50 YEARS AGO: FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Love Potion Number Nine” by The Searchers peaked No. 03 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of January 16, 1965.
(source: Billboard)
50 YEARS AGO: EIGHT WEEKS on the singles chart, “People Get Ready” by The Impressions peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of March 27, 1965.
(source: Billboard)
50 YEARS AGO: SEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of March 6, 1965.
(source: Billboard)
50 YEARS AGO: SEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “It’s Gonna Be Alright” by Maxine Brown peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of March 20, 1965.
(source: Billboard)
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These were the record singles you bought in 1965. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, February 1965, on Top 40 WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW and easy-listening WJBK and conservative album-oriented WJR.
TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “This Diamond Ring,” by Gary Lewis and the Playboys peaked No. 1 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, weeks of February 14, 1965 through February 27, 1965. (source: Billboard).
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