May 2, 1964

----- DROPOUTS -----
Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans ----- 24 (2) / 5
The New Girl In School - Jan & Dean ----- 37 / 4
Stay - The 4 Seasons ----- 16 (2) / 8
Think - Brenda Lee ----- 25 (2) / 5
My Heart Belongs To Only You - Bobby Vinton ----- 9 (2) / 8
Please Please Me - The Beatles ----- 3 (2) / 10
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles ----- 1 (7) / 14                


37 40 --- Thank You Girl - The Beatles
 39 --- Stay Awhile - Dusty Springfield (44)
 38 --- Charade - Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra (46)
 37 --- Cotton Candy - Al Hirt (41)
19 36 --- She Loves You - The Beatles      
 35 --- Little Children - Billy J. Kramer w/ The Dakotas (61)
23 34 --- Hey, Bobba Needle - Chubby Checker
 33 --- (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet - The Reflections (50)
 32 --- Love Me Do - The Beatles (67)
40 31 --- Shangri-La - Vic Dana

34 30 --- Kiss Me Sailor - Diane Renay
35 29 --- My Girl Sloopy - The Vibrations
 28 --- Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol) - The Ray Charles Singers (62)
27 27 --- Ebb Tide - Lenny Welch
22 26 --- Ain't Nothing You Can Do - Bobby Bland
25 25 --- Forever - Pete Drake & his Talking Steel Guitar
13 24 --- Needles And Pins - The Searchers
26 23 --- Nadine (Is It You?) - Chuck Berry
33 22 --- I'm So Proud - The Impressions
32 21 --- Wish Someone Would Care - Irma Thomas

21 20 --- The Matador - Major Lance
14 19 --- The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations
28 18 --- It's Over - Roy Orbison
15 17 --- You're A Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye
18 16 --- Money - The Kingsmen
20 15 --- Shangri-La - Robert Maxwell, his Harp & Orchestra
11 14 --- The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Betty Everett
06 13 --- Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five
12 12 --- That's The Way Boys Are - Lesley Gore
16 11 --- White On White - Danny Williams

17 10 --- Ronnie - The 4 Seasons
10 09 --- Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
05 08 --- Suspicion - Terry Stafford
02 07 --- Twist And Shout - The Beatles
08 06 --- Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) - The Serendipity Singers
09 05 --- My Guy - Mary Wells
07 04 --- Bits And Pieces - The Dave Clark Five
03 03 --- Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles
04 02 --- Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong & The All Stars
01 01 --- Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles            


These are the first appearances for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Sammy Kaye, The Reflections and The Ray Charles Singers.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 30 April-6 May 1964

01 01 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE Peter & Gordon **
02 04 DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY The Searchers
03 03 I BELIEVE The Bachelors
04 02 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles ***
05 05 MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
06 06 I LOVE YOU, BECAUSE Jim Reeves
07 17 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING Gerry and the Pacemakers
08 11 MOVE OVER, DARLING Doris Day
09 12 EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT The Mojos
10 13 MOCKING BIRD HILL Migil Five

11 16 HUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE Manfred Mann
12 18 JULIET The Four Pennies
13 08 NOT FADE AWAY The Rolling Stones
14 07 TELL ME WHEN The Applejacks
15 25 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick
16 09 LITTLE CHILDREN Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas **
17 24 DON'T TURN AROUND The Merseybeats
18 10 JUST ONE LOOK The Hollies
19 37 A LITTLE LOVING The Fourmost
20 14 GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY Swinging Blue Jeans

21 29 BABY, LET ME TAKE YOU HOME The Animals
22 15 THAT GIRL BELONGS TO YESTERDAY Gene Pitney
23 28 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS Tommy Tucker
24 20 THEME FOR YOUNG LOVERS The Shadows
25 -- ANGRY AT THE BIG OAK TREE Frank Ifield
26 21 DIANE The Bachelors *
27 26 THINK Brenda Lee
28 39 IF I LOVED YOU Richard Anthony
29 22 VIVA LAS VEGAS Elvis Presley
30 -- CONSTANTLY Cliff Richard

31 -- IT'S OVER Roy Orbison
32 -- THE SPARTANS Sounds Incorporated
33 23 BITS AND PIECES Dave Clark Five
34 27 NEW ORLEANS Bern Elliott and the Fenmen
35 19 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black ***
36 -- NON HO L'ETA PER AMARTI Gigliola Cinquetti
37 33 TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN Peter, Paul & Mary
38 -- I WILL Billy Fury
39 -- BABY, IT'S YOU Dave Berry
40 30 LET ME GO, LOVER Kathy Kirby

-- 31 BOYS CRY Eden Kane
-- 32 I THINK OF YOU The Merseybeats
-- 34 OVER YOU Freddie and the Dreamers
-- 35 IF HE TELLS YOU Adam Faith
-- 36 GONE Shirley Bassey
-- 38 ONLY YOU Mark Wynter
-- 40 STAND BY ME Kenny Lynch


Debuts from instrumentalists Sounds Incorporated, and the Italian winner of that year's EuroVision Song Contest, Gigliola Cinquetti