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Most Popular One Hit Wonders
Summary of the biggest one hit wonders
of 1965 in popularity order
| 1. | Land Of 1000 Dances
Cannibal And The Headhunters |
| 2. | The Birds And The Bees
Jewel Akens |
| 3. | Treat Her Right
Roy Head |
| 4. | Keep On Dancing
The Gentrys |
| 5. | The Mouse
Soupy Sales |
| 6. | The Jerk
The Larks |
| 7. | Concrete And Clay
Unit Four Plus Two |
| 8. | Everyone's Gone To The Moon
Jonathan King |
| 9. | Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey |
| 10. | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Silkie |
| 11. | You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)
Ian Whitcomb And Bluesville |
| 12. | Boy From New York City
The Ad Libs |
| 13. | Whenever A Teenager Cries
Reparata And The Delrons |
| 14. | Hawaii Tattoo
The Waikikis |
| 15. | Liar, Liar
The Castaways |
| 16. | It's Gonna Take A Miracle
The Royalettes |
| 17. | Baby The Rain Must Fall
Glenn Yarbrough |
| 18. | A Walk In The Black Forest
Horst Jankowski |
| 19. | Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro)
Cal Tjader |
| 20. | May You Always
Harry Harrison |
1965 Number One Song Calendar
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1965 Top 40 Songs Of The Year
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One Hit Wonders are songs which are the most popular by an artist.
There are different views on what qualifies a song for a One Hit Wonder.
A One Hit Wonder could be an artist that had only one song in the top 10, top 20, or even top 40.
On these pages, strictly speaking, an artist is a One Hit Wonder
if the artist had exactly one song make the pop or rock top 20.
No artist can be considered a One Hit Wonder who made the top 20 twice.
This strict definition may create some strange results where a supergoup
like Metallica makes the Pop Top 20 charts once, despite a long list of rock number one songs.
Superstar side projects with temporary or transient names may be technical One Hit Wonders.
Additionally, a One Hit Wonder listed on this 1965 page
may be a song that is significantly more popular than other songs by the same artist,
even though it did not make the top 20.
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1965 One Hit Wonders Page
One Hit Wonders from 1965 at Tunecaster
Here are the US 1965 one hit wonders.
All the one hit wonder songs by the artists you remember,
and maybe some one hit wonders you forgot. Find a one hit wonder.
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Complete Weekly Music Chart Archives:
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Jan 1965 |
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The 81 Candy And The Kisses |
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| The 81 was a Philadelphia dance craze and the most popular song by Candy And The Kisses.
Candy Nelson and sister Suzanne Nelson were members of the group. The group received minor airplay with others songs like Keep On Searchin'. | |
Jan 1965 |
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The Jerk The Larks |
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| The Jerk was a top 20 one hit wonder for soul vocal group The Larks. The follow-up, Mickey's East Coast Jerk, was a continuation of The Jerk dance concept. The Larks that did The Jerk was not the same group that did It's Unbelievable. The Jerk was written by Don Julian. | |
Jan 1965 |
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Hawaii Tattoo The Waikikis |
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| Hawaii Tattoo was the only US hit for Belgian instrumental group The Waikikis. | |
| Leader Of The Laundromat was a spoof of the 1964 number one song Leader Of The Pack by The Shangri-Las. This was the only top 20 hit for novelty group The Detergents. Singer Ron Dante later sang for The Archies and The Cuff Links. This song was written by Vance and Pockrist. | |
Feb 1965 |
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Whenever A Teenager Cries Reparata And The Delrons |
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| Whenever A Teenager Cries was a top 20 one hit wonder for female vocal group Reparata And The Delrons. Internationally, the group was also popular for the song Captain Of Your Ship. Whenever A Teenager Cries was written by Ernie Mareska. | |
| Boy From New York City was the only top 20 hit by The Ad Libs. The group received minor radio airplay with other songs like Giving Up. In 1981, The Manhattan Transfer hit number 4 with its version of this song. | |
Mar 1965 |
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The Birds And The Bees Jewel Akens |
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| The Birds And The Bees was the only top 20 hit for Jewel Akens. He received minor radio airplay with other songs too, like Georgie Porgie. | |
Mar 1965 |
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Goldfinger Shirley Bassey |
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May 1965 |
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Land Of 1000 Dances Cannibal And The Headhunters |
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| Land Of 1000 Dances was the only top 20 hit for Cannibal And The Headhunters. The group received minor radio airplay with other songs
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| TV comedian Soupy Sales made a big splash in radio with his routine The Mouse, and became a top 20 one hit wonder. | |
May 1965 |
