As the swingin' sixties hit full swing, 1964 takes us on a journey through the slapstick hi-jinx of The Beatles film, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, to Sam Cooke's soulful and civil rights-charged final album, AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS.

Spoiler-free discussion today!

YEAR OF THE WEEK

1962

FILM OF THE WEEK

A Hard Day's Night - dir. Richard Lester

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Ain't That Good News - by Sam Cooke

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ALSO MENTIONED

Films/TV:

• Dr Strangelove (1964) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Star Wars (1977) - dir. George Lucas
• The Omen (1976) - dir. Richard Donner
• Superman II (1980) - dir. Richard Donner/Richard Lester
• Superman III (1983) - dir. Richard Lester
• Steptoe & Son (1962-70) - TV show
• Let It Be (1970) - dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
• The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965) - TV Special featuring Peter Sellers’ performance of A Hard Day’s Night
• Lolita (1962) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Carry On… - British film franchise 1958-1992
• Help! (1965) - dir. Richard Lester
• Dr No (1962) - dir. Terence Young
• Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984) - dir. Peter Webb
• That’ll Be The Day (1973) - dir. Claude Watham
• Stardust (1974) - dir. Michael Apted
• The Magic Christian (1969) - dir. Joseph McGrath
• Candy (1968) - dir. Christian Marquand
• She’s Gotta Have It (1986) - dir. Spike Lee 
• Spice World (1997) - dir. Bob Spiers
• ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019) - dir. Kelly Duane

Music:

• Another Side of Bob Dylan - 1964 album by Bob Dylan
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ - 1964 album by Bob Dylan
• A Hard Day’s Night - 1964 album by The Beatles
• Elvis Presley - singer…I mean. Elvis. Come on.
• Introducing…The Beatles - 1964 album by The Beatles
• Roll Over Beethoven - 1963 song by The Beatles
• Don’t Bother Me - 1963 song by the Beatles
• All My Loving -1963 song by the Beatles
• Bob Dylan - singer/songwriter/poet
• The Soul Stirrers - gospel group
• Revolver - 1966 album by The Beatles
• Forever Changes - 1967 album by Love
• I’ve Got A Woman - 1957 song by Ray Charles
• Tennessee Waltz - 1952 song by Patti Page
• Monster Mash - 1962 song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
• Tribute - 2001 song by Tenacious D
• Another Saturday Night - 1974 song by Cat Stevens
• Mantovani - composer
• Blowin’ In The Wind - 1963 song by Bob Dylan
• Lazarus - 2016 song by David Bowie
• Dua Lipa - singer
• Aretha Franklin - singer
• Otis Redding - singer

Other folks we mention:

• John F Kennedy - former POTUS
• Dr Martin Luther King - civil rights activist
• George Lucas - film director/Star Wars creator
• The Goons - British comedy troupe
• Peter Sellers - actor/Goons member
• Pattie Boyd - model/photographer/George Harrison’s ex
• Allen Klein - music mogul and dodgy fella
• Malcolm X - civil rights activist
• Muhammed Ali - boxer/civil rights activist
• Medgar Evers - civil rights activist

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