Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1965
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This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart
in 1965.
Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.
Note that the chart release date changed from Friday to Monday with effect from 4 January, but then to Sunday on 5 December.
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
in 1965.
Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.
Note that the chart release date changed from Friday to Monday with effect from 4 January, but then to Sunday on 5 December.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 4 January | I Feel Fine I Feel Fine "I Feel Fine" is a riff-driven rock song written by John Lennon and released in 1964 by The Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song is notable for the use of feedback on a recording for the first time by any musician... |
The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... |
| 11 January | I Feel Fine | The Beatles |
| 18 January | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer Brendan Bowyer Brendan Bowyer, born 12 October 1938 in Waterford, Ireland, is an Irish singer best known for fronting The Royal Showband, who had five number one hits in Ireland, and The Big Eight. He is also renowned for having The Beatles open for him at a concert in 1962 at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, and... |
| 25 January | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 1 February | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 8 February | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 15 February | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 22 February | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 1 March | Hucklebuck | Brendan Bowyer |
| 8 March | Born to Be with You | Butch Moore Butch Moore Butch Moore was born James Augustine Moore in Dublin and was a showband icon during the 1960s. He achieved celebrity status as Ireland's first contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and attracted huge crowds with the Capitol Showband in the State's many ballrooms.Butch Moore was at the... |
| 15 March | Born To Be With You | Butch Moore |
| 22 March | If I Didn't Have A Dime | Tom Dunphy |
| 29 March | If I Didn't Have A Dime | Tom Dunphy |
| 5 April | Walking the Streets in the Rain Walking The Streets In The Rain Walking the Streets in the Rain was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in English by Butch Moore. This was Ireland's debut Contest appearance.The song is a ballad, with Moore singing about walking away from his former lover after she has ended their relationship... |
Butch Moore |
| 12 April | Walking the Streets in the Rain | Butch Moore |
| 19 April | Walking the Streets in the Rain | Butch Moore |
| 26 April | Ticket to Ride Ticket to Ride "Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 and released two months later. -Composition:... |
The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... |
| 3 May | Ticket to Ride | The Beatles |
| 10 May | Ticket to Ride | The Beatles |
| 17 May | Ticket to Ride | The Beatles |
| 24 May | Every Step Of The Way | Dickie Rock Dickie Rock Dickie Rock is an Irish singer. He experienced much success on the Irish charts during the 1960s, but has continued on as a popular live act as well as occasionally hitting the charts ever since.-Early fame:... |
| 31 May | Every Step Of The Way | Dickie Rock |
| 7 June | Every Step Of The Way | Dickie Rock |
| 14 June | Long Live Love Long Live Love (Sandie Shaw song) "Long Live Love" is a Chris Andrews composition which in 1965 afforded Sandie Shaw the second of her three UK #1 hits.-in the UK:Shaw was sufficiently confident in the hit potential of the buoyant "Long Live Love" as to turn down the chance to "It's Not Unusual" allowing the last-named song to be... |
Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest... |
| 21 June | Long Live Love | Sandie Shaw |
| 28 June | Crying In The Chapel Crying in the Chapel "Crying in the Chapel" is a song written by Artie Glenn for his son Darrell to sing. Darrell recorded it while still in high school in 1953, along with Artie's band the Rhythm Riders. It became a local hit and publishers got a hold of it and it went nationwide. He released the original version as... |
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... |
| 5 July | Crying In The Chapel | Elvis Presley |
| 12 July | Crying In The Chapel | Elvis Presley |
| 19 July | I'm Alive I'm Alive (Clint Ballard, Jr. song) "I'm Alive" is a 1965 number-one UK hit single by The Hollies. It was written especially for them by the successful US pop songwriter Clint Ballard, Jr. who also had chart-topping hits with Linda Ronstadt, Wayne Fontana and Jimmy Jones... |
The Hollies The Hollies The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s... |
| 26 July | Mr. Tambourine Man Mr. Tambourine Man "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and... |
The Byrds The Byrds The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973... |
| 2 August | Help! Help! (song) "Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom.... |
The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... |
| 9 August | Help! | The Beatles |
| 16 August | Help! | The Beatles |
| 23 August | Help! | The Beatles |
| 30 August | Help! | The Beatles |
| 6 September | Don't Lose Your Hucklebuck Shoes | Brendan Bowyer |
| 13 September | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song... |
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up... |
| 20 September | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones |
| 27 September | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones |
| 4 October | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones |
| 11 October | Tears Tears (Ken Dodd song) "Tears" is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr, and was first recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1929. It was made famous as a single by Ken Dodd, which was released in 1965... |
Ken Dodd Ken Dodd Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE is a British comedian and singer songwriter, famous for his frizzy hair or “fluff dom” and buck teeth or “denchers”, his favourite cleaner, the feather duster and his greeting "How tickled I am!", as well as his send-off “Lots and Lots of Happiness!”... |
| 18 October | Tears | Ken Dodd |
| 25 October | Tears | Ken Dodd |
| 1 November | Tears | Ken Dodd |
| 8 November | Yesterday Man Yesterday Man "Yesterday Man" is a song written by Chris Andrews and his debut single as a solo singer, released in 1965. It went up to position three in the UK charts and number one in Ireland and Germany.... |
Chris Andrews Chris Andrews (singer) Chris Andrews is a singer and successful songwriter whose musical career started in the 1960s.-Career:... |
| 15 November | Yesterday Man | Chris Andrews |
| 22 November | Wishing It Was You | Dickie Rock |
| 29 November | Wishing It Was You | Dickie Rock |
| 5 December | The Carnival Is Over The Carnival Is Over "The Carnival Is Over" is a Russian folk song with lyrics written by Tom Springfield in 1965 for the Australian group The Seekers, who customarily close their concerts with it... |
The Seekers The Seekers The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States... |
| 12 December | The Carnival Is Over | The Seekers |
| 19 December | Day Tripper Day Tripper "Day Tripper" is a song by The Beatles, released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work It Out". Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the Rubber Soul album... |
The Beatles |
| 26 December | Day Tripper | The Beatles |
See also
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- Irish Singles ChartIrish Singles ChartThe Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland