English rock band the Beatles arrive at London Airport (later Heathrow) in the U.K., after a trip to Paris, France, on February 5, 1964. From left to right, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon, with their manager Brian Epstein at the back.Evening Standard/Getty Images
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The Time Machine bops back to 1964 this time. You probably bought your first 45 by those lovable moptops, The Beatles, cause it was the The British Invasion. They weren’t the only ones. There were big releases from The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks. Meanwhile, in the States, it was the best year yet for Motown with hits from Four Tops & The Supