Top Pop Songs USA 1966

[@KingKong-ft9zo]

In 1966, I was 19 years old. My whole life was still ahead of me. I was having the best time of my life with my friends. What dreams I had back then! This music takes me back to that time. And today? In 10 days I will be 74, all my friends from back then are dead and I am an old man.

[@williamhenry1934]

God bless , I’m 55 and was born in 1966. As a little kid in the early 70s I caught the end of the malt shops the Beatles, woolworths ,grants ,Gino’s drive in movies. I love the 60s and 70s. I have a knot in my stomach knowing must of my friends and I will be gone in 15 years .

[@KingKong-ft9zo]

@@williamhenry1934 Hallo and thank you William! I would be happy if I could be 55 again! I can only tell you: enjoy every day, you must always think, today is the best day of the rest of my life. Enjoy it, now! Greetings from Germany.

[@brucelocker6633]

This post pretty will sums it up…..

[@jenniferdjaslowskj993]

@@KingKong-ft9zo bless you and the rest of us to be able to listen and respond to the music we grew up with!!!

[@josephderose2890]

KEEP PUSHING ON. NEVER GIVE UP. THATS. WHAT UR FRIENDS. WILL SAY..DONT. GO QUIET. AGAINST. THE NITE..(DYLAN) Thomas RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT..

[@maryaldaco7228]

Me & my husband got married in 1966, were 18 & 19 years old, this April we hit 55 years together. Love grows stronger and stronger.

[@garychambers5850]

Congratulations and God Bless you both! You don't see much of this any more..A special love & bond. ⛪✝

[@merylew5030]

Cannot read the names very well very fuzzy

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Congratulation! And many more!

[@CalTxDude]

I was born in 1966, the day after my mother's birthday! Her closest cousin still gives me a hard time about my mother not being able to participate in her wedding because she was hugely pregnant with me! Don't you love family California Dreamin' River Deep, Mountain High (Tina & Wall of Sound) Cherry, Cherry I Say a Little Prayer (Recorded on the day of my birth, 1966 ~ released in '67) 1,2,3 ~ Len Berry What's Becomes of the Brokenhearted Oh! Heard it Through the Grapevine (Gladys Knight & The Pips)

[@Mike583]

Congratulations on 55 years together Mary! I just turned 13 that year. As in all the other years,so many great songs came out in '66! Ballad of the Green Berets has always put a lump in my throat, every time I hear it!❤

[@CTX700girl]

Born in 1958 and I remembered most of these songs playing on the radio as a kid.

[@anthonydidonato7692]

This is the year I met my wife and we are still married. These songs bring alot of memories. The 60s was the greatest decade for music.

[@sandieharrison7499]

Fantastic year I remember these songs I was young though brings back lovely memories for me ❤️👍😘

[@roseruiz4717]

Fantastic list, happy memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@rolo1955]

Remember every hit on this video. 1966 had it all!

[@Aurora666_yt]

There's good music, there's great music, and then there's year 1966 So many great songs in one year!

[@artiewithers6980]

What a year!

[@normanbloom]

1966 had a lot of great songs I do remember that era I used to listen to them on the radio WABC New York wmca cklw Windsor that was the rocking years some of the greatest music in 1966 a lot of energy on that radio in those years

[@Yesitisbrett]

This compilation is sheer bliss. The music back then is so fantastic....the 1960's were about a 100 years too short. Thank you for doing this ❤️

[@lisaparsons4124]

A great collection of the songs back in 1966,year I was born

[@GenericUsername1388]

My mother was born in 1966. Her birth year had great music!

[@SilvioBenchimol]

In 1966, I was 39 years it was so beatiful!!

[@dorisnovak2648]

The 60’s had the best songs !!!

[@joebrian485]

Yes it really do.

[@joebrian485]

Hi , it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Joe by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture.

