |
TITLE |
ARTIST |
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1 |
1 |
Distant Drums |
Jim Reeves |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
10 |
25 |
2 |
19 |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
The Four Tops |
2 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
- |
33 |
3 |
2 |
Bend It |
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
17 |
8 |
21 |
21 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
I Can't Control Myself |
The Troggs |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
I'm A Boy |
The Who |
- |
9 |
34 |
26 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
Winchester Cathedral |
The New Vaudeville Band |
1 |
5 |
18 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
Guantanamera |
The Sandpipers |
12 |
7 |
9 |
- |
6 |
19 |
8 |
5 |
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadow |
The Rolling Stones |
8 |
- |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
You Can't Hurry Love |
The Supremes |
- |
13 |
35 |
10 |
17 |
3 |
10 |
27 |
Stop, Stop, Stop |
The Hollies |
5 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
24 |
22 |
11 |
10 |
All I See Is You |
Dusty Springfield |
- |
12 |
12 |
36 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
11 |
Walk With Me |
The Seekers |
- |
25 |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
13 |
8 |
Little Man |
Sonny & Cher |
- |
10 |
42 |
37 |
9 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
Sunny |
Georgie Fame |
- |
1 |
7 |
17 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
14 |
Too Soon To Know |
Roy Orbison |
- |
43 |
- |
- |
23 |
26 |
16 |
16 |
Lady Godiva |
Peter & Gordon |
13 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
18 |
56 |
17 |
20 |
No Milk Today |
Herman's Hermits |
6 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
24 |
18 |
12 |
Another Tear Falls |
The Walker Brothers |
15 |
14 |
10 |
41 |
7 |
14 |
19 |
17 |
I Don't Care |
Los Bravos |
31 |
17 |
49 |
- |
21 |
29 |
20 |
18 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
The Four Seasons |
- |
19 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
- |
21 |
34 |
Time Drags By |
Cliff Richard and the Shadows |
7 |
18 |
22 |
- |
12 |
12 |
22 |
15 |
Sunny |
Bobby Hebb |
- |
20 |
23 |
17 |
3 |
47 |
23 |
22 |
Dear Mrs. Applebee |
David Garrick |
27 |
21 |
13 |
8 |
19 |
10 |
24 |
28 |
Born A Woman |
Sandy Posey |
20 |
- |
27 |
- |
27 |
6 |
25 |
35 |
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep |
The Temptations |
9 |
50 |
14 |
16 |
32 |
27 |
26 |
40 |
All That I Am |
Elvis Presley |
16 |
24 |
26 |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
30 |
Somewhere My Love |
The Mike Sammes Singers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
22 |
- |
28 |
39 |
High Time |
Paul Jones |
10 |
11 |
15 |
20 |
- |
- |
29 |
44 |
If I Were A Carpenter |
Bobby Darin |
4 |
23 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
30 |
26 |
Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine |
The Beatles |
- |
27 |
- |
- |
- |
60 |
31 |
25 |
God Only Knows |
The Beach Boys |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
48 |
32 |
23 |
When I Come Home |
The Spencer Davis Group |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
- |
33 |
21 |
All Or Nothing |
The Small Faces |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
34 |
24 |
Working In The Coalmine |
Lee Dorsey |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
35 |
33 |
In The Arms Of Love |
Andy Williams |
- |
33 |
38 |
- |
- |
31 |
36 |
29 |
Land Of 1000 Dances |
Wilson Pickett |
- |
- |
43 |
- |
- |
- |
37 |
38 |
Summer Wind |
Frank Sinatra |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
46 |
38 |
- |
A Fool Am I |
Cilla Black |
19 |
37 |
16 |
15 |
- |
- |
39 |
- |
I Love My Dog |
Cat Stevens |
11 |
28 |
19 |
30 |
- |
20 |
40 |
31 |
Got To Get You Into My Life |
Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30 |
- |
41 |
32 |
Lovers Of The World Unite |
David & Jonathan |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
42 |
42 |
Somewhere My Love |
Manuel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
43 |
37 |
Sunny |
Cher |
- |
- |
44 |
17 |
3 |
- |
44 |
43 |
Que Sera Sera |
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band |
29 |
- |
11 |
14 |
29 |
37 |
45 |
- |
Wrapping Paper |
Cream |
- |
- |
60 |
22 |
- |
- |
46 |
- |
The Merry Ploughboy |
Dermot O'Brien |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
47 |
36 |
Ashes To Ashes |
The Mindbenders |
- |
- |
55 |
- |
- |
44 |
48 |
49 |
Have You Ever Loved Somebody |
The Searchers |
- |
- |
53 |
12 |
20 |
13 |
49 |
41 |
How Sweet It Is |
Junior Walker & the All Stars |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
50 |
- |
Cheryl's Goin' Home |
Adam Faith |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
Full details here.
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