Editing 1964 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1964.
[[File:Julian Bream 1964.JPG|thumb|[[Julian Bream]] (1964)]]

==Specific locations==
*[[1964 in British music]]
*[[1964 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1964 in country music]]
*[[1964 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 1]] – The first episode of the long-running weekly pop music show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' airs on [[BBC One|BBC TV]] in the U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/804da28a520940a28138a620e618fb91|title=Top of the Pops – BBC Television – 1 January 1964 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref> The first programme is produced in [[Manchester]] and the first two acts featured are [[Dusty Springfield]] with "[[I Only Want to Be with You]]" and [[The Rolling Stones]] with "[[I Wanna Be Your Man]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Jeff|title=Top of the Pops: 1964–2002|year=2002|publisher=BBC Worldwide|isbn=978-0-563-53476-1|page=1955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ|access-date=2020-07-28|archive-date=2022-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326173551/https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top of the Pops – BBC Studios (Rusholme)|url=https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme|website=www.manchesterbeat.com|access-date=2020-07-28|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725220149/https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 3]] – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England, is shown on ''[[The Jack Paar Show]]'' in the U.S.
*[[January 10]] – ''[[Introducing... The Beatles]]'', the first album by [[The Beatles]] to be released in the United States, comes out on Chicago's Vee-Jay Records, preceding Capitol Records' release of ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'', scheduled for January 20.<ref name=Spizer>{{cite book|last=Spizer|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Spizer|year=2004|title=The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America|publisher=498 Productions|location=New Orleans|isbn=0-9662649-9-1|pages=96–98}}</ref>
*[[January 13]] – Bob Dylan's ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]'' is released on [[Columbia Records]].
*[[January 15]] – [[Vee Jay Records]] files a lawsuit against [[Capitol Records]] and [[Swan Records]] over manufacturing and distribution rights to [[The Beatles|Beatles]] albums on the U.S. On April 9, Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing or advertising recordings by the Beatles.<ref name=Spizer/>
*[[January 18]] – [[The Beatles]] appear on the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' charts in the U.S. for the first time.
[[File:The Beatles arrive at JFK Airport.jpg|right|thumb|[[The Beatles]] arrive in the U.S. to great acclaim]]
*[[January 25]] – The late [[John F. Kennedy]] becomes the first President credited with a Top 10 album after [[Dickie Goodman]] releases ''John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Years 1960–1963''. The following week a [[That Was the Week That Was|second album]] credited to the late President would also hit the Top 10, giving Kennedy two posthumous albums simultaneously in the Top 10.
*[[February 1]] – [[Indiana]] Governor [[Matthew E. Welsh]] declares the 1963 recording of "[[Louie Louie]]" by [[The Kingsmen]] pornographic. He requests that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the record. Governor Welsh claims that hearing the song made his "ears tingle." Publisher Max Firetag offers $1,000 to anyone that can find anything "suggestive" in the song's lyrics and there are no prosecutions. The FBI's investigation is hampered by it finding the lyrics nearly unintelligible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/funny/lascivious-louie-louie|title=The Lascivious 'Louie Louie'|website=[[The Smoking Gun]]|access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>
*[[February 7]] – The Beatles arrive in the United States and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans at New York's [[Kennedy Airport]].
*[[February 9]] – The Beatles perform on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', which breaks television ratings records.
*[[February 12]] – [[Anna Moffo]] collapses onstage at Covent Garden in the first act of ''[[Rigoletto]]'', and her part is taken over, after a delay of 45 minutes, by Welsh soprano Elizabeth Vaughan.
*[[February 16]] – [[The Beatles]] again appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
*[[February 22]] – [[Plácido Domingo]] makes his international breakthrough at the première of Ginastera's ''Don Rodrigo'' in New York City.
*[[February 23]] 
**[[The Beatles]] again appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
**[[João Carlos Martins]] suddenly breaks off a performance in the middle of the second movement of [[Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)|Third Piano Concerto]] with the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Birmingham Town Hall]] due to an attack of appendicitis.
*[[March 1]]
**[[Capitol Records]] is bombarded with requests for heavyweight boxing champion [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]]'s album, ''[[I Am the Greatest (Cassius Clay album)|I Am the Greatest]]'', following Clay's defeat of [[Sonny Liston]] on February 25 and his announcement two days later that he has converted to Islam. (On March 6 will come the announcement that he would adopt the name Muhammad Ali.)
**American premiere of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]'s ''[[Momente]]'', by [[Martina Arroyo]] (soprano), the Crane Collegiate Singers of [[SUNY Potsdam]] ([[Brock McElheran]], chorus master), and members of the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]] ([[Lukas Foss]], music director), conducted by the composer, in [[Kleinhans Music Hall]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[March 6]] – [[Elvis Presley]]'s 14th motion picture, ''Kissin' Cousins'' is released to theaters.
*[[March 14]] – ''Billboard'' magazine reports that sales of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] records make up 60% of the entire singles market.
*[[March 16]] – Disc jockey [[Alan Freed]] is charged with tax evasion in the U.S.
*[[March 21]] – [[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest|Italy]] wins the 9th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1964|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Tivoli Gardens|Tivoli Concert Hall]], Copenhagen, with the song ''"[[Non ho l'età]]"'', sung by 16-year-old [[Gigliola Cinquetti]].
*[[March 24]] – [[John Lennon]]'s first book, ''[[In His Own Write]]'' is published.
*[[March 27]] – [[The Beatles]] occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart.
*[[March 28]] – Wax likenesses of [[The Beatles]] are put on display in London's [[Madame Tussauds]] Wax Museum. The Beatles are the first pop stars to be displayed at the museum.
*[[April]] – Drummer [[Keith Moon]] joins [[The Who]].
*[[April 4]] – The Beatles occupy all five top positions on [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'s Hot 100 with their singles "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me".
*[[April 11]] – The Beatles hold 14 positions on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] Hot 100 chart. Previously, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine by [[Elvis Presley]], December 19, 1956.
*[[April 16]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] release their eponymous début album.
*[[May 2]] – In the United States, ''[[The Beatles' Second Album]]'' climbs to the #1 spot on the LP charts in only its second week of release.
*[[May 12]] – The [[6th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City|New York]]. [[Henry Mancini]] wins the most awards with four, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for the song "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]". [[Barbra Streisand]]'s ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Ward Swingle]] of [[The Swingle Singers]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[May 20]] – [[Judy Garland]] makes headlines after a disastrous concert in [[Melbourne, Australia]]
*[[June]]
** During a performance at the Railway, [[Pete Townshend]] of [[The Who]] accidentally breaks the head of his guitar on the low ceiling above the stage. This incident marks the start of [[auto-destructive art]] by destroying guitars and drums on stage.
** [[Marianne Faithfull]]'s singing career begins with the release of her single "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]" written by members of The Rolling Stones.
*[[June 5]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] start their first U.S. tour.
*[[July 3]] – With their new manager [[Peter Meaden]], [[The Who]] release their first single "[[Zoot Suit/I'm the Face|Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face]]" under the name ''The High Numbers'' in an attempt to appeal to a [[mod subculture|mod]] audience. It fails to reach the top 50 and the band reverts to calling themselves The Who.
*[[July 6]] – [[The Beatles]]' first film, ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', is released.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesdiaryvolu0000mile/mode/1up?view=theater |title=The Beatles Diary. Volume 1: The Beatles Years |date=2001 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=978-0-7119-8308-3 |location=London |pages=153}}</ref>
*[[July 10]]
**The album of ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' is released in the U.K. All tracks are written by [[John Lennon|Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]].
**More than 300 people are injured in [[Liverpool]] when a crowd of some 150,000 people welcome The Beatles back to their home city.
*[[August 2]] – The wreckage of the plane piloted by [[Jim Reeves]] is found near [[Brentwood, Tennessee]], 42 hours after it crashed. There are no survivors.
*[[August 4]] – [[The Kinks]] release their iconic single "[[You Really Got Me]]".
*[[August 8]] – [[Bob Dylan]] releases his fourth album, ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]''.
*[[August 17]] – [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] Opera Theater presents ''[[Turandot]]'' at the New York World's Fair featuring newly retired Metropolitan Opera soprano Margaret Harshaw, a member of the voice faculty, in the title role.
*[[August 19]] – The Beatles start their second visit to, and first nationwide tour of, the United States with a concert at the [[Cow Palace]] in [[Daly City, California]], before more than 17,000 fans. 
*[[August 22]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the first of five successive number one hits, "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]".
*[[September 8]] – The American premiere of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]'s ''[[Originale]]'' at Judson Hall in New York City is picketed by a group calling themselves Action Against Cultural Imperialism.
*[[September 16]] – ''Shindig!'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
*[[September 21]] – The [[China Conservatory of Music]] is established in Beijing.
*[[September 22]] – ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' opens on Broadway.
*October – Dr. [[Robert Moog]] demonstrates his prototype [[Moog synthesizer|synthesizer]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moog|first=R. A.|year=1965|title=Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules|journal=[[Journal of the Audio Engineering Society]]|volume=13|issue=3|pages=200–206}}</ref>
*[[October 19]] – [[Simon & Garfunkel]] release their debut album, ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]'', their first for [[Columbia Records]], which is a total flop at this time. After release of their second album, ''[[Sounds of Silence (album)|Sounds of Silence]]'', in 1966, it hits #30 on the Billboard charts.
*[[October 24]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] start their second US tour.
*[[October 25]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] perform on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' for the first time.
*[[October 29]] – ''[[The T.A.M.I. Show]]'' is filmed.
*[[October 31]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the second of five successive number one hits, "[[Baby Love]]".
*[[November]] – A deal with U.K. impresario W. H. Miller lands the [[Anita Kerr]] Quartette on [[Capitol Records]] for North America.
*[[December 11]] – [[Sam Cooke]] is killed under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, "[[A Change Is Gonna Come (song)|A Change Is Gonna Come]]", a song considered by many to be his best, is released.
*[[December 19]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the third of five successive number one hits, "[[Come See About Me]]".
*[[December 24]]  – [[The Beatles]] gain the Christmas number one in the United Kingdom for the second year running with ''[[I Feel Fine]]'', which has topped the singles charts for the third week running. The Beatles have now had six number ones in the U.K. alone.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html|work=JPGR|year=2009|access-date=2010-10-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130725053714/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html | archive-date = 2013-07-25| url-status=live}}</ref>
*date unknown
**[[Dalida]] is the first star to receive a Platinum Disc in Europe.
**11-year-old [[Keith Green]] becomes the youngest person ever to sign a contract with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ([[ASCAP]]) after publishing, recording and releasing the song "The Way I Used to Be".
**[[Joseph Shabalala]] re-forms his male vocal [[isicathamiya]] ensemble as [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]].
**The [[National Institute of Kathak Dance]] is established in New Delhi.
**[[Sonny Bono|Sonny]] and [[Cher]] begin performing together as "Caesar and Cleo".

