| 3 January 1964 | No. 886 | |
| Johnson, Derek | Beat-alls Again! Highest Score Ever: Britain Monopolises 1963 Top of Chart Spot! Were Presley's Film Songs to Blame? | 2-3 |
| Hutchins, Chris | Beatles Have Four Spots in Their Chirstmas Show | 3 |
| Alldis, Barry | Ifield's Oldies [Searchers, Dean and Jean, Shirley Bassey, Kris Jensen, Ginny Arnell, Little Eva, Peggy Lee, The Sundowners, Martha and the Vandellas] | 4 |
| Johnson, Derek | Strings Songs [Vic Damone, Nat Cole, Susan Maughan, Riddle-Barretto, Mary Ford, Wayne Gibson, the Pirates] | 4 |
| n.a. | Dave Clark Five Film, Paris Trip | 6 |
| J.S. | Gerry Babies Stop Show [Gerry and the Pacemakers, Babes in the Woods appearance] | 6 |
| S.L. | Freddie's a Riot [Freddie and the Dreamers in Cinderella Pantomime] | 6 |
| Williams, Barry | Joe Wishee Washee [Joe Brown in Alladin pantomime] | 6 |
| Gray, Andy | 20 New Songs Featured [Tom Springfield songs for London Palladium pantomime] | 6 |
| Beale, Michael | Carroll Hits Target [Ronnie Carroll] | 6 |
| Dowdney, Mark | All Lonnie Hits [Lonnie Donegan pantomime] | 6 |
| Beale, Michael | Bouncy "Puss in Boots" [Frankie Vaughan pantomime] | 6 |
| C.N.S. | Mark a Gay Robin [Mark Wynter pantomime] | 6 |
| n.a. | Ifield
scores in Australia Jeans on "Go Man Go" [Swinging Blue Jeans] Brian Poole on "Lucky Stars" Harris Re-booked by Ed Sullivan [Rolf Harris] |
6 |
| n.a. | Massive Campaign to Launch Beatles in US | 6-7 |
| n.a. | Major
Faith Tour Set — Pitney, Poole Likely Shadows Solo in Yarmouth Two New Teams on Columbia [the Zephyrs and the Lady Birds] Last Together [Tornados leave Billy Fury today] Dave and Dusty Join Dreamers [Dave Berry and Dusty Springfield on concert dates] Cliff Richard Tops World Charts |
7 |
| Smith, Alan | Blue Jeans Shoot Up with Fastest-ever Made Disc! | 8 |
| Ruddy, Michael | Feliz Ano Nuevo from Trini Lopez | 8 |
| Johnson, Derek | Welcome to the Ronettes | 9 |
| n.a. | Life Lines of Brian Matthew | 9 |
| n.a. | Irwin's British Trip Will Bring Together a Couple of Big Ds! [Big Dee Irwin and Dusty Springfield] | 9 |
| Smith, Alan | What I Hope for in 1964 [Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, Dave Clark, Kathy Kirby, and Dusty Springfield muse] | 10 |
| n.a. | Searchers in Liverpool [fanclub] | 10 |
| n.a. | Beatles in London [fanclub] | 10 |
| 10 January 1964 | No. 887 | |
| n.a. | Cliff as Groucho and Errol Flynn; Hank as Tarzan [Cliff Richard and Hank Marvin on film location] | 3 |
| Dove, Ian | Beatles American Push Is On | 3 |
| Dove, Ian | Pitney Was Blue—Till He Met Stones | 4 |
| Clark, Dave | My Top Ten | 4 |
| Johnson, Derek | Chris Sandford Is No "Nit" in Real Life | 5 |
| Gray, Andy | Girls Scream at Stones: Boys at Ronettes | 5 |
| Johnson, Derek | Hats Off to Gerry [Gerry Marsden, Helen Shapiro, Ray Charles, Tommy Sands, Billie Davis] | 6 |
| n.a. | Folk Trio on Palladium TV [Peter, Paul, and Mary] | 8 |
| Hutchins, Chris | The Beatles Would Have Loved Alma [Alma Cogan] | 8 |
| n.a. | Greatest
NME Concert Ever: Every Top Star Booked for Colossal Poll Winners Show Gerry Likely for Australia [Gerry Marsden] Blue Jeans Film for Circlorama |
8 |
| Hentoff, Nat | Beatles Crash into US Chart | 9 |
| n.a. | Blue Jeans for Kramer-Pitney March Package? | 9 |
| n.a. | Jet Harris Come-back on Stones-Leyton Tour | 10 |
| Johnson, Derek | Welcome to Junior and the Dorsey Band [Frank Sinatra, Jr.] | 11 |
| n.a. | Life-lines of the Ronettes | 11 |
| Smith, Alan | "What a Crazy World" Is a Teenage Cockney Caper That's Really Funny! [film opens Sunday 12 Jan, features Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde, Freddie and the Dreamers, Harry Corbett] | 12-13 |
| Evans, Allan | Album of Really Swinging Songs [What a Crazy World] | 12 |
| n.a. | Alan Klein Tells How He Wrote a Song for Joe Brown and Made It into a Musical | 13 |
