Anyone out there got copies of 1966 UK R&B charts ?

I have some 1960's B&S mags that featured UK 45 charts but these are mainly 68 onwards. Ahead of the start up of Home Of The Blues / B&S, the only mag I know of that featured a UK R&B chart was Record Mirror. I have quite a few of those but not many from 66.

More of those old charts I do have ...

AND a couple more ... lots of the top UK soul 45's (the ones that have stood the test of time) failed to register at all coz they were slipped out without any promotion or info on the artists back then ...

Edited November 15, 20186 yr by Roburt

These are fascinating. Home of the Blues/early B&S were fine but because they came out monthly at best (sometimes two or three months would pass by) many strong-selling UK-issue Soul/R&B records from 66-69 never made a B&S singles chart. I have often thought about trying to buy old Record Mirror's online precisely for these charts but the prices are quite prohibitive. Do you know when RM started compiling these? Would love to know the dates of the charts you've posted :)

The 1st R&B chart in Record Mirror was published in July 65 (it's the top chart in my 2nd post above -- with "I Can't Help Myself" @ no.1).

An August 69 chart ....

Thanks Roburt

The above chart & the one below illustrate that by summer 69, reggae & reissues were taking over ...

I worked on Silcocks waltzer in these years and we had 90per cent of all the above records , great times with great music

ML