During 1963 only a smattering of hit singles on the.US Top 40 popularity charts originated in Great Britain. Starting with the arrival of the Beatles in January 1964, that number jumped to a double-digit percentage, and American radio playlists were suddenly populated by British bands including the Animals, the Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits and many others.
This week Joel Najman's My Place program looks at the first wave of the so-called British Invasion of 1964 with a selection from sixteen British bands that enjoyed hits in the U.S., presented in the chronolgical order they first appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 popularity charts.
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I Want To Hold Your Hand
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Record Label Capitol 5112
Glad All Over
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Record Label Epic 9656
Needles And Pins
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Record Label Kapp 577
Hippy Hippy Shake
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Record Label Imperial 66027
Little Children
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Record Label Imperial 66027
A World Without Love
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Record Label Capitol 5175
Yesterday's Gone
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Record Label World Artists 1021
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
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Record Label Laurie 3251
The House Of The Rising Sun
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Record Label MGM 13264
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
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Record Label Ascot 2157
Tobacco Road
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Record Label London 9689
Have I The Right?
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Record Label Interphon 7707
You Really Got Me
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Record Label Reprise 0306
I'm Into Something Good
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Record Label MGM 13280
She's Not There
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Record Label Parrot 9695
Time Is On My Side
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Record Label London 9708
