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.

Contents

• Track listing
• Songs
• References

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.