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

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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
TitleArtist(s)Label
11"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops Motown
21"In the Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett Atlantic
31"Shotgun" Junior Walker & The All StarsSoul
46"I Do Love You" Billy Stewart Chess
52"Yes, I'm Ready" Barbara Mason Arctic
61"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" James Brown King
72"The Tracks of My Tears" The Miracles Tamla
81"We're Gonna Make It" Little Milton Checker
92"Tonight's the Night" Solomon Burke Atlantic
101"I'll Be Doggone" Marvin Gaye Tamla
113"Nothing Can Stop Me" Gene Chandler Constellation
125"Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure Checker
131"My Girl" The Temptations Gordy
142"Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes Motown
153"Oo Wee Baby, I Love You" Fred Hughes VeeJay
165"Nowhere to Run" Martha and the Vandellas Gordy
174"Since I Lost My Baby"The TemptationsGordy
1813"It's a Man Down There" G. L. Crockett Brothers
194"Ooo Baby Baby"The MiraclesTamla
205"Baby I'm Yours" Barbara Lewis Atlantic
212"It's the Same Old Song"Four TopsMotown
221"Got to Get You Off My Mind"Solomon BurkeAtlantic
231"Back in My Arms Again"The SupremesMotown
248"Agent Double-O-Soul" Edwin Starr Ric Tic
253"It's Growing"The TemptationsGordy
262"The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis TrioCadet
272"Shake" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
284"Sitting in the Park"Billy StewartChess
294"Twine-Time" Alvin Cash & The CrawlersMar-V-Lus
306"You're Gonna Make Me Cry" O. V. Wright Back Beat
311"I Want To (Do Everything for You) Joe Tex Dial
327"Ride Your Pony" Lee Dorsey Amy
337"Shake and Fingerpop"Junior Walker & The All StarsSoul
343"People Get Ready" The Impressions ABC-Paramount
356"I Can't Work No Longer" Billy Butler Okeh
3610"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 ReddingVolt
40"Who's Cheating Who"Little MiltonChecker
41"Ask the Lonely"Four TopsMotown
42"Hurt So Bad" Little Anthony and the Imperials DCP
43"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"The Righteous BrothersPhilles
44"When I'm Gone Brenda Holloway Tamla
45"Boo-ga-loo"Tom & JerrioABC-Paramount
46"Something You Got" Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown Wand
477"I Do" The Marvelows ABC-Paramount
489"A Change Is Gonna Come"Sam CookeRCA Victor
4910"The Entertainer" Tony Clarke Chess
50"The Boy from New York City" The Ad Libs Blue Cat

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References

  1. 1 2 "Top R&B Singles of 1965" (PDF). The Billboard. December 25, 1965. p. 40.