[@janemarson8671]

Fabulous love it

[@hotrod9199]

I was born in March of 1973 and can remember these songs like it was yesterday and now I have most of them in my collection of old record album's and cd 💿and I love them ❤

[@Melinda8162]

OMG. Makes me think of the Vietnam war, and the guys who never came back! But, god.....these songs are all just engraved in my heart, forever!

[@joebrian485]

Same here Ruby Can't just forget about all this song . it brings back lots of memories.

[@joebrian485]

Hi , it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m joe by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture.

[@lisaparsons4124]

A great collection of the songs back in 1966, and also year I was born 💖

[@shannahuffman4655]

So many good ones

[@ellydolev7804]

These are songs like an old wine that got better over time..

[@kimchee94112]

The 1960s was a remarkable decade where country, pop, rock n roll and soul converged and commingled on the same charts. It was a great time with so much excitement and expectation in the air.

[@littleonetexas9068]

A true year of memories. Thank you.

[@chuckinhouston9952]

15 year old boy then - greatest music year ever!

[@nakayle]

I do believe this was the best music year ever. One great hit after another.

[@vernonchadwick8679]

This is the best years I remember them well thanks Vernon

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 9 back in '66. That fall, when I was in fourth grade, I started to listen to the Boss Jocks on Famous 56, WFIL, here in Philly. Although I might have been the only 9-year-old listening to Top 40 radio, 1966 was a great year for music. In fact, 1966 was my favorite childhood year.

[@lizalewis9270]

Me too ! 1966 was the GREATEST year in America. How about the Oldsmobile Toranado

[@derricklogan2058]

My mother used to love that song 💓! "Don't Mess With Bill!" She would play that song almost ALL day long on the weekends! It was a 45 rpm record. It may be in a box in the basement! My mother live to see 93, but my father passed away before he turned 60. His middle name was: "Bill."

[@hotrod9199]

So sorry for your loss my mother passed away November 16th 2013 and I miss her very much 😢😢💔💔💔😪😪😪

[@derricklogan2058]

Hot Rod: Thank you. I know how you feel as well. When people like us who had a good relationship with our mothers lose them, it's very hard in the beginning. I was very close to my mom! I never got it twisted like I hear people talk these days. She wasn't my best friend. She was in life and will always be, even in death, my mother! She taught me well! How to respect myself! How to respect a woman! How to be the kind of Man that could live on my own, as well as with a Woman! The things that mattered, especially when my father found himself lost in the bottom of his liquor bottle before he passed away when I was 19! My mom, just like I'm sure, your mom, were very strong and special Women in our lives! I miss my mother very much and I thank God for choosing That Woman to be My Mother! I tell you, Hot Rod, if I had not turned to The Lord when I had in 2010, I don't know what I may have done to myself when He Called her home! I hope that you will find the Peace that God has given me. God Bless You!!! 🙏

[@hotrod9199]

@@derricklogan2058 I sure do miss my mom 👩and the way she would always pick on me when I at her house 🏠she made me feel like a good person who takes care of there mom and appreciate what time I had with her in her home

[@derricklogan2058]

Hot Rod? Always carry the good memories of your mother within your heart; the things she taught you; the important and special moments that were all about the love she shared and gave to you! I always think 🤔 of my mother's smile; the pride she had when she would introduce me to people she knew, saying that I was her "baby boy!" It was kind of embarrassing at first, especially because I was 6'5 at the time. But it was true, being the youngest of my siblings! Later, I came to the point where I missed it when she stopped, because I understood why she said it so often! I think 🤔 of my mother often! About a year before she died, since I hadn't seen her in a while; (she was in Oklahoma; I was in Michigan)! I began having dreams about her; waking up in the night 💤 having talks with her.... and then after the year was gone, the dreams 🛑 stopped! I was in a store cashing a lottery ticket and my sister called to inform me that our mother had passed away! They both lived in Oklahoma. I went home and prayed and cried! Like you, Hot Rod, I miss my mother very much!!! Through those dreams and conversations during the night, my mom let me know that she is with God and is okay!!! I look forward to seeing her again when God Calls me home 🏠!!! Stay focused on your love for her and her love 💕 for you! Stay focused on The Lord!!! Faith will see you through! ☮️🙏

[@hotrod9199]

@@derricklogan2058 I have been staying strong 💪because I know that my mother would not want me to do anything stupid like suicide or anything like that at all she would like to see me happy and get on with my life and remember her the way she was when she was alive

[@sammyjo8109]

For 11:36 minutes I was 14 again sitting in my room playing my record player..... I think I'll listen to this again LOL

[@quix66hiya22]

I was born that year, and I know and love almost all the songs.

