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1964

January Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' The Hollies - Stay with the Hollies Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart
February James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The Impressions - The Never Ending Impressions	The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show; Beatlemania takes over the USA. Hostilities between Greeks and Turks renew in Cyprus. Cassius Clay becomes the world heavyweight boxing champion.
March The Beach Boys - Shut Down Vol. 2 The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over The Temptations - Meet the Temptations	United Nations troops arrive in Cyprus.
April Marvin Gaye - When I'm Alone I Cry The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (UK date) The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake* Muddy Waters - Folk Singer	Mods and Rockers battle in London, England.

May The Dave Clark Five - The Dave Clark Five Return! Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - Little Children The Searchers - It's the Searchers Mary Wells - Mary Wells Sings My Guy	Clashes between British Mods and Rockers climax. Death of India's Prime Minister, Nehru.
June The Four Seasons - Folk-Nanny Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Creation of the PLO in Jerusalem. American comedian Lenny Bruce goes on trial for obscenity. Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa.
July The Beach Boys - All Summer Long The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night The Dave Clark Five - American Tour The Impressions - Keep On Pushing	US President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act aimed at ending racial discrimination. South Vietnam forces suffer a major defeat by the Vietcong. Barry Goldwater becomes the Republican Party presidential candidate. The National Guard is called in to quell race riots in Rochester, New York. Malcolm X founds the Organisation for Afro-American Unity.
August Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley - Two Great Guitars The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan Gerry and the Pacemakers - Second Album The New Christy Minstrels - Land of Giants The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?	The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night goes into general release. The US Congress authorizes war against Vietnam; military action is significantly increased. President Johnson signs a $1 billion anti-poverty bill.

September The Animals - The Animals James Brown - Out of Sight Manfred Mann - The Five Faces of Manfred Mann	Indonesia invades Malaysia.
October The Kinks - The Kinks The Rolling Stones - 12 X 5 Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 AM	In the USSR, Khruschev is deposed; Brezhnev becomes leader. The Olympic Games are held in Tokyo, Japan. China becomes a nuclear power. Harold Wilson and the Labour Party come to power in the UK. Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
November Chuck Berry - St. Louis to Liverpool The Hollies - In the Hollies' Style	President Johnson wins the US election. South Vietnam launch their biggest attack yet against the North.
December The Beatles - Beatles for Sale The Dave Clark Five - Coast to Coast The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica The Yardbirds - Five Live Yardbirds The Zombies - The Zombies	Great Britain abolishes the death penalty.

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