Soul R&B Music Charts of 1965 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1965 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1965, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1965, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1965 . . .

The following songs were released in 1965 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1965 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: United Artists 916 writtenby: Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer	Ray Pollard	The Drifter	1965	United Artists
---	recordlabel: Diplomacy 23 writtenby: Jimmy Easter comments: [northern soul]	Jimmy Holiday	I've Been Done Wrong	1965	Diplomacy
---	recordlabel: End 1127 writtenby: Hall, Levy, Bateman comments: [northern soul] mpcode: jwqbxk1ZK9E	Lenny Curtis	Nothing Can Help You Now	1965	End
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2306 writtenby: Cropper, Pickett album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: rWUEnh7ffiA	Wilson Pickett	It's All Over	1965	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: United Artists 856 writtenby: Laurence Weiss	Ray Pollard	Darling Take Me Back (I'm Sorry)	1965	United Artists
---	recordlabel: Soul 35016 writtenby: Gilliam, Potts, Whitfield album: Sings Top Ten comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	How Can I Say I'm Sorry	1965	Soul
---	recordlabel: Liberty 55817 writtenby: J. Holiday, E. Jones album: Lost Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 comments: [deep soul]	Clay Hammond	No One Else Would Do	1965	Liberty
---	recordlabel: Calumet 682 writtenby: Gordon Keith comments: [northern soul] mpcode: o7L6wckPhck	Gordon Keith	Look Ahead	1965	Calumet
---	recordlabel: Carrie 014 writtenby: J. Hendrix comments: [northern soul] mpcode: vfvLJfYK6GQ	Clifford Binns	You've Got To Help Me	1965	Carrie
---	recordlabel: End 1127 writtenby: Hall, Levy, Moseley mpcode: LsWKeju9ruI	Lenny Curtis	Who You Gonna Run To	1965	End
---	recordlabel: Jamie 1297 writtenby: B. L. Ozen	Barbara Lynn	I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take	1965	Jamie
---	recordlabel: Golden World 28 writtenby: Van McCoy	Barbara Mercer	Doin' Things Together With You	1965	Golden World
---	recordlabel: Immediate 11 writtenby: B. Babino	Barbara Lynn	You Can't Buy My Love	1965	Immediate
---	recordlabel: Chess 4523 (UK) writtenby: Harburg, Arlen album: Unbelievable / Billy Stewart Remembered comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: eq43FK0aoPc	Billy Stewart	Over The Rainbow	1965	Chess(UK)
---	recordlabel: Ember 4549 (UK) writtenby: J. Brown	James Brown & the Famous Flames	And I Do Just What I Want	1965	Ember(UK)
---	recordlabel: Red Bird 10039 writtenby: A. Resnick, K. Young	Sidney Barnes	You'll Always Be In Style	1965	Red Bird
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478641 writtenby: Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold, Gilbert Kennington	Roy Hamilton	Heartache (Hurry On By)	1965	RCA Victor
1	recordlabel: United Artists 1672 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Ritchie Adams, Larry Kusik and Margie Rainwater album: I'm a Happy Man	The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt	A Bench in the Park	1965	United Artists
2	recordlabel: Eastern 602 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: C. Derrick, Eddie Campbell, Ernie Johnson Jr. and C. Kendrick	Eddie & Ernie	Time Waits for No One	1965	Eastern
3	recordlabel: Wand 181 chartposition: RandB #10, US #55 writtenby: Chris Kenner album: Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits	Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown	Something You Got	1965	Wand
4	recordlabel: ABC 10638 chartposition: RandB #11, US #47 writtenby: Jerry O (as Jerry J. Murray)	Tom & Jerrio	Boo-Ga-Loo	1965	ABC
5	recordlabel: Atco 6387 chartposition: US #89, US AC #13 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector	King Curtis	Spanish Harlem	1965	Atco
6	recordlabel: Roulette 4641 chartposition: RandB #8, US #99 writtenby: Teddy Vann comments: [Spoken tribute to Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke]	The Dixie Drifter	Soul Heaven	1965	Roulette
7	recordlabel: Liberty 66129 chartposition: RandB #7, US #95 writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin and Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: Think	Jimmy McCracklin	Think	1965	Liberty
8	recordlabel: Philips 1430 chartposition: UK #8 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King	Dusty Springfield	Some of Your Lovin'	1965	Philips
9	recordlabel: Decca 12220 (UK) chartposition: RandB #19, US #1, UK #1 writtenby: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards album: Out Of Our Heads	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965	Decca(UK)
