40 years ago today, these were America's most popular songs.

[NightTrain]

January 1, 1965:

#1 Pop: I FEEL FINE, The Beatles




#1 R&B: AMEN, The Impressions




#1 C&W: ONCE A DAY, Connie Smith

[cruadin]

1. You didn't include the most popular Rap/Hip Hop category. n/t

[NightTrain]

2. Umm.... It was 1965.

Most of the first-generation rappers were still in grade school back then! ;)

[Kahuna]

3. You're kidding. Right?

:crazy: In case you are not, rap/hip hop wasn't around 40 years ago.

[cruadin]

4. Yeah, I forgot to hit my sarcasm key. n/t

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[Vanje]

5. "I Feel Fine"

Thats the first record I ever bought with my own hard earned money.
The B side was McCartney's "She's a Woman".

The label was an orange and yellow swirl.
It was a 45 rpm with a big hole. I had an insert that fitted in the hole to play it on my own small-hole phonograph.
My phonograph was portable. When folded up and ready to travel,It looked like a red and white suitcase.

[NightTrain]

8. Ever flip it over and play "She's A Woman?"

It went top ten in its own right, but is now undeservedly forgotten.

[Vanje]

10. My Love dont buy me presents

I know that she's no peasant.....

She's a woman who loves her man
Shes a woman who understands

[lpbk2713]

22. Both were in the "Help!" soundtrack.

One of my favorite albums BTW.

[yardwork]

15. I miss all my old 45s and the portable phonographs

although my kids enjoy their cd player and ipod just as much I suppose.

[CO Liberal]

6. Here's What Was Popular in the New York Area

WABC All American Survey for Week of 5 January 1965

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com

Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen at [e-mail]

1. Come See About Me - The Supremes (Motown) *3 weeks #1*
2. Love Potion No. 9 - The Searchers (Kapp)
*3. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers (Philles)
4. I Feel Fine - The Beatles (Capitol)
5. Downtown - Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)
6. Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
7. Goin' Out of My Head - Little Anthony & the Imperials (DCP)
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8. Keep Searchin' - Del Shannon (Amy)
9. She's a Woman - The Beatles (Capitol)
10. The Jerk - The Larks (Money)
*11. Too Many Fish in the Sea - The Marvelettes (Tamla)
12. The Wedding - Julie Rogers (Mercury)
13. I'll Be There - Gerry & the Pacemakers (Laurie)
14. All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks (Reprise)
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15. Hold What You've Got - Joe Tex (Dial)
*16. She's Not There - The Zombies (Parrot)
17. Amen - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)
18. My Love, Forgive Me - Robert Goulet (Columbia)
19. How Sweet It Is to be Loved By You - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
20. Dear Heart - Jack Jones (Kapp)
*21. As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull (London)
22. Hawaii Tattoo - The Waikikis (Kapp)
24. Don't Forget I Still Love You - Bobbi Martin (Coral)
25. Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key) - Jay & the Americans (United Artists)
*27. Give Him a Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)
30. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis (Congress)
*32. Look of Love - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
*33. Tell Her No - The Zombies (Parrot)
34. Heart of Stone - The Rolling Stones (London)
36. Shake - Sam Cooke (RCA)
39. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (Liberty)
41. It's Alright - Adam Faith (Amy)
45. Walk Away - Matt Monro (Liberty)
54. Bye Bye Baby - The 4 Seasons (Philips)
56. No Arms Can Ever Hold You - The Bachelors (London)
Thou Shalt Not Steal - Dick & DeeDee (Warner Brothers)
Somewhere In Your Heart - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Wild One - Martha & the Vandellas (Gordy)
Sha La La - Manfred Mann (Ascot)

Hot Prospect:
Whenever a Teenager Cries - Reparata & the Delrons (World Artists)

Album Cuts:
Words of Love - The Beatles (Parlophone)
Honey Don't - The Beatles (Capitol)
I'll Be Back - The Beatles (Capitol)
I'll Follow the Sun - The Beatles (Capitol)
Rock and Roll Music - The Beatles (Capitol)
I'm a Loser - The Beatles (Capitol)
No Reply - The Beatles (Capitol)
Mr. Moonlight - The Beatles (Capitol)
Baby's In Black - The Beatles (Capitol)
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby - The Beatles (Capitol)
Kansas City - The Beatles (Parlophone)

Radio 77 Pick Hit:
I Go to Pieces - Peter & Gordon (Capitol)

*Former Pick Hit

All American of the Week:
Bob Dayton - 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Monday - Friday
3:00 PM-6:30 PM Sunday

SPECIAL NOTES: The album cuts on this week's survey are from the U.S. album, "Beatles '65" (those with the Capitol records label designation) or from the concurrently released U.K. album, "Beatles For Sale" (with the Parlophone label). Many, but not all, of the cuts were shared by both albums.

Freddie Cannon, the Supremes, and Lesley Gore guest on this week's Bruce Morrow/Scott Muni "GoGo!" show. Look for Del Shannon, the Shirelles, and Sal Mineo next week.

This week, "Big Dan is even bigger" as the Dan Ingram Show expands to 6:15pm.

[Karenina]

12. Wow!

What a FLASHBACK that list induced! Da colahs man, da colahs... :crazy:

[CO Liberal]

16. That Web Site Has All The Weekly Survey Lists....

...from 1960 (when WABC became a Top 40 station) to 1982 (when it became a talk radio sewer). Also yearly surveys and other information about WABC.

It's my favorite non-political web site.

[Elise]

7. Well, to paraphrase

Meatloaf: 2 out of 3 ain't bad!

:yourock:

[NightTrain]

9. I take it the one you don't like is the Connie Smith record?

I've never actually heard it, so I can't comment on the song one way or the other. :shrug:

[ashmanonar]

11. while i agree that a lot of music in recent years is total and utter

shite, i think there's still some hope: the indie movement has opened up whole new worlds of music, where the message is just as important as the music...

also alternative rock, some of it is really stepping out and tearing apart the britney spears' of the world...(chevelle, radiohead, audioslave...these are my antidrugs! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: )

[NightTrain]

17. I didn't say anything derogatory about latter-day music.

I just happen to like '50s and '60s rock and R&B better than anything from the last 30 or so years. And I was born in 1966!

[ashmanonar]

18. heh

yea, i know what you mean...i was actually stating MY hatred against a lot of modern music...i do not like the britney spears' and christina aguileras and n'syncs of the world...:puke:

i do like a lot of 60's and 70's music myself...

[joeybee12]

13. Damn you! I remember those! Now I feel old!

:(

[velvet]

14. What !!?!!

1965 was 40 years ago?

Impossible. Seems like only yesterday. Well, maybe last week.

[hickman1937]

19. I suspect we had a differant 10 in Detroit,

but I don't have any proof.

[Lex]

20. My mom was 5 months preggers with me then. That's right

I turn the big 4-0 this year. :cry:

[da_chimperor]

21. I know the beatles, of course, but I've never heard of the other two

I'm much too young to know, I think. :)