Here are the #1 Hot Country Singles for 1965. While I only owned one of the songs on this list – Roger Miller, naturally – I always had a great affection for Buck Owens. I liked to watch him on TV long before he was on Hee Haw. It’s partly a function of the fact that he was on Capitol Records, and I got to read the song list of his albums from the record sleeves of my Beatles albums. I loved that Bakersfield sound.
Before You Go (Don Rich-Buck Owens)- Buck Owens (Capitol), six weeks at #1
I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail (Harlan Howard-Buck Owens)- Buck Owens (Capitol), five weeks at #1
King Of The Road (Miller)- Roger Miller (Smash), five weeks at #1
You’re The Only World I Know (Bob Tubert-Sonny James) – Sonny James, “the Southern Gentleman” (Capitol) four weeks at #1
Is It Really Over (Reeves)- Jim Reeves (RCA Victor), three weeks at #1.
Hello Vietnam (Tom T. Hall)- Johnny Wright [with his his wife Kitty Wells] (Decca), three weeks at #1
Make The World Go Away (Hank Cochran) – Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor), three weeks at #1. Other than King Of The Road, the song I best remember from this list.
This Is It – Jim Reeves (RCA Victor), three weeks at #1
Behind The Tear (Ned Miller and Sue Miller) – Sonny James, three weeks at #1
Girl On The Billboard (H. Mills-W. Haynes) – Del Reeves (United Artists), two weeks at #1
What’s He Doing In My World (Carl Belew, Billy Joe Moore, Eddie Bush) -Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor), two weeks at #1
The guy hawking breakfast sausages
The First Thing Ev’ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev’ry Night) (J. Dean-R. Roberts)- Jimmy Dean (Columbia), two weeks at #1
Yes, Mr. Peters – Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell (Mercury), two weeks at #1
May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Yur Nose (N. Merritt)=”Little” Jimmy Dickens (Columbia), two weeks at #1
Buckeroo (Bob Morris)- Buck Owens and his Buckeroos (Capitol), two weeks at #1. Instrumental
Ribbon Of Darkness (Gordon Lightfoot)- Marty Robbins (Columbia). I got my first Marty Robbins album, The Essential Robbins, 1951-1982, from my late FIL’s CD collection
The Bridge Washed Out -Warner Mack (Decca)
Only You Can Break My Heart (Owens)- Buck Owens and his Buckeroos (Capitol)
