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The Year in Music

1964

The songs, the screens, the headlines

I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles — cover art

1964 in music: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles topped the year-end chart; The Beatles owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1964

I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles — cover art
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
1964
Hello, Dolly! by Louis Armstrong — cover art
Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong
1964
Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison — cover art
Oh, Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison
1964
I Get Around by The Beach Boys — cover art
I Get Around
The Beach Boys
1964
Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin — cover art
Everybody Loves Somebody
Dean Martin
1964
My Guy by Mary Wells — cover art
My Guy
Mary Wells
1964
We'll Sing In the Sunshine by Gale Garnett — cover art
We'll Sing In the Sunshine
Gale Garnett
1964
Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes — cover art
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes
1964
People by Barbra Streisand — cover art
Java by Al Hirt — cover art
Java
Al Hirt
1964
A Hard Day's Night (2023 Mix) by The Beatles — cover art
A Hard Day's Night (2023 Mix)
The Beatles
1964

At the movies

  • Mary Poppins
  • Goldfinger
  • A Hard Day's Night

On TV

  • Bewitched
  • Gilligan's Island
  • The Addams Family

Headlines

  • Beatlemania hits Ed Sullivan
  • Civil Rights Act signed
  • Ford Mustang debuts

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