1965 - What's Up

Top 20 Songs

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Pot) - Four Tops
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
My Girl - Temptations
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
Downtown - Petula Clark
Help! - The Beatles
Can't You Hear My Heartbeat - Herman's Hermits
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
You Were On My Mind - We Five
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits
The Birds and the Bees - Jewell Aikers
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
Shotgun - Jr. Walker and the All Stars
Help Me, Rhonda - Beach Boys
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
King of the Road - Roger Miller
Stop! In the Name of Love - Supremes

1965 the war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they continue to lose more men , at the same time the Anti-War movement grows and in November 35,000 march on Washington as a protest against the war. There is also civil unrest with rioting, looting and arson in Los Angeles. This was also the first year mandated health warnings appeared on cigarette packets and smoking became a no no. The latest craze in kids toys was the Super Ball and The Skate Board. Fashions also changed as womens skirts got shorter mens hair grew longer as the The miniskirt makes its appearance. Sony introduces it's doomed Betamax Recorder and Hypertext is introduced for linking on the Internet. The St Louis Arch is completed and The Beatles release 4 new albums including "Help".

Cost of Living 1965

How Much things cost in 1965
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.59%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.0%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 969
Average Cost of new house $13,600.00
Average Income per year $6,450.00
Gas per Gallon 31 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,650.00
Loaf of bread 21 cents
Average Rent per month $118,00

Technology 1965

Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program
Ranger 9 sends back live TV broadcast when it crashes on to the moon
Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space
Major Edward H. White II becomes the second human to walk in space during the flight of Gemini 4
Sony introduces it's Betamax video recorder
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Space Walk Russia Aleksei Leonov - first person outside space vehicle
Optical Disk USA by James Russell - now Compact Disk
Hypertext USA for linking text on the Internet

Respirator ( replacement for the Iron Lung ) USA

Popular Culture

The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appears in London and will be the fashion statement of the 60's
One of most popular films "Sound of Music" released
The Beatles Release The Movie and Album Help!
The Beatles Play Live Concert Shea Stadium
The Grateful Dead with Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia play their first concert, in San Francisco

Popular Films

Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Goldfinger
My Fair Lady
What's New Pussycat?
Cat Ballou

Books Released

Dune
The Man with the Golden Gun
Hotel

Popular Musicians

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Freddie and the Dreamers
The Animals
The Kinks
The Searchers
The Seekers
Moody Blues
Donovan
Cilla Black
Dusty Springfield
Tom Jones

Major World Political Leaders 1965

Australia Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies

Brazil President Castelo Branco

Canada Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson

China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Liu Shaoqi

France President Charles de Gaulle

Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard

India Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri

Italy Prime Minister Aldo Moro

Japan Prime Minister Eisaku Sato

Mexico President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

Russia / Soviet Union
First Secretary of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev

South Africa Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

United States President Lyndon B. Johnson

United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Wilson