Each week The 60s Official Site will showcase a countdown of the top ten songs of the current
week of a particular year in the 1960s.. So tune in at this web page weekly and check out what year we will be
showcasing. Here you can see and listen to the Top Ten songs of the week. It may have significance to your first
love, your birthday, graduation or any special occasion that brings back the memories on how great the sixties
truly were. Also, the news headlines for the week and born on this day will be part of this weekly
feature.
This week we look back to the
year
1966
at the Top 10
Songs on the Billboard Charts
(for week ending
Mar 12, 1966)
Headlines and Special Notes
Mar
12- Mar 18, 1966
Mar 12 - Bobby
Hull, of the Chicago Blackhawks, became the first NHL player to score 51
points in a single season.
Mar 13 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
Mar 15 - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
Mar 17 - A U.S.
submarine found a missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean off of
Spain.
Mar 18 - Scott Paper began
selling paper dresses for $1.
Born on This
Day
Mar
12
Wally Schirra
(Astronaut) 1913
Gordon MacRae 1921
Al Jarreau 1932
Johnny Rutherford 1938
Barbara Feldon 1941
Liza Minnelli 1946
James Taylor 1948
Mike Gibbins (Badfinger) 1949
Jon Provost (actor "Lassie') 1950
Mar 13
Sammy Kaye 1910
L. Ron Hubbard 1911
William Casey 1913
Peter Breck 1930
Liz Anderson 1930
Mike Stoller (songwriter) 1933
Neil Sedaka 1939
Donald York (Sha-Na-Na) 1949
William H. Macy 1950
Fred Berry 1951
Dana Delany 1956
Mar 14
Casey Jones (John Luther) 1864
Albert Einstein 1879
Les Brown 1912
Max Shulman 1919
Quincy Jones 1933
Michael Caine 1933
Michael Martin Murphey 1945
Steve Kanaly 1946
Billy Crystal 1948
Rick Dees 1950
Mar 15
Andrew Jackson (U.S. President) 1767
Harry James 1916
Norm Van Brocklin (NFL) 1926
Carl Smith 1927
Judd Hirsch 1935
Phil Lesh ( The Grateful Dead) 1940
Mike Love (The Beach Boys) 1941
David Costell (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) 1944
Sly Stone (Sly & The Family Stone) 1944
Bobby Bonds 1946
Howard Scott (War) 1946
Mar 16
James Madison (U.S. President) 1751
Henny Youngman 1906
Jerry Lewis 1926
Chuck Woolery 1941
Erik Estrada 1949
Kate Nelligan 1951
Nancy Wilson (Heart) 1954
Mar 17
Shemp Howard (Three Stooges) 1895
Nat "King" Cole 1919
Adam Wade 1937
Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) 1941
John Sebastian (Lovin' Sponful) 1944
Harold Brown ( War) 1946
Patrick Duffy 1949
Kurt Russell 1951
Lesley-Anne Down 1954
Gary Sinise 1955
Paul Overstreet 1955
Mar 18
Grover Cleveland (U.S. President) 1837
Smiley (Lester) Burnette 1911
Andy Granatelli 1923
Peter Graves 1926
George Plimpton 1927
John Updike (author) 1932
Charlie Pride 1938
Wilson Pickett 1941
Barrie (B.J.) Wilson (Procol Harum) 1947
John Hartman (The Doobie Brothers) 1950
Irene Cara 1959
Vanessa Williams 1963
Bonnie Blair (Olympic Gold Medal Speed Skater) 1964
Be sure to check out next week's
countdown from the current week of the 60s
decade.