HIGHLIGHTS OF 1965 BILLBOARD LIST OF #1'S FOLLOWS EVENTS World Events World Statistics Population: 3.345 billion Nobel Peace Prize: UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers are in Vietnam. US marines land in the Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28). France withdraws its Atlantic fleet from NATO. Rhodesia unilaterally declares its independence from Britain (Nov. 11). President: Lyndon B. Johnson Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey Population: 194,302,963 Life expectancy: 70.2 years Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 24.5 Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 22.5 Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 5.5 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Ala., during demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1). Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally (Feb. 21). Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested (Aug. 11-16). Economics US GDP (1998 dollars): $719.1 billion Federal spending: $118.23 billion Federal debt: $322.3 billion Consumer Price Index: 31.5 Unemployment: 5.2% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05 Sports World Series LA Dodgers d. Minnesota (4-3) NBA Championship Boston d. LA Lakers (4-1) Stanley Cup Montreal d. Chicago (4-3) Wimbledon Women: Margaret Smith d. M. Bueno (6-4 7-5) Men: Roy Emerson d. F. Stolle (6-2 6-4 6-4) Kentucky Derby Champion Lucky Debonair NCAA Basketball Championship UCLA d. Michigan (91-80) NCAA Football Champions Alabama (AP, FW-tie) (9-1-1) & Michigan St. (UPI, NFF, FW-tie) (10-1-0) Entertainment Awards Pulitzer Prizes Fiction: The Keepers of the House, Shirley Ann Grau Drama: The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy Oscars awarded in 1965 Best Picture: My Fair Lady, Jack L. Warner, producer (Warner Bros.) Nobel Prize for Literature: Mikhail Sholokhov (USSR) Miss America: Vonda Kay Van Dyke (AZ) Events The Sound of Music premieres. An instant hit, the film was one of the top-grossing films of 1965 and remains one of film's most popular musicals. ABC pays an unprecedented $32 million for a four-year contract with the NCAA to broadcast football games on Saturday afternoons. Bill Cosby, starring in I Spy, becomes the first African American to headline a television show. Movies Dr. Zhivago, The Sound of Music, A Thousand Clowns, Darling Books James Baldwin, Going to Meet the Man Amiri Baraka, The Dead Lecturer Heinrich Böll, The Clown Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed Sylvia Plath, Ariel, The Uncollected Poems Eudora Welty, Thirteen Stories Nobel Prizes in Science Chemistry: Robert B. Woodward (US), for work in synthesizing complicated organic compounds Physics: Richard P. Feynman, Julian S. Schwinger (both US), and Shinichiro Tomonaga (Japan), for research in quantum electrodynamics Physiology or Medicine: François Jacob, André Lwolff, and Jacques Monod (all France), for study of regulatory activities in body cells Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson's (US) discovery of cosmic background radiation confirms the "Big Bang" theory. Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite, is launched. Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard Gemini VI perform the first rendezvous with another spacecraft, Gemini VII, with Frank Borman and James Lovell. Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov performs the first spacewalk (Mar. 18). Edward White II becomes the first American to walk in space (June 3). Deaths Winston Churchill Nat King Cole T.S. Eliot Adlai Stevenson 1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones 2. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), Four Tops 3. Wooly Bully, Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs 4. My Girl, Temptations 5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',Righteous Brothers 6. Downtown,Petula Clark 7. Help!, The Beatles 8. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat, Herman's Hermits 9. Crying In The Chapel, Elvis Presley 10. You Were On My Mind, We Five 11. I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher 12. Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Herman's Hermits 13. The Birds And The Bees, Jewel Aikens 14. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Mel Carter 15. Shotgun, Jr. Walker and The All Stars 16. Help Me, Rhonda, Beach Boys 17. This Diamond Ring, Gary Lewis and The Playboys 18. The "In" Crowd, Ramsey Lewis Trio 19. King Of The Road, Roger Miller 20. Stop! In The Name Of Love, Supremes 21. Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers 22. Silhouettes, Herman's Hermits 23. I'll Never Find Another You, Seekers 24. Cara, Mia, Jay and The Americans 25. Mr. Tambourine Man, Byrds 26. Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Sounds Orchestral 27. Yes, I'm Ready, Barbara Mason 28. What's New Pussycat?, Tom Jones 29. Eve Of Destruction, Barry McGuire 30. Hang On Sloopy, McCoys 31. Ticket To Ride, The Beatles 32. Red Roses For A Blue Lady, Bert Kaempfert and His Orch. 33. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, James Brown and The Famous Flames 34. Game Of Love, Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders 35. The Name Game, Shirley Ellis 36. I Know A Place, Petula Clark 37. Back In My Arms Again, Supremes 38. Baby I'm Yours, Barbara Lewis 39. The Jolly Green Giant, Kingsmen 40. Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Patti Page 41. Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan 42. I'm Telling You Now, Freddie and The Dreamers 43. Ferry Cross The Mersey, Gerry and The Pacemakers 44. Just Once In My Lips, Righteous Brothers 45. Seventh Son, Johnny Rivers 46. I'm Henry VIII, I Am, Herman's Hermits 47. A Walk In The Black Forest, Horst Jankowski 48. For Your Love, Yardbirds 49. California Girls, Beach Boys 50. Go Now, Moody Blues 51. Goldfinger, Shirley Bassey 52. Down In The Boondocks, Billy Joe Royal 53. Baby The Rain Must Fall, Glenn Yarbrough 54. Catch Us If You Can, Dave Clark Five 55. Eight Days A Week, The Beatles 56. Just A Little, Beau Brummels 57. You Turn Me On, Ian Whitcomb 58. I'll Be Doggone, Marvin Gaye 59. Save Your Heart For Me, Gary Lewis and The Playboys 60. Tired Of Waiting For You, Kinks 61. Count Me In, Gary Lewis and The Playboys 62. All Day And All Of The Night, Kinks 63. What The World Needs Now Is Love, Jackie DeShannon 64. It's Not Unusual, Tom Jones 65. She's About A Mover, Sir Douglas Quintet 66. Shake, Sam Cooke 67. Wonderful World, Herman's Hermits 68. Nowhere To Run, Martha and The Vandellas 69. Heart Full Of Soul, Yardbirds 70. Love Potion Number Nine, Searchers 71. Laurie (Strange Things Happen), Dickle Lee 72. Baby Don't Go, Sonny and Cher 73. It Ain't Me Babe, Turtles 74. Tell Her No, Zombies 75. I Go To Pieces, Peter and Gordon 76. Red Roses For A Blue Lady, Vic Dana 77. Don't Just Stand There, Patty Duke 78. The Tracks Of My Tears, Miracles 79. Too Many Rivers, Brenda Lee 80. I Like It Like That, Dave Clark Five 81. Laugh, Laugh, Beau Brummels 82. Take Me Back, Little Anthony and The Imperials 83. It's The Same Old Song, Four Tops 84. Youth Got Your Troubles, Fortunes 85. Hold What You've Got, Joe Tex 86. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Animals 87. Little Things, Bobby Goldsboro 88. The Last Tlme, The Rolling Stones 89. Do You Believe In Magic, Lovin' Spoonful 90. All I Really Want To Do, Cher 91. True Love Ways, Peter and Gordon 92. I Want Candy, Strangeloves 93. Keep Searchin', Del Shannon 94. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Marvin Gaye 95. Treat Her Right, Roy Head 96. The Race Is On, Jack Jones 97. I'm A Fool, Dino, Desi and Billy 98. The Boy From New Your City, Ad Libs 99. Ooo Baby Baby, Miracle 100. Laugh At Me, Sonny 1965 Grammy Awards Record of the Year “A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Album of the Year September of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise) Song of the Year “The Shadow of Your Smile” (Love Theme From The Sandpiper), Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel, songwriters Best New Artist Tom Jones Most Promising New Recording Artist Peter Serkin, pianist Best Vocal Performance, Male “It Was a Very Good Year,” Frank Sinatra Best Vocal Performance, Female My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand Best Performance By a Vocal Group We Dig Mancini, Anita Kerr Singers Best Performance By a Chorus Anyone for Mozart?, Swingle Singers Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Single “King of the Road,” Roger Miller Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, Male “King of the Road,” Roger Miller Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Vocal Performance, Female “I Know a Place,” Petula Clark Best Contemporary (Rock and Roll) Performance Group (Vocal or Instrumental) “Flowers on the Wall,” Statler Brothers Best Rhythm and Blues Recording “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag,” James Brown (King) Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group The “In” Crowd, Ramsey Lewis Trio Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group Ellington '66, Duke Ellington Orchestra Best Original Jazz Composition Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts, Lalo Shifrin, composer Best Country and Western Single “King of the Road,” Roger Miller Best Country and Western Album The Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller (Smash) Best Country and Western Song “King of the Road,” Roger Miller, songwriter Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male “King of the Road,” Roger Miller Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female “Queen of the House,” Jody Miller Best New Country and Western Artist Statler Brothers Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical) Southland Favorites, George Beverly Shea and the Anita Kerr Quartet (RCA) Best Folk Recording An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba, Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (RCA) Best Instrumental Arrangement “A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert, arranger Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist “It Was a Very Good Year,” Gordon Jenkins, arranger Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz “A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Best Score From an Original Show Album On a Clear Day, Alan Lerner and Burton Lane (RCA) Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show The Sandpiper, Johnny Mandel, composer (Mercury) Album of the Year, Classical Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return, Vladimir Horowitz (Columbia) Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Ives, Symphony No. 4, Leopold Stokowski conducting American Symphony Orchestra Best Classical Chamber Music Performance, Instrumental or Vocal Bartók, The Six String Quartets, Juilliard String Quartet Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) Beethoven, Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Artur Rubinstein; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra) Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return, Vladimir Horowitz Best Opera Recording Berg, Wozzeck, Karl Bohm conducting Orchestra of German Opera, Berlin; solos: Fisher-Dieskau, Lear and Wunderlich (Deutsche Grammophon) Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms; Poulenc, Gloria, Robert Shaw conducting Robert Shaw Chorale and RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Best Classical Vocal Performance, With or Without Orchestra Strauss, Salome (“Dance of the Seven Veils,” Interlude, Final Scene); The Egyptian Helen (Awakening Scene), Leontyne Price Best Composition By a Contemporary Classical Composer Symphony No. 4, Charles Ives, composer Best Comedy Performance Why Is There Air?, Bill Cosby Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him (Columbia) Best Recording for Children Dr. Seuss Presents “Fox in Sox” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” Marvin Miller (RCA) Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts Bartók, Concerto No. 2 for Violin; Stravinsky, Concerto for Violin, James Alexander, graphic artist; George Estes, art director (RCA) Best Album Cover, Photography Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts, Ken Whitmore, photographer; Bob Jones, art director (RCA) Best Album Notes September of My Years, Stan Cornyn, annotator (Reprise)