This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1964.

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Billboard Top popular records of 1964

from Billboard December 26, 1964 - Record Talent Edition pg TA-30 "Top Records OF 1964 (Based on Billboard's Charts) The information compiled for the Top Records of 1964 is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the Billboard issue dates of January 3 through November 28, 1964. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the No. 1 disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective chart. Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and their formula also included approximately 50 records from 1963, some of which had enough points to rank in the 1964 chart. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November–December 1963 and December 1964-March 1965, and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the December 26 year-end chart reprinted here. The completed chart is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 during November–December 1963 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1964), January to November–December 1964 (majority of chart weeks in 1964). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1963 or 1965 are included in the year-end charts for those years, respectively, and multiple appearances are not permitted. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart. The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Cashbox rankings were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs, but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. Billboard Top Soul Singles 1964 Billboard Top Country Singles 1964 Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 Top Rock Tracks 1964** (unofficial)**

Other significant singles

• "All Cried Out" – Dusty Springfield • "All Day and All of the Night" – The Kinks • "Almost There" – Andy Williams • "Alone with You" – Brenda Lee • "Anyone Who Had a Heart" – Cilla Black • "As Tears Go By" – Marianne Faithfull • "Baby I Need Your Loving" – The Four Tops • "Baby Let Me Take You Home" – The Animals • "Baby, Please Don't Go" – Them • "Because" – The Dave Clark Five • "Blue Winter" - Connie Francis • "Bread and Butter" – The Newbeats • "C'mon and Swim" – Bobby Freeman • "Cotton Candy" – Al Hirt • "Constantly" – Cliff Richard • "Dear Heart" – Andy Williams • "Do You Want to Know a Secret" – The Beatles • "Dream Baby" – Cher • "Everything's Alright" – The Newbeats • "Ferry Cross the Mersey" – Gerry & the Pacemakers • "Fever" – Helen Shapiro • "A Fool Never Learns" – Andy Williams • "Gator Tails And Monkey Ribs" – The Spats • "Genie With the Light Brown Lamp" – The Shadows • "Girl Don't Come" – Sandie Shaw • "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" – The Shangri-Las • "Gloria" – Them • "Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey • "Happiness" – Ken Dodd • "Hey Now" – Lesley Gore • "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows • "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" – Lesley Gore • "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" – Dusty Springfield • "I Love You More and More Every Day" – Al Martino • "I Never Dreamed"- The Cookies • "I Understand" – Freddie & the Dreamers • "I'm Crying" – The Animals • "I'm into Something Good" – Herman's Hermits • "I'm the Lonely One" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows • "It's All Over Now" – The Rolling Stones • "It's for You" – Cilla Black • "Java" – Al Hirt • "Just One Look" – The Hollies • "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand / Sie Liebt Dich" – The Beatles • "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" – Jay and the Americans • "Little Children" – Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas • "A Little Loving" – The Fourmost • "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" – Jan and Dean • "Little Red Rooster" – The Rolling Stones • "Losing You" – Dusty Springfield • "Maybe I Know" – Lesley Gore • "A Message To Martha" – Adam Faith • "My Boy Lollipop" – Millie • "Needle In A Haystack"- The Velvelettes • "Non Ho L'Età (Per Amarti)" – Gigliola Cinquetti • "One Way Love" – Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers • "On the Beach" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows • "On the Street Where You Live" – Andy Williams • "Rhythm and Greens" – The Shadows • "Right or Wrong" — Ronnie Dove • "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" – The Shadows • "Say You" - Ronnie Dove • "Seven Letters" - Ben E. King • "Sha-La-La" – The Shirelles • "Share Your Love with Me" – Bobby Bland • "Shout" – Lulu & The Luvvers • "Show Me Girl" – Herman's Hermits • "Stay Awhile" - Dusty Springfield • "Sugar Lips" – Al Hirt • "T'ain't Nothin' to Me" – The Coasters • "Terry" – Twinkle • "That's When It Hurts" - Ben E. King • "Theme for Young Lovers" – The Shadows • "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" – Sandie Shaw • "(They Call Her) La Bamba" – The Crickets • "There's a Place" – The Beatles • "Think" – Brenda Lee • "Thou Shalt Not Steal" – Dick and Dee Dee • "Tobacco Road" – The Nashville Teens • "The Twelfth of Never" – Cliff Richard • "Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)" – Al Hirt • "Walk Away" – Matt Monro • "Walking in the Rain" – The Ronettes • "The Way You Do the Things You Do" – The Temptations • "We Love You Beatles" – The Carefrees • "The Wedding" – Julie Rogers • "When Joanna Loved Me" – Tony Bennett • "When You Loved Me" – Brenda Lee • "Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?"

• Connie Francis • "The World of Lonely People" – Anita Bryant • "Wrong for Each Other" – Andy Williams • "You're My World" – Cilla Black • "You're No Good" – The Swinging Blue Jeans • "Zoot Suit" – The Who

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