Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1965

Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1965 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1965. The list was based on charts from the January 30 through October 30.[1]

The year's No. 1 R&B hit was "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by the Four Tops which held the No. 1 spot for nine consecutive weeks from June 5 to July 31.

Because the list ends with the October 30 chart, it omits hit songs that peaked after October 30, including (i) Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me" which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from October 30 to November 20, and (ii) James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from December 4 to December 25.

Year-end
rank[1]
Weekly
peak
Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops Motown
2 1 "In the Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett Atlantic
3 1 "Shotgun" Junior Walker & The All Stars Soul
4 6 "I Do Love You" Billy Stewart Chess
5 2 "Yes, I'm Ready" Barbara Mason Arctic
6 1 "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" James Brown King
7 2 "The Tracks of My Tears" The Miracles Tamla
8 1 "We're Gonna Make It" Little Milton Checker
9 2 "Tonight's the Night" Solomon Burke Atlantic
10 1 "I'll Be Doggone" Marvin Gaye Tamla
11 3 "Nothing Can Stop Me" Gene Chandler Constellation
12 5 "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure Checker
13 1 "My Girl" The Temptations Gordy
14 2 "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes Motown
15 3 "Oo Wee Baby, I Love You" Fred Hughes VeeJay
16 5 "Nowhere to Run" Martha and the Vandellas Gordy
17 4 "Since I Lost My Baby" The Temptations Gordy
18 13 "It's a Man Down There" G. L. Crockett Brothers
19 4 "Ooo Baby Baby" The Miracles Tamla
20 5 "Baby I'm Yours" Barbara Lewis Atlantic
21 2 "It's the Same Old Song" Four Tops Motown
22 1 "Got to Get You Off My Mind" Solomon Burke Atlantic
23 1 "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes Motown
24 8 "Agent Double-O-Soul" Edwin Starr Ric Tic
25 3 "It's Growing" The Temptations Gordy
26 2 "The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio Cadet
27 2 "Shake" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
28 4 "Sitting in the Park" Billy Stewart Chess
29 4 "Twine-Time" Alvin Cash & The Crawlers Mar-V-Lus
30 6 "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" O. V. Wright Back Beat
31 1 "I Want To (Do Everything for You) Joe Tex Dial
32 7 "Ride Your Pony" Lee Dorsey Amy
33 7 "Shake and Fingerpop" Junior Walker & The All Stars Soul
34 3 "People Get Ready" The Impressions ABC-Paramount
35 6 "I Can't Work No Longer" Billy Butler Okeh
36 10 "Mr. Pitiful" Otis Redding Volt
37 "Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers Philles
38 "Teasin' You" Willie Tee Atlantic
39 "I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding Volt
40 "Who's Cheating Who" Little Milton Checker
41 "Ask the Lonely" Four Tops Motown
42 "Hurt So Bad" Little Anthony and the Imperials DCP
43 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers Philles
44 "When I'm Gone Brenda Holloway Tamla
45 "Boo-ga-loo" Tom & Jerrio ABC-Paramount
46 "Something You Got" Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown Wand
47 7 "I Do" The Marvelows ABC-Paramount
48 9 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
49 10 "The Entertainer" Tony Clarke Chess
50 "The Boy from New York City" The Ad Libs Blue Cat

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Top R&B Singles of 1965" (PDF). The Billboard. December 25, 1965. p. 40.