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
101	recordlabel: Fontana 1511 chartposition: RandB #8, US #62, US AC #36 writtenby: Herbie Hancock album: Soul Serenade	Gloria Lynne	Watermelon Man	1965	Fontana
102	recordlabel: Philips 1430 chartposition: UK #8 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King	Dusty Springfield	Some of Your Lovin'	1965	Philips
103	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)
104	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
105	recordlabel: Liberty 66129 chartposition: RandB #7, US #95 writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin and Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: Think	Jimmy McCracklin	Think	1965	Liberty
106	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
107	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
108	recordlabel: ABC 10638 chartposition: RandB #11, US #47 writtenby: Jerry O (as Jerry J. Murray)	Tom & Jerrio	Boo-Ga-Loo	1965	ABC
109	recordlabel: Atco 6387 chartposition: US #89, US AC #13 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector	King Curtis	Spanish Harlem	1965	Atco
110	recordlabel: Scepter 12116 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #11, US #39 writtenby: D. Gordon album: Treat Me Right	Roy Head	Just A Little Bit	1965	Scepter
111	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
112	recordlabel: Era 3141 chartposition: RandB #21, US #3, UK #29 writtenby: Barry Stuart	Jewel Akens	The Birds and the Bees	1965	Era
113	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10670 chartposition: RandB #12, US #48 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	Meeting Over Yonder	1965	ABC Paramount
114	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
115	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
116	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
117	recordlabel: ABC 10720 chartposition: US #115, US AC #19 writtenby: Lalo Schifrin and Dorcas Cochran	Ray Charles	The Cincinnati Kid	1965	ABC
118	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
119	recordlabel: Okeh 7221 chartposition: RandB #6, US #60 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Billy Butler & the Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	1965	Okeh
120	recordlabel: Stax 170 chartposition: RandB #12, US #63 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes	The Astors	Candy	1965	Stax
121	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
122	recordlabel: Modern 1011 chartposition: RandB #12, US #74 writtenby: Marc Gordon and Frank Wilson	The Ikettes	I'm So Thankful	1965	Modern
123	recordlabel: Kent 431 chartposition: RandB #11, US #91 writtenby: Fats Washington	Lowell Fulsom	Black Night	1965	Kent
124	recordlabel: Argo 5499 chartposition: RandB #12, US #66 writtenby: Gene Barge	James Phelps	Love Is a 5-Letter Word	1965	Argo
125	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
126	recordlabel: Blue Cat 112 chartposition: RandB #10, US #133 writtenby: Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich	Sam Hawkins	Hold on Baby	1965	Blue Cat
127	recordlabel: Sue 384 chartposition: RandB #12, US #68 writtenby: Winfred Lovett	The Manhattans	I Wanna Be (Your Everything)	1965	Sue
128	recordlabel: Atlantic 2273 chartposition: RandB #12, US #97 writtenby: Earl King	Willie Tee	Teasin' You	1965	Atlantic
129	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
130	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
131	recordlabel: Whit 714 chartposition: RandB #12, US #76 writtenby: traditional and Ma Rainey	Bobby Powell	C.C. Rider	1965	Whit
132	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
133	recordlabel: Columbia 43442 chartposition: US #109, US AC #32 writtenby: Joy Byers album: Soul Sister	Aretha Franklin	You Made Me Love You	1965	Columbia
134	recordlabel: Imperial 66123 chartposition: RandB #13, US #92 writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Leon Haywood	Leon Haywood	She's with Her Other Love	1965	Imperial
135	recordlabel: Vee Jay 703 chartposition: RandB #12, US #96 writtenby: Richard Parker	Fred Hughes	You Can't Take It Away	1965	Vee Jay
136	recordlabel: Sue 129 chartposition: RandB #10, US #73 writtenby: Charles Singleton and Bert Kaempfert	Baby Washington	Only Those in Love	1965	Sue
137	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
138	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
139	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
