List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964 explained

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1964.

That year, 11 acts achieved their first number one song, such as The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Mary Wells, The Dixie Cups, Peter and Gordon, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, The Animals, Manfred Mann, The Shangri-Las, and Lorne Greene. Dean Martin, despite already having a song hit number one prior to the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first number one song on the chart. Bobby Vinton, The Beatles, and The Supremes were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one that year, which The Beatles had the most with six.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1964 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	103	January 4	"There! I've Said It Again"	Bobby Vinton	^[1]
January 11	^[2]
January 18	^[3]
January 25	^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	104	February 1	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="7"	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles	^[5]
February 8	^[6]
February 15	^[7]
February 22	^[8]
February 29	^[9]
March 7	^[10]
March 14	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	105	March 21	"She Loves You"	^[12]
March 28	^[13]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	106	April 4	"Can't Buy Me Love"	^[14]
April 11	^[15]
April 18	^[16]
April 25	^[17]
May 2	^[18]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	107	May 9	"Hello, Dolly!"	Louis Armstrong	^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	108	May 16	"My Guy"	Mary Wells	^[20]
May 23	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	109	May 30	"Love Me Do"	The Beatles	^[22]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	110	June 6	"Chapel of Love"	The Dixie Cups	^[23]
June 13	^[24]
June 20	^[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	111	June 27	"A World Without Love"	Peter and Gordon	^[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	112	July 4	"I Get Around"		^[27]
July 11	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	113	July 18	"Rag Doll"	The Four Seasons	^[29]
July 25	^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	114	August 1	"A Hard Day's Night"	The Beatles	^[31]
August 8	^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	115	August 15	"Everybody Loves Somebody"	Dean Martin	^[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	116	August 22	"Where Did Our Love Go"	The Supremes	^[34]
August 29	^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	117	September 5	"The House of the Rising Sun"	The Animals	^[36]
September 12	^[37]
September 19	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	118	September 26	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison	^[39]
October 3	^[40]
October 10	^[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	119	October 17	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"	Manfred Mann	^[42]
October 24	^[43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	120	October 31	"Baby Love"	The Supremes	^[44]
November 7	^[45]
November 14	^[46]
November 21	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	121	November 28	"Leader of the Pack"	The Shangri-Las	^[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	122	December 5	"Ringo"	Lorne Greene	^[49]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	123	December 12	"Mr. Lonely"	Bobby Vinton	^[50]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	124	December 19	"Come See About Me"	The Supremes	^[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	125	December 26	"I Feel Fine"	The Beatles	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	The Beatles	18
2	The Supremes	7
3	Bobby Vinton	5
4	The Dixie Cups	3
	The Animals
	Roy Orbison
7	Mary Wells	2
	The Beach Boys
	The Four Seasons
	Manfred Mann
9	Louis Armstrong	1
	Peter and Gordon
	Dean Martin
	The Shangri-Las
	Lorne Greene

See also

• 1964 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1964
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 4, 1964. .
2. Web site: January 11, 1964. .
3. Web site: January 18, 1964. .
4. Web site: January 25, 1964. .
5. Web site: February 1, 1964. .
6. Web site: February 8, 1964. .
7. Web site: February 15, 1964. .
8. Web site: February 22, 1964. .
9. Web site: February 29, 1964. .
10. Web site: March 7, 1964. .
11. Web site: March 14, 1964. .
12. Web site: March 21, 1964. .
13. Web site: March 28, 1964. .
14. Web site: April 4, 1964. .
15. Web site: April 11, 1964. .
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17. Web site: April 25, 1964. .
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22. Web site: May 30, 1964. .
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27. Web site: July 4, 1964. .
28. Web site: July 11, 1964. .
29. Web site: July 18, 1964. .
30. Web site: July 25, 1964. .
31. Web site: August 1, 1964. .
32. Web site: August 8, 1964. .
33. Web site: August 15, 1964. .
34. Web site: August 22, 1964. .
35. Web site: August 29, 1964. .
36. Web site: September 5, 1964. .
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38. Web site: September 19, 1964. .
39. Web site: September 26, 1964. .
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44. Web site: October 31, 1964. .
45. Web site: November 7, 1964. .
46. Web site: November 14, 1964. .
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48. Web site: November 28, 1964. .
49. Web site: December 5, 1964. .
50. Web site: December 12, 1964. .
51. Web site: December 19, 1964. .
52. Web site: December 26, 1964. .