Texas These are the number-one singles of 1966 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cashbox magazine Issue Date Song Artist January 1 We Can Work It Out The Beatles January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel February 5 Barbara Ann The Beach Boys February 12 Lightnin' Strikes Lou Christie February 19 February 26 These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Nancy Sinatra March 5 The Ballad of the Green Berets SSgt. Barry Sadler March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 19th Nervous Breakdown The Rolling Stones April 9 Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful April 16 (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Righteous Brothers April 23 April 30 Good Lovin' The Young Rascals May 7 Monday, Monday The Mamas & the Papas May 14 May 21 May 28 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge June 4 A Groovy Kind of Love The Mindbenders June 11 Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones June 18 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra June 25 Paperback Writer The Beatles July 2 July 9 Hanky Panky Tommy James and the Shondells July 16 July 23 Wild Thing The Troggs July 30 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV August 6 Lil' Red Riding Hood Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs August 13 Summer in the City The Lovin' Spoonful August 20 August 27 Sunny Bobby Hebb September 3 Sunshine Superman Donovan September 10 Yellow Submarine The Beatles September 17 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes September 24 Cherish The Association October 1 October 8 October 15 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops October 22 96 Tears Question Mark & the Mysterians October 29 Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees November 5 November 12 Poor Side of Town Johnny Rivers November 19 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys November 26 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band December 3 You Keep Me Hangin' On The Supremes December 10 Winchester Cathedral The New Vaudeville Band December 17 December 24 I'm a Believer The Monkees December 31 See also 1966 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1966 (U.S.) References https://web.archive.org/web/20101121003637/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1966.html http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1966.htm Cash Box number-one singles1950–1969 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–1996 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996