List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1964
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1964.
The Beatles scored eleven top ten hits during the year with "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Please Please Me", "Twist and Shout", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine", and "She's a Woman", the most among all other artists.
Top-ten singles
[edit]| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1963 | |||||
| December 14 | "There! I've Said It Again" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | January 4 | 9 |
| December 21 | "Popsicles and Icicles" | The Murmaids | 3 | January 11 | 6 |
| December 28 | "Forget Him" | Bobby Rydell | 4 | January 18 | 5 |
| "Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Johnny Tillotson | 7 | January 4 | 3 | |
| Singles from 1964 | |||||
| January 4 | "Quicksand" | Martha and the Vandellas | 8 | January 4 | 1 |
| "The Nitty Gritty" | Shirley Ellis | 8 | January 11 | 3 | |
| "Midnight Mary" | Joey Powers | 10 | January 4 | 2 | |
| January 11 | "Surfin' Bird" | The Trashmen | 4 | January 25 | 5 |
| January 18 | "Out of Limits" | The Marketts | 3 | February 1 | 5 |
| "Hey Little Cobra" | The Rip Chords | 4 | February 8 | 6 | |
| "Drag City" | Jan and Dean | 10 | January 18 | 2 | |
| January 25 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | 1 | February 1 | 12 |
| "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" | Major Lance | 5 | February 8 | 6 | |
| February 1 | "You Don't Own Me" | Lesley Gore | 2 | February 1 | 5 |
| "For You" | Rick Nelson | 6 | February 15 | 3 | |
| "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Dionne Warwick | 8 | February 15 | 3 | |
| February 8 | "She Loves You" | The Beatles | 1 | March 21 | 11 |
| February 15 | "Java" | Al Hirt | 4 | February 29 | 6 |
| "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)" | The Tams | 9 | February 22 | 2 | |
| February 22 | "Dawn (Go Away)" | The Four Seasons | 3 | February 22 | 6 |
| "California Sun" | The Rivieras | 5 | February 29 | 4 | |
| "Navy Blue" | Diane Renay | 6 | March 14 | 5 | |
| February 29 | "Please Please Me" | The Beatles | 3 | March 14 | 7 |
| "Stop and Think It Over" | Dale & Grace | 8 | March 7 | 2 | |
| March 7 | "Fun, Fun, Fun" | The Beach Boys | 5 | March 21 | 4 |
| "See the Funny Little Clown" | Bobby Goldsboro | 9 | March 14 | 2 | |
| March 14 | "I Love You More and More Every Day" | Al Martino | 9 | March 21 | 2 |
| March 21 | "Hello, Dolly!" | Louis Armstrong | 1 | May 9 | 13 |
| "Twist and Shout" | The Beatles | 2 | April 4 | 7 | |
| March 28 | "Suspicion" | Terry Stafford | 3 | April 11 | 7 |
| "My Heart Belongs to Only You" | Bobby Vinton | 9 | March 28 | 2 | |
| "Glad All Over" | The Dave Clark Five | 6 | April 25 | 5 | |
| April 4 | "Can't Buy Me Love" | The Beatles | 1 | April 4 | 6 |
| "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" | Betty Everett | 6 | April 11 | 3 | |
| April 11 | "Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" | The Serendipity Singers | 6 | May 2 | 6 |
| April 18 | "Do You Want to Know a Secret" | The Beatles | 2 | May 9 | 5 |
| "Dead Man's Curve" | Jan and Dean | 8 | May 9 | 5 | |
| April 25 | "Bits and Pieces" | The Dave Clark Five | 4 | May 2 | 5 |
| "My Guy" | Mary Wells | 1 | May 16 | 8 | |
| May 2 | "Ronnie" | The Four Seasons | 6 | May 16 | 4 |
| May 9 | "White on White" | Danny Williams | 9 | May 16 | 2 |
| May 16 | "Love Me Do" | The Beatles | 1 | May 30 | 6 |
| "It's Over" | Roy Orbison | 9 | May 23 | 3 | |
| May 23 | "Chapel of Love" | The Dixie Cups | 1 | June 6 | 7 |
| "A World Without Love" | Peter and Gordon | 1 | June 27 | 8 | |
| "Love Me with All Your Heart" | The Ray Charles Singers | 3 | June 13 | 6 | |
| "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" | The Reflections | 6 | May 30 | 3 | |
| May 30 | "Walk On By" | Dionne Warwick | 6 | June 13 | 5 |
| "Little Children" | Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas | 7 | June 13 | 3 | |
| June 6 | "P.S. I Love You" | The Beatles | 10 | June 6 | 1 |
| June 13 | "I Get Around" | The Beach Boys | 1 | July 4 | 9 |
| "People" | Barbra Streisand | 5 | June 27 | 5 | |
| June 20 | "My Boy Lollipop" | Millie Small | 2 | July 4 | 5 |
| "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 4 | July 4 | 5 | |
| "Diane" | The Bachelors | 10 | June 20 | 1 | |
| June 27 | "Memphis" | Johnny Rivers | 2 | July 11 | 6 |
| "Bad to Me" | Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas | 9 | June 27 | 2 | |
