These nostalgic songs from 1964 might not have been the biggest hits of the year, but they were certainly memorable.

“Last Kiss” by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (1964) There is a fine tradition of pop songs about your lover dying. Some of them can be quite touching. Others …. not so much.

Here is every #1 hit from 1964, ranked from worst to best, spanning six singles from the Beatles all the way through the soul of Motown.