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. "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, and "Somewhere" by P. J. Proby 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 two weeks 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 (Ken Dodd song)" (with Geoff Love & His Orchestra). 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-five 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
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 1"Yeh, Yeh"1
Twinkle"1"Terry"4
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
2 December 19647"I'm Gonna Be Strong" ‡ Gene Pitney 29 December 19642
9"Downtown" ‡ Petula Clark 223 December 19643
9 December 19648"I Feel Fine" ‡ The Beatles 116 December 19645
16 December 19647"Walk Tall" ‡ Val Doonican 323 December 19642
23 December 19643"I Understand" ‡ Freddie and the Dreamers 530 December 19642
3"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" ‡ The Bachelors 730 December 19641
4"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" Cliff Richard & The Shadows 66 January 19651
30 December 19645"Somewhere" P. J. Proby 620 January 19652
Singles in 1965
6 January 19656"Yeh, Yeh" Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 120 January 19652
6"Terry" Twinkle 413 January 19653
13 January 19655"Girl Don't Come" Sandie Shaw 327 January 19651
7"Go Now" The Moody Blues 13 February 19651
20 January 19653"Ferry Cross the Mersey" Gerry and the Pacemakers 827 January 19651
5"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" Sounds Orchestral 527 January 19651
3 February 19653"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Cilla Black 23 February 19651
5"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers 110 February 19652
4"Come Tomorrow" Manfred Mann 410 February 19651
6"Tired of Waiting for You" The Kinks 124 February 19651
10 February 19654"Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)" Del Shannon 317 February 19651
17 February 19658"I'll Never Find Another You" The Seekers 13 March 19652
4"The Special Years" Val Doonican 717 February 19654
1"Baby, Please Don't Go" Them 1017 February 19651
24 February 19655"The Game of Love" Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 23 March 19651
4"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" The Animals 33 March 19651
3"Funny How Love Can Be" The Ivy League 810 March 19651
3 March 19651"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)" Jim Reeves 83 March 19651
7"It's Not Unusual" Tom Jones 117 March 19651
10 March 19656"Silhouettes" Herman's Hermits 317 March 19653
4"I Must Be Seeing Things" Gene Pitney 610 March 19651
6"Come and Stay with Me" Marianne Faithfull 431 March 19651
17 March 19653"I'll Stop At Nothing" Sandie Shaw 417 March 19651
7"The Last Time" The Rolling Stones 124 March 19653
2"Yes I Will" The Hollies 924 March 19651
24 March 19654"Goodbye My Love" The Searchers 414 April 19651
31 March 19656"Concrete and Clay" Unit 4 + 2 114 April 19651
8"The Minute You're Gone" Cliff Richard 121 April 19651
7 April 19654"For Your Love" The Yardbirds 314 April 19652
6"Catch the Wind" Donovan 421 April 19651
14 April 19656"Here Comes the Night" Them 228 April 19651
2"I Can't Explain" The Who 821 April 19651
21 April 19652"Stop! In the Name of Love" [B] The Supremes 721 April 19651
1"The Times They Are a-Changin'" Bob Dylan 921 April 19651
6"Pop Go the Workers" The Barron Knights 55 May 19651
28 April 19657"Ticket to Ride" The Beatles 128 April 19653
3"Little Things" Dave Berry 528 April 19651
7"King of the Road" Roger Miller 119 May 19651
5 May 19653"Bring It On Home to Me" The Animals 75 May 19652
12 May 19657"A World of Our Own" The Seekers 319 May 19653
5"True Love Ways" Peter and Gordon 226 May 19651
19 May 19655"Where Are You Now" [C] Jackie Trent 126 May 19651
3"Subterranean Homesick Blues" Bob Dylan 926 May 19652
26 May 19654"This Little Bird" Marianne Faithfull 626 May 19653
1"Wonderful World" Herman's Hermits 726 May 19651
7"Long Live Love" Sandie Shaw 12 June 19653
2 June 19655"Poor Man's Son" The Rockin' Berries 59 June 19652
6"The Clapping Song" Shirley Ellis 630 June 19651
