I had no trouble in being able to compile from memory a list of 30 hit songs from 1964 which captured my imagination then. I think that year was something of a watershed in popular music.

1. •A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
   

2. •You Really Got Me - The Kinks
   

3. •Baby Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
   

4. •Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
   

5. •Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
   

6. •Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
   

7. •A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
   

8. •I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
   

9. •Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann
   

10. •I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
    

11. •Needles and Pins - Dave Clark Five
    

12. •House of the Rising Sun - Animals
    

13. •Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
    

14. •She Loves You - The Beatles
    

15. •I'm Into Something Good - Hermans Hermits
    

16. •Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
    

17. •Remember (Walking in the Sand) - The Shangrilas
    

18. •From Me To You - The Beatles
    

19. •My Guy - Mary Wells
    

20. •She's Not There - The Zombies
    

21. •I Feel Fine - The Beatles
    

22. •Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five
    

23. •Have I The Right - Honeycombs
    

24. •Love Me Do - The Beatles
    

25. •Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ross and the Supremes
    

26. •Bits And Pieces - Dave Clark Five
    

27. •My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
    

28. •Twist And Shout - The Beatles
    

29. •Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
    

30. •Leader of the Pack - The Shangrilas