Nick’s Popular Music Ranking for December 1966

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Positions are based on comparative chart performances within formats and weighted by market share of formats. Stats for the past twelve months (it works a bit like the tennis or golf ranking system)…

 

1    (2)    The Beach Boys

2    (1)    The Beatles

3    (3)    The Walker Brothers

4    (5)    The Spencer Davis Group

5    (10)  Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

6    (4)    The Rolling Stones

7    (7)    The Kinks

8    (8)    Frank Sinatra

9    (9)    The Seekers

10  (25)  Jim Reeves

11  (11)  Manfred Mann

12  (12)  Elvis Presley

13  (15)  The Small Faces

14  (6)    Ken Dodd

15  (16)  Bert Kaempfert

16  (20)  The Troggs

17  (18)  Cilla Black

18  (14)  The Animals

19  (24)  Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

20  (19)  Dusty Springfield

21  (26)  Georgie Fame

22  (17)  Cliff Richard

23  (13)  Bob Dylan

24  (23)  Roy Orbison

25  (27)  The Mamas & The Papas

26  (21)  The Who

27  (28)  Otis Redding

28  (30)  The Hollies

29  (22)  Andy Williams

30  (29)  Joan Baez

31  (34)  Lovin’ Spoonful

32  (32)  Cher

33  (35)  Barbara Streisand

34  (33)  Gene Pitney

35  (40)  The Batchelors

36  (31)  Tony Bennett

37  (39)  Herman’s Hermits

38  (53)  The Four Tops

39  (38)  Nancy Sinatra

40  (37)  Petula Clark

41  (36)  The Yardbirds

42  (61)  Val Doonican

43  (42)  The Mindbenders

44  (50)  Lee Dorsey

45  (44)  Simon & Garfunkel

46  (43)  The Shadows

47  (45)  Crispian St. Peters

48  (41)  The Four Seasons

49  (48)  Chris Farlowe

50  (47)  Los Bravos