Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1965
The Top Songs from 1965

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSongSample
1 1 Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone
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2 2 The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

3 11 The Who
My Generation
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4 37 The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
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5 44 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
The Tracks of My Tears

6 86 James Brown
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

7 87 The Beatles
Yesterday

8 100 Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour

9 105 The Mamas and the Papas
California Dreamin'
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10 123 The Beatles
In My Life

11 151 The Impressions
People Get Ready
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12 154 Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues
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13 162 The Beatles
Help!

14 165 The Supremes
Stop! In the Name of Love

15 223 The Who
I Can't Explain

16 251 James Brown
I Got You (I Feel Good)

17 272 Simon and Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence
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18 307 The Beatles
Ticket to Ride

19 360 Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
Wooly Bully

20 361 Otis Redding
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
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21 400 The Beatles
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

22 435 Bob Dylan
Positively 4th Street

23 472 John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement
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24 490 The Beach Boys
California Girls
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25 522 The Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody

26 549 Sam Cooke
Shake

27 595 Stevie Wonder
Uptight (Everything's Alright)

28 641 Bob Dylan
Desolation Row
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29 683 Bob Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man
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30 690 The Lovin' Spoonful
Do You Believe in Magic
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31 757 The Animals
We Gotta Get Out of This Place

32 775 The Rolling Stones
The Last Time

33 781 Bob Dylan
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
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34 832 Sonny and Cher
I Got You Babe

35 839 The Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
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36 904 Roger Miller
King of the Road

37 1031 Bob Dylan
Ballad of a Thin Man
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38 1034 The Beatles
Day Tripper

39 1061 Bob Dylan
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
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40 1080 Martha and The Vandellas
Nowhere to Run

41 1153 The Who
The Kids Are Alright
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42 1230 The Byrds
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
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43 1237 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Going to a Go-Go

44 1307 The Skatalites
Guns of Navarone

45 1343 The Rolling Stones
Get Off My Cloud

46 1408 Phil Ochs
I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
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47 1413 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Ooo Baby Baby

48 1473 Yardbirds
For Your Love

49 1479 Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
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50 1486 The Animals
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

51 1532 The Kinks
See My Friend

52 1550 Elvis Presley
Crying in the Chapel

53 1610 Four Tops
I Can't Help Myself

54 1635 The Walker Brothers
Make It Easy on Yourself

55 1642 Marvin Gaye
Ain't That Peculiar

56 1687 Barry McGuire
Eve of Destruction

57 1728 The Beatles
We Can Work It Out

58 1736 Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Shotgun

59 1766 Jackie DeShannon
What the World Needs Now Is Love

60 1780 Four Tops
It's the Same Old Song

61 1820 The Beatles
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

62 1847 The Shangri-La's
I Can Never Go Home Anymore

63 1993 The Beatles
Girl

64 2054 Paul Revere & The Raiders
Just Like Me

65 2085 The Knickerbockers
Lies

66 2089 Frank Sinatra
It Was a Very Good Year

67 2280 The Ramsey Lewis Trio
The "In" Crowd
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68 2332 The Beach Boys
Help Me, Rhonda
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69 2355 The Dixie Cups
Iko Iko

70 2362 The Rolling Stones
Play with Fire

71 2372 Del Shannon
Stranger in Town

72 2420 The Shangri-La's
Out in the Streets

73 2509 Tom Jones
It's Not Unusual

74 2512 Otis Redding
Respect
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75 2653 Howlin' Wolf
The Killing Floor

76 2677 The Rolling Stones
That's How Strong My Love Is

77 2745 John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Part3: Pursuance/Part 4: Psalm
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78 2752 The Sonics
Psycho
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79 2754 The Beatles
Nowhere Man

80 2756 The Beatles
Drive My Car

81 2893 The Fugs
Boobs a Lot

82 2919 Sir Douglas Quintet
She's About a Mover

83 2935 Eddy Arnold
Make the World Go Away

84 2976 The Contours
First I Look at the Purse

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Ronnie Bird
Fais attention

Country Joe & The Fish
The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag

The Castaways
Liar, Liar

The Dells
Stay in My Corner

The Rolling Stones
Heart of Stone

Otis Redding
My Girl
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Bob Dylan
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
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Spencer Davis Group
Keep On Running

The Sonics
Strychnine
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The Beau Brummels
Laugh, Laugh

Cannibal & The Headhunters
Land of 1000 Dances

Donovan
Sunny Goodge Street

The Sonics
Boss Hoss
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Bob Dylan
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
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Buck Owens
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail

Otis Redding
Shake

Bob Dylan
Gates of Eden
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Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
Jenny Take a Ride

Little Richard
I Don't Know What You Got But It's Got Me

The Kinks
Tired of Waiting for You

The Beatles
You're Going to Lose That Girl

The Supremes
I Hear a Symphony

Lou Christie
Lightnin' Strikes

Little Anthony and The Imperials
Hurt So Bad

Four Tops
Ask the Lonely

The Kinks
A Well Respected Man

The Animals
It's My Life

Fontella Bass
Rescue Me

The Lovin' Spoonful
You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice
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Yardbirds
Stroll On

Bob Dylan
She Belongs to Me
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The Beatles
Run for Your Life

The Young Rascals
I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore

The Marvelows
I Do

Otis Redding
Mr. Pitiful
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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
A Taste of Honey

Yardbirds
Heart Full of Soul

Them
Mystic Eyes



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