Music News and Events of 1964-Part 2

"Meet The Beatles", "Introducing The Beatles", "The Beatles' Second Album", "A Hard Day's Night"-Soundtrack,and "Something New"-The Beatles
"Little Deuce Coupe" and "All Summer Long"-The Beach Boys
"Honey In The Dirt"-Al Hirt
"Hello, Dolly!!"-Original Cast
"Glad All Over"-The Dave Clark Five
"Funny Girl"-Original Cast
"Hello, Dolly!"-Louis Armstrong
"Call Me Irresponsible and Other Hit Songs", "Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes", and "Days Of Wine And Roses"-Andy Williams
"Getz/Gilberto"-Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
"Everybody Loves Somebody"-Dean Martin
"How Glad I Am" and "Yesterday's Love Songs-Today's Blues"-Nancy Wilson
"Rolling Stones 12 x 5"-The Rolling Stones
"Roustabout"-Elvis Presley
"Where Did Our Love Go"-The Supremes
"Louie Louie"-The Kingsmen
"Catch A Rising Star"-John Gary
"Bach's Greatest Hits"-The Creative Swingle Singers
"The Pink Panther"-Henry Mancini
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco"-Tony Bennett
"Ramblin"-The New Christy Minstrels
"Joan Baez In Concert"-Joan Baez
"Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits"-Roy Orbison

One of the first Sam Cooke tribute albums were by the red-hot Motown group, The Supremes, called "We Remember Sam Cooke".

The Rat Pack were also red-hot this year.(leader Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop).
Besides successful Las Vegas gigs, other club engagements, and movies ("Sargents Three", "Ocean's Eleven","Robin And The Seven Hoods"),
The three singing members returned to the top 40 this year; Dean Martin, with the no. 1 smash, "Everybody Loves Somebody", Sammy Davis Jr., with "The Shelter Of Your Arms", a no. 17 hit, and Sinatra with "Softly, As I Leave You" (no. 27).

And this year's three musical standouts:
1. The Beatles 2. The Motown Sound 3. The British Invasion