List of UK top-ten singles in 1965

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Ken Dodd (pictured in 2007) achieved the biggest-selling single of 1965 with his cover version of "Tears". The song spent seventeen weeks in the UK top 10 - five of those at the top spot - and went on to rank as the 3rd best-selling single of the 1960s. Dodd had a second top 10 later in the year with "The River", which peaked at number three. KEN DODD.jpg
Ken Dodd (pictured in 2007) achieved the biggest-selling single of 1965 with his cover version of "Tears". The song spent seventeen weeks in the UK top 10 - five of those at the top spot - and went on to rank as the 3rd best-selling single of the 1960s. Dodd had a second top 10 later in the year with "The River", which peaked at number three.
Australian group The Seekers had three UK top 10 entries in their breakthrough year, including the number-one singles "I'll Never Find Another You" and "The Carnival Is Over". The latter is one of the UK's biggest-selling singles of all time, with sales of 1.41 million copies. The Seekers.png
Australian group The Seekers had three UK top 10 entries in their breakthrough year, including the number-one singles "I'll Never Find Another You" and "The Carnival Is Over". The latter is one of the UK's biggest-selling singles of all time, with sales of 1.41 million copies.
The Beatles continued to dominate the charts in 1965, securing four UK top 10 entries during the year, all of which topped the chart: "I Feel Fine" (from 1964), "Ticket to Ride", "Help!" and "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out". Los Beatles (19266969775) Recortado.jpg
The Beatles continued to dominate the charts in 1965, securing four UK top 10 entries during the year, all of which topped the chart: "I Feel Fine" (from 1964), "Ticket to Ride", "Help!" and "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out".

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. [2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1965, as well as singles which peaked in 1964 and 1966 but were in the top 10 in 1965. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Contents

One-hundred and eighteen singles were in the top ten in 1965. Eight singles from 1964 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Let's Hang On!" by The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli, and "My Ship Is Comin' In" by The Walker Brothers were both released in 1965 but did not reach their peak until 1966. "Somewhere" by P. J. Proby, "Terry" by Twinkle and "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were the singles from 1964 to reach their peak in 1965. Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1965. Bob Dylan, The Seekers, Sonny & Cher, Tom Jones and The Who were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1965.

The 1964 Christmas number-one, "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles, remained at number one for the first week of 1965. The first new number-one single of the year was "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Overall, twenty-four different singles peaked at number-one in 1965, with The Rolling Stones and The Beatles (3) having the joint most singles hit that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and eighteen singles charted in the top 10 in 1965, with one-hundred and ten singles reaching their peak this year. Two songs were recorded by several artists with each version reaching the top 10:

Thirty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1965. The Animals, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney and Sandie Shaw shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1965 with four hit singles each.

Ken Dodd was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Tears". Cher, Dusty Springfield, Manfred Mann, The Shadows and Val Doonican were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1965.

Chart debuts

Thirty-three artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1965, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, seven went on to record another hit single that year: Cher, Donovan, The Fortunes, The Ivy League, Sonny, Them and The Walker Brothers. The Seekers, The Who and The Yardbirds all had two more top 10 singles in 1965. Bob Dylan had three other entries in his breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
The Moody Blues 1"Go Now"1
Sounds Orchestral 1"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"5
The Righteous Brothers 1"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"1
The Seekers 3"I'll Never Find Another You"1"A World of Our Own" (3), "The Carnival Is Over" (1)
Them 2"Baby, Please Don't Go"10"Here Comes the Night" (2)
The Ivy League 2"Funny How Love Can Be"8"Tossing and Turning" (3)
Tom Jones 1"It's Not Unusual"1
Unit 4 + 2 1"Concrete and Clay"1
The Yardbirds 3"For Your Love"3"Heart Full of Soul" (2), "Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" (3)
Donovan 2"Catch the Wind"4"Colours" (4)
The Who 3"I Can't Explain"8"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (10), "My Generation" (2)
Bob Dylan 4"The Times They Are a-Changin'"9"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (9), "Like a Rolling Stone" (4), "Positively 4th Street" (8)
Roger Miller 1"King of the Road"1
Jackie Trent 1"Where Are You Now"1
Shirley Ellis 1"The Clapping Song"6
Burt Bacharach 1"Trains and Boats and Planes"4
The Byrds 1"Mr. Tambourine Man"1"All I Really Want to Do" (4)
The Fortunes 2"You've Got Your Troubles"2"Here It Comes Again" (4)
Joan Baez 1"There but for Fortune"8
Jonathan King 1"Everyone's Gone to the Moon"4
Sonny & Cher 1"I Got You Babe"1
Cher 2"All I Really Want to Do" (9)
Sonny "Laugh at Me" (9)
Horst Jankowski 1"A Walk in the Black Forest"3
Marcello Minerbi1"Zorba's Dance"6
The Walker Brothers 2"Make It Easy on Yourself"1"My Ship Is Comin' In" (3) [A]
Barry McGuire 1"Eve of Destruction"3
Nini Rosso 1"Il Silenzio"8
The McCoys 1"Hang On Sloopy"5
Hedgehoppers Anonymous 1"It's Good News Week"5
Chris Andrews 1"Yesterday Man"3
Len Barry 1"1-2-3"3
The Toys 1"A Lover's Concerto"5
Notes