==Bands formed==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1964]]''

==Albums released==
===January===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| 10
| ''[[The Rolling Stones (EP)|The Rolling Stones]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||EP
|-
| 20
| ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || US
|-
| 30
| ''[[Folk Singer (album)|Folk Singer]]'' || [[Muddy Waters]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''[[A Lettermen Kind of Love]]'' || [[The Lettermen]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Al Martino#Studio albums|Living a Lie]]'' || [[Al Martino]] ||–
|-
| ''[[The Hits of Jo Stafford]]'' || Jo Stafford ||–
|-
| ''[[Stay with The Hollies]]'' || [[The Hollies]] ||Debut
|-
|}

===February===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| 7
| ''Born to Wander'' || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||–
|- 
| 10
| ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||–
|-
| 18 
| ''[[Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||–
|- 
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''[[Ain't That Good News (album)|Ain't That Good News]]'' || [[Sam Cooke]] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=New Album Releases |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=LSP+2899&pg=PA8 |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co. |date=February 22, 1964}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (Dionne Warwick album)|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 album)|The Third Album]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' || [[John Addison]] || Soundtrack to 1963 film
|-
|}

===March===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| 2
| ''[[Shut Down Volume 2]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||–
|-
| 17
| ''[[Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five album)|Glad All Over]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || US
|-
| 20
| ''[[Meet The Temptations]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''[[The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell]]'' || [[Glen Campbell]] ||–
|-
| ''Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs'' || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]'' || [[Stan Getz]] and [[João Gilberto]] ||–
|-
| ''The Italian Voice of Al Martino'' || [[Al Martino]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (album)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' || [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]] ||–
|-
|}

===April===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| 1
| ''[[When I'm Alone I Cry]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] ||–
|-
| 2
| ''[[Kissin' Cousins (soundtrack)|Kissin' Cousins]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack
|-
| 10
| ''[[The Beatles' Second Album]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || US
|-
| 15
| ''[[Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album)|Together]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] and [[Mary Wells]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[The Rolling Stones (album)|The Rolling Stones]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || UK
|-
| ''[[A Girl Called Dusty]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] ||–
|-
| ''[[A Session with The Dave Clark Five]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[The Believer (John Coltrane album)|The Believer]]'' || [[John Coltrane]] ||–
|-
| ''[[When Lights Are Low (Tony Bennett album)|When Lights Are Low]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="5" |–
| ''[[America, I Hear You Singing]]''|| [[Frank Sinatra]] with [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Fred Waring]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Black Orchid (album)|Black Orchid]]'' || [[The Three Sounds]] ||–
|-
|''[[Boys, Boys, Boys]]''
|[[Lesley Gore]]
|
|-
| ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Original Broadway cast
|-
|[[The New Sound from England!]]
|[[Bobby Vee]]
| -
|-
|}

===May===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[The Beatles' Long Tall Sally]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Canada
|- 
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''By Request'' || [[Brenda Lee]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[The Dave Clark Five Return!]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || US
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''Bewitched'' || [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Dance with The Shadows]]'' || [[The Shadows]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong album)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' || [[Louis Armstrong]] ||–
|-
| ''The Lettermen Look at Love'' || [[The Lettermen]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Mary Wells Sings My Guy]]'' || [[Mary Wells]] ||–
|- 
| ''Stay & Other Great Hits'' || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack EP
|-
|}

===June===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Long Tall Sally (EP)|Long Tall Sally]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || EP, UK
|-
| ''[[Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers]]'' || [[Koerner, Ray & Glover]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[I Walk the Line (1964 album)|I Walk the Line]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Before I'm Over You]]'' || [[Loretta Lynn]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
|''[[Stevie at the Beach]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''[[Back in Town (The Kingston Trio album)|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===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Wonderful Life (Cliff Richard album)|Wonderful Life]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]] || Soundtrack
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[All Summer Long (album)|All Summer Long]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||–
|-
| ''I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore'' || [[Nat King Cole]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[American Tour]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || US
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[The Body & the Soul]]'' || [[Freddie Hubbard]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album)|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 (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||–
|-
|}

===August===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|3
|[[The Very Thought of You (Ricky Nelson album)|The Very Thought of You]]
|[[Ricky Nelson]]
|
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Dream with Dean]]'' || [[Dean Martin]] ||–
|- 
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Five by Five (The Rolling Stones EP)|Five by Five]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Make Way for Dionne Warwick]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Where Did Our Love Go (album)|Where Did Our Love Go]]'' || [[The Supremes]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |–
| ''[[Black Pearls]]'' || [[John Coltrane]] ||–
|-
| ''[[It Might as Well Be Swing]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] with [[Count Basie]] ||–
|-
| ''[[On the Street Where You Live (album)|On the Street Where You Live]]'' || [[Vic Damone]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Two Great Guitars]]'' || [[Bo Diddley]] and [[Chuck Berry]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2]]'' || [[The Ventures]] ||–
|-
| ''Where Love Has Gone'' || [[Jack Jones (singer)|Jack Jones]] ||–
|-
|}

===September===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[The Five Faces of Manfred Mann]]'' || [[Manfred Mann]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[The Doris Day Christmas Album]]'' || [[Doris Day]] || Christmas
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''In the Name of Love'' || [[Peggy Lee]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|–
| ''[[The Animals (American album)|The Animals]]'' || [[The Animals]] || US version
|-
| ''[[The Cat (album)|The Cat]]'' || [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]] ||–
|-
| ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||–
|-
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Early Orbison]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Kinks (album)|Kinks]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[A Bit of Liverpool]]'' || [[The Supremes]] || [[British Invasion]] tribute LP
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Beach Boys Concert]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee]]'' || [[Brenda Lee]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]'' || [[Simon & Garfunkel]] ||–
|-
| ''[[With a Smile and a Song (album)|With a Smile and a Song]]'' || [[Doris Day]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Roustabout (album)|Roustabout]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[The Animals (British album)|The Animals]]'' || [[The Animals]] || UK version
|-
| rowspan="8" | -
| ''[[12 X 5]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||US
|-
|''[[Girl Talk (Lesley Gore album)|Girl Talk]]'' || [[Lesley Gore]] ||–
|-
| ''[[The Door Is Still Open to My Heart (album)|The Door Is Still Open to My Heart]]'' || [[Dean Martin]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Dusty (Dusty Springfield album)|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]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Handy Man (Del Shannon album)|Handy Man]]'' || [[Del Shannon]] ||–
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" | 6
| ''[[Blue Jeans a'Swinging]]'' || [[The Swinging Blue Jeans]] ||–
|-
|''[[Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live]]'' || [[Ike & Tina Turner]] ||Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[The Beach Boys' Christmas Album]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Christmas
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Hello Broadway]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Who Can I Turn To (album)|Who Can I Turn To]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||–
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |23
| ''[[The Beatles' Story]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || US
|-
|[[Spotlight on Rick]]
|[[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]]
|
|-
| rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album)|12 Songs of Christmas]]'' || [[Bing Crosby]] with [[Frank Sinatra]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Broadway-Blues-Ballads]]'' || [[Nina Simone]] || Broadway
|-
| ''[[In The Hollies Style]]'' || [[The Hollies]] ||–
|-
| ''The Jack Jones Christmas Album'' || [[Jack Jones (singer)|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 (album)|Softly, as I Leave You]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] ||–
|-
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Beatles for Sale]]'' || [[The Beatles]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Five Live Yardbirds]]'' || [[The Yardbirds]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob John)]]'' || [[The Kingston Trio]] ||–
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Beatles '65]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;|21
| ''[[Autobiography (Nat Adderley album)|Autobiography]]'' || [[Nat Adderley]] ||–
|-
| ''[[Coast to Coast (Dave Clark Five album)|Coast to Coast]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |–
| ''[[Verlaine et Rimbaud]]'' || [[Léo Ferré]] || France
|-
|''[[My Love Forgive Me (album)|My Love Forgive Me]]''
|[[Robert Goulet]]
|–
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*''442 Glenwood Avenue'' – [[The Pixies Three]]
*''[[The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''[[Allan in Wonderland]]'' – [[Allan Sherman]]
*''[[Alexandria the Great]]'' – [[Lorez Alexandria]]
*''[[Amore Scusami (Amour excuse-moi)|Amore Scusami]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Ballads, Blues and Boasters]]'' – [[Harry Belafonte]]
*''[[Basie Land]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
*''[[Beauty and the Beard]]'' – [[Al Hirt]]
*''[[Bebop Revisited!]]'' – [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]]
*''[[Black Fire (album)|Black Fire]]'' – [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]] 
*''Blue Gene'' – [[Gene Pitney]]
*''[[Blue Spoon]]'' – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
*''Blue Around the Clock'' – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
*''Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits'' – [[Bo Diddley]]
*''[[Bread & Butter (album)|Bread & Butter]]'' – [[The Newbeats]]
*''[[Brown Sugar (Freddie Roach album)|Brown Sugar]]'' – [[Freddie Roach (organist)|Freddie Roach]] 
*''[[The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits]]'' - [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]
*''[[Christmas Cookin']]'' – Jimmy Smith
*''[[Coltrane's Sound]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
*''[[Cotton Candy (album)|Cotton Candy]]'' – [[Al Hirt]]
*''[[Crescent (John Coltrane album)|Crescent]]'' – John Coltrane
*''[[Cuddlebug]]'' – [[The Simon Sisters]]
*''[[The Dealers]]'' – [[John Coltrane]] & [[Mal Waldron]]
*''Donna The Prima Donna'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[The Door Is Still Open to My Heart]]'' – [[Dean Martin]]
*''[[The Dubliners (album)|The Dubliners]]'' – [[The Dubliners]] (debut)
*''[[Early Dawg]]'' - [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Ella at Juan-Les-Pins]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Empyrean Isles]]'' – [[Herbie Hancock]]
*''[[Etta James Rocks the House]]'' – [[Etta James]]
*''The Exciting Voice of Sergio Franchi'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''Expressions East'' – [[John Berberian]]
*''[[For Swingin' Livers Only!]]'' – [[Allan Sherman]]
*''[[The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''[[The Great Years]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]] 
*''[[Here I Go Again (album)|Here I Go Again]]'' – [[The Hollies]] (US)
*''[[Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine]]'' – [[Dean Martin]]
*''Hide and Seekers'' – [[The Seekers]]
*''[[How My Heart Sings!]]'' – [[Bill Evans]]
*''[[I'll Search My Heart and Other Great Hits]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]
*''[[:it:Indifferentemente (album)|Indifferentemente]]'' – [[Mario Trevi]]
*''[[Miles Davis in Europe|In Europe]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
*''[[In Love Again!]]'' – [[Peggy Lee]]
*''[[In Person at the Americana]]'' – [[Julie London]]
*''It Hurts to Be in Love'' – [[Gene Pitney]]
*''[[It's Monk's Time]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
*''Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits'' – [[Johnny Horton]]
*''[[Joyful Season]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
*''[[Live at Birdland (1964 John Coltrane album)|Live at Birdland]]'' – [[John Coltrane]]
*''[[Love After Midnight]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
*''The Manfred Mann Album'' – [[Manfred Mann]]
*''Meet The Simon Sisters'' – [[The Simon Sisters]]
*''[[The Never Ending Impressions]]'' – [[The Impressions]]
*''[[Out to Lunch!]]'' – [[Eric Dolphy]]
*''[[Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini]]'' – [[Quincy Jones]]
* ''[[Right or Wrong (Ronnie Dove album)|Right or Wrong]]'' – [[Ronnie Dove]]
*''Rock Around the Clock King'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
*''Runnin' Out of Fools'' – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*''Said I To Shostakovitch'' – [[Tupper Saussy]] 
*''[[Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium]]'' – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] 
*''The Seekers'' – [[The Seekers]] 
*''[[The Shelter of Your Arms]]'' – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] 
*''[[Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]] 
*''[[Só Danço Samba (album)|Só Danço Samba]]'' – [[Clare Fischer]]
*''[[Sugar Lips (album)|Sugar Lips]]'' – [[Al Hirt]]
*''Surf Surf Surf'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
*''The Swinger's Guide to Mary Poppins'' – [[Tupper Saussy|The Tupper Saussy Quartet]] with [[Charlie McCoy]]
*''[[Tears for Dolphy]]'' – [[Ted Curson]] 
*''[[Tender Is the Night (Johnny Mathis album)|Tender Is the Night]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]  January 23, 1964
*''[[This Is Love (Johnny Mathis album)|This Is Love]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]  September 18, 1964
*''[[Today, Tomorrow, Forever (Nancy Wilson album)|Today, Tomorrow, Forever]]'' – [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] May 1964
*''[[The Ventures in Space]]'' – [[The Ventures]] January 25, 1964
*''[[We Get Requests]]'' – The [[Oscar Peterson]] trio December 1964
*''Women in My Life'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''[[The Wonderful World of Andy Williams]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''[[The Wonderful World of Make Believe]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]] 
{{div col end}}

