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HIGHLIGHTS
OF 1964
BILLBOARD LIST OF #1'S FOLLOWS EVENTS
US Supreme Court rules that Congressional
districts should be roughly equal in population (Feb. 17).
Three civil rights workers—Schwerner, Goodman, and Cheney—murdered
in Mississippi (June).
President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
issues Warren Report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted
alone.
US Surgeon General Luther Terry affirms that cigarette smoking
causes cancer.
Jack Ruby convicted of murder in slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald.
World Statistics
Population: 3.276 billion
Nobel Peace Prize:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (US)
Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa (June 11).
Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution after North Vietnamese
torpedo boats allegedly attack US destroyers (Aug. 7).
Khrushchev is deposed; Kosygin becomes premier and Brezhnev
becomes first secretary of the Communist Party (October).
China detonates its first atomic bomb.
U.S. Statistics
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: none
Population: 191,888,791
Life expectancy: 70.2 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 23.9
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 22.0
Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 5.1
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $663 billion
Federal spending: $118.53 billion
Federal debt: $316.1 billion
Consumer Price Index: 31
Unemployment: 5.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Sports
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals d. NY Yankees (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston d. SF Warriors (4-1)
Stanley Cup
Toronto d. Detroit (4-3)
Wimbledon
Women: Maria Bueno d. M. Smith (6-4 7-9 6-3)
Men: Roy Emerson d. F. Stolle (6-4 12-10 4-6 6-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Northern Dancer
NCAA Basketball Championship
UCLA d. Duke (98-83)
NCAA Football Champions
Alabama (AP, UPI), (10-1-0); Arkansas (FW), (11-0-0) & Notre Dame
(NFF), (9-1-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Oscars awarded in 1964
Academy Award, Best Picture: Tom Jones, Tony Richardson, producer
(United Artists-Lopert Pictures)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Jean-Paul Sartre (France) (declined)
Miss America: Donna Axum (AR)
Events
Folk musician Bob Dylan becomes increasingly popular during this
time of social protest with songs expressing objection to the
condition of American society.
Psychedelic bands such as The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane
enjoy great success with songs celebrating the counterculture of
the '60s.
Peyton Place premieres on ABC and is the first prime-time soap
opera. Color television makes its way into U.S. homes.
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Movies
Red Desert,
Dr. Strangelove,
My Fair Lady,
Mary Poppins,
Zorba the Greek,
Becket
Books
Donald Barthelme, Come Back, Dr. Caligari
John Berryman, 77 Dream Songs
John Cheever, The Wapshot Scandal
James Dickey, Helmets, Two Poems of the Air
John Hawkes, Second Skin
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Katherine Anne Porter, Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Hubert Selby, Last Exit to Brooklyn
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (UK), for determining
structure of compounds needed in combatting pernicious anemia
Physics: Charles Hard Townes (US), Nikolai G. Basov, and Aleksandr
M. Prochorov (both USSR), for developing maser and laser principle
of producing high-intensity radiation
Physiology or Medicine: Konrad E. Bloch (US) and Feodor Lynen
(Germany), for research on mechanism and regulation of cholesterol
and fatty-acid metabolismRanger VII takes 4,316 high-resolution
pictures of the moon.
Deaths
Herbert Clark Hoover 10/20/1964
Douglas MacArthur
Harpo Marx
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1. I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
2. She Loves You, The Beatles
3. Where Did Our Love Go, Supremes
4. Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
5. I Get Around, Beach Boys
6. Everybody Loves Somebody, Dean Martin
7. My Guy, Mary Wells
8. People, Barbara Streissand
9. Last Kiss, J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers
10. Hello, Dolly!, Louis Armstrong
11. We'll Sing In The Sunshine, Gale Garnett
12. Java, Al Hirt
13. A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
14. Love Me Do, The Beatles
15. Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Manfred Mann
16. Under The Boardwalk, Drifters
17. Dancing In The Street, Martha and The Vandellas
18. Little Children, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
19. Love Me With All Your Heart, Ray Charles Singers
20. Please Please Me, The Beatles
21. Chapel Of Love, Dixie Cups
22. Suspicion, Terry Stafford
23. Glad All Over, Dave Clark Five
24. Rag Doll, Four Seasons
25. Dawn (Go Away), Four Seasons
26. Bread And Butter, Newbeats
27. It Hurts To Be In Love, Gene Pitney
28. Dead Man's Curve, Jan and Dean
29. Come A Little Bit Closer, Jay and The Americans
30. A World Without Love, Peter and Gordon
31. Have I The Right?, Honeycombs
32. Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man), Serendipity Singers
33. Baby Love, Supremes
34. Let It Be Me, Betty Everett and Jerry Butler
35. Wishin' And Hopin', Dusty Springfield
36. You Don't Own Me, Lesley Gore
37. Walk On By, Dionne Warwick
38. The House Of The Rising Sun, Animals
39. G.T.O., Ronny and The Daytona
40. Twist And Shout, The Beatles
41. Memphis, Johnny Rivers
42. White On White, Danny Williams
43. Hey Little Cobra, Rip Chords
44. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss), Betty Everett
45. Bits And Pieces, Dave Clark Five
46. My Boy Lollipop, Millie Small
47. Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Major Lance
48. The Little Old Lady, Jan and Dean
49. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, Gerry and The Pacemakers
