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September 16, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 15, 1965, covering September 16, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Help! (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Look At Us by Sonny & Cher

    Look At Us

    Sonny & Cher

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    27
  5. 5
    Album cover for Herman's Hermits On Tour by Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits On Tour

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

Katy Kurtzman

1965Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer[†]

Katy Kurtzman is an American actress and modelist.

Karl-Heinz Riedle

1965Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager[†]

Karl-Heinz Riedle is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Stephen Shareaux

1965Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter[†]

Stephen Shareaux is an American singer best known as lead vocalist for the hard rock band Kik Tracee. He is also a solo artist as well as lead vocalist and co-founder of alternative rock band Zen from Mars which includes members of Bang Tango, Enuff Z'Nuff, Flipp, and Fear Factory.

Notable Deaths

Ahn Eak-tai

1965Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)[†]

Ahn Eak-tai was a Korean classical composer and conductor. He conducted numerous major orchestras across Europe, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra. Ahn composed "Aegukga", a song best known as the national anthem of South Korea, Korean Dance, Nongae, and the Symphonic Fantasy Korea. His unpublished works, some of which have been discovered recently, include Poema Synfonic 'Mallorca, Lo Pi Formentor, and The Death of Emperor Gojong.

Fred Quimby

1965Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886)[†]

Frederick Clinton Quimby was an American animation producer and journalist best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Films. He was the film sales executive in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which included Tex Avery, Droopy, Butch Dog, Barney Bear, Michael Lah and multiple one-shot cartoons, as well as William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of Tom and Jerry.

Historical Context for September 16, 1965

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