Billboard Top 100: 1965-1975

1965

1. "Wooly Bully" Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs



2. "I Can't Help Myself" The Four Tops
3. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones



4. "You Were On My Mind" The We Five



5. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers

1966

1 "Ballad of the Green Berets" SSgt. Barry Sadler
2 "Cherish" The Association



3 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" The Righteous Brothers
4 "Reach Out I'll Be There" The Four Tops
5 "96 Tears" ? & the Mysterians

1967

1 "To Sir, with Love" Lulu



2 "The Letter" The Box Tops
3 "Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry
4 "Windy" The Association



5 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees

1968

1 "Hey Jude" The Beatles
2 "Love is Blue" Paul Mauriat



3 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro
4 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
5 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals

1969

1 "Sugar, Sugar" The Archies
2 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension



3 "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations
4 "Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones
5 "Everyday People" Sly & the Family Stone

1970

1 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
2 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters
3 "American Woman" The Guess Who
4 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B.J. Thomas
5 "War" Edwin Starr

1971

1 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night
2 "Maggie May" Rod Stewart
3 "It's Too Late" Carole King



4 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds
5 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees

1972

1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack
2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan



3 "American Pie" Don McLean
4 "Without You" Harry Nilsson
5 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis, Jr.

1973

1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Tony Orlando and Dawn
2 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce


3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack
4 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye
5 "My Love" Paul McCartney & Wings

1974

1 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
2 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks
3 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited Orchestra



4 "Come and Get Your Love" Redbone
5 "Dancing Machine" The Jackson 5

1975

1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille
2 "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell
3 "Philadelphia Freedom" Elton John
4 "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender
5 "My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli