The Searchers, PJ Proby, The Fortunes, Chris Andrews and a Boy from down in the Boondocks.     Our feature looks back at the last year, inlcuding "Help!" on the charts!    The Magical Mystery Camp (https://www.magicalmysterycamp.com/toppermost/) once again sponsors Toppermost for the 2026 year!  #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

October 1965 (side A)

Herb Alpert, Billy Stewart, A Taste of Honey, Danny Hutton (on Hanna-Barbera Records), Kim Weston, yet another new cover of "Road Runner" and more!    The Magical Mystery Camp (https://www.magicalmysterycamp.com/toppermost/) once again sponsors Toppermost for the 2026 year!  #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

September 1965 (side D)

Several Beatles songs, Fontella Bass and Len Barry's "1-2-3".    Even "The Eve of Destruction", it's first cousin "The Dawn of Correction" and a mediocre Patty Duke song can't bring us down!    The Magical Mystery Camp (https://www.magicalmysterycamp.com/toppermost/) once again sponsors Toppermost for the 2026 year!  #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

September 1965 (side C)

The Gentrys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Andy Williams, Lesley Gore, the great Roy Head and the return of Jay and the Americans!   The Magical Mystery Camp (https://www.magicalmysterycamp.com/toppermost/) once again sponsors Toppermost for the 2026 year!     Friends of the show Darin Murphy and Jon Stone join us for a feature on the Beatles and Dylan! #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

September 1965 (side B)

Help! keeps on running while The Hollies invite us to look through any window, the Small Faces borrow an old title (and chord progression), while PJ Proby moves on with a tune from Lennon and McCartney.    The Magical Mystery Camp (https://www.magicalmysterycamp.com/toppermost/) once again sponsors Toppermost for the 2026 year!     Friends of the show Darin Murphy and Jon Stone join us for a feature on the Beatles and Dylan! #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

September 1965 (side A)

I'm mad, and I don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.    Elvis, Beatles and Charlie Rich sharing space in the charts with Stevie Wonder.     Meanwhile, Phil Spector brushes up on cod french.   #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

August 1965 (side C)

We start the US charts for August 1965.     Dean Martin sings, the Kingsmen are reading Playboy, Marianne Faithull (and Kit O'Toole) are enjoying some summer nights despite the fact Barbara Mason is a sad, sad girl.    #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

August 1965 (side B)

August 1965.    Steve Matteo drops in for a feature on film in 1965 (including Help!), and we go through the UK charts in August.    Dylan, Stones, Beatles, the Everly Brothers and Sonny (?1).    #madeonzencastr

August 1965 (side A)

Some of the biggest hits of the sixties that still ring through our heads, hearts (and shopping outlets?).      Dylan, James Brown, the Four Tops and the best of the Righteous Brothers.     Not just the rock tunes of a year or decade, but the entire twentieth century!    #madeonzencastr.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

July 1965 (side D)

Why is Dylan hanging out with Sonny and Cher while complaining to the Byrds about them?    All they really wanna do (Bob) is baby be friends with you.    Streisand, and Elvis EP and some grep Soul as well.   Support this podcast at the $6/month level on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/toppermostpodcast] to get extra content!   Also, Create your own podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost] today!  #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=toppermost]

July 1965 (side C)

Ed, Kit and Martin go chronologically through the singles releases of The Beatles, discussing what inspired the band in the charts, and any links there were with other artists. 

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