List of UK top-ten singles in 1964

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For the second successive year, The Beatles (photographed with Ed Sullivan) had the biggest-selling single of the year with "Can't Buy Me Love", which spent three weeks at number-one and finished as the fourth best-selling single of the 1960s. The group had four other top 10 entries in 1964, all of which topped the chart. Beatles with Ed Sullivan.jpg
For the second successive year, The Beatles (photographed with Ed Sullivan) had the biggest-selling single of the year with "Can't Buy Me Love", which spent three weeks at number-one and finished as the fourth best-selling single of the 1960s. The group had four other top 10 entries in 1964, all of which topped the chart.
Irish group The Bachelors achieved five UK top 10 hits this year, the highest-charting of which was "Diane", which reached number-one for one week in February. The Bachelors.png
Irish group The Bachelors achieved five UK top 10 hits this year, the highest-charting of which was "Diane", which reached number-one for one week in February.
The Rolling Stones entered the top 10 for the first time in 1964, with three singles making the countdown, including the number-one hits "It's All Over Now" and "Little Red Rooster". Rolling Stones at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (1964) 2.png
The Rolling Stones entered the top 10 for the first time in 1964, with three singles making the countdown, including the number-one hits "It's All Over Now" and "Little Red Rooster".

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. [2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1964, as well as singles which peaked in 1963 and 1965 but were in the top 10 in 1964. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

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One-hundred and fourteen singles were in the top ten in 1964. Ten singles from 1963 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Somewhere" by P. J. Proby, "Terry" by Twinkle and "Yeh, Yeh" by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were all released in 1964 but did not reach their peak until 1965. "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five, "I Only Want to Be with You" by Dusty Springfield and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" by Gene Pitney were the singles from 1963 to reach their peak in 1964. Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1964. The Beach Boys, Cilla Black, The Hollies, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1964.

The 1963 Christmas number-one, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles, remained at number one for the first two weeks of 1964. The first new number-one single of the year was "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five. Overall, twenty-three different singles peaked at number-one in 1964, with The Beatles (3) having the most singles hit that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and fourteen singles charted in the top 10 in 1964, with one-hundred and four singles reaching their peak this year.

Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1964. Cliff Richard secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1964 with six hit singles, five of which featured his backing group The Shadows.

The Animals were one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "The House of the Rising Sun". Brian Poole, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Kinks, Manfred Mann and The Supremes were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1964.

Chart debuts

Forty artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1964, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, six went on to record another hit single that year: The Animals, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, Peter and Gordon, The Supremes and The Swinging Blue Jeans. Cilla Black, Manfred Mann, P. J. Proby and The Rolling Stones all had two more top 10 singles in 1964. The Hollies had three other entries in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
The Swinging Blue Jeans 2"Hippy Hippy Shake"2"You're No Good" (3)
Big Dee Irwin 1"Swinging on a Star"7
The Hollies 4"Stay"8"Just One Look" (2), "Here I Go Again" (4), "We're Through" (7)
Manfred Mann 3"5-4-3-2-1"5"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1), "Sha La La" (3)
The Merseybeats 1"I Think of You"5
Cilla Black 3"Anyone Who Had a Heart"1"You're My World" (1), "It's for You" (7)
The Rolling Stones 3"Not Fade Away"3"It's All Over Now" (1), "Little Red Rooster" (1)
Peter and Gordon 2"A World Without Love"1"Nobody I Know" (10)
The Applejacks 1"Tell Me When"7
Millie 1"My Boy Lollipop"2
The Mojos 1"Everything's Alright"9
The Migil Five 1"Mockin' Bird Hill"10
The Four Pennies 1"Juliet"1
Dionne Warwick 1"Walk On By"9
Mary Wells 1"My Guy"5
Lulu 1"Shout"7
The Luvvers
P. J. Proby 3"Hold Me"3"Together" (8), "Somewhere" (6) [A]
The Animals 2"The House of the Rising Sun"1"I'm Crying" (8)
The Barron Knights 1"Call Up the Groups"3
The Nashville Teens 2"Tobacco Road"6"Google Eye" (10)
The Beach Boys 1"I Get Around"7
The Honeycombs 1"Have I the Right?"1
The Kinks 2"You Really Got Me"1"All Day and All of the Night" (2)
Dave Berry 1"The Crying Game"5
Herman's Hermits 1"I'm into Something Good"1
Marianne Faithfull 1"As Tears Go By"9
The Supremes 2"Where Did Our Love Go"3"Baby Love" (1)
Julie Rogers 1"The Wedding"3
Sandie Shaw 1"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"1
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra 1"How Soon"10
Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers 1"One Way Love"9
The Rockin' Berries 1"He's in Town"3
Wayne Fontana 1"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"5
The Mindbenders
Helmut Zacharias & His Orchestra 1"Tokyo Melody"9
Pretty Things 1"Don't Bring Me Down"10
Val Doonican 1"Walk Tall"3
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 1"Yeh, Yeh"1
Twinkle"1"Terry"4

