Number One Hits of 1965- Part 4 Quiz

Answer: The Supremes

"Back in My Arms Again" was the second number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Supremes in 1965 and their fifth number one in a row. The record reached number forty in the UK and only made it to number 70 on the Australian national chart. A little oddity here, apparently while the song languished on our national chart, it made it to number two on the local chart in Adelaide.

Answer: The Beatles

"Eight Days a Week" was a number one for The Beatles on the Billboard Hot 100. Although not released as a single in the UK or Australia the song received a lot of airplay. The song was released on an EP and sold over 250,000 copies in the UK and Australia.

The EP titled "Beatles for Sale" included the tracks, "Eight Days a Week", "No Reply", "I'm A Loser" and "Rock 'n' Roll Music" and went to number one on the EP chart in the UK.

Answer: The Beatles

"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" was a worldwide number one for The Beatles. Number one on the Australian and UK charts. In the USA the Billboard Hot 100 records that, "Day Tripper" reached number five and "We Can Work It Out" made it to number one. The Beatles placed 42 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 from January 1964 through December 1965, eleven of which made number one.

Answer: Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders

"Game of Love" (aka The Game of Love) was the fourth UK chart hit for Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders. The song went to number two on the UK Chart, kept out of the top spot by the Rolling Stones with "The Last Time". The song charted twice in Australia during 1965 but reached no higher than thirty. In the USA it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and was their only number one hit. Wayne Fontana left the group and tried a solo career and had some success, "Pamela Pamela" being his biggest solo hit. The Mindbenders went on to have a top ten hit in 1966 with "A Groovy Kind of Love".

Answer: The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues in their first incarnation scored a number one hit with "Go Now". The record went to number one in the UK and was their only top ten on that chart until 1970's "Question" climbed to number two. "Go Now" rose to number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number fourteen on the Australian chart.

Answer: Herman's Hermits

"I'm Henry VIII, I Am" taken from an old vaudeville/music hall song became a number one hit for Herman's Hermits. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as Herman's Hermits were very popular in the USA. The song was not released as a single in the UK.

In Australia the record made it in to the top twenty. As a side note, Herman's Hermits had six number one hits and seven top five hits in Canada. Many of the "British invasion" or "Merseybeat" groups had greater success outside their own country.

Answer: Freddie and the Dreamers

"I'm Telling You Now" hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in April 1965 for Freddie and the Dreamers. The song was a number two hit in the UK and failed to chart in Australia.
Freddie and the Dreamers placed four records in the UK top ten in 1964 and 1965, They were lumped together with all the British bands and called part of the Merseybeat. This is of course inappropriate as they were from Manchester as were Herman's Hermits and the Hollies.

Answer: Tom Jones

A breakout hit for the big voiced Tom Jones from Wales, "It's Not Unusual" went straight to the top of the UK chart. The record made it to number two in Australia and number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Tom had another big hit in 1965 with "What's New Pussycat" which was a top ten in Australia, Britain and the USA.

Answer: Roger Miller

Roger Miller hit the top of the UK chart with "King of the Road" The record was a top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 climbing to number three. In Australia the song went as high as twelve on the national chart and went to number one in Queensland. Roger had many hits during the 1960s but no other number ones on the major charts, although he did have number ones on the US Country chart and the Adult Contemporary (Easy Listening) chart.

Answer: Sandie Shaw

"Long Live Love" was a UK number one for Sandie Shaw in 1965. The record was a top ten hit in Australia and barely made the Billboard Hot 100. During the sixties there were four main female British singers: Cilla Black, Petula Clark Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield. Of the four Sandie Shaw was the only one to top the charts three times. She achieved this with "There's Always Something There to Remind Me" in 1964, "Long Live Love" in 1965" and "Puppet On A String" in 1967.