Each week The 60s Official Site will showcase a countdown of the top ten songs of the current
week of a particular year in the 1960s.. So tune in at this web page weekly and check out what year we will be
showcasing. Here you can see and listen to the Top Ten songs of the week. It may have significance to your first
love, your birthday, graduation or any special occasion that brings back the memories on how great the sixties
truly were. Also, the news headlines for the week and celebrity birthdays will be part of this weekly
feature.
This week we look back to the
year
1964
at the Top 10
Songs on the Billboard Charts
(for week ending
Mar 7, 1964)
Headlines and Special Notes
Mar
5- Mar 11, 1964
Mar 5 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan
Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving
there
Mar 6 - Elijah Muhammad
renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
Mar 6 - Liz Taylor's 4th
divorce (Eddie Fisher)
Mar 6 - Tom O’Hara set a new
world indoor record when he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 56.4
seconds.
Mar 8 - The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance
on the "Ed Sullivan Show".
Mar 8 - Malcolm X
has broken with Elijah Mohammad's Nation of Islam. He believes in the
separation of races and announces that he is forming a Black Nationalist
Party.
Mar 9 - The first Ford
Mustang rolled off of the Ford assembly line.
Mar 11 - US
Senator Carl Hayden broke the record for continuous service in the US. Senate. He had
worked 37 years and seven days.
Mar 11 - Elvis Presley's 14th
movie, "Kissin' Cousins," was released.
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