Cher and Sonny Bono made their debut as the duo Sonny and Cher, reaching number-one with "I Got You Babe". They both had an individual chart entry later in the year - "All I Really Want to Do" and "Laugh at Me" respectively both peaking at number 9.

Songs from films

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Ferry Cross the Mersey" ( Ferry Cross the Mersey ), "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride" ( Help! ) and "Zorba's Dance" ( Zorba the Greek ).

Additionally, P. J. Proby released a cover version of "Maria" from the film West Side Story , reaching number eight at the end of 1965.

Best-selling singles

Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list. However, in 2011 the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling single of each year in chart history from 1952 to date. According to the list, "Tears" by Ken Dodd is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1965. "Tears" (3), "The Carnival Is Over" (6) and "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" (7) all ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.

Top-ten singles

Key
SymbolMeaning
Single peaked in 1964 but still in chart in 1965.
Single released in 1965 but peaked in 1966.
(#)Year-end best-selling single.
EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
SingleArtistPeakPeak reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 1964
26 November 19647"I'm Gonna Be Strong" ‡ Gene Pitney 23 December 19642
9"Downtown" ‡ Petula Clark 217 December 19643
3 December 19648"I Feel Fine" ‡ The Beatles 110 December 19645
10 December 19647"Walk Tall" ‡ Val Doonican 317 December 19642
17 December 19644"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" ‡ Cliff Richard & The Shadows 631 December 19641
24 December 19645"Somewhere" P. J. Proby 614 January 19652
31 December 19646"Yeh, Yeh" Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 114 January 19652
6"Terry" Twinkle 47 January 19653
Singles in 1965
7 January 19655"Girl Don't Come" Sandie Shaw 321 January 19651
7"Go Now" The Moody Blues 128 January 19651
14 January 19653"Ferry Cross the Mersey" Gerry and the Pacemakers 821 January 19651
5"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" Sounds Orchestral 521 January 19651
28 January 19653"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Cilla Black 228 January 19651
5"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers 14 February 19652
4"Come Tomorrow" Manfred Mann 44 February 19651
6"Tired of Waiting for You" The Kinks 118 February 19651
4 February 19654"Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" Del Shannon 311 February 19651
11 February 19658"I'll Never Find Another You" The Seekers 125 February 19652
4"The Special Years" Val Doonican 711 February 19654
1"Baby, Please Don't Go" Them 1011 February 19651
18 February 19655"The Game of Love" Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 225 February 19651
4"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" The Animals 325 February 19651
3"Funny How Love Can Be" The Ivy League 84 March 19651
25 February 19651"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)" Jim Reeves 825 February 19651
7"It's Not Unusual" Tom Jones 111 March 19651
4 March 19656"Silhouettes" Herman's Hermits 311 March 19653
4"I Must Be Seeing Things" Gene Pitney 64 March 19651
6"Come and Stay with Me" Marianne Faithfull 425 March 19651
11 March 19653"I'll Stop At Nothing" Sandie Shaw 411 March 19651
7"The Last Time" The Rolling Stones 118 March 19653
2"Yes I Will" The Hollies 918 March 19651
18 March 19654"Goodbye My Love" The Searchers 48 April 19651
25 March 19656"Concrete and Clay" Unit 4 + 2 18 April 19651
8"The Minute You're Gone" Cliff Richard 115 April 19651
1 April 19654"For Your Love" The Yardbirds 38 April 19652
6"Catch the Wind" Donovan 415 April 19651
8 April 19656"Here Comes the Night" Them 222 April 19651
2"I Can't Explain" The Who 815 April 19651
15 April 19652"Stop! In the Name of Love" [B] The Supremes 715 April 19651
1"The Times They Are a-Changin'" Bob Dylan 915 April 19651
6"Pop Go the Workers" The Barron Knights 529 April 19651
22 April 19657"Ticket to Ride" The Beatles 122 April 19653
3"Little Things" Dave Berry 522 April 19651
7"King of the Road" Roger Miller 113 May 19651
29 April 19653"Bring It On Home to Me" The Animals 729 April 19652
6 May 19657"A World of Our Own" The Seekers 313 May 19653
