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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1964.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Before I'm Over You | Loretta Lynn | - |
The Hits of Jo Stafford | Jo Stafford | - | |
10 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | - |
13 | The Times They Are a-Changin' | Bob Dylan | - |
20 | Meet the Beatles! | The Beatles | US |
- | Folk Singer | Muddy Waters | - |
A Lettermen Kind of Love | The Lettermen | - | |
Living a Lie | Al Martino | - | |
Stay with The Hollies | The Hollies | Debut | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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7 | Born to Wander | The Four Seasons | - |
18 | Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington | Aretha Franklin | - |
- | Anyone Who Had a Heart | Dionne Warwick | - |
The Many Moods of Tony | Tony Bennett | - | |
Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal | James Brown | Live | |
The Third Album | Barbra Streisand | - | |
Tom Jones | John Addison | Soundtrack to 1963 film | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Ain't That Good News | Sam Cooke | - |
2 | Shut Down Volume 2 | The Beach Boys | - |
20 | Meet The Temptations | The Temptations | - |
- | The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell | Glen Campbell | - |
Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs | The Four Seasons | - | |
Getz/Gilberto | Stan Getz and João Gilberto | - | |
Glad All Over | The Dave Clark Five | - | |
The Italian Voice of Al Martino | Al Martino | - | |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Jimmy Smith | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | When I'm Alone I Cry | Marvin Gaye | - |
2 | Kissin' Cousins | Elvis Presley | Soundtrack |
10 | The Beatles' Second Album | The Beatles | US |
15 | Together | Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells | - |
16 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | - |
17 | A Girl Called Dusty | Dusty Springfield | - |
20 | The Believer | John Coltrane | - |
When Lights Are Low | Tony Bennett | - | |
- | America, I Hear You Singing | Frank Sinatra with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring | - |
Black Orchid | The Three Sounds | - | |
Funny Girl | Barbra Streisand | Original Broadway Cast | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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11 | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally | The Beatles | Canada |
18 | By Request | Brenda Lee | - |
- | Bewitched | Jack Jones | - |
Dance with The Shadows | The Shadows | - | |
The Dave Clark Five Return! | The Dave Clark Five | US | |
Hello, Dolly! | Louis Armstrong | ||
I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | - | |
The Lettermen Look at Love | The Lettermen | - | |
Mary Wells Sings My Guy | Mary Wells | - | |
Stay & Other Great Hits | The Four Seasons | - | |
Viva Las Vegas | Elvis Presley | Soundtrack EP | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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19 | Long Tall Sally | The Beatles | EP |
- | Back in Town | The Kingston Trio | Live |
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying | Gerry & the Pacemakers | US | |
The Fabulous Ventures | The Ventures | - | |
I Love You More and More Every Day/Tears and Roses | Al Martino | - | |
Robin and the 7 Hoods | Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis, Jr. | Soundtrack | |
Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You | Dusty Springfield | - | |
A World Without Love | Peter and Gordon | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | Roy Orbison | Compilation |
10 | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Soundtrack |
13 | All Summer Long | The Beach Boys | - |
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore | Nat King Cole | - | |
- | The Body & the Soul | Freddie Hubbard | - |
Hello, Dolly! | Ella Fitzgerald | - | |
The Judy Collins Concert | Judy Collins | Live | |
Keep on Pushing | The Impressions | - | |
Looking For Love | Connie Francis | - | |
Rag Doll | The Four Seasons | - | |
Wonderful Life | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | Soundtrack | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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8 | Another Side of Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | - |
14 | Five by Five | The Rolling Stones | EP |
31 | Make Way for Dionne Warwick | Dionne Warwick | - |
Where Did Our Love Go | The Supremes | - | |
- | American Tour | The Dave Clark Five | US |
Black Pearls | John Coltrane | - | |
Dream With Dean | Dean Martin | - | |
It Might as Well Be Swing | Frank Sinatra with Count Basie | - | |
Two Great Guitars | Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry | - | |
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 | The Ventures | - | |
