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This is a list of singles which reached number-one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1964.
Issue Date | Song | Artist | Ref. |
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3 January | "There's Always Me" | Dickie Rock | |
10 January | |||
17 January | |||
24 January | |||
31 January | "Glad All Over" | The Dave Clark Five | |
7 February | |||
14 February | "Needles and Pins" | The Searchers | |
21 February | |||
28 February | |||
6 March | |||
13 March | "Bits and Pieces" | The Dave Clark 5 | |
20 March | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Cilla Black | |
27 March | "I Love You Because" | Jim Reeves | |
3 April | "Can't Buy Me Love" | The Beatles | [1] [lower-alpha 1] |
10 April | |||
17 April | |||
24 April | |||
1 May | |||
8 May | "A World Without Love" | Peter & Gordon | |
15 May | |||
22 May | "Don't Throw Your Love Away" | The Searchers | |
29 May (joint No. 1) | "Fallen Star" | Eileen Reid | |
"I'm Yours" | Dickie Rock | ||
5 June | "My Boy Lollipop" | Millie | |
12 June | "It's Over" | Roy Orbison | |
19 June | "My Boy Lollipop" | Millie | |
26 June | "It's Over" | Roy Orbison | |
3 July | "Bless You" | Brendan Bowyer | |
10 July | |||
17 July | "It's Over" | Roy Orbison | |
24 July | "I Won't Forget You" | Jim Reeves | |
31 July | |||
7 August | "A Hard Day's Night" | The Beatles | |
14 August | |||
21 August | |||
28 August | "I Won't Forget You" | Jim Reeves | |
4 September | |||
11 September | |||
18 September | |||
25 September | |||
2 October | |||
9 October | "I Wouldn't Trade You for the World" | The Bachelors | |
16 October | "I'm Into Something Good" | Herman's Hermits | |
23 October | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | |
30 October | "From the Candy Store on the Corner to the Chapel on the Hill" | Dickie Rock | |
6 November | |||
13 November | |||
20 November | |||
27 November | |||
4 December | |||
11 December | "Down Came The Rain" | Butch Moore | |
18 December | "I Feel Fine" | The Beatles | |
25 December |
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