Beatlemania, “Louie Louie” and The Supremes signal the Baby Boom generation’s arrival as a cultural force after the surreal shock of the Kennedy assassination. Motown, the British Invasion and the previously nonexistent concept of the “Rock band” permanently reshape the American Pop landscape.
#1 Song of the Year
Artists of the Year
- The Beatles
- The Dave Clark Five
- The Four Seasons
Artist with Most Charting Songs
- The Beatles (28)
Average #1 Artist Age
- 27.3 years
#1 Songs
- Bobby Vinton – There! I’ve Said It Again (January, 4 wks)
- Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand (February, 7 wks)
- Beatles – She Loves You (March, 2 wks)
- Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love (April, 5 wks)
- Louis Armstrong – Hello, Dolly! (May, 1 wks)
- Mary Wells – My Guy (May, 2 wks)
- Beatles – Love Me Do (May, 1 wks)
- Dixie Cups – Chapel of Love (June, 3 wks)
- Peter & Gordon – A World Without Love (June, 1 wks)
- Beach Boys – I Get Around (July, 2 wks)
- Four Seasons – Rag Doll (July, 2 wks)
- Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (August, 2 wks)
- Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody (August, 1 wks)
- Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (August, 2 wks)
- Animals – The House of the Rising Sun (September, 3 wks)
- Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman (September, 3 wks)
- Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (October, 2 wks)
- Supremes – Baby Love (October, 4 wks)
- Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack (November, 1 wks)
- Lorne Greene – Ringo (December, 1 wks)
- Bobby Vinton – Mr. Lonely (December, 1 wks)
