Pick Your Top 20 (1966)

[SavoyBG]

Pick Your Top 20 from my list of favorites for 1966. I've been listening to this countdown all day. Starting with #186 and I'm down to #15 right now.


1 ¦ Hold On I'm A'Comin' ¦ Sam & Dave
2 ¦ Waitin' On You ¦ B.B. King
3 ¦ Dust My Broom (Live) ¦ Howlin' Wolf
4 ¦ Wang Dang Doodle ¦ Koko Taylor
5 ¦ Psychotic Reaction ¦ Count Five
6 ¦ Ain't Too Proud To Beg ¦ Temptations
7 ¦ Monday Monday ¦ Mamas & Papas
8 ¦ Beauty Is Only Skin Deep ¦ Temptations
9 ¦ 96 Tears ¦ ? & the Mysterians
10 ¦ Kicks ¦ Paul Revere & Raiders
11 ¦ Gimme Some Lovin' ¦ Spencer Davis Group
12 ¦ Good Lovin ¦ Young Rascals
13 ¦ I Am A Rock ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
14 ¦ Whispers ¦ Jackie Wilson
15 ¦ Ain't That A Groove ¦ James Brown
16 ¦ Along Comes Mary ¦ Association
17 ¦ Rain ¦ Beatles
18 ¦ Go Where You Wanna Go ¦ Fifth Dimension
19 ¦ Soul And Inspiration ¦ Righteous Brothers
20 ¦ 634-5789 ¦ Wilson Pickett
21 ¦ Just Like A Woman ¦ Bob Dylan
22 ¦ 19th Nervous Breakdown ¦ Rolling Stones
23 ¦ Good Vibrations ¦ Beach Boys
24 ¦ Sunshine Superman ¦ Donovan
25 ¦ I'm A Believer ¦ Monkees
26 ¦ Solitary Man ¦ Neil Diamond
27 ¦ But It's Alright ¦ J.J. Jackson
28 ¦ My Aching Back ¦ Lowell Fulsom
29 ¦ Oh Yeah ¦ Shadows Of Knight
30 ¦ Shake Your Hips ¦ Slim Harpo
31 ¦ Knock On Wood ¦ Eddie Floyd
32 ¦ The More I See You ¦ Chris Montez
33 ¦ Mellow Yellow ¦ Donovan
34 ¦ You Know I Love You ¦ Big John Wrencher
35 ¦ For What It's Worth ¦ Buffalo Springfield
36 ¦ Eyesight To The Blind ¦ B.B. King
37 ¦ Homeward Bound ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
38 ¦ A Place In The Sun (LP Version) ¦ Stevie Wonder
39 ¦ Paint It Black ¦ Rolling Stones
40 ¦ Black Is Black ¦ Los Bravos
41 ¦ Where Were You When I Needed You ¦ Grass Roots
42 ¦ I Can't Let Go ¦ Hollies
43 ¦ Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) ¦ Swingin' Medallions
44 ¦ Under My Thumb ¦ Rolling Stones
45 ¦ Gloria ¦ Shadows Of Knight
46 ¦ Summer Wind ¦ Frank Sinatra
47 ¦ Can I ¦ Manhattans
48 ¦ Pushin' Too Hard ¦ Seeds
49 ¦ How Sweet It Is ¦ Jr. Walker & All-Stars
50 ¦ We Ain't Got Nothing Yet ¦ Blues Magoos
51 ¦ You're Gonna Miss Me ¦ 13th Floor Elevators
52 ¦ He'll Be Back ¦ Players
53 ¦ Wouldn't It Be Nice ¦ Beach Boys
54 ¦ Sunny Afternoon ¦ Kinks
55 ¦ Bring It Up ¦ James Brown
56 ¦ B-A-B-Y ¦ Carla Thomas
57 ¦ Love's Made A Fool Of You ¦ Bobby Fuller Four
58 ¦ Can't Satisfy ¦ Impressions
59 ¦ I Want You ¦ Bob Dylan
60 ¦ Sweet Pea ¦ Tommy Roe
61 ¦ When A Man Loves A Woman ¦ Percy Sledge
62 ¦ What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted ¦ Jimmy Ruffin
