Soul R&B Music Charts of 1966 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1966 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1966, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1966, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1966 . . .

The following songs were released in 1966 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1966 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
401	recordlabel: Hot Shot 1000 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: Cathy Lynn, P. Pott comments: [northern soul]	Marsha Brody	Right Combination	1966	Hot Shot
402	recordlabel: Verve 10440 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: Rio album: Tequila comments: [instrumental]	Wes Montgomery	Tequila	1966	Verve
403	recordlabel: Imperial 66216 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: C. J. McNeely album: Where Soul Lives comments: [ballad]	Baby Ray	There's Something On Your Mind	1966	Imperial
404	recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1012 chartposition: US #132 writtenby: Council Gay, Jerry Butler and Sylvester Potts comments: [northern soul]	Mamie Galore	It Ain't Necessary	1966	St. Lawrence
405	recordlabel: Bell 659 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #41 writtenby: Ronald Saunders	The Attractions	Find Me	1966	Bell
406	recordlabel: Tamla 54125 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #125 writtenby: Frank Wilson comments: [Motown Sound]	Brenda Holloway	Together 'Til the End of Time	1966	Tamla
407	recordlabel: Volt 139 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes	The Mad Lads	Patch My Heart	1966	Volt
408	recordlabel: Sue 144 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Tom De Cillas	Bobby Lee	I Was Born a Loser	1966	Sue
409	recordlabel: Kent 445 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: King album: The Jungle comments: [soul blues]	B.B. King	5 Long Years	1966	Kent
410	recordlabel: Omen 13 chartposition: US #126 writtenby: Ronald Saunders	Carl Henderson	Sharing You	1966	Omen
411	recordlabel: Hi 2112 chartposition: US #127 writtenby: Ray Harris	Willie Mitchell	Mercy	1966	Hi
412	recordlabel: Cameo 382 chartposition: US #126 writtenby: Barrett Strong	Dee Dee Sharp	It's a Funny Situation	1966	Cameo
413	recordlabel: Tribe 8319 chartposition: RandB #42, US #110 writtenby: Rick Hall, Dan Penn and Oscar Frank	Barbara Lynn	You Left the Water Running	1966	Tribe
414	recordlabel: Veep 1232 chartposition: US #125 writtenby: Mort Shuman and Jerry Ragovoy	Garnet Mimms	It's Been Such a Long Way Home	1966	Veep
415	recordlabel: Brunswick 55287 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #128 writtenby: Bob Tupert and Demetriss Tapp	Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker	Please Don't Hurt Me (I've Never Been in Love Before)	1966	Brunswick
416	recordlabel: Atlantic 2336 chartposition: US #127 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)	The Drifters	You Can't Love Them All	1966	Atlantic
417	recordlabel: Reprise 0436 chartposition: US #128 writtenby: Van McCoy comments: B side to Good, Good Lovin'	The Blossoms	That's When the Tears Start	1966	Reprise
418	recordlabel: Checker 1149 chartposition: RandB #45, US #127 writtenby: Chuck Corby	Little Milton	Man Loves Two	1966	Checker
419	recordlabel: Double R 248 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42 writtenby: G. Jackson comments: [ballad]	George Jackson	When I Stop Lovin' You	1966	Double R
420	recordlabel: Atlantic 2316 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42 writtenby: Cahn, Styne album: It's Magic / The Best of Barbara Lewis	Barbara Lewis	It's Magic	1966	Atlantic
421	recordlabel: Uptown 720 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42 writtenby: Buddy Johnson comments: [ballad]	Odessa Harris	Since I Fell For You	1966	Uptown
422	recordlabel: Wand 1145 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss	Maxine Brown	I Don't Need Anything	1966	Wand
423	recordlabel: Jewel 765 chartposition: RandB #43 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Frank Frost, Chip Young	Frank Frost	My Back Scratcher	1966	Jewel
424	recordlabel: Smash 2056 chartposition: US #130 writtenby: C.O. Richards	The Festivals	Music	1966	Smash
