The City Sixty, 2nd - 9th April 1966


As before, the original document only lists the song titles not the artists. We have attempted to fill in the gaps but, in some cases, have had to make an educated guess about which track is being referred to. If you spot any mistakes, please get in touch.
 
This week's chart was compiled by Radio City's two Australian DJs, Dennis “The Menace” Straney and Ian MacRae. Two records tied at number 58 which meant there were sixty-one songs on the City Sixty again.


THE CITY SIXTY       Week commencing Saturday 2nd April 1966
  Compiled by D the M & I.Mc.
this
week
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1
1

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Walker Brothers
2
8

Somebody Help Me
Spencer Davis Group
3
5

Substitute
The Who
4
4

I Can't Let Go
The Hollies
5
2

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
The Kinks
6
7

Super Girl
Graham Bonney
7
3

Elusive Butterfly
Bob Lind or Val Doonican ?
8
10

Shapes Of Things
The Yardbirds
9
6

Nowhere Man
The Settlers or Three Good Reasons ?
10
24

Pied Piper
Crispian St. Peters
11
9

Hold Tight
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
12
13

Blue Turns To Grey
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
13
-

Try Too Hard
Dave Clark Five
14
14

Make The World Go Away
Eddy Arnold
15
11

Lightnin' Strikes
Lou Christie
16
32

You Won't Be Leaving
Herman's Hermits
17
36

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Cher
18
17

Tijuana Taxi
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
19
34

The Ballad Of The Green Berets
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler
20
25

That's Nice
Neil Christian
21
19

I Met A Girl
The Shadows
22
37

Homeward Bound
Simon & Garfunkel
23
12

This Golden Ring
The Fortunes
24
16

Woman
Peter & Gordon
25
-

He Fought The Law
The She Trinity
26
42

It's Alright
The Rockin' Vickers
27
-

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Dusty Springfield
28
18

Barbara Ann
The Beach Boys
29
21

Inside Looking Out
The Animals
30
22

I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
31
-

Helpless
Kim Weston
32
-

One More Heartache
Marvin Gaye
33
-

You Bring Me Down
The Royalettes
34
52

Long Live Our Love
The Shangri-las
35
44

Someday One Day
The Seekers
36
31

Like A Man
The Marionettes
37
35

Get Out Of My Life Woman
Lee Dorsey
38
40

Somewhere There's A Someone
Dean Martin
39
-

Good Lovin'
The Young Rascals
40
45

California Dreamin'
The Mamas & the Papas
41
43

The Entertainer
The News
42
?
*
I'll Never Quite Get Over You
Billy Fury
43
-

Don't Stop Lovin' Me Baby
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours
44
41

Stop Breaking My Heart
Tom Jones
45
?
*
I Put A Spell On You
The Alan Price Set
46
-

My Life
The Overlanders
47
-

Frankie & Johnny
Elvis Presley
48
-

Twinkle Toes
Roy Orbison
49
-

You've Got The Power Of Love
Everly Brothers
50
54

Run For Your Life
The Harbour Lites
51
49

I'm Gonna Run Away From You
Tami Lynn
52
-
**
Marble Breaks And Iron Bends
Drafi
53
23

Backstage
Gene Pitney
54
38

Play A Simple Melody
Horst Jankowski
55
-

Love Is Me, Love Is You
Jackie Trent
56
-

When Evening Falls
Mark Loyd
57
-

I Hear Trumpets Blow
The Tokens
58=
-

A Legal Matter
The Who
58=
59

You Won't See Me
Lee Lynch
59
-

People
Barbra Streisand
60
-

Shake Hands (And Come Out Crying)
The Newbeats





* No last week position given.
 
** We previously credited “Marble Breaks And Iron Bends” to Peter Fenton. Correspondent Michel Bands pointed out that this version of the song was not released until October 1966 so the one featured on the City Sixty in April was probably the original by Drafi Deutscher, a number one hit in Germany, which, when released in English, was credited simply to Drafi. Another correspondent, Karl-Erik Stridh suggested it might have been the version released by The Deejays, an English band featuring Robin Sarstedt, the younger brother of singers Peter Sarstedt and Eden Kane (Richard Sarstedt), who were popular in Scandinavia. They had a number one hit in Sweden with the song but Michel Bands and yet another correspondent, Ricky Hauber, tell us that this wasn't until October 1966 - so we think it was the Drafi version that was played on Radio City.


Our thanks to Brian Long.
 
The Radio London ‘Fab 40’ for this week and the Top 10 of the Caroline South Countdown Of Sound can be found on the Radio London website.
 
The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.
 
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Full details here.
 
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