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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Biggest hit singles
4 Some American and/or British Hit Singles
5 Published popular music
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Births
11 Deaths
12 Awards
- 12.1 Grammy Awards
- 12.2 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January 4 - Fender Guitars is sold to CBS for $13 million.
January 12 - Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by the New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & the Pacemakers.
January 17 - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' book, Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published.
January 21 - The Animals' show at New York's Apollo Theater is canceled after the U.S. Immigration Department forces the group to leave the theater.
January 21 - The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney, Australia to begin their Australian tour.
January 23 - "Downtown" hits #1, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles.
January 27 - Paul Simon appears on BBC radio for the first time, on their Five To Ten show, discussing and playing thirteen songs, twelve of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only album, The Paul Simon Song Book.
February 6 - Donovan performs the first of three performances on the British television program "Ready, Steady, Go!". This presents him to a widespread audience for the first time.
February 12 - NME reports the Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon's novel A Talent for Loving. The story is about a 1,400-mile horse race that takes place in the old west. The film is never made.
February 24 - The Beatles begin filming their second film, Help!.
March 4 - Producer Tom Wilson, (Simon and Garfunkel) records a heavy backing band onto the song "The Sounds of Silence," without the knowledge of Paul Simon, for release on a 45 rpm single, and the b-side, "We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'" . The single will go on to hit #1 on the Billboard charts in December.
March 18 - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London gas station. The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order.
April 11 - The New Musical Express poll winners' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Animals, the Kinks, the Searchers, Herman's Hermits, The Anita Kerr Singers, Moody Blues, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, Them, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.
April 21 - The Beach Boys appear on Shindig! performing their most recent hit, "Do You Wanna Dance?"
April 26 - Leopold Stokowski conducts the first complete performance of Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4, more than ten years after the composer's death
May 6 - Keith Richards and Mick Jagger begin work on "Satisfaction" in their Clearwater, Florida hotel room. Richards came up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand new Gibson "Fuzz box".
May 9 - Bob Dylan performs the first of two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, concluding his tour of Europe. Audience members include The Beatles, and Donovan.
June 12- The Beatles were appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. Since it was unusual for rock stars to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complained and protested.
July 25 - Bob Dylan plays Newport Folk Festival, is booed for playing electric set with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joan Baez and Donovan also play sets.
August 6 - The Small Faces release their first R&B single in the UK "Whatcha Gonna Do About It".
August 15 - The Beatles play Shea Stadium, which was the first rock concert to be held in a venue of that size. The concert also set new world records for attendance (55,600+) and for revenue.
August 27 - The Beatles visit Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air. It is the first and only time the band and the singer met.
September - Paul Simon is about to go on stage at a Danish folk club when he learns that his song "The Sounds Of Silence" has entered the top 100 in the Billboard charts.
September 30 - Donovan appears on Shindig! in the U.S. and plays Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier".
October 15 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix signs a three year recording contract with Ed Chaplin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty on records with Curtis Knight. The agreement will later cause continuous litigation problems with Hendrix and other record labels.
November 5 - The Small Faces release their 2nd R&B single "I've Got Mine" featured in film Dateline Diamonds.
November 26 - Arlo Guthrie is arrested in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for the crime of littering, perpetrated the day before (Thanksgiving) in the nearby town of Stockbridge. The resultant events and adventure would be immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant".
Paul Simon spends most of the year in the United Kingdom, building his career as a traveling solo folk-rock singer-songwriter, teaming up with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers.
Dalida receives the Cico Viola Prize in Brazil for her hit single "Zorba o Greco" and is named favourite French singer in an FOP poll.
The Grateful Dead's musical career begins
The Delfonics' musical career begins
Jefferson Airplane's musical career begins
Lucinda Williams' musical career begins
Los Jairas forms
Mireille Mathieu's recording career begins
Paul & Paula break up
The Velvet Underground forms
Commercial sale of pre-recorded musicassettes begin in Europe

Albums released

The 4 Seasons Entertain You - The 4 Seasons
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
A Man and His Music - Frank Sinatra
A Song Will Rise - Peter, Paul and Mary
A World of Our Own - The Seekers
The All Seeing Eye - Wayne Shorter
An Evening with Ornette Coleman - Ornette Coleman
The Angry Young Them - Them
Animal Tracks - The Animals
Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow - Sun Ra
Ascension - John Coltrane
At The Golden Cirle Vol. 1 & 2 - Ornette Coleman
Baby Don't Go - Sonny and Cher
Beach Boys' Party! - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
Beatles '65 - The Beatles
Beatles VI - The Beatles
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
Bleeker & MacDougal - Fred Neil
Blues,Songs and Ballads - Tom Rush
By Myself - Julie London
Celebrations For a Grey Day - Richard Farina and Mimi Farina
Chappaqua Suite - Ornette Coleman
Come My Way - Marianne Faithfull
Complete Communion - Don Cherry
Cornbread - Lee Morgan
Country Willie: His Own Songs - Willie Nelson
Creation - John Coltrane
December's Children (And Everybody's) - The Rolling Stones
Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
Doris Day's Sentimental Journey - Doris Day
Downtown - Petula Clark
The Early Beatles - The Beatles
Ella at Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
Ella in Hamburg - Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis for Everyone - Elvis Presley
E.S.P. - Miles Davis
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty - Dusty Springfield
Fairy Tale - Donovan
Farewell, Angelina - Joan Baez
Feeling Good - Julie London
Fiddler On The Roof - Original Soundtrack
Fifth Album - Judy Collins
Fire Music - Archie Shepp
For Your Love - The Yardbirds
The Four Tops Second Album - The Four Tops
Fresh Berry's - Chuck Berry
The Fugs First Album - The Fugs
The Gigolo - Lee Morgan
Girl Happy - Elvis Presley
Gleanings - John Coltrane
Going Places - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads - Otis Redding
Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
Harum Scarum Soundtrack - Elvis Presley
Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 1 - Sun Ra
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2 - Sun Ra
Help! - The Beatles
Here Are the Sonics - The Sonics
Here Comes the Whistleman - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Herman's Hermits On Tour - Herman's Hermits
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Hold On! - Herman's Hermits
Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye
I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
I Know a Place - Petula Clark
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
Infinity - Lee Morgan
Introducing Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits
Introducing The Beau Brummels - The Beau Brummels
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays - John Coltrane
Kinda Kinks - The Kinks
The Kink Kontroversy - The Kinks
Kinks Kinkdom - The Kinks
Kinks Size - The Kinks
Kirk's Works - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Kulu Se Mama - John Coltrane
Latin for Lovers - Doris Day
Live at The Plugged Nickel - Miles Davis
Live at the Regal - B.B. King
Live at the Tivoli - Ornette Coleman
Live In Paris - John Coltrane
Live in Seattle - John Coltrane
Living Space - John Coltrane
Look at Us - Sonny and Cher
L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole
The Magic City - Sun Ra
The Magnificent Moodies - The Moody Blues
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
A Man and His Music - Frank Sinatra
Mann Made - Manfred Mann
Maria Bethânia - Maria Bethânia
Marianne Faithfull - Marianne Faithfull
Mary Poppins - Original Soundtrack
Meditations - John Coltrane
Meet The Vogues - The Vogues
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack
My Generation - The Who
My Kind of Broadway - Frank Sinatra
My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Barbra Streisand
New Thing at Newport - John Coltrane and Archie Shepp
No Living Without Love - Manfred Mann
Nothing But the Truth - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Odetta Sings Dylan - Odetta
Om - John Coltrane
On This Night - Archie Shepp with Bobby Hutcherson
The One in the Middle - Manfred Mann
Ooooooweeee!!! - Dusty Springfield
Orange Blossom Special - Johnny Cash
Orbisongs - Roy Orbison
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding
Our Fair Lady - Julie London
Our Shining Hour - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
Pastel Blues - Nina Simone
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Paul Simon Song Book - Paul Simon
People Get Ready - The Impressions
Petula Clark Sings The World's Greatest International Hits - Petula Clark
The Pretty Things - Pretty Things
Recorded Live on Stage - The 4 Seasons
The Return of Rock - Jerry Lee Lewis
Rip Rig & Panic - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
The Rolling Stones No. 2 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, Now! - The Rolling Stones
Roustabout - Elvis Presley
Roy Head and the Traits - Roy Head and The Traits
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
The Rumproller - Lee Morgan
The Scene Changes - Perry Como
Sammy's Back on Broadway - Sammy Davis, Jr.
See What Tomorrow Brings - Peter, Paul and Mary
Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things" - John Coltrane
The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick - Dionne Warwick
September of My Years - Frank Sinatra
Sinatra '65: The Singer Today - Frank Sinatra
Sings The Ballads of The True West - Johnny Cash
Skip James Today! - Skip James
Slightly Latin - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Smokin' at the Half Note - Wynton Kelly and Wes Montgomery
Softly as I Leave You - Frank Sinatra
Soul Dressing - Booker T and the M.G.s
The Sound of Music - Original Soundtrack
The Sound of Music - Richard Rodgers
The Sound of the Shadows - The Shadows
Stan Getz and Bill Evans - Stan Getz and Bill Evans
Strangers (Merle Haggard album)|Strangers - Merle Haggard
Storm Warning! - Dick Morrissey Quartet
Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) - The Beach Boys
Take It Easy - The Walker Brothers
The Temptations Sing Smokey - The Temptations
Temptin' Temptations - The Temptations
That Travelin' Two-Beat - Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
There Is Only One Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison
To the Beat of a Different Drummer - John Coltrane
Tom Rush - Tom Rush
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death - John Fahey
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
Under Milk Wood - Stan Tracey
Unity - Larry Young
Universal Soldier - Donovan
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid - Donovan
Whipped Cream & Other Delights - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Who's Crazy Vol. 1 & 2 - Ornette Coleman
Why Is There Air? - Bill Cosby
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs
¡Viva! Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
The Zombies - The Zombies

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1965.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody	1965	UK 1 - Oct 1990, US BB 1 of 1965, Canada 1 - Jul 1965, Holland 1 - Sep 1965, Austria 1 - Dec 1990, Eire 1 - Nov 1990, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Feb 1991, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Feb 1991, POP 1 of 1965, US BB 4 - Jul 1965, Switzerland 4 - Dec 1990, OzNet 5, Germany 7 - Jan 1991, Party 07 of 1999, Scrobulate 11 of oldies, RYM 16 of 1965, South Africa 19 of 1965, Europe 21 of the 1960s, DDD 24 of 1965, AFI 27, US CashBox 32 of 1965, WXPN 298, Rolling Stone 365, Acclaimed 1056
2	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965	UK 1 - Aug 1965, US BB 1 - Jun 1965, Canada 1 - Jun 1965, Holland 1 - Aug 1965, Norway 1 - Aug 1965, Eire 1 - Sep 1965, 1 in 2FM list, DDD 1 of 1965, Europe 2 of the 1960s, Rolling Stone 2, Acclaimed 2, US CashBox 5 of 1965, Virgin 6, RYM 8 of 1965, RIAA 16, US BB 26 of 1965, POP 26 of 1965, Belgium 43 of all time, OzNet 48, Italy 62 of 1965, Germany 79 of the 1960s, Party 212 of 1999
3	The Beatles	Help!	1965	UK 1 - Jul 1965, US BB 1 - Aug 1965, Canada 1 - Jul 1965, Holland 1 - Aug 1965, Norway 1 - Aug 1965, Eire 1 - Aug 1965, Australia 1 for 3 weeks May 1965, Germany 2 - Aug 1965, Australia 5 of 1965, RYM 6 of 1965, South Africa 8 of 1965, US CashBox 11 of 1965, Europe 18 of the 1960s, Italy 24 of 1965, DDD 25 of 1965, Rolling Stone 29, Scrobulate 77 of classic rock, Acclaimed 134, Germany 143 of the 1960s, Belgium 193 of all time, OzNet 232, WXPN 427
4	The Beatles	Yesterday	1965	US BB 1 - Oct 1965, Canada 1 - Sep 1965, Holland 1 - Oct 1965, Norway 1 - Nov 1965, Europe 5 of the 1960s, DDD 7 of 1965, UK 8 - Mar 1976, Germany 8 - Jan 1966, RYM 11 of 1965, Rolling Stone 13, Australia 14 of 1965, OzNet 14, US BB 25 of 1965, POP 25 of 1965, Virgin 33, Scrobulate 39 of classic rock, WXPN 48, TheQ 49, Poland 51 of all time, Belgium 53 of all time, RIAA 56, US CashBox 68 of 1965, Italy 88 of 1965, Acclaimed 117, Germany 373 of the 1960s
5	The Beatles	Ticket to Ride	1965	UK 1 - Apr 1965, US BB 1 - May 1965, Canada 1 - Apr 1965, Holland 1 - Apr 1965, Norway 1 - Apr 1965, Eire 1 - Apr 1965, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1965, Germany 2 - May 1965, South Africa 3 of 1965, RYM 5 of 1965, DDD 9 of 1965, Scrobulate 16 of 60s, US CashBox 36 of 1965, Acclaimed 249, Germany 333 of the 1960s, Rolling Stone 384, WXPN 594, OzNet 613

