List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965 explained

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

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The No. 1 song of 1965, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, never reached No. 1 on the weekly charts.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	125	January 2	"I Feel Fine"	The Beatles	^[1]
January 9	^[2]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	January 16	"Come See About Me"	The Supremes	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	126	January 23	"Downtown"	Petula Clark	^[4]
January 30	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	127	February 6	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	The Righteous Brothers	^[6]
February 13	^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	128	February 20	"This Diamond Ring"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	^[8]
February 27	^[9]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	129	March 6	"My Girl"	The Temptations	^[10]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	130	March 13	"Eight Days a Week"	The Beatles	^[11]
March 20	^[12]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	131	March 27	"Stop! In the Name of Love"	The Supremes	^[13] ^[14]
April 3	^[15] ^[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	132	April 10	"I'm Telling You Now"	Freddie and the Dreamers	^[17] ^[18]
April 17	^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	133	April 24	"Game of Love"	Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders	^[20] ^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	134	May 1	"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"	Herman's Hermits	^[22]
May 8	^[23]
May 15	^[24]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	135	May 22	"Ticket to Ride"	The Beatles	^[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	136	May 29	"Help Me, Rhonda"	The Beach Boys	^[26]
June 5	^[27]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	137	June 12	"Back in My Arms Again"	The Supremes	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	138	June 19	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"	Four Tops	^[29]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	139	June 26	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	The Byrds	^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	July 3	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"	Four Tops	^[31]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	140	July 10	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	The Rolling Stones	^[32]
July 17	^[33]
July 24	^[34]
July 31	^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	141	August 7	"I'm Henry VIII, I Am"	Herman's Hermits	^[36]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	142	August 14	"I Got You Babe"	Sonny & Cher	^[37]
August 21	^[38]
August 28	^[39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	143	September 4	"Help!"	The Beatles	^[40]
September 11	^[41]
September 18	^[42]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	144	September 25	"Eve of Destruction"	Barry McGuire	^[43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	145	October 2	"Hang On Sloopy"	The McCoys	^[44]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	146	October 9	"Yesterday"	The Beatles	^[45]
October 16	^[46]
October 23	^[47]
October 30	^[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	147	November 6	"Get Off of My Cloud"	The Rolling Stones	^[49]
November 13	^[50]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	148	November 20	"I Hear a Symphony"	The Supremes	^[51]
November 27	^[52]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	149	December 4	"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)"	The Byrds	^[53]
December 11	^[54]
December 18	^[55]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	150	December 25	"Over and Over"	The Dave Clark Five	^[56]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! 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

• 1965 in music
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1965
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1965
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained from Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 2, 1965. .
2. Web site: January 9, 1965. .
3. Web site: January 16, 1965. .
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5. Web site: January 30, 1965. .
6. Web site: February 6, 1965. .
7. Web site: February 13, 1965. .
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9. Web site: February 27, 1965. .
10. Web site: March 6, 1965. .
11. Web site: March 13, 1965. .
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13. 1965 . Billboard Hot 100 . . 77 . 13 . 32 . . 9 May 2011 .
14. Web site: March 27, 1965. .
15. 1965 . Billboard Hot 100 . . 77 . 14 . 28 . . 10 May 2011 .
16. Web site: April 3, 1965. .
17. Billboard Hot 100 . . April 10, 1965 . 77 . 15 . 26 . . 1 January 2014.
18. Web site: April 10, 1965. .
19. Web site: April 17, 1965. .
20. Billboard Hot 100 . . April 24, 1965 . 77 . 17 . 26 . . 1 January 2014.
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27. Web site: June 5, 1965. .
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30. Web site: June 26, 1965. .
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44. Web site: October 2, 1965. .
45. Web site: October 9, 1965. .
46. Web site: October 16, 1965. .
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48. Web site: October 30, 1965. .
49. Web site: November 6, 1965. .
50. Web site: November 13, 1965. .
51. Web site: November 20, 1965. .
52. Web site: November 27, 1965. .
53. Web site: December 4, 1965. .
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56. Web site: December 4, 1965. .