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Top 20 Song Chart for March 19, 1966

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1 1   The Ballad Of The Green Berets  
  SSgt Barry Sadler, US Army Special Forces
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2 2   19th Nervous Breakdown 1  
  The Rolling Stones
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4 3   Nowhere Man  
  The Beatles
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3 4   California Dreamin' 1  
  The Mamas & The Papas
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19 5   Daydream 2  
  The Lovin' Spoonful
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5 6   These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 1  
  Nancy Sinatra
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6 7   Elusive Butterfly 6  
  Bob Lind
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16 8   634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)  
  Wilson Pickett
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- 9   (You're My) Soul And Inspiration 1  
  The Righteous Brothers
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14 10   Love Makes The World Go Round  
  Deon Jackson
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7 11   Listen People 6  
  Herman's Hermits
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13 12   Homeward Bound 8  
  Simon & Garfunkel
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18 13   Baby Scratch My Back  
  Slim Harpo
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15 14   Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) 5  
  The Four Tops
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- 15   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 8  
  B.J. Thomas
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8 16   Lightnin' Strikes 1  
  Lou Christie
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- 17   Rags To Riches  
  Lenny Welch
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- 18   Woman 16  
  Peter And Gordon
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- 19   My Baby Loves Me  
  Martha & The Vandellas
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- 20   Sure Gonna Miss Her 12  
  Gary Lewis And The Playboys
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The Ballad Of The Green Berets tops the entire chart this week for SSgt Barry Sadler, US Army Special Forces. Finding a spot at number two this week is 19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones. The Beatles finds the number three this week with Nowhere Man.


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