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The Music and Events of 1965

Our favorite songs of 1965 included these:

TitleArtist
The Boy From New York City Ad Libs
Birds and the Bees Akens, Jewel
Bring It On Home to Me Animals
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Animals
We Gotta Get Out of This Place Animals
Make the World Go Away Arnold, Eddie
Marie Bachelors
Goldfinger Barry, John
James Bond Theme Barry, John
Thunderball Barry, John
1-2-3 Barry, Len
Rescue Me Bass, Fontella
Goldfinger Bassey, Shirley
California Girls Beach Boys
Do You Wanna Dance? Beach Boys
Girl Don't Tell Me Beach Boys
Help Me Rhonda Beach Boys
Kiss Me Baby Beach Boys
Let Him Run Wild Beach Boys
Please Let Me Wonder Beach Boys
This Car of Mine Beach Boys
We'll Run Away Beach Boys
You're So Good to Me Beach Boys
Act Naturally Beatles
Another Girl Beatles
Any Time At All Beatles
Baby It's You Beatles
Baby's In Black Beatles
Eight Days A Week Beatles
Every Little Thing Beatles
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Beatles
Help Beatles
Honey Don't Beatles
I Don't Want to Spoil the Part Beatles
I'll Be Back Beatles
I'll Follow the Sun Beatles
I'm A Loser Beatles
I'm Down Beatles
I'm Looking Through You Beatles
I've Just Seen A Face Beatles
It's Only Love Beatles
Mr. Moonlight Beatles
Night Before, the Beatles
No Reply Beatles
Norwegian Wood Beatles
Rock and Roll Music Beatles
Run For Your Life Beatles
The Night Before Beatles
Think For Yourself Beatles
Ticket to Ride Beatles
Wait Beatles
We Can Work It Out Beatles
Word, the Beatles
Yes It Is Beatles
Yesterday Beatles
You Really Got A Hold On Me Beatles
You Won't See Me Beatles
You're Gonna Lose That Girl Beatles
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Beatles
Just A Little Beau Brummels
Laugh, Laugh Beau Brummels
Around and Around Berry, Chuck
I Want to Be Your Driver Berry, Chuck
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Brown, James
I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn! Byrds
Land of 1,000 Dances Cannibal & the Headhunters
Where the Action Is Cannon, Freddy
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Carter, Mel
Orange Blossom Special Cash, Johnny
Liar Liar Castaways
From a Window Chad & Jeremy
Willow Weep for Me Chad & Jeremy
I Got A Woman Charles, Ray
Downtown Clark, Petula
I Know A Place Clark, Petula
Round Every Corner Clark, Petula
Shake Cooke, Sam
Any Way You Want It Dave Clark Five
Catch Us If You Can Dave Clark Five
Come Home Dave Clark Five
I Like It Like That Dave Clark Five
Over And Over Dave Clark Five
Reelin' and Rockin' Dave Clark Five
What the World Needs Now Is Love DeShannon, Jackie
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dick & Dee Dee
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Dickens, Little Jimmy
I'm A Fool Dino Desi & Billy
Catch the Wind Donovan
Universal Soldier Donovan
Like a Rolling Stone Dylan, Bob
She Belongs to Me Dylan, Bob
Subterranean Homesick Blues Dylan, Bob
The Name Game Ellis, Shirley
Gone, Gone, Gone Everly Brothers
Love Hurts Everly Brothers
As Tears Go By Faithful, Marianne
Come And Stay With Me Faithfull, Marianne
Summer Nights Faithfull, Marianne
Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Here It Comes Again Fortunes
You've Got Your Troubles Fortunes
Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) Four Seasons
Girl Come Running Four Seasons
Let's Hang On! Four Seasons
Toy Soldier Four Seasons
I Can't Help Myself Four Tops
It's the Same Old Song Four Tops
I'm Telling You Now Freddie & the Dreamers
Count Me In Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Everybody Loves A Clown Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Save Your Heart For Me Gary Lewis & the Playboys
This Diamond Ring Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Ain't that Peculiar Gaye, Marvin
How Sweet It Is (to be loved by you) Gaye, Marvin
