1964 in music

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

Events

The Beatles arrive in the U.S. to great acclaim

Bands formed

Albums released

January

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Before I'm Over You Loretta Lynn
The Hits of Jo Stafford Jo Stafford
10 The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones -
13 The Times They Are a-Changin' Bob Dylan -
20 Meet the Beatles! The Beatles US
- Folk Singer Muddy Waters -
A Lettermen Kind of Love The Lettermen -
Living a Lie Al Martino -
Stay with The Hollies The Hollies Debut

February

Day Album Artist Notes
7 Born to Wander The Four Seasons -
18 Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington Aretha Franklin -
- Anyone Who Had a Heart Dionne Warwick -
The Many Moods of Tony Tony Bennett -
Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal James Brown Live
The Third Album Barbra Streisand -
Tom Jones John Addison Soundtrack to 1963 film

March

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Ain't That Good News Sam Cooke -
2 Shut Down Volume 2 The Beach Boys -
20 Meet The Temptations The Temptations -
- The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell -
Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs The Four Seasons -
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz and João Gilberto -
Glad All Over The Dave Clark Five -
The Italian Voice of Al Martino Al Martino -
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jimmy Smith -

April

Day Album Artist Notes
1 When I'm Alone I Cry Marvin Gaye -
2 Kissin' Cousins Elvis Presley Soundtrack
10 The Beatles' Second Album The Beatles US
15 Together Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells -
16 The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones -
17 A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield -
20 The Believer John Coltrane -
When Lights Are Low Tony Bennett -
- America, I Hear You Singing Frank Sinatra with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring -
Black Orchid The Three Sounds -
Funny Girl Barbra Streisand Original Broadway Cast

May

Day Album Artist Notes
11 The Beatles' Long Tall Sally The Beatles Canada
18 By Request Brenda Lee -
- Bewitched Jack Jones -
Dance with The Shadows The Shadows -
The Dave Clark Five Return! The Dave Clark Five US
I Walk the Line Johnny Cash -
The Lettermen Look at Love The Lettermen -
Mary Wells Sings My Guy Mary Wells -
Stay & Other Great Hits The Four Seasons -
Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley Soundtrack EP

June

Day Album Artist Notes
19 Long Tall Sally The Beatles EP
- Back in Town The Kingston Trio Live
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Gerry & the Pacemakers US
The Fabulous Ventures The Ventures -
I Love You More and More Every Day/Tears and Roses Al Martino -
Robin and the 7 Hoods Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis, Jr. Soundtrack
Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You Dusty Springfield -
A World Without Love Peter and Gordon -

July

Day Album Artist Notes
1 More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Roy Orbison Compilation
10 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles Soundtrack
13 All Summer Long The Beach Boys -
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore Nat King Cole -
- The Body & the Soul Freddie Hubbard -
Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald -
The Judy Collins Concert Judy Collins Live
Keep on Pushing The Impressions -
Looking For Love Connie Francis -
Rag Doll The Four Seasons -
Wonderful Life Cliff Richard and The Shadows Soundtrack

August

Day Album Artist Notes
8 Another Side of Bob Dylan Bob Dylan -
14 Five by Five The Rolling Stones EP
31 Make Way for Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick -
Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes -
- American Tour The Dave Clark Five US
Black Pearls John Coltrane -
Dream With Dean Dean Martin -
It Might as Well Be Swing Frank Sinatra with Count Basie -
Two Great Guitars Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry -
Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 The Ventures -
Where Love Has Gone Jack Jones -

September

Day Album Artist Notes
11 The Five Faces of Manfred Mann Manfred Mann -
14 The Doris Day Christmas Album Doris Day Christmas
- The Animals The Animals US version
The Cat Jimmy Smith -
In the Name of Love Peggy Lee -
People Barbra Streisand -

October

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Johnny Cash -
Early Orbison Roy Orbison Compilation
2 Kinks The Kinks -
16 A Bit of Liverpool The Supremes British Invasion tribute LP
17 12 X 5 The Rolling Stones -
19 Beach Boys Concert The Beach Boys Live
Wednesday Morning, 3 AM Simon & Garfunkel -
With a Smile and a Song Doris Day -
20 Roustabout Elvis Presley Soundtrack
- The Animals The Animals UK version
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin -
Dusty Dusty Springfield US
Gerry & the Pacemakers Second Album Gerry & the Pacemakers US
Joan Baez/5 Joan Baez -
Oscar Peterson Trio + One The Oscar Peterson trio with Clark Terry -

November

Day Album Artist Notes
9 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album The Beach Boys Christmas
12 Hello Broadway Marvin Gaye -
16 Who Can I Turn To Tony Bennett -
23 The Beatles' Story The Beatles US
- 12 Songs of Christmas Bing Crosby with Frank Sinatra Christmas
Blue Jeans a'Swinging Swinging Blue Jeans -
In The Hollies Style The Hollies -
The Jack Jones Christmas Album Jack Jones Christmas
A Merry Christmas Al Martino Christmas
A New Kind of Connie... Connie Francis -
St. Louis to Liverpool Chuck Berry -
Softly, as I Leave You Frank Sinatra -

December

Day Album Artist Notes
4 Beatles for Sale The Beatles -
Five Live Yardbirds The Yardbirds Live
7 The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John) The Kingston Trio -
15 Beatles '65 The Beatles US
21 Autobiography Nat Adderley -
- Coast to Coast The Dave Clark Five US
Verlaine et Rimbaud Léo Ferré France

