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| title |
artist |
week debuted |
highest ranking |
| The House of the Rising Sun |
The Animals |
1964 8 15 |
1 |
| Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
Manfred Mann |
1964 9 12 |
1 |
| A Summer Song |
Chad & Jeremy |
1964 9 19 |
7 |
| Tobacco Road |
The Nashville Teens |
1964 10 10 |
14 |
| Have I The Right? |
The Honeycombs |
1964 10 10 |
5 |
| You Really Got Me |
The Kinks |
1964 10 24 |
7 |
| She's Not There |
The Zombies |
1964 11 7 |
2 |
| Time Is On My Side |
The Rolling Stones |
1964 11 7 |
6 |
| I'm Into Something Good |
Herman's Hermits |
1964 11 14 |
13 |
| I Feel Fine |
The Beatles |
1964 12 5 |
1 |
| Love Potion Number Nine |
The Searchers |
1964 12 19 |
3 |
| Downtown |
Petula Clark |
1965 1 2 |
1 |
| All Day and All of the Night |
The Kinks |
1965 1 16 |
7 |
| I Go to Pieces |
Peter & Gordon |
1965 1 23 |
9 |
| My Girl |
The Temptations |
1965 1 30 |
1 |
| Eight Days a Week |
The Beatles |
1965 2 27 |
1 |
| Goldfinger |
Shirley Bassey |
1965 2 27 |
8 |
| Go Now |
The Moody Blues |
1965 3 27 |
10 |
| Game Of Love |
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders |
1965 3 27 |
1 |
| The Last Time |
The Rolling Stones |
1965 4 10 |
9 |
| It's Not Unusual |
Tom Jones |
1965 5 1 |
10 |
| Ticket to Ride |
The Beatles |
1965 5 1 |
1 |
| I Can't Help Myself |
The Four Tops |
1965 5 22 |
1 |
| Catch the Wind |
Donovan |
1965 6 12 |
23 |
| (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
The Rolling Stones |
1965 6 19 |
1 |
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My favorite 25 songs (in chronological order) during the Class of 65 ssenior year. These are not necessarily the top songs of the year (see rankings), but they do make a good "Senior Soundtrack."
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