The #1 song on August 17, 1966

Summer in the City By The Lovin' Spoonful

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1966

UK #1 Song

Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles

#1 R&B Song

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations

#1 Country Song

Almost Persuaded
David Houston

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1960s

Christian Laettner

Born August 17, 1969

Ed McCaffrey

Born August 17, 1968

David Conrad

Born August 17, 1967

Steve Gorman

Born August 17, 1965

Colin James

Born August 17, 1964

Jon Gruden

Born August 17, 1963

Gilby Clarke

Born August 17, 1962