[@stephenfricke9298]

I was 10. Remember them all. First year for 77 Radio in NYC. BRINGS BACK A TON OF MEMORIES. Thank you

[@lizalewis9270]

77 WABC !!

[@stephenfricke9298]

@@lizalewis9270 cousin Brucie. Then all the hits now talk radio

[@lizalewis9270]

@@stephenfricke9298 "What a groovy show, come on and go go go with cousin Brucie !"

[@robertherman4850]

Thank you for another round of great selections. Back then, I depended on my music to get me through some very rough times. Now, more than ever, I'm counting on that same music to help pull me through an extremely difficult period. Thank you.

[@vicky8867]

Hoping times get better for you real soon🙏

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@vicky8867 Hoping times get better for our COUNTRY real soon.🇺🇸

[@eutimio2963]

The year I was born... such a great music taste!!!!

[@arjay8tch510]

Yes. The Beatles changed things up and things started getting better and groovier starting in 1966! What a time to be a pre teen and curious.

[@rogermartin798]

Some truth to that but they were leaving the ROCK N ROLL BLUES and then the STONES took over ROCK

[@chrischampagne4307]

Stones ate the best

[@lilianelucas8123]

They changed the music, the way of recording, the culture.As Brian May from Queen said : I don’t think anybody come close to the Beatles, including Oasis or as Alice Cooper said : everybody was influenced by somebody but everybody was influenced by the Beatles. Lemmy kilminster said : the Beatles changed the world , they were magic, the greatest band of all time. Ozzy Osbourne : The Beatles changed my life, the best band on earth etc...

[@shizueleighhicks6174]

I’m 71. We were so spoiled. We just had to tut in the radio✌️

[@yolandajohnson8685]

I was born May 10th 1966. my favorites: I Fought The Law I Saw Her Again A Place In The Sun Mother's Little Helper Black Is Black If I Were A Carpenter Sweet Pea, Cryin Time I Could Cry, Pied Piper Illusive Butterfly, Sloop John B Walk Away Renee Time Won't Let Me, Yellow Submarine I Am A Rock, 19th Nervous Nowhere Man, Groovy Love September, 5 Oclock World Paperback Writer, Sunny Sunshine Superman, Paint It Black You Keep Me Hanging On Sounds Of Silence Secret Agent Man Strangers In Thd Night Born Free Devil, Last Train To Clarksville, 96 Tears, Green Berets

[@rpminc1974]

I remember 95 out of a 100 Not bad for being 10 years old in 1966

[@rodjohnson2534]

Was there ever a more wonderful year for music? I was 11 years old and remember every song.

[@lizalewis9270]

Me too ! Born in '55

[@kauedejesus6659]

Excelente Bravo!!!!!!

[@bianlex78]

Best historic searcher hits of youtube.... congrats! One more nice video...

[@vicky8867]

Agreed👍😄

[@vicky8867]

It's true and ty 4 ❤

[@reematatum]

Yes 👍

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

1966 was the best year for music ever. But 'Groovy Kind Of Love' only at 36? It will always be #1 in my book.

[@robertshaw3711]

Definitely one of my favorite years for music for the 1960's but my all time favorite year for music in the 60's was 1965.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@robertshaw3711 1965 was a good year too, Robert. 63-66 was a golden period.