Where Love Has Gone | Jack Jones | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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11 | The Five Faces of Manfred Mann | Manfred Mann | - |
14 | The Doris Day Christmas Album | Doris Day | Christmas |
- | The Animals | The Animals | US version |
The Cat | Jimmy Smith | - | |
In the Name of Love | Peggy Lee | - | |
People | Barbra Streisand | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian | Johnny Cash | - |
Early Orbison | Roy Orbison | Compilation | |
2 | Kinks | The Kinks | - |
16 | A Bit of Liverpool | The Supremes | British Invasion tribute LP |
17 | 12 X 5 | The Rolling Stones | - |
19 | Beach Boys Concert | The Beach Boys | Live |
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. | Simon & Garfunkel | - | |
With a Smile and a Song | Doris Day | - | |
20 | Roustabout | Elvis Presley | Soundtrack |
- | The Animals | The Animals | UK version |
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart | Dean Martin | - | |
Dusty | Dusty Springfield | US | |
Gerry & the Pacemakers Second Album | Gerry & the Pacemakers | US | |
Joan Baez/5 | Joan Baez | - | |
Oscar Peterson Trio + One | The Oscar Peterson trio with Clark Terry | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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9 | The Beach Boys' Christmas Album | The Beach Boys | Christmas |
12 | Hello Broadway | Marvin Gaye | - |
16 | Who Can I Turn To | Tony Bennett | - |
23 | The Beatles' Story | The Beatles | US |
- | 12 Songs of Christmas | Bing Crosby with Frank Sinatra | Christmas |
Blue Jeans a'Swinging | Swinging Blue Jeans | - | |
In The Hollies Style | The Hollies | - | |
The Jack Jones Christmas Album | Jack Jones | Christmas | |
A Merry Christmas | Al Martino | Christmas | |
A New Kind of Connie... | Connie Francis | - | |
St. Louis to Liverpool | Chuck Berry | - | |
Softly, as I Leave You | Frank Sinatra | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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4 | Beatles for Sale | The Beatles | - |
Five Live Yardbirds | The Yardbirds | Live | |
7 | The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John) | The Kingston Trio | - |
15 | Beatles '65 | The Beatles | US |
21 | Autobiography | Nat Adderley | - |
- | Coast to Coast | The Dave Clark Five | US |
Verlaine et Rimbaud | Léo Ferré | France | |
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1964.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | The Beatles | I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964 | ![]() | UK 1 – Dec 1963, US BB 1 – Jan 1964, US CashBox 1 of 1964, Canada 1 – Jan 1964, Norway 1 – Jan 1964, Germany 1 – Feb 1964, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1963, Australia 2 of 1963, RYM 2 of 1964, DDD 4 of 1963, South Africa 6 of 1963, US BB 7 of 1964, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1963, POP 7 of 1964, Rolling Stone 16, RIAA 28, Scrobulate 29 of oldies, Acclaimed 30, Germany 40 of the 1960s, WXPN 350 |
2 | Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman | 1964 | ![]() | UK 1 – Sep 1964, US BB 1 – Sep 1964, Canada 1 – Aug 1964, Norway 1 – Oct 1964, Germany 1 – Jan 1965, Éire 1 – Oct 1964, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1965, US CashBox 4 of 1964, DDD 8 of 1964, RYM 13 of 1964, South Africa 15 of 1964, 16 in 2FM list, US BB 17 of 1964, POP 17 of 1964, Australia 20 of 1964, RIAA 43, OzNet 62, Germany 64 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 77, Europe 83 of the 1960s, Party 147 of 2007, Rolling Stone 222, Belgium 234 of all time, WXPN 655 |
3 | The Animals | House of the Rising Sun | 1964 | ![]() | UK 1 – Jun 1964, US BB 1 – Aug 1964, Canada 1 – Aug 1964, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Apr 1964, France 4 – Oct 1972, DDD 4 of 1964, RYM 5 of 1964, Netherlands 3 1964, Poland 6 – Oct 1982, Europe 7 of the 1960s, Germany 9 – Jan 1965, US BB 38 of 1964, POP 38 of 1964, US CashBox 53 of 1964, Acclaimed 55, Italy 66 of 1965, Scrobulate 80 of oldies, 89 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 122, Belgium 124 of all time, TheQ 227, RIAA 240, OzNet 275, Germany 296 of the 1960s |
4 | The Beatles | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | ![]() | UK 1 – Jul 1964, US BB 1 – Jul 1964, Canada 1 – Jul 1964, Norway 1 – Aug 1964, Éire 1 – Aug 1964, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1964, Germany 2 – Sep 1964, Australia 3 of 1964, RYM 6 of 1964, DDD 11 of 1964, South Africa 14 of 1964, US CashBox 18 of 1964, Scrobulate 39 of oldies, Europe 96 of the 1960s, Rolling Stone 153, Germany 254 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 411, OzNet 815 |
5 | The Beatles | I Feel Fine | 1964 | ![]() | UK 1 – Dec 1964, US BB 1 – Dec 1964, Canada 1 – Nov 1964, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1965, Norway 1 – Dec 1964, Éire 1 – Dec 1964, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1964, Germany 3 – Jan 1965, Australia 8 of 1964, RYM 8 of 1964, DDD 9 of 1964, US CashBox 19 of 1965, Scrobulate 40 of oldies, Germany 207 of the 1960s |