63 ¦ That's Life ¦ Frank Sinatra
64 ¦ Time Won't Let Me ¦ Outsiders
65 ¦ You Baby ¦ Turtles
66 ¦ I Saw Her Again ¦ Mamas & Papas
67 ¦ Daydream ¦ Lovin' Spoonful
68 ¦ Reach Out, I'll Be There ¦ Four Tops
69 ¦ Shapes Of Things ¦ Yardbirds
70 ¦ Stand In For Love ¦ O'Jays
71 ¦ The Beat Goes On ¦ Sonny & Cher
72 ¦ Baby I Love You ¦ Jimmy Holiday
73 ¦ Sloop John B ¦ Beach Boys
74 ¦ Last Train To Clarksville ¦ Monkees
75 ¦ This Old Heart Of Mine ¦ Isley Brothers
76 ¦ No Time For You ¦ Commands
77 ¦ Baby I Need You ¦ Manhattans
78 ¦ La Ta Ta ¦ Gil Blanding
79 ¦ Peace Of Mind ¦ Magnificent Men
80 ¦ I'm Your Puppet ¦ James & Bobby Purify
81 ¦ My Lover's Prayer ¦ Otis Redding
82 ¦ I'm A Man ¦ Spencer Davis Group
83 ¦ Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart ¦ Supremes
84 ¦ You Keep Me Hangin' On ¦ Supremes
85 ¦ Bus Stop ¦ Hollies
86 ¦ Hungry ¦ Paul Revere & Raiders
87 ¦ You're Not An Ordinary Girl ¦ Temptations
88 ¦ Cherry Cherry ¦ Neil Diamond
89 ¦ The Clock ¦ Contenders
90 ¦ Here, There And Everywhere ¦ Beatles
91 ¦ Tell It Like It Is ¦ Aaron Neville
92 ¦ I Got A Feeling ¦ Four Tops
93 ¦ Oh How Happy ¦ Shades Of Blue
94 ¦ Get Ready ¦ Temptations
95 ¦ Over Under Sideways Down ¦ Yardbirds
96 ¦ Paperback Writer ¦ Beatles
97 ¦ One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (live) ¦ John Lee Hooker
98 ¦ Mother's Little Helper ¦ Rolling Stone
99 ¦ (I Know) I'm Losing You ¦ Temptations
100 ¦ And Your Bird Can Sing ¦ Beatles
101 ¦ Good Thing ¦ Paul Revere & Raiders
102 ¦ I Feel Free ¦ Cream
103 ¦ Watching The Late Late Show ¦ Don Covay
104 ¦ Georgy Girl ¦ Seekers
105 ¦ Three Time Loser ¦ Wilson Pickett
106 ¦ Mercy Mercy Mercy ¦ Cannonball Adderley
107 ¦ Land Of 1,000 Dances ¦ Wilson Pickett
108 ¦ Working In A Coal Mine ¦ Lee Dorsey
109 ¦ Corine, Corina ¦ Muddy Waters
110 ¦ Stop Stop Stop ¦ Hollies
111 ¦ Barefootin' ¦ Robert Parker
112 ¦ The Champion ¦ Willie Mitchell
113 ¦ Somebody Help Me ¦ Sonny Boy Williamson
114 ¦ Friday On My Mind ¦ Easybeats
115 ¦ Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 ¦ Bob Dylan
116 ¦ I Guess I'll Always Love You ¦ Isley Brothers
117 ¦ Gonna Be Strong ¦ Intruders
118 ¦ Hello Stranger ¦ Capitols
119 ¦ She's My Baby ¦ Screamin' Joe Neal
120 ¦ Poverty ¦ Bobby "Blue" Bland
121 ¦ Seven Doors ¦ Vi Campbell
122 ¦ I'm Talking Not Walking The Blues ¦ Wibby Lee & Paul Allan
123 ¦ My Baby Likes To Boogaloo ¦ Don Gardner
124 ¦ Got No Where To Go ¦ Jimmy Reed
125 ¦ Dirty Work Goin' On ¦ Little Joe Blue
126 ¦ I Think I'm Down ¦ Harbinger Complex
