Shawnee Mission West High School
1965 Trivia
Top Ten Hits
#1 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
#2 I Can’t Help Myself (The Four Tops )
#3 Wooly Bully ( Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs)
#4 My Girl (Temptations)
#5 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (Righteous Brothers)
#6 Downtown (Petula Clark)
#7 Help! (The Beatles)
#8 Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat (Herman’s Hermits)
#9 Crying in The Chapel (Elvis Presley)
#10 You Were On My Mind (We Five)
http://top40.about.com/library/weekly/aa1965a.htm
Other Popular Hits
• King of the Road (Roger Miller)
• I'll Never Find Another You (Seekers)
• The Carnival Is Over (Seekers)
• Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire)
• What's New Pussycat (Tom Jones)
• I Got You, Babe (Sonny & Cher)
• Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds)
• Ferry across the Mersey (Gerry & the Pacemakers)
• Mrs. Brown You Have a Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits)
• Stop! In the Name of Love (Supremes)
• I Hear a Symphony (Supremes)
• Get off of My Cloud (Rolling Stones)
Popular Television Shows
• Bonanza (NBC)
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS)
• The Lucy Show (CBS)
• The Red Skelton Hour (CBS)
• Batman (ABC)
• The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
• Bewitched (ABC)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
• Hogan's Heroes (CBS)
http://www.historycentral.com/20th/1965.html
Sixities Statistics
• Population 177,830,000
• Unemployment 3,852,000
• National Debt $286.3 Billion
• Teacher's Salary $5,174
• Minimum Wage $1.00
• Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
• Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000
• An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
Movies
Top Grossing Films (Click links to learn more about each film.)
• Mary Poppins • What's New Pussycat?
• The Sound of Music • Shenandoah
Academy Awards (Click links to learn more.)
Academy Awards 1965
Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox
Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
Best Actress: Julie Christie - Darling
Links to 1965 Websites