==Billboard Top popular records of 1964==
from Billboard December 26, 1964 - Record Talent Edition pg TA-30

"Top Records OF 1964 (Based on Billboard's Charts)
The information compiled for the Top Records of 1964 is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the Billboard issue dates of January 3 through November 28, 1964. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the No. 1 disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective chart.

Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and their formula also included approximately 50 records from 1963, some of which had enough points to rank in the 1964 chart. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November–December 1963 and December 1964-March 1965, and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the December 26 year-end chart [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964|reprinted here]].

The completed chart is composed of records that entered the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Billboard Hot 100]] during November–December 1963 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1964), January to November–December 1964 (majority of chart weeks in 1964). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1963 or 1965 are included in the year-end charts for those years, respectively, and multiple appearances are not permitted. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Billboard also has chart summaries] on its website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052910/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1964YESP.html Cashbox rankings] were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA's Gold and Platinum database], the [https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified database]  and The Book of Golden Discs,<ref name="GoldenDiscs">{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref> but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] and [[National Recording Registry]] information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Billboard Hot 100|Rank]] 
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Release Date
! CB
! Sales
! Charts, Awards
|-
| 1 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" || Capitol 5112 || {{Date table sorting|196310}}|October 17, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196312}}|December 26, 1963 || 1 || 11.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #1, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 299 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2006
|-
| 2 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[She Loves You]]" || Swan 4152 || {{Date table sorting|196307}}|July 1, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196309}}|September 16, 1963 || 3 || 5.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #2, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 226 points
|-
| 3 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and The All Stars]] || "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" || Kapp 573 || {{Date table sorting|196312}}|December 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 1964 || 2 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #3, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 224 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 9 weeks, 21 total weeks, 451 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
|-
| 4 || [[Roy Orbison]] || "[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]" || Monument 851 || {{Date table sorting|196408}}|August 1, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196408}}|August 15, 1964 || 4 || 4.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #4, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 201 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2007]]
|-
| 5 || [[The Supremes]] || "[[Baby Love]]" || Motown 1066 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 1, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196409}}|September 17, 1964 || 19 || 3.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #5, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 198 points
|-
| 6 || [[The Beach Boys]] || "[[I Get Around]]" || Capitol 5174 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 2, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 11, 1964 || 9 || 3.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #6, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 195 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
|-
| 7 || [[The Animals]] || "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" || MGM 13264 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 18, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 19, 1964 || 12 || 5.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #7, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 191 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
|-
| 8 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[I Feel Fine]]" || Capitol 5327 || {{Date table sorting|196410}}|October 18, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196411}}|November 23, 1964 || 10 || 2.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #8, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 191 points
|--
| 9 || [[The Supremes]] || "[[Come See About Me]]" || Motown 1068 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 13, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196410}}|October 27, 1964 || 16 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #9, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 190 points
|-
| 10 || [[Bobby Vinton]] || [[There! I've Said It Again]] ||  Warner Bros. 5494 || {{Date table sorting|196309}}|September 5, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196311}}|November 1963 || 7 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #10, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 188 points
|-
| 11  || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Can't Buy Me Love]]" || Capitol 5150 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 29, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196403}}|March 16, 1964 || 8 || 5.50<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beatles Record Sales. Beatles Radio: The Beatles, Solos, Covers, Birthdays, News The Fab 4 and More! |url=https://www.beatlesradio.com/beatles-record-sales |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.beatlesradio.com}}</ref><ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #11, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 185 points
|-
| 12 || [[The Supremes]] || "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]" || Motown 1060 ||  {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 8, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 17, 1964 || 6 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #12, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 184 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2015
|-
| 13 || [[Mary Wells]] || "[[My Guy]]" || Motown 1056 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196403}}|March 13, 1964 || 18 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #13, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 183 points, Top Soul Singles 1964 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 325 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
|-
| 14  || [[The Beatles]] || [[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]] || Capitol 5222 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 16, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 10, 1964 || 5 || 2.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 176 points
|-
| 15  || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The 4 Seasons]] || "[[Rag Doll (The Four Seasons song)|Rag Doll]]" || Philips 40211 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 1964 || 13 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #15, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 176 points
|-
| 16 || [[Dean Martin]] || "[[Everybody Loves Somebody]]" || Reprise 0281 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 1964 || 15 || 4.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #16, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 175 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 8 weeks, 14 total weeks, 353 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
|-
| 17 || [[The Dixie Cups]] || "[[Chapel of Love]]" || Red Bird 10-001 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 1, 1964 ||  {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 1964 || 11 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #17, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 174 points
|-
| 18 || [[Manfred Mann]] || "[[Do Wah Diddy Diddy]]" || Ascot 2157 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 22, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 10, 1964 || 14 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #18, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 174 points
|-
| 19 || [[Bobby Vinton]] || [[Mr. Lonely (Bobby Vinton song)|Mr. Lonely]] || Epic 9730 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 16, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196410}}|October 16, 1964 || 17 || 1.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #19, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 173 points
|-
| 20 || [[The Zombies]] || "[[She's Not There]]" || Parrot 9695 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 12, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 24, 1964 || 20 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #20, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 143 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2016
|-
| 21 || [[J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers]] || "[[Last Kiss]]" || Josie 923 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 1964 || 22 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>  || US Billboard 1964 #21, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 142 points
|-
| 22 || [[Martha and the Vandellas]] || "[[Dancing in the Street]]" || Gordy 7033 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 19, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 31, 1964 || 37 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #22, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 139 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2005
|-
| 23 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Love Me Do]]" || Tollie 9008 || {{Date table sorting|196209}}|September 11, 1962 ||  {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 27, 1964 || 23 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>  || US Billboard 1964 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 138 points
|-
| 24 || [[Peter and Gordon]] || "[[A World Without Love]]"  || Capitol 5175 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 21, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 28, 1964 || 21 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #24, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 136 points
|-
| 25 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Twist and Shout]]" || Tollie 9001 || {{Date table sorting|196302}}|February 11, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196403}}|March 2, 1964 || 27 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #25, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 133 points
|-
| 26 || [[Gale Garnett]] || "[[We'll Sing in the Sunshine]]" || RCA Victor 47-8388 || {{Date table sorting|196311}}|November 8, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 18, 1964 || 24 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #26, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 132 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks, 350 points
|-
| 27 || [[Lorne Greene]] || "[[Ringo (song)|Ringo]]" || RCA Victor 47-8444 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|1964<ref>Bronson, Fred,  The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard Books, 1992, p. 161</ref> || {{Date table sorting|196410}}|October 1964 || 25 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #27, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 131 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 289 points.
|-
| 28  || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] || "[[Dawn (Go Away)]]" || Philips 40166 || {{Date table sorting|196311}}|November 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 1964 || 26 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #28, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 127 points
|-
| 29 || [[The Ray Charles Singers]] || "[[Love Me with All Your Heart|Love Me with All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)]]" || Command 4046 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|1964 || {{Date table sorting|196404}}|April 1964 || 35 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #29, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 123 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 281 points
|-
| 30 || [[The Shangri-las]] || "[[Leader of the Pack]]" || Red Bird 10-014 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196409}}|September 20, 1964 || 28 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #30, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 122 points
|-
| 31 || [[Lesley Gore]] || "[[You Don't Own Me]]" || Mercury 72206 || {{Date table sorting|196309}}|September 21, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196312}}|December 11, 1963 || 30 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #31, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 121 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
|-
| 32 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" || Vee-Jay 581 || {{Date table sorting|196211}}|November 26, 1962 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 30, 1964 || 36 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #32, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 118 points
|-
| 33 || [[The Marketts]] || "[[Out of Limits]]" || Warner Bros. 5391 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196310}}|October 1963 || 43 || 1.50<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #33, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 117 points
|-
| 34 || [[The Shangri-las]] || "[[Remember (Walking in the Sand)]]" || Red Bird 10-008 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 5, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196408}}|August 1964 || 40 || 1.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #34, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 117 points
|-
| 35 || [[Terry Stafford]] || "[[Suspicion (Terry Stafford song)|Suspicion]]" || Crusader 101 || {{Date table sorting|196205}}|May 2, 1962 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 1964 || 39 || 1.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || US Billboard 1964 #35, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 116 points
|}

