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December 15, 1964

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 9, 1964, covering December 15, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Beach Boys In Concert by The Beach Boys

    Beach Boys In Concert

    The Beach Boys

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for People by Barbra Streisand

    People

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for 12 x 5 by The Rolling Stones

    12 x 5

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Roustabout (Soundtrack) by Elvis Presley

    Roustabout (Soundtrack)

    Elvis Presley

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Great Songs From "My Fair Lady" And Other Broadway Hits by Andy Williams

    The Great Songs From "My Fair Lady" And Other Broadway Hits

    Andy Williams

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    12

Notable Births

Paul Kaye

1964Paul Kaye, English actor[†]

Paul Kaye is an English comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Thoros of Myr in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–17). He started as shock interviewer Dennis Pennis on The Sunday Show (1995–97). His other TV roles include Mike Strutter in the MTV series Strutter (2006–2007), Vince the fox in the BBC black comedy series Mongrels (2010–2011), Vinculus in the BBC fantasy mini-series Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), Psychiatrist in the Netflix comedy series After Life (2019–20), Malcolm Donahue in the ITV crime drama Vera (2019–23), and Patrick Katz in the Netflix thriller mini-series The Stranger (2020).

Historical Context for December 15, 1964

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