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

Rob Lowe
Movie Actor
Born March 17, 1964
Lise Simms
TV Actress
Born March 17, 1967
Jaggesh Shivalingappa
Director
Born March 17, 1963
John John Molina
Boxer
Born March 17, 1965
Andrew Paul
TV Actor
Born March 17, 1961
Yanic Truesdale
TV Actor
Born March 17, 1970
Mark Pellington
Director
Born March 17, 1962
Ruth Langsford
TV Show Host
Born March 17, 1960
Bruce Parry
TV Show Host
Born March 17, 1969