“Wooly Bully” became a hit in spring 1965. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 in March, climbed fast, and by June 1965 it peaked at #2 — held out of the #1 spot by The Beach Boys’ “Help Me, Rhonda.” Even without hitting #1, it was so huge across radio and jukeboxes that Billboard later named it the #1 song of the entire year. | Rememberthe60s

59K views · 3.5K reactions | NOVEMBER 6, 1965...this tune reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100...issued as a single on OCTOBER 6. 1965, it debuted on the charts at #39 (already a Top 40 hit) and it skyrocketed up the charts to #12 the following week, to #5 the week after that, and then to number one.. | Motown Classics 2 | Facebook