[@ritaarrington7134]

Good old music

[@freddiesplaylist7134]

Remember every one of these songs brings back memories of my ARMY DAY's 66-68 stationed at FORT STORY VA AND the close friends there Jack Soderbergh Wendy an GLADYS JOHNSON from VIRGINIA Beach 521 downy st Buddy Hall from Richmond VA Larry BURRIS from NC DOUG TURNER from TENNESSEE an I was called the hillbilly from Kentucky so many years ago

[@d.brownjr.4845]

It took 27 days in this year for me to arrive to this big ball on earth. What a great year in music.

[@Ted010]

Great stuff!

[@josemoreno3334]

I was only 9 years old living in Los Angeles when I heard these songs on the radio. 93 KHJ.

[@russellhancock9765]

These were definitely before My time but they really made some Great Music back then.

[@garymontross2048]

Same age as you. Good memories and great music.

[@debbieblaylock9997]

I was born in 1958 and remember most of the song

[@chuckwhaley650]

I was 3. These are all classics. I know and remember about 95% and not from remakes. Some I even have original vinyl.

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

I really liked those times.

[@brianmorley7165]

1966 the golden year

[@lorenzomastromarino8982]

Époque très fertile en hits du monde entier avec des chansons sublimes dans la pop rock soul rythme 'n' blues etc... 💞❤️💗

[@TheRgordon16]

Wow. So this is what was playing when I was born.

[@elisabethblin9346]

waoo! I was 8 but I guess in France these songs were still hits years later. Donovan, Mellow Yellow! Winchester Cathedral! My brother took me there (from France) in 1969! Thanks Françis. Élis.

[@ericanderson9664]

Great songs for a 15-year-old in 1966. Also good to see you put USA in the title. Some of these "year"compilations omit the country and here in UK I hear songs that were not a hit here.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

You would be hard pressed to find a better year for music.

[@d.owczarzak6888]

Agreed !!!

[@GBURGE55]

I'm with you on that. This is half of my music collection !

[@michaelunderwood6658]

In 1966 I was 8 yrs old ….i remember most of these ….what an era

[@dougmontgomery1868]

In 1966 I became a high-school senior. Every time I hear the last lines of "I Am a Rock" I cry...

[@stephenfricke9298]

I am a rock I am an island and a rock feels no pain and an island never cries. I GET IT

[@robharding4028]

I was nine ! But I know good music when I hear it. and this year was as good as any other you care to mention.

[@cirobrio3487]

Adoro queste canzoni grazie

[@gogoyubari366]

Great songs!

[@rogermartin798]

Painted Black was way ahead of its time...GENIUS !!

[@chrischampagne4307]

Paint it black

[@cynthiaharrell2144]

I think of the movie, THE ENDLESS SUMMER, THAT CAME OUT IN 1966. Had the poster in my bedroom for years.

[@ricardofernandez9839]

yeah, i've been a sci-fi fan many years and star trek was released in 1966 too, i like to watch the scene were captain kirk fights with a gorn

[@robertlear2735]

I graduated from high school in 1966

[@reematatum]

Just amazing 👏👏

[@30over3]

Top 5 greatest years of music - 1966.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

1966 was 1 year…..not 5.

[@30over3]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa It's. In. The. Top. 5. Of. The. Greatest. Years. Of. Music. U N D E R S T A N D ??? Meaning there are 4 other years that make up the Top 5 Greatest Years of Music. Slow enough for you?

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@30over3 What other years are you referring to? I thought we were just talking about the top 100 of 1966. I see. You’re saying that 1966 is one of the top five years of the greatest music ever. Your syntax is misconstrued. Don’t get pissed at me. You’re the one who’s sentence structure is in need of help.

[@30over3]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa I like 1977, 1982, 83 and 84 to round it out. Top 5 off the top of my head.

[@elalitwicka6536]

Dziękuje. W niedzielne przedpołudnie przypomniałam sobie przeboje ,przy których bawiliśmy się na spotkaniach towarzyskich - - ja melomanka 70 + .

[@Harl-pic]

Best music ever made of all times.

