HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Down In The Boondocks” by Billy Joe Royal
“Down In The Boondocks” by Billy Joe Royal finished No. 52 on the year-end Top 100 of 1965, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 521965
Year-end charts11965
ArtistBilly Joe Royal1 year-end hit
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1965 was “Wooly Bully” by Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs.
Play “Down In The Boondocks”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1965 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1965 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | California Girls | The Beach Boys | ▶♪ |
| 50 | Go Now | Moody Blues | ▶♪ |
| 51 | Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey | ▶♪ |
| 52 | Down In The Boondocks | Billy Joe Royal | ▶♪ |
| 53 | Baby The Rain Must Fall | Glenn Yarbrough | ▶♪ |
| 54 | Catch Us If You Can | Dave Clark Five | ▶♪ |
| 55 | Eight Days A Week | The Beatles | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.