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Baby The Rain Must Fall Glenn Yarbrough |
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| Although Baby The Rain Must Fall was the only top 20 hit for Glenn Yarbrough, he received radio airplay with other songs like It's Gonna Be Fine and Goodbye Girl. | |
Jun 1965 |
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Concrete And Clay Unit Four Plus Two |
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Jun 1965 |
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Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro) Cal Tjader |
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| Mostly instrumental song Soul Sauce was a rework of Dizzy Gillespie song Guacha Guaro. Drummer Cal Tjader was a fixture of the San Francisco Latin music scene, working with many famous artists. Soul Sauce, however, was a top 20 one hit wonder. This song was written by Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie. | |
Jun 1965 |
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Hold On Baby Sam Hawkins |
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| Hold On Baby was the only popular song by soul singer Sam Hawkins. This song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. | |
Jun 1965 |
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A Walk In The Black Forest Horst Jankowski |
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| Although the instrumental song A Walk In The Black Forest was the only top 20 hit for Horst Jankowski, he was a popular jazz and swing piano player. He received some radio airplay with other songs like his remake of the 1950 Bing Crosby song Play A Simple Melody. A Walk In The Black Forest was written by Horst Jankowski. | |
Jul 1965 |
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Temptation 'Bout To Get Me The Knight Bros. |
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| Temptation 'Bout To Get Me was the most popular song by The Knight Bros. The duo received slight radio airplay with other songs too like Love (Can't You Hear Me). | |
Jul 1965 |
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You Turn Me On (Turn On Song) Ian Whitcomb And Bluesville |
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| You Turn Me On was the only top 20 song for UK writer, actor, and musician Ian Whitcomb. This song was written by Ian Whitcomb. | |
Jul 1965 |
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Here Comes The Night Them |
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| Here Comes The Night was the only top 20 song for Them, whose 1966 record Gloria missed the top 20 but became a pop and rock classic. The group included member Van Morrison. Here Comes The Night was written by Bert Berns. | |
Sep 1965 |
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It's Gonna Take A Miracle The Royalettes |
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Oct 1965 |
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Treat Her Right Roy Head |
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| Treat Her Right was a huge pop crossover and the only top 20 hit for country singer Roy Head. This song was written by Roy Head. | |
Oct 1965 |
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The Dawn Of Correction The Spokesmen |
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| The Dawn Of Correction was an alternate viewpoint from 1965 number one song Eve Of Destruction by Barry McGuire, and received some airplay a few weeks later. The Spokemen did not have another noticeable song. | |
Oct 1965 |
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Keep On Dancing The Gentrys |
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Oct 1965 |
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Liar, Liar The Castaways |
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This group The Castaways was from Minnesota. There were other unrelated groups also called The Castaways. | |
Nov 1965 |
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You've Got To Hide Your Love Away The Silkie |
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The Silkie followed-up with The Keys To My Soul, which received slight radio airplay. The song was from the movie Help!. This song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. | |
Nov 1965 |
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Everyone's Gone To The Moon Jonathan King |
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| Everyone's Gone To The Moon was the only top 20 hit for Jonathan King. He received some radio airplay for other songs too, like his 1975 version of Una Paloma Blanca, which was more popular by George Baker Selection. | |
| Harry Harrison was a DJ at WMCA, WABC, and also WCBS-FM radio in New York for over 40 years. The spoken word song May You Always was his only top 20 hit. This song was previously a 1959 number 17 hit for The McGuire Sisters. This song was written by Larry Marks and Dick Charles. | |
Dec 1965 |
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Harlem Nocturne The Viscounts |
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| The instrumental song Harlem Nocturne was the only top 20 hit by The Viscounts. The song was actually a top 20 near miss in 1960, but finally made the top 20 in 1965 The group received some airplay with other songs too, like the popular 1921 Isham Jones And His Orchestra song Wabash Blues. | |
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