The #1 R&B song on March 17, 1966

634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) By Wilson Pickett

Other #1 songs on March 17, 1966

#1 Hit Song

Ballad of the Green Berets
SSgt Barry Sadler

UK #1 Song

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Walker Brothers

#1 Country Song

Waitin' in Your Welfare Line
Buck Owens

Notable March 17 birthdays in the 1960s

Barry Minkow

Born March 17, 1967
Janet Gardner

Born March 17, 1962
Sam Bowie

Born March 17, 1961