The Year In Rock 1964!

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The year in rock 1964:

The Rolling Stones played their first-ever live date in the US when they appeared at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California.

Bob Dylan releases his third album – The Times They Are a Changin’ which reaches #20 US.

Beatlemania reaches the United States as The Beatles make their first live appearance on US TV on the primetime Ed Sullivan Show drawing a record audience of 73 million viewers.

Singing group Martha and The Vandellas hits #2 US with the anthem “Dancing In The Street” written by Marvin Gaye and others.

The Kinks hit the charts with “You Really Got Me” which makes it to #7 US. The song is attributed with being the first hit song built around power chords.

American singer songwriter Sam Cooke, with thirty Top 40 hits to his name, dies after being shot in a Los Angeles motel room.

Though fading on the music charts, Elvis Presley is still a hit at the box office in the movie Viva Las Vegas with Ann Margret.

Texas singer, songwriter Roy Orbison tops the charts for the second time in both the US & UK with the single “Oh Pretty Woman”. It would be Orbison’s seventh and final US Top Ten hit single

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