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April 23, 1965

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 21, 1965, covering April 23, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30
  2. 2
    Album cover for Introducing Herman's Hermits by Herman's Hermits

    Introducing Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Goldfinger by Soundtrack

    Goldfinger

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Return Of Roger Miller by Roger Miller

    The Return Of Roger Miller

    Roger Miller

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Rolling Stones; Now! by The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones; Now!

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

Leni Robredo

1965Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines[†]

Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She is the mayor-elect of Naga, Camarines Sur, having won the 2025 Naga local elections. She previously served as the representative of Camarines Sur's third district from 2013 to 2016.

Notable Deaths

George Adamski

1965George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (born 1891)[†]

George Adamski was a Polish-American author who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he displayed numerous photographs in the 1940s and 1950s that he said were of alien spacecraft, claimed to have met with friendly Nordic alien or "Space Brothers", and claimed to have taken flights with them to the Moon and other planets.

Historical Context for April 23, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]