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Song of the Day #6,188: ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ – The Byrds

The week of June 15, 1965, found The Four Tops at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).’ It was the first of two #1s for the group, followed by ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’ a year later.

In the #2 spot that week was The Byrds’ recording of Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ the first single from the band’s album of the same name. The Byrds were so keen to tackle the song that their version was recorded before Dylan’s was even released (they had heard an early take).

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Song of the Day #6,174: ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ – The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys claimed the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 1, 1965, with ‘Help Me, Rhonda,’ their second chart-topper (following the previous year’s ‘I Get Around‘).

This was the second version of this song released in 1965. The first, titled ‘Help Me, Ronda,’ appeared on the band’s album The Beach Boys Today!, ran about 20 seconds longer, and had less of a rock sound. Brian Wilson felt the song had hit potential so the band rerecorded it with a little more oomph.

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Song of the Day #6,160: ‘Count Me In’ – Gary Lewis and the Playboys

The Beatles topped the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 18, 1965, with ‘Ticket to Ride,’ their eighth #1 on the chart and second of 1965.

In second that week was Herman’s Hermits’ ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,’ featured a couple of weeks ago when it was at #1. How many acts saw themselves kicked out, or kept out, of the top spot by The Beatles?

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Song of the Day #6,147: ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’ – Herman’s Hermits

The #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 4, 1965, was a novelty track by Herman’s Hermits titled ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter.’

When I first saw this title, I was reminded of daily commenter Dana’s question just last week: If you removed the parenthetical opening phrase of B.J. Thomas’ ‘(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,’ would it still have the longest title of a #1 song?

Well, the answer is no… today’s SOTD has a seven-word title with no parentheses, topping the six non-parenthetical words in Thomas’ track. So that mystery didn’t take long to solve.

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Song of the Day #6,133: ‘The Game of Love’ – Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders

The week of April 20, 1965, saw Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘The Game of Love,’ a song that had reached #2 in their native UK six months earlier.

Frontman Fontana left the band in the middle of a concert later that year, leaving the Mindbenders to continue as a trio. They bounced back nicely, making it to #2 with ‘A Groovy Kind of Love‘ the following year.

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