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.

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
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26 songs

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

The sound of 1964

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