| Smith, Alan | It's Hold Your Breath Day, but Gerry and the Pacemakers Are Too Busy Laughing! [Release of "I'm the One" on 10 Jan] | 14 |
| Andrews, Graeme | Label Has New Outlet [Mercury now handled by Philips in UK] | 14 |
| press release | Georgie Fame Debut Single and L.P. a Definite Smash Hit [Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo to be released 7 Feb; single "Do the Dog"/"Shop Around" released 10 Jan] | 16 |
| 17 January 1964 | No. 888 | |
| Derek Johnson | Frank Ifield Receives a Mighty Welcome [big in NZ and Australia] | 2 |
| Richard Green | Would John and Paul compose a new song for Elvis? Could Beatlebeat Help Presley? | 3 |
| Derek Johnson | Reviews the Singles [Mark Wynter, Lesley Gore, Mike Berry, Jan Burnette, Cleo, Robb Storm, Rose Berman, Trashmen, Lorne Gibson Trio, Eden Kane, Conway Twitty, Dilys Watling, Caravelles, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Russ Hamilton, Gerry Levine and the Avengers] | 4 |
| n.a. | Ban
may mean cheaper discs Pye to distribute Top Six cover discs [Eps] Caravelles and Craig Douglas change labels [Decca to Fontana] Beatles top U.S. chart in record three weeks! Another triumph for Britain! Susan Maughan on "Juke Jury" Jerry Lee Lewis TV spectacular? [Grenada TV] Jeans to join Kramer [Swinging Blue Jeans, Billy J. Kramer-Gene Pitney Tour] Millie Martin on Palladium Shirley will cut Carnegie Hall LP [Shirley Bassey] NME concert a sell out Cliff's next disc out in fortnight Davis coming to film [Sammy Davis Jr.] Sherman TV shows plan [Alan Sherman] Vaughan better [Frankie Vaughan ear operation] Dave Clark stage debut in Variety [Sunday Night at the London Palladium] Joe Brown opens music hall show Steele back next week British fans see Elvis film first [Love in Los Vegas] Ifield for Liverpool Clark, Faith and Mann "Lucky" Pacemakers' tele-dates, visits abroad, film deal Adam Faith hosts TV beauty contest Jeans to make second film [Swinging Blue Jeans] Conway, Williams in Variety [Russ Conway, Danny Williams] Ronettes' chief due [Phil Spector arrives on 23rd] Group with a difference [Ian Samwell, Andrew Oldham, Jeanie and the Redheads] Dusty may visit US New venue for Stones [tour] Monro vs. Boone [Eurovision Song Contest] Manfred's ballrooms Brown-Crystals dates |
6 |
| Derek Johnson | Lilting ballad brings Brenda back [Brenda Lee] | 8 |
| Alan Smith | "Take Over? Rubbish!" declares Dave Clark | 8 |
| n.a. | Life-lines of the Swinging Blue Jeans | 9 |
| Dusty Springfield | My Top Ten | 9 |
| n.a. | Their name is singular | 10 |
| n.a. | Newcomers to the charts: Mersey again! [Merseybeats] | 10 |
| Ian Dove | Slow starter [Kingsmen "Louie, Louie"] | 10 |
| Alan Davis | LPs [Kathy Kirby, Houston Wells, Michael Holliday, Bill Black, Bill Haley, Wout Steenhuis] | 10 |
| Alley Cat | Tail-pieces | 12 |
| Allen Evans | Eps [Dave Clark 5, Freddie and the Dreamers, R&B Chartmakers, Rolling Stones, Frank Ifield, Chiffons] | 12 |
| 24 January 1964 | No. 889 | |
| Chris Hutchins | With the Beatles in Paris . . . , and America too! | 3 |
| Alan Smith | Cliff Richard—mud wrestler! | 3 |
| Derek Johnson | Dusty Says: Life must be less hectic now | 4 |
| Nat Hentoff | American Airmail | 4 |
| Richard Green | Hollies supply what the fans want, music that moves | 5 |
| Bert Weedon | My Top Ten | 5 |
| Derek Johnson | Reviews the Singles [Brian Poole, Joe Brown, Tommy Roe, Bobby Rydell, Supremes, Beryl Marsden, Anthony Newley, Little Eva, Allan Sherman, Tymes, Crystals, Cliff Richard, John Barry] | 6 |
| n.a. | Epstein
signs Sounds Inc. Peter Asher ["World without Love" release 25 Feb] Honor Blackman Disc companies want RPM [protests against gov't plans to abolish "Retail Price Maintenance"] Dave Clark tour set Manfred Mann on "Saturday Club" Karl Denver for States? New "Blue Jeans" dates Liverpool, USA [Liverpool Sound record company in States] Joe Brown "Scene" Two more films for Presley Film and TV for Kathy [Kirby] Ella's venues Epstein moves "Saturday Club" LP Filmusic's move Ifield Variety dates Fool Britannia Searchers in Europe Lonnie for Nashville Doris Day films here Hospital for a Foremost Kathy on "Garters" [Kirby] Tommy returning Delaney TV series |