5"True Love Ways" Peter and Gordon 220 May 19651
13 May 19655"Where Are You Now" [C] Jackie Trent 120 May 19651
3"Subterranean Homesick Blues" Bob Dylan 920 May 19652
20 May 19654"This Little Bird" Marianne Faithfull 620 May 19653
1"Wonderful World" Herman's Hermits 720 May 19651
7"Long Live Love" Sandie Shaw 127 May 19653
27 May 19655"Poor Man's Son" The Rockin' Berries 53 June 19652
6"The Clapping Song" Shirley Ellis 624 June 19651
3 June 19655"Trains and Boats and Planes" Burt Bacharach 424 June 19651
10 June 19657"Crying in the Chapel" Elvis Presley 117 June 19652
6"The Price of Love" The Everly Brothers 217 June 19651
9"I'm Alive" The Hollies 124 June 19653
17 June 19651"Marie" The Bachelors 917 June 19651
4"Colours" Donovan 41 July 19651
24 June 19652"Set Me Free" [D] The Kinks 924 June 19652
5"Looking Through the Eyes of Love" Gene Pitney 38 July 19651
1 July 19651"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" The Who 101 July 19651
8 July 19655"Heart Full of Soul" The Yardbirds 215 July 19653
4"To Know You Is to Love You" Peter and Gordon 58 July 19652
7"Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds 122 July 19652
3"Leave a Little Love" Lulu 815 July 19652
6"Tossing and Turning" The Ivy League 322 July 19651
15 July 19654"In the Middle of Nowhere" Dusty Springfield 829 July 19651
22 July 19656"You've Got Your Troubles" The Fortunes 219 August 19651
29 July 19658"Help!" The Beatles 15 August 19653
5"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" The Animals 212 August 19651
3"There but for Fortune" Joan Baez 85 August 19652
5 August 19654"Catch Us If You Can" The Dave Clark Five 512 August 19651
12 August 19654"Everyone's Gone to the Moon" Jonathan King 426 August 19651
2"In Thoughts of You" Billy Fury 912 August 19651
1"Summer Nights" Marianne Faithfull 1012 August 19651
19 August 19657"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher 126 August 19652
7"A Walk in the Black Forest" Horst Jankowski 326 August 19651
6"Zorba's Dance"Marcello Minerbi62 September 19651
26 August 19653"All I Really Want to Do" The Byrds 42 September 19651
1"Don't Make My Baby Blue" The Shadows 1026 August 19651
2 September 19657"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones 19 September 19652
8"Make It Easy on Yourself" The Walker Brothers 123 September 19651
6"Like a Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan 416 September 19651
1"See My Friends" The Kinks 102 September 19651
9 September 19651"All I Really Want to Do" Cher 99 September 19651
3"Laugh at Me" Sonny 916 September 19651
16 September 19655"Look Through Any Window" The Hollies 430 September 19651
17"Tears" (#1) Ken Dodd 130 September 19655
23 September 19657"Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire 328 October 19651
30 September 19655"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" Manfred Mann 27 October 19651
3"Il Silenzio" Nini Rosso 814 October 19651
7 October 19656"Almost There" Andy Williams 214 October 19653
4"Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys 514 October 19652
14 October 19652"Message Understood" Sandie Shaw 621 October 19651
21 October 19651"Some of Your Lovin'" Dusty Springfield 821 October 19651
5"Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" The Yardbirds 34 November 19651
4"It's Good News Week" Hedgehoppers Anonymous 54 November 19651
28 October 19656"Yesterday Man" Chris Andrews 311 November 19652
5"Here It Comes Again" The Fortunes 411 November 19651
3"Yesterday" Matt Monro 84 November 19652
4 November 19656"Get Off of My Cloud" The Rolling Stones 14 November 19653
4"It's My Life" The Animals 711 November 19653
11 November 196511"The Carnival Is Over" The Seekers 125 November 19653
18 November 19657"My Generation" The Who 225 November 19652
7"1-2-3" Len Barry 32 December 19651
3"Positively 4th Street" Bob Dylan 82 December 19651
25 November 19659"Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" Cliff Richard 223 December 19653
2 December 19655"A Lover's Concerto" The Toys 52 December 19652
2"Princess in Rags" Gene Pitney 92 December 19651
9 December 19659"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" The Beatles 116 December 19655
8"The River" Ken Dodd 323 December 19652
16 December 19651"Maria" P. J. Proby 816 December 19651
8"My Ship Is Comin' In" ♦ The Walker Brothers 320 January 19661
23 December 19657"Let's Hang On!" ♦ The Four Seasons 420 January 19661

