UNDERAPPRECIATED MUSIC: THE HITS FROM 1964

A lot of these are not underappreciated, at least by my generation, but may surely be underappreciated by the young whippersnappers out there.  In 1964 The Beatles controlled the airwaves and the "British Invasion," Motown, girl groups were all big things, Yet there was room for the likes of Dean Martin, Al Hirt, Sammy Davis Jr., and the Ray Charles Singers.

The Number One hit single of 1964 was "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFn603GiFJA


Number Two:  "She Loves You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuu88OwdK8


Number Three:  "Hello Dolly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs


Number Four:  "Pretty Woman"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KFvoDDs0XM


Number Five:  "I Get Around"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPL5OXSBNE


Number Six:  "Everybody Loves Somebody"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUiXUEHDhI


Number Seven:  "My Guy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1M5eEJeT38


Number Eight:  "We'll Sing in the Sunshine'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvUM7iQz-g


Number Nine:  "Last Kiss"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4se9YMV3A


Number Ten:  "Where Did Our Love Go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WcLN9PYOM


Number Eleven:  "People"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G021T3FKp4


Number Twelve:  "Java"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhkTqtUd7TA


Number Thirteen:  "A Hard Day's Night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjyj8qnqkYI


Number Fourteen:  "Love Me Do"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Au_QW5MJNI


Number Fifteen:  "Do Wah Diddy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc0x7xOap4I


Number Sixteen:  "Please Please Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3NTVkHwD5I


Number Seventeen:  "Dancing in the Street"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc


Number Eighteen:  "Little Children"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRE3jeAYzMw


Number Nineteen:  "Love Me With All Your Heart"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3nfqH4YDDM


Number Twenty:  "Under the Boardwalk"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPEqRMVnZNU


Rounding out the Top One Hundred were songs by The Dixie Cups. The Dave Clark Five, The Four Seasons, The Newbeats, Gene Pitney, Jan and Dean, Jay and the Americans, Peter and Gordon, The Honeycombs, Serendipity Singers, Betty Everett (both solo and with Jerry Butler), Dusty Springfield, Leslie Gore, Dionne Warwick, the Animals, Ronny & The Daytonas, Johnny Rivers, Danny Williams, The Rip Cords, Millie Small, Major Lance, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Chad and Jeremy, Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, The Shangri-Las, Bobby Freeman, The Impressions, The Four Tops, Diane Renay, The Bachelors, The Markeets, The Hondells, Roger Miller, The Reflections, Rick Nelson, The New Christy Minstrels, Joe Hinton, The Temptations, Al Martino, The Trashmen, The Trams, The Kinks, Sammy Davis Jr., The Impressions, The Jelly Beans, The Kingsmen, The Searchers, Tommy Tucker, The Ventures, Robert Maxwell, Jimmy Hughes, Andy Williams, Jumpin' Gene Simmons, and more songs from The Supremes, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, and The Beatles.