US Top 40 Singles Week Ending December 11th, 1965

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending December 11th, 1965.

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This Week’s Top 40
This Week’s Drops
Power Plays
New This Week
To Next or Previous Week

US TOP 40 – DECEMBER 11TH, 1965

#1
TURN! TURN! TURN! (To Everything There Is a Season)
The Byrds

TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 1 TURN! TURN! TURN! (To Everything There Is a Season) –•– The Byrds (Columbia)-8 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 I HEAR A SYMPHONY –•– The Supremes (Motown)-7 (1)
3 4 LET’S HANG ON –•– The Four Seasons (Philips)-10 (3)
4 5 I GOT YOU (I Feel Good) –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-5 (4)
5 10 OVER AND OVER –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-5 (5)
6 9 I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE –•– The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)-6 (6)
7 3 1-2-3 –•– Len Barry (Decca)-12 (2)
8 7 A TASTE OF HONEY –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-12 (7)
9 6 RESCUE ME –•– Fontella Bass (Checker)-11 (4)
10 13 I WILL –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-7 (10)

11 21 HANG ON SLOOPY –•– The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Cadet)-4 (11)
12 18 ENGLAND SWINGS –•– Roger Miller (Smash)-6 (12)
13 20 FEVER –•– The McCoys (Bang)-5 (13)
14 17 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY –•– Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor)-9 (14)
15 11 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-10 (1)
16 8 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-10 (8)
17 22 I’M A MAN –•– The Yardbirds (Epic)-7 (17)
18 24 DON’T THINK TWICE –•– The Wonder Who? (The Four Seasons) (Philips)-6 (18)
19 19 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-5 (19)
20 12 RUN, BABY RUN (Back Into My Arms) –•– The Newbeats (Hickory)-11 (12)

21 41 EBB TIDE –•– The Righteous Brothers (Philles)-2 (21)
22 27 PUPPET ON A STRING –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (22)
23 31 SUNDAY AND ME –•– Jay and the Americans (United Artists)-4 (23)
24 37 ONE HAS MY NAME (The Other Has My Heart) –•– Barry Young (Dot)-6 (24)
25 26 KISS AWAY –•– Ronnie Dove (Diamond)-6 (25)
26 34 THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-4 (26)
27 14 YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY –•– The Silkie (Fontana)-9 (10)
28 15 MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE –•– “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia)-9 (15)
29 16 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF –•– The Walker Brothers (Smash)-9 (16)
30 30 HERE IT COMES AGAIN –•– The Fortunes (Press)-6 (30)

31 36 IT’S MY LIFE –•– The Animals (MGM)-6 (31)
32 42 THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-3 (32)
33 35 MYSTIC EYES –•– Them (Parrot)-7 (33)
34 44 FLOWERS ON THE WALL –•– The Statler Brothers (Columbia)-5 (34)
35 25 MY BABY –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-8 (13)
36 29 LET ME BE –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-7 (29)
37 23 A LOVER’S CONCERTO –•– The Toys (DynoVoice)-14 (2)
38 28 MY GIRL HAS GONE –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-10 (14)
39 56 YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE SO NICE –•– The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)-3 (39)
40 67 FIVE O’CLOCK WORLD –•– The Vogues (Co & Ce)-3 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – DECEMBER 11TH, 1965

41 39 JUST A LITTLE BIT –•– Roy Head (Scepter)-7 (39)
49 38 (All Of a Sudden) MY HEART SINGS –•– Mel Carter (Imperial)-7 (38)

POWER PLAYS – DECEMBER 11TH, 1965

42 54 THE DUCK –•– Jackie Lee (Mirwood)-4 (42)
43 50 HOLE IN THE WALL –•– The Packers (Pure Soul)-5 (43)
44 52 PRINCESS IN RAGS –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-4 (44)
45 47 APPLE OF MY EYE –•– Roy Head and the Traits (Back Beat)-4 (45)
46 48 CRAWLING BACK –•– Roy Orbison (MGM)-6 (46)
47 53 HARLEM NOCTURNE –•– The Viscounts (Amy)-23 (47)
48 68 SPANISH EYES –•– Al Martino (Capitol)-2 (48)
50 46 ROAD RUNNER –•– The Gants (Liberty)-12 (46)

NEW THIS WEEK – DECEMBER 11TH, 1965

57 — SHE’S JUST MY STYLE –•– Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Liberty)-1 (57)
63 — THUNDERBALL –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-1 (63)
78 — NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (Your Stomach’s In) –•– The T-Bones (Liberty)-1 (78)
81 — ARE YOU THERE (With Another Girl) –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-1 (81)
83 — LOVE BUG –•– Jack Jones (Kapp)-1 (83)
85 — PLEASE DON’T FIGHT IT –•– Dino, Desi and Billy (Reprise)-1 (85)
90 — IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY –•– Maxine Brown (Wand)-1 (90)
92 — CRYING TIME –•– Ray Charles (with the Raeletts) (ABC-Paramount)-1 (92)
94 — GO AWAY FROM MY WORLD –•– Marianne Faithfull (London)-1 (94)
95 — BACK STREET –•– Edwin Starr (Ric-Tic)-1 (95)
97 — LOVE THEME FROM “THE SANDPIPER” (The Shadow Of Your Smile) –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-2 (97)
98 — LOVE (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-1 (98)
100 — JENNY TAKE A RIDE –•– Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (New Voice)-1 (100)