US Top 40 Singles Week Ending December 18th, 1965

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending December 18th, 1965.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1960s here.

You can also view the entire 1965 chart here.

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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 18TH, 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)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 5 OVER AND OVER –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-6 (2)
3 4 I GOT YOU (I Feel Good) –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-6 (3)
4 3 LET’S HANG ON –•– The Four Seasons (Philips)-11 (3)
5 2 I HEAR A SYMPHONY –•– The Supremes (Motown)-8 (1)
6 6 I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE –•– The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)-7 (6)
7 14 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY –•– Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor)-10 (7)
8 12 ENGLAND SWINGS –•– Roger Miller (Smash)-7 (8)
9 13 FEVER –•– The McCoys (Bang)-6 (9)
10 10 I WILL –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-8 (10)

11 11 HANG ON SLOOPY –•– The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Cadet)-5 (11)
12 21 EBB TIDE –•– The Righteous Brothers (Philles)-3 (12)
13 18 DON’T THINK TWICE –•– The Wonder Who? (The Four Seasons) (Philips)-7 (13)
14 8 A TASTE OF HONEY –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-13 (7)
15 7 1-2-3 –•– Len Barry (Decca)-13 (2)
16 26 THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-5 (16)
17 24 ONE HAS MY NAME (The Other Has My Heart) –•– Barry Young (Dot)-7 (17)
18 23 SUNDAY AND ME –•– Jay and the Americans (United Artists)-5 (18)
19 22 PUPPET ON A STRING –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-6 (19)
20 9 RESCUE ME –•– Fontella Bass (Checker)-12 (4)

21 34 FLOWERS ON THE WALL –•– The Statler Brothers (Columbia)-6 (21)
22 15 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-11 (1)
23 40 FIVE O’CLOCK WORLD –•– The Vogues (Co & Ce)-4 (23)
24 31 IT’S MY LIFE –•– The Animals (MGM)-7 (24)
25 17 I’M A MAN –•– The Yardbirds (Epic)-8 (17)
26 32 THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-4 (26)
27 30 HERE IT COMES AGAIN –•– The Fortunes (Press)-7 (27)
28 16 AIN’T THAT PECULIAR –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11 (8)
29 19 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-6 (19)
30 39 YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE SO NICE –•– The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)-4 (30)

31 27 YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY –•– The Silkie (Fontana)-10 (10)
32 57 SHE’S JUST MY STYLE –•– Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Liberty)-2 (32)
33 20 RUN, BABY RUN (Back Into My Arms) –•– The Newbeats (Hickory)-12 (12)
34 29 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF –•– The Walker Brothers (Smash)-10 (16)
35 45 APPLE OF MY EYE –•– Roy Head and the Traits (Back Beat)-5 (35)
36 — WE CAN WORK IT OUT –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-1 (36)
37 48 SPANISH EYES –•– Al Martino (Capitol)-3 (37)
38 42 THE DUCK –•– Jackie Lee (Mirwood)-5 (38)
39 25 KISS AWAY –•– Ronnie Dove (Diamond)-7 (25)
40 44 PRINCESS IN RAGS –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-5 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – DECEMBER 18TH, 1965

42 33 MYSTIC EYES –•– Them (Parrot)-8 (33)
47 28 MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE –•– “Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia)-10 (15)
48 37 A LOVER’S CONCERTO –•– The Toys (DynoVoice)-15 (2)

POWER PLAYS – DECEMBER 18TH, 1965

41 51 LET’S GET TOGETHER –•– We Five (A&M)-6 (41)
43 54 SATIN PILLOWS –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-3 (43)
44 47 HARLEM NOCTURNE –•– The Viscounts (Amy)-24 (44)
45 69 JUST LIKE ME –•– Paul Revere and the Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-3 (45)
46 56 YOU’VE BEEN CHEATIN’ –•– The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)-5 (46)
49 52 SEESAW –•– Don Covay and the Goodtimers (Atlantic)-6 (49)
50 60 A SWEET WOMAN LIKE YOU –•– Joe Tex (Dial)-3 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – DECEMBER 18TH, 1965

36 — WE CAN WORK IT OUT –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-1 (36)
56 — DAY TRIPPER –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-1 (56)
82 — SECOND HAND ROSE –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-1 (82)
84 — BROOMSTICK COWBOY –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-1 (84)
86 — ATTACK –•– The Toys (DynoVoice)-1 (86)
90 — UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN –•– Johnny Rivers (Imperial)-1 (90)
93 — DON’T LOOK BACK –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-1 (93)
96 — DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR –•– Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto (Cadet)-1 (96)
98 — THE DRINKING MAN’S DIET –•– Allan Sherman (Warner Brothers)-1 (98)
99 — ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER –•– Johnny Mathis (Mercury)-1 (99)
100 — UPTIGHT (Everything’s Alright) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-1 (100)