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Green Bailey records The Santa Barbara Earthquake and The Fate Of Ellen Smith for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA.

Johnnie Ray holds half of the Top 6 positions on the Billboard national music charts in the USA. At No1 is Cry, with Please Mr. Sun at No3 and The Little White Cloud That Cried at No6.




Alma Cogan, Josh Macrae, Russ Sainty, Michael Redway, The Rhet Stroller Group, The Del-Fi's, Tommy Sanderson And The Sandmen, The Monty Sunshine Band and Beryl Bryden perform live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Saturday Club, from London, England, UK, Europe. The show is presented by Brian Matthew.
The Top Ten singles on the Fabulous 56 Survey of WQAM Radio in Miami, Florida, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :
1. Hey Paula - Paul And Paula
2. Ruby Baby - Dion
3. Baby Doll - Carlo
4. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
5. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades
6. Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons
7. Wild Weekend - The Rebels
8. Proud - Johnny Crawford
9. Linda - Jan And Dean
10. Lone Teen Ranger - Jerry Landis [who will later find success as Paul Simon]
1. Hey Paula - Paul And Paula
2. Ruby Baby - Dion
3. Baby Doll - Carlo
4. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
5. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades
6. Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons
7. Wild Weekend - The Rebels
8. Proud - Johnny Crawford
9. Linda - Jan And Dean
10. Lone Teen Ranger - Jerry Landis [who will later find success as Paul Simon]
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer by Nat King Cole is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No63.
Half of the singles in the newly published Billboard Top Ten Singles Chart in the USA are by British acts.
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE - SINGLES CHART - July 4,1964
1. I GET AROUND - THE BEACH BOYS
2. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
3. Memphis - Johnny Rivers
4. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry And The Pacemakers
5. People - Barbara Streisand
6. A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon
7. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
8. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
9. Bad To Me - Billy J.Kramer And The Dakotas
10. Can't You See That She's Mine - The Dave Clark Five
1. I GET AROUND - THE BEACH BOYS
2. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
3. Memphis - Johnny Rivers
4. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry And The Pacemakers
5. People - Barbara Streisand
6. A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon
7. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
8. Rag Doll - The Four Seasons
9. Bad To Me - Billy J.Kramer And The Dakotas
10. Can't You See That She's Mine - The Dave Clark Five
Glenn Yarbrough records Baby The Rain Must Fall, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The session features David Gates as orchestral conductor and Glen Campbell on guitar. The song will be used as the title track to a Steve McQueen movie,
What Have They Done To The Rain by The Searchers peaks at No7 in the Singles Chart in Sweden, Europe.
Jimmy Dean releases a new single, Harvest Of Sunshine, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Jethro Tull release their debut single, Sunshine Day/Aeroplane, on MGM Records in the UK, but their name is mis-spelled on the record as Jethro Toe.
Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA. Hour Glass, features Gregg and Duane Allman, later to form The Allman Brothers Band.
Hour Glass and The Sunshine Company play the last of three nights at the
Elvis Presley records Kentucky Rain at American Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Jimmy Ruffin, Jackie Lomax, Nanette,

Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, USA, erupts into volcanic, lava-spitting action. Numerous songs will be inspired by the eruption including Mount St. Helens Blues by Blue Lights, Volcano Rag by Joe D. Lake and Eruption 1980 by Buddy Foley.
At Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, California, USA, Bob Dylan records versions of Every Grain Of Sand and Caribbean Wind.









Pearl Jam and Robert Plant play in a Hurricane Katrina benefit show, with tickets costing $1,000 each, at The House Of Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.


The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. During this show, they play a 60-minute set from which The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie is broadcast live on the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards.




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