December 19. 1964

----- DROPOUTS -----
Ain't That Loving You Baby - Elvis Presley ----- 16 / 8
Is It True - Brenda Lee ----- 17 (2) / 7
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers ----- 2 / 12
Reach Out For Me - Dionne Warwick ----- 20 / 6
Gone, Gone, Gone - The Everly Brothers ----- 31 / 2
Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans ----- 3 (2) / 11


 40 --- One More Time - The Ray Charles Singers (43)
 39 --- Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) - Del Shannon (44)
 38 --- Dear Heart - Andy Williams (50)
25 37 --- Sidewalk Surfin' - Jan & Dean
 36 --- As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull (42)
39 35 --- Thou Shalt Not Steal - Dick & Deedee
40 34 --- How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Marvin Gaye
 33 --- Leader Of The Laundromat - The Detergents (58 )
23 32 --- Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes
33 31 --- She Understands Me - Johnny Tillotson

 30 --- Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers (49)
34 29 --- Too Many Fish In The Sea - The Marvelettes
36 28 --- Willow Weep For Me - Chad & Jeremy
15 27 --- Ask Me - Elvis Presley
27 26 --- Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown
28 25 --- My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami) - Robert Goulet
30 24 --- Amen - The Impressions
16 23 --- Everything's Alright - The Newbeats
20 22 --- Big Man In Town - The 4 Seasons
18 21 --- Right Or Wrong - Ronnie Dove

11 20 --- Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las    
24 19 --- Any Way You Want It - The Dave Clark Five
19 18 --- Saturday Night At The Movies - The Drifters
26 17 --- The Wedding - Julie Rogers
17 16 --- Sha La La - Manfred Mann
08 15 --- Baby Love - The Supremes          
29 14 --- She's A Woman - The Beatles
13 13 --- I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
21 12 --- The Jerk - The Larks
12 11 --- Mountain Of Love - Johnny Rivers

07 10 --- You Really Got Me - The Kinks
09 09 --- I'm Gonna Be Strong - Gene Pitney
10 08 --- Dance, Dance, Dance - The Beach Boys
14 07 --- Goin' Out Of My Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials
06 06 --- Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
03 05 --- Ringo - Lorne Greene    
02 04 --- She's Not There - The Zombies
01 03 --- Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton    
05 02 --- I Feel Fine - The Beatles
04 01 --- Come See About Me - The Supremes    


This is the first Top 40 hit for Marianne Faithfull as well as parody group The Detergents.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 17-23 December 1964

01 01 I FEEL FINE The Beatles **
02 04 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark
03 05 WALK TALL Val Doonican
04 02 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney
05 03 LITTLE RED ROOSTER The Rolling Stones *
06 09 PRETTY PAPER Roy Orbison
07 12 I UNDERSTAND Freddie and the Dreamers
08 16 NO ARMS COULD EVER HOLD YOU The Bachelors
09 20 I COULD EASILY FALL Cliff Richard
10 08 BABY LOVE The Supremes **

11 06 THERE'S A HEARTACHE FOLLOWING ME Jim Reeves
12 14 MESSAGE TO MARTHA (KENTUCKY BLUEBIRD) Adam Faith
13 26 BLUE CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley
14 30 SOMEWHERE P.J. Proby
15 24 TERRY Twinkle
16 07 ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Kinks
17 11 LOSING YOU Dusty Springfield
18 38 GIRL, DON'T COME Sandie Shaw
19 27 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN? The Searchers
20 19 SHOW ME, GIRL Herman's Hermits

21 22 GENIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN LAMP The Shadows
22 18 WALK AWAY Matt Monro
23 13 HE'S IN TOWN The Rockin' Berries
24 10 UM UM UM UM UM UM Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
25 15 TOKYO MELODY Helmut Zacharias
26 -- YEH YEH Georgie Fame
27 23 SHA LA LA Manfred Mann
28 17 DON'T BRING ME DOWN The Pretty Things
29 25 THE WEDDING Julie Rogers
30 28 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison ***

31 34 CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND Sounds Orchestral
32 35 GO NOW The Moody Blues
33 21 BLACK GIRL The Four Pennies
34 33 SO DEEP IS THE NIGHT Ken Dodd
35 -- A STARRY NIGHT The Joy Strings
36 36 GONE, GONE, GONE The Everly Brothers
37 -- FERRY 'CROSS THE MERSEY Gerry and the Pacemakers
38 -- CHRISTMAS WILL BE JUST ANOTHER LONELY DAY Brenda Lee
39 -- LIKE A CHILD Julie Rogers
40 32 GOOGLE EYE The Nashville Teens

-- 29 REMEMBER (WALKIN' IN THE SAND) The Shangri-La's
-- 31 DANCING IN THE STREET Martha and the Vandellas
-- 37 WHEN I GROW UP TO BE A MAN The Beach Boys
-- 39 AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU, BABY Elvis Presley
-- 40 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Tommy Quickly


This was the debut for Georgie Fame