I'll Be Doggone Gaye, Marvin
Keep On Dancing Gentrys
Ferry Across the Mersey Gerry & the Pacemakers
Little Things Goldsboro, Bobby
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows Gore, Lesley
In Crowd Gray, Dobie
Shakin' All Over Guess Who
Taste of Honey Herb Alpert & the TJB
Can't You Hear My Heart Beat Herman's Hermits
I'm Henry the 8th, I Am Herman's Hermits
Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter Herman's Hermits
Sihoulettes Herman's Hermits
Wonderful World Herman's Hermits
Amen Impressions
Walk In the Black Forest, a Jankowski, Horst
Cara Mia Jay & the Americans
Let's Lock the Door Jay & the Americans
Some Enchanted Evening Jay & the Americans
Race Is On, the Jones, Jack
Green, Green Grass of Home Jones, Tom
It's Not Unusual Jones, Tom
What's New Pussycat Jones, Tom
Shotgun Junior Walker & the All Stars
Everyone's Gone to the Moon King, Jonathan
All Day And All of the Night Kinks
All the Day And All of the Night Kinks
Tired of Waiting For You Kinks
Laurie (Strange Things Happen...) Lee, Dickey
Baby I'm Yours Lewis, Barbara
Make Me Your Baby Lewis, Barbara
Hurt So Bad Little Anthony & the Imperials
Goin' Fishin' Lovin
Jug Band Music Lovin
Do You Believe In Magic Lovin' Spoonful
Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Yes I'm Ready Mason, Barbara
Hang On Sloopy McCoys
Eve of Destruction McGuire, Barry
Do-Wacka-Do Miller, Roger
Engine Engine #9 Miller, Roger
England Swings Miller, Roger
King of the Road Miller, Roger
One Dying And A Burying Miller, Roger
Man From U.N.C.L.E. Montenegro, Hugo
Go Now Moody Blues
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Newton, Wayne
I've Got A Tiger By the Tail Owens, Buck
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Page, Patti
Stepping Out Paul Revere & the Raiders
I Go to Pieces Peter & Gordon
True Love Ways Peter & Gordon
In the Midnight Hour Pickett, Wilson
Midnight Hour, (In The) Pickett, Wilson
Crying In the Chapel Presley, Elvis
Concrete And Clay Rambeau, Eddie
Ebb Tide Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Righteous Brothers
Help Me, Rhonda Rivers, Johnny
Midnight Special Rivers, Johnny
Seventh Son, the Rivers, Johnny
Down the Road Apiece Rolling Stones
Get Off of My Cloud Rolling Stones
Heart of Stone Rolling Stones
Last Time, the Rolling Stones
Play With Fire Rolling Stones
Satisfaction Rolling Stones
Surprise, Surprise Rolling Stones
Under My Thumb Rolling Stones
Down In the Boondocks Royal, Billy Joe
I Knew You When Royal, Billy Joe
Wooly Bully Sam the Sham & the Pharohs
When You Walk In the Room Searchers
I'll Never Find Another You Seekers
Give Him A Great Big Kiss Shangri-Las
Give Us Your Blessings Shangri-Las
I Can Never Go Home Anymore Shangri-Las
Keep Searchin' Shannon, Del
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Silkie
Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
Somewhere in Your Heart Sinatra, Frank
When Somebody Loves You Sinatra, Frank
She's About A Mover Sir Douglas Quintet
Oo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
All I Really Want to Do Sonny & Cher
Baby Don't Go Sonny & Cher
But You're Mine Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe Sonny & Cher
Just You Sonny & Cher
Laugh At Me Sonny & Cher
Cast Your Fate to the Wind Sounds Orchestral
I Want Candy Strangeloves
I Live For the Sun Sunrays
Ask Any Girl Supremes
Back In My Arms Again Supremes
I Hear A Symphony Supremes
Nothing But Heartaches Supremes
Stop! In the Name of Love Supremes
My Girl Temptations
Here Comes the Night Them
A Lover's Concerto Toys
New York's A Lonely Town Tradewinds
It Ain't Me Babe Turtles
Concrete And Clay Unit Four + Two
You're the One Vogues
Wishin' and Hopin' Warwick, Dionne
Game of Love Wayne Fontana & the Mindbender
You Were On My Mind We Five
You Turn Me On Whitcomb, Ian
Shakin' All Over (Live) Who
Don't Think Twice Wonder Who
Baby the Rain Must Fall Yarbrough, Glenn
