Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1965 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1965. The list was based on charts from the January 30 through October 30.
The year's No. 1 R&B hit was "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by the Four Tops which held the No. 1 spot for nine consecutive weeks from June 5 to July 31.
Because the list ends with the October 30 chart, it omits hit songs that peaked after October 30, including (i) Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me" which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from October 30 to November 20, and (ii) James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" which held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks from December 4 to December 25.
Year-endrank Weeklypeak Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Four Tops Motown2 1 "In the Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett Atlantic3 1 "Shotgun" Junior Walker & The All Stars Soul4 6 "I Do Love You" Billy Stewart Chess5 2 "Yes, I'm Ready" Barbara Mason Arctic6 1 "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" James Brown King7 2 "The Tracks of My Tears" The Miracles Tamla8 1 "We're Gonna Make It" Little Milton Checker9 2 "Tonight's the Night" Solomon Burke Atlantic10 1 "I'll Be Doggone" Marvin Gaye Tamla11 3 "Nothing Can Stop Me" Gene Chandler Constellation12 5 "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure Checker13 1 "My Girl" The Temptations Gordy14 2 "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes Motown15 3 "Oo Wee Baby, I Love You" Fred Hughes VeeJay16 5 "Nowhere to Run" Martha and the Vandellas Gordy17 4 "Since I Lost My Baby" The Temptations Gordy18 13 "It's a Man Down There" G. L. Crockett Brothers19 4 "Ooo Baby Baby" The Miracles Tamla20 5 "Baby I'm Yours" Barbara Lewis Atlantic21 2 "It's the Same Old Song" Four Tops Motown22 1 "Got to Get You Off My Mind" Solomon Burke Atlantic23 1 "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes Motown24 8 "Agent Double-O-Soul" Edwin Starr Ric Tic25 3 "It's Growing" The Temptations Gordy26 2 "The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio Cadet27 2 "Shake" Sam Cooke RCA Victor28 4 "Sitting in the Park" Billy Stewart Chess29 4 "Twine-Time" Alvin Cash & The Crawlers Mar-V-Lus30 6 "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" O. V. Wright Back Beat31 1 "I Want To (Do Everything for You) Joe Tex Dial32 7 "Ride Your Pony" Lee Dorsey Amy33 7 "Shake and Fingerpop" Junior Walker & The All Stars Soul34 3 "People Get Ready" The Impressions ABC-Paramount35 6 "I Can't Work No Longer" Billy Butler Okeh36 10 "Mr. Pitiful" Otis Redding Volt37 "Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers Philles38 "Teasin' You" Willie Tee Atlantic39 "I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding Volt40 "Who's Cheating Who" Little Milton Checker41 "Ask the Lonely" Four Tops Motown42 "Hurt So Bad" Little Anthony and the Imperials DCP43 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers Philles44 "When I'm Gone Brenda Holloway Tamla45 "Boo-ga-loo" Tom & Jerrio ABC-Paramount46 "Something You Got" Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown Wand47 7 "I Do" The Marvelows ABC-Paramount48 9 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke RCA Victor49 10 "The Entertainer" Tony Clarke Chess50 "The Boy from New York City" The Ad Libs Blue Cat
See also List of Top Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles number ones of 1965 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1965 1965 in music
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