1966 UK Record Releases by Date This is a list of all UK 45 singles and EP’s found on the 45 cat website and any new release sheets as of the 15/03/2016. Generally records that don't have a full release are not included. Some spoken word only records are not listed, plus “story” ones. Records that would have had a specific week when they were fist released, but which dates have not been found, but are known to have been issued on an actual month are included at the end of each weekly listing for the month in question. Numbers in red indicate ownership on 45 cat for those with 5 or more. In some cases, such as chart hits, the number of “wants” is added on. Caution should be noted with ownership figure, as the record might have only been available as a promo record that wasn’t issued to the public. These however will be popular with collectors of records. If it is known to be never issued to the public, what is called on the 45 Cat site as a “stock” record. Then that will not be included. In some cases records by well known acts were never issued as “stock” and some of these have been included, but such records are shown as “promo only”. They are included to show that the record couldn’t have made the charts in 1966. At least as a UK issue! Records that made the charts of the time are only stated where no specific week has been found or if a chart record fails to score 5 ownership indications - indicated by the term hit. Any number that follows is an ownership indication not a chart position. In order that a release date might be pinned down further, if known a “pop” paper review date might be shown. This might indicate that record was issued the week previous or the week following the date. Only A sides are listed. AA sides are also listed. Records were generally released on a Friday during the period. Any record listed only by the year 1966 on the 45 cat site are not included in this list. As such records could have been issued in 1967 or later. Up to the first half of 1966, records released could have the year 1965 on them. Release date information is obtained from two sources. Firstly marked promo records and secondly from printed sources, such as new release sheets. Both of theses were subject to variation and change. Artists are listed first then the title shown in italics. EP tracks are not all listed. If the title of the EP does not include an actual song that is on it, then the first track will be listed, or the most important one. 03 January 1966 Len Barry Like A Baby 44 Noel Harrison A Young Girl Of Sixteen 8 Chubby Checker Two Hearts Make One Love 07 January 1966 Cilla Black Love's Just A Broken Heart 59 Swinging Blue Jeans Don't Make Me Over 38 David And Jonathan Michelle 35 Rolf Harris Big Dog / Jake The Peg 31 Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels Jenny Take A Ride! 22 The Mood Mosaic A Touch Of Velvet - A Sting Of Brass 22 Roy Head And The Traits Apple Of My Eye 13 The Impressions You've Been Cheatin' 13 Jay And The Americans Sunday And Me 9 Shirley Bassey The Liquidator 8 The Four Matadors A Man's Gotta Stand Tall 7 Friday Browne Getting Nowhere 6 Barbara McNair You're Gonna Love My Baby 5 The Organisers Lonesome Road 5 Christine Quaite Long After Tonight Is All Over Junior Parker These Kind Of Blues Mrs. Mills Newsboy Caesar And Cleo Love Is Strange David Ballantyne I Can't Express It Nat King Cole Looking Back Tracy Don't Hold It Against Me Adamo Nobody Ever Told Sandy Ronnie Dove Kiss Away Mike Sheridan's Lot Don't Turn Your Back On Me, Babe Brendan O'Brien And The Dixies Together Again Nancy Ames Friends And Lovers Forever 14 January 1966 Nancy Sinatra These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 106 Stevie Wonder Uptight (Everything's Alright) 50 Bob Dylan Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? 36 Cyril Stapleton The Theme From The Power Game 33 The Truth Girl 28 Chris Farlowe Think 23 The Toys Attack 18 Mark Leeman Five Forbidden Fruit 15 Ray Charles Crying Time 12 David Bowie With The Lower Third Can't Help Thinking About Me 10 - The first single bearing the name 'David Bowie' Gloria Jones Heartbeat 8 Adam Faith Idle Gossip 8 Bobby Goldsboro Broomstick Cowboy 5 Helen Shapiro Forget About The Bad Things 5 Donald Peers Put Your Head On My Shoulder 5 The Capitols Honey And Wine Gary Lewis And The Playboys She's Just My Style Matt Monro Beyond The Hill Johnny Mathis On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Ronny And The Daytonas Sandy Allan Sherman It's A Most Unusual Play (It's A Most Unusual Day) Twiggy And Anne Some Do, Some Don't (Some Will, Some Won't) Billy Strange Thunderball Frank Sinatra It Was A Very Good Year Victor Silvester's Jenka Rhythm With Bobby Gibson And The Breakaways The Victor Jenka Jennifer Lewis And