Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring ten hit recordings from 1964.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released1988 (original release)
1993 (re-release)
Recorded1964
GenrePop, rock
Length24:38 (original 1988 release)
24:44 (1993 re-release)
LabelRhino Records
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965
(1989)

The album includes four songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining six tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5. In 1993, the album was re-issued and replaced two chart toppers ("Do Wah Diddy Diddy" & "Rag Doll") with two other songs, "Chapel of Love" (another Hot 100 chart topper) and the Top 5 hit "Under the Boardwalk."

Absent from the track lineup were songs by The Beatles, which had the year's No. 1 song of the year, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". A disclaimer on the back of the album stated that licensing restrictions made the Beatles' tracks unavailable for inclusion on the album. A similar licensing restriction would preclude songs by The Rolling Stones from being included on other volumes in the Rhino "Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits" and "Billboard Top Hits" series.

Track listing

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1988 original release

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Bread and Butter" (Billboard peak No. 2 in September)Larry Parks/Jay TurnbowThe Newbeats2:00
2."Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Billboard peak No. 1 in October)Jeff Barry/Ellie GreenwichManfred Mann2:23
3."I Get Around" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)Brian Wilson/Mike LoveThe Beach Boys2:15
4."The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (Billboard peak No. 3 in August)Don Altfeld/Jan Berry/Roger ChristianJan & Dean2:25
5."Out of Limits" (Billboard peak No. 3 in February)Michael Z. GordonThe Marketts2:09
6."Suspicion" (Billboard peak No. 3 in April)Doc Pomus/Mort ShumanTerry Stafford2:32
7."Rag Doll" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)Bob Crewe/Bob GaudioThe Four Seasons3:04
8."She's Not There" (Billboard peak No. 2 in December)Rod ArgentThe Zombies2:24
9."Last Kiss" (Billboard peak No. 2 in November)Wayne Cochran/Joe Carpenter/Randall Hoyal/Bobby McGlonJ. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers2:27
10."Leader of the Pack" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November)Shadow Morton/Jeff Barry/Ellie GreenwichThe Shangri-Las2:53
Total length:24:38

1993 re-release, replacement tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
2."Under the Boardwalk" (Billboard peak No. 4 in August)Arthur Resnick/Kenny YoungThe Drifters2:39
7."Chapel of Love" (Billboard peak No. 1 in June)Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry/Phil SpectorThe Dixie Cups2:47
Total length:24:44