The list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1965 highlights several great and culturally seismic tracks from the year’s biggest artists. Songs by many acts that never repeated their showcase moments in the ...

Few eras of music are as legendary as the mid-1960s. Pop music was amazing, psychedelia was on the rise, and even rock music was evolving in interesting ways. And at the center of that period, the ...

Need some good country songs from 1965 to pad your playlist? The following three songs aren’t just great tunes. They also, in small ways, contributed to the trajectory of country music as a whole. Let ...

“Nineteen sixty-five is the moment in rock history when the Technicolor butterfly burst out of its black-and-white cocoon.” That’s the opening line of “1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music,” ...

Some of Lou Reed's earliest records will be released this summer as part of a new archival series. In partnership with Reed's widow, Laurie Anderson, acclaimed label Light in the Attic will release ...

Lori Lundstrom's dad David Lundstrom's Minneapolis ambulance company that provided limos to the Beatles during their stay in Minneapolis, Aug 21-22, 1965. [MUSIC - THE BEATLES, "I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE" ...

Lou Reed can’t help but laugh after announcing the title of a new song, “Heroin,” on a demo recording from May 1965. He then gives a surprisingly folky, almost Dylan-esque performance of the tune, ...

Similar to Blind Willie McTell’s Last Session, the fact that Lou Reed’s Words & Music, May 1965 exists is as stunning as anything the recording contains. McTell’s recordings were the last of his life, ...