Britain's Top 50, 1st December 1966

Britain's Top 50, 1st December 1966

Thanks to Brian Long for this Record Retailer Top 50 from 1st December 1966, listing which offshore stations were playing each record. The Radio London and Radio Caroline charts are from the weekend 19/20 November, as appeared in the previous issue. The Radio City and Radio Scotland charts are from 27th November and the Radio 270 figures don't precisely match the chart we have for either week.

BRITAIN'S TOP 50 1st December 1966
T H I S	L A S T	TITLE	ARTIST
1	3	Green, Green Grass Of Home	Tom Jones	2	2	2	-	2
2	1	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	S	3	24	1	1
3	2	Gimme Some Lovin'	The Spencer Davis Group	1	4	11	3	3
4	9	What Would I Be	Val Doonican	4	7	4	24	9
5	5	Semi-detached Suburban Mr. James	Manfred Mann	8	1	16	4	8
6	7	Holy Cow	Lee Dorsey	7	5	19	12	13
7	4	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Four Tops	S	6	36	2	6
8	15	My Mind's Eye	The Small Faces	6	10	1	-	5
9	13	Just One Smile	Gene Pitney	3	9	3	-	4
10	6	High Time	Paul Jones	-	23	-	-	10
11	17	Friday On My Mind	The Easybeats	26	12	38	20	-
12	12	Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	-	-	-	-	-
13	8	Stop, Stop, Stop	The Hollies	-	15	-	6	41
14	21	What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted	Jimmy Ruffin	10	11	14	-	12
15	10	If I Were A Carpenter	Bobby Darin	-	13	47	11	-
16	33	Dead End Street	The Kinks	27	16	6	-	27
17	16	A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)	Ike & Tina Turner	-	41	5	19	7
18	35	Morningtown Ride	The Seekers	32	-	18	-	23
19	11	I Can't Control Myself	The Troggs	-	17	-	10	-
20	14	Help Me Girl	Eric Burdon & the Animals	38	22	21	5	49
21	20	A Fool Am I	Cilla Black	-	8	-	8	30
22	25	Somewhere My Love	The Mike Sammes Singers	-	-	-	-	-
23	18	No Milk Today	Herman's Hermits	-	24	-	9	-
24	19	Guantanamera	The Sandpipers	-	-	-	15	-
25	28	The White Cliffs Of Dover	The Righteous Brothers	-	14	26	38	37
26	22	Winchester Cathedral	The New Vaudeville Band	-	26	-	28	-
27	23	Time Drags By	Cliff Richard and the Shadows	S	20	-	7	24
28	36	Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa (Sad Song)	Otis Redding	20	31	46	-	33
29	-	You Keep Me Hangin' On	The Supremes	C	SS	7	-	18
30	27	Beauty Is Only Skin Deep	The Temptations	-	-	-	21	45
31	31	Ride On Baby	Chris Farlowe	18	48	51	-	-
32	37	Think Sometimes About Me	Sandie Shaw	16	28	13	-	19
33	24	Bend It	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	-	-	-	39	-
34	26	I've Got You Under My Skin	The Four Seasons	-	38	-	14	-
35	30	All That I Am	Elvis Presley	-	-	-	13	-
36	38	It's Love	Ken Dodd	S	32	-	18	-
37	40	96 Tears	? & The Mysterians	-	44	57	40	-
38	39	Too Soon To Know	Roy Orbison	-	-	-	-	-
39	-	There Won't Be Many Coming Home	Roy Orbison	C	SS	-	-	32
40	-	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Elvis Presley	C	-	-	-	-
41	34	I Love My Dog	Cat Stevens	-	-	-	16	-
42	-	Walk With Faith In Your Heart	The Bachelors	C	SS	-	-	-
43	29	All I See Is You	Dusty Springfield	-	-	-	-	-
44	42	The Dreams I Dream	The Shadows	12	43	-	26	21
45	44	Living For You	Sonny & Cher	14	25	12	-	16
46	-	Under New Management	The Barron Knights	-	-	49	-	46
47	-	I'm Ready For Love	Martha & the Vandellas	21	-	9	-	25
48	32	Lady Godiva	Peter & Gordon	-	-	-	-	-
49	-	Heart	Rita Pavone	-	37	-	-	14
50	-	East West	Herman's Hermits	C	-	27	-	22

C indicates a Radio London Climber; S indicates a Radio London Slipper - a record which has dropped out of their Fab 40; SS is a Radio Caroline Sure Shot.

These new releases, which weren't in the Top 50, were being played on two or more offshore stations:

RECORD PROMOTIONS
TITLE	ARTIST
Picture Me Gone	Dave Berry	X	X	X		X
Look Through My Window	The Mamas & the Papas		X	X	X	X
Willow Weep For Me	The Alan Price Set	X	X	X		X
Missy Missy	Paul & Barry Ryan	X	X	X		X
True Story	Twice As Much	X	X	X		X
Nineteen Days	The Dave Clark Five	X		X	X	X
Girl On A Swing	Gerry & the Pacemakers	X	X			X
I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Around	Shotgun Express	X	X	X
Whispers (Getting Louder)	Jackie Wilson	X			X	X
La, La, La, Lies	The Who	X			X	X
I Need Love	Little Richard	X		X	X
Stop, Look and Listen	The Chiffons	X		X	X
Most Exclusive Residence For Sale	Los Cincos	X			X	X
Nothing Lasts Forever	Mia Lewis	X			X	X
Canadian Sunset	The Symbols	X			X	X
Run, Run, Look and See	Brian Hyland	X	X			X
Pamela, Pamela	Wayne Fontana	X		X	X
It's Only Love (Trying To Get Through)	Tommy James & the Shondells	X		X		X
That's What She Said	Chris Andrews	X		X		X
(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	X		X	X
Dandy	The Rockin' Vickers	X	X
Rain On The Roof	The Lovin' Spoonful		X		X
Boulevard De La Madelaine	The Moody Blues		X			X
Crazy Feeling	Carl Douglas & the Big Stampede	X			X
Ten Storeys High	David & Jonathan	X			X
Another Night	Dionne Warwick	X		X
Cuckoo	Long John Baldry	X		X
I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No)	Neil Diamond	X				X
Knight In Rusty Armour	The Magic Lanterns		X	X
The Knight In Rusty Armour	Peter & Gordon		X			X
Wednesday's Child	Matt Monro		X		X
Up and Down	Eyes Of Blue	X				X
A Hazy Shade Of Winter	Simon & Garfunkel		X	X
Heart Of A Child	Percy Sledge			X		X
I've Got To Hold On	The Peddlers	X		X		X
Never Knew Lovin' Could Be So Doggone Good *	Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers	X				X

* This track was the B-side of “Don't Help Me Out”.

There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Full details here.

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.

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