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1965, including singles that reached their peak in 1964 or 1966. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1965 is also shown.

The Rolling Stones achieved three consecutive UK number-one singles with their three top 10 entries of this year: "The Last Time", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off of My Cloud". Rolling Stones 1965.jpg
The Rolling Stones achieved three consecutive UK number-one singles with their three top 10 entries of this year: "The Last Time", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off of My Cloud".
Sonny & Cher made their UK top 10 debut in August 1965 with "I Got You Babe", which spent two weeks at number-one. Cher and Sonny both had a solo entry this year as well - "All I Really Want to Do" and "Laugh at Me", both of which peaked at number 9. Sonny and Cher Love American Style 1971.JPG
Sonny & Cher made their UK top 10 debut in August 1965 with "I Got You Babe", which spent two weeks at number-one. Cher and Sonny both had a solo entry this year as well - "All I Really Want to Do" and "Laugh at Me", both of which peaked at number 9.
The Byrds secured their only two UK top 10 entries this year, "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All I Really Want to Do", both written by Bob Dylan, with the former spending two weeks at number-one. The Byrds 1965.png
The Byrds secured their only two UK top 10 entries this year, "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All I Really Want to Do", both written by Bob Dylan, with the former spending two weeks at number-one.
EntriesArtistWeeksSingles
4 The Animals 16"Bring It On Home to Me", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "It's My Life", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
The Beatles [E] 22"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out", "Help!", "I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride"
Bob Dylan 13"Like a Rolling Stone", "Positively 4th Street", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Gene Pitney [E] 13"I Must Be Seeing Things", "I'm Gonna Be Strong", "Looking Through the Eyes of Love", "Princess in Rags"
Sandie Shaw 17"Girl Don't Come", "I'll Stop at Nothing", "Long Live Love", "Message Understood"
3 Cliff Richard [F] 15"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)", "The Minute You're Gone", "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)"
The Hollies 16"I'm Alive", "Look Through Any Window", "Yes I Will"
The Kinks 9"See My Friends", "Set Me Free", "Tired of Waiting for You"
Marianne Faithfull 11"Come and Stay with Me", "Summer Nights", "This Little Bird"
The Rolling Stones 20"Get Off of My Cloud", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "The Last Time"
The Seekers 22"A World of Our Own", "I'll Never Find Another You", "The Carnival Is Over"
The Who 9"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", "I Can't Explain", "My Generation"
The Yardbirds 14"For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad"
2 The Byrds 10"All I Really Want to Do", "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Cher [G] 8"All I Really Want to Do", "I Got You Babe"
Donovan 10"Catch the Wind", "Colours"
Dusty Springfield 5"In the Middle of Nowhere", "Some of Your Lovin'"
The Fortunes 11"Here It Comes Again", "You've Got Your Troubles"
Herman's Hermits 7"Silhouettes", "Wonderful World"
The Ivy League 9"Funny How Love Can Be", "Tossing and Turning"
Ken Dodd 18"Tears", "The River"
Manfred Mann 9"Come Tomorrow", "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"
Peter and Gordon 9"To Know You Is to Love You", "True Love Ways"
P. J. Proby [F] 5"Maria", "Somewhere"
The Shadows [F] 3"Don't Make My Baby Blue", "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)"
Sonny [G] 10"I Got You Babe", "Laugh at Me"
Them 7"Baby, Please Don't Go", "Here Comes the Night"
Val Doonican [E] 8"The Special Years", "Walk Tall"
The Walker Brothers [H] 10"Make It Easy on Yourself", "My Ship Is Comin' In"

See also

Notes

References

General

Specific

  1. "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.
  3. "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News . 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. "Jackie Trent, singer - Obituary". Telegraph Online. Telegraph Media Group. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.