List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1965

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

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.

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 Date Song Artist(s) Reference
125 January 2 "I Feel Fine" The Beatles
January 9
re January 16 "Come See About Me" The Supremes
126 January 23 "Downtown" Petula Clark
January 30
127 February 6 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
February 13
128 February 20 "This Diamond Ring" Gary Lewis & the Playboys
February 27
129 March 6 "My Girl" The Temptations
130 March 13 "Eight Days a Week" The Beatles
March 20
131 March 27 "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes [1]
April 3 [2]
132 April 10 "I'm Telling You Now" Freddie and the Dreamers [3]
April 17
133 April 24 "Game of Love" Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders [4]
134 May 1 "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Herman's Hermits
May 8
May 15
135 May 22 "Ticket to Ride" The Beatles
136 May 29 "Help Me, Rhonda" The Beach Boys
June 5
137 June 12 "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes
138 June 19 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops
139 June 26 "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds
re July 3 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops
140 July 10 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
July 17
July 24
July 31
141 August 7 "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" Herman's Hermits
142 August 14 "I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher
August 21
August 28
143 September 4 "Help!" The Beatles
September 11
September 18
144 September 25 "Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire
145 October 2 "Hang On Sloopy" The McCoys
146 October 9 "Yesterday" The Beatles
October 16
October 23
October 30
147 November 6 "Get Off of My Cloud" The Rolling Stones
November 13
148 November 20 "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes
November 27
149 December 4 "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" The Byrds
December 11
December 18
150 December 25 "Over and Over" The Dave Clark Five

See also

References
  1. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 (13): 32. 1965. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 (14): 28. 1965. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 (15): 26. April 10, 1965. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 (17): 26. April 24, 1965. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

Additional sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Additional information obtained from Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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