    Billboard Top Soul Singles 1964
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Mary Wells]] || "[[My Guy]]" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 13]]
|-
| 2  || [[The Drifters]] || "[[Under the Boardwalk]]" || Atlantic 2237 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 21, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 1964 || 32 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1964 #38, Hot100 #4 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 107 points, Top Soul Singles 1964 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 18 total weeks, 259 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2014
|-
| 3  || [[Betty Everett]] and [[Jerry Butler]] || "[[Let It Be Me (The Everly Brothers song)|Let It Be Me]]" || Vee-Jay 613 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 11, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 3, 1964 || 47 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1964 #66, Hot100 #13 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 78 points, Top Soul Singles 1964 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 256 points
|-
| 4 || [[Betty Everett]] || "[[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]" || Vee-Jay 585 || {{Date table sorting|196311}}|January 24, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|February 10, 1964 || 46 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1964 #54, Hot100 #6 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 93 points, Top Soul Singles 1964 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks, 253 points
|-
| 5  || [[Joe Hinton]] || "[[Funny How Time Slips Away|Funny (How Time Slips Away)]]" || Gordy 7054 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 11, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196406}}|June 1964 || 112 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1964 #133, Hot100 #13 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 57 points, Top Soul Singles 1964 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 249 points
|}

    Billboard Top Country Singles 1964
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Buck Owens]] || "[[My Heart Skips a Beat]]" || Capitol 5136 || {{Date table sorting|196412}}|December 1, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196412}}|December 12, 1964 || 16 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1964 #648, Hot100 #94 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1964 #1, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 26 total weeks, 492 points
|-
| 2 || [[Buck Owens]] || "[[I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)]]" || Capitol 5240 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 28, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 20, 1968 || 179 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1964 #617, Hot100 #92 for 2 weeks, 3 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1964 #2, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 27 total weeks, 432 points
|-
| 3 || [[Jim Reeves]] || "[[I Guess I'm Crazy]]" || RCA Victor 8383 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 28, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 20, 1968 || 179 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1964 #543, Hot100 #82 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1964 #3, Country Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 26 total weeks, 414 points
|-
| 4  || [[Roger Miller]] || "[[Dang Me]]" || Smash 1881 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 11, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 11, 1964 || 44 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1964 #74, Hot100 #7 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1964 #4, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 25 total weeks, 371 points
|-
| 5 || [[Connie Smith]] || "[[Once a Day]]" || RCA Victor 8416 || {{Date table sorting|196409}}|September 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196411}}|November 1964 || 187 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1964 #723, Hot100 #101 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1964 #5, Country Singles #1 for 8 weeks, 28 total weeks, 366 points, National Recording Registry 2020
|}

    Top Easy Listening Singles 1964
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and The All Stars]] || "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" || Kapp 573 || {{Date table sorting|196312}}|December 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 1964 || 2 || 2.00<ref name=GoldenDiscs/> || Top Easy Listening Singles 1964 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 9 weeks, 21 total weeks, 451 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
|-
| 2 || [[Dean Martin]]  || "[[Everybody Loves Somebody]]" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 17]]
|-
| 3 || [[Gale Garnett]]  || "[[We'll Sing in the Sunshine]]" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 26]]
|-
| 4 || [[Lorne Greene]] || "[[Ringo (song)|Ringo]]" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 27]]
|-
| 5 || [[Ray Charles Singers]] || "[[Love Me With All Your Heart]]" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 29]]
|}

    Top Rock Tracks 1964''' (unofficial)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[The Kinks]] || "[[You Really Got Me]]" || Reprise 0306 || {{Date table sorting|196407}}|July 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196409}}|September 2, 1964 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #1, US Billboard 1964 #74, Hot100 #7 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 206 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, from [[Kinks (album)|You Really Got Me - Reprise 6143]].
|-
| 2 || [[The Beach Boys]] || "[[I Get Around]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 6]], from [[All Summer Long (album)|All Summer Long - Capitol 2110]].
|-
| 3 || [[The Zombies]] || "[[She's Not There]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 20]], from [[The Zombies (album)|The Zombies - Parrot 71001]].
|-
| 4 || [[The Beach Boys]] || "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (The Beach Boys song)|Dance, Dance, Dance]]" || Capitol 5306 || {{Date table sorting|196408}}|August 9, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196410}}|October 26, 1964 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #4, US Billboard 1964 #69, Hot100 #8 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 77 points, from [[The Beach Boys Today!|The Beach Boys Today! - Capitol 2269]].
|-
| 5 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 1]], from [[Meet The Beatles!|Meet The Beatles! - Capitol 2047]].
|-
| 6 || [[Roy Orbison]] || "[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 4]], from Oh Pretty Woman - Monument 4026.
|-
| 7 || [[Martha and the Vandellas]] || "[[Dancing in the Street]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 22]], from Gordy single 7033.
|-
| 8 || [[The Beach Boys]] || "[[Don't Worry Baby]]" || Capitol 5174 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 7, 1964 || {{Date table sorting|196405}}|May 11, 1964 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #8, US Billboard 1964 #202, Hot100 #24 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks, from [[Shut Down, Volume 2|Shut Down, Volume 2 - Capitol 2027]].
|-
| 9 || [[The Premiers]] || "[[Farmer John (song)|Farmer John]]" || Faro 615 || {{Date table sorting|196402}}|1964 || {{Date table sorting|196403}}|March 19, 1964 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #9, US Billboard 1964 #176, Hot100 #19 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, from Faro single 615.
|-
| 10 || [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]] || "[[Needles and Pins (song)|Needles And Pins]]" || Kapp 577 || {{Date table sorting|196311}}|1963 || {{Date table sorting|196401}}|January 7, 1964 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #10, US Billboard 1964 #128, Hot100 #13 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, from [[Meet The Searchers|Meet The Searchers - Kapp 1363]].
|-
| 11  || [[The Animals]] || "[[The House Of The Rising Sun]]" || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1964|see number 7]], from [[The Animals (American album)|The Animals - MGM 4264]].
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| 12 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" || Capitol 5112 || {{Date table sorting|196302}}|February 11, 1963 || {{Date table sorting|196312}}|December 26, 1963 || Top Rock Tracks 1964 #12, from Capitol single 5112.
|}

