Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1966. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia |
| ? & The Mysterians | 96 Tears | ☆ |
| Aaron Neville | Tell It Like It Is | ☆ |
| Albert King | Crosscut Saw | ☆ |
| Alexander Courage | Star Trek | ☆ |
| Billy Stewart | Summertime | ☆ |
| Blue Magoos | (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Just Like A Woman | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Visions of Johanna | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands | ☆ |
| Bobby Darin | If I Were A Carpenter | ☆ |
| Bobby Herb | Sunny | ☆ |
| Carla Thomas | B-A-B-Y | ☆ |
| Cher | Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | ☆ |
| Chet Atkins | Jam Man | ☆ |
| Cream | I Feel Free | ☆ |
| Don Ho | Tiny Bubbles | ☆ |
| Donovan | Sunshine Superman | ☆ |
| Donovan | Mellow Yellow | ☆ |
| Donovan | Season Of the Witch | ☆ |
| Dusty Springfield | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | ☆ |
| Eddie Floyd | Knock on Wood | ☆ |
| Ennio Morricone | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (main title) | ☆ |
| Ennio Morricone | The Ecstasy of Gold | ☆ |
| Eric Andersen | Violets of Dawn | ☆ |
| Four Tops | Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) | ☆ |
| Frank Sinatra | Strangers in the Night | ☆ |
| Ike & Tina Turner | River Deep Mountain High | ☆ |
| J.J. Cale | After Midnight | ☆ |
| J.J. Jackson | But It's Alright | ☆ |
| James and Bobby Purify | I'm Your Puppet | ☆ |
| James Brown | It's a Man's Man's Man's World | ☆ |
| Janis Ian | Soceity's Child | ☆ |
| Jimmy Ruffin | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted | ☆ |
| John Lee Hooker | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | ☆ |
| John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers | All Your Love | ☆ |
| John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers | A Hard Road | ☆ |
| Johnny Rivers | Secret Agent Man | ☆ |
| Johnny Rivers | Poor Side of Town | ☆ |
| Judy Collins | Sunny Goodge Street | ☆ |
| Junior Walker and The All-Stars | (I'm a) Road Runner | ☆ |
| Junior Walker and the All-Stars | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | ☆ |
| KoKo Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | ☆ |
| Laura Nyro | Wedding Bell Blues | ☆ |
| Lee Dorsey | Working in the Coal Mine | ☆ |
| Loretta Lynn | Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) | ☆ |
| Los Bravos | Black is Black | ☆ |
| Love | 7 and 7 is | ☆ |
| Lovin' Spoonful | Summer In The City | ☆ |
| Martha and the Vandellas | Jimmy Mack | ☆ |
| Martha and the Vandellas | I'm Ready for Love | ☆ |
| Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | It Takes Two | ☆ |
| Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels | Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly | ☆ |
| Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | Jenny Take a Ride | ☆ |
| Monks | Love Came Tumblin' Down | ☆ |
| Nancy Sinatra | These Boots Are Made For Walkin' | ☆ |
| Nancy Sinatra | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | ☆ |
| Napoleon XIV | They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Solitary Man | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Cherry, Cherry | ☆ |
| Neil Hefti | Batman Theme | ☆ |
| Otis Redding | Try a Little Tenderness | ☆ |
| Otis Redding | Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) | ☆ |
| Paul Revere & The Raiders | Kicks | ☆ |
| Paul Revere & The Raiders | (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone | ☆ |
| Paul Revere & the Raiders | Good Thing | ☆ |
| Percy Sledge | When A Man Loves A Woman | ☆ |
| Petula Clark | Colour My World | ☆ |
| Robert Parker | Barefootin' | ☆ |
| Sam & Dave | Hold On, I'm Comin' | ☆ |
| Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs | Lil' Red Riding Hood | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Homeward Bound | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | I Am A Rock | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | A Hazy Shade of Winter | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Scarborough Fair/Canticle | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Someday at Christmas | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | A Place in the Sun | ☆ |
| The 13th Floor Elevators | You're Gonna Miss Me | ☆ |
| The 13th Floor Elevators | Roller Coaster | ☆ |
| The Association | Along Comes Mary | ☆ |
