This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1964. The chart was called "Middle-Road Singles" [1] and "Pop-Standard Singles" [2] at different points of the year.
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles(1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles(1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks(1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary(1983–present).
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
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Singles from 1963 | ||||||
December 7 | "There! I've Said It Again" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | January 4 | 11 | [3] [4] |
December 14 | "Popsicles and Icicles" | The Murmaids | 2 | January 11 | 9 | [5] [6] |
"Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Johnny Tillotson | 6 | January 4 | 6 | [5] [4] | |
December 21 | "Midnight Mary" | Joey Powers | 7 | January 4 | 5 | [7] [4] |
December 28 | "Forget Him" | Bobby Rydell | 3 | January 18 | 8 | [8] [9] |
Singles from 1964 | ||||||
January 4 | "As Usual" | Brenda Lee | 5 | January 25 | 6 | [4] [10] |
January 11 | "Pretty Paper" | Roy Orbison | 10 | January 11 | 1 | [6] |
January 18 | "Whispering" | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | 4 | January 25 | 4 | [9] [10] |
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Dionne Warwick | 2 | February 1 | 7 | [9] [11] | |
January 25 | "For You" | Ricky Nelson | 1 | February 8 | 7 | [10] [12] |
"That Lucky Old Sun" | Ray Charles | 10 | January 25 | 1 | [10] | |
February 1 | "Somewhere" | The Tymes | 8 | February 1 | 2 | [11] |
"A Fool Never Learns" | Andy Williams | 4 | February 15 | 6 | [11] [13] | |
"Java" | Al Hirt | 1 | February 22 | 12 | [11] [14] | |
February 15 | "Stop and Think It Over" | Dale & Grace | 3 | February 29 | 6 | [13] [15] |
"Navy Blue" | Diane Renay | 1 | March 21 | 8 | [13] [16] | |
"See the Funny Little Clown" | Bobby Goldsboro | 3 | March 14 | 7 | [13] [17] | |
"It's All in the Game" | Cliff Richard | 10 | February 15 | 2 | [13] | |
February 22 | "I Love You More and More Every Day" | Al Martino | 3 | March 21 | 7 | [14] [16] |
"The Shelter of Your Arms" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 6 | March 7 | 6 | [14] [18] | |
February 29 | "I Wish You Love" | Gloria Lynne | 9 | March 7 | 3 | [15] [18] |
March 7 | "Hello, Dolly!" | Louis Armstrong | 1 | March 28 | 19 | [18] [19] |
March 14 | "My Heart Belongs to Only You" | Bobby Vinton | 2 | March 28 | 7 | [17] [19] |
"Blue Winter" | Connie Francis | 7 | March 21 | 5 | [17] [16] | |
March 21 | "Stardust" | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | 10 | March 21 | 1 | [16] |
March 28 | "Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" | The Serendipity Singers | 2 | April 11 | 9 | [19] [20] |
"Think" | Brenda Lee | 4 | April 11 | 5 | [19] [20] | |
April 4 | "Tell It on the Mountain" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 7 | April 11 | 3 | [21] [20] |
"White on White" | Danny Williams | 3 | April 18 | 9 | [21] [22] | |
April 11 | "Ebb Tide" | Lenny Welch | 6 | May 2 | 5 | [20] [23] |
"Forever" | Pete Drake | 5 | May 2 | 5 | [20] [23] | |
April 18 | "Shangri-La" | Robert Maxwell his Harp and Orchestra | 4 | May 2 | 7 | [22] [23] |
April 25 | "Shangri-La" | Vic Dana | 8 | May 2 | 5 | [24] [23] |
"Cotton Candy" [A] | Al Hirt | 3 | May 30 | 7 | [24] [25] | |
May 2 | "Love Me With All Your Heart" | The Ray Charles Singers | 1 | May 30 | 12 | [23] [25] |
"Charade" | Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra | 10 | May 2 | 1 | [23] | |
May 9 | "Little Children" | Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas | 6 | May 9 | 2 | [26] |
"The Pink Panther Theme" | Henry Mancini and his Orchestra | 10 | May 9 | 2 | [26] | |
May 16 | "Walk on By" | Dionne Warwick | 7 | May 16 | 1 | [27] |
May 23 | "I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore" | Nat King Cole | 6 | May 30 | 4 | [28] [25] |
"People" | Barbra Streisand | 1 | June 27 | 12 | [28] [29] | |
"Diane" | The Bachelors | 3 | June 20 | 8 | [28] [30] | |
May 30 | "Today" | The New Christy Minstrels | 4 | July 11 | 7 | [25] [31] |
"Tell Me Why" | Bobby Vinton | 3 | June 27 | 6 | [25] [29] | |
June 6 | "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" | Connie Francis | 9 | June 6 | 3 | [32] |
"Tears and Roses" | Al Martino | 7 | June 20 | 5 | [32] [30] | |
June 20 | "I'll Touch a Star" | Terry Stafford | 4 | July 4 | 4 | [30] [33] |
"Beans in My Ears" | The Serendipity Singers | 5 | July 11 | 4 | [30] [31] | |
June 27 | "The Girl From Ipanema" | Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto | 1 | July 18 | 9 | [29] [34] |
July 11 | "Everybody Loves Somebody" | Dean Martin | 1 | August 1 | 13 | [31] [35] |
