Aah, what of summer '66 was - my sister was into The Beatles and George best, I was collecting bubble gum and Brooke Bond tea trading cards.
Then the World Cup sparked off the summer for me, I watched the Uruguay game and thought Oh no, we need to be better than this.
I listened to Radio Luxembourg on my transistor, the July 7th chart was typical of the era.
Dusty Springfield was "Goin' Back" at Number 30
New to the charts were The Troggs with "Wild Thing" at Number 28
Los Bravos "Black is Black" at Number 25
And strangely, The Rolilng Stones with "Paint it Black" at Number 23
Beach Boys classic "Sloop John B" at Number 19
Simon and Garfunkel with "I Am A Rock" at Number 17
Travesty of Justice - the great James Brown gets his highest chart position (until the 80s) with "Its a Man's Man's Man's World" at Number 13
Cilla Black with "Don't Answer Me" at Number 8
Ol' Blues Eyes with "Strangers In The Night" at Number 5 - one of my Mum's favourites
Brilliant - The Kinks at Number 1 with "Sunny Afternoon"
Aah - what happy memories
John Priestly
Memory added on July 3, 2016
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