1964 in Showbiz

1964 in Showbiz/The Four Major Showbiz Awards from 1964

On our brother blog DJBC Adventures, the blog from The DJBC Happy Hour radio program on WCRS-FM in Columbus, Ohio, there is a bonus podcast from last night’s broadcast, which featured songs from 1964.  1964 was a big year in music.  Four young men from Liverpool, England made their first North American appearance on a television program on a Sunday evening in early February in New York City, launching “The British Invasion” of music.  There were a lot of great television programs, motion pictures, plays, musicals, and songs from that year.  Here is who won the Major Awards in 1964, and some of the entertainment culture from 1964.

Emmy Awards (Presented in May 1964 for 1963-64 Television Season, April 1963-April 1964):

Comedy Program: The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Drama Program: The Defenders (CBS)
Variety Program: The Danny Kaye Show (CBS)
Music Program: Bell Telephone Hour (NBC)
Program of the Year: The Making of the President 1960 (ABC)
Actor, Series: Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Actress, Series: Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Single Performance, Lead Actor: Jack Klugman, The Defenders, “The Blacklist” (CBS)
Single Performance, Lead Actress: Shelley Winters, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, “Two Is The Number” (NBC)
Supporting Actor: Albert Paulsen, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” (NBC)
Supporting Actress: Ruth White, Little Moon of Alban: Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)

More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151524.html

Popular Television Shows: The Beverly Hillbillies (# 1 in 1963-64 season), Bonanza (# 1 in 1964-65 season), The Ed Sullivan Show, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Andy Griffith Show, The Lucy Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Fugitive, The Red Skelton Show, Petticoat Junction

Television Show Debuts: The Addams Family (September 18, ABC; 1964-1966); Another World (May 4, NBC; 1964-1999), Bewitched (September 17, ABC; 1964-1972), Gilligan’s Island (September 26, CBS; 1964-1967); Gomer Pyle USMC (September 25, CBS; 1964-1969), Jeopardy (Date, NBC/Syndication; 1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (September 22. NBC; 1964-1968), The Munsters (September 24, CBS; 1964-1966), Peyton Place (ABC; 1964-1969)

Grammy Awards (Presented in 1964, for 1963 songs):

Album of the Year: The Barbra Streisand Album
Record of the Year: “Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry Mancini)
Song of the Year: “Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer)
Best New Artist: Swingle Singers
Vocal Performance, Male: “Wives and Lovers”, Jack Jones
Vocal Performance, Female: The Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand
Performance, Vocal Group: “Blowin’ in the Wind”, Peter, Paul, and Mary
More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150546.html

Popular Songs: “She Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, “Twist and Shout”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Love Me Do”, “Eight Days a Week”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “All My Loving”, “Please, Please Me” (ALL by The Beatles); “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, and “Where Did Our Love Go” (ALL by The Supremes); “Anyone Who Had a Heart”, “Walk on By”, and “Don’t Make Me Over” (ALL by Dionne Warwick), “Everybody Loves Somebody” (Dean Martin), “I Get Around” and “Fun, Fun, Fun” (The Beach Boys), “She’s Not There” (The Zombies), “All Day and All of the Night” (The Kinks), “Hello Dolly” (Louis Armstrong), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” (The Righteous Brothers), “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (Manfred Mann), “Hey, Paula” (Paul and Paula), “The House of the Rising Son” and “I’m Crying” (The Animals), “Oh, Pretty Woman” (Roy Orbison), “Viva Las Vegas” (Elvis Presley), “You Don’t Own Me” (Lesley Gore), “Dancing in the Street” (Martha and the Vandellas), “Rag Doll” (The Four Seasons), “The Girl From Ipanema” (Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto), “A World Without Love” (Peter & Gordon), “A Summer Song” (Chad and Jeremy), “Chapel of Love” (Dixie Cups), “Time Is On My Side” (The Rolling Stones), “Suspicion” (Terry Stafford), “Under the Boardwalk” (The Drifters), “Come a Little Bit Closer” (Jay and the Americans), “Little Children” (Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), “The Last Kiss” (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers), “Mr. Lonely” and “There! I’ve Said It Again” (Bobby Vinton), “Walk, Don’t Run ‘64” (The Ventures), “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’” (The Four Tops), “Cotton Candy” and “Java” (Al Hirt), “I Only Want to Be With You” and “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (Dusty Springfield)
More Popular Songs: http://tsort.info/music/yr1964.htm, http://www.songfacts.com/released-1964-1.php, http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1964

Oscars (Academy) Awards (Presented in 1964 for 1963 movies):

Best Picture: Tom Jones
Best Director: Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field (NOTE: Poitier was the first black actor to win an Academy Award)
Best Actress: Patricia Neal, Hud
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas, Hud
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P’s
Best Original Song: “Call Me Irresponsible” – Papa’s Delicate Condition

More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148941.html

Popular Films that Came Out in 1964: “My Fair Lady” (Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning 8, including Best Picture), “Mary Poppins” (Nominated for 13 Academy Awards), “Becket”, “Topkapi”, “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”, “The Americanization of Emily”, “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte”

Tony Awards (Presented in 1964 for 1963-64 Season):

Best Play: Luther (John Osborne)
Best Musical: Hello, Dolly! (Won a then-record 10 Tonys)
Producer, Play: The Deputy
Producer, Musical: Hello, Dolly!
Best Actor, Play: Alec Guinness, Dylan
Best Actress, Play: Sandy Dennis, Any Wednesday
Best Actor, Musical: Bert Lahr, Foxy
Best Actress, Musical: Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!
Best Featured Actor, Play: Hume Cronyn, Hamlet
Best Featured Actress in a Play: Barbara Loden, After the Fall
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Jack Cassidy, She Loves Me
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Tessie O’Shea, The Girl Who Came to Supper
Best Director, Play: Mike Nichols, Barefoot in the Park
Best Director, Musical and Best Choreography, Musical: Gower Champion, Hello, Dolly! (both categories)
Best Author, Dramatic: Michael Stewart, Hello, Dolly!
Best Original Score: Hello, Dolly!
More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153433.html

Plays That Debuted in 1964: Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, The Subject Was Roses, After the Fall, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Foxy, Golden Boy (the Musical), Anyone Can Whistle