List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965

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The Supremes scored four #1 hits in 1965 with "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again" and "I Hear a Symphony". The Supremes 1966.JPG
The Supremes scored four #1 hits in 1965 with "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again" and "I Hear a Symphony".
The Rolling Stones scored their first two #1 hits in 1965 with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off of My Cloud". Aankomst van de Rolling Stones op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 916-7420.jpg
The Rolling Stones scored their first two #1 hits in 1965 with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off of My Cloud".

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1965.

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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

Key
The No. 1 song of 1965, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, never reached No. 1 on the weekly charts.
No.Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference
125January 2"I Feel Fine" The Beatles [1]
January 9 [2]
reJanuary 16"Come See About Me" The Supremes [3]
126January 23"Downtown" Petula Clark [4]
January 30 [5]
127February 6"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers [6]
February 13 [7]
128February 20"This Diamond Ring" Gary Lewis & the Playboys [8]
February 27 [9]
129March 6"My Girl" The Temptations [10]
130March 13"Eight Days a Week"The Beatles [11]
March 20 [12]
131March 27"Stop! In the Name of Love"The Supremes [13] [14]
April 3 [15] [16]
132April 10"I'm Telling You Now" Freddie and the Dreamers [17] [18]
April 17 [19]
133April 24"Game of Love" Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders [20] [21]
134May 1"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Herman's Hermits [22]
May 8 [23]
May 15 [24]
135May 22"Ticket to Ride"The Beatles [25]
136May 29"Help Me, Rhonda" The Beach Boys [26]
June 5 [27]
137June 12"Back in My Arms Again"The Supremes [28]
138June 19"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops [29]
139June 26"Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds [30]
reJuly 3"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"Four Tops [31]
140July 10"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones [32]
July 17 [33]
July 24 [34]
July 31 [35]
141August 7"I'm Henry VIII, I Am"Herman's Hermits [36]
142August 14"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher [37]
August 21 [38]
August 28 [39]
143September 4"Help!"The Beatles [40]
September 11 [41]
September 18 [42]
144September 25"Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire [43]
145October 2"Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys [44]
146October 9"Yesterday"The Beatles [45]
October 16 [46]
October 23 [47]
October 30 [48]
147November 6"Get Off of My Cloud"The Rolling Stones [49]
November 13 [50]
148November 20"I Hear a Symphony"The Supremes [51]
November 27 [52]
149December 4"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)"The Byrds [53]
December 11 [54]
December 18 [55]
150December 25"Over and Over" The Dave Clark Five [56]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1The Beatles12
2The Rolling Stones6
The Supremes
4Herman's Hermits4
The Byrds
6Sonny & Cher3
7Petula Clark2
The Righteous Brothers
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Freddie and the Dreamers
The Beach Boys
Four Tops
13The Temptations1
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
Barry McGuire
The McCoys
The Dave Clark Five

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