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Music History Events: Charts

June 26, 1965 The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" goes to #1 on the Hot 100. It's the only song written by Bob Dylan ever to top that chart.

June 19, 1965 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops goes to #1 in America, knocking off another Motown song: "Back in My Arms Again" by The Supremes. Both songs were written and produced by the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

May 1, 1965 British Invasion band Herman's Hermits hit #1 in America with "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter," a very English song first heard on a BBC show called The Lads in 1963.

April 3, 1965 Peaking at #93, The Who make the US singles chart for the first time, with "I Can't Explain."

March 27, 1965 The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name Of Love" hits #1 in the US, making them the first act with four consecutive #1 singles on the Hot 100.

January 23, 1965 Petula Clark's "Downtown" climbs to #1 on the Hot 100, making her the first UK female singer to reach the summit on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952.

November 28, 1964 The Kinks' first hit, "You Really Got Me," peaks at #7 in America.

October 31, 1964 Unseating The Beatles' 14-week run at the top of the US albums chart with A Hard Day's Night, Barbra Streisand hits #1 with People, which stays at the top for five weeks.

September 26, 1964 Roy Orbison's "(Oh) Pretty Woman" hits #1 in America for the first of three weeks.

September 5, 1964 British group The Animals hit #1 in America with "The House Of The Rising Sun," a folk song set in New Orleans about either a brothel or a prison.More

August 22, 1964 After three years without a big hit, The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" hits #1 in the US, the first of five consecutive chart-toppers.More

August 15, 1964 Proving there is room to croon during the British Invasion, Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" knocks The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" from the #1 spot on the Hot 100.

July 25, 1964 The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night goes to #1 in America, where it stays for 14 weeks. It is already the #1 album in the UK, where it has a 21-week run at the top.

July 18, 1964 The Rolling Stones score their first American hit when their cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" peaks at #48 on the Hot 100.

July 14, 1964 The Rolling Stones score their first #1 hit in the UK with their cover of Bobby Womack's "It's All Over Now."

July 4, 1964 The Beach Boys score their first #1 hit as "I Get Around" tops the Hot 100, where it stays for two weeks.

June 27, 1964 Peter & Gordon's "A World Without Love" - written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney - goes to #1 in the US. The connection: McCartney is dating Peter Asher's sister, Jane.

June 6, 1964 The Dixie Cups' "Chapel Of Love," a Phil Spector wall-of-sound production, hits #1 in America, where it stays for three weeks.

May 30, 1964 The Beatles hit #1 in America with "Love Me Do," a song John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote as teenagers.

May 9, 1964 Louis Armstrong's "Hello, Dolly!" hits #1 in the US, making him the first artist to displace The Beatles, who held the top spot the previous 14 weeks with "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You" and "Can't Buy Me Love."

April 11, 1964 The Beatles set a new record when 14 of the Top 100 songs on the chart are theirs. "Can't Buy Me Love" is #1 and "Love Me Do" is their lowest at #81.

April 4, 1964 The Beatles hold the top five spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the following singles: 5) "Please Please Me" 4) "I Want To Hold Your Hand" 3) "She Loves You" 2) "Twist And Shout" 1) "Can't Buy Me Love"

March 28, 1964 Heavyweight boxing champ Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) hits #102 in the US with his cover of "Stand By Me."

March 12, 1964 For the first time in the history of the UK charts, there are no American acts in the Top 10, as British acts like The Rolling Stones take hold in their home country as well.More

February 1, 1964 The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hits #1 in the US as Beatlemania takes hold.More

December 28, 1963 Merle Haggard makes his first appearance on the country chart with "Sing A Sad Song," which peaks at #19.

December 7, 1963 The Singing Nun's "Dominique" hits #1 for the first of four weeks.More

November 16, 1963 Nino Tempo and April Stevens' "Deep Purple" hits #1 in the US. The famous band later name themselves after the song.

August 10, 1963 Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips (Part 2)" becomes the first live recording to hit #1 in the US. It holds the position for three weeks.More

June 29, 1963 Del Shannon's cover of The Beatles' "From Me to You" enters the Hot 100 at #96, becoming the first Lennon-McCartney composition to chart in America. Shannon's version peaks at #77; in the UK the Beatles original hits #1 in May.