| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | 2 | 1 | Dec-1966 | Par-Lo | Aaron Neville | Tell It Like It Is | Davis-Diamond |
| | 72 | 2 | Oct-1966 | ABC | B.B. King | Don't Answer The Door - Part 1 | Marj Johnson |
| | 14 | 3 | Sep-1966 | Stax | Carla Thomas | B-A-B-Y | Hayes-Porter |
| | 8 | 5 | Apr-1966 | Scepter | Dionne Warwick | Message To Michael | Burt Bacharach, Hal David |
| | | | Apr-1966 | Arhoolie | Earl Hooker | Earl's Boogie | Earl Hooker |
| | 28 | 1 | Nov-1966 | Stax | Eddie Floyd | Knock on Wood | Floyd-Cropper |
| | 1 | 1 | Sep-1966 | Motown | Four Tops | Reach Out (I'll Be There) | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 6 | 2 | Nov-1966 | Motown | Four Tops | Standing In The Shadow Of Love | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 88 | | May-1966 | A&M | Ike & Tina Turner | River Deep Mountain High | Spector, Barry, Greewich |
| | 12 | 6 | Jan-1966 | Motown/Tamla | Isley Brothers | This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) | Holland-Dozier-Holland-Moy |
| | 11 | 5 | Sep-1966 | Brunswick | Jackie Wilson | Whispers (Getting Louder) | Acklin-Scott |
| | 8 | 1 | May-1966 | King | James Brown | It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World | James Brown-Betty Newsome |
| | 42 | 6 | Mar-1966 | King | James Brown | Ain't That A Groove | James Brown-Nat Jones |
| | 50 | 4 | Oct-1966 | King | James Brown | Don't Be A Dropout | James Brown-Nat Jones |
| | 7 | 6 | Jun-1966 | Motown | Jimmy Ruffin | What Becomes Of A Broken Heart | Weatherspoon, Riser, Dean |
| | 29 | 1 | Jan-1966 | Dial | Joe Tex | A Sweet Woman Like You | Joe Tex Arrington |
| | 20 | 4 | Mar-1966 | Motown | Jr. Walker & The All Stars | (I'm A) Road Runner | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 18 | 3 | Jul-1966 | Motown | Jr. Walker & The All Stars | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | | 4 | Apr-1966 | Checker | Koko Taylor & Little Walter | Wang Dang Doodle | Willie Dixon |
| | 13 | 1 | Nov-1966 | Capitol | Lou Rawls | Love is a Hurtin' Thing | Dave Linden, Ben Raleigh |
| | 14 | 4 | Dec-1966 | Motown/Tamla | Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | It Takes Two | Stevenson-Moy |
| | 61 | 10 | Jun-1966 | Volt | Otis Redding | My Lover's Prayer | Otis Redding |
| | 31 | 4 | Mar-1966 | Volt | Otis Redding | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards |
| | 25 | 4 | Dec-1966 | Volt | Otis Redding | Try A Little Tenderness | Connelly-Woods-Campbell |
| | 1 | 1 | Apr-1966 | Atlantic | Percy Sledge | When A Man Loves A Woman | Lewis, Wright |
| | 17 | 5 | Aug-1966 | Atlantic | Percy Sledge | Warm And Temder Love | Ida Irral Berger, Bobby Robinson |
| | 20 | 7 | Nov-1966 | Atlantic | Percy Sledge | It Tears Me Up | Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn |
| | 31 | 1 | Jul-1966 | ABC-Paramount | Ray Charles | Let's Go Get Stoned | Armstead, Ashford, Simpson |
| | 32 | 22 | Oct-1966 | ABC | Ray Charles | I Chose To Sing The Blues | Ray Charles, Jimmy Holiday |
| | 6 | 5 | Jan-1966 | ABC-Paramount | Ray Charles | Crying Time | Buck Owens |
| | 19 | 10 | Apr-1966 | ABC-Paramount | Ray Charles | Together Again | Buck Owens |
| | 21 | 1 | Mar-1966 | Atlantic | Sam & Dave | Hold On! I'm Comin' | Hayes-Porter |
| | 77 | 7 | Nov-1966 | Atlantic | Sam & Dave | You've Got Me Humming | Hayes-Porter |
| | 64 | 8 | Aug-1966 | Atlantic | Sam & Dave | Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody | Hayes-Porter |
| | 16 | 1 | Feb-1966 | Excello | Slim Harpo | Baby Scratch my Back | Slim Harpo |
| | 9 | 1 | Jul-1966 | Motown | Stevie Wonder | Blowin In the Wind | Bob Dylan |
| | 7 | 2 | May-1966 | Karen | The Capitols | Cool Jerk | Don Storball |
| | 50 | 9 | Aug-1966 | Motown/VIP | The Elgins | Heaven Must Have Sent You | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 78 | 14 | Jul-1966 | Philly Int'l | The Intruders | (We'll Be) United | Gamble-Huff |
| | 13 | 2 | Dec-1966 | Motown/Tamla | The Marvelettes | The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game | William Robinson Jr. |
| | 11 | 2 | Jan-1966 | Motown/Tamla | The Miracles | Goin' to A Go-Go | Moore/Robinson/Rogers/Tarplin |
| | 1 | 1 | Nov-1966 | Motown | The Supremes | You Keep Me Hangin' On | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1966 | Motown | The Supremes | You Can't Hurry Love | Holland-Dozier-Holland |
| | 29 | 1 | Apr-1966 | Motown | The Temptations | Get Ready | Smokey Robinson |
| | 13 | 1 | May-1966 | Motown/Gordy | The Temptations | Ain't Too Proud To Beg | Eddie Holland |
| | 3 | 1 | Aug-1966 | Motown/Gordy | The Temptations | Beauty Is Only Skin Deep | Whitfield-Holland |
| | 8 | 1 | Nov-1966 | Motown/Gordy | The Temptations | I Know I'm Losing You | Holland-Whitfield-Grant |
| | 13 | 1 | Mar-1966 | Atlantic | Wilson Pickett | 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA) | Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd |
| | 6 | 1 | Aug-1966 | Atlantic | Wilson Pickett | Land of 1000 Dances | Chris Kenner |