127 ¦ With A Girl Like You ¦ Troggs
128 ¦ Monkees Theme ¦ Monkees
129 ¦ Cool Jerk ¦ Capitols
130 ¦ S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) ¦ Edwin Starr
131 ¦ Funky Broadway ¦ Dyke and the Blazers
132 ¦ The Answer Is Love ¦ Billy Eckstine
133 ¦ Look Before You Leap ¦ Dave Clark 5
134 ¦ Neighbor, Neighbor ¦ Jimmy Hughes
135 ¦ Loving By The Pound ¦ Otis Redding
136 ¦ Ridin' For A Fall ¦ Tams
137 ¦ Substitute ¦ The Who
138 ¦ Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye ¦ Casinos
139 ¦ There Will Never Be Another You ¦ Chris Montez
140 ¦ I Love You 1.000 Times ¦ Platters
141 ¦ Ain't Nobody Home ¦ Howard Tate
142 ¦ I Want Someone ¦ Mad Lads
143 ¦ Under My Thumb ¦ Del Shannon
144 ¦ Snoopy vs. The Red Baron ¦ Royal Guardsmen
145 ¦ You Need Loving ¦ Small Faces
146 ¦ Diddy Wah Diddy ¦ Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
147 ¦ Kind Of A Drag ¦ Buckinghams
148 ¦ Good Day Sunshine ¦ Beatles
149 ¦ The 59th Street Bridge Song ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
150 ¦ God Only Knows ¦ Beach Boys
151 ¦ I Fooled You This Time ¦ Gene Chandler
152 ¦ Secret Agent Man ¦ Johnny Rivers
153 ¦ The Stars ¦ Ocapellos
154 ¦ Let's Go Baby (Where The Action Is) ¦ Robert Parker
155 ¦ Mustang Sally ¦ Wilson Pickett
156 ¦ Summer In The City ¦ Lovin' Spoonful
157 ¦ Lil' Red Riding Hood ¦ Sam the Sham & Pharaohs
158 ¦ A Sad Goodbye ¦ Four Exceptions
159 ¦ I Feel A Sin Coming On ¦ Solomon Burke
160 ¦ Real Humdinger ¦ J.J. Barnes
161 ¦ I'm Ready For Love ¦ Martha & Vandellas
162 ¦ Out On The Floor ¦ Dobie Gray
163 ¦ Little Girl ¦ Syndicate Of Sound
164 ¦ A Hazy Shade Of Winter ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
165 ¦ At The Scene ¦ Dave Clark 5
166 ¦ You Can't Hurry Love ¦ Supremes
167 ¦ Heaven Must Have Sent You ¦ Elgins
168 ¦ The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ¦ Walker Brothers
169 ¦ Sookie Sookie ¦ Don Covay
170 ¦ You Got Me Hummin' ¦ Sam & Dave
171 ¦ You Waited Too Long ¦ Five Stairsteps
172 ¦ Bang Bang ¦ Joe Cuba Sextet
173 ¦ The Love You Save ¦ Joe Tex
174 ¦ Sugar Town ¦ Nancy Sinatra
175 ¦ Poor Side Of Town ¦ Johnny Rivers
176 ¦ 98.6 ¦ Keith
177 ¦ Function At The Junction ¦ Shorty Long
178 ¦ Red Rubber Ball ¦ Cyrkle
179 ¦ Say I Am ¦ Tommy James & Shondells
180 ¦ Lady Godiva ¦ Peter & Gordon
181 ¦ I'm Glad I Waited ¦ Players
182 ¦ She's Looking Good ¦ Rodger Collins
183 ¦ See How They Run ¦ Globeliters
184 ¦ Wait A Minute ¦ Tim Tam & Turn-Ons
185 ¦ I Got To Love Somebody's Baby ¦ Johnnie Taylor
186 ¦ They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa ¦ Napoleon XIV

