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TWELVE WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Ringo” by Lorne Greene peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning November 29 through week ending, December 5, 1964. (Source: Billboard Pop Annual)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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A special THANK YOU to our senior site contributor Greg Innis of Livonia, MI., for recently providing this rare WXYZ Don Zee Detroit radio audio memory to our Motor City Radio Flashbacks aircheck repository.
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TWELVE WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Leader Of The Pack” by The Shangri-las peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning November 22 through week ending, November 28, 1964. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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Debuted #90 week-ending June 20, 1964, “Do I Love You” peaks at #34 on the Hot 100, week-ending, August 1, 1964. Charting nine weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops at #44 for the week-ending, August 15, 1964.
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Source: Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles
Debuted #66 week-ending August 22, 1964, “I’m On The Outside (Looking In)” peaks at #15 on the Hot 100, week-ending, October 10, 1964. Charting ten weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops at #36 for the week-ending, October 24, 1964.
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Source: Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles
Debuted #91 week-ending April 25, 1964, “Gonna Get Along Without You” peaks at #51 on the Hot 100, week-ending, June 6, 1964. Charting eight weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops at #54 for the week-ending, June 13, 1964.
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Source: Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles
Debuted #87 week-ending June 6, 1964, “The Girl From Ipanema” peaks at #5 on the Hot 100, week-ending, July 18, 1964. Charting twelve weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops at #36 for the week-ending, August 22, 1964.
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Source: Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles
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THIRTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Baby Love” by The Supremes peaked at #1 on October 31 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning October 25 through week ending, November 21, 1964. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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“DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY” | MANFRED MANN | ASCOT
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“Do Wah Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann debuted on the Billboard single charts at #58, for the week ending, September 5, 1964. The single would make its eventual climb to its two-week stay at the top — its seventh week on the charts — week-ending October 17 through week-ending October 24, 1964.
Thirteen weeks overall on the pop single charts, “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” dropped to #31 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending November 28, 1964.
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These were the records you bought in October 1964. Many went on to become some of the most popular record 45s heard on AM Top 40 radio, on WKNR, CKLW, WXYZ and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR and (conservative new-comer) WJBK in Detroit.
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