1966 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1966
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	California Dreamin'	The Mamas & the Papas	115
2	Get Ready	The Temptations	113
3	I Want You	Bob Dylan	109
4	Sloop John B	The Beach Boys	107
5	The Sound of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	106
6	Downtown	Petula Clark	104
7	Paint It, Black	The Rolling Stones	103
8	Wild Thing	The Troggs	100
9	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra	99
10	Monday Monday	The Mamas & the Papas	99
11	Train Song	Vashti Bunyan	97
12	Tell It Like It Is	Aaron Neville	96
13	Good Lovin'	The Rascals	93
14	Land of 1,000 Dances	Wilson Pickett	90
15	I Hear a Symphony	The Supremes	90
16	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	89
17	These Boots Are Made for Walkin'	Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazelwood	87
18	Go Where You Wanna Go	The Mamas & the Papas	86
19	Sunshine Superman	Donovan	85
20	The Pied Piper	Caspian St. Peters	80
21	Four Women	Nina Simone	79
22	Summer Wine	Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazelwood	77
23	Spanish Harlem (cover)	The Mamas & the Papas	77
24	England Swings	Roger Miller	76
25	Cool Jerk	The Capitols	75
26	Tristeza	Baden Powell	74
27	Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Elvis Presley	72
28	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)	Nancy Sinatra	71
29	Wild Is the Wind	Nina Simone	69
30	Hanky Panky	Tommy James & the Shondells	68
31	Tiny Bubbles	Don Ho	67
32	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	Bob Dylan	65
33	Wouldn't It Be Nice	The Beach Boys	65
34	Bus Stop	The Hollies	64
35	That's Life	Frank Sinatra	63
36	Mr. Spaceman	The Byrds	62
37	Norwegian Wood	The Beatles	62
38	Sooner or Later (One of Us Must Know)	Bob Dylan	61
39	Love	John Coltrane	61
40	Barbra Ann	The Beach Boys	60
41	Yellow Submarine	The Beatles	60
42	Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma	Perry Como	60
43	Image	Antonio Carlos Jobim	59
44	Friday On My Mind	The Easybeats	58
45	Guess Things Happen That Way	Johnny Cash	58
46	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me	Dusty Springfield	57
47	Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles	57
48	Five O'Clock World	The Vogues	56
49	It's A Man's World	James Brown	55
50	Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Nina Simone	55
1966
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys	6.8
2	Blonde on Blonde	Bob Dylan	6.6
3	If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears	The Mamas & the Papas	6.2
4	Wild Is the Wind	Nina Simone	5.9
5	Tristeza on Guitar	Baden Powell	3.9
6	Aftermath	The Rolling Stones	3.8
7	I Hear A Symphony	The Supremes	3.8
8	Meditations	John Coltrane	3.4
9	Revolver	The Beatles	3.4
10	Happiness Is You	Johnny Cash	3.1
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	A Thousand Days	Arthur Schlesinger	2.9
2	Jubilee	Margaret Walker	2.7
3	Valley of the Dolls	Jacqueline Susann	2.7
4	The Source	James Michener	2.6
5	Against Interpretation	Susan Sontag	2.5
6	Fantastic Voyage	Isaac Asimov	2.2
7	The Art of Memory	Frances A. Yates	1.7
8	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress	Robert Heinlein	1.6
9	The Chosen	Chaim Potok	1.6
10	The Autobiography of Macolm X	Malcolm X	1.5
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly		19.3
2	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?		13.4
3	Blow-Up		13.2
4	A Man For All Seasons		10.8
5	The Battle of Algiers		10.6
6	How to Steal A Million		8.9
7	Seconds		8.3
8	The Sand Pebbles		7.8
9	Persona		6.7
10	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum		6.4