[sonofsamiam]

OK, I'll bite. Here's my Top 20 from that list.

1. God Only Knows ¦ Beach Boys
2. You Keep Me Hangin' On ¦ Supremes
3. Reach Out, I'll Be There ¦ Four Tops
4. Good Vibrations ¦ Beach Boys
5. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ¦ Walker Brothers
6. Summer Wind ¦ Frank Sinatra
7. Rain ¦ Beatles
8. 19th Nervous Breakdown ¦ Rolling Stones
9. Psychotic Reaction ¦ Count Five
10. A Hazy Shade Of Winter ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
11. Wouldn't It Be Nice ¦ Beach Boys
12. Mercy Mercy Mercy ¦ Cannonball Adderley
13. You're Gonna Miss Me ¦ 13th Floor Elevators
14. Sunny Afternoon ¦ Kinks
15. (I Know) I'm Losing You ¦ Temptations
16. When A Man Loves A Woman ¦ Percy Sledge
17. Land Of 1,000 Dances ¦ Wilson Pickett
18. Over Under Sideways Down ¦ Yardbirds
19. 96 Tears ¦ ? & the Mysterians
20. Substitute ¦ The Who

[slick]

1. Ain't Too Proud To Beg ¦ Temptations
2. Under My Thumb ¦ Rolling Stones
3. Kicks ¦ Paul Revere & Raiders
4. Bus Stop ¦ Hollies
5. Paint It Black ¦ Rolling Stones
6. Hold On I'm A'Comin' ¦ Sam & Dave
7. Time Won't Let Me ¦ Outsiders
8. God Only Knows ¦ Beach Boys
9. Sunny Afternoon ¦ Kinks
10. When A Man Loves A Woman ¦ Percy Sledge
11. Wouldn't It Be Nice ¦ Beach Boys
12. Pushin' Too Hard ¦ Seeds
13. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) ¦ Swingin' Medallions
14. Psychotic Reaction ¦ Count Five
15. Get Ready ¦ Temptations
16. You're Gonna Miss Me ¦ 13th Floor Elevators
17. Solitary Man ¦ Neil Diamond
18. For What It's Worth ¦ Buffalo Springfield
19. Reach Out, I'll Be There ¦ Four Tops
20. Just Like A Woman ¦ Bob Dylan

[SavoyBG]

Good lists guys, thanks.

[Henry]

1 Beach Boys Good Vibrations
2 Beach Boys God Only Knows
3 Young Rascals Good Lovin'
4 Supremes You Can't Hurry Love
5 Rolling Stones Paint It, Black
6 Lovin' Spoonful Summer In the City
7 Supremes You Keep Me Hangin' On
8 Beach Boys Sloop John B.
9 Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice
10 Monkees I'm A Believer
11 Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul And My Inspiration
12 Simon and Garfunkel I Am A Rock
13 Frank Sinatra That's Life
14 Beatles Good Day Sunshine
15 Rolling Stones Under My Thumb
16 Beatles And Your Bird Can Sing
17 Bob Dylan I Want You
18 Bob Dylan Just Like A Woman
19 Beatles Paperback Writer
20 Percy Sledge When A Man Loves a Woman

Another ten for good measure
21 Association Along Comes Mary
22 Mamas and Papas Monday, Monday
23 Rolling Stones Mother's Little Helper
24 Cyrkle Red Rubber Ball
25 Simon and Garfunkel A Hazy Shade of Winter
26 Paul Revere & the Raiders Kicks
27 Beatles Here, There and Everywhere
28 Rolling Stones 19th Nervous Breakdown
29 Who Substitute
30 Mamas and Papas I Saw Her Again

[Miguel]

1. Barefootin' ¦ Robert Parker
2. I'm A Believer ¦ Monkees
3. Solitary Man ¦ Neil Diamond
4. For What It's Worth ¦ Buffalo Springfield
5. God Only Knows ¦ Beach Boys
6. Ain't Too Proud To Beg ¦ Temptations
7. Knock On Wood ¦ Eddie Floyd
8. Wouldn't It Be Nice ¦ Beach Boys
9. Good Vibrations ¦ Beach Boys
10. Sloop John B ¦ Beach Boys
11. I Am A Rock ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
12. Land Of 1,000 Dances ¦ Wilson Pickett
13. Hold On I'm Comin' ¦ Sam & Dave
14. Reach Out, I'll Be There ¦ Four Tops
15. Homeward Bound ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
16. Get Ready ¦ Temptations
17. You Can't Hurry Love ¦ Supremes
18. Gimme Some Lovin' ¦ Spencer Davis Group
19. A Hazy Shade Of Winter ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
20. Good Lovin ¦ Young Rascals

