The Dowlands – All My Loving 01/1964
The Kingsmen – Louie Louie 02/1964
The Paramounts – Poison Ivy 01/1964
Major Lance – Um Um Um Um Um Um 02/1964
Tommy Tucker – Hi-Heel Sneakers 04/1964
Terry Stafford – Suspicion 05/1964
Mary Wells – My Guy 05/1964
The Dennisons – Walkin’ The Dog 05/1964
Joao Gilberto with Stan Getz – The Girl From Ipanema 07/1964
The Zombies – She’s Not There 08/1964
The Naturals – I Should Have Known Better 08/1964
Simon Scott – Move It Baby 08/1964
The Cherokees – Seven Daffodils 09/1964
Tony Jackson And The Vibrations – Bye Bye Baby 10/1964
Helmut Zacharias – Tokyo Melody 11/1964
The Poets – Now We’re Thru 11/1964
Tommy Quickly And The Remo Four – Wild Side Of Life 10/1964
Lou Johnson – Message To Martha 12/1964
Sounds Orchestral – Cast Your Fate To The Wind 12/1964
Lorne Greene – Ringo 12/1964
Gunter Kallmann – Elisabeth Serenade 12/1964
Larry Cunningham And The Mighty Avons – Tribute To Jim Reeves 12/1964
Listen to: The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
Mary Wells – My Guy
The Zombies – She’s Not There
Man, what a year! And I think it’s only going to get better. If you’ve looked elsewhere on this blog, you might have figured out that I’m a fan of rock music and it’s various offshoots, so two of my recommendations probably make sense. But the other? I mean, quintessential Motown. Pop distilled to it’s finest point. Love it. Erstwhile, at the very start of the year, we have our first Beatles cover, “All My Loving” by The Dowlands. The Beatles made a lot of One Hit Wonders as we’ll see in throughout the rest of the decade. Talking of the Fab Four, Lorne Greene’s track isn’t about a drummer, it’s a Western pastiche. It’s undecided if the name confused the record buying public. Oh look, there’s Stan Getz again.
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