425	recordlabel: Prestige 428 chartposition: US #131 writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon comments: [instrumental]	Richard Groove Holmes	The More I See You	1966	Prestige
426	recordlabel: Columbia 43857 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43 writtenby: R. Jamison comments: [ballad]	Mattie Moultrie	That's How Strong My Love Is	1966	Columbia
427	recordlabel: Galaxy 748 chartposition: RandB #43 writtenby: Little Johnny Taylor	Little Johnny Taylor	Zig Zag Lightning	1966	Galaxy
428	recordlabel: Okeh 7240 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #129 writtenby: Ted Taylor	Ted Taylor	Daddy's Baby	1966	Okeh
429	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 813 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Helen Mastor and Kay Miller album: Everybody Needs Love comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Just Walk in My Shoes	1966	Tamla Motown
430	recordlabel: Cadet 5541 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin), Bobby Rogers and Pete Moore album: Wade in the Water	Ramsey Lewis	Ain't That Peculiar	1966	Cadet
431	recordlabel: Veep 1234 chartposition: US #132 writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Garnet Mimms	My Baby	1966	Veep
432	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 551 (UK) chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier album: Darling Baby comments: [Motown Sound]	The Elgins	Put Yourself in My Place	1966	Tamla Motown(UK)
433	recordlabel: Decca 32011 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff comments: [northern soul]	Len Barry	I Struck It Rich	1966	Decca
434	recordlabel: Solid State 2501 chartposition: US #135 writtenby: Johnny Green and Edward Heyman	Jimmy McGriff	I Cover the Waterfront	1966	Solid State
435	recordlabel: Okeh 7262 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: L. Williams comments: [ballad]	Little Richard	The Commandments of Love	1966	Okeh
436	recordlabel: Chess 1987 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45 writtenby: M. Collier, L. Caston	Mitty Collier	(Lookin' Out The Window) Watching And Waiting	1966	Chess
437	recordlabel: Shurfine 14 chartposition: RandB #45 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Walter D. Brown	Dee Brown & Lola Grant	We Belong Together	1966	Shurfine
438	recordlabel: Kent 450 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: B.B. King and Joe Josea	B.B. King	I Stay in the Mood	1966	Kent
439	recordlabel: Congress 260 chartposition: US #135 writtenby: Lincoln Chase and Alphonso Elliston	Shirley Ellis	Ever See a Diver Kiss His Wife While the Bubbles Bounce About Above the Water?	1966	Congress
440	recordlabel: Scepter 12157 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45 writtenby: Tommy Kaye	Judy Clay	You Busted My Mind	1966	Scepter
441	recordlabel: Atco 6453 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: Bottar, Columbe	Aesops Fables	Hidin' My Love	1966	Atco
442	recordlabel: Shout 207 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46 writtenby: Freddie Scott album: Are You Lonely for Me? comments: [southern soul ballad]	Freddie Scott	Where Were You	1966	Shout
443	recordlabel: Okeh 7266 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46 writtenby: J. Levine, A. Resnick comments: [northern soul]	Major Lance	Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes)	1966	Okeh
444	recordlabel: Ric Tic 115 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46 writtenby: Lennon, McCartney	J.J. Barnes	Day Tripper	1966	Ric Tic
445	recordlabel: Veep 1248 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Ted Randazzo, Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams and Victoria Pike	Little Anthony & the Imperials	It's Not the Same	1966	Veep
446	recordlabel: Okeh 7260 chartposition: RandB #46, US #83 writtenby: Layng Martine (as Layng Martine Jr.) and Lou Stallman album: Speak Her Name / Greatest OKeh Hits	Walter Jackson	A Corner in the Sun	1966	Okeh
447	recordlabel: Mercury 72620 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: P. Mayfield album: Like It Is comments: [blues]	Junior Parker	Baby Please	1966	Mercury
448	recordlabel: Philips 40404 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: N. Simone album: Wild Is The Wind comments: [soul jazz]	Nina Simone	Four Women	1966	Philips