[PlasticRam]

I just made my own list:

1. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
3. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
4. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
5. The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
6. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
7. Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
8. The Beatles - For No One
9. Simon & Garfunkel - I Am a Rock
10. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
11. The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
12. The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
13. Bob Dylan - One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
14. The Monkees - I'm a Believer
15. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
16. The Beatles - Rain
17. The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
18. Mothers of Invention - Trouble Comin' Everyday
19. The Beach Boys - Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
20. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

[Honorio]

The Top 150 of 1966 (well, really 144) of the Acclaimed Music Forum on the 1960s Poll we did on 2010

1 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
3 The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
4 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
5 The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning
6 The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
7 The Beatles - For No One
8 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe
9 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
10 Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
11 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
12 Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
12 The Velvet Underground & Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties
14 Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman
15 The Beatles - She Said She Said
16 Ennio Morricone - L'estasi dell'oro
17 The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
18 The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
19 Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
20 Brian Wilson - Caroline, No
21 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances
22 James Brown and the Famous Flames - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
23 ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
24 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
25 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
26 Bob Dylan - I Want You
27 The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
28 The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
29 The Beach Boys - Sloop John B
30 The Byrds - Eight Miles High
30 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep–Mountain High
32 Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
33 The Beatles - Paperback Writer
34 The Shangri-Las - Past, Present and Future
34 Robert Parker - Barefootin’
34 The Monkees - I'm a Believer
37 The Troggs - Wild Thing
38 The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
39 Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
40 The Beach Boys - You Still Believe in Me
41 The Beatles - Rain
42 The Beach Boys - Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
43 The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
44 Donovan - Celeste
44 Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
44 Tim Hardin - Hang On to a Dream
47 Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues
47 The Who - Substitute
47 The Beach Boys - Here Today
50 The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Loving
51 Love - Signed D.C.
51 Albert Ayler Quintet - Truth Is Marching In
51 The Beatles - And You Bird Can Sing
51 John Coltrane - Ascension
55 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
55 Bob Dylan - One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
57 The Human Expression - Optical Sound
57 Tim Hardin - Never Too Far
57 Bill Evans Trio - Time Remembered
57 Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
57 The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
57 Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the Night
63 Sam & Dave - Hold On! I'm a Comin'
64 Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
64 The Beatles - I Want to Tell You
64 The Velvet Underground & Nico - Femme Fatale
64 Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back
64 The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - You’re Gonna Miss Me
64 Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
70 Simon & Garfunkel - I Am a Rock
70 The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
72 Paul Revere and the Raiders - Kicks
72 Donovan - Season of the Witch
72 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
72 Jacques Dutronc - La fille du Père Noël
72 Johnny Cash - The One on the Right Was on the Left
77 The Wheels - Bad Little Woman
77 Albert Ayler - Spirits Rejoice
77 The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane
77 Otis Redding - Day Tripper
77 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
82 The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
83 The Masters Apprentices - Wars or Hands of Time
83 Laura Nyro - Stoney End
83 Tim Hardin - If I Were a Carpenter
83 The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
83 Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - Messin' With the Kid
88 The Shangri-Las - I'll Never Learn
88 The Hollies - Bus Stop
88 The Kinks - Deadend Street
88 The Temptations - Get Ready
88 Otis Rush - All Your Love
88 Boudewijn de Groot - Testament
94 Wimple Winch - Rumble on Mersey Square South
94 The Who - A Quick One, While He’s Away
94 Small Faces - My Mind's Eye
94 The Monks - Monk Time
94 The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
94 The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
94 Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking
94 Cream - I Feel Free
102 Elis Regina - Jogo de roda
102 The Beatles - Got to Get You Into My Life
102 Manfred Mann - Trouble and Tea
102 Tim Hardin - Misty Roses
106 The Misunderstood - I Can Take You to the Sun
106 Lee Hazlewood - For One Moment
106 Cecil Taylor - Steps
106 Los Brincos - Renacerá
106 Tim Buckley - Wings
106 Jacques Dutronc - Les cactus
106 Nancy Sinatra – Bang, Bang
113 The Animals - Inside-Looking Out
113 The Mothers of Invention - Help! I'm a Rock
113 Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter
116 The Young Rascals - Good Lovin'
116 The Dovers - The Third Eye
116 The Loved Ones - Ever Lovin' Man
116 György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna
116 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
116 Boudewijn de Groot - Verdronken vlinder
116 Simon and Garfunkel - 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
123 Donovan - Sunshine Superman
123 Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind
123 James Carr - The Dark End of the Street
126 The Beach Boys - I Know There's an Answer
126 The Voice - The Train to Disaster
126 Sam & Dave - Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody
126 Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
126 Lill Lindfors - Du är den ende
126 Nina Simone - Four Women
132 The Kinks - Party Line
132 The Standells - Medication
132 The Beatles - Doctor Robert
132 Buffy Sainte-Marie - My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
132 The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
132 Don Ellis Orchestra - 33 222 1 222
132 Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
132 The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind
140 Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
140 Tim Hardin - Reason to Believe
140 Frank Sinatra - That’s Life
140 Bob Dylan - Absolutely Sweet Marie