Release Date Unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1964.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964 United Kingdom UK 1 – Dec 1963, US BB 1 – Jan 1964, US CashBox 1 of 1964, Canada 1 – Jan 1964, Norway 1 – Jan 1964, Germany 1 – Feb 1964, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1963, Australia 2 of 1963, RYM 2 of 1964, DDD 4 of 1963, South Africa 6 of 1963, US BB 7 of 1964, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1963, POP 7 of 1964, Rolling Stone 16, RIAA 28, Scrobulate 29 of oldies, Acclaimed 30, Germany 40 of the 1960s, WXPN 350
2 Roy Orbison Oh, Pretty Woman 1964 United States UK 1 – Sep 1964, US BB 1 – Sep 1964, Canada 1 – Aug 1964, Norway 1 – Oct 1964, Germany 1 – Jan 1965, Éire 1 – Oct 1964, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1965, US CashBox 4 of 1964, DDD 8 of 1964, RYM 13 of 1964, South Africa 15 of 1964, 16 in 2FM list, US BB 17 of 1964, POP 17 of 1964, Australia 20 of 1964, RIAA 43, OzNet 62, Germany 64 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 77, Europe 83 of the 1960s, Party 147 of 2007, Rolling Stone 222, Belgium 234 of all time, WXPN 655
3 The Animals House of the Rising Sun 1964 United Kingdom UK 1 – Jun 1964, US BB 1 – Aug 1964, Canada 1 – Aug 1964, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Apr 1964, France 4 – Oct 1972, DDD 4 of 1964, RYM 5 of 1964, Netherlands 3 1964, Poland 6 – Oct 1982, Europe 7 of the 1960s, Germany 9 – Jan 1965, US BB 38 of 1964, POP 38 of 1964, US CashBox 53 of 1964, Acclaimed 55, Italy 66 of 1965, Scrobulate 80 of oldies, 89 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 122, Belgium 124 of all time, TheQ 227, RIAA 240, OzNet 275, Germany 296 of the 1960s
4 The Beatles A Hard Day's Night 1964 United Kingdom UK 1 – Jul 1964, US BB 1 – Jul 1964, Canada 1 – Jul 1964, Norway 1 – Aug 1964, Éire 1 – Aug 1964, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1964, Germany 2 – Sep 1964, Australia 3 of 1964, RYM 6 of 1964, DDD 11 of 1964, South Africa 14 of 1964, US CashBox 18 of 1964, Scrobulate 39 of oldies, Europe 96 of the 1960s, Rolling Stone 153, Germany 254 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 411, OzNet 815
5 The Beatles I Feel Fine 1964 United Kingdom UK 1 – Dec 1964, US BB 1 – Dec 1964, Canada 1 – Nov 1964, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1965, Norway 1 – Dec 1964, Éire 1 – Dec 1964, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1964, Germany 3 – Jan 1965, Australia 8 of 1964, RYM 8 of 1964, DDD 9 of 1964, US CashBox 19 of 1965, Scrobulate 40 of oldies, Germany 207 of the 1960s

Other significant singles

Published popular music

Other notable songs

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Badings, Henk Symphony No. 12 1964-10-20 NetherlandsScheveningen (Kurhaus) Residentie Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo
Birtwistle, Harrison Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments 1964-07-12 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) Thomas / Virtuoso Ensemble, Carewe[3]
Birtwistle, Harrison Three Movements with Fanfares 1964-07-08 United Kingdom London (Guildhall) English Chamber Orchestra, Pritchard[4]
Davies, Peter Maxwell Veni sancte spiritus 1964-07-10 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival Princeton High School Choir, [orchestra unknown], Hilbish[5]
Hoddinott, Alun Harp Sonata 1964-07-12 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) Ellis[3]
Maderna, Bruno Dimensioni IV for chamber ensemble 1964-07-23 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt – Maderna[6]
Rawsthorne, Alan Symphony No. 3 1964-07-08 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) BBC Northern Orchestra, Hurst[7]
Searle, Humphrey The Sun, cantata for a cappella choir, Op. 42 1964-07-07 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) BBC Chorus, Melville[8]
Sherlaw Johnson Robert Piano Sonata 1964-07-11 United Kingdom Cheltenham (Festival) Sherlaw Johnson[3]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Mikrophonie I 1964-12-09 Belgium Brussels Aloys Kontarsky, Caskel, Fritsch, Bernhard Kontarsky, Davies, Spek, Stockhausen[9]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Plus-Minus 1964-06-14 Italy Rome Cardew, Rzewski[10]
Wilks, John Beata l'alma 1964-07-06 United Kingdom Cheltenham {Festival) Nendick / BBC Northern Orchestra, Hurst[11]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

See also

Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1964, 1963 in music, other events of 1964, 1965 in music and the list of 'years in music'

References

  1. ↑ A Hard Day's Night at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ "The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones". JPGR. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  3. 1 2 3 Anon., "A Pianist-Composer's First Sonata", Times (13 July 1964): 7.
  4. ↑ Anon., "New Work Still Needs a Fair Hearing", Times (9 July 1964): 7.
  5. ↑ Anon., "U.S. Choir in New Work", Times (11 July 1964): 5.
  6. ↑ Imke Misch and Marcus Bandur (eds.), Karlheinz Stockhausen bei den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 1951–1996: Dokumente und Briefe (Kürten: Stockhausen-Stiftung für Musik, 2001): 356. ISBN 3-00-007290-X.
  7. ↑ Anon., "New Symphony at Cheltenham Festival", Times (9 July 1964): 7.
  8. ↑ "New Searle Cantata: Poet's Mysticism Captured", Times (8 July 1964): 7.
  9. ↑ Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 135, 137, 252. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-571-17146-0 (pbk).
  10. ↑ Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 252. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-571-17146-0 (pbk).
  11. ↑ Anon., "Cheltenham's Thread of New Music", Times (7 July 1964): 15.
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