10	recordlabel: MGM 13322 chartposition: RandB #31, US #2, UK #11 writtenby: Sam the Sham (as Domingo Samudio)	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	1965	MGM
11	recordlabel: Scepter 12116 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #11, US #39 writtenby: D. Gordon album: Treat Me Right	Roy Head	Just A Little Bit	1965	Scepter
12	recordlabel: Argo 5519 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #8, US #96 writtenby: Shena DeMell and Peylia Parham	Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto	Do I Make Myself Clear	1965	Argo
13	recordlabel: ABC 10720 chartposition: US #115, US AC #19 writtenby: Lalo Schifrin and Dorcas Cochran	Ray Charles	The Cincinnati Kid	1965	ABC
14	recordlabel: Tamla 54120 chartposition: RandB #11, US #61 writtenby: William album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead	1965	Tamla
15	recordlabel: Okeh 7221 chartposition: RandB #6, US #60 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Billy Butler & the Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	1965	Okeh
16	recordlabel: Checker 1107 chartposition: RandB #12, US #70 writtenby: J. Diggs album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	The Knight Brothers	Temptation 'Bout To Get Me	1965	Checker
17	recordlabel: Stax 169 chartposition: RandB #10, US #58 writtenby: Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Al Jackson Jr. album: The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs comments: [instrumental]	Booker T. & the MGs	Boot-Leg	1965	Stax
18	recordlabel: Era 3141 chartposition: RandB #21, US #3, UK #29 writtenby: Barry Stuart	Jewel Akens	The Birds and the Bees	1965	Era
19	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10670 chartposition: RandB #12, US #48 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	Meeting Over Yonder	1965	ABC Paramount
20	recordlabel: Four Brothers 445 chartposition: RandB #10, US #67 writtenby: G.L. Crockett and Jack Daniels	G.L. Crockett	It's a Man Down There	1965	Four Brothers
21	recordlabel: Fontana 1511 chartposition: RandB #8, US #62, US AC #36 writtenby: Herbie Hancock album: Soul Serenade	Gloria Lynne	Watermelon Man	1965	Fontana
22	recordlabel: Atco 6359 chartposition: RandB #19, US #1, UK #1 writtenby: Sonny Bono album: Look At Us comments: [pop soul]	Sonny & Cher	I Got You Babe	1965	Atco
23	recordlabel: Atlantic 2281 chartposition: RandB #11, US #54, US AC #14 writtenby: John Lennon & Paul McCartney album: And I Love Him comments: [jazz soul]	Esther Phillips	And I Love Him	1965	Atlantic
24	recordlabel: United Artists 853 chartposition: RandB #26, US #36 writtenby: Casey Spencer album: I'm a Happy Man comments: (featuring Eugene Pitt)	The Jive Five	I'm a Happy Man	1965	United Artists
25	recordlabel: Soul 35013 chartposition: RandB #7, US #43 writtenby: Willie Woods album: Shotgun comments: [Motown Sound] [jazz soul instrumental]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Cleo's Back	1965	Soul
26	recordlabel: DCP Int. 1149 chartposition: RandB #23, US #34 writtenby: Jimmy Henderson, Sid Robin (as Sidney Robin) & Bertha Scott album: Goin' Out Of My Head comments: [love ballad]	Little Anthony & the Imperials	I Miss You So	1965	DCP Int.
27	recordlabel: Gordy 7046 chartposition: RandB #4, US #50 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Kim Weston	Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)	1965	Gordy
28	recordlabel: Soul 35012 chartposition: RandB #10, US #36 writtenby: Henry Cosby, Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt Jr.) & Willie Woods album: Shotgun comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Do the Boomerang	1965	Soul
29	recordlabel: Atlantic 2301 chartposition: RandB #5, US #44 writtenby: Don Covay & Steve Cropper album: See Saw comments: [northern soul]	Don Covay & the GoodTimers	See-Saw	1965	Atlantic
30	recordlabel: 20th Century 555 chartposition: RandB #13, US #34 writtenby: Barrett Strong, Wade Flemons & Charles Barksdale album: Mary Wells comments: [northern soul]	Mary Wells	Use Your Head	1965	20th Century
31	recordlabel: Modern 1005 chartposition: RandB #28, US #36 writtenby: Steve Venet & Tommy Boyce album: Soul The Hits comments: [northern soul]	The Ikettes	Peaches 'N' Cream	1965	Modern
32	recordlabel: Duke 385 chartposition: RandB #4, US #63 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	Bobby Bland	These Hands (Small But Mighty)	1965	Duke
33	recordlabel: Back Beat 548 chartposition: RandB #6, US #86 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	O.V. Wright	You're Gonna Make Me Cry	1965	Back Beat