[@jray6024]

Ah yes 1966, one of the best years in popular music. Not only were the best parts some of the best music I've ever listen to, but there were barely any bad songs from this year too. My personal Favorites are "California Dreaming" by The Mamas & Papas, "Good Vibrations" by Beach Boys, "I Am a Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel/ "The Sounds of Silence." I guess the only 3 Songs I didn't like were "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Green Barets" & "Born a Woman"

[@IvorPresents]

They were all superb, I loved Cherish by the Association, Paperback Writer, We can Work It Out, Nowhere Man by the Beatles, Lightnin Strikes by Lou Christy, Summer in the City. by The Loving Spoonful, Good Vibrations , Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys. Reach Out by the Four Tops and Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrcle.. My least favorite that year, Ballad of the Green Barret. by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler. Winchester Cathedral by the New Vaudivile band. and Lady Godiva by Peter and Gordon, Strangers In the Night was down there, and I like Sinatra. Sweet Pea by Tommy Roe was kiddie pop. ..

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@Garrett Ray You know, California Dreamin peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 66. It never actually hit No. 1. (In 1966).

[@jray6024]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa Yes, because it was revised. It originally would've if the 1966 YE wasn't revised

[@IvorPresents]

There must have been something in the air. The music that year exploded with creativity. harmony and invention. So many great songs. and so diverse. Sixty six was the year I graduated high school. I lived by my transistor radio and the music filled the airwaves. We would go out to the record stores and buy either the single, or the album. I had a reel to reel tape recorder and would record the songs off the radio. Usually the DJ's talked over the opening or closing. There was so much good music produced that year. An anomaly, A sudden and unexplained musical spike. I can honestly say that almost every song on this list is a favorite

[@IvorPresents]

@ashellofamanformerlyknowna3694 LOL. Who knows? could be.

[@lizalewis9270]

THE single most amazing year in rock and roll, soul and R&B !! Walking around the neighborhood, eleven years-old with a transistor radio pressed against one ear for HOURS. Looking for Suzie and Barbra Ann

[@WadeKing-dm2hw]

I wish I had been older. I was an infant. Don't remember any of the music till about 69'.

[@arlitabeard7693]

In 1966 I was 19 in Dec but was listening country music I learned to like pop music Never did like the Beetles

[@jackiereynolds2888]

It isn't today that's so special, it's the memories of it.

[@EpinionatedMusic]

Every year (yes, I said EVERY year) has great songs in it.That being said, 1966 is arguably the greatest year in pop music history.

[@freeguy77]

As good as 1966 was, I prefer 1964 and 1965. My real oldies favorites were from 1957-63, pre-Beatles and the British Invasion. Each year had its own special charms and good feelings, before the awful war and the emergence of the drug songs from md-1967 onward, although there were many fine non-drug songs through the 1970s through the 1980s.

[@cibderos68]

Last great year of my life. In Sept 67 went on an all expense paid trip to that s#it hole in SE Asia. My life and body was forever changed..

[@michelletennison3130]

In 1966 I was 5 years old. My oldest brother was drafted that year and missed him horribly. I do hope you are doing well considering.

[@pbatommy]

Thank you for your service.

[@deborahs2593]

Welcome home.

[@coreyknight5101]

GOD bless you & thank you for your service. You are a hero in my book!

[@lenholloway4390]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@garystandsbury9591]

I was 19 and in the Army. Taking me back.

[@pjangels609]

The year that was...everything!!

[@coleparker]

Actually, Wipe out was three years old in 1966. It was big hit for me and my brother and sister as we were living in Huntington Beach Ca. at the time

[@birdgod5584]

It resurged in the Fall of 66

[@cyberspore00]

The background music to my 7th year on this here planet.

[@raulromeroparra3009]

Chulada de canciones.

[@dadoctah]

Between Johnny Rivers and John Sebastian 1966 was truly the year of the bushy eyebrows.

[@johnnytoobad7785]

I was 11 in '66 and my favorite tune had to be "They're Coming to Take me Away". Once they banned it on ABC..I used to seek out AM radio stations that would play it. I was at my Uncle's cottage in the Adirondacks that summer and found a station in Canada. My second favorite had to be "96 Tears. I still love any early Dusty Springfield, the Stones and the Beatles. That music is timeless.

