The year in music
Best Songs of 1964
The Beatles land in America and the British Invasion begins. The Kinks have “You Really Got Me”, the Animals “The House of the Rising Sun”, and the Supremes start a run of number ones.

Play 1964
26 songs

Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong

How Blue Can You Get
B.B. King

Rock Me Baby
B.B. King

My Girl
The Temptations

You Never Can Tell
Chuck Berry

I Get Around
The Beach Boys

Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison

A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke

Baby Love
The Supremes

Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock

The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals

Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes

All Day and All of the Night
The Kinks

You Really Got Me
The Kinks

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Nina Simone

Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone

Amsterdam
Jacques Brel

Dancing in the Street
Martha & The Vandellas

She's Not There
The Zombies

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
The Righteous Brothers

Goin' Out of My Head
Little Anthony & The Imperials

Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-Las

Song for My Father
Horace Silver

The Sidewinder
Lee Morgan

Time Is on My Side
Irma Thomas

Walk on By
Dionne Warwick
1964 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 26 songs first released in 1964. Soul, Rock and Blues lead the year. B.B. King, Nina Simone and The Kinks are among the voices of 1964.
Artists of 1964
- B.B. King2
- Nina Simone2
- The Kinks2
- The Supremes2
- Chuck Berry
- Dionne Warwick
- Herbie Hancock
- Horace Silver
- Irma Thomas
- Jacques Brel
- Lee Morgan
- Little Anthony & The Imperials
- Louis Armstrong
- Martha & The Vandellas
- Roy Orbison
- Sam Cooke
- The Animals
- The Beach Boys
- The Righteous Brothers
- The Shangri-Las
- The Temptations
- The Zombies