34	recordlabel: JoDa 102 chartposition: RandB #4, US #88 writtenby: Margaret Nash comments: [ballad]	Johnny Nash	Let's Move and Groove (Together)	1965	JoDa
35	recordlabel: Atco 45 6907 chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul	Otis Redding	My Girl	1965	Atco
36	recordlabel: Parrot 9737 chartposition: RandB #26, US #10, UK #1, US AC #3 writtenby: Les Reed & Gordon Mills album: Along Came Jones comments: [pop soul]	Tom Jones	It's Not Unusual	1965	Parrot
37	recordlabel: RCA 47 8693 chartposition: RandB #26, US #53, US AC #9 writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis album: Mother Nature, Father Time comments: [ballad]	Brook Benton	Mother Nature, Father Time	1965	RCA
38	recordlabel: Volt 124 chartposition: RandB #10, US #41 writtenby: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads	Otis Redding	Mr. Pitiful	1965	Volt
39	recordlabel: Gordy 7045 chartposition: RandB #25, US #36 writtenby: William 'Mickey' Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter & Clarence Paul comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	You've Been in Love Too Long	1965	Gordy
40	recordlabel: Constellation 158 chartposition: RandB #2, US #81 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Live On Stage In '65	Gene Chandler	Rainbow '65	1965	Constellation
41	recordlabel: Stax 170 chartposition: RandB #12, US #63 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes	The Astors	Candy	1965	Stax
42	recordlabel: DynoVoice 214 chartposition: US #18, UK #36 writtenby: Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer album: The Toys Sing A Lover's Concerto and Attack	The Toys	Attack	1965	DynoVoice
43	recordlabel: Volt 127 chartposition: RandB #11, US #93 writtenby: Roger Hatcher	The Mad Lads	Don't Have to Shop Around	1965	Volt
44	recordlabel: Atco 6343 chartposition: RandB #24, US #84 writtenby: Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick (as Artie Resnick) album: What Is Soul	Ben E. King	The Record (Baby I Love You)	1965	Atco
45	recordlabel: Smash 1964 chartposition: RandB #14, US #120 writtenby: Bobby Byrd and B. Jones	Bobby Byrd	We Are in Love	1965	Smash
46	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478539 chartposition: RandB #15, US #41 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	It's Got the Whole World Shakin'	1965	RCA Victor
47	recordlabel: His Master's Voice 1392 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #17, US #58, US AC #11 writtenby: Churchill Kohlman album: Sweet and Sour Tears	Ray Charles	Cry	1965	His Master's Voice
48	recordlabel: Dial 4003 chartposition: RandB #10, US #51 writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Gwen Gordy, Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson	Joe Tex	You Got What It Takes	1965	Dial
49	recordlabel: Chess 1925 chartposition: RandB #14, US #91 writtenby: Gerald Sims	The Radiants	It Ain't No Big Thing	1965	Chess
50	recordlabel: Gordy 7047 chartposition: RandB #15, US #83 writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White album: Greatest Hits comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to My Baby	The Temptations	Don't Look Back	1965	Gordy
51	recordlabel: Pye International 25290 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, UK #37, US #75 writtenby: Bill Cook album: The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick	Dionne Warwick	You Can Have Him	1965	Pye International
52	recordlabel: Moonglow 239 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #17, US #67 writtenby: Bill Cook album: This Is New!	The Righteous Brothers	You Can Have Her	1965	Moonglow
53	recordlabel: MGM 13366 chartposition: R#B #28, US #41 writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein and Lou Stallman album: It's Gonna Take A Miracle	The Royalettes	It's Gonna Take a Miracle	1965	MGM
54	recordlabel: Wand 191 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #17, US #91 writtenby: Helen Miller and Roger Atkins	Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown	Can't Let You Out of My Sight	1965	Wand
55	recordlabel: Wand 1105 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #16, US #105 writtenby: H. Griffin, J. Barnes, D. Litwin and C. Sims	Chuck Jackson	Good Things Come to Those Who Wait	1965	Wand
56	recordlabel: Duke 390 chartposition: RandB #23, US #125 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott	Bobby Bland	Dust Got in Daddy's Eyes	1965	Duke
57	recordlabel: Duke 390 chartposition: RandB #25, US #93 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	Bobby Bland	Ain't No Telling	1965	Duke
