⇦ 1963

1965 ⇨

The Best Music of 1964

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1964. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1964, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Barbra Streisand	People	☆
Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry	Two Great Guitars	☆
Bob Dylan	Another Side of Bob Dylan	☆
Bob Dylan	The Times They Are a-Changin'	☆
Chuck Berry	St. Louis To Liverpool	☆
Dick Dale	Summer Surf	☆
Dusty Springfield	A Girl Called Dusty	☆
Eric Dolphy	Out to Lunch!	☆
George Benson	The New Boss Guitar of George Benson	☆
Herbie Hancock	Inventions & Dimensions	☆
Herbie Hancock	Empyrean Isles	☆
Jan & Dean	The Little Old Lady from Pasadena	☆
Jerry Lee Lewis	Live at the Star Club	☆
Joan Baez	Joan Baez/5	☆
Johnny Cash	Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian	☆
Lesley Gore	Girl Talk	☆
Manfred Mann	The Manfred Mann Album	☆
Muddy Waters	Folk Singer	☆
Nina Simone	Broadway Blues-Ballads	☆
Original Broadway Cast	Fiddler on the Roof	☆
Original Broadway Cast	Funny Girl	☆
Original Broadway Cast	Hello, Dolly!	☆
Sam Cooke	Ain't That Good News	☆
Simon & Garfunkel	Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.	☆
Solomon Burke	Rock 'n Soul	☆
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto	Getz/Gilberto	☆
The Animals	The Animals	☆
The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	☆
The Beach Boys	The Beach Boys' Christmas Album	☆
The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	☆
The Beatles	Beatles For Sale	☆
The Beatles	Meet The Beatles!	☆
The Dave Clark Five	Glad All Over	☆
The Drifters	Under the Boardwalk	☆
The Kinks	Kinks	☆
The Rolling Stones	12X5	☆
The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	☆
The Ronettes	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica	☆
The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	☆
The Temptations	Meet The Temptations	☆
Various Artists	Mary Poppins	☆
Various Artists	My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Barbra Streisand	People	☆
Betty Everett	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	☆
Bob Dylan	The Times They Are a-Changin'	☆
Bob Dylan	It Ain't Me Babe	☆
Bobby Vinton	Mr. Lonely	☆
Buck Owens	Act Naturally	☆
Buck Owens and his Buckaroos	I've Got a Tiger by the Tail	☆
Buffy Sainte-Marie	Universal Soldier	☆
Buffy Sainte-Marie	Now That the Buffalo's Gone	☆
Chuck Berry	No Particular Place to Go	☆
Chuck Berry	You Never Can Tell	☆
Chuck Berry	Nadine (Is It You?)	☆
Connie Smith	Once a Day	☆
Dean Martin	Everybody Loves Somebody	☆
Del Shannon	Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)	☆
Dionne Warwick	Walk On By	☆
Dobie Gray	The "In Crowd"	☆
Don Covay & the Goodtimers	Mercy Mercy	☆
Dottie West	Here Comes My Baby	☆
Dusty Springfield	Wishin' And Hopin'	☆
Dusty Springfield	I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself	☆
Elvis Presley	Viva Las Vegas	☆
Frank Sinatra	Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)	☆
Frank Sinatra	The Way You Look Tonight	☆
Gene Pitney	It Hurts to be in Love	☆
George Jones	The Race Is On	☆
Gerry and the Pacemakers	Ferry Cross the Mersey	☆
Gloria Jones	Tainted Love	☆
Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther Theme	☆
Herbie Hancock	Cantaloupe Island	☆
Herman's Hermits	I'm Into Something Good	☆
Howlin' Wolf	Killing Floor	☆
J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers	Last Kiss	☆
Jan & Dean	Dead Man's Curve	☆
Jan & Dean	The Little Old Lady from Pasadena	☆
Jay and the Americans	Come a Little Bit Closer	☆
Jerry Butler & Betty Everett	Let It Be Me	☆
Joan Baez	Birmingham Sunday	☆
Joe Tex	Hold What You've Got	☆
Johnny Cash & June Carter	It Ain't Me, Babe	☆
Johnny Rivers	Memphis	☆
Johnny Rivers	Mountain of Love	☆
Julie Andrews	A Spoonful of Sugar	☆
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	☆
Lesley Gore	Maybe I Know	☆
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Goin' Out Of My Head	☆
Little Anthony & The Imperials	I'm on the Outside (Looking In)	☆
Louis Armstrong	Hello, Dolly!	☆
Manfred Mann	Do Wah Diddy Diddy	☆
Marianne Faithfull	As Tears Go By	☆
Martha & The Vandellas	Dancing In The Street	☆
Mary Wells	My Guy	☆
Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	☆
Nat "King" Cole	L-O-V-E	☆
Nina Simone	See-Line Woman	☆
Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	☆
Nina Simone	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	☆
Peter and Gordon	A World Without Love	☆
Petula Clark	Downtown	☆
Phil Ochs	There But for Fortune	☆
Phil Ochs	Power and the Glory	☆
Professor Longhair	Big Chief	☆
Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	☆
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	☆
Shirley Bassey	Goldfinger	☆
Shirley Ellis	The Name Game	☆
Simon & Garfunkel	Bleecker Street	☆
Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love	☆
Sonny and Cher	Baby Don't Go	☆
The Ad Libs	The Boy From New York City	☆
The Animals	The House of the Rising Sun	☆
The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby	☆
The Beach Boys	Fun, Fun, Fun	☆
The Beach Boys	I Get Around	☆
The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	☆
The Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love	☆
The Beatles	Eight Days A Week	☆
The Beatles	I Feel Fine	☆
The Beatles	And I Love Her	☆
The Dave Clark Five	Because	☆
The Dave Clark Five	Bits and Pieces	☆
The Dixie Cups	Chapel of Love	☆
The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko	☆
The Drifters	Under The Boardwalk	☆
The Four Seasons	Rag Doll	☆
The Four Seasons	Dawn (Go Away)	☆
The Four Tops	Baby I Need Your Loving	☆
The Kinks	You Really Got Me	☆
The Kinks	All Day and All of the Night	☆
The Marvelettes	Too Many Fish in the Sea	☆
The McCoys	Hang On Sloopy	☆
The Moody Blues	Go Now	☆
The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling	☆
The Rivieras	California Sun	☆
The Rolling Stones	Time Is On My Side	☆
The Rolling Stones	It's All Over Now	☆
The Ronettes	Walking in the Rain	☆
The Ronettes	(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up	☆
The Shangri-Las	Leader Of The Pack	☆
The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walking In The Sand)	☆
The Shangri-Las	Give Him a Great Big Kiss	☆
The Supremes	Baby Love	☆
The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	☆
The Supremes	Come See About Me	☆
The Temptations	My Girl	☆
The Temptations	The Way You Do the Things You Do	☆
The Vulcanes	Twilight City	☆
The Who	I Can't Explain	☆
The Zombies	She's Not There	☆
Them	Gloria	☆
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders	Game of Love	☆

⇦ 1963

1965 ⇨