Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1966.
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 29:54 (original release) 30:19 (1993 re-release) | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
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All ten songs on the original 1988 release reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However a 1993 re-issue replaced the two Motown songs ("You Can't Hurry Love" & "Reach Out I'll Be There") as well as Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" with "When a Man Loves a Woman," "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly," and "Good Lovin'," subsequently bringing the number of chart toppers down from ten to nine.
Absent from the track lineup were songs by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. A disclaimer on the back of the album stated that licensing restrictions made tracks from the two bands unavailable for inclusion on the album.
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 2, 1997.[1]
Track listing
1989 original release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm a Believer" (Billboard peak No. 1 in December) | Diamond | The Monkees | 2:46 |
| 2. | "Summer in the City" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August) | Sebastian/Boone/Sebastian | The Lovin' Spoonful | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Wild Thing" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July) | Taylor | The Troggs | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Hanky Panky" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July) | Barry/Greenwich | Tommy James and the Shondells | 2:56 |
| 5. | "You Can't Hurry Love" (Billboard peak No. 1 in September) | Holland/Dozier/Holland | The Supremes | 2:49 |
| 6. | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" (Billboard peak No. 1 in April) | Mann/Weil | The Righteous Brothers | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Monday, Monday" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May) | Phillips | The Mamas & the Papas | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Good Vibrations" (Billboard peak No. 1 in December) | Wilson/Love | The Beach Boys | 3:40 |
| 9. | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Hazlewood | Nancy Sinatra | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Billboard peak No. 1 in October) | Holland/Dozier/Holland | Four Tops | 2:59 |
1993 re-release, replacement tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 5. | "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May) | Lewis/Wright | Percy Sledge | 2:58 |
| 9. | "Devil with a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly" (Billboard peak No. 4 in November) | Long/Stevenson & Marascalco/Blackwell | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Good Lovin'" (Billboard peak No. 1 in April) | Clark/Resnick | The Young Rascals | 2:31 |