58	recordlabel: Philips 40319 chartposition: UK #37 writtenby: Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde album: Ooooooweeee!!!	Dusty Springfield	Your Hurtin' Kind of Love	1965	Philips
59	recordlabel: Volt 124 chartposition: RandB #18, US #74 writtenby: Roosevelt Jamison album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads	Otis Redding	That's How Strong My Love Is	1965	Volt
60	recordlabel: Dial 4006 chartposition: RandB #12, US #56 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	A Woman Can Change a Man	1965	Dial
61	recordlabel: Big Top 101 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #16, US #59 writtenby: Bechet, Giant, Baum, Kaye	Lou Johnson	A Time to Love, A Time to Cry	1965	Big Top
62	recordlabel: Checker 1096 chartposition: RandB #14, US #86 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott album: We're Gonna Make It	Little Milton	Blind Man	1965	Checker
63	recordlabel: Sue 384 chartposition: RandB #12, US #68 writtenby: Winfred Lovett	The Manhattans	I Wanna Be (Your Everything)	1965	Sue
64	recordlabel: Atlantic 2273 chartposition: RandB #12, US #97 writtenby: Earl King	Willie Tee	Teasin' You	1965	Atlantic
65	recordlabel: Fontana 652 chartposition: RandB #12, US #92 writtenby: Don Covay comments: [deep soul]	Little Richard	I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me	1965	Fontana
66	recordlabel: Blue Cat 112 chartposition: RandB #10, US #133 writtenby: Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich	Sam Hawkins	Hold on Baby	1965	Blue Cat
67	recordlabel: Wand 185 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #55 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Jo Armstead	Maxine Brown	One Step at a Time	1965	Wand
68	recordlabel: Modern 1011 chartposition: RandB #12, US #74 writtenby: Marc Gordon and Frank Wilson	The Ikettes	I'm So Thankful	1965	Modern
69	recordlabel: Kent 431 chartposition: RandB #11, US #91 writtenby: Fats Washington	Lowell Fulsom	Black Night	1965	Kent
70	recordlabel: Argo 5499 chartposition: RandB #12, US #66 writtenby: Gene Barge	James Phelps	Love Is a 5-Letter Word	1965	Argo
71	recordlabel: Gordy 7044 chartposition: RandB #12, US #57 writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers comments: [Motown Sound]	The Contours	First I Look at the Purse	1965	Gordy
72	recordlabel: Whit 714 chartposition: RandB #12, US #76 writtenby: traditional and Ma Rainey	Bobby Powell	C.C. Rider	1965	Whit
73	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8586 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #20, US #52 writtenby: Sam Cooke and Clint Lavert	Sam Cooke	When a Boy Falls in Love	1965	RCA Victor
74	recordlabel: Volt 130 chartposition: RandB #15, US #85 writtenby: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper and McElvoy Robinson album: The Soul Album Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: B side to I Can't Turn You Loose [deep soul]	Otis Redding	Just One More Day	1965	Volt
75	recordlabel: Atlantic 2308 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #94 writtenby: Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams and Solomon Burke	Solomon Burke	Only Love (Can Save Me Now)	1965	Atlantic
76	recordlabel: Sue 129 chartposition: RandB #10, US #73 writtenby: Charles Singleton and Bert Kaempfert	Baby Washington	Only Those in Love	1965	Sue
77	recordlabel: Vee Jay 703 chartposition: RandB #12, US #96 writtenby: Richard Parker	Fred Hughes	You Can't Take It Away	1965	Vee Jay
78	recordlabel: Ric Tic 104 chartposition: US #27, US AC #3 writtenby: Al Hamilton, Bob Hamilton and Joanne Jackson comments: [instrumental]	San Remo Strings	Hungry for Love	1965	Ric Tic
79	recordlabel: Columbia 43442 chartposition: US #109, US AC #32 writtenby: Joy Byers album: Soul Sister	Aretha Franklin	You Made Me Love You	1965	Columbia
80	recordlabel: Imperial 66123 chartposition: RandB #13, US #92 writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Leon Haywood	Leon Haywood	She's with Her Other Love	1965	Imperial
81	recordlabel: Checker 1113 chartposition: RandB #4, US #43 writtenby: Carl Smith, Billy Davis & Raynard Miner album: We're Gonna Make It comments: [blues soul]	Little Milton	Who's Cheating Who?	1965	Checker
82	recordlabel: Old Town 1183 chartposition: RandB #11, US #56, US AC #8 writtenby: Gayle Brown & Hazel Johnson album: Intimately Yours comments: [ballad]	Arthur Prysock	It's Too Late Baby, Too Late	1965	Old Town
83	recordlabel: Atlantic 2289 chartposition: RandB #1, US #21, UK #12 writtenby: Wilson Pickett & Steve Cropper album: In The Midnight Hour / The Exciting Wilson Pickett / Atlantic Soul Classics comments: [southern soul]	Wilson Pickett	In The Midnight Hour	1965	Atlantic

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