==Other significant singles==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em| 
*"All Cried Out" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[All Day and All of the Night]]" – [[The Kinks]]
*"[[Almost There (Andy Williams song)|Almost There]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Alone with You (Brenda Lee song)|Alone with You]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]" – [[Cilla Black]]
*"[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]" – [[Marianne Faithfull]]
*"[[Baby I Need Your Loving]]" – [[The Four Tops]]
*"[[Baby Let Me Take You Home]]" – [[The Animals]]
*"[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]" – [[Them (band)|Them]]
*"[[Because (The Dave Clark Five song)|Because]]" – [[The Dave Clark Five]]
*"[[Blue Winter (song)|Blue Winter]]" - [[Connie Francis]]
*"[[Bread and Butter (song)|Bread and Butter]]" – [[The Newbeats]]
*"[[C'mon and Swim]]" – [[Bobby Freeman]]
*"[[Cotton Candy (instrumental)|Cotton Candy]]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[L'edera (song)|Constantly]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Dear Heart (song)|Dear Heart]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Do You Want to Know a Secret]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Dream Baby (Cher song)|Dream Baby]]" – [[Cher]]
*"[[Everything's Alright (The Newbeats song)|Everything's Alright]]" – [[The Newbeats]]
*"[[Ferry Cross the Mersey]]" – [[Gerry & the Pacemakers]]
*"[[Fever (1956 song)|Fever]]" – [[Helen Shapiro]]
*"[[A Fool Never Learns]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"Gator Tails And Monkey Ribs" – [[The Spats]] 
*"Genie With the Light Brown Lamp" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Girl Don't Come]]" – [[Sandie Shaw]]
*"[[Give Him a Great Big Kiss]]" – [[The Shangri-Las]]
*"[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" – [[Them (band)|Them]]
*"[[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|Goldfinger]]" – [[Shirley Bassey]]
*"[[Happiness (Bill Anderson song)|Happiness]]" – [[Ken Dodd]]
*"[[Hey Now (Lesley Gore song)|Hey Now]]" – [[Lesley Gore]]
*"[[I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]]
*"[[I Don't Wanna Be a Loser]]" – [[Lesley Gore]]
*"[[I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself]]" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[I Love You More and More Every Day]]" – [[Al Martino]]
*"I Never Dreamed"- [[The Cookies]]
*"[[I Understand (Just How You Feel)|I Understand]]" – [[Freddie & the Dreamers]]
*"[[I'm Crying]]" – [[The Animals]]
*"[[I'm into Something Good]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]
*"[[I'm the Lonely One]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]]
*"[[It's All Over Now]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[It's for You]]" – [[Cilla Black]]
*"[[Java (instrumental)|Java]]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[Just One Look (song)|Just One Look]]" – [[The Hollies]]
*"[[Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand / Sie Liebt Dich]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)]]" – [[Jay and the Americans]]
*"[[Little Children (song)|Little Children]]" – [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|The Dakotas]]
*"A Little Loving" – [[The Fourmost]]
*"[[The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)]]" – [[Jan and Dean]]
*"[[Little Red Rooster]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"Losing You" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[Maybe I Know]]" – [[Lesley Gore]]
*"[[Message to Michael|A Message To Martha]]" – [[Adam Faith]]
*"[[My Boy Lollipop]]" – [[Millie (singer)|Millie]]
*"Needle In A Haystack"- [[The Velvelettes]]
*"[[Non ho l'età|Non Ho L'Età (Per Amarti)]]" – [[Gigliola Cinquetti]]
*"[[One Way Love (Bert Berns song)|One Way Love]]" – [[Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers]]
*"[[On the Beach (Cliff Richard song)|On the Beach]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]]
*"[[On the Street Where You Live]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"Rhythm and Greens" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Right or Wrong (Wanda Jackson song)|Right or Wrong]]" — [[Ronnie Dove]]
*"[[The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Say You (Ronnie Dove song)|Say You]]" - [[Ronnie Dove]]
*"[[Seven Letters (song)|Seven Letters]]" - [[Ben E. King]]
*"[[Sha La La|Sha-La-La]]" – [[The Shirelles]]
*"[[Share Your Love with Me]]" – [[Bobby Bland]]
*"[[Shout (Isley Brothers song)|Shout]]" – [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] & [[The Luvvers]]
*"[[Show Me Girl]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]
*"[[Stay Awhile (Dusty Springfield song)|Stay Awhile]]" - [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[Sugar Lips (song)|Sugar Lips]]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[T'ain't Nothin' to Me]]" – [[The Coasters]]
*"[[Terry (Twinkle song)|Terry]]" – [[Twinkle (singer)|Twinkle]]
*"[[That's When It Hurts]]" - [[Ben E. King]]
*"[[Theme for Young Lovers]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me]]" – [[Sandie Shaw]]
*"(They Call Her) La Bamba" – [[The Crickets]]
*"[[There's a Place]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Think (Brenda Lee song)|Think]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Thou Shalt Not Steal (song)|Thou Shalt Not Steal]]" – [[Dick and Dee Dee]]
*"[[Tobacco Road (song)|Tobacco Road]]" – [[The Nashville Teens]]
*"[[The Twelfth of Never]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Up Above My Head|Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)]]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[Warum nur warum?|Walk Away]]" – [[Matt Monro]]
*"[[Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes song)|Walking in the Rain]]" – [[The Ronettes]]
*"[[The Way You Do the Things You Do]]" – [[The Temptations]]
*"[[We Love You Beatles]]" – [[The Carefrees]]
*"[[The Wedding (song)|The Wedding]]" – [[Julie Rogers (singer)|Julie Rogers]]
*"[[When Joanna Loved Me]]" – [[Tony Bennett]]
*"[[When You Loved Me]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight?]]" - [[Connie Francis]]
*"[[The World of Lonely People]]" – [[Anita Bryant]]
*"[[Wrong for Each Other]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[You're My World]]" – [[Cilla Black]]
*"[[You're No Good]]" – [[The Swinging Blue Jeans]]
*"[[Zoot Suit (song)|Zoot Suit]]" – [[The Who]]
}}
{{See also|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1964 (USA)}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]] theme song" w.m. [[Vic Mizzy]]
* "[[Baby I Need Your Loving|Baby, I Need Your Loving]] w.m. [[Edward Holland Jr.|Edward Holland]], [[Brian Holland]] & [[Lamont Dozier]]
* "The Ballad of [[Gilligan's Island]]" w.m. [[Frank DeVol]] and [[Sherwood Schwartz]]
* "Before the Parade Passes By" w.m. [[Jerry Herman]], from the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
* "[[Bewitched]] theme song" w.m. [[Howard Greenfield]] and [[Jack Keller (songwriter)|Jack Keller]]
* "Chapel Of Love" w.m. [[Phil Spector]], Ellie Greenwich & [[Jeff Barry]]
* "[[Chim Chim Cher-ee]]"  w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]]
* "[[Crying Time|Cryin' Time]]" w.m. [[Buck Owens]]
* "[[Dear Heart (song)|Dear Heart]]" w. [[Jay Livingston]] & [[Ray Evans]] m. [[Henry Mancini]]
* "[[Feed the Birds]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] introduced by Julie Andrews in the film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* "Gimme Some" w. [[Lee Adams]] m. [[Charles Strouse]]
* "[[Glad All Over]]" w.m. [[Dave Clark (musician)|Dave Clark]] & [[Mike Smith (singer-songwriter)|Mike Smith]]
* "[[Goin' Out of My Head]]" w.m. [[Teddy Randazzo]] & [[Bobby Weinstein]]
* "Golden Boy" w. [[Lee Adams]] m. [[Charles Strouse]]
* "[[Hang on Sloopy]]" w.m. [[Bert Russell]] & [[Wes Farrell]]
* "[[Have I the Right?]]" w.m. [[Ken Howard (composer)|Ken Howard]] & Alan Blaikley
* "[[A House Is Not a Home (song)|A House Is Not a Home]]" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]] from the film ''[[A House Is Not a Home (film)|A House Is Not a Home]]''.  Recorded by [[Dionne Warwick]].
* "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte", m. [[Frank DeVol]] from the [[Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte|film]] of the same name
* "[[I Will Wait For You]]" m. [[Michel Legrand]].  From the film musical ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]''
* "[[If I Were a Rich Man (song)|If I Were a Rich Man]]"  w. [[Sheldon Harnick]] m. [[Jerry Bock]]. Introduced in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' by [[Zero Mostel]]. Performed by [[Chaim Topol]] in the 1971 film version.
* "Invisible Tears" w.m. [[Ned Miller]] and Sue Miller
* "[[It's Over (Roy Orbison song)|It's Over]]"  w.m. [[Roy Orbison]] & [[Bill Dees]]
* "[[The Joker (Anthony Newley song)|The Joker]]"  w.m. Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse from the musical ''[[The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd]]''
* "[[Let's Go Fly a Kite]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* "[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]" w.m. [[Roy Orbison]] & [[Bill Dees]]
* "Pass Me By" w. [[Carolyn Leigh]] m. [[Cy Coleman]]. Introduced by [[Digby Wolfe]] in the film ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]''
* "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" w.m. [[Jerry Herman]], from the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
* "[[Sister Suffragette]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]].  Introduced by [[Glynis Johns]] in the film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''.
* "So Long, Dearie" w.m. [[Jerry Herman]], from the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
* "[[A Spoonful of Sugar]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* "Style" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Robin and the Seven Hoods|Robin And The Seven Hoods]]''
* "[[Sunrise, Sunset]]" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
* "[[Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* "[[That's Life (song)|That's Life]]" w.m. [[Dean Kay]] & Kelly Gordon
* "[[Tradition (song)|Tradition]]" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
* "[[Where Did Our Love Go?]]" w.m. [[Lamont Dozier]], [[Brian Holland]] and [[Edward Holland Jr.|Edward Holland]]
* "[[A World Without Love]]" w.m. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[Zorbas]]" (Zorba's Dance) m. [[Mikis Theodorakis]]

==Other notable songs==
*"[[Dahil Sa Iyo]]" w.m. Tom Spinosa and Mike Velarde Jr.
*"[[I miei pensieri]]" w. Sanzio Chiesa m. Giovanni Pelli
*"[[Laisse tomber les filles]]" w.m. [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
*"[[L'Orange (song)|L'Orange]]" w.m. [[Gilbert Bécaud]] and [[Pierre Delanoë]]
*"[[Mon Pays]]" w.m. [[Gilles Vigneault]]
*"[[There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow]]" w.m. [[Robert B. Sherman]] and [[Richard M. Sherman]] (for [[Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress]])
*"[[It's A Small World (After All)]]" w.m. [[Robert B. Sherman]] and [[Richard M. Sherman]]
*"[[Que C'est Triste Venise]]" w.m. [[Françoise Dorin]]