For Your Love Yardbirds
I Ain't Got You Yardbirds
I'm A Man Yardbirds
Tell Her No Zombies
The Boy From New York City Ad Libs
Birds and the Bees Akens, Jewel
Bring It On Home to Me Animals
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Animals
We Gotta Get Out of This Place Animals
Make the World Go Away Arnold, Eddie
Marie Bachelors
Goldfinger Barry, John
James Bond Theme Barry, John
Thunderball Barry, John
1-2-3 Barry, Len
Rescue Me Bass, Fontella
Goldfinger Bassey, Shirley
California Girls Beach Boys
Do You Wanna Dance? Beach Boys
Girl Don't Tell Me Beach Boys
Help Me Rhonda Beach Boys
Kiss Me Baby Beach Boys
Let Him Run Wild Beach Boys
Please Let Me Wonder Beach Boys
This Car of Mine Beach Boys
We'll Run Away Beach Boys
You're So Good to Me Beach Boys
Act Naturally Beatles
Another Girl Beatles
Any Time At All Beatles
Baby It's You Beatles
Baby's In Black Beatles
Eight Days A Week Beatles
Every Little Thing Beatles
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Beatles
Help Beatles
Honey Don't Beatles
I Don't Want to Spoil the Part Beatles
I'll Be Back Beatles
I'll Follow the Sun Beatles
I'm A Loser Beatles
I'm Down Beatles
I'm Looking Through You Beatles
I've Just Seen A Face Beatles
It's Only Love Beatles
Mr. Moonlight Beatles
Night Before, the Beatles
No Reply Beatles
Norwegian Wood Beatles
Rock and Roll Music Beatles
Run For Your Life Beatles
The Night Before Beatles
Think For Yourself Beatles
Ticket to Ride Beatles
Wait Beatles
We Can Work It Out Beatles
Word, the Beatles
Yes It Is Beatles
Yesterday Beatles
You Really Got A Hold On Me Beatles
You Won't See Me Beatles
You're Gonna Lose That Girl Beatles
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Beatles
Just A Little Beau Brummels
Laugh, Laugh Beau Brummels
Around and Around Berry, Chuck
I Want to Be Your Driver Berry, Chuck
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Brown, James
I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn! Byrds
Land of 1,000 Dances Cannibal & the Headhunters
Where the Action Is Cannon, Freddy
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Carter, Mel
Orange Blossom Special Cash, Johnny
Liar Liar Castaways
From a Window Chad & Jeremy
Willow Weep for Me Chad & Jeremy
I Got A Woman Charles, Ray
Downtown Clark, Petula
I Know A Place Clark, Petula
Round Every Corner Clark, Petula
Shake Cooke, Sam
Any Way You Want It Dave Clark Five
Catch Us If You Can Dave Clark Five
Come Home Dave Clark Five
I Like It Like That Dave Clark Five
Over And Over Dave Clark Five
Reelin' and Rockin' Dave Clark Five
What the World Needs Now Is Love DeShannon, Jackie
Thou Shalt Not Steal Dick & Dee Dee
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Dickens, Little Jimmy
I'm A Fool Dino Desi & Billy
Catch the Wind Donovan
Universal Soldier Donovan
Like a Rolling Stone Dylan, Bob
She Belongs to Me Dylan, Bob
Subterranean Homesick Blues Dylan, Bob
The Name Game Ellis, Shirley
Gone, Gone, Gone Everly Brothers
Love Hurts Everly Brothers
As Tears Go By Faithful, Marianne
Come And Stay With Me Faithfull, Marianne
Summer Nights Faithfull, Marianne
Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Here It Comes Again Fortunes
You've Got Your Troubles Fortunes
Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) Four Seasons
Girl Come Running Four Seasons
Let's Hang On! Four Seasons
Toy Soldier Four Seasons
I Can't Help Myself Four Tops
It's the Same Old Song Four Tops
I'm Telling You Now Freddie & the Dreamers
Count Me In Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Everybody Loves A Clown Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Save Your Heart For Me Gary Lewis & the Playboys
This Diamond Ring Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Ain't that Peculiar Gaye, Marvin
How Sweet It Is (to be loved by you) Gaye, Marvin
I'll Be Doggone Gaye, Marvin
Keep On Dancing Gentrys
Ferry Across the Mersey Gerry & the Pacemakers
