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1 1 BABY LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-6 (2 weeks at #1) (1) B
2 3 LAST KISS –•– J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (Josie)-10 (2) C
3 2 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY –•– Manfred Mann (Ascot)-10 (1) A+
4 14 LEADER OF THE PACK –•– The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)-5 (4) B
5 6 LET IT BE ME –•– Betty Everett and Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)-10 (5) A
6 7 HAVE I THE RIGHT –•– The Honeycombs (Interphon)-8 (6) A
7 11 COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER –•– Jay and the Americans (United Artists)-9 (7)B
8 12 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-7 (8)B
9 10 CHUG-A-LUG –•– Roger Miller (Smash)-10 (9) A+
10 4 WE’LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE –•– Gale Garnett (RCA Victor)-14 (4)B
11 8 OH, PRETTY WOMAN –•– Roy Orbison and the Candy Men (Monument)-11 (1) A+
12 5 DANCING IN THE STREET –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-12 (2) A+
13 9 LITTLE HONDA –•– The Hondells (Mercury)-9 (9)C
14 15 TOBACCO ROAD –•– The Nashville Teens (London)-9 (14)C
15 19 EVERYBODY KNOWS (I Still Love You) –•– The Dave Clark Five (Epic)-6 (15)B
16 20 I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN –•– Peter and Gordon (Capitol)-6 (16)A-
17 18 I LIKE IT –•– Gerry and the Pacemakers (Laurie)-7 (17) B
18 23 AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (18)B
19 21 I’M CRYING –•– The Animals (MGM)-7 (19) A+
20 32 YOU REALLY GOT ME –•– The Kinks (Reprise)-7 (20) A+
21 13 A SUMMER SONG –•– Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde (World Artists)-13 (7)A
22 45 SHE’S NOT THERE –•– The Zombies (Parrot)-4 (22)A+
23 30 IS IT TRUE –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-4 (23) B
24 17 WHEN I GROW UP (To Be a Man) –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-10 (9)A
25 16 RIDE THE WILD SURF –•– Jan and Dean (Liberty)-8 (16)B
26 31 ASK ME –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (26)B
27 29 BABY DON’T YOU DO IT –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-8 (27)A
28 62 RINGO –•– Lorne Greene (RCA Victor)-2 (28) B
29 24 YOU MUST BELIEVE ME –•– The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)-10 (15)A
30 46 TIME IS ON MY SIDE –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-4 (30)A
31 33 COUSIN OF MINE –•– Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)-7 (31) B
32 27 SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU –•– Frank Sinatra (Reprise)-10 (27)A
33 51 I’M GONNA BE STRONG –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-3 (33)B
34 36 WHO CAN I TURN TO (When Nobody Needs Me) –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-6 (34)A
35 70 MR. LONELY –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-2 (35)C
36 34 I DON’T WANT TO SEE TOMORROW –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-8 (34)C
37 37 I’VE GOT SAND IN MY SHOES –•– The Drifters (Atlantic)-7 (33)B
38 43 MERCY, MERCY –•– Don Covay and the Goodtimers (Rosemart)-10 (35)B
39 69 REACH OUT FOR ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-3 (39)B
40 78 EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT –•– The Newbeats (Hickory)-3 (40)B
slicethelife 
A great year for music…hard to believe there isn’t a Beatle song in site.
I was wondering the same thing Max, how the Beatles could be absent from any chart in 1964.
i wonder how many weeks in 1964 they were absent? Probably very few.
Once again, the diversity is crazy- Motown and Dean Martin, Lorne Green jostling with the Rolling Stones, Sinatra, Roger Miller, Sam Cooke, the Kinks, Zombies, Shangri-Las, Tony Bennett something for everyone crammed in that Top Forty.
diversity and a lot of great songs… impossible to make a Mount Rushmore out of these so many good ones.
Baby Love – well deserved high placement on the list, still holds up today.
You Really Got Me – Kinks, was way ahead of its time in my opinion…a raw aggressive ‘punk’-y record, another that still holds up today. . .
Love the song Let It Be Me.. but for that one it has to be the Everly Brothers..one of the best love songs ever.
Tabaco Road was a hard driving song that could have been recorded by the Yardbirds. The Nashville Teens, from UK. Good list.