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sortable table
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
|[[Henk Badings|Badings, Henk]]
|Symphony No. 12
|1964-10-20
| [[Scheveningen]], Netherlands ([[Kurhaus (Scheveningen)|Kurhaus]])
|[[Residentie Orchestra]], [[Willem van Otterloo]]
|-
| [[Harrison Birtwistle|Birtwistle, Harrison]] || ''[[Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments]]'' || 1964-07-12 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[Mary Thomas (soprano)|Thomas]] / [[Virtuoso Ensemble]], [[John Carewe|Carewe]]<ref name="Times640713" />
|-
| [[Harrison Birtwistle|Birtwistle, Harrison]] || ''[[Three Movements with Fanfares]]'' || 1964-07-08 || London ([[Guildhall, London|Guildhall]]) || [[English Chamber Orchestra]], [[John Pritchard (conductor)|Pritchard]]<ref>Anon., "New Work Still Needs a Fair Hearing", ''[[The Times]]'' (9 July 1964): 7.</ref>
|-
| [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies, Peter Maxwell]] || ''[[Veni sancte spiritus (Davies)|Veni sancte spiritus]]'' || 1964-07-10 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]] || [[Princeton High School Choir]], [orchestra unknown], [[Thomas Hilbish|Hilbish]]<ref>Anon., "U.S. Choir in New Work", ''[[The Times]]'' (11 July 1964): 5.</ref>
|-
| [[Alun Hoddinott|Hoddinott, Alun]] || Harp Sonata || 1964-07-12 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[Ossian Ellis|Ellis]]<ref name="Times640713" />
|-
| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || ''Dimensioni IV'' for chamber ensemble || 1964-07-23 || Darmstadt, Germany ([[Darmstädter Ferienkurse|Ferienkurse]]) || [[Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt]] – [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna]]<ref>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}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Alan Rawsthorne|Rawsthorne, Alan]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Rawsthorne)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1964-07-08 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[BBC Northern Orchestra]], [[George Hurst (conductor)|Hurst]]<ref>Anon., "New Symphony at Cheltenham Festival", ''[[The Times]]'' (9 July 1964): 7.</ref>
|-
| [[Humphrey Searle|Searle, Humphrey]] || ''[[The Sun (Searle)|The Sun]]'', cantata for a cappella choir, Op. 42 || 1964-07-07 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[BBC Chorus]], [[Alan Melville (conductor)|Melville]]<ref>"New Searle Cantata: Poet's Mysticism Captured", ''[[The Times]]'' (8 July 1964): 7.</ref>
|-
| [[Robert Sherlaw Johnson|Sherlaw Johnson Robert]] || Piano Sonata || 1964-07-11 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[Robert Sherlaw Johnson|Sherlaw Johnson]]<ref name="Times640713">Anon., "A Pianist-Composer's First Sonata", ''[[The Times]]'' (13 July 1964): 7.</ref>
|-
| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Mikrophonie (Stockhausen)|Mikrophonie I]]'' || 1964-12-09 || Brussels, Belgium || [[Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky|Aloys Kontarsky]], [[Christoph Caskel|Caskel]], [[Johannes Fritsch|Fritsch]], [[Bernhard Kontarsky]], [[Hugh Davies (composer)|Davies]], [[Jaap Spek|Spek]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Kurtz|first=Michael|title=Stockhausen: A Biography|translator=[[Richard Toop]]|location=London and Boston|publisher=Faber and Faber|year=1992|pages=135, 137, 252|isbn=0-571-14323-7 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen, Karlheinz]] || ''[[Plus-Minus (Stockhausen)|Plus-Minus]]'' || 1964-06-14 || Rome, Italy || [[Cornelius Cardew|Cardew]], [[Frederic Rzewski|Rzewski]]{{sfn|Kurtz|1992|p=252}}
|-
| [[John Wilks (composer)|Wilks, John]] || ''[[Beata l'alma]]'' || 1964-07-06 || Cheltenham, UK ([[Cheltenham Festival|Festival]]) || [[Josephine Nendick|Nendick]] / [[BBC Northern Orchestra]], [[George Hurst (conductor)|Hurst]]<ref>Anon., "Cheltenham's Thread of New Music", ''[[The Times]]'' (7 July 1964): 15.</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Gilbert Amy]]
**''Alpha-beth'', for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and horn
**''Cahiers d'épigrammes'', for piano
*[[Eyvin Andersen]] – Concerto for violin and orchestra
*[[Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)|Jurriaan Andriessen]] – ''After the Fall'', incidental music
*[[Louis Andriessen]]
**''A Flower Song II'', for oboe
**''A Flower Song III'', for cello
**''Ittrospezione III'', for two pianos and three instrumental groups,
**''Sweet'', for alto recorder
*[[Malcolm Arnold]]
**Pieces (5), for violin and piano, Op. 84
**Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, Op. 81
**''A Sunshine Overture'', for orchestra, Op. 83
**''Water Music'', for winds and percussion, Op. 82
*[[Milton Babbitt]]
**''Ensembles for Synthesizer'', for four-track tape
**''[[Philomel (Babbitt)|Philomel]]'', for soprano and four-track tape
*[[Samuel Barber]]
**''Chorale for Ascension Day'', for chorus, brass, timpani, and organ (ad lib.)
**''Night Flight'', for orchestra, Op.19a,
*[[Luciano Berio]]
**''Chemins I'' on ''Sequenza II'', for harp and orchestra
** ''[[Folk Songs (Berio)|Folk Songs]]'', for soprano and seven instruments
**''Rounds'', for voice and harpsichord (subsequently withdrawn)
**''Traces'', for soprano, mezzo-soprano, two actors, chorus, and orchestra (subsequently withdrawn)
*[[Harrison Birtwistle]]
**''Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments'', for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussion
**''Three Movements with Fanfares'', for chamber orchestra
*[[Rob du Bois]]
**''Deuxième série de rondeaux'', for piano four-hands and optional percussion
**''Just Like a Little Sonata'', for piano
**''Pastorale VI'', for piano
**''Pastorale VII'', for alto recorder
**Quartet, for oboe, violin, violin, and cello (revised version)
*[[Benjamin Britten]]
**Cadenza for Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major
**Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72
**[[Cello Symphony (Britten)|Symphony for Cello and Orchestra]], op. 68 (revised version)
*[[Earle Brown]] – ''Corroboree'', for three or two pianos
*[[Carlos Chávez]]
**Concerto for four horns and orchestra (revision)
**''Fuga HAGC'', for violin, viola, cello, and contrabass
**''Resonancias'', for orchestra
**''[[Tambuco (Chávez)|Tambuco]]'', for six percussionists
*[[Aaron Copland]]
**''Down a Country Lane'', for school orchestra
**''Emblems'', for symphonic band
**''Music for a Great City''
*[[George Crumb]] – ''Four Nocturnes (Night Music II)'' for violin and piano
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]]
**''Parole di San Paolo'', for mezzo-soprano or boy's voice and 11 instruments
**''Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado'', version for soprano and chamber orchestra
*[[Mario Davidovsky]]
**''Electronic Study No. 3''
**''Synchronisms No. 2'' for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and tape
**''Synchronisms No. 3'' for cello and electronic sound
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]]
**''Little Pieces'' (5), for piano
**''Second Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine'', for orchestra
**''Shakespeare Music'', for 11 instruments
*[[Michel Decoust]] – ''Horizon remarquable'' (lyrics by [[René Char]])
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]]
**''The Martyr'' for male choir (revised version)
**"My Papa's Waltz", for voice and piano
**"Prayer", for voice and piano
**String Quartet No. 8
**Symphony No. 5
**''We Two'', song cycle, voice and piano
*[[Andrzej Dobrowolski]] – ''Music for Strings and Four Groups of Wind Instruments''
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – ''Métaboles''
*[[Morton Feldman]]
**''The King of Denmark'', for percussion solo
**''Numbers'', for flute, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, violin, and contrabass
**Piano Piece
**''Vertical Thoughts IV'', for piano
*[[Wolfgang Fortner]]
**''Epigramme'', for piano
**''Minne'', cantata for tenor and guitar
**''Zyklus'', for cello and piano
*[[Gara Garayev]]
**[[Symphony No. 3 (Garayev)|Symphony No. 3]]
*[[Roberto Gerhard]]
**''The Anger of Achilles'', incidental music
**''Macbeth'', incidental music
*[[Alberto Ginastera]]
**''Bomarzo'' cantata, for tenor or baritone, narrator, and chamber orchestra, Op. 32
**''Don Rodrigo'' Symphony, for soprano and orchestra, Op. 31a
*[[Alexander Goehr]]
**''Five Poems and an Epigram of William Blake'', for chorus and trumpet, Op. 17
**Pieces (3), for piano, Op. 18
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]] – ''Stuk voor piano en tape''
*[[Fernando Lopes Graça]]
**''Canciones'' (4), for voice and chamber orchestra (revised version)
**''Prelúdio, capricho e galope'', for violin and piano (second revision)
**''Romances'', for voice and piano
**''Sonnets'' (4), for voice and piano
**String Quartet No. 1
*[[Ferde Grofé]] – ''World's Fair Suite''
*[[Alois Hába]]
**String Quartet No. no.15, Op. 95, in {{frac|1|5}}-tones
**Suite, for bass clarinet solo, Op. 96
*[[Roy Harris]]
**''Epilogue to Profiles in Courage–JFK'', for orchestra
**''Etudes for Pedals'', for organ
**Fantasy, for organ, brass, and timpani
**''Horn of Plenty'', for orchestra
**''Jubilate for Worship'' (Alleluia), for SATB choir, brass, piano, and percussion
**''Salute to Youth'', for orchestra
**Sonata, for cello and piano
*[[Hans Werner Henze]]
**''Chor gefangener Trojer'', for chorus and orchestra (revised version)
**''Divertimenti'', for two pianos
**''Der Frieden'', incidental music
**''[[Ein Landarzt (opera)|Ein Landarzt]]'', opera in one-act (revised from the 1951 [[radio opera]] version)
**''Lieder von einer Insel'', for chamber chorus, trombone, two cellos, contrabass, chamber organ, percussion, and timpani
**''Sinfonische Etüden'' (3), for orchestra (revised version)
**''Tancredi'', ballet, for orchestra
**''Zwischenspiele'' (from ''Der junge Lord''), for orchestra
*[[Alan Hovhaness]]
**Bagatelles (4), for string quartet, Op. 30
**''Floating World "Ukiyo"'', for orchestra, Op. 209
**Haiku (3), for piano, op. 113
**''Meditation on Zeami'', for orchestra, Op. 207
**Sonata, for flute solo, Op. 118
**Sonata, for 2 oboes and organ, Op. 130 (revised version)
**String Quartet no.3, Op. 208, No. 1
**String Quartet no. 4, Op. 208, No. 2
**Variations and Fugue, for orchestra, Op. 18
*[[Kan Ishii]] – ''Otokonoko ga umarete'' (男の子が生まれて), for male chorus
*[[Maki Ishii]] – ''Gallow Songs'' (絞首台の歌; Galgenlieder) for baritone, male chorus and ensemble
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Diphthongos'' for mixed choir and orchestra
*[[Włodzimierz Kotoński]]
**''Monochromia'', for oboe solo
**''Pezzo'', for flute and piano
**Wind Quintet
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''Fragment'', for ten instruments (revised version)
*[[David Lumsdaine]] – ''[[Annotations of Auschwitz]]'' (cantata with words by [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]])
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – String Quartet
*[[Bruno Maderna]]
**''Aria da Hyperion'', for soprano, flute, and orchestra
**''Dimensioni IV'', for flute, picccolo, alto flute, bass flute, and chamber orchestra
*[[Yoritsune Matsudaira]]
**Chamber Concerto, for harpsichord and harp
**Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra
*[[Toshirō Mayuzumi]]
**''Campanology Olympica'', electronic music
**''Ongaku no tanjō'', for orchestra
**''Raihai jokyoku'', for orchestra
*[[Olivier Messiaen]]
**''[[Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum]]'', for 34 wind instruments and 3 percussionists
**Prélude, for piano
*[[Darius Milhaud]]
**''Adam'', for soprano, 2 tenors, and 2 baritones, Op. 411
**''Adieu'' (cantata), for voice, flute, viola, and harp, Op. 410
**''L'amour chanté'', for voice and piano, Op. 409
**Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra, Op. 407
**Septet, for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, and contrabass, Op. 408
*[[İlhan Mimaroğlu]]
**''Agony'', for magnetic tape
**''Le Tombeau d'Edgar A. Poe'', for magnetic tape
**''Intermezzo'', for magnetic tape
**''Bowery Bum'', for magnetic tape
*[[Makoto Moroi]]
**Pieces (5), for shakuhachi
**''Toccata, Sarabande, and Tarantella'', for piano and two string orchestras
*[[Bo Nilsson]] – ''La bran'', for chorus and orchestra
*[[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]]
**''Da un diario italiano'', for two choruses
**''La fabbrica illuminata'', for mezzo-soprano and tape
*[[Juan Orrego-Salas]]
**Concerto, for winds, Op. 53
**Sonata, for violin and piano, op. 9 (revised version)
**Sonata a 4 (''Edgewood Sonata''), for flute, oboe, harpsichord, and contrabass, Op.  55
*[[Luis de Pablo]] – ''Escena'', for SATB choir, strings, and percussion
*[[Arvo Pärt]]
**''Collage über B-A-C-H'', oboe, harpsichord, piano, and strings
**''Diagramme'', for piano, Op.11
**''Musica sillabica'', for 12 instruments, Op. 12
**''Quintettino'', for wind quintet
*[[Juan Carlos Paz]]
**''Concreción 1964'', for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba
**''Galaxia 64'', for organ
**''Música para piano y orquesta''
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]]
**''Cantata in honorem Almae Matris Universitatis Iagellonicae sescentos abhinc annos fundatae'', for 2 choruses, contrabassoon, brass, percussion, piano, and organ
**''Pieśń żałobna ku czci B. Rutkowskiego'', for chorus
**Sonata, for cello and orchestra
*[[Vincent Persichetti]]
**''Cummings Choruses'' (4), for two voices and piano, Op. 98
**''Introit'', for string orchestra, Op. 96
**''Winter Cantata (11 Haiku)'', for four-part women's choir, flute, and marimba, Op. 97
*[[Goffredo Petrassi]]
**Concerto for Orchestra No. 7
**''Sesto non-senso'', for a cappella choir
**''Tre per sette'', for piccolo (+ flute + alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), E{{Music|flat}} clarinet (+ clarinet)
*[[Walter Piston]]
**Quartet for violin, viola, cello, and piano
**Sextet for strings
*[[Terry Riley]] – ''[[In C]]''
*[[Hilding Rosenberg]] – ''Sönerna'' (''Cain and Abel''), ballet, for orchestra
*[[Ahmed Adnan Saygun]] – '' Ten Etudes on "Aksak" Rhythms'', for piano
*[[R. Murray Schafer]] – ''Statement in Blue'', for youth orchestra
*[[Dieter Schnebel]]
**''Compositio'', for orchestra (revised version)
**''Concert sans orchestre (réactions 2)'', for piano and audience
*[[William Schuman]] – ''Amaryllis Variations'', for string trio
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[String Quartet No. 9 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 9]] in E-flat major, Op. 117
**[[String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 10]] in A-flat major, Op. 118
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]
**''[[Mikrophonie (Stockhausen)|Mikrophonie I]]''
**''[[Mixtur]]'' for five orchestra groups, sine-wave generators, and [[Ring modulation|ring modulators]]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**''[[Elegy for J.F.K.]]'', for baritone or mezzo-soprano and 3 clarinets
**''[[Fanfare for a New Theatre]]'', for two trumpets
*[[Tōru Takemitsu]]
**''Blue Aurora for Toshi Ichiyanagi'', theatre piece
**''Ichinotani monogatari'', incidental music
**''Natsukashino San Francisco'', for tape
*[[James Tenney]] – ''Music for Player Piano''
*[[Mikis Theodorakis]] – ''Axion Esti''
*[[Virgil Thomson]]
**''Autumn'', concertino for harp, strings, and percussion
**''Auvergnat Folk Songs'' (5), for SATB choir and orchestra
**''The Feast of Love'', for baritone and orchestra
**''Pilgrims and Pioneers'', for band
**''When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere'', for unison voices and organ or piano
*[[Iannis Xenakis]]
**''[[Eonta]]'', for two trumpets, three trombones, and piano
**''Hiketides: les suppliates d'Eschyle'', for 50 female voices and 10 instruments or orchestra
*[[La Monte Young]]
**''Bowed Mortar Relays'', action work, realization of ''Composition 1960 no. 9''
**''Eat'' (music for the film by [[Andy Warhol]]), for tape
**''Haircut'' (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
**''Kiss'' (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
**''Prelude to The Tortoise'', for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
**''Sleep'' (music for the film by Andy Warhol), for tape
**''The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches from The Holy Numbers for The Two Black Tigers, The Green Tiger and The Hermit'', for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
**''The Tortoise Recalling The Drone of The Holy Numbers as They Were Revealed in the Dreams of The Whirlwind and The Obsidian Gong and Illuminated by The Sawmill, The Green Sawtooth Ocelot and The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer'', for voices, various instruments, and electronic drones
**''[[The Well-Tuned Piano]]''
*[[Joji Yuasa]] – ''Projection Esemplastic with White Noise'', electronic music
*[[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]]
**''Monologue'', for two pianos
**''Un petit rien'', for small orchestra