Little Things Goldsboro, Bobby
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows Gore, Lesley
In Crowd Gray, Dobie
Shakin' All Over Guess Who
Taste of Honey Herb Alpert & the TJB
Can't You Hear My Heart Beat Herman's Hermits
I'm Henry the 8th, I Am Herman's Hermits
Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter Herman's Hermits
Sihoulettes Herman's Hermits
Wonderful World Herman's Hermits
Amen Impressions
Walk In the Black Forest, a Jankowski, Horst
Cara Mia Jay & the Americans
Let's Lock the Door Jay & the Americans
Some Enchanted Evening Jay & the Americans
Race Is On, the Jones, Jack
Green, Green Grass of Home Jones, Tom
It's Not Unusual Jones, Tom
What's New Pussycat Jones, Tom
Shotgun Junior Walker & the All Stars
Everyone's Gone to the Moon King, Jonathan
All Day And All of the Night Kinks
All the Day And All of the Night Kinks
Tired of Waiting For You Kinks
Laurie (Strange Things Happen...) Lee, Dickey
Baby I'm Yours Lewis, Barbara
Make Me Your Baby Lewis, Barbara
Hurt So Bad Little Anthony & the Imperials
Goin' Fishin' Lovin
Jug Band Music Lovin
Do You Believe In Magic Lovin' Spoonful
Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Yes I'm Ready Mason, Barbara
Hang On Sloopy McCoys
Eve of Destruction McGuire, Barry
Do-Wacka-Do Miller, Roger
Engine Engine #9 Miller, Roger
England Swings Miller, Roger
King of the Road Miller, Roger
One Dying And A Burying Miller, Roger
Man From U.N.C.L.E. Montenegro, Hugo
Go Now Moody Blues
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Newton, Wayne
I've Got A Tiger By the Tail Owens, Buck
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Page, Patti
Stepping Out Paul Revere & the Raiders
I Go to Pieces Peter & Gordon
True Love Ways Peter & Gordon
In the Midnight Hour Pickett, Wilson
Midnight Hour, (In The) Pickett, Wilson
Crying In the Chapel Presley, Elvis
Concrete And Clay Rambeau, Eddie
Ebb Tide Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Righteous Brothers
Help Me, Rhonda Rivers, Johnny
Midnight Special Rivers, Johnny
Seventh Son, the Rivers, Johnny
Down the Road Apiece Rolling Stones
Get Off of My Cloud Rolling Stones
Heart of Stone Rolling Stones
Last Time, the Rolling Stones
Play With Fire Rolling Stones
Satisfaction Rolling Stones
Surprise, Surprise Rolling Stones
Under My Thumb Rolling Stones
Down In the Boondocks Royal, Billy Joe
I Knew You When Royal, Billy Joe
Wooly Bully Sam the Sham & the Pharohs
When You Walk In the Room Searchers
I'll Never Find Another You Seekers
Give Him A Great Big Kiss Shangri-Las
Give Us Your Blessings Shangri-Las
I Can Never Go Home Anymore Shangri-Las
Keep Searchin' Shannon, Del
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Silkie
Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
Somewhere in Your Heart Sinatra, Frank
When Somebody Loves You Sinatra, Frank
She's About A Mover Sir Douglas Quintet
Oo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
All I Really Want to Do Sonny & Cher
Baby Don't Go Sonny & Cher
But You're Mine Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe Sonny & Cher
Just You Sonny & Cher
Laugh At Me Sonny & Cher
Cast Your Fate to the Wind Sounds Orchestral
I Want Candy Strangeloves
I Live For the Sun Sunrays
Ask Any Girl Supremes
Back In My Arms Again Supremes
I Hear A Symphony Supremes
Nothing But Heartaches Supremes
Stop! In the Name of Love Supremes
My Girl Temptations
Here Comes the Night Them
A Lover's Concerto Toys
New York's A Lonely Town Tradewinds
It Ain't Me Babe Turtles
Concrete And Clay Unit Four + Two
You're the One Vogues
Wishin' and Hopin' Warwick, Dionne
Game of Love Wayne Fontana & the Mindbender
You Were On My Mind We Five
You Turn Me On Whitcomb, Ian
Shakin' All Over (Live) Who
Don't Think Twice Wonder Who
Baby the Rain Must Fall Yarbrough, Glenn
For Your Love Yardbirds
I Ain't Got You Yardbirds
I'm A Man Yardbirds
Tell Her No Zombies