140	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
141	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
142	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
143	recordlabel: Chess 1925 chartposition: RandB #14, US #91 writtenby: Gerald Sims	The Radiants	It Ain't No Big Thing	1965	Chess
144	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
145	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
146	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478539 chartposition: RandB #15, US #41 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	It's Got the Whole World Shakin'	1965	RCA Victor
147	recordlabel: Volt 127 chartposition: RandB #11, US #93 writtenby: Roger Hatcher	The Mad Lads	Don't Have to Shop Around	1965	Volt
148	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
149	recordlabel: Smash 1964 chartposition: RandB #14, US #120 writtenby: Bobby Byrd and B. Jones	Bobby Byrd	We Are in Love	1965	Smash
150	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
151	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
152	recordlabel: Philips 40319 chartposition: UK #37 writtenby: Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde album: Ooooooweeee!!!	Dusty Springfield	Your Hurtin' Kind of Love	1965	Philips
153	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
154	recordlabel: Dial 4006 chartposition: RandB #12, US #56 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	A Woman Can Change a Man	1965	Dial
155	recordlabel: Duke 390 chartposition: RandB #25, US #93 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	Bobby Bland	Ain't No Telling	1965	Duke
156	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
157	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
158	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
159	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
160	recordlabel: Checker 1098 chartposition: UK #39 writtenby: Chuck Berry	Bo Diddley	Hey Good Lookin'	1965	Checker
161	recordlabel: Scepter 12122 chartposition: RandB #35 US #39 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Here I Am	Dionne Warwick	Are You There (With Another Girl)	1965	Scepter
162	recordlabel: Atlantic 2285 chartposition: US #60, UK #40 writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil	The Drifters	Come On Over to My Place	1965	Atlantic
163	recordlabel: Okeh 7215 chartposition: RandB #13, US #96 writtenby: Van McCoy album: Welcome Home: The Many Moods of Walter Jackson / Greatest OKeh Hits	Walter Jackson	Suddenly I'm All Alone	1965	Okeh
164	recordlabel: Vee Jay 694 chartposition: RandB #13 writtenby: Joe Simon	Joe Simon	Let's Do It Over	1965	Vee Jay
165	recordlabel: Musicor 1042 chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Jimmy Radcliffe	Long After Tonight Is All Over	1965	Musicor
166	recordlabel: Money 108 chartposition: RandB #27, US #131 writtenby: Bettye Swann	Bettye Swann	Don't Wait Too Long	1965	Money
167	recordlabel: JoDa 100 chartposition: RandB #14 writtenby: E. Townsend	Sam & Bill	For Your Love	1965	JoDa
168	recordlabel: Parlophone 5229 chartposition: UK #42 writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil	Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers	I'll Take You Home	1965	Parlophone
169	recordlabel: Okeh 7231 chartposition: RandB #14, US #99 writtenby: Ray Pennington	Ted Taylor	Stay Away from My Baby	1965	Okeh
170	recordlabel: Atlantic 2287 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15 writtenby: Turbinton	Willie Tee	Thank You John	1965	Atlantic
171	recordlabel: Sue 135 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15 writtenby: Ike Turner	Ike & Tina Turner	Two Is A Couple	1965	Sue
172	recordlabel: Calla 102 chartposition: RandB #20, US #103 writtenby: Wreich Holloway album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Bettye LaVette	Let Me Down Easy	1965	Calla
173	recordlabel: Liberty 66094 chartposition: RandB #19, US #91 writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	Every Night, Every Day	1965	Liberty
174	recordlabel: Blue Rock 4014 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Sir Mack Rice	Sir Mack Rice	Mustang Sally	1965	Blue Rock
175	recordlabel: Philles 129 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #36, US #47 writtenby: Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Phil Spector album: Back to Back	The Righteous Brothers	Hung on You	1965	Philles
