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Music by the Month

The Year was 1965... the Month: May ---

"Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter." How many times have I used that line? Well, it is the title of the number 1 song of May 1965. What a terrific month! From out of nowhere and in the number 2 position was "Count Me In," by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. So many other fabulous top-10 hits were new to the charts in May 1965: "Ticket to Ride" (Beatles), "Help Me, Rhonda" (Beach Boys), "Wooly Bully" (Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs), and the wonderful instrumental, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," by the Sounds Orchestral - they were all new in May 1965 - and they are all still terrific 35 years later!

Glenn Yarbrough's had his only top-20 hit in May 1965, "Baby the Rain Must Fall." And the Supremes were right in the middle of their fabulous run; "Back in My Arms Again" was number 12.

I was in high school in 1965, ready for a summer at the pool and a vacation to Daytona Beach. Life was simple and care-free; and the music was out of this world! I didn't realize how special those times were. But I knew then, and I know how, how special the music was!

Indeed... those were the days!

What were you doing... in May of 1965?

We have the lyrics to many of these songs, and 750 others, in the Lyrics section of our Music Room.

Next month, we'll look back at June 1968. Be sure to check out BBHQ in June.

More? Pick and month and year to view our "Music by the Month" archives...

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January, '60	February, '66	March, '73	April, '61	May, '64
June, '70	July, '59	August, '69	September, '66	October, '74
November, '67	December, '62	January, '71	February, '68	March, '60
April, '75	May, '65	June, '68	July, '58	August, '63
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February, '57	March, '72

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