9 June 19655"Trains and Boats and Planes" Burt Bacharach 430 June 19651
16 June 19657"Crying in the Chapel" Elvis Presley 123 June 19652
6"The Price of Love" The Everly Brothers 223 June 19651
9"I'm Alive" The Hollies 130 June 19653
23 June 19651"Marie" The Bachelors 923 June 19651
4"Colours" Donovan 47 July 19651
30 June 19652"Set Me Free" [D] The Kinks 930 June 19652
5"Looking Through the Eyes of Love" Gene Pitney 314 July 19651
7 July 19651"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" The Who 107 July 19651
14 July 19655"Heart Full of Soul" The Yardbirds 221 July 19653
4"To Know You Is to Love You" Peter and Gordon 514 July 19652
7"Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds 128 July 19652
3"Leave a Little Love" Lulu 821 July 19652
6"Tossing and Turning" The Ivy League 328 July 19651
21 July 19654"In the Middle of Nowhere" Dusty Springfield 84 August 19651
28 July 19656"You've Got Your Troubles" The Fortunes 225 August 19651
4 August 19658"Help!" The Beatles 111 August 19653
5"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" The Animals 218 August 19651
3"There but for Fortune" Joan Baez 811 August 19652
11 August 19654"Catch Us If You Can" The Dave Clark Five 518 August 19651
18 August 19654"Everyone's Gone to the Moon" Jonathan King 41 September 19651
2"In Thoughts of You" Billy Fury 918 August 19651
1"Summer Nights" Marianne Faithfull 1018 August 19651
25 August 19657"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher 11 September 19652
7"A Walk in the Black Forest" Horst Jankowski 31 September 19651
6"Zorba's Dance"Marcello Minerbi68 September 19651
1 September 19653"All I Really Want to Do" The Byrds 48 September 19651
1"Don't Make My Baby Blue" The Shadows 101 September 19651
8 September 19657"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones 115 September 19652
8"Make It Easy on Yourself" The Walker Brothers 129 September 19651
6"Like a Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan 422 September 19651
1"See My Friends" The Kinks 108 September 19651
15 September 19651"All I Really Want to Do" Cher 915 September 19651
3"Laugh at Me" Sonny 922 September 19651
22 September 19655"Look Through Any Window" The Hollies 46 October 19651
17"Tears" (#1) Ken Dodd 16 October 19655
29 September 19657"Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire 33 November 19651
6 October 19655"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" Manfred Mann 213 October 19651
3"Il Silenzio" Nini Rosso 820 October 19651
13 October 19656"Almost There" Andy Williams 220 October 19653
4"Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys 520 October 19652
20 October 19652"Message Understood" Sandie Shaw 627 October 19651
27 October 19651"Some of Your Lovin'" Dusty Springfield 827 October 19651
5"Evil Hearted You"/"Still I'm Sad" The Yardbirds 310 November 19651
4"It's Good News Week" Hedgehoppers Anonymous 510 November 19651
3 November 19656"Yesterday Man" Chris Andrews 317 November 19652
5"Here It Comes Again" The Fortunes 417 November 19651
3"Yesterday" Matt Monro 810 November 19652
10 November 19656"Get Off of My Cloud" The Rolling Stones 110 November 19653
4"It's My Life" The Animals 717 November 19653
17 November 196511"The Carnival Is Over" The Seekers 11 December 19653
24 November 19657"My Generation" The Who 21 December 19652
7"1-2-3" Len Barry 38 December 19651
3"Positively 4th Street" Bob Dylan 88 December 19651
1 December 19659"Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" Cliff Richard 229 December 19653
8 December 19655"A Lover's Concerto" The Toys 58 December 19652
2"Princess in Rags" Gene Pitney 98 December 19651
15 December 19659"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" The Beatles 122 December 19655
8"The River" Ken Dodd 329 December 19652
22 December 19651"Maria" P. J. Proby 822 December 19651
8"My Ship Is Comin' In" ♦ The Walker Brothers 326 January 19661
29 December 19657"Let's Hang On!" ♦ The Four Seasons 426 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 Bachelors [E] 2"Marie", "No Arms Can Ever Hold You"
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

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