Meanwhile, in 1965...

The great Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed; It commemorates the Louisiana purchase in 1808.

The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department becomes another Washington institution. The "Great Society" marches on.

63 million taxpayer dollars plants the seeds for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The "Great Society" takes another leap forward.

The world's first commercial satellite, Early Bird, is launched by the U.S.; the satellite facilitates global communications.

January: In his State of the Union message, President Johnson outlines programs for a "Great Society" that will eliminate poverty in America.

In time for the late boomers, Congress votes $1.3 billion in federal aid to elementary and secondary schools.

August: The Voting Rights Act becomes law.

The miniskirt makes its appearance, in time for 35 million boomer women (and a few men as well, perhaps).

Remember when "the milkman" delivered milk to your house? 25% of all milk is delivered to homes by milkmen in 1965. The percentage was down to 15% a decade later. Does anybody get milk delivered today?

Diet Pepsi is now available, just in time for boomers reaching "that age."

Malcolm X is assassinated, coincidentally during "National Brotherhood Week."

February: Dr. Martin Luther King is arrested in Selma, Alabama, while protesting state regulations on voting.

In August race riots in the Watts section of Los Angeles result in 34 deaths. More than 200 businesses are destroyed.

"Amos and Andy" is taken off the air amid protests of racial stereotyping. Ironically, black actors are laid off as a result.

The U.S. wasn't first; Britain bans cigarette advertising from television.

"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd," and "Man of La Mancha" open on Broadway.

The Grateful Dead begins its 30-year run.

March: Planes bomb Vietnam in a heavy aerial assault.

June: Congress authorizes the use of ground troops in Vietnam; a complete ground offensive is underway by June. "The Vietcong are going to collapse within weeks," says President Johnson's National Security Adviser Walt Whitman Rostow; "Not months, but weeks." 125,000 U.S. troops are in Vietnam.

October: Antiwar rallies attract considerable crowds, poet Allen Ginsburg introduces the term "flower power" to define a protest strategy.

The "Hare Krishna" chant is used for the first time by the new "International Society for Krishna Consciousness."

The L. A. Dodgers win the World Series.

November: The worst power failure in history blacks out Ontario and nine U.S. states, including New York. The power is out for 12 hours; nine months later, a whole lot of post-boomer babies are born.

Ralph Nader challenges the auto industry with his book, "Unsafe at Any Speed." The first major victim is Chevrolet's Corvair. 51,000 Americans are killed annually (about the same number as died in the entire Vietnam war.)

The Academy award for Best Picture goes to "The Sound of Music." Lee Marvin wins for Best Actor in "Cat Ballou."


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