Best film: "Tom Jones"
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier (Lilies Of The Field). Poitier was the first Black actor in a leading role to win a competitive Oscar.
Best Actress: Patricia Neal (Hud)
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First Top of the Pops
At 6.35 pm on January 1 the premiere of the half hour British TV programme Top of the Pops was shown for the first time. Acts performing included (in order of appearance) Dusty Springfield (I only wanna be with you); The Rolling Stones (I wanna be your man); Dave Clark Five (glad all over); The Hollies (Stay); Swinging Blue Jeans (Hippy hippy shake) and The Beatles (I wanna hold your hand, that week's number one). The programme continued until July 30 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its history, it was broadcast on Thursday evenings on BBC 1. Each show consisted of performances of some of the week's best-selling popular music records, usually excluding any tracks moving down the chart, including a rundown of that week's singles chart. This was originally the Top 20, though this varied throughout the show's history. The Top 30 was used from 1969, and the Top 40 from 1984. The first programme was produced in Studio A at Dickenson Road Studios in Rusholme, Manchester. The presenter was the late and now disgraced Jimmy Savile, with a brief link to Alan Freeman in London to preview the following week's programme. The tape was wiped. Throughout its history, the programme proper always (with very few exceptions) finished with the best-selling single of the week, although there often was a separate play-out track over the end credits.
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US Number Ones
December 7, 1963 – January 3, 1964:
The Singing Nun – Dominique
January 4, 1964 – January 31, 1964:
Bobby Vinton – There! I’ve Said It Again
February 1, 1964 – March 20, 1964:
The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
March 21, 1964 – April 3, 1964:
The Beatles – She Loves You
April 4, 1964 – May 8, 1964:
The Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love
May 9, 1964 – May 15, 1964:
Louis Armstrong – Hello, Dolly!
May 16, 1964 – May 29, 1964:
Mary Wells – My Guy
May 30, 1964 – June 5, 1964:
The Beatles – Love Me Do
June 6, 1964 – June 26, 1964:
The Dixie Cups – Chapel of Love
June 27, 1964 – July 3, 1964:
Peter and Gordon – A World Without Love
July 4, 1964 – July 17, 1964:
The Beach Boys – I Get Around
July 18, 1964 – July 31, 1964:
The Four Seasons – Rag Doll
August 1, 1964 – August 14, 1964:
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
August 15, 1964 – August 21, 1964:
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
August 22, 1964 – September 4, 1964:
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
September 5, 1964 – September 25, 1964:
The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun
September 26, 1964 – October 16, 1964:
Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
October 17, 1964 – October 30, 1964:
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
October 31, 1964 – November 27, 1964:
The Supremes – Baby Love
November 28, 1964 – December 4, 1964:
The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack
December 5, 1964 – December 11, 1964:
Lorne Greene – Ringo
December 12, 1964 – December 18, 1964:
Bobby Vinton – Mr. Lonely
December 19, 1964 – December 25, 1964:
The Supremes – Come See About Me
December 26, 1964 – January 22, 1965:
The Beatles – I Feel Fine
UK Number Ones
Artist | Song Title | Weeks at Number One | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beatles | I Feel Fine | 5 | 08-12-1964 |
| The Rolling Stones | Little Red Rooster | 1 | 01-12-1964 |
| The Supremes | Baby Love | 2 | 17-11-1964 |
| Roy Orbison | Oh Pretty Woman (2nd time) | 1 | 10-11-1964 |
| Sandie Shaw | Always Something There To Remind Me | 3 | 20-10-1964 |
| Roy Orbison | Oh Pretty Woman | 2 | 06-10-1964 |
| Hermans Hermits | Im Into Something Good | 2 | 22-09-1964 |
| The Kinks | You Really Got Me | 2 | 08-09-1964 |
| The Honeycombs | Have I The Right | 2 | 25-08-1964 |
| Manfred Mann | Do Wah Diddy Diddy | 2 | 11-08-1964 |
| The Beatles | A Hard Days Night | 3 | 21-07-1964 |
| The Rolling Stones | Its All Over Now | 1 | 14-07-1964 |
| The Animals | House Of The Rising Sun | 1 | 07-07-1964 |
| Roy Orbison | Its Over | 2 | 23-06-1964 |
| Cilla Black | Youre My World | 4 | 26-05-1964 |
| The Four Pennies | Juliet | 1 | 19-05-1964 |
| The Searchers | Dont Throw Your Love Away | 2 | 05-05-1964 |
| Peter and Gordon | World Without Love | 2 | 21-04-1964 |
| The Beatles | Cant Buy Me Love | 3 | 31-03-1964 |
| Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas | Little Children | 2 | 17-03-1964 |
| Cilla Black | Anyone Who Had A Heart | 3 | 25-02-1964 |
| The Bachelors | Diane | 1 | 18-02-1964 |
| The Searchers | Needles and Pins | 3 | 28-01-1964 |
| The Dave Clark 5 | Glad All Over | 2 | 14-01-1964 |
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Three Protest Songs
January, Only a pawn in their game, Bob Dylan
March, Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone
December, A change is goona come, Sam Cooke (who died that month)
Anti-war Songs
In 1964 there were many anti-wr songs including
"There but for Fortune" "One More Parade" and "Talkin' Vietnam" by American Phil Ochs
"Universal Soldier" and "Now That The Buffalo's Gone" by Canadian Buffy Sainte-Marie
"With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan
"Apache Tears" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash
"What Did You Learn in School Today?" by American Tom Paxton
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Goldfinger
This year saw the release of the third James Bond film with Sean Connery in the tite role. The previous ones were Dr No and From Russia with love. Gold Finger was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. It also starred Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along with Shirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. It is said that Fleming took the name from architect Ernő Goldfinger. Shirley Bassey sang the song Goldfinger at the beginning.
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Aswan Dam, Egypt
In 1964 the first dam construction stage was completed and the reservoir started filling
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Mary Poppins
The American musical fantasy film Mary Poppins was released August 27, 1964, to critical acclaim and commercial success. It was the highest-grossing film of 1964 and, at one time, Disney's highest-grossing film ever. It received 13 Academy Awards nominations and won five (Best Actress [Julie Andrews]; Film Editing; Original Music Score; Visual Effects; Original Song [Chim Chim Cher-ee]). Mary Poppins is considered Walt Disney's crowning live-action achievement, and is the only one of his films which earned a Best Picture nomination in his lifetime.
Director: Robert Stevenson; Producer: Walt Disney; Songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers; Screenplay: Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. Based on P. L. Travers's book series Mary Poppins.
The film was shot entirely at Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, using painted London background scenes.
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