[Henry]

116 The Young Rascals - Good Lovin' - seems a bit low to me.

For my tastes the following may a bit high:
5 The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning
10 Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
12 The Velvet Underground & Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties

But, that's the way the AM polls tend to go.

[SavoyBG]

The Top 150 of 1966 (well, really 144) of the Acclaimed Music Forum on the 1960s Poll we did on 2010

1 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
3 The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
4 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
5 The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning
6 The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
7 The Beatles - For No One
8 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe
9 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
10 Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
11 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
12 Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
12 The Velvet Underground & Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties
14 Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman
15 The Beatles - She Said She Said
16 Ennio Morricone - L'estasi dell'oro
17 The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
18 The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
19 Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
20 Brian Wilson - Caroline, No

The lack of soul and R&B on the list is quite disappointing I must say. Only one soul record in the top 20, and "Hold On I'm Comin'" down at #63.

[John]

1 ¦ Rain ¦ Beatles
2 ¦ God Only Knows ¦ Beach Boys
3 ¦ Homeward Bound ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
4 ¦ And Your Bird Can Sing ¦ Beatles
5 ¦ Georgy Girl ¦ Seekers
6 ¦ Wouldn't It Be Nice ¦ Beach Boys
7 ¦ Sunny Afternoon ¦ Kinks
8 ¦ 98.6 ¦ Keith
9 ¦ Sugar Town ¦ Nancy Sinatra
10 ¦ Here, There And Everywhere ¦ Beatles
11 ¦ Solitary Man ¦ Neil Diamond
12 ¦ Paint It Black ¦ Rolling Stones
13 ¦ 96 Tears ¦ ? & the Mysterians
14 ¦ I Am A Rock ¦ Simon & Garfunkel
15 ¦ Where Were You When I Needed You ¦ Grass Roots
16 ¦ Bus Stop ¦ Hollies
17 ¦ Last Train To Clarksville ¦ Monkees
18 ¦ Mellow Yellow ¦ Donovan
19 ¦ Just Like A Woman ¦ Bob Dylan
20 ¦ Monday Monday ¦ Mamas & Papas

[SavoyBG]

77 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
126 Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law

The above two are from 1965.

123 James Carr - The Dark End of the Street

I've got the James Carr as 1967, but it's very close.

[Mattceinicram]

My top 20 songs of 1966:

1. Percy Sledge- When a Man Loves a Woman
2. The Beach Boys- God Only Knows
3. Buffalo Springfield- For What It's Worth
4. The Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
5. Bob Dylan- Just Like a Woman
6. The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby
7. Jimi Hendrix- Hey Joe
8. The Four Tops- Reach Out I'll Be There
9. Bob Dylan- Visions of Joanna
10. Sam and Dave- Hold on I'm Comin!
11. The Beatles- Rain
12. Bob Dylan- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
13. The Beatles- Paperback Writer
14. The Rolling Stones- Paint it Black
15. Ike and Tina Turner- River Deep-Mountain High
16. The Byrds- Eight Miles High
17. The Beach Boys- Wouldn't it be Nice
18. The Velvet Underground- Sunday Morning
19. The Temptations- Ain't too Proud to Beg
20. Spencer Davis Group- Gimme Some Lovin