1964, Music: West German Single Charts 30/04/1964

N° 20
The Beatles - Please Please Me

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

N° 19
Rita Pavone - Mein Jack der ist 2 Meter groß

- Country: Italy
- Music/Lyrics: S. Lowe, J. Strauss, C. Blecher
- Video clip

N° 18
Conny Froboess - Drei Musketiere

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: C. Bruhn, G. Buschor
- Video clip

N° 17
Mr. Acker Bilk - The Harem

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: D. Hodas, E. Cooper, M. Wolfson
- Video clip

N° 16
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: D. Clark, M. Smith
- Video clip

N° 15
Ernst Neger - Humba Täterä

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: E. Neger
- Video clip

N° 14
The Searchers - Needles And Pins

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: J. Nitzsche, S. Bono
- Video clip

N° 13
Gitte & Rex Gildo -  Zwei auf einer Bank

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Gietz, K. Feltz
- Video clip

N° 12
Little Peggy March - Lady Music

- Country: USA / West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Bradtke, H. Mayer
- Video clip

N° 11
The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: C. Romero
- Video clip

N° 10
The Beatles - Twist And Shout

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: B. Russell, P. Medley
- Video clip

N° 9
Freddy Quinn - Gib mir dein Wort

- Country: Austria
- Music/Lyrics: L. Olias, W. Rothenburg
- Video clip

N° 8
Ensemble Urosevic - Drina-Marsch

- Country: Yugoslavia
- Music/Lyrics:  S. Binicki
- Video clip

N° 7
The Beatles - She Loves You

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

N° 6
Sacha Distel - Der Platz neben mir

- Country: France / West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: K. Feltz, M. Peeters
- Video clip

N° 5
Trini Lopez - A-me-ri-ca

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: L. Bernstein, S. Sondheim
- Video clip

N° 4
Bernd Spier - Das kannst du mir nicht verbieten

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: H. Bradtke, J. Slater, J. Samwell
- Video clip

N° 3
Marika Kilius - Wenn die Cowboys träumen

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: A. Hosey, H. Gordon, J. Nicolas
- Video clip

N° 2
Ronny - Oh My Darling Caroline

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: J. Jorge, W. Hausmann
- Video clip

N° 1
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand

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