50. A Summer Song, Chad and Jeremy
51. The Girl From Ipanema, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
52. Can't Buy Me Love, The Beatles
53. Remember (Walkin' In The Sand), Shangri-Las
54. C'mon And Swim, Bobby Freeman
55. Do You Want To Know A Secret, The Beatles
56. Keep On Pushing, Impressions
57. Baby I Need Your Loving, Four Tops
58. Navy Blue, Diane Renay
59. Diane, Bachelors
60. Out Of Limits, Marketts
61. Little Honda, Hondells
62. See The Funny Little Clown, Bobby Goldsboro
63. Because, Dave Clark Five
64. (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet, Reflections
65. For You, Rick Nelson
66. Today, New Christy Minstrels
67. Can't You See That She's Mine, Dave Clark Five
68. Leader Of The Pack, Shangri-Las
69. Funny, Joe Hinton
70. The Way You Do The Things You Do, Temptations
71. Anyone Who Had A Heart, Dionne Warwick
72. I Love You More And More Every Day, Al Martino
73. It's Over, Roy Orbison
74. Ronnie, Four Seasons
75. Surfin' Bird, Trashmen
76. What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am), Tams
77. The Door Is Still Open To My Heart, Dean Martin
78. You Really Got Me, Kinks
79. The Shelter Of Your Arms, Sammy Davis Jr.
80. I'm So Proud, Impressions
81. Money, Kingsmen
82. Haunted Houses, Gene Simmons
83. Dang Me, Roger Miller
84. Do You Love Me, Dave Clark Five
85. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am, Nancy Wilson
86. I Wanna Love Him So Bad, Jelly Beans
87. Don't Throw Your Love Away, Searchers
88. Hi-heel Sneakers, Tommy Tucker
89. How Do You Do It, Gerry and The Pacemakers
90. Walk, Don't Run '64
91. Cotton Candy, Al Hirt
92. Shangri-La, Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra
93. Chug-a-lug, Roger Miller
94. Steal Away, Jimmy Hughes
95. Louie Louie, The Kingsmen
96. A Fool Never Learns, Andy Williams
97. Bad To Me, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
98. There! I've Said It Again, Bobby Vinton
99. I Saw Her Standing There, The Beatles
100. Needles And Pins, Searchers
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1964 Grammy Awards
Record of the Year “The Girl From Ipanema,” Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Album of the Year Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (Verve)
Song of the Year “Hello, Dolly!,” Jerry Herman, songwriter
Best New Artist of 1964 The Beatles
Most Promising New Recording Artist Marilyn Horne
Best Vocal Performance, Male “Hello, Dolly!,” Louis Armstrong
Best Vocal Performance, Female “People,” Barbra Streisand
Best Performance By a Vocal Group A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
Best Performance By a Chorus The Swingle Singers Going Baroque, Swingle Singers
Best Rock and Roll Recording “Downtown,” Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording “How Glad I Am,” Nancy Wilson (Capitol)
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group Guitar From Ipanema, Laurindo Almeida
Best Original Jazz Composition “The Cat,” Lalo Schifrin, composer
Best Country and Western Single “Dang Me,” Roger Miller
Best Country and Western Album Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug, Roger Miller (Smash)
Best Country and Western Song “Dang Me,” Roger Miller, songwriter
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male “Dang Me,” Roger Miller
Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female “Here Comes My Baby,” Dottie West
Best New Country and Western Artist of 1964 Roger Miller
Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical) Great Gospel Songs, Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
Best Folk Recording We'll Sing in the Sunshine, Gale Garnett (RCA)
Best Instrumental Arrangement “The Pink Panther Theme,” Henry Mancini, arranger
Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s) “People,” Peter Matz, arranger
Best Instrumental Composition (Other Than Jazz) “The Pink Panther Theme,” Henry Mancini, composer
Best Instrumental Performance, Non-Jazz “The Pink Panther Theme,” Henry Mancini
Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album Funny Girl, Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, composers (Capitol)
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, composers
Album of the Year, Classical Bernstein, Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”), Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia)
Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor; Berg, “Wozzeck” Excerpts, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony
Best Chamber Performance, Instrumental Beethoven, Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 1, No. 1, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky; Jacob Lateiner, pianist
Best Chamber Music Performance, Vocal It Was a Lover and His Lass, Morley, Byrd and others; Noah Greenberg conducting New York Pro Musica
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) Prokofiev, Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Violin, Isaac Stern; Eugene Ormandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra
Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Without Orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin (Beethoven, Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique; ” Debussy, Preludes; Chopin, Etudes and Scherzos 1–4), Vladimir Horowitz
Best Opera Recording Bizet, Carmen, Herbert von Karajan conducting Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Price, Corelli, Merrill and Freni (RCA)
Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) Britten, A Ceremony of Carols, Robert Shaw conducting Robert Shaw Chorale
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance (With or Without Orchestra) Berlioz, Nuits d'Ete Falla: El Amor Brujo, Leontyne Price; Fritz Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony
Best Classical Composition By a Contemporary Composer Samuel Barber, Concerto
Best Comedy Performance I Started Out as a Child, Bill Cosby
Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (Other Than Comedy) BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy, That Was the Week That Was, cast (Decca)
Best Recording for Children Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke (Buena Vista)
Best Album Cover People, Robert Cato, art director; Don Bronstein, photographer (Columbia)
Best Album Cover, Classical Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals; Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Robert Jones, art director; Jan Balet, graphic artist (RCA)
Best Album Notes Mexico (Legacy Collection), Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals, annotators (Columbia)
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