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Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello Dolly’ Dethrones the Beatles’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ In 1964 | Chart Rewind


Louis Armstrong dethroned The Beatles for the No. 1 Spot in 1964. Billboard News explores the moment in this episode of Chart Rewind.

On today’s episode of Billboard ‘s Chart Rewind, jazz musician Louis Armstrong dethrones The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and earns his first No. Tetris Kelly:Louis Armstrong stops The Beatles in this week’s chart rewind. 1 on the Hot 100 with “Hello Dolly,” stopping 14 straight weeks of The Beatles at the top of the chart, rising up over the band’s “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Despite Beatlemania, “Hello Dolly” rose to the top in part thanks to the musical that was popular at the time.

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