449	recordlabel: Okeh 7261 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: R. Pennington	Otis Williams & The Charms	Your Sweet Love (Rained All Over Me)	1966	Okeh
450	recordlabel: Okeh 7261 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: R. Pennington	Otis Williams & The Charms	Ain't Gonna Walk Your Dog No More	1966	Okeh
451	recordlabel: Mayfield 7711 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Fascinations	(Say It Isn't So) Say You'd Never Go	1966	Mayfield
452	recordlabel: Jewel 869 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48 writtenby: Frank Frost comments: [blues]	Frank Frost	Things You Do	1966	Jewel
453	recordlabel: Arctic 116 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: Barbara Mason album: Oh How It Hurts	Barbara Mason	Is It Me?	1966	Arctic
454	recordlabel: Modern 1020 chartposition: RandB #48 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Larry Davis	Mary Love	Move a Little Closer	1966	Modern
455	recordlabel: Swan 4235 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: Richard Barrett	The Three Degrees	Look in My Eyes	1966	Swan
456	recordlabel: Atlantic 2361 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: Higgins album: Workin' On A Groovy Thing	Barbara Lewis	Baby What Do You Want Me To Do	1966	Atlantic
457	recordlabel: HBR 509 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: F. Randall comments: [northern soul instrumental]	Four Gents	Soul Sister	1966	HBR
458	recordlabel: Columbia 43830 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49 writtenby: K. Williams comments: [northern soul]	The Spellbinders	Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again)	1966	Columbia
459	recordlabel: Verve 10426 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Willie Dixon album: Hoochie Cooche Man comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man	1966	Verve
460	recordlabel: Musicor 1201 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Luther Dixon, Inez Foxx and Barbara Gaskins	Inez & Charlie Foxx	No Stranger to Love	1966	Musicor
461	recordlabel: Brunswick 55304 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: John J. Myers	The Four Pennies	You Have No Time To Lose	1966	Brunswick
462	recordlabel: United Artists 50004 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: C. Spencer comments: [northern soul]	The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt	Goin' Wild	1966	United Artists
463	recordlabel: Bragg 227 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: Carolyn Varga comments: [southern soul ballad]	Rodge Martin	When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)	1966	Bragg
464	recordlabel: Excello 2280 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: James Stewart comments: [northern soul]	Marion James	That's My Man	1966	Excello
465	recordlabel: Atco 6445 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: Bishop, Gamble	Dee Dee Sharp	My Best Friend's Man	1966	Atco
466	recordlabel: Checker 1147 chartposition: US #100 writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Carl Smith and Raynard Miner comments: [northern soul]	Fontella Bass	Safe and Sound	1966	Checker
467	recordlabel: Impact 1014 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50 writtenby: Edwin Starr album: Happiness Is The Shades Of Blue	The Shades Of Blue	Lonely Summer	1966	Impact
468	recordlabel: Uptown 717 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: Phillips	The Intertains	Gotta Find A Girl	1966	Uptown
469	recordlabel: Atlantic 4078 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Don Covay	Don Covay	Watching the Late Late Show	1966	Atlantic
470	recordlabel: Parkway 981 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Eddie Holman and Solomon Burke	Eddie Holman	Don't Stop Now	1966	Parkway
471	recordlabel: Veep 1228 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Teddy Randazzo and Victoria Pike album: Payin' Our Dues comments: [northern soul]	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Better Use Your Head	1966	Veep
472	recordlabel: Verve 10449 chartposition: US #47 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King album: Sayin' Somethin'	The Righteous Brothers	On This Side of Goodbye	1966	Verve