==Opera==
*[[Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)|Jurriaan Andriessen]] – ''Het zwarte blondje''
*[[Samuel Barber]] – ''[[Vanessa (opera)|Vanessa]]'' (revised version)
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Curlew River]]'' (church parable)
*[[Alberto Ginastera]] – ''[[Don Rodrigo]]'', op. 31
*[[Bruno Maderna]] – ''Hyperion''
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[Martin's Lie]]''
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]] – ''El hijo fingido'' (zarzuela)
*[[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]] – ''The Lady from Colorado''

==Film==
*[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] - ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
*[[Jerry Goldsmith]] - ''[[Seven Days in May]]''
*[[Ron Goodwin]] - ''[[633 Squadron]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] - ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]''
*[[Quincy Jones]] - ''[[The Pawnbroker (film)|The Pawnbroker]]''
*[[Michel Legrand]] - ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]''
*[[Ennio Morricone]] - ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dimitri Shostakovich]] - ''[[Hamlet (1964 film)|Hamlet]]''
*[[Mikis Theodorakis]] - ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]''
*[[Tōru Takemitsu|Tóru Takemitsu]] - ''[[Woman in the Dunes]]''
*[[Dimitri Tiomkin]] - ''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)|The Fall of the Roman Empire]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1964 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' ([[Jerry Herman]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on January 16 and ran for 2844 performances
* ''[[What Makes Sammy Run?]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[54th Street Theater]] on February 27 and ran for 540 performances
* ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' ([[Jule Styne]] and [[Bob Merrill]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on March 26 and ran for 1348 performances
* ''[[Anyone Can Whistle]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on April 4 and ran for 9 performances
* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' ([[Jerry Bock]] and [[Sheldon Harnick]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on September 22 and ran for 3242 performances
* ''[[Foxy (musical)|Foxy]]'' Book: [[Ian McLellan Hunter]] & [[Ring Lardner Jr.]] Lyrics: [[Johnny Mercer]] Music: [[Robert Emmett Dolan]].  Broadway production opened on February 16 and ran for 72 performances. Starring [[Bert Lahr]], [[Larry Blyden]], [[Cathryn Damon]] and [[Julienne Marie]].
* ''[[Golden Boy (musical)|Golden Boy]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on October 20 and ran for 569 performances
* ''[[She Loves Me]]'' – London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on April 29 and ran for 189 performances
* ''[[Maggie May (musical)|Maggie May]]'' London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on September 22 and ran for 501 performances
* ''[[Robert and Elizabeth]]'' – London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on October 20 and ran for 948 performances
* ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me, the musical]]'' – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Cambridge Theatre]] on November 18 and ran for 334 performances
* ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]'' ([[Julian Slade]]) – London revival

==Musical films==
* ''[[Ayee Milan Ki Bela]]'', with music by [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
* ''[[Dosti (1964 film)|Dosti]]'', starring [[Sanjay Khan]], with music by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
* ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' starring [[The Beatles]]
* ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' starring [[Julie Andrews]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Glynis Johns]] and [[David Tomlinson]]
* ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' starring [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]]
* ''[[Robin and the 7 Hoods]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
* ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]'' (''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'')
* ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' starring [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Harve Presnell]]
* ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' starring [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Ann-Margret]]

