The band’s fifth single to top the Hot 100 in 1964 was “A Hard Day’s Night,” which spent the first two weeks of August at No. 1. Sixty years on, no other artist has had more No. 1 hits on ...
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Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles’ "Blackbird" finally becomes a chart hit in the U.K ... and balloons in October 1964. Left to right: Paul McCartney ...