CLASSIC ROCK

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Bread and Butter-The Newbeats-1964#2

M & L--Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow

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The Doors--Light My Fire.

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Come See About me-The Supremes-1964-#1

M & L--Brian Holland.Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland

This was the Supremes third number one hit of the year

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Needle and Pins-The Searchers-1964#13

M & L--Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche

This song was first recorded by Jackie DeShannon

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I Get Around-The Beach Boys-1964-#1

M & L --Brian Wilson

In 1964 Brian had a nervous breakdown ,dropped out of live performing and was briefly replaced by Glen Campbell ( who was in turn replaced by Bruce Johnston.)

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How Do You Do It-Gerry and the Pacemakers-1964#9

M & L--Mitch Murry

In 1965,the somewhat Gerry Marsden starred in " Ferry Cross the Mersey,"a flimsy rags-to-riches flick designed to capitalize on Liverpool's short-lived status as a music capital

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Farmer John-The Premiers-1964-#19

M & L ---Steve Terry and Don Harris

On the record it has " live " but the song was actually a studio recording with the group's friends hooting and hollering throughout

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Out of Limits--The Marketts-1964-#3

M-----Michael Z. Gordon

The Marketts also released The Batman Theme

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Nobody I Know--Peter and Gordon-1964-#12

M & L---John Lennon and Paul McCartney

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First 7 rock records to win Gold Discs

1---Hard headed Woman--Elvis--1958

2---Pat's Greatest Hits,Pat Boone-1960

3---Elvis,Elvis Presley---1960

4---Elvis'Golden Records--Elvis-1961

5---Encore Hits --The Platters---1961

6---Blue Hawaii---Elvis-----1961

7---Can't Help falling in Love--Elvis---1962

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After the Beatles came to America, recording company executives went to Liverpool to find another group so they could have their Beatles ,they found Liverpool had over 500 active bands
Outside the Beatles Liverpools finest group was The Searchers(their name came from the 1956 John Ford Western.

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Remember (Walking In The Sand)-The Shangri-Las-1964-#5

M & L ---George Morton

This song recounts the tale of a young woman who gives in to her lover on a beach only to be dumped by him later

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Hippy Hippy Shake-The Swinging Blue Jeans-1964-#24

M & L---Chan Romero

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You Really Got Me--The Kinks-1964-#7

M & L---Ray Davis

The Kinks whose stop-and-go rhythm created the kind of bludgeoning effect later prominent in heavy metal and punk rock

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Dead man's Curve-Jan and Dean-1964-#8

M & L ---Jan Berry,Roger Christian,Artie Kornfeld and Brian Wilson

Dead Man's curve was a downhill curve on Sunset Boulevard near the UCLA campus.this song was wrote after Mel Blanc(Bugs Bunny Voice and Daffy Duck)was injuried in a crash there.The hit proved prophetic in 1966 when berry was in a car crash that killed three and left him severly disabled

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Bad to Me-Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas-1964-#9

M & L----John Lennon and Paul McCartney

John and Paul also wrote From a Window for Kramer

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The Way You Do the Things You Do-The Temptations-1964-#11

M & L---William Robinson and Bobby Rogers
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Temptations first hit

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A Summer Song-Chad and Jeremy-1964-#7

M & L---Clive Matcalfe,Keith Noble and David Stuart

Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde from England never had hit in England,but manage a string of them in the U.S.A.

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Fun,Fun,Fun-The beach boys-1964-#5

M & L ---Brian Wilson and Mike Love

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I like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers-1964-#17
M & L--Mitch Murry