# Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402 "2015-09-09T00:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/1 "2015-09-09T00:30:47Z")
My last poll did not get much interest, seems Dopers have lost their taste in singles polls. If interest is low, than I will discontinue. So this is my last attempt. The year is 1965, and these are songs that reached the summit on the Canadian singles chart. In case you missed the first thread for 1964: > **[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524)** > > I decided to do a poll of singles that reached number one on the Canadian pop singles chart. Some songs will have appeared on SMAPTI’s “Retrospective Billboard #1 polls” or the “Best of the Rest” series, plenty others did NOT appear on either of... YOU MAY VOTE FOR MANY ENTRIES AS YOU WISH. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/2 "2015-09-09T02:26:46Z")
Righteous Bros, Beatles, Yardbirds, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Gerry/Pacemakers. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/3 "2015-09-09T04:28:22Z")
I need to see a year where I’m narrowing it down between one or two singles, not where I’m trying to decide between 25 or 30! It’s too hard! ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/4 "2015-09-09T04:43:09Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I need to see a year where I’m narrowing it down between one or two singles, not where I’m trying to decide between 25 or 30! It’s too hard! You don’t have to vote for more than one song, I just allowed that option. Personally I think it’s easier to vote for all songs one likes and get on with it rather than ponder and narrow down. Nothing wrong with it. Feel free to choose one. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/5 "2015-09-09T04:56:43Z")
I voted for ten of them, the biggest for me being “Eve of Destruction”. To me, that epitomizes all the hell that was happening in that era. It was a song that you did not want to dwell on too much. You do realize that "Shakin All Over, by Chad Allan & The Expressions, was really the first hit by the Guess Who, Canada’s first and biggest rock and roll band. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/6 "2015-09-09T05:11:08Z")
> [@bb49](#): > > I voted for ten of them, the biggest for me being “Eve of Destruction”. To me, that epitomizes all the hell that was happening in that era. It was a song that you did not want to dwell on too much. > > You do realize that "Shakin All Over, by Chad Allan & The Expressions, was really the first hit by the Guess Who, Canada’s first and biggest rock and roll band. You are absolutely right, I noticed that while making the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/7 "2015-09-09T14:17:34Z")
Unlike 1964, when there was one clear winner in the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** , I voted for six songs. The Beatles get on the board with “Help.” There are a lot of good songs on this list, as well as a lot of crap (e.g., Herman’s Hermits). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1965/730402/8 "2015-09-10T01:12:14Z")
I only voted for songs and artists I’m not totally sick of: Little Anthony, “Cara Mia” (Top 40 Radio needs more Bel Canto), Georgie Fame, and the two Billy Joe Royals. Quality, staying power, and influence on the artform did not enter into the equation.