Billboard AC Chart Flashback: August 14, 1965

[johnm1120]

Celebrating 50 years of Adult Contemporary Charts, this week we look back at 1965, the year the chart changed its name once again, back to its original name "Easy Listening." The chart also began its compilation of using playlists like they did with Country & R&B at the time, as opposed to just removing rock songs from the Hot 100.

We also see the first Top 40 in 1965.


August 14, 1965:

TW LW 2W WC Artist - Title

01 01 05 03 Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Save Your Heart For Me
02 03 07 09 Mel Carter - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
03 14 19 07 We Five - You Were On My Mind
04 02 04 09 Letterman - Theme From "A Summer Place"
05 07 08 06 Petula Clark - You'd Better Come Home
06 04 02 11 Brenda Lee - Too Many Rivers
07 05 03 11 The Bachelors - Marie
08 09 11 06 Roger Miller - Only Dyin' And A Buryin'
09 15 18 06 Glenn Yarbrough - It's Gonna Be Fine
10 34 ** 02 Dean Martin - Houston

11 24 ** 02 Arthur Prsyock - It's Too Late Baby, Too Late
12 13 15 07 Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra - Moon Over Naples
13 17 20 07 Dionne Warwick - Here I Am
14 20 23 05 Sounds Orchestral - Canadian Sunset
15 36 ** 02 Vic Dana - Moonlight & Roses
16 06 01 07 Elvis Presley - (Such An) Easy Question
17 19 21 06 Tony Bennett- Fly Me To The Moon
18 29 33 03 Wayne Newton - Summer Wind
19 23 26 03 Perry Como - Cowee, Cowee
20 DEBUT 01 Jim Reeves - Is It Really Over?

21 21 22 06 Della Reese - After Loving You
22 33 37 03 Jerry Yale - Where Were You When I Needed You
23 DEBUT 01 Patti Page - You Can't Be True Dear
24 27 31 03 Bobbi Martin - I Don't Want To Live (Without Your Love)
25 31 36 04 Johnny Mathis - The Sweetheart Tree
26 DEBUT 01 Lenny Welch - Two Different Worlds
27 32 34 05 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Sweetheart Tree
28 DEBUT 01 Buddy Grace - I Can't Begin To Tell You
29 08 06 10 Ronnie Dove - A Little Bit of Heaven
30 23 32 04 Esther Phillips - Moonglow & Theme From Picnic

31 26 28 05 Roger Miller - It Happened Just That Way
32 10 12 06 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Trains & Boats & Planes
33 22 25 05 Ray Charles - I'm A Fool To Care
34 DEBUT 01 Damita Jo - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
35 16 17 06 Bobby Vinton - Lonely Girl (Theme From Harlow)
36 DEBUT 01 Horst Jankowski - Simple Gimpel
37 DEBUT 01 Roger Williams & The Harry Simeone Chorale & Orchestra - Summer Wind
38 37 24 08 Barbra Streisand - My Man
39 38 35 05 The Village Stompers - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
40 DEBUT 01 Eddy Arnold - I'm Letting You Go



Tops of the Other Charts:

Hot 100: Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Top LP: The Beatles - VI
R&B: James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Country: Jimmy Dean - The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night)



So when was the last time we saw 8 debuts on the AC chart? (sans Christmas). The #1 song belonged to a band fronted by the son of Jerry Lewis. Gary Lewis & The Playboys hit #1 with their 3rd single "Save Your Heart For Me." The song was also #3 on the Hot 100 that week, and would go on to peak at #2. We saw Sonny & Cher had #1, so how was the rest of the top 10? Some familiar faces will be seen!


Hot 100 This week in 1965:

1. Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (5)
2. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (2)
3. Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Save Your Heart For Me (4)
4. Herman's Hermits - I'm Henry VIII; I Am (1)
5. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat? (3)
6. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (15)
7. The Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song (17)
8. Patty Duke - Don't Just Stand There (10)
9. The Beach Boys - California Girls (28)
10. Billy Joe Royal - Down in the Boondocks (14)


Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Roger Miller, Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis & Barbra Streisand among others have seen previous success on the chart and are represented again this week.

Petula Clark had been recording since 1949, but didn't get any U.S. recognition until the British Invasion took off. 'You'd Better Come Home" eventually peaked at #4 on the chart, and becoming the first of 12 top 10s on the format for her. She reached #1 twice in 1966 with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and in 1967 with "Don't Sleep in the Subway." Her last top 10 was "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" which peaked at #9 in 1972. Her last AC hit period was "Natural Love" which peaked at #24 in 1981. In all Petula has hit the chart 23 times between 1965 and 1981.

Despite being the King of Rock, Elvis had much AC success during the anti-rock years. Such An Easy Question was his 3rd #1 on the format. He had 7 #1s altogether and has made 48 appearances on the chart. Of those, 31 went top 10, his last being a live version of "My Way" reaching #6 in 1977. In 2008, 2 virtual Christmas duets made the chart. "I'll Be Home For Christmas" with Carrie Underwood peaked at #14, while "Blue Christmas" with Martina McBride peaked at #22.

Jim Reeves was killed in a plane crash in 1964, but he managed more hits on the country chart dead than alive. He has charted on country 33 times since his death, the most recent being "The Image of Me" in 1984.


Other events in 1965:


It's the end of an era in Great Britain as Winston Churchill, the last of "the big 3" allies during WW2 dies at the age of 90.

Malcolm X is assassinated in an ambush during a speech in Manhattan.

"My Fair Lady" wins Best Picture

The Beatles win "Best New Artist" at the Grammies

Album of the Year is João Gilberto & Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto

A famous saying beginning with "Like sands through the hourglass..." is heard for the first time as "Days of Our Lives" premieres on NBC.

The first Peanuts special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" airs on television for the first time.


Births in music:

Bjork
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Dr Dre
Linda Perry
Slash
Shania Twain
Rob Zombie

[Libra]

How about Dionne Warwick? I don't know her stats, but I think she fared rather well over here. :)

[johnm1120]

Dionne Warwick is indeed another powerhouse on AC. She hit the AC chart for the first time in 1963 with "Anyone Who Had A Heart (#2). Between 1963 and 1989, Dione made 45 appearances on the AC chart. 29 of those songs reached the top 10, She waited 16 years to get her first #1 on AC with "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in 1979. She has scored 6 #1s, her most recent being "Love Power," a collab with Jeffrey Osbourne in 1987. She scored her last top 10 in 1987 with "Reservations For Two," a collab with Kashif (which marked Kashif's only AC & Hot 100 appearance). Her most recent AC appearance was another collab with Jeffrey Osbourne, "Take Good Care of You and Me" reaching #25 in 1989. Her most recent single appearance was on the R&B chart, hitting with a remake of "What the World Needs Now is Love" in 1998.