American Top 40- The 1960’s- Week of April 11, 1964. Who are these Beatles? They are holding down the #1, #2, #4, #7 #9, #14 and #38 spots in the Top 40. How the music changed in just a year- the Top 40 I posted last week from 1963 was rather lame.
1 1 CAN’T BUY ME LOVE –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-3 (2 weeks at #1) (1) A+
2 2 TWIST AND SHOUT –•– The Beatles (Tollie)-5 (2) A+
3 6 SUSPICION –•– Terry Stafford (Crusader)-8 (3) C-
4 3 SHE LOVES YOU –•– The Beatles (Swan)-12 (1) A+
5 7 HELLO, DOLLY! –•– Louis Armstrong (Kapp)-9 (5) B
6 8 THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It’s In His Kiss) –•– Betty Everett (Vee-Jay)-7 (6) A
7 4 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-13 (1) A+
8 10 GLAD ALL OVER –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-9 (8) A
9 5 PLEASE PLEASE ME –•– The Beatles (Vee-Jay)-11 (3) A+
10 14 DON’T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (Crooked Little Man) –•– The Serendipity Singers (Philips)-7 (10) B-
11 12 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-7 (11) A
12 9 MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-7 (9) C
13 15 NEEDLES AND PINS –•– The Searchers (Kapp)-6 (13) A
14 46 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET –•– The Beatles (Vee-Jay)-3 (14) C
15 25 DEAD MAN’S CURVE –•– Jan and Dean (Liberty)-6 (15) A-
16 16 STAY –•– The Four Seasons (Vee-Jay)-9 (16) C
17 18 YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-5 (17) A
18 13 FUN, FUN, FUN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-9 (5) A+
19 22 MONEY –•– The Kingsmen (Wand)-5 (19) A
20 21 AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO –•– Bobby Bland (Duke)-6 (20) A
21 11 DAWN (Go Away) –•– The Four Seasons (Philips)-11 (3) B-
22 48 BITS AND PIECES –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-2 (22) A
23 39 THAT’S THE WAY BOYS ARE –•– Lesley Gore (Mercury)-3 (23) C
24 24 HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE –•– The Swinging Blue Jeans (Imperial)-6 (24) B
25 26 THINK –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-6 (25) C
26 50 MY GUY –•– Mary Wells (Motown)-2 (26) A+
27 34 WHITE ON WHITE –•– Danny Williams (United Artists)-6 (27) C
28 35 HEY, BOBBA NEEDLE –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-5 (28) C
29 30 NADINE (Is It You) –•– Chuck Berry (Chess)-6 (29) A+
30 20 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS –•– Tommy Tucker (Checker)-10 (11 A
31 19 JAVA –•– Al Hirt (RCA Victor)-15 (4) A-
32 51 THE MATADOR –•– Major Lance (Okeh)-3 (32) C
33 33 TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN –•– Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Brothers)-6 (33) C
34 17 KISSIN’ COUSINS –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-8 (12) C
35 47 EBB TIDE –•– Lenny Welch (Cadence)-4 (35) B-
36 44 FOREVER –•– Pete Drake and His Talking Steel Guitar (Smash)-6 (36) C
37 40 THE NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL –•– Jan and Dean (Liberty)-4 (37) C
38 31 I SAW HER STANDING THERE –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-10 (14) A+
39 42 WE LOVE YOU BEATLES –•– The Carefrees (London International)-4 (39) C
40 28 BLUE WINTER –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-9 (24) B-
I love the change that was happening…moving away from the Fabian period into…or rather back into rock and roll.
shocking how much difference one year made!
The Fab Four sure ruled the charts in 1964!