Top 100 songs for July 2, 1966
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1966 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Strangers In The Night” by Frank Sinatra. Meanwhile, “Wild Thing” by The Troggs rises from No. 75 to No. 47. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Wild Thing — The Troggsup 28 places, No. 75 → No. 47
- You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd — Roger Millerup 27 places, No. 96 → No. 69
- Lil' Red Riding Hood — Sam The Sham and the Pharaohsup 24 places, No. 55 → No. 31
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Lil' Red Riding Hood — Sam The Sham and the PharaohsNo. 31
- Please Tell Me Why — The Dave Clark FiveNo. 33
- Sweet Pea — Tommy RoeNo. 37
- Oh Yeah — The Shadows Of KnightNo. 39
First-week entries
- I Saw Her Again — The Mamas & The PapasNo. 53
- Love Letters — Elvis PresleyNo. 57
- The Work Song — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana BrassNo. 59
- Pretty Flamingo — Manfred MannNo. 72
- Trains And Boats And Planes — Dionne WarwickNo. 78
- Ain't Gonna Cry No More — Brenda LeeNo. 87
- Can I Trust You? — The BachelorsNo. 89
- I Want You — Bob DylanNo. 90
- On The Good Ship Lollipop — The Wonder Who?No. 92
- High On Love — The KnickerbockersNo. 95
- Hot Shot — The Buena VistasNo. 96
- Everybody Loves A Nut — Johnny CashNo. 97
- Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo — Chubby CheckerNo. 98
- All These Things — The UniquesNo. 99
- Such A Sweet Thing — Mary WellsNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.
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