1965 in Music - Other Hit Singles

Other Hit Singles

  • "1-2-3" – Len Barry
  • "A Change Is Gonna Come" – Sam Cooke
  • "A Lover's Concerto" – The Toys
  • "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
  • "A World of Our Own" – The Seekers
  • "Act Naturally" – The Beatles
  • "Ain't That Peculiar" – Marvin Gaye
  • "All Day and All of the Night" – The Kinks
  • "All I Really Want to Do", recorded by
    • The Byrds
    • Cher
  • "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – The Who
  • "Arriba en la Cordillera" - Patricio Manns
  • "As Tears Go By", recorded by
    • Marianne Faithfull
    • The Rolling Stones
  • "Ask the Lonely" – Four Tops
  • "At The Club" – The Drifters
  • "Baby Don't Go" – Sonny & Cher
  • "Baby Please Don't Go" – Them
  • "Baby the Rain Must Fall" – Glenn Yarbrough
  • "Back in My Arms Again" – The Supremes
  • "Barbara Ann" – The Beach Boys
  • "The Birds and the Bees" – Jewel Akens
  • "The Boy from New York City" – The Ad Libs
  • "Bring It On Home to Me" – The Animals
  • "Bye Bye Baby" – The Four Seasons
  • "California Dreamin'" – The Mamas & the Papas
  • "California Girls" – The Beach Boys
  • "Capri c'est fini" - Hervé Vilard
  • "Cara Mia" – Jay and the Americans
  • "The Carnival Is Over" – The Seekers
  • "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" – Sounds Orchestral
  • "Catch the Wind" – Donovan
  • "Catch Us If You Can" – The Dave Clark Five
  • "The Clapping Song" – Shirley Ellis
  • "Come See About Me" – The Supremes
  • "Concrete and Clay" – Unit 4 + 2
  • "Crying in the Chapel" – Elvis Presley
  • "Dance, Dance, Dance" – The Beach Boys
  • "Day Tripper" – The Beatles
  • "Do the Clam" – Elvis Presley
  • "Do-Wacka-Do – Roger Miller
  • "Do You Believe in Magic" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "Do You Wanna Dance" – The Beach Boys
  • "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – The Animals
  • "Don't Mess With Bill" – The Marvelettes
  • "Down in the Boondocks" – Billy Joe Royal
  • "Downtown" – Petula Clark
  • "È frennesia!/'Na catena 'e lacreme" - Mario Trevi
  • "Ebb Tide" – The Righteous Brothers
  • "Een meisje van 16" - Boudewijn de Groot
  • "Eight Days a Week" – The Beatles
  • "England Swings" – Roger Miller
  • "Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire
  • "Everybody Loves a Clown" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
  • "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" – Jonathan King
  • "Evil Hearted You" – The Yardbirds
  • "Ferry Cross The Mersey" – Gerry & the Pacemakers
  • "Fever" – The McCoys
  • "Five O'Clock World" -The Vogues
  • "For Your Love" – The Yardbirds
  • "Game of Love" – Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
  • "Get Off of My Cloud" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Girl Come Running" – The Four Seasons
  • "Go Now" – The Moody Blues
  • "Goin' Out of My Head" – Little Anthony & The Imperials (released in 1964, but charted in 1965)
  • "Going to a Go-Go" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • "Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey
  • "Got to Get You Off My Mind" – Solomon Burke
  • "Hang on Sloopy" – The McCoys
  • "Heart Full of Soul" – The Yardbirds
  • "Heart of Stone" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Help!" – The Beatles
  • "Help Me Rhonda" – The Beach Boys
  • "Here Comes the Night" – Them
  • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Mel Carter
  • "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" – Marvin Gaye
  • "Hurts So Bad" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
  • "I Can't Explain" – The Who
  • "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" – Four Tops
  • "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • "I Do Love You" – Billy Stewart
  • "I Feel Fine" – The Beatles
  • "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – James Brown
  • "I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher
  • "I Hear a Symphony" – The Supremes
  • "I Know a Place" – Petula Clark
  • "I Like It Like That" – The Dave Clark Five
  • "I Want Candy" – The Strangeloves
  • "I'll Be Doggone" – Marvin Gaye
  • "I'll Never Find Another You" – The Seekers
  • "I'm a Man" – The Yardbirds
  • "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" – Herman's Hermits
  • "I'm Telling You Now" – Freddie and the Dreamers
  • "Iko Iko" – The Dixie Cups
  • "Il Silenzio" – Nini Rosso
  • "The 'In' Crowd" – Dobie Gray
  • "In the Midnight Hour" – Wilson Pickett
  • "It Ain't Me Babe" – The Turtles
  • "It's Growing" – The Temptations
  • "It's My Life" – The Animals
  • "It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones
  • "It's the Same Old Song" – Four Tops
  • "The Jerk" – The Larks
  • "Just a Little" – The Beau Brummels
  • "Just Once In My Life" – The Righteous Brothers
  • "King of the Road" – Roger Miller
  • "Land of a Thousand Dances" – Cannibal and the Headhunters
  • "The Last Time" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Laugh, Laugh" – The Beau Brummels
  • "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" – Dickie Lee
  • "Lemon Tree" – Trini Lopez
  • "Letkiss" (Several versions)
  • "Let's Hang On" – The Four Seasons
  • "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" – Jay and the Americans
  • "Liar, Liar" – The Castaways
  • "Like a Rolling Stone" – Bob Dylan
  • "The Little Girl I Once Knew" – The Beach Boys
  • "Love Potion #9" – The Searchers
  • "A Lover's Concerto" – The Toys
  • "Make the World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold
  • "Mr. Lonely" – Bobby Vinton
  • "Mr. Tambourine Man" – The Byrds
  • "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" – Herman's Hermits
  • "My Baby" – The Temptations
  • "My Generation" – The Who
  • "My Girl" – The Temptations
  • "My Love" – Petula Clark
  • "My World Is Empty Without You" – The Supremes
  • "The Name Game" – Shirley Ellis
  • "Nothing but Heartaches" – The Supremes
  • "Nowhere to Run" – Martha and the Vandellas
  • "Ooo Baby Baby" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • "Over and Over" – The Dave Clark Five
  • "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – James Brown
  • "Positively 4th Street" – Bob Dylan
  • "The Race Is On" – Jack Jones
  • "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", recorded by
    • Bert Kaempfert
    • Vic Dana
  • "Rescue Me" – Fontella Bass
  • "Respect" – Otis Redding
  • "Save Your Heart for Me" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
  • "See My Friends" – The Kinks
  • "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" – Dean Martin
  • "Set Me Free" – The Kinks
  • "Seventh Son" – Johnny Rivers
  • "She's a Woman" – The Beatles
  • "She's Just My Style" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
  • "Shotgun" – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  • "Silhouettes" – Herman's Hermits
  • "Since I Lost My Baby" – The Temptations
  • "Sitting in the Park" – Billy Stewart
  • "Some Enchanted Evening" – Jay and the Americans
  • "The Sound of Silence" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Spanish Flea" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
  • "Stop! In the Name of Love" – The Supremes
  • "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – Bob Dylan
  • "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" – Lesley Gore
  • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and The Pearls
  • "Take Me Back" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
  • "Tears" – Ken Dodd (This became the biggest selling UK single of 1965, a #1 for 5 weeks selling over two million copies—all in 10-inch 78-rpm shellac format)
  • "Tell Her No" – The Zombies
  • "This Diamond Ring" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
  • "Thunderball" – Tom Jones
  • "Ticket to Ride" – The Beatles
  • "Till the End of the Day" – The Kinks
  • "Tired of Waiting for You" – The Kinks
  • "The Tracks of My Tears" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • "Treat Her Right" – Roy Head and the Traits
  • "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" – The Byrds
  • "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
  • "Universal Soldier" – Donovan
  • "We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles
  • "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" – The Animals
  • "A Well Respected Man" – The Kinks
  • "What Have They Done to the Rain" – The Searchers
  • "What the World Needs Now Is Love" – Jackie DeShannon
  • "What's New, Pussycat?" – Tom Jones
  • "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
  • "Wonderful World" – Herman's Hermits
  • "Yes, I'm Ready" – Barbara Mason
  • "Yes It Is" – The Beatles
  • "Yesterday" – The Beatles
  • "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "You Turn Me On" – Ian Whitcomb
  • "You Were Made For Me" – Freddie and the Dreamers
  • "You Were On My Mind" – We Five
  • "You're the One" – The Vogues
  • "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – The Silkie
  • "You've Got Your Troubles" – The Fortunes
  • "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – The Righteous Brothers
  • "Zorba the Greek" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965

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