Number One Hits of 1966 - Part 2 Quiz

Answer: Tommy James and the Shondells

Written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, originally recorded by the Raindrops (actually Ellie Greenwich with two backup singers), "Hanky Panky" became a number one hit when revamped and released by Tommy James and the Shondells. The record topped the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in the chart for fifteen weeks.

The song was a top ten in Australia reaching number three and in the UK the song made the top twenty.

Answer: The Righteous Brothers

"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" was the second number one for the Righteous Brothers on the Billboard Hot 100, they having previously topped the chart with "You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling" in February of 1965. "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" was well received in Australia making the top ten and peaking at number nine.

In the UK the song reached number fifteen. The song was written by Brill building alumni Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

"19th Nervous Breakdown" became the Rolling Stones' sixth number one hit on the UK pop chart. The record made Number two on the Billboard Hot 100 (number one on Cashbox). In Australia the record was a number two hit. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Answer: ? and the Mysterians

"96 Tears" for ? and the Mysterians was a surprise number one hit in 1966, climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1966. The song stayed in the top ten for ten weeks. The record got to number 37 in the UK and to 55 in Australia. This group from Saginaw, Michigan hit the bottom end of the charts a few times over the next twelve months, then disappeared from the charts.

Answer: Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves became the second artist to have a posthumous number one hit on the UK chart when "Distant Drums" made number one in September of 1966. The song only reached 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 although it was a number one on the Billboard country chart. In Australia the song made number forty and peaked at number thirty two.

Answer: The Easybeats

The biggest groups in Australia in 1966 were Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs, Ray Brown and The Whispers, The Twilights, The Bee Gees and The Easybeats. The Easybeats took an EP titled "Easyfever" to the top of the singles chart in 1966, featuring the songs "I'll Make You Happy", "Too Much", "A Very Special Man" and Trying so Hard". As the Easybeats were still in Australia at this time their music did not chart anywhere else other than New Zealand.
The Easybeats met each other at a migrant facility in Sydney's Western suburbs and formed in mid-1964.

Answer: Bob Lind

"You might wake up some mornin'. To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind", are the opening lines to "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind. The song was a number one hit for Lind in Australia. In his home country "Elusive Butterfly" made it to number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK the record also got to number five. Bob Lind never entered the charts again in Australia or the UK; he did have a couple of other tunes make the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: The Supremes.

"You Can't Hurry Love" was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100; this was number seven of an eventual twelve number one's for the Supremes. The record made number three in the UK and number eight in Australia. Written by Motown's hitmakers, Holland, Dozier and Holland, the song had a new life in 1983 when it was a number one hit for Phil Collins.

Answer: Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield gained her first and only number one hit on the UK Chart when "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" went to the top spot in April 1966. This record went to number two in Australia and number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

Dusty was part of the Springfields who had a number one hit in Australia in 1962 with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles".

Answer: The Troggs

The Troggs with "Wild Thing" edged "Hanky Panky" out of the top spot on the Billboard chart. The song was a number two hit for the group in their native UK. In Australia the record went to number two kept, out of the top spot like so many in the 1960s by the Beatles with "Day Tripper".
The song was famously written by Chip Taylor who is the brother of actor Jon Voight.