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Multimedia Index: List of 1964 Songs

Category: Chronological Archive
Description: A list of songs released in 1964. Lyrics are in the English language unless otherwise noted.
Contents: 39 originals · 8 covers
Page Sections: Original Songs · Covers

Original Songs

'32 Ford
Performers: Pilt Down Five
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford
'40 Ford Time
Performers: The Rip Chords
Songwriters: Bruce Johnston · Terry Melcher
Released: 1964
A-Bone
Performers: The Trashmen
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford Model A
I've got a little A-Bone like you never have seen.
A way out wailin type of boss machine.
Top eliminator at all the big name drags.
Well she's a stroke-and-bore, and shaved so neat.
And sittin' right next to my bucket seat.
Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association
Performers: Jan and Dean
Released: 1964
They toot around town in their big Grand Prixes;
Sittin' in their bucket seats, shootin' the breeze.
You know that all week long they put up jammin' preserves;
And on weekends they negotiate curves.
Antique '32 Studebaker Dictator Coupe
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriter: Jerry Dean Smith
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
Featured Car: Studebaker Dictator
Got my girl on a Sunday;
Gonna have some fun 'fore Monday.
Headin' on out to the freeway;
With the coolest thing on the highway-ay-ay.
Bonneville Bonnie
Performers: The Rip Chords
Released: 1964 (Three Window Coupe)
Featured Car: Pontiac Bonneville
Well I was cruising down the highway in my fast track Ford;
When a Pontiac passed me and it must have been floored.
Suckin' up exhaust from the red Bonneville;
And I knew in a minute it was Bonnie at the wheel.
Boss Barracuda
Performers: The Barracudas
Songwriter:
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Plymouth Barracuda
You can talk about your Cobras and your 'vette Stingrays;
Tell me how your Mustang moves the freeways.
Buddy, you can brag about your Thunderbird;
And your three window coupe around Dead Man's Curve.
Bucket “T”
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriters: Don Atfled · Jan Berry · Roger Christian · Dean Torrence
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
Featured Car: Ford Model T
Cruisin' down the street in front of school;
I wanna rev it up but I gotta be cool.
’Cause when I hit the road I'll get my kicks;
A'poppin’ the clutch and a'slippin' the sticks.
Cadillac Bounce
Performer: Charlie Ryan
Released: April 1964 (Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again!)
Featured Car: Cadillac
The Dart & The Lincoln
Performer: Charlie Ryan
Released: April 1964 (Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again!)
Featured Car: Lincoln
Instrumental
Do The Mustang
Performers: Alexander & The Greats
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford Mustang
Don't Worry Baby
Performers: The Beach Boys
Songwriter: Brian Wilson · Roger Christian
Released: 2 March 1964 (Shut Down Volume 2)
External Link: Wikipedia
I guess I should've kept my mouth shut;
When I started to brag about my car.
But I can't back down now because;
I pushed the other guys too far.
Fastest Short in Town
Performer: Robert A. Irvine
Released: August 1964
Fun, Fun, Fun
Performers: The Beach Boys
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love
Released: 3 February 1964
Featured Car: Ford Thunderbird
External Link: Wikipedia
And with the radio blasting;
Goes cruising just as fast as she can now.
And she'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.
Gas Money
Performers: The Rip Chords
Released: 1964 (Three Window Coupe)
Well, anytime I'm in your car;
No matter where or how we are.
You try to get my cash;
'Cause you say you're out of gas;
So we stay right where we are.
G.T.O.
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriter: John Wilkin
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
Featured Car: Pontiac GTO
External Link: Wikipedia
Little GTO;
You're really lookin' fine.
Three deuces and a four-speed;
And a three-eighty-nine.
Highway Robbery
Performer: Terry Ray Bradley
Released: 1964
Hot Dang Mustang
Performers: Alexander & The Greats
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford Mustang
Hot Rod Baby
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriter: Jerry Dean Smith
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
I got a gal named Sally;
Lives way down in the valley.
She digs movie stars;
And dreams about hot rod cars.
Hot Rod Boogie
Performers: Jack Kitchen and The Rock-A-Billies
Released: 1964
Hot Rod City
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriters: Bill Justis · John Wilkin
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
Way down in Hot Rod City;
Where the kids are goin'.
To see the gasses and the rail jobs;
Really put on a show.
They're really getting their kicks down in Hot Rod City, woah woah.
Hot Rod Guitar
Performer: Charlie Ryan
Released: April 1964 (Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again!)
Instrumental
Hot Rod U.S.A.
Performers: The Rip Chords
Released: 1964 (Three Window Coupe)
They're driving ol' woodies up in Salt Lake City.
(Hot Rod U.S.A.)
Strippin' 'em down now they sure look pretty.
(Hot Rod U.S.A.)
They're racing all over even out on the coast now;
Give it a try you're gonna dig it the most now.
Hot Rod Weekend
Performers: Donnie and Diane
Released: 1964
Little Honda
Performers: The Beach Boys
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love
Released: 13 July 1964
Featured Motorcycle: Honda
External Link: Wikipedia
It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike.
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, that two-wheeled bike.
We'll ride on out of the town, to anyplace I know you like.
The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)
Performers: Jan and Dean
Songwriters: Jan Berry · Don Altfeld · Roger Christian
Released: 8 June 1964
Featured Car: Dodge
External Link: Wikipedia
The little old lady from Pasadena.
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go)
Has a pretty little flowerbed of white gardenias.
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go)
But parked in a rickety old garage;
There's a brand new shiny red super stock Dodge.
Little Rail Job
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriter: Jerry Dean Smith
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
See the little rail job waitin' on the line;
With a Hilborn injector and a 429.
Watch her move on through the quarter-mile;
Roll away buddy, see you in a little while.
Little Scrambler
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriters: John Wilkin
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
I take it slow and easy till the MIL gets hot;
Then I wind it up a little just to see what she's got.
I hit second gear at 50 and I spin every wheel;
I can outdrag any automobile.
The Little Stingray That Could
Performers: Ronny & the Daytonas
Songwriters: Wayne Moss · Bobby Russell · Bergen White · Neil Wilburn
Released: 1964 (G.T.O.)
Featured Car: Chevrolet Corvette (C2)
I bought my Stingray just last week;
Sure is a dream.
I polished it up to it to drags;
To test the machine.
Mean Machine
Performers: Everett Gates & The Jokers
Songwriter: Everett Gates
Released: 1964
My Mighty G.T.O.
Performers: Jan and Dean
Released: 8 June 1964
Featured Car: Pontiac GTO
When your engine is hot and your foot hollers drag;
Get your wheels on the line 'cause you won't run stag (rev it up, now).
Hold your clutch down tight, rev it up to go;
You're 'bout to do business with my mighty GTO
No Particular Place to Go
Performer: Chuck Berry
Songwriter: Chuck Berry
Released: May 1964
External Link: Wikipedia
Riding along in my automobile;
My baby beside me at the wheel.
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile;
My curiosity runnin' wild.
Cruisin' and playin' the radio;
With no particular place to go.
Old Car Made in ’52
Performers: The Rip Chords
Released: 1964 (Three Window Coupe)
Out Front
Performer: The Sandells
Songwriters: John Blakeley · Walter Georis
Released: 1964
Out Front!
Rag Roof Roadster
Performers: Jim Foster With The Kountry Kut-Ups
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford Model A
Scrambler
Performer: The Sandells
Songwriters: John Blakeley · Walter Georis
Released: 1964
Instrumental.
Seat Belt Charlie
Performer: Charlie Ryan
Released: April 1964 (Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again!)
Three Window Coupe
Performers: The Rip Chords
Released: 1964 (Three Window Coupe)
Featured Car: Ford Model A
Got a three window coupe that's short on looks;
But she looks real good in the record books.
I hold the track record in the quarter mile;
With a low E.T. down the asphalt aisle.
Trophy Machine
Performers: The Rip Chords
Songwriters: Bruce Johnston · Terry Melcher
Released: 1964