| The Association | Cherish | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | God Only Knows | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Wouldn't It Be Nice | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Sloop John B | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Caroline, No | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Eleanor Rigby | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Tomorrow Never Knows | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Yellow Submarine | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Paperback Writer | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Taxman | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Got To Get You Into My Life | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Rain | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Good Day Sunshine | ☆ |
| The Buckinghams | Kind of a Drag | ☆ |
| The Byrds | Eight Miles High | ☆ |
| The Byrds | Mr. Spaceman | ☆ |
| The Capitols | Cool Jerk | ☆ |
| The Chiffons | Sweet Talkin' Guy | ☆ |
| The Cyrkle | Turn-Down Day | ☆ |
| The E-Types | Put The Clock Back On The Wall | ☆ |
| The Easybeats | Friday on My Mind | ☆ |
| The Electric Prunes | I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) | ☆ |
| The Electric Prunes | Get Me to the World on Time | ☆ |
| The Four Seasons | Working My Way Back to You | ☆ |
| The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There | ☆ |
| The Four Tops | Standing in the Shadows of Love | ☆ |
| The Hollies | Bus Stop | ☆ |
| The Isley Brothers | This Old Heart of Mine | ☆ |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Hey Joe | ☆ |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Stone Free | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Sunny Afternoon | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Dedicated Follower of Fashion | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Dandy | ☆ |
| The Kinks | I'm Not Like Everybody Else | ☆ |
| The Left Banke | Walk Away Renee | ☆ |
| The Left Banke | Pretty Ballerina | ☆ |
| The Lovin' Spoonful | Daydream | ☆ |
| The Lovin' Spoonful | Nashville Cats | ☆ |
| The Mamas and the Papas | Monday, Monday | ☆ |
| The Marvelettes | The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game | ☆ |
| The Marvelettes | Don't Mess With Bill | ☆ |
| The Monkees | I'm A Believer | ☆ |
| The Monkees | Last Train To Clarksville | ☆ |
| The Monkees | (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone | ☆ |
| The Monkees | (Theme From) The Monkees | ☆ |
| The Mothers of Invention | Who Are the Brain Police? | ☆ |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | East-West | ☆ |
| The Righteous Brothers | (You're My) Soul and Inspiration | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Paint It Black | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Under My Thumb | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | 19th Nervous Breakdown | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Mother's Little Helper | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? | ☆ |
| The Ronettes | I Can Hear Music | ☆ |
| The Seekers | Georgy Girl | ☆ |
| The Shangri-Las | Past, Present and Future | ☆ |
| The Sir Douglas Quintet | The Rains Came | ☆ |
| The Sonics | Shot Down | ☆ |
| The Spencer Davis Group | Gimme Some Lovin' | ☆ |
| The Standells | Dirty Water | ☆ |
| The Supremes | You Keep Me Hangin' On | ☆ |
| The Supremes | You Can't Hurry Love | ☆ |
| The Temptations | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | ☆ |
| The Temptations | Get Ready | ☆ |
| The Temptations | (I Know) I'm Losing You | ☆ |
| The Troggs | Wild Thing | ☆ |
| The Troggs | I Can't Control Myself | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Sunday Morning | ☆ |
| The Walker Brothers | The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | ☆ |
| The Who | Substitute | ☆ |
| The Who | Happy Jack | ☆ |
| The Who | A Quick One, While He's Away | ☆ |
| The Who | Boris the Spider | ☆ |
| The Yardbirds | Over, Under, Sideways, Down | ☆ |
| The Yardbirds | Shapes of Things | ☆ |
| The Young Rascals | Good Lovin | ☆ |
| The Young Rascals | You Better Run | ☆ |
| Thurl Ravenscroft | You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch | ☆ |
| Tom Jones | Green Green Grass of Home | ☆ |
| Tommy James and the Shondells | Hanky Panky | ☆ |
| Wilson Pickett | Land Of 1000 Dances | ☆ |
| Wilson Pickett | Mustang Sally | ☆ |
| Wilson Pickett | 634-5789 | ☆ |
