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November 12, 1964

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1964, covering November 12, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for People by Barbra Streisand

    People

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin

    Everybody Loves Somebody

    Dean Martin

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    14
  3. 3
    Album cover for A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  4. 4
    Album cover for How Glad I Am by Nancy Wilson

    How Glad I Am

    Nancy Wilson

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Something New by The Beatles

    Something New

    The Beatles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15

Notable Births

Vic Chesnutt

1964Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)[†]

James Victor Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a charity record of alternative artists covering his songs.

David Ellefson

1964David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter[†]

David Ellefson is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist and backing vocalist for thrash metal band Megadeth across two stints.

1964Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach[†]

Wang Kuang-hui was a Taiwanese professional baseball player and coach. He spent his entire playing and coaching career in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Brother Elephants franchise.

Barbara Stühlmeyer

1964Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer[†]

Barbara Stühlmeyer OblOSB is a German theologian, musicologist, and free-lance author, known especially for her work on the music of Hildegard of Bingen.

Historical Context for November 12, 1964

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