1964, Music: French Single Charts 26/04/1964

N° 30
Les Surfs - A présent tu peux t'en aller

- Country: Madagascar
- Music/Lyrics: G. Bourgeois, I. Raymonde, J. Rivière, M. Hawker
- Video clip

N° 29
Patricia Carli - Je suis à toi

- Country: Italy / Belgium / France
- Music/Lyrics: Nisa, P. Carli
- Video clip

N° 28
Monty - Même si je suis fou

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: J. Bulostin, G. Weil, B. Mann
- Video clip

N° 27
Les Compagnons de la chanson - Le chant de Mallory

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: A. Popp, P. Cour
- Video clip

N° 26
Adamo - Tombe la neige

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: S. Adamo
- Video clip

N° 25
Richard Anthony - A toi de choisir

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: J. Plante, J. Van Heusen
- Video clip

N° 24
Elvis Presley - Kissin' cousins

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: F. Wise, R. Starr
- Video clip

N° 23
Sheila - Hello petite fille

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics:  H. Ithier, J. Lennon, P. McCartney
- Video clip

N° 22
Petula Clark - Ceux qui ont un coeur

- Country: France / UK
- Music/Lyrics: A. David, B. Bacharach, R. Bernet
- Video clip

N° 21
Françoise Hardy - Le sais-tu ?

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: B. Bacharach, H. David, F. Hardy
- Video clip

N° 20
Rachel - Le chant de Mallory

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics:  A. Popp, P. Cour
- Video clip

N° 19
Enrico Macias - Paris tu m'as pris dans tes bras

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: E. Macias, J. Peigné
- Video clip

N° 18
France Gall - N'écoute pas les idoles

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: S. Gainsbourg
- Video clip

N° 17
Françoise Hardy - Catch a falling star

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: L. Pockriss, P. Vance
- Video clip

N° 16
Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l'età

- Country: Italy
- Music/Lyrics: M. Panzeri, Nisa
- Video clip

N° 15
Johnny Hallyday - Dis-lui que j'en rêve

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: B. Darin, G. Aber
- Video clip

N° 14
Hugues Aufray - N'y pense plus, tout est bien

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: B. Dylan, P. de la Noé, P. Dorsey
- Video clip

N° 13
Dusty Springfield - I only want to be with you

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: I. Raymonde, M. Hawker
- Video clip

N° 12
Dick Rivers - Rien que toi

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: J. C. Annoux, Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Video clip

N° 11
Claude François - Chaque jour c'est la même chose

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: A. Alexander, C. François
- Video clip

N° 10
Danyel Gérard - Memphis Tennessee

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: D. Gérard, P. Barouh, C. Berry
- Video clip

N° 9
Johnny Hallyday - Les guitares jouent

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: G. Aber, L. Hazlewood
- Video clip

N° 8
Chuck Berry - Nadine

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: C. Berry
- Video clip

N° 7
The Beatles - Can't buy me love

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: J. Lennon, P. McCartney
- Video clip

N° 6
Trini Lopez - You can't say goodbye

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: T. Lopez
- Video clip

N° 5
Richard Anthony - A présent tu peux t'en aller

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: G. Bourgeois, I. Raymonde, J.M. Rivière, M. Hawker
- Video clip

N° 4
Gilbert Bécaud - Nathalie

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: G. Bécaud, P. Delanoë
- Video clip

N° 3
Stan Getz & João Gilberto feat. Astrud Gilberto - The girl from Ipanema

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: A. Jobim, N.Gimbel, De Moraes
- Video clip

N° 2
Jacques Brel - Mathilde

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: J. Brel, G. Jouannest
- Video clip

N° 1
Sylvie Vartan - La plus belle pour aller danser

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: C. Aznavour, G. Garvarentz
- Video clip

1964, Television: "Top of the Pops"

The first episode of "Top of the Pops" was broadcast on Wednesday, 1 January 1964 at 6:35 pm. It was produced in the BBC Studio A at Dickenson Road Studios in Rusholme, Manchester. The first show was presented by Jimmy Savile. It featured Dusty Springfield with "I Only Want to Be with You", The Rolling Stones with "I Wanna Be Your Man", The Dave Clark Five with "Glad All Over", The Hollies with "Stay", The Swinging Blue Jeans with "Hippy Hippy Shake" and The Beatles with "I Want to Hold Your Hand", that week's number one.

Dusty Springfield featured with "I Only Want to Be with You"

The Rolling Stones featured with "I Wanna Be Your Man"

The Dave Clark Five featured with "Glad All Over"

The Hollies featured with "Stay"

The Swinging Blue Jeans featured with "Hippy Hippy Shake"

The Beatles featured with "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

"Top of the Pops" was made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006 with a total of 2,272 episodes produced. It’s the world's longest-running weekly music show. Each episode consisted of performances of some of the week's best-selling singles. "I Only Want to Be with You" by Dusty Springfield was the first song featured on the show. The "Top of the Pops" format was adopted by several other European broadcasters, such as AVRO with "TopPop" in the Netherlands.

Opening Credits from 1964