Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1965.
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965 | ||||
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Compilation album by various artists | ||||
Released | 1989 1993 (re-release) | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 28:26 (original 1988 release) 28:20 (1993 re-release) | |||
Label | Rhino Records | |||
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology | ||||
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The album includes seven songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining three tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5; one of those tracks was the No. 1 song of the year: "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. A 1993 re-issue omitted both tracks by The Byrds as well as "Hang on Sloopy." These songs were replaced by "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher (a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100) and two Top 5 hits: "The Name Game" and "A Lover's Concerto." This resulted in what was a Mr. Holland's Opus-esque album, as two songs from the 1993 re-release, "A Lover's Concerto" and "1-2-3", have been featured in the 1996 film Mr. Holland's Opus.
Absent from the track lineup were songs by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. A disclaimer on the back of the album stated that licensing restrictions made tracks from the two bands unavailable for inclusion on the album.
Track listing
1989 original release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Hang on Sloopy" (Billboard peak No. 1 in October) | Wes Farrell, Bert Russell | The McCoys | 3:05 |
2. | "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Billboard peak No. 1 in June) | Bob Dylan | The Byrds | 2:22 |
3. | "This Diamond Ring" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Al Kooper, Irwin Levine, Bob Brass | Gary Lewis & the Playboys | 2:11 |
4. | "Help Me, Rhonda" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May) | Brian Wilson, Mike Love | The Beach Boys | 2:48 |
5. | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | The Righteous Brothers | 3:47 |
6. | "Wooly Bully" (Billboard peak No. 2 in June) | Domingo Samudio | Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs | 2:22 |
7. | "1-2-3" (Billboard peak No. 2 in November) | John Medora, David White, Leonard Borisoff, Holland/Dozier/Holland | Len Barry | 2:25 |
8. | "Treat Her Right" (Billboard peak No. 2 in October) | Roy Head, Kurtz | Roy Head and The Traits | 2:06 |
9. | "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (Billboard peak No. 1 in December) | Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger | The Byrds | 3:37 |
10. | "Eve of Destruction" (Billboard peak No. 1 in September) | P. F. Sloan | Barry McGuire | 3:36 |
1993 re-release, replacement tracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "The Name Game" (Billboard peak No. 3 in January) | Shirley Ellis, Lincoln Chase | Shirley Ellis | 3:03 |
2. | "A Lover's Concerto" (Billboard peak No. 2 in October) | Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell | The Toys | 2:42 |
9. | "I Got You Babe" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August) | Sonny Bono | Sonny & Cher | 3:14 |