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October 11, 1966

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 5, 1966, covering October 11, 1966.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Revolver by The Beatles

    Revolver

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    30
  3. 3
    Album cover for Somewhere My Love by Ray Conniff

    Somewhere My Love

    Ray Conniff

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for What Now My Love by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    What Now My Love

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    82

Notable Births

Luke Perry

1966Luke Perry, American actor and producer (died 2019)[†]

Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale. He had guest roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace, as well as a recurring role voicing Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997) from Marvel Comics, and also appeared in various films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Final Storm, The Beat Beneath My Feet (2016), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which was his final feature performance and earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Todd Snider

1966Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter[†]

Todd Daniel Snider is an American singer-songwriter whose music incorporates elements of folk, rock, blues, alt country, and funk.

Stephen Williams (British politician)

1966Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician[†]

Stephen Roy Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West from the 2005 general election until his defeat by Labour Party candidate Thangam Debbonaire in 2015. As an MP, he served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2013 to 2015.

Historical Context for October 11, 1966

In 1966, the world population was approximately 3,404,041,125 people[†]