Class of 1965

01 I Got You (I Feel Good)

Do you remember?  1965 was the year when the Vietnam war continued to worsen and 35,000 marched on Washington in protest of the war.  Health warnings on cigarette packs were mandated; the skate board became a favorite toy; skirts got shorter and men’s hair got longer.  The doomed Betamax was born; the St. Louis Arch was completed; the Beatles released “Help”.  President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plans for Medicare and the war on poverty; Pope Paul VI became the first Pope to visit the United States; a power blackout in Canada and New York left 30 million people in the dark.

In 1965 the annual inflation rate was 1.59%; at year end the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 969; gas was 31 cents per gallon.  The cost of a new house was $13,600; average cost of a new car was $2,650; average annual income was $6,450.

Top 10 on the charts:

• I Can’t Get No Satisfaction  ( The Rolling Stones)
• I Can’t Help Myself  (The Four Tops)
• Wooly Bully  (Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs)
• My Girl  (Temptations)
• You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’  (Righteous Brothers)
• Downtown  (Petula Clark)
• Help!  (The Beatles)
• Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat  (Herman’s Hermits)
• Crying In The Chapel  (Elvis Presley)
• You Were On My Mind  (We Five)