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 |
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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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