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May 23, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 1965, covering May 23, 1965.

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    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    2
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    10
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    Album cover for Introducing Herman's Hermits by Herman's Hermits

    Introducing Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits

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    Peak
    2
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    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

    The Beach Boys Today!

    The Beach Boys

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    Peak
    4
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    9
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    Album cover for Dear Heart by Andy Williams

    Dear Heart

    Andy Williams

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Manolo Sanchís

1965Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer[†]

Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a sweeper.

Tom Tykwer

1965Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer[†]

Tom Tykwer is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009). He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012) and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015–2018), and worked on the score for Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections (2021). Tykwer is also well known as the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed German television series Babylon Berlin (2017–).

Melissa McBride

1965Melissa McBride, American actress[†]

Melissa Suzanne McBride is an American actress. She made her acting debut in 1993, and went onto appear in Walker, Texas Ranger (1997) and Dawson's Creek (1998). In 2007, she also starred in the box office film The Mist (2007). Her breakout role was Carol Peletier on the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2022), and later the series' spinoff The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023–present). She has garnered critical acclaim and received multiple awards and nominations for her role on the show. Originally cast in a minor role, McBride's role expanded over time to a main cast member and as of 2020, she is the second billed cast member in the opening credits of the show, and one of only two cast members to appear in every season.

Paul Sironen

1965Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player[†]

Paul Sironen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of Finnish descent who was a prominent Second-row forward for the Balmain Tigers during the late 1980s, and early 1990s. He was part of the team that played in successive Grand Finals in 1988 and 1989, and included other representative players Steve "Blocker" Roach, Wayne Pearce, Benny Elias and Garry Jack. He made a number of appearances for both New South Wales in State of Origin, and also for Australia, and has been named as part of the Wests Tigers Team of the Century.

Notable Deaths

David Smith (sculptor)

1965David Smith, American sculptor (born 1906)[†]

Roland David Smith was an American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.

Historical Context for May 23, 1965

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