Songs from films

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Kissin' Cousins" (from Kissin' Cousins ), "Move Over Darling" ( Move Over, Darling ) and "A Hard Day's Night" and "Can't Buy Me Love" ( A Hard Day's Night ).

Additionally, the original recording of "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Original Song after being used in the 1944 film Going My Way . "Diane" was written for the 1927 silent film Seventh Heaven . P. J. Proby released a cover version of "Somewhere" from the film West Side Story , reaching number six at the beginning of 1965.

Best-selling singles

Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list. However, in 2011 the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling single of each year in chart history from 1952 to date. According to the list, "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1964. "Can't Buy Me Love" (4) and "I Feel Fine" (5) both ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.

Top-ten singles

Key
SymbolMeaning
Single peaked in 1963 but still in chart in 1964.
Single released in 1964 but peaked in 1965.
(#)Year-end best-selling single.
EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
SingleArtistPeakPeak reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 1963
5 September 196321"She Loves You" ‡ The Beatles 112 September 19636
14 November 19638"Don't Talk to Him" ‡ Cliff Richard & The Shadows 25 December 19631
21 November 19638"Secret Love" ‡ Kathy Kirby 412 December 19632
28 November 19638"You Were Made for Me" ‡ Freddie and the Dreamers 35 December 19634
6"María Elena" ‡ Los Indios Tabajaras 512 December 19631
5 December 196312"Glad All Over" The Dave Clark Five 116 January 19642
9"I Only Want to Be with You" Dusty Springfield 49 January 19643
10"I Want to Hold Your Hand" ‡ The Beatles 112 December 19635
12 December 19636"Dominique" ‡ The Singing Nun 726 December 19632
19 December 19638"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" Gene Pitney 52 January 19642
Singles in 1964
9 January 19647"Hippy Hippy Shake" The Swinging Blue Jeans 223 January 19641
3"Swinging on a Star" [B] Big Dee Irwin 716 January 19642
16 January 19642"Stay" [C] The Hollies 816 January 19642
23 January 19649"Needles and Pins" The Searchers 130 January 19643
7"As Usual" Brenda Lee 56 February 19641
7"I'm the One" Gerry and the Pacemakers 26 February 19642
30 January 19643"Don't Blame Me" Frank Ifield 813 February 19641
6 February 19649"Diane" The Bachelors 120 February 19641
5"5-4-3-2-1" Manfred Mann 513 February 19642
13 February 19646"I Think of You" The Merseybeats 527 February 19642
8"Anyone Who Had a Heart" Cilla Black 127 February 19643
20 February 19642"I'm the Lonely One" Cliff Richard & The Shadows 827 February 19641
27 February 19647"Bits and Pieces" The Dave Clark Five 25 March 19643
2"Candy Man" Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 65 March 19641
5 March 19648"Little Children" Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 119 March 19642
12 March 19647"Not Fade Away" The Rolling Stones 326 March 19641
7"Just One Look" The Hollies 226 March 19641
3"Boys Cry" Eden Kane 819 March 19641
1"Let Me Go, Lover!" Kathy Kirby 1012 March 19641
19 March 196410"I Love You Because" Jim Reeves 526 March 19643
26 March 19644"That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" Gene Pitney 726 March 19641
7"Can't Buy Me Love" (#1) The Beatles 12 April 19643
2 April 19649"I Believe" The Bachelors 27 May 19641
9 April 19646"A World Without Love" Peter and Gordon 123 April 19642
3"Tell Me When" The Applejacks 716 April 19642
16 April 19648"My Boy Lollipop" Millie 221 May 19641
23 April 19646"Don't Throw Your Love Away" The Searchers 17 May 19642
30 April 19644"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" Gerry and the Pacemakers 67 May 19641
2"Move Over Darling" Doris Day 830 April 19642
1"Everything's Alright" The Mojos 930 April 19641
1"Mockin' Bird Hill" The Migil Five 1030 April 19641
7 May 19646"Juliet" The Four Pennies 121 May 19641
2"Walk On By" [D] Dionne Warwick 97 May 19641
14 May 196411"It's Over" Roy Orbison 125 June 19642
6"Constantly" Cliff Richard 44 June 19641
4"A Little Loving" The Fourmost 628 May 19641
21 May 19647"You're My World" Cilla Black 128 May 19644
28 May 19644"The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" The Shadows 54 June 19641
4"No Particular Place to Go" Chuck Berry 311 June 19641
4 June 19647"Someone, Someone" Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 225 June 19642
11 June 19643"Here I Go Again" The Hollies 418 June 19641
4"My Guy" Mary Wells 518 June 19642
3"Shout" Lulu & The Luvvers 718 June 19641
18 June 19644"Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong 425 June 19641
25 June 19643"Ramona" The Bachelors 42 July 19641
4"You're No Good" The Swinging Blue Jeans 32 July 19641
1"Can't You See That She's Mine" The Dave Clark Five 1025 June 19641
2 July 19645"Hold Me" P. J. Proby 39 July 19641
6"The House of the Rising Sun" The Animals 19 July 19641
1"Nobody I Know" Peter and Gordon 102 July 19641
9 July 19649"It's All Over Now" The Rolling Stones 116 July 19641
15"I Won't Forget You" Jim Reeves 327 August 19643
1"Kissin' Cousins" Elvis Presley 109 July 19641
16 July 19649"A Hard Day's Night" The Beatles 123 July 19643
6"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" Dusty Springfield 323 July 19642
5"On the Beach" Cliff Richard & The Shadows 76 August 19641
23 July 19646"Call Up the Groups" The Barron Knights 36 August 19642
9"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Manfred Mann 113 August 19642
30 July 19645"Tobacco Road" The Nashville Teens 66 August 19644
6 August 19645"I Get Around" The Beach Boys 727 August 19641
13 August 19641"It's Only Make Believe" Billy Fury 1013 August 19641
20 August 19647"Have I the Right?" The Honeycombs 127 August 19642
1"From a Window" Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 1020 August 19641
27 August 19646"You Really Got Me" The Kinks 110 September 19642
2"It's for You" Cilla Black 73 September 19641
3 September 19644"The Crying Game" Dave Berry 53 September 19642
7"I Wouldn't Trade You for the World" The Bachelors 410 September 19641
10 September 19648"I'm into Something Good" Herman's Hermits 124 September 19642
6"Rag Doll" The Four Seasons 224 September 19642
4"As Tears Go By" Marianne Faithfull 910 September 19643
17 September 19648"Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes 31 October 19643
24 September 196410"Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison 18 October 19643
1 October 19647"The Wedding" Julie Rogers 329 October 19642
8 October 19641"Together" P. J. Proby 88 October 19641
5"When You Walk in the Room" The Searchers 322 October 19641
3"I'm Crying" The Animals 815 October 19641
15 October 19644"We're Through" The Hollies 729 October 19641
22 October 19645"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" Sandie Shaw 122 October 19643
5"Walk Away" Matt Monro 45 November 19642
1"How Soon" Henry Mancini Orchestra 1022 October 19641
29 October 19642"The Twelfth of Never" Cliff Richard 829 October 19642
1"One Way Love" Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers 929 October 19641
5 November 19643"Sha La La" Manfred Mann 312 November 19641
7"Baby Love" The Supremes 119 November 19642
12 November 19644"He's in Town" The Rockin' Berries 319 November 19641
5"All Day and All of the Night" The Kinks 219 November 19642
5"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders 526 November 19641
1"Google Eye" The Nashville Teens 1012 November 19641
19 November 19641"Tokyo Melody" Helmut Zacharias 919 November 19641
1"Don't Bring Me Down" Pretty Things 1019 November 19641
26 November 19645"Little Red Rooster" The Rolling Stones 13 December 19641
7"I'm Gonna Be Strong" Gene Pitney 23 December 19642
3"There's A Heartache Following Me" Jim Reeves 610 December 19641
9"Downtown" Petula Clark 217 December 19643
2"Losing You" Dusty Springfield 93 December 19641
3 December 19648"I Feel Fine" The Beatles 110 December 19645
10 December 19647"Walk Tall" Val Doonican 317 December 19642
3"Pretty Paper" Roy Orbison 617 December 19642
17 December 19643"I Understand" Freddie and the Dreamers 524 December 19642
3"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" The Bachelors 724 December 19641
4"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" Cliff Richard & The Shadows 631 December 19641
24 December 19645"Somewhere" ♦ P. J. Proby 614 January 19652
31 December 19646"Yeh, Yeh" ♦ Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 114 January 19652
6"Terry" ♦ Twinkle 47 January 19653

Entries by artist

Cilla Black made her first appearance in the top 10 this year, achieving three entries, including the number-one hits "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World". Engelse zangeres Cilla Black hield persconferentie in Apollo hotel Amsterdam. Ci, Bestanddeelnr 923-2592.jpg
Cilla Black made her first appearance in the top 10 this year, achieving three entries, including the number-one hits "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World".
The Supremes made their chart debut this year, securing two top 10 entries, including "Baby Love", which became the first Motown song to reach number-one in the UK. Zanggroep The Supremes in Hilton-hotel aan pers voorgesteld, v.l.n.r. Florence B, Bestanddeelnr 918-2472.jpg
The Supremes made their chart debut this year, securing two top 10 entries, including "Baby Love", which became the first Motown song to reach number-one in the UK.
Herman's Hermits reached number-one in the UK in September 1964 with their debut single "I'm into Something Good". Hermans Hermits 1965.jpg
Herman's Hermits reached number-one in the UK in September 1964 with their debut single "I'm into Something Good".

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1964, including singles that reached their peak in 1963 or 1965. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1964 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksSingles
6 Cliff Richard [E] [F] 19"Constantly", "Don't Talk to Him", "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)", "I'm the Lonely One", "On the Beach", "The Twelfth of Never"
5 The Bachelors 31"Diane", "I Believe", "I Wouldn't Trade You for the World", "No Arms Can Ever Hold You", "Ramona"
The Beatles [E] 32"A Hard Day's Night", "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You"
The Shadows [E] [F] 15"Don't Talk to Him", "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)", "I'm the Lonely One", "On the Beach", "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt"
4 The Hollies 16"Here I Go Again", "Just One Look", "Stay", "We're Through"
3 Cilla Black 17"Anyone Who Had a Heart", "It's for You", "You're My World"
The Dave Clark Five [G] 16"Bits and Pieces", "Can't You See That She's Mine", "Glad All Over"
Dusty Springfield [G] 16"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "I Only Want to Be with You", "Losing You"
Gene Pitney [G] 16"I'm Gonna Be Strong", "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"
Jim Reeves 28"I Love You Because", "I Won't Forget You", "There's a Heartache Following Me"
Manfred Mann 17"5-4-3-2-1", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Sha La La"
P. J. Proby [F] 7"Hold Me", "Together", "Somewhere"
The Rolling Stones 21"It's All Over Now", "Little Red Rooster", "Not Fade Away"
Roy Orbison 24"It's Over", "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Pretty Paper"
The Searchers 20"Don't Throw Your Love Away", "Needles and Pins", "When You Walk in the Room"
2 The Animals 9"The House of the Rising Sun", "I'm Crying"
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 9"From a Window", "Little Children"
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 9"Candy Man", "Someone, Someone"
Freddie and the Dreamers [E] 7"I Understand", "You Were Made for Me"
Gerry and the Pacemakers 11"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", "I'm the One"
Kathy Kirby [E] 4"Let Me Go, Lover!", "Secret Love"
The Kinks 11"All Day and All of the Night", "You Really Got Me"
The Nashville Teens 6"Google Eye", "Tobacco Road"
Peter and Gordon 7"A World Without Love", "Nobody I Know"
The Supremes 15"Baby Love", "Where Did Our Love Go"
The Swinging Blue Jeans 11"Hippy Hippy Shake", "You're No Good"

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