The #1 song on March 17, 1966

Ballad of the Green Berets By SSgt Barry Sadler

Other #1 songs on March 17, 1966

UK #1 Song

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Walker Brothers

#1 R&B Song

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

#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