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WEDDING DAY ::  August 29, 1966


Who else was making music on our special day?

The Beatles' last live show, to a crowd of 25,000 at
Candlestick Park, San Francisco - August 29, 1966

ON DISC AND AIR

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POP TOP TEN ~ AUGUST 29, 1966
1 Beatles ~ Eleanor Rigby 
2 Beatles ~ Yellow Submarine
3 Hollies ~ Bus Stop
4 Bobby Hebb ~ Sunny
5 Donovan ~ Sunshine Superman 
6 Carlton Showband ~ The Merry Ploughboy, The (In The Green)
7 Abbey Tavern Singers ~ The Off To Dublin In The Green
8 The Happenings ~ See You In September
9 Wilson Pickett ~ Land Of 1,000 Dances
10 Supremes ~ You Can't Hurry Love

OTHER SONGS ON THE POP CHART
The Rolling Stones ~ Mother's Little Helper
Napolean XIV ~ They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haa! 
Beach Boys ~ Wouldn't It Be Nice 
Beach Boys ~ God Only Knows
Sandpipers ~ Guantanamera
Cyrkle ~ Turn-Down Day
Walker, Jr. & The All Stars ~ How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Lovin' Spoonful ~ Summer In The City 
Lee Dorsey ~ Working In The Coal Mine 
Simon & Garfunkel ~ Dangling Conversation
The Troggs ~ Wild Thing 
Lewis Trio, Ramsey Wade In The Water 
The Association ~ Cherish 
Ray Conniff Singers ~ Somewhere, My Love 
Los Bravos  ~ Black Is Black 
Surfaris ~ Wipe Out

See:
The Illiterate Top Ten Review of August 29, 1966
 

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TELEVISION
Shows Ending This Year
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966). 
The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966). 
Danger Man (UK) (1960-1961; 1964-1966). 
The Flintstones (1960-1966). 
Ben Casey (1961-1966). 
Mister Ed (1961-1966). 
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966). 
Ready Steady Go! (1963-1966). 
Shindig! (1964-1966). 
The Addams Family (1964-1966). 
The Munsters (1964-1966). 
This Hour Has Seven Days (1964-1966). 
Hullabaloo (1965-1966). 

Long Running Shows
Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present). 
My Three Sons (1960-1972). 
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968). 
The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969). 
The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968). 
 

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969). 
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971). 
The Lucy Show (1962-1968). 
The Saint (UK) (1962-1969). 
Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978). 
Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present). 
Petticoat Junction (1963-1970). 
Bewitched (1964-1972). 
Daniel Boone (1964-1970). 
Gilligan's Island (1964-1967). 
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1970). 
Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present). 
Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present). 
Days of Our Lives (1965-present). 
Get Smart (1965-1970). 
Green Acres (1965-1971). 
Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971). 
I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970). 
Lost In Space (1965-1968). 
The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974). 
Tom and Jerry (1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982). 
The first Tarzan television series was about to air. It starred Ron Ely and ran for 57 episodes, ending in April 1968.

Patrick McGoohan quit the popular spy series Danger Man after filming only two episodes of the fourth season, in order to produce and star in The Prisoner, which began filming in September.

CBC had started colour broadcasts. All three US networks are broadcasting in color regularly.

Star Trek was about to premiere on CBS.
 

Interesting People Born on Our Special Day
  • Preston Sturges born on August 29, 1898
  • Ingrid Bergman born on August 29, 1915
  • Charlie Parker born on August 29, 1920
  • Richard Attenborough born on August 29, 1923
  • John McCain born on August 29, 1936
  • Elliott Gould born on August 29, 1938
  • Michael Jackson born on August 29, 1958
  • August 29th Events in History


    ON THE RACKS



    ON THE SCREEN




    Beau Geste (1966 film)
    The Blue Max
    Born Free
    Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
    Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
    Dracula: Prince of Darkness
    Dragon Gate Inn
    Duel at Diablo
    El Dorado (film)
    Fantastic Voyage
    The Fortune Cookie
    Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)
    Funeral in Berlin
    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
    Georgy Girl
    The Glass Bottom Boat
    Madame X (film)
    A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)
    Modesty Blaise (1966 film)
    Our Man Flint
    The Rare Breed
    The Sand Pebbles (film)
    Murderers' Row (film)
    Stagecoach (film)
    The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
    Torn Curtain
    Walk Don't Run
    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
    The Wrong Box

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