"(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" | Nancy Wilson | 2 | August 15 | 6 | [31] [36] | |
July 18 | "You're My World" | Cilla Black | 4 | August 8 | 5 | [34] [37] |
"I Still Get Jealous" | Louis Armstrong | 7 | July 18 | 3 | [34] | |
"Alone With You" | Brenda Lee | 8 | July 18 | 1 | [34] | |
"The World I Used To Know" | Jimmie Rodgers | 9 | July 18 | 2 | [34] | |
"I Believe" | The Bachelors | 7 | August 8 | 5 | [34] [37] | |
July 25 | "Al-di-la" | The Ray Charles Singers | 4 | August 15 | 4 | [38] [36] |
"Sugar Lips" | Al Hirt | 3 | August 22 | 5 | [38] [39] | |
August 1 | "I Want To Hold Your Hand" | Arthur Fiedler | 10 | August 1 | 2 | [35] |
August 8 | "In the Misty Moonlight" | Jerry Wallace | 2 | August 22 | 9 | [37] [39] |
August 15 | "A Tear Fell" | Ray Charles | 6 | August 22 | 3 | [36] [39] |
"Worry" [B] | Johnny Tillotson | 5 | August 29 | 5 | [36] [40] | |
August 22 | "Clinging Vine" | Bobby Vinton | 2 | August 29 | 6 | [39] [40] |
"Love Is All We Need" | Vic Dana | 7 | August 22 | 1 | [39] | |
"No One To Cry To" | Ray Charles | 8 | August 22 | 1 | [39] | |
"Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" | George Martin & his Orchestra | 7 | August 29 | 3 | [39] [40] | |
"Hello, Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)" | Allan Sherman | 9 | August 29 | 2 | [39] [40] | |
August 29 | "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" | Gale Garnett | 1 | September 26 | 14 | [40] [41] |
"Always Together" | Al Martino | 4 | October 3 | 6 | [40] [42] | |
"Invisible Tears" | The Ray Conniff Singers | 10 | August 29 | 2 | [40] | |
September 5 | "Wishin' and Hopin'" | Dusty Springfield | 4 | September 5 | 2 | [43] |
"When You Loved Me" | Brenda Lee | 8 | September 5 | 3 | [43] | |
September 12 | "A Summer Song" | Chad & Jeremy | 2 | October 3 | 10 | [44] [42] |
"Michael" | Trini Lopez | 7 | September 19 | 4 | [44] [45] | |
September 19 | "On The Street Where You Live" | Andy Williams | 3 | October 10 | 7 | [45] [46] |
September 26 | "Softly, as I Leave You" | Frank Sinatra | 4 | October 10 | 8 | [41] [46] |
"Funny Girl" | Barbra Streisand | 6 | October 10 | 7 | [41] [46] | |
October 3 | "I Don't Want To See Tomorrow" | Nat King Cole | 5 | October 31 | 7 | [42] [47] |
October 10 | "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" | Dean Martin | 1 | November 7 | 9 | [46] [48] |
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" | Tony Bennett | 3 | November 28 | 9 | [46] [49] | |
"I Wanna Be With You" | Nancy Wilson | 9 | October 10 | 1 | [46] | |
"The James Bond Theme" [C] | Billy Strange | 10 | October 10 | 2 | [46] | |
October 17 | "Cousin of Mine" | Sam Cooke | 7 | October 17 | 1 | [50] |
"I Don't Want to See You Again" | Peter & Gordon | 9 | October 17 | 1 | [50] | |
October 24 | "So Long Dearie" | Louis Armstrong | 9 | October 24 | 3 | [51] |
October 31 | "Ringo" | Lorne Greene | 1 | November 21 | 12 | [47] [52] |
November 7 | "She Understands Me" | Johnny Tillotson | 4 | December 5 | 8 | [48] [53] |
November 14 | "We Could" | Al Martino | 6 | December 12 | 5 | [54] [55] |
"Amore Scusami" | Robert Goulet | 2 | December 5 | 12 | [54] [53] | |
November 21 | "Mr. Lonely" | Bobby Vinton | 3 | November 21 | 1 | [52] |
"Four Strong Winds" | Bobby Bare | 9 | November 21 | 2 | [52] | |
"One More Time" [D] | The Ray Charles Singers | 7 | December 12 | 7 | [52] [55] |
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
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November 16 | "Dominique" | Sœur Sourire | 1 | December 7 | 11 | [56] [3] |
November 23 | "Since I Fell for You" | Lenny Welch | 3 | December 28 | 10 | [57] [8] |
November 30 | "Wives and Lovers" | Jack Jones | 9 | December 21 | 5 | [58] [7] |
December 7 | "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" | The Caravelles | 2 | December 21 | 5 | [3] [7] |
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | References |
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November 28 | "The Wedding" | Julie Rodgers | 1 | January 2 | 10 | [49] [59] |
"Willow Weep for Me" | Chad & Jeremy | 1 | January 23 | 11 | [49] [60] | |
December 5 | "Dear Heart" | Andy Williams | 2 | January 23 | 10 | [53] [60] |
December 12 | "Dear Heart" | Jack Jones | 6 | January 2 | 8 | [55] [59] |
"Walk Away" | Matt Monro | 5 | January 9 | 7 | [55] [61] | |
December 19 | "Hawaii Tattoo" | The Waikikis | 8 | January 16 | 6 | [62] [63] |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 16, 1964. [27]
BThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 29, 1964. [40]
CThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending October 24, 1964. [51]
DThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending December 5, 1964. [53]
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