My 100 (plus) favorite recordings of 1964.

[NightTrain]

Like 1965, '64 was such an awesome year for popular music, I decided to expand the list to 120 songs from the usual 100.

My picks, as usual, are listed alphabetically by title:

AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO – Bobby “Blue” Bland
AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU BABY – Elvis Presley (Recorded in 1958)
ALL MY LOVING – The Beatles
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT – The Dave Clark Five
BABY, DON’T YOU DO IT – Marvin Gaye
BABY, I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes
BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVING – The Four Tops
BAD TO ME – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
BAMA LAMA BAMA LOO – Little Richard
BANZAI WASHOUT – Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
BEG ME – Chuck Jackson
BIG PARTY – Barbara & The Browns
BITS AND PIECES – The Dave Clark Five
CALIFORNIA SUN – The Rivieras
CAN YOU JERK LIKE ME? – The Contours
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE – The Beatles
CAN’T YOU SEE THAT SHE’S MINE? – The Dave Clark Five
CHAINED TO A MEMORY – Betty Everett
C’MON AND SWIM – Bobby Freeman
COME TO ME – Otis Redding
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE – The Beach Boys
DANCING IN THE STREET – Martha & The Vandellas
DON’T WORRY, BABY – The Beach Boys
DO I LOVE YOU? – The Ronettes
DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY – Manfred Mann
DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? – Del Shannon
DON’T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY – The Searchers
DRAG CITY – Jan & Dean
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE – Solomon Burke
EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS – Brenda Holloway
FARMER JOHN – The Premiers
FINGER POPPIN’ – Ike & Tina Turner
FORGOTTEN – The Sheppards
FROM ME TO YOU – The Beatles
FUN, FUN, FUN – The Beach Boys
FUNNY – Joe Hinton
GETTING MIGHTY CROWDED – Betty Everett
GINO IS A COWARD – Gino Washington
GIRL (WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE) – The Temptations
GLAD ALL OVER – The Dave Clark Five
GOOD TIMES – Sam Cooke
G.T.O. – Ronny & The Daytonas
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT – The Beatles
HARLEM SHUFFLE – Bob & Earl
HAVE I THE RIGHT? – The Honeycombs
HEY HARMONICA MAN – Little Stevie Wonder
HI-HEEL SNEAKERS – Tommy Tucker
HIS KISS – Betty Harris
HOLD ME TIGHT – The Treasures
HOLD WHAT YOU’VE GOT – Joe Tex
HOUSE OF THE RISING RUN – The Animals
HOW DO YOU DO IT? – Gerry & The Pacemakers
I FEEL FINE – The Beatles
I GET AROUND – The Beach Boys
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU – Dusty Springfield
I SAW HER STANDING THERE – The Beatles
I STAND ACCUSED – Jerry Butler
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN – The Beatles
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND – The Beatles
I WISH YOU LOVE – Gloria Lynne
I’LL GET YOU – The Beatles
I’M CRYING – The Animals
I’M ON FIRE – Jerry Lee Lewis
I’M ON THE OUTSIDE (LOOKING IN) – Little Anthony & The Imperials
IN MY LONELY ROOM – Martha & The Vandellas
IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE – Gene Pitney
JUST BE TRUE – Gene Chandler
KEEP ON PUSHING – The Impressions
KEEP SEARCHIN’ (WE’LL FOLLOW THE SUN) – Del Shannon
LEAVING HERE – Eddie Holland
LITTLE HONDA – The Hondells
LOVER’S PRAYER – The Wallace Brothers
MAYBE THE LAST TIME – James Brown & The Famous Flames
MERCY, MERCY – Don Covay
MONEY (THAT’S WHAT I WANT) – The Beatles
MOVE ON DRIFTER – Baby Washington
NADINE (IS IT YOU) – Chuck Berry
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK – The Velvelettes
NEEDLES AND PINS – The Searchers
THE NITTY GRITTY – Shirley Ellis
OH NO, NOT MY BABY – Maxine Brown
OH PRETTY WOMAN – Roy Orbison
OUT OF SIGHT – James Brown & The Famous Flames
PLEASE PLEASE ME – The Beatles
PRECIOUS WORDS – The Wallace Brothers
PROMISED LAND – Chuck Berry
RHYTHM – Major Lance
RIDE THE WILD SURF – Jan & Dean
RIP VAN WINKLE – The Devotions
RUN, RUN, RUN – The Supremes
SELFISH ONE – Jackie Ross
SHE LOVES YOU – The Beatles
SHE’S A WOMAN – The Beatles
SHE’S NOT THERE – The Zombies
SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE – The Ventures
STEAL AWAY – Jimmy Hughes
TACO WAGON – Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
TAINTED LOVE – Gloria Jones
TELL ME (YOU’RE COMING BACK) – The Rolling Stones
TESTIFY (PARTS 1 & 2) – The Isley Brothers
THANK YOU GIRL – The Beatles
THAT’S WHERE IT’S AT – Sam Cooke
THE 81 – Candy & The Kisses
TIME IS ON MY SIDE – Irma Thomas
TWIST AND SHOUT – The Beatles
UM UM UM UM UM UM – Major Lance
UNDER THE BOARDWALK – The Drifters
USE WHAT YOU GOT – Sugar Pie DeSanto
VIVA LAS VEGAS – Elvis Presley
WALK—DON’T RUN ’64 – The Ventures
WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes
THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO – The Temptations
WENDY – The Beach Boys
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM – Jackie DeShannon
WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? – The Supremes
WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE – Irma Thomas
YOU NEVER CAN TELL – Chuck Berry
YOU REALLY GOT ME – The Kinks
YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE – Marvin Gaye

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Saddest part of it all is that I remember when these were almost new

they predate me by a year, but I still grew up with them.

Now they're forty years old.

Which means, sadly, so am I.

My God, we're two generations away from the "don't trust anyone over 30" generation.

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[Jade Fox]

2. Excellent list, amazing year!

British invasion meets surf music meets prime American R&B.

[mac56]

3. An amazing array of music.

And every bit as amazing as the rest was "Hold What You've Got" by Joe Tex.

[acmavm]

4. I copy and save your lists in Word, I hope you don't mind. Any 'new'

purchases I make anymore are all classic music. I bought a great CD a couple of weeks ago for $7.00 called Classic R&B Hits. Songs like Lonely Teardrops, Stagger Lee, Let the Good Times Roll, Try Me, I Want to Walk You Home, It's All In The Game, Please Please Please, Don't Let Go, etc. (you get the picture). I play it constantly. I've also purchased the Greatest Hits of Little Anthony & The Imperials. God I love that old stuff.

Anyway, your lists remind me of stuff that I want. So if I have a few bucks to spare, I go looking for old stuff. Your lists remind me of stuff that I want, so use them when I go looking.

[NightTrain]

5. Why would I mind? If anything, it's a compliment. So...thanks!

:hi:

[Kat45]

6. I didn't realize that some of those songs were quite that old.

I was only 9 years old then, and I remember listening to a lot of those tunes on the radio.

Glad to see the song GTO on the list; I'm the only one I know who remembers that song. A bit of weird trivia: Jimmy Hart from the WWF (he was a manager in the WWF back when I first watched it in the late '80s), was a member of the band who did the song GTO.

[NightTrain]

7. self-serving kick

n/t