These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1965.
That year, 14 acts hit number one for the first time: Petula Clark, The Righteous Brothers, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Temptations, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits, The Four Tops, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Sonny & Cher, Barry McGuire, The McCoys, and The Dave Clark Five. The Beatles, The Supremes, The Byrds, Herman's Hermits and The Rolling Stones were the only acts to have more than one song reach number one that year, with The Beatles having the most with five and The Supremes next with four, and The Byrds, Herman's Hermits, and The Rolling Stones with two.
Chart history
editThe No. 1 song of 1965, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, never reached No. 1 on the weekly charts. |
Number-one artists
editPosition | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|
1 | The Beatles | 12 |
2 | The Rolling Stones | 6 |
The Supremes | ||
4 | Herman's Hermits | 4 |
The Byrds | ||
6 | Sonny & Cher | 3 |
7 | Petula Clark | 2 |
The Righteous Brothers | ||
Gary Lewis & the Playboys | ||
Freddie and the Dreamers | ||
The Beach Boys | ||
Four Tops | ||
13 | The Temptations | 1 |
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders | ||
Barry McGuire | ||
The McCoys | ||
The Dave Clark Five |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "January 2, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 9, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 16, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 23, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 30, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 6, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 13, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 20, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 27, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 6, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 13, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 20, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 13. Nielsen Company. 1965. p. 32. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "March 27, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 14. Nielsen Company. 1965. p. 28. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "April 3, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 15. Nielsen Company. April 10, 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "April 10, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 17, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 17. Nielsen Company. April 24, 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "April 24, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 1, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 8, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 15, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 22, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 29, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 5, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 12, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 19, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 26, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 3, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 10, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 17, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 24, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 31, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 7, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 14, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 21, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 28, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 4, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 11, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 18, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 25, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 2, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 9, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 16, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 23, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 30, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 6, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 13, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 20, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 27, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 4, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 4, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 4, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 4, 1965". Billboard Hot 100.
Additional sources
edit- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained from Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.