[@CalTxDude]

You and my best friend with that song! LOL He lived in upstate New York and would go down to the basement and play this 45 over and over and over until finally, his mother came down and broke it and said never again! LOL Was this the 1 that had the song played in reverse on the B-side?

[@johnnytoobad7785]

@@CalTxDude YES I believe it DID. I think I ended up with a 45 copy also. Never thought it would be a "collectable".

[@marycampbell8855]

I loved that song too! Didn't know it had been banned. From Canada

[@tangogrrl]

@@CalTxDude I first heard it on Dr Demento in the 80s. I never heard it before then!

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@tangogrrl I am humbled by your presence, Ms Rothschild…..

[@racketman2u]

That top three proved that just because the masses like it doesn't make it good music!

[@marshachesbro5969]

Gee I was 18 getting ready to go to Nursing School. And I did that for 49 years. Best career ever.

[@Marc-lq2qf]

Yeah!,1966 was a very good year for music too, with many excellent songs with artists like the Supremes, the Beach Boys, Tommy James, Percy Sledge and his great hit, (maybe inspiring Procol Harum the next year), the Mamas and Papas, the Monkees, Hebb , without forgetting Donovan, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles and the Stones, of course...

[@Marc-lq2qf]

Thank you, once again !

[@douglasdde376]

Wow Good Vibrations behind Winchester Cathedral sad

[@djbloodshot]

How about wouldnt it be nice at 89?

[@DrGargani]

such a curious mix back then, some songs silly, some very serious, some sound so dated now, and others are eternal....

[@jeffnaslund]

I was 6, living in Chicago. Memory lane, for sure

[@marshachesbro5969]

Best time ever. Where is the time machine2

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde later did versions of You Keep Me Hanging On and it was a different tune from Joe Simon’s 1968 entry, You Keep Me Hanging On!

[@freeguy77]

At 1:03 it is not the 'Strandells', it is STANDELLS, with "Dirty Water." At 2:58, "Day Tripper" one of the numerous drug songs The Beatles wrote about starting that year, in this case, LSD. They stopped touring in late-August, to concentrate on writing and in-studio recordings. They mostly gave-up on love and fun hard rock songs to do drug and social justice-type songs, but people loved their happy and fun love-hard rock songs from 1963-65 the best compared to 1966-69. Bob Lind (4:45) had his gorgeous romantic song "Elusive Butterfly" in early 1966. Might be the best year in rock history, with all the different styles and genres exploding then. My personal favorite year for television shows, just before the pivotal year with protests exploding over the far-away, increasingly unpopular war that was killing so many young men in an unimportant third-world country!

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

That’s Life was sung by Bill Pullman in Casper!

[@EvelyneVince-xf4dd]

Les chanteurs et chanteuses français on repris c'est chanson ❤❤❤ H

[@josephherrmann6304]

Yes, The Ballad of the Green Berets was the number 1 song of 1966. Seemed like every time you turned the radio on it was playing. It did not disappear after it was out of number 1, but was played almost every day of the year.

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

The best year. I compared it to ‘67 and even the same artists (Stones, Beatles, Supremes) had gone slightly downhill compared to ‘66.

[@ayawkolba]

Dionne Warwick became the best selling solo Female pop artist of 60s and early 70s.

[@robertsmith9106]

g the year i was born have most of these songs on my playlist

[@danielgrubb9668]

Compare these songs to the top songs of 1967….amazing transition.

[@johngunther6333]

Interesting that you mention ARC as your source. From what I can tell ARC wasn't founded until 1980. The ARC Weekly Top 40 is a weekly Top 40 pop chart that has been in existence since 1980 and became associated with Rock On The Net in 1997. The ARC is based on weekly sales, radio airplay, and video play.

[@alexmckenna1171]

A great year. Some of the American records never made it over here in England, though for some reason.