Top 100 songs for October 23, 1965
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1965 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Yesterday” by The Beatles. Meanwhile, “1-2-3” by Len Barry rises from No. 48 to No. 19. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- 1-2-3 — Len Barryup 29 places, No. 48 → No. 19
- Make It Easy On Yourself — The Walker Bros.up 27 places, No. 100 → No. 73
- But You're Mine — Sonny & Cherup 24 places, No. 47 → No. 23
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- 1-2-3 — Len BarryNo. 19
- But You're Mine — Sonny & CherNo. 23
- Everyone's Gone To The Moon — Jonathan KingNo. 28
- Rescue Me — Fontella BassNo. 32
- Ain't That Peculiar — Marvin GayeNo. 35
- Respect — Otis ReddingNo. 38
- Cara-Lin — The StrangelovesNo. 39
First-week entries
- My Baby — The TemptationsNo. 74
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) — The ByrdsNo. 80
- I Still Love You — The VejtablesNo. 88
- Inky Dinky Spider (The Spider Song) — The Kids Next DoorNo. 89
- Don't Have To Shop Around — The Mad LadsNo. 94
- Stand By Me — Earl GrantNo. 95
- Think — Jimmy McCracklinNo. 96
- I Believe I'll Love On — Jackie WilsonNo. 97
- I Need You So — Chuck Jackson & Maxine BrownNo. 98
- Misty — The VibrationsNo. 99
- The Letter — Sonny & CherNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.