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October 25, 1964

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1964, covering October 25, 1964.

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    Album cover for A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    Peak
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    Album cover for People by Barbra Streisand

    People

    Barbra Streisand

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    4
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    Album cover for Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin

    Everybody Loves Somebody

    Dean Martin

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    3
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    11
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    Album cover for Something New by The Beatles

    Something New

    The Beatles

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    12
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    Album cover for How Glad I Am by Nancy Wilson

    How Glad I Am

    Nancy Wilson

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    5
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    8

Notable Births

Michael Boatman

1964Michael Boatman, American actor[†]

Michael Patrick Boatman is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom Spin City, as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series China Beach, as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie Hamburger Hill, and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom Arli$$. He also starred in The Good Fight, the Paramount+ spinoff of The Good Wife.

Johan de Kock

1964Johan de Kock, Dutch footballer[†]

Johan de Kock is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He earned 13 caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at UEFA Euro 1996 in England.

Nicole Seibert

1964Nicole, German singer[†]

Nicole Seibert, known professionally as Nicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer. In 1982, she became the first German representative to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She has released more than 25 studio albums and 80 singles, some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages, English, Dutch, and French. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.

Kevin Michael Richardson

1964Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer[†]

Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in Mortal Kombat (1995) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020), Captain Gantu in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, and Deus Ex Machina in The Matrix Revolutions (2003). He has also voiced characters on Seth MacFarlane's shows Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad!, as well as several characters on Matt Groening's shows The Simpsons and Futurama.

Historical Context for October 25, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]