176	recordlabel: Scepter 12109 chartposition: RandB #19, US #106 writtenby: Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford and Jo Armstead (as Joshie Armstead)	Ronnie Milsap	Never Had It so Good	1965	Scepter
177	recordlabel: Okeh 7219 chartposition: RandB #15, US #95 writtenby: Chip Taylor album: Welcome Home: The Many Moods of Walter Jackson / Greatest OKeh Hits	Walter Jackson	Welcome Home	1965	Okeh
178	recordlabel: Stateside 415 chartposition: RandB #15, US #54 writtenby: Mickey Gentile and Jenny Lee Lambert album: Mary Wells	Mary Wells	Never, Never Leave Me	1965	Stateside
179	recordlabel: Dial 4003 chartposition: RandB #15, US #46 writtenby: Joe Tex album: You Better Get It	Joe Tex	You Better Get It	1965	Dial
180	recordlabel: Eastern 604 chartposition: RandB #20, US #103 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Jo Armstead	Tina Britt	The Real Thing	1965	Eastern
181	recordlabel: Kent 431 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #16 writtenby: F. Washington album: Soul comments: [blues]	Lowell Fulsom	Black Nights	1965	Kent
182	recordlabel: Magnum 719 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Jimmy Johnson	Jimmy Johnson & His Band featuring Hank Alexander	Don't Answer the Door (Part 1)	1965	Magnum
183	recordlabel: Laurie 3301 chartposition: US #49 writtenby: Brute Force (Steve Friedland) album: Sweet Talkin' Guy	The Chiffons	Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (in My Mind but Me)	1965	Laurie
184	recordlabel: Scepter 12104 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #22, UK #65, US AC #12 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Here I Am	Dionne Warwick	Here I Am	1965	Scepter
185	recordlabel: Okeh 7216 chartposition: RandB #20, US #40 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Major's Greatest Hits	Major Lance	Come See	1965	Okeh
186	recordlabel: Philips 40286 chartposition: US #120, UK #49 writtenby: Screamin' Jay Hawkins album: I Put a Spell on You	Nina Simone	I Put a Spell on You	1965	Philips
187	recordlabel: Warner 2011 chartposition: RandB #33, US #108, UK #48 writtenby: Tony Bruno	Ike & Tina Turner	Tell Her I'm Not Home	1965	Warner
188	recordlabel: Philles 126 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33, US #52 writtenby: Mann-Weil, Spector	The Ronettes	Born To Be Together	1965	Philles
189	recordlabel: Goldwax 113 chartposition: RandB #22, US #61 writtenby: Elvin Jones, Nathaniel Lewis and Louis Williams	The Ovations	It's Wonderful to Be in Love	1965	Goldwax
190	recordlabel: Red Bird 10 021 chartposition: RandB #21 US #86 writtenby: Mike Lewis and Ricky Lisi	Roddie Joy	Come Back Baby	1965	Red Bird
191	recordlabel: Chess 1941 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #97 writtenby: Billy Stewart	Billy Stewart	How Nice It Is	1965	Chess
192	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 595 chartposition: RandB #21, US #64 writtenby: Norman Whitfield, William comments: [Motown Sound]	The Velvelettes	He Was Really Sayin' Something	1965	Tamla Motown
193	recordlabel: Atlantic 2298 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #22, US #51 writtenby: Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich	The Drifters	I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing	1965	Atlantic
194	recordlabel: Duke 386 chartposition: RandB #36, US #99 writtenby: Jessie Robinson album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do	Bobby Bland	Black Night	1965	Duke
195	recordlabel: Wand 173 chartposition: RandB #26, US #56 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King	Maxine Brown	It's Gonna Be Alright	1965	Wand
196	recordlabel: Columbia 43241 chartposition: RandB #18, US #119 writtenby: Eddie Snyder & Charles Singleton	Aretha Franklin	One Step Ahead	1965	Columbia
197	recordlabel: Carnival 509 chartposition: RandB #20, US #135 writtenby: Winfred Lovett	The Manhattans	Searchin' for My Baby	1965	Carnival
198	recordlabel: Wand 188 chartposition: RandB #18, US #46 writtenby: Mark Barkan and Pam Sawyer album: Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits	Chuck Jackson	If I Didn't Love You	1965	Wand
199	recordlabel: Jewel 745 chartposition: RandB #21, US #133 writtenby: Duke Coleman	The Carter Brothers	Southern Country Boy	1965	Jewel
200	recordlabel: Watch 1900 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #18 writtenby: Goines, Quezergue	Professor Longhair	Big Chief	1965	Watch

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