"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard ranked as the year's No. 1 single, despite its having peaked at No. 5 on the weekly charts. "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston, which spent a record nine weeks in ...

It had an alternative track listing that allowed for the inclusion of “God Only Knows” as well as the two previous UK singles of 1966, both of them Top 3 hits, “Barbara Ann” and “Sloop ...