8th August 1964

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(1)

A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles

Parlophone R 5160

2

(3)

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Manfred Mann

HMV POP 1320

3

(2)

It's All Over Now

The Rolling Stones

Decca F 11934

4

(4)

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Dusty Springfield

Philips BF 1348

5

(5)

Call Up The Groups

The Barron Knights

Columbia DB 7317

6

(8)

Tobacco Road

The Nashville Teens

Decca F 11930

7

(6)

On The Beach

Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Columbia DB 7305

8

(10)

I Won't Forget You

Jim Reeves

RCA 1400

9

(14)

I Get Around

The Beach Boys

Capitol CL 15350

10

(7)

House Of The Rising Sun

The Animals

Columbia DB 7301

11

(11)

Someday We're Gonna Love Again

The Searchers

Pye 7N 15670

12

(9)

Hold Me

P.J. Proby

Decca F 11904

13

(13)

It's Only Make Believe

Billy Fury

Decca F 11939

14

(26)

You'll Never Get To Heaven

Dionne Warwick

Pye International 7N 25256

15

(-)

It's For You

Cilla Black

Parlophone R 5162

16

(12)

Wishin' And Hopin'

The Merseybeats

Fontana TF 482

17

(-)

Have I The Right

The Honeycombs

Pye 7N 15664

18

(17)

From A Window

Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

Parlophone R 5156

19

(21)

Ferris Wheel

The Everly Brothers

Warner Brothers WB 135

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(25)

I Found Out The Hard Way

The Four Pennies

Philips BF 1349

21

(15)

You're No Good

The Swinging Blue Jeans

HMV POP 1304

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(22)

A Hard Day's Night (LP)

The Beatles

Parlophone PMC 1230

23

(16)

Kissin' Cousins

Elvis Presley

RCA 1404

24

(18)

Someone, Someone

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes

Decca F 11893

25

(19)

It's Over

Roy Orbison

London HLU 9882

26

(-)

Thinking Of You Baby

The Dave Clark Five

Columbia DB 7335

27

(20)

Long Tall Sally (EP)

The Beatles

Parlophone GEP 8913

28

(23)

Hello Dolly

Louis Armstrong

London HLR 9878

29

(-)

The Girl From Ipanema

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

Verve VS 520

30

(27)

(They Call Her) La Bamba

The Crickets

Liberty LIB 55696

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Sunday 9th... Turkish planes raided the north of Cyprus

Sunday 9th... President Johnson called for a truce in Cyprus

Monday 10th... Turkey and Greece accepted a UN ceasefire in Cyprus

Wednesday 12th... Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, died of a heart attack, aged 56

Wednesday 12th... Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson escaped from jail

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