Saturday, April 5, 2014

Saturday Music Club: 4 April 1964 BILLBOARD Album Chart

Links to the music listed in the Billboard Album Chart for 4 April 1964:

1. The Beatles Meet the Beatles (Capitol)
2. The Beatles Introducing the Beatles (Vee-Jay)
3. Al Hirt Honey in the Horn
4. Original Cast Hello, Dolly!
5. Barbra Streisand The Third Album
6. Peter, Paul and Mary In The Wind
7. Nancy Wilson Yesterday's Love Songs*Today's Blues
8. Bobby Vinton There! I've Said It Again
9. Peter, Paul and Mary
10. Henry Mancini Charade
11. James Brown and the Famous Flames Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal


12. The Singing Nun


13. Al Martino Living a Lie


14. Peter, Paul and Mary Moving


15. Andy Williams The Wonderful World of Andy Williams


16. John Gary Encore


17. Johnny Mathis Tender is the Night


18. Ray Charles Sweet and Sour Tears


19. The Four Seasons Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs


20. Tony Bennett The Many Moods of Tony


from here on out, links are only to the albums, etc., more interesting to me...
22. Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' (link is to an episode of the CBC performance series Quest from the period)
26. The Swingle Singers Bach's Greatest Hits
28. The Kingston Trio Time to Think
29. Joan Baez In Concert, Part 2 (link is to a 1965 BBC-TV concert)
30. The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe
33. Johnny Cash Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
40. The Kingsmen In Person
41. The Smothers Brothers "Curb Your Tongue, Knave!"
42. The Ventures in Outer Space
44. Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome
61. Moms Mabley Out on a Limb (a comparable bit)
62. Nat King Cole Ramblin' Rose
67. Jan and Dean Drag City
69. The Marketts Out of Limits
79. The Trashmen Surfin' Bird
82. That Was the Week That Was (an LP of the post-JFK assassination episode, broadcast by NBC the day after BBC transmission)
83. Chet Atkins Guitar Country
84. The Impressions
86. Gloria Lynne and the Marty Paich Orchestra Gloria, Marty & Strings
88. Jimmy Smith Any Number Can Win
98. The Surfaris Wipeout
99. Ann-Margret and Al Hirt Beauty and the Beard
101. The Big Sounds of the Drags (a documentary/soundscape LP)
102. Four Days That Shocked the World  (Kennedy and Oswald assassination documentary LP)
103. Doris Day Love Him
105. The Benny Goodman Quartet Together Again!
108. The Boston Symphony Orchestra et al. Mass for John F. Kennedy: Mozart: Requiem
111. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
114. Cassius Clay I Am the Greatest
116. Soundtrack Recording How The West Was Won
119. The Pyramids The Original Penetration
120. Etta James Rocks the House
121. Sam Cooke Ain't That Good News
129. The Astronauts Competition Coupe  (the poor kid's Beach Boys)
131. Major Lance Um, Um, Um, Um, Um: The Best of Major Lance
138. Bob Newhart Faces Bob Newhart (Faces Bob Newhart) (a routine from the album as performed on The Dean Martin Show)
143. Judy Collins #3
147. Dinah Washington A Stranger on Earth
150. Enoch Light Orchestra Rome 35/MM

4 comments:

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) said...

Thanks chum - just listened to Peter, Paul and Mary "Moving" while taking a bath - dreamy!

Todd Mason said...

Glad to have been of service. It's notable the degree to which success bred success here...PP&M had a handful of albums on the chart, as did Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the Smothers Brothers (pop-folk was certainly still booming) and even the Astronauts had two. Thanks for the comment.

Ron Scheer said...

Thanks for the J Mathis. I saw him in concert in 1961 in Chicago. He was just like this. What a voice.

Todd Mason said...

I keep meaning to seek out his earliest jazz recordings...