473	recordlabel: Carla 2530 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Johnny Griffith and Richard Pat Green	Deon Jackson	I Can't Do without You Baby	1966	Carla
474	recordlabel: Soul 35016 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) album: Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love	1966	Soul
475	recordlabel: Imperial 66178 chartposition: US #119 writtenby: Burke Jones and Nat Jones	Irma Thomas	It's a Man's Woman's World (Part I)	1966	Imperial
476	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478768 chartposition: US #122 writtenby: Otis, Augustas	Brook Benton	Only a Girl Like You	1966	RCA Victor
477	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478830 chartposition: US #126 writtenby: Bobby Stevenson and June Cordae	Brook Benton	Too Much Good Lovin' (No Good for Me)	1966	RCA Victor
478	recordlabel: Atlantic 2357 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Don Covay	Don Covay	Somebody's Got to Love You	1966	Atlantic
479	recordlabel: Tribe 8316 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Lynn Ozen)	Barbara Lynn	I'm a Good Woman	1966	Tribe
480	recordlabel: Okeh 7250 chartposition: US #132 writtenby: Carla Thomas and Edward Thomas	Major Lance	Investigate	1966	Okeh
---	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10779 writtenby: M. Davis	The Tams	Riding For A Fall	1966	ABC Paramount
---	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10825 writtenby: Joe South album: Time For The Tams	The Tams	It's Better To Have Loved A Little	1966	ABC Paramount
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2340 writtenby: Covay comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: EcHgdBqfJjc	Don Covay & The Goodtimers	You Put Something On Me	1966	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2340 writtenby: Jones, Porter, Cropper album: See Saw comments: [southern soul] mpcode: XuTlX_FzCHU	Don Covay & The Goodtimers	Iron Out The Rough Spots	1966	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Decca 32005 writtenby: Leon Huff comments: [northern soul] mpcode: 4jnBj3znFaE	The Sweet Three	Big Lovers Come In Small Packages	1966	Decca
---	recordlabel: Decca 32005 writtenby: Leon Huff comments: [northern soul] mpcode: 2zYOttThGCc	The Sweet Three	That's The Way It Is	1966	Decca
---	recordlabel: Minit 32011 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday album: The Turning Point Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 comments: [deep soul]	Jimmy Holiday	The Turning Point	1966	Minit
---	recordlabel: Back Beat 568 writtenby: Deadric Malone comments: [northern soul]	Jeanette Williams	All Of A Sudden	1966	Back Beat
---	recordlabel: PJ Records 1002 writtenby: Willie Johnson comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: 05WA-_n-WOM	Little Willie Johnson	My Heart Is Yours	1966	PJ Records
---	recordlabel: Zachron 600 writtenby: J. Cameron	Syl Johnson	Straight Love No Chaser	1966	Zachron
---	recordlabel: Atco 2091 020 (UK) writtenby: Campbell, Alpert, Adler album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul comments: [southern soul]	Otis Redding	Wonderful World	1966	Atco (UK)
---	recordlabel: Volt 142 writtenby: Hayes, Porter	The Charmels	Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man)	1966	Volt
---	recordlabel: Wingate 22 writtenby: N. Toney, A. Williams	The Dramatics	Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo	1966	Wingate
---	recordlabel: Sue 710 (UK) writtenby: Redding	Otis Redding	Gettin' Hip	1966	Sue(UK)
---	recordlabel: Thomas 304 writtenby: R. Wylie	Jamo Thomas	Arrest Me	1966	Thomas
---	recordlabel: Volt 138 writtenby: Otis Redding, Julius Green album: The Soul Album	Otis Redding	Good To Me	1966	Volt
---	recordlabel: Money 118 writtenby: Bettye Swann	Bettye Swann	The Heartache Is Gone	1966	Money
---	recordlabel: Volt 141 writtenby: Redding, Cropper, Porter album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul	Otis Redding	I'm Sick Y'all	1966	Volt
---	recordlabel: Volt 132 writtenby: Redding, Cropper album: The Soul Album	Otis Redding	Any Ole Way	1966	Volt
---	recordlabel: Onederful 4846 writtenby: Jones, Silvers	Otis Clay	It's Easier Said, Than Done	1966	Onederful

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