Covers

409
Performers: The Rip Chords
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love · Gary Usher
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Chevrolet
External Link: Wikipedia
Well I saved my pennies and I saved my dimes;
For I knew there would be a time;
When I would buy a brand new 409.
Boss Barracuda
Performers: The Surfaris
Songwriter:
Released: 1964 (The Lively Set)
Featured Car: Plymouth Barracuda
You can talk about your Cobras and your 'vette Stingrays;
Tell me how your Mustang moves the freeways.
Buddy, you can brag about your Thunderbird;
And your three window coupe around Dead Man's Curve.
Custom Machine
Performers: Bruce And Terry
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love
Released: 1964
Well, she's metal flake blue with a Corvette grill.
(Check my custom machine)
And they say it looks better when she's standing still.
(Check my custom machine)
Last Kiss
Performers: J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
Songwriters: Wayne Cochran · Joe Carpenter · Randall Hoyal · Bobby McGlon
Released: June 1964
External Link: Wikipedia
We were out on a date in my daddy's car;
We hadn't driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead;
The car was stalled, the engine was dead.
Little Deuce Coupe
Performers: The Rip Chords
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Roger Christian
Released: 1964
Featured Car: Ford
External Link: Wikipedia
She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored.
She's my little deuce coupe, you don't know what I got.
Little Honda
Performers: The Hondells
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Mike Love
Released: 1964
Featured Motorcycle: Honda
External Link: Wikipedia
It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike.
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, that two-wheeled bike.
We'll ride on out of the town, to anyplace I know you like.
Route 66
Performer: The Rolling Stones
Songwriter: Bobby Troup
Released: 1964
Topic: United States Numbered Highways
External Link: Wikipedia
If you ever plan to motor west;
Travel my way, take the highway that is best;
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
Shut Down
Performers: The Rip Chords
Songwriters: Brian Wilson · Roger Christian
Released: 1964
External Link: Wikipedia
Superstock Dodge is windin' out and low;
But my fuel injected Stingray's really startin' to go.
To get the traction I'm ridin' the clutch;
My pressure plate's burnin' that machine's too much.




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