18th April 1964

1

(1)

Can't Buy Me Love

The Beatles

Parlophone R 5114

2

(3)

A World Without Love

Peter & Gordon

Columbia DB 7225

3

(2)

I Believe

The Bachelors

Decca F 11857

4

(4)

Little Children

Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

Parlophone R 5105

5

(8)

Tell Me When

The Applejacks

Decca F 11833

6

(10)

My Boy Lollipop

Millie

Fontana TF 449

7

(6)

I Love You Because

Jim Reeves

RCA 1385

8

(-)

Don't Throw Your Love Away

The Searchers

Pye 7N 15630

9

(7)

Not Fade Away

The Rolling Stones

Decca F 11845

10

(5)

Just One Look

The Hollies

Parlophone R 5104

11

(16)

Move Over Darling

Doris Day

CBS AAG 183

12

(9)

That Girl Belongs To Yesterday

Gene Pitney

United Artists UP 1045

13

(11)

Good Golly Miss Molly

The Swinging Blue Jeans

HMV POP 1273

14

(13)

Mockingbird Hill

The Migil Five

Pye 7N 15597

15

(18)

Everything's Alright

The Mojos

Decca F 11853

16

(12)

Bits And Pieces

The Dave Clark Five

Columbia DB 7210

17

(15)

Theme For Young Lovers

The Shadows

Columbia DB 7231

18

(-)

Walk On By

Dionne Warwick

Pye International 7N 25241

19

(21)

Juliet

The Four Pennies

Philips BF 1322

20

(-)

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Gerry & The Pacemakers

Columbia DB 7268

21

(-)

Hubble Bubble Toil And Trouble

Manfred Mann

HMV POP 1282

22

(-)

Don't Turn Around

The Merseybeats

Fontana TF 459

23

(17)

Viva Las Vegas

Elvis Presley

RCA 1390

24

(23)

Hi-Heel Sneakers

Tommy Tucker

Pye 7N 25238

25

(24)

Think

Brenda Lee

Brunswick 05903

26

(14)

Anyone Who Had A Heart

Cilla Black

Parlophone R 5101

27

(20)

Boys Cry

Eden Kane

Fontana TF 438

28

(-)

Baby Let Me Take You Home

The Animals

Columbia DB 7247

29

(-)

Angry At The Big Oak Tree

Frank Ifield

Columbia DB 7263

30

(19)

Diane

The Bachelors

Decca F 11799

 

 

 

It happened this week...

Sunday 19th... Right-wing army officers ousted Prince Phouma's neutralist government from power in Laos

Monday 20th... Nelson Mandela admitted in court that he had planned sabotage

Tuesday 21st... BBC2 went on air, its first programme was Play School

Wednesday 22nd... An Act of Union was announced between Tanganika and Zanzibar

Friday 24th... Egyptian leader Colonel Nasser vowed to expel the UK from all parts of the Arab world