Opening Song: "She's Not There"-The Zombies <br />Parrot Records <br />Peak: #4(2 weeks) Date: 11.28.1964 <br /> <br />Basically the year goes like this: <br /> <br />1.18.1964- First time Beatles appears on the chart <br />1.25.1964- First time Beatles appears on the top 10. <br />2.1.1964- First number one single by the Beatles. <br />4.4.1964- The Beatles occupy the first 5 positions of the Hot 100. They also become the first to have 3 songs in a row hit number one. <br />4.11.1964- Beatles occupy 14 positions on the Hot 100, unprecedented for its time. <br /> <br />They end this year by holding the top two positions of the Year-End chart and 4 in the top 15. <br /> <br />Basically, if you weren't the Beatles, what were you doing on the Hot 100? Flooding the market with singles and being able to promote the hell out of them wins big time. <br /> <br />One notable exception is the legendary Louie Armstrong, who possibly kept the whippersnappers from taking number a fourth time and in doing so becoming the oldest solo artist to have a No. 1 hit. <br /> <br />Also, note the R&B groups Supremes and Temptations make their start on this list. This is generally when being in a group, and specifically a British group, starts paying off. It's the start of a British Invasion, full of artists whose songs will probably be mistaken for being by the Beatles. <br /> <br />Opening Song: "She's Not There"-The Zombies <br />Parrot Records <br />Peak: #4(2 weeks) Date: 11.28.1964 <br /> <br />For more info, see here: https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/