Angela Strange I've Heard It All Before 21 January 1966 The Fortunes This Golden Ring 31 Lee Dorsey Get Out Of My Life, Woman 24 The Zombies Remember You 13 Lulu Call Me 13 Downliners Sect All Night Worker 10 Barry Young One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) 10 Diane And The Javelins Heart And Soul 8 The Times Think About The Times 6 Episode Six Put Yourself In My Place 5 The Checkmates (You Got) The Gamma Goochie 5 Salena Jones A Walk In The Black Forest (Our Walk Of Love) 5 Danny Williams I've Got To Find That Girl Again 5 The Factotums You're So Good To Me Migil 5 Pencil And Paper Boots Randolph Theme From A Dream Mikki Young Who Killed Teddy Bear? Orpheus My Life Della Reese Home (When Shadows Fall) Tom Dunphy I Know What It's Like (To Have Loved) 28 January 1966 Sandie Shaw Tomorrow 39 Al Martino Spanish Eyes 37 The Poets Baby Don't You Do It 17 The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill 11 Cherokees Land Of 1,000 Dances 9 Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott Me And You 9 Etta James And Sugar Pie DeSanto Do I Make Myself Clear 7 Jackie Trent You Baby 5 Clyde McPhatter Everybody's Somebody's Fool Bob Kuban And The In-Men The Cheater Bobby Shafto The Same Old Room The Hot Springs It's All Right Isabella Ianetti Offenbach '66 (Vivre Di Pane) Des And Dave Tumblin' Down Roger Whittaker Chang-Alip Ian Whitcomb Good Hard Rock Del Reeves Women Do Funny Things To Me Joey Brooks And The Baroque Folk I Ain't Blamin' You The Gentrys Spread It On Thick Jimmie Cross Super-Duper Man Poppa Jones And His Kentucky Brass Birthday Cake Walk Records released January with no date found The Lovin' Spoonful You Didn't Have To Be So Nice 11 Keith Powell And Billie Davis When You Move, You Lose 6 The Eyes The Immediate Pleasure 10 Jack Jones Love Bug 7 The Knickerbockers Lies 24 The Vogues Five O'Clock World 11 Roy Orbison Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart hit - 26 Ray Stevens Party People The Exciters A Little Bit Of Soap 6 Small Faces Sha-La-La-La-Lee 118 - hit The Animals In The Beginning There Was Early Animals EP 14 - main track: I Just Wanna Make Love To You Paul Will You Follow Me? 14 Jan 1966 The Pretty Things The Pretty Things On Film EP 12 - main track: Midnight To Six Man The Drifters We Gotta Sing 10 Booker T. And The M.G.'s Be My Lady 16 Patty La Belle And Her Belles Over The Rainbow 9 Ben E. King Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams 9 Sam And Dave You Don't Know Like I Know 11 - Reached #49 on the Melody Maker chart. John Lee's Groundhogs I'll Never Fall In Love Again The Majority We Kiss In A Shadow The Nashville Teens The Hard Way 30 - hit St. Louis Union Girl 50 - hit Paul And Barry Ryan Have Pity On The Boy 49 - hit Sound Sixty-Six Flight 4864 Phase 4 What Do You Say About That 7 The Gaylords He's A Good Face, But He's Down And Out 5 The Spokesmen Michelle Justin Hayward London Is Behind Me Jimmy Cliff Pride And Passion John Dankworth Orchestra Sands Of The Kalahari The Patriots The Prophet The Escorts Let It Be Me Little Richard I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me 7 "Fingers" Lee I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog The Sounds Of Les And Barry Looie Girl Alan Haven Flamingo The Silkie Keys To My Soul Steve Rowland And Pam We Stand Closer Together Ornella Vanoni The Phoenix Love Theme (Senza Fine) Eddie Rambeau The Train The Riot Squad Cry, Cry, Cry 11 O. V. Wright Poor Boy Joe Hinton Just A Kid Named Joe The Donie Collins Showband Featuring Chris Young Love Linda Flavell And The Trouble With Me Is You Vic Dana Crystal Chandelier 5 Miki And Griff The Last Thing On My Mind 6 The Time Take A Bit Of Notice 7 James Galt With My Baby The Cadets Featuring Eileen If I Had My Life To Live Over Benny Hill My Garden Of Love 7 The Ugly's A Good Idea 13 Murty Quinn And The Miami One Kiss For Old Times' Sake John Summers Be Sure Promo release date 07/01/1966 Robert Horton Shenandoah 6 Gary Benson This Man's Got No Luck Petula Clark My Love 56 - hit The Lancastrians The World Keeps Going Round Billy Vaughn, His Orchestra And Chorus Michelle Jimmy Durante One Of Those Songs The Turtles Let Me Be The Packers Hole In The Wall 12 We Five Let's Get Together Bobby Freeman The Duck Chris Montez Call Me Chad And Jeremy Teenage Failure The Duprees She Waits For Him The Ikettes I'm So Thankful 8 Joe Loss And His Orchestra Thunderbirds 16 Barry McGuire This Precious Time 8 René And His Alligators She Broke My Heart The Renegades Cadillac The Revolution Hallelujah 5 The John Schroeder Orchestra Hungry For Love Nina Simone Either Way I Lose 6 Dusty Springfield Little By Little 45 - hit Frankie Valli (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself 9 The Vipps Wintertime 13 Hank Williams Jr.