8 |
| n.a. | Cliff,
Shadows, Dusty, Kathy on Palladium TV Allan Sherman: concerts and TV Nino and April due New Kathy Kirby single C & W stars may play Britain Karl on "Parade" [Denver] Dickie's dates [Valentine] Light drops "Go Man Go" [BBC, 6 April] Musical closes [Boys from Syracuse] Mann at Davies Benefit [Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame at Cyril Davies benefit, 29 January] Three Beatles discs now in US Charts! New York, Washington concerts set Show tribute for Holliday's son [Michael Holliday dies] Jet cuts two solo singles Dreamers "A" side ["Over You" on 14 Feb] Patsy Ann for Paris [Nobel] |
9 |
| n.a. | Blackpool
TV series to replace Palladium show Spector on "Jury" Cliff to make LP with the Shadows Lynch forms disc firm [Kenny Lynch, Ian Samwell, Link Records] Orbieson's Kingston date Six BBC shows for Mantovani Marty's TV date Sammy Davis TV spectacular Bachelors on "Ready" |
10 |
| Richard Green | Latest hit means Searchers are free to alternate style | 11 |
| Allen Evans | LPs [Country Gentlemen, Jimmy Rodgers, Spotnicks] | 11 |
| n.a. | Life-lines of the other four of the Dave Clark Five | 13 |
| Graeme Andrews | Hickory Label comes to Britain | 13 |
| Alan Smith | Those Ronettes set the Stones rolling! | 14 |
| Derek Johnson | Adam Faith's Big Influence! [Chris Andrews] | 14 |
| 31 January 1964 | No. 890 | |
| Richard Green | When Nino isn't starring with his sister April, he's backing other stars | 2 |
| Graeme Andrews | I hear eleven unissued Buddy Holly tracks: five years after his tragic death | 3 |
| Alan Smith | Alan Smith finds out about Gerry's fireside hit | 4 |
| Kathy Kirby | Top Ten | 4 |
| Derek Johnson | "Diane" chart news stops Bachelors' TV rehearsal | 5 |
| Bruce Charlton | Welcome to Allan Sherman | 5 |
| Derek Johnson | Singles [the Singing Nun, Kenny Lynch, Frankie Vaughan, the Springfields, Ned Miller, Johnny Sandon, Major Lance, Tony Bennett, the Exciters, Jimmy Justice, Dionne Warwick/Cilla Black] | 5 |
| n.a. | Decca
signs ex Beatle [Pete Best] Gamblers to back Fury at Yarmouth Cliff's Palladium TV date confirmed John Barry writing musical |
8 |
| Nat Hentoff | Six Beatles' Hits; second US "gold" on the way | 8 |
| n.a. | Kramer
and Irwin on "Ready Steady" Manfred may visit US Hit team writes Dusty, Gene songs [Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde] Faith in variety Kathy Kirby and Hollies "Lucky" Avalon arriving Searchers TV date Heinz joins Askey Brenda Lee in September? Brian Poole to join Gerry in Australia Freddies' ballrooms Springfields' souvenir |
8 |
| n.a. | Millie
Martin to meet Duke Irwin, Pitney and Hollies on "Scene" Jeans take over Gerry's debut Searchers Sunday shows, 208 series Decca Cavern session Bachelors, Freddie, Dreamers set for colour pop film "Garters" package tour Monro for Bournemouth and US Bid Dee Irwin return plans Donegan's "Lemon" for US release Dave Clark Five film out next week: radio show Beatles covered Pitney "Jury" dates likely Kramer's next is composed in US [Little Children out 14 Feb] Kenny Ball for Italy and Japan |
9 |
| Richard Green | Question time with the Rolling Stones | 11 |
| Richard Green | Manfred worry about R-and-B | 12 |
| Derek Johnson | How to write a hit song [Mitch Murray book (same title) published by Feldman's] | 12 |
| n.a. | Mark Wynter has three 21st Parties | 13 |
| Alan Smith | The Tremeloes talk about Brian Poole | 14 |
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| Original edit, 20 October 200, grtedit 17-Jan-2006 |