1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" The Beatles
2 "She Loves You" The Beatles
3 "Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong
4 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison
5 "I Get Around" The Beach Boys
This was 1964, for those of you don't remember it (or whose parents don't remember it). It was right in the middle of the British Invasion, so the top 100 was full of Beatles and Beatles wannabees songs, Motown, a couple of Beach Boys, and outliers like Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong), and Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin). I assure you, neither of those last two had any effect on how I viewed the world. I wouldn't listen to them even now, at my advanced age (they ain't worth the hearing aid batteries).
2 "She Loves You" The Beatles
3 "Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong
4 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison
5 "I Get Around" The Beach Boys
This was 1964, for those of you don't remember it (or whose parents don't remember it). It was right in the middle of the British Invasion, so the top 100 was full of Beatles and Beatles wannabees songs, Motown, a couple of Beach Boys, and outliers like Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong), and Everybody Loves Somebody (Dean Martin). I assure you, neither of those last two had any effect on how I viewed the world. I wouldn't listen to them even now, at my advanced age (they ain't worth the hearing aid batteries).