==Births==
*[[January 5]] – [[Grant Young (musician)|Grant Young]], alternative rock drummer ([[Soul Asylum]])
*[[January 10]] – [[Brad Roberts]], folk-rock singer and guitarist ([[Crash Test Dummies]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen]], composer
*[[January 15]] – [[Osmo Tapio Räihälä]], composer
*[[January 17]] – [[Andy Rourke]], indie rock bassist ([[The Smiths]]) (d. [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Patrick Esposito Di Napoli]], Canadian musician (d. [[1994 in music|1994]]) 
*[[January 19]] – [[Ricardo Arjona]], Guatemalan singer-songwriter
*[[January 29]] – [[Roddy Frame]], Scottish new wave singer-songwriter ([[Aztec Camera]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Marcel Jacob]], Swedish rock bassist Talisman (d. 2009)
*[[January 31]] – [[Jeff Hanneman]], American rock guitarist ([[Slayer]]) (d. 2013)
*[[February 1]] – [[Jani Lane]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] and [[Saints of the Underground]]) (d. 2011)
*[[February 4]] – [[Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman|Noodles]] of [[The Offspring]]
*[[February 5]] – [[Duff McKagan]] ([[Guns N' Roses]]  Velvet Revolver)
*[[February 6]] - [[Gord Downie]], Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist (d. 2017) 
*[[February 23]] 
**[[John Norum]], [[Europe (band)|Europe]] guitarist
**[[Eizo Sakamoto]], Japanese musician, singer and songwriter ([[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] and [[Animetal USA|Animetal]])
*[[March 1]] – [[Clinton Gregory]], American country and bluegrass singer
*[[March 6]] – [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], American keyboardist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Vinnie Paul]], drummer ([[Pantera]], [[Damageplan]])
*[[March 18]]
** [[Courtney Pine]], British-born jazz saxophonist
**[[Rozalla]], Zambian-born electronic music performer
*[[March 19]] – [[Yoko Kanno]], composer
*[[March 20]] – [[Natacha Atlas]], Belgian singer
*[[March 30]] – [[Tracy Chapman]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 5]] – [[Princess Erika]], French singer
*[[April 6]] – [[David Woodard]], American conductor and writer
*[[April 7]] – [[Russell Crowe]], New Zealand-born Australian actor and singer
*[[April 8]] – [[Biz Markie]], American rapper (d. 2021)
*[[April 11]] – [[Steve Azar]], American country music singer-songwriter
*[[April 12]] – [[Amy Ray]] American musician ([[Indigo Girls]])
*[[April 16]]
**[[Dave Pirner]] ([[Soul Asylum]])
**[[Esbjörn Svensson]] Swedish jazz pianist (d. 2008)
*[[April 17]] – [[Maynard James Keenan]] ([[Tool (band)|Tool]])
*[[April 18]] – [[Bez (dancer)|Bez]], British dancer
*[[April 24]] – [[Augusta Read Thomas]], American composer
*[[April 25]]
**[[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], singer ([[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]])
**[[Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1964)|Kenji Yamamoto]], Japanese video game composer
*[[April 30]] – Kent James, American singer-songwriter
*[[May 10]]
** [[Mark Andre]], French-born German composer<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=The Living Composers Project |url=http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/andrem.htm |work= www.composers21.com |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref>
** [[Orna Datz]], Israeli singer, actress and television presenter
*[[May 14]] – [[Gordon Duncan]], bagpiper, low-whistle player and composer (d. 2005)
*[[May 26]] – [[Lenny Kravitz]], American singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist
*[[May 30]]
**[[Wynonna Judd]], American country singer
**[[Tom Morello]], American rock guitarist ([[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Audioslave]], [[The Nightwatchman]])
*[[May 31]] 
**[[Darryl McDaniels]] ([[Run-D.M.C.]])
**[[Frost (rapper)|Frost]]
*[[June 3]] – [[Kerry King]], American rock guitarist ([[Slayer]])
*[[June 6]] – [[Jay Bentley]] ([[Bad Religion]])
*[[June 10]] – [[Jimmy Chamberlin]], American rock musician ([[The Smashing Pumpkins]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Robbie Merrill]] ([[Godsmack]])
*[[June 22]]
**[[Dicky Barrett]] ([[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]])
**Mike Edwards ([[Jesus Jones]])
*[[June 29]] – [[Stedman Pearson]], British R&B singer ([[Five Star]])
*[[June 19]] – [[Brian Vander Ark]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor ([[The Verve Pipe]])
*[[July 9]] – [[Courtney Love]], American singer, songwriter, actress and visual artist ([[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[Pagan Babies (band)]]) 
*[[July 13]] 
**[[Brent Fischer]], American composer, arranger, bandleader, bass guitarist and percussionist
**[[Paul Thorn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[July 17]] – [[Craig Morgan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[July 19]] – [[Masahiko Kondō]], Japanese singer
*[[July 20]] – [[Chris Cornell]] ([[Soundgarden]] & [[Audioslave]]) (d. 2017)
*[[July 22]] – [[Will Calhoun]] ([[Living Colour]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Nick Menza]], German drummer and songwriter ([[Megadeth]] and [[Memorain]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Rex Brown]], American musician and author ([[Pantera]])
*[[July 30]] - [[Alek Keshishian]], American film and commercial director, writer, producer and music video director ([[Selena Gomez]], [[Madonna]]) 
*[[July 31]] 
**[[C.C. Catch]], Dutch-born German singer
**[[Jim Corr]], Irish singer and musician ([[The Corrs]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Adam Duritz]] ([[Counting Crows]])
*[[August 3]] – [[Lucky Dube]], South African reggae musician (d. 2007)
*[[August 5]] – [[Adam Yauch]] ([[Beastie Boys]]) (d. 2012)
*[[August 6]] – [[Gary Valenciano]], Filipino musician
*[[August 8]] – [[Jan Josef Liefers]], German actor, producer, director and musician
*[[August 17]] – [[Colin James]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[August 21]] – [[Jorge Rossy]], Spanish jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist
*[[August 29]] - [[Pebbles (musician)|Pebbles]], American singer and songwriter
*[[September 2]] - [[Keanu Reeves]], Canadian-American actor and musician
*[[September 3]] – [[Junaid Jamshed]], Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Vital Signs (band)|Vital Signs]]) (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[September 7]] – [[Eazy-E]] ([[N.W.A|NWA]]) (d. 1995)
*[[September 11]] – [[Victor Wooten]], American bassist
*[[September 23]] – [[Koshi Inaba]], Japanese rock singer ([[B'z]])
*[[September 26]] – [[Nicki French]], British singer
*[[September 27]] – [[Stephan Jenkins]], American rock singer ([[Third Eye Blind]])
*[[September 30]]
**[[Trey Anastasio]], American musician
**[[Robby Takac]], [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*[[October 4]] – [[Francis Magalona]], Filipino rapper (d. 2009)
*[[October 5]] – [[Dave Dededer]], [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|Presidents of the United States of America]]
*[[October 6]] – [[Matthew Sweet]], rock musician
*[[October 7]] – [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], singer, daughter of [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]]
*[[October 10]] – [[Neneh Cherry]], singer
*[[October 20]]
**[[Frederic Chiu]], pianist
**[[Luciano (singer)|Luciano]], reggae singer
**Jim Sonefeld ([[Hootie & The Blowfish]])
*[[October 22]] – [[Toby McKeehan]], American musician
*[[October 23]] – [[Robert Trujillo]] ([[Metallica]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Silvano Monasterios]], pianist and composer
*[[November 6]]
**[[Corey Glover]] ([[Living Colour]])
**[[Greg Graffin]] ([[Bad Religion]])
*[[November 12]]
**[[Vic Chesnutt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[brute.]] and [[The Undertow Orchestra]]) (d. 2009)
**[[David Ellefson]], American bass player and songwriter ([[Megadeth]], [[Avian (band)|Avian]] and [[F5 (band)|F5]])
*[[November 14]]
**[[Joseph Simmons]] ([[Run-D.M.C.]])
**[[Nic Dalton]] ([[The Lemonheads]])
*[[November 16]] – [[Diana Krall]], Canadian jazz pianist and singer
*[[November 24]] – [[Tony Rambola]] ([[Godsmack]])
*[[November 25]] – [[Mark Lanegan]], American rock singer ([[Screaming Trees]]) (d. 2022)
* November 30 Miljenko Matijevic
*[[December 8]] – [[Teri Hatcher]], American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, dancer and cheerleader
*[[December 9]] – [[Paul Landers]], German rock musician ([[Rammstein]])
*[[December 11]]
**[[Justin Currie]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Del Amitri]] and [[The Uncle Devil Show (band)|The Uncle Devil Show]])
**[[Dave Schools]], American singer-songwriter, bass player and producer ([[Widespread Panic]], [[Stockholm Syndrome (American band)|Stockholm Syndrome]] and [[J Mascis + The Fog]])
**[[Cosy Sheridan]], American singer-songwriter
*[[December 13]] – [[hide (musician)|Hideto Matsumoto (Hide)]], Japanese rock musician (d. 1998)
*[[December 23]] – [[Eddie Vedder]], American rock singer ([[Pearl Jam]])
*[[December 28]] – [[Malcolm Gets]], American actor and dancer
*''date unknown'' 
** [[Kyaw Kyaw Naing]], Burmese traditional musician
** [[Michael Haussman]], American artist, writer, producer and director of motion pictures, television advertisements and music videos
** [[Nitin Sawhney]], British Indian musician, producer and composer

==Deaths==
*[[January 7]] – [[Colin McPhee]], Canadian composer and musicologist, 63
*[[January 9]] – [[Big Boy Goudie]], jazz saxophonist,
*[[January 15]] – [[Jack Teagarden]], jazz trombonist and vocalist, 58 (pneumonia/heart attack)
*[[January 22]] – [[Marc Blitzstein]], composer, 58
*[[January 27]] – [[Leib Glantz]], musicologist, 65
*[[February 25]] – [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]], lyricist, 55
*[[March 8]] – [[Renata Borgatti]], Italian pianist, 69 or 70
*[[March 27]] – [[Emil Reesen]], Danish composer, conductor and pianist, 76
*[[April 4]] – [[Georgia Caine]], Broadway star, 87
*[[May 10]] – [[Carol Haney]], dancer and choreographer, 39 (pneumonia)
*[[May 24]] – [[Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao]], film composer
*[[June 10]] – [[Louis Gruenberg]], pianist and composer, 79
*[[June 29]] – [[Eric Dolphy]], American jazz saxophonist, flautist and bass clarinettist, 36 (diabetic coma)
*[[July 1]] – [[Pierre Monteux]], French conductor, 89
*[[July 4]] – [[Henry (Hank) Sylvern|Hank Sylvern]], U.S. organist, composer and radio personality, 56
*[[July 10]] – [[Joe Haymes]], bandleader and arranger, 57 (heart failure)
*[[July 31]] – [[Jim Reeves]], American country singer, 40 (plane crash)
*[[August 9]] – [[Chucho Monge]], Mexican songwriter, 53
*[[August 14]] – [[Johnny Burnette]], rockabilly singer, 30 (drowned)
*[[September 14]] – [[Mary Howe]], composer and pianist, 82
*[[September 20]] – [[Lazare Lévy]], French pianist and teacher, 82
*[[September 28]]
**[[Nacio Herb Brown]], songwriter and film/TV composer, 68
**[[George Dyson (composer)|George Dyson]], English composer, 81
**[[Harpo Marx]], American comedian and musician, 75
*[[October 10]]
**[[Eddie Cantor]], comedian, singer and songwriter, 72
**[[Heinrich Neuhaus]], Soviet (of German extraction) pianist and teacher, 76
*[[October 15]] – [[Cole Porter]], songwriter and composer, 73
*[[October 29]] – [[Vasily Agapkin]], Soviet composer
*[[November 5]] – [[Buddy Cole (musician)|Buddy Cole]], jazz pianist and orchestra leader, 45 (heart attack)
*[[November 30]] – [[Don Redman]], US arranger, bandleader and saxophonist
*[[December 2]] – [[Sam H. Stept]], Russian-born US songwriter, pianist and conductor, 67
*[[December 9]] – [[Edith Sitwell]], poet and collaborator of [[William Walton]]
*[[December 11]]
**[[Alma Mahler]], songwriter and widow of [[Gustav Mahler]]
**[[Sam Cooke]], singer, 33 (shot)
*[[December 14]] – [[Francisco Canaro]], Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader, 76
*[[December 21]] – [[Theodor Blumer]], composer and conductor, 83

==Awards==
===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1964]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1964]]

==See also==
*[[1964|Other events of 1964]]
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1964]]
*[[1963 in music]]
*[[1965 in music]]
*[[Timeline of musical events|Other 'years in music']]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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