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August 23, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 18, 1965, covering August 23, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beatles VI by The Beatles

    Beatles VI

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

    Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

    The Beach Boys

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Herman's Hermits On Tour by Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits On Tour

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    23

Notable Births

Roger Avary

1965Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Roger Roberts Avary is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work with Quentin Tarantino on the script for Pulp Fiction (1994), for which they won Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards. Avary has also directed films such as Killing Zoe (1993) and The Rules of Attraction (2002), and wrote the screenplays for Silent Hill (2006) and Beowulf (2007).

Historical Context for August 23, 1965

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