Only 1 new song entering the British Top 10 this week Oct 6, 1965:

9. Sandie Shaw – Message Understood, #6 for 1 wk in Oct. The barefoot thrush…

Bonus Video = The Beach Boys – California Girls, #28 for 1 wk in Oct 65. Only a minor hit for them in the UK…

Bonus Video = Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders – She Needs Love, #32 for 1 wk in Oct 65, their last charted record before the split

Into the British Top 10 on Oct 13, 1965:

9. Sonny & Cher – Baby Don’t Go, #9 for 1 wk in Oct. Their magical year continues…

a b&w mime version:





a fuzzy colour mime version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjHSOzVU5j0

Bonus Video = Small Faces – Whatcha Gonna Do About It, #14 for 1 wk in Oct 65.
The Small Faces spunk era begins (nice)… Couldn’t find a video from 1965 with Jimmy Winston, this is a few months later in 1966 with Ian McLagan…

Bonus Video = The Silkie – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, #28 for 1 wk in Oct 65.
Beatle song, the Beatles actually assisted them in recording it, it reached the Top 10 in the States. There were oodles of Beatle covers in the UK in the mid 60s, as we’ll see in the weeks ahead…

Bonus Video = Lulu – Tell Me Like It Is, released Oct 65, didn’t chart, ugh.
2 weeks after her last minor hit dropped out of the Top 30, she quickly tried again but to no avail. BBC documents indicate she wasn’t even invited onto Top of the Pops to perform it !

Decca seemed to have no idea how to capitalise on the success of "Shout". It's a real shame. Just about every track she did for the label was single-worthy, IMO.

Entering the Top 10 on Oct 20 1965:

10. Dusty Springfield – Some Of Your Lovin’, #10 for 1 wk in Oct
Dusty sings a Carole King classic, incredible and wow…

9. Chris Andrews – Yesterday Man, #2 for 2 wks in Oct / Nov 65
Chris started out as a songwriter, and wrote most of Sandie Shaw’s 60s hits.

8. Hedgehoppers Anonymous – It’s Good News Week, #4 for 1 wk in Oct 65.
Jonathan King wrote and produced this, one of his many projects over the years, including Genesis and the Bay City Rollers. 1 of 2 anti-war songs in the Top 10 this week.

6. The Yardbirds – Evil Hearted You / Still I’m Sad, #5 for 1 wk in Oct 65.
Their 3rd of 5 Top 10 UK hits, couldn’t find a live video of Evil, ugh…

Into the British Top 10 on Oct 27, 1965:

9. The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud, #1 for 3 weeks in Nov.
Look closely and you can see Brian Jones smiling, ha...

8. Matt Monro – Yesterday, #7 for 1 wk in Nov 65.
For whatever reason, the Beatles didn’t release this as a single in the UK,
so Matt, who was on the same record label, took the ball and ran with it…

7. The Fortunes – Here It Comes Again, #4 for 2 wks in Nov 65.

Only 1 new song entering the British Top 10 on Nov 3, 1965:

9. The Animals - It's My Life, #4 for 1 wk in Nov.

3 entries into the British Top 10 for Nov 10, 1965:

9. (tie) The Who – My Generation, #2 for 1 wk in Dec 65

9. (tie) Len Barry – 1-2-3, #2 for 2 wks in Nov/Dec 1965

7. The Seekers – The Carnival Is Over, #1 for 3 wks in Nov/Dec 1965.

A monster hit, the 4th biggest selling record of the year, written by Dusty Springfield’s brother Tom, as were most of their hits. They also worked with Paul Simon in 1965 before he reunited with Garfunkel in 1966, covering Simon’s “Some Day, One Day” for their 4th UK hit single (Simon’s first songwriting hit). And guitarist Bruce Woodley co-wrote 3 songs with Simon, “Cloudy”, “I Wish You Could Be Here” (a must listen), and the Cyrkle song “Red Rubber Ball”. Melt my heart, Judith Durham…

Entering the British Top 10 on Nov 17, 1965:

9. Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street, peaked at #9 for 1 wk, in the Top 10 for 3 wks

Bonus Video: Small Faces – I’ve Got Mine, from Nov 1965, didn’t chart, ugh. The verse instrumental riff showed up later in 1968 on the Ogdens’ LP title song. This clip from the movie Dateline Diamonds...

Wow...I don't think I'd seen any footage with Jimmy Winston before. It's weird seeing them with 2 guitarists.