| July 4 | "Rag Doll" | The Four Seasons | 1 | July 18 | 7 |
| "Can't You See That She's Mine" | The Dave Clark Five | 4 | July 18 | 4 | |
| July 11 | "The Girl from Ipanema" | Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto | 5 | July 18 | 4 |
| "No Particular Place to Go" | Chuck Berry | 10 | July 11 | 1 | |
| July 18 | "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" | Jan and Dean | 3 | August 1 | 5 |
| "Dang Me" | Roger Miller | 7 | August 1 | 4 | |
| "Keep On Pushing" | The Impressions | 10 | July 18 | 2 | |
| July 25 | "A Hard Day's Night" | The Beatles | 1 | August 1 | 8 |
| "Wishin' and Hopin'" | Dusty Springfield | 6 | August 1 | 5 | |
| August 1 | "Everybody Loves Somebody" | Dean Martin | 1 | August 15 | 8 |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" | The Supremes | 1 | August 22 | 9 | |
| August 8 | "Under the Boardwalk" | The Drifters | 4 | August 22 | 5 |
| "I Wanna Love Him So Bad" | The Jelly Beans | 9 | August 8 | 2 | |
| August 15 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | The Animals | 1 | September 5 | 8 |
| "C'mon and Swim" | Bobby Freeman | 5 | August 29 | 5 | |
| August 22 | "Because" | The Dave Clark Five | 3 | September 12 | 5 |
| "Walk, Don't Run '64" | The Ventures | 8 | August 22 | 2 | |
| "How Do You Do It?" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 9 | September 5 | 3 | |
| August 29 | "Bread and Butter" | The Newbeats | 2 | September 19 | 7 |
| September 5 | "G.T.O." | Ronny & the Daytonas | 4 | September 26 | 6 |
| September 12 | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | 1 | September 26 | 8 |
| "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" | The Shangri-Las | 5 | September 26 | 6 | |
| September 19 | "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" | Manfred Mann | 1 | October 17 | 9 |
| "Dancing in the Street" | Martha and the Vandellas | 2 | October 17 | 7 | |
| September 26 | "It Hurts to Be in Love" | Gene Pitney | 7 | October 3 | 4 |
| "Save It for Me" | The Four Seasons | 10 | September 26 | 2 | |
| October 3 | "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" | Gale Garnett | 4 | October 17 | 6 |
| October 10 | "Last Kiss" | J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers | 2 | November 7 | 8 |
| "A Summer Song" | Chad & Jeremy | 7 | October 17 | 3 | |
| October 17 | "Let It Be Me" | Betty Everett and Jerry Butler | 5 | November 7 | 5 |
| "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" | The Beach Boys | 9 | October 17 | 2 | |
| October 24 | "Baby Love" | The Supremes | 1 | October 31 | 8 |
| "Have I the Right?" | The Honeycombs | 5 | November 14 | 5 | |
| October 31 | "Little Honda" | The Hondells | 9 | October 31 | 1 |
| "Chug-A-Lug" | Roger Miller | 9 | November 7 | 2 | |
| November 7 | "Leader of the Pack" | The Shangri-Las | 1 | November 28 | 5 |
| "Come a Little Bit Closer" | Jay and the Americans | 3 | November 21 | 4 | |
| "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" | Dean Martin | 6 | November 14 | 3 | |
| November 14 | "Ringo" | Lorne Greene | 1 | December 5 | 7 |
| "She's Not There" | The Zombies | 2 | December 12 | 8 | |
| November 21 | "Time Is on My Side" | The Rolling Stones | 6 | December 5 | 6 |
| "You Really Got Me" | The Kinks | 7 | November 28 | 5 | |
| November 28 | "Mr. Lonely" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | December 12 | 9 |
| "Mountain of Love" | Johnny Rivers | 9 | December 5 | 2 | |
| December 5 | "Come See About Me" | The Supremes | 1 | December 19 | 9 |
| "I'm Gonna Be Strong" | Gene Pitney | 9 | December 12 | 3 | |
| December 12 | "I Feel Fine" | The Beatles | 1 | December 26 | 7 |
| "Dance, Dance, Dance" | The Beach Boys | 8 | December 19 | 3 | |
| December 19 | "Goin' Out of My Head" | Little Anthony and the Imperials | 6 | December 26 | 5 |
| December 26 | "She's a Woman" | The Beatles | 4 | December 26 | 2 |
1963 peaks
[edit]| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 23 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun | 1 | December 7 | 9 |
| December 7 | "Louie Louie" | The Kingsmen | 2 | December 14 | 9 |
| December 14 | "Since I Fell for You" | Lenny Welch | 4 | December 28 | 5 |
1965 peaks
[edit]| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 26 | "The Jerk" | The Larks | 7 | January 16 | 5 |
See also
[edit]- 1964 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964
References
[edit]General sources
[edit]- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.