Some American and/or British Hit Singles

"1-2-3" - Len Barry
"A Change Is Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke
"A Lover's Concerto" - The Toys
"A Must To Avoid" - Herman's Hermits
"A Taste of Honey" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"A World of Our Own" - The Seekers
"Act Naturally" - The Beatles
"Action" - Freddy Cannon
"Ain't That Peculiar" - Marvin Gaye
"All Day and All of the Night" - The Kinks
"All I Really Want to Do" - The Byrds
"All I Really Want to Do" - Cher
"All Summer Long" - The Beach Boys
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" - The Who
"As Tears Go By" - Marianne Faithfull
"As Tears Go By" - The Rolling Stones
"Ask The Lonely" - The Four Tops
"At The Club" - The Drifters
"Attack" - The Toys
"Baby Don't Go" - Sonny and 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
"Before and After" - Chad and Jeremy
"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 4 Seasons
"California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
"California Girls" - The Beach Boys
"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" - Herman's Hermits
"Cara- Lin" - The Strangeloves
"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
"Colours" - Donovan
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes
"Concrete and Clay" - Unit Four Plus Two
"Count Me In" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Crying in the Chapel" - Elvis Presley
"Dance, Dance, Dance" - The Beach Boys
"Day Tripper" - The Beatles
"Do The Clam" - Elvis Presley
"Do The Freddie" - Freddie and the Dreamers
"Do-Wacka-Do - Roger Miller
"Do You Believe In Magic" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Do You Wanna Dance" - The Beach Boys
"Don't Just Stand There" - Patty Duke
"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
"Dreamsville" - The Anita Kerr Quartette
"The Duck" - Jackie Lee
"Ebb Tide" - The Righteous Brothers
"Eight Days a Week" - The Beatles
"Engine Engine No. 9" - Roger Miller
"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 and the Pacemakers
"Fever" - The McCoys
"Five O'Clock World" -The Vogues
"Game of Love" - Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
"Get Off of My Cloud" - The Rolling Stones
"Girl Come Running" - The 4 Seasons
"Give Him a Great Big Kiss" - The Shangri-Las
"Go Now" - The Moody Blues
"Going Out of My Head" - Little Anthony and The Imperials
"Going to a Go-Go" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Goldfinger" - Shirley Bassey
"Goodbye My Love" - The Searchers
"Got to Get You Out of 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
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - Mel Carter
"How Soon" - The Anita Kerr Quartette
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" - Marvin Gaye
"Hurts So Bad" - Little Anthony and The Imperials
"I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore" - The Young Rascals
"I Can Never Go Home Anymore" - The Shangri-Las
"I Can't Explain" - The Who
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - The 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 Really Want to Know You" - The Anita Kerr Quartette
"I Want Candy" - The Strangeloves
"Il Silenzio" - Nini Rosso
"I'll Be Doggone" - Marvin Gaye
"I'll Be There" - Gerry and the Pacemakers
"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
"I'm Yours" - Elvis Presley
"Iko Iko" - The Dixie Cups
"The 'In' Crowd" - Dobie Gray
"In the Midnight Hour" - Wilson Pickett
"It Ain't Me Babe" - The Turtles
"It's Alright" - Adam Faith
"It's Gonna Be Alright" - Gerry and the Pacemakers
"It's Growing" - The Temptations
"It's My Life" - The Animals
"It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones
"It's the Same Old Song" - The Four Tops
"The Jerk" - The Larks
"The Jolly Green Giant" - The Kingsmen
"Just a Little" - The Beau Brummels
"Just a Little Bit Better" - Herman's Hermits
"Just Once In My Life" - The Righteous Brothers
"Kansas City Star" - Roger Miller
"Keep On Dancing" - The Gentry
"Keep Searchin'(We'll Follow the Sun)" - Del Shannon
"King of the Road" - Roger Miller
"Land of 1000 Dances" - Cannibal and the Headhunters
"Last Chance To Turn Around" - Gene Pitney
"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
"Little Things" - Bobby Goldsboro
"Look of Love" - Lesley Gore
"Love Potion #9" - The Searchers
"A Lover's Concerto" - The Toys
"Make the World Go Away" - Eddy Arnold
"Marie" - The Bachelors
"The Men In My Little Girl's Life" - Mike Douglas
"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 Girl Has Gone" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"My Love" - Petula Clark
"My Town, My Guy and Me" - Lesley Gore
"My World is Empty Without You" - The Supremes
"The Name Game" - Shirley Ellis
"New York's a Lonely Town" - The Trade Winds
"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" - The Bachelors
"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
"Puppet on a String" - Elvis Presley
"Queen of the House" - Judy Miller
"The Race Is On" - Jack Jones
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" - Bert Kaempfert
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" - Vic Dana
"Rescue Me" - Fontella Bass
"Respect" - Otis Redding
"Round Every Corner" - Petula Clark
"Save Your Heart For Me" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"See My Friends" - The Kinks
"Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" - Dean Martin
"Set Me Free" - The Kinks
"Seventh Son" - Johnny Rivers
"Shake" - Sam Cooke
"She's About a Mover" - Sir Douglas Quintet
"She's a Woman" - The Beatles
"She's Just My Style" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Shot Gun" - 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
"Something About You" - The Four Tops
"The Sound of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Spanish Flea" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Still I'm Sad" - The Yardbirds
"Stop! In the Name of Love" - The Supremes
"Stranger in Town" - Del Shannon
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan
"Such an Easy Question" - Elvis Presley
"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" - Lesley Gore
"Super-Cali-Fragil-Istic-Expi-Ali-Doucious" - Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and The Pearls
"Take Me Back" - Little Anthony and The Imperials
"Tell Her No" - The Zombies
"This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Thunderball" - Tom Jones
"Ticket to Ride" - The Beatles
"Tijuana Taxi" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Till the End of the Day" - The Kinks
"Tired of Waiting for You" - The Kinks
"Too Little Time" - The Anita Kerr Quartette
"Tossing and Turning" - The Ivy League
"The Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Treat Her Right" - Roy Head and the Traits
"Turn Turn Turn" - The Byrds
"Twine Time" - Alvin Cash and The Crawlers
"Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers
"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals
"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
"Whenever a Teen Ager Cries" - Reparata and the Delrons
"Who Will Be the Next In Line" - The Kinks
"Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?" - Connie Francis
"Wooly Bully" - Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs
"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'd Better Come Home" - Petula Clark
"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 Loving Feeling" - The Righteous Brothers
"Zobra The Greek" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965

Published popular music

"Call Me" w.m. Tony Hatch
"The Carnival Is Over" w.m. Tom Springfield
"Do I Hear a Waltz?" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Elizabeth Allen in the musical Do I Hear a Waltz?.
"Goldfinger" w. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley m. John Barry. Introduced by Shirley Bassey on the soundtrack of the film Goldfinger
"Honey Come Back" w.m. Jimmy Webb
"I Have Confidence" w.m. Richard Rodgers, from the film The Sound of Music
"I Know a Place" w.m. Tony Hatch
"The Impossible Dream" w. Joe Darion m. Mitch Leigh Introduced by Richard Kiley in the musical Man Of La Mancha
"Jeannie" w.m. Hugo Montenegro and Buddy Kaye, theme from the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
"Michelle" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
"Moment To Moment" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini from the film Moment To Moment
"On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane introduced by John Cullum in the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Performed in the 1970 film version by Yves Montand.
"The Shadow of Your Smile" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Johnny Mandel
"Something Good" w.m. Richard Rodgers, from the film The Sound of Music
"Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)" Paul Francis Webster m. Maurice Jarre from the film Doctor Zhivago
"What The World Needs Now Is Love". Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"What's New Pussycat" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film What's New Pussycat?
"Who Can I Turn To?" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd
"A World of Our Own" w.m. Tom Springfield
"(On A) Wonderful Day Like Today" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd
"You'd Better Come Home" w.m. Tony Hatch
"You're the One" w.m. Petula Clark and Tony Hatch

Classical music

Gilbert Biberian - Greek Suite for guitar
George Crumb
- Madrigals, Books I for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass
- Madrigals, Books II for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, and percussion
Mario Davidovsky - Inflexions for chamber ensemble
Roberto Gerhard - Concerto for Orchestra
Vittorio Giannini - Symphony no. 5
György Ligeti - Requiem for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano solo, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1963-65)
Eduard Tubin - Sonata for Viola and Piano