Top 100 songs for August 6, 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 “Wild Thing” by The Troggs. Meanwhile, “Land Of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett rises from No. 76 to No. 43. 16 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Land Of 1000 Dances — Wilson Pickettup 33 places, No. 76 → No. 43
- Sunshine Superman — Donovanup 29 places, No. 90 → No. 61
- Born A Woman — Sandy Poseyup 25 places, No. 63 → No. 38
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Summertime — Billy StewartNo. 33
- Warm And Tender Love — Percy SledgeNo. 35
- The Joker Went Wild — Brian HylandNo. 37
- Born A Woman — Sandy PoseyNo. 38
- Lady Jane — The Rolling StonesNo. 39
First-week entries
- Respectable — The OutsidersNo. 70
- Say I Am (What I Am) — Tommy James And The ShondellsNo. 71
- Go Ahead And Cry — The Righteous BrothersNo. 72
- With A Girl Like You — The TroggsNo. 75
- Too Soon To Know — Roy OrbisonNo. 77
- A Million And One — Vic DanaNo. 81
- Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue) — Bobby VintonNo. 85
- Out Of This World — The ChiffonsNo. 86
- Sunny Afternoon — The KinksNo. 90
- Let Me Tell You, Babe — Nat King ColeNo. 91
- The Dangling Conversation — Simon & GarfunkelNo. 92
- World Of Fantasy — The Five StairstepsNo. 93
- Your Good Thing (Is About To End) — Mable JohnNo. 96
- Just Yesterday — Al MartinoNo. 97
- Suspicions — The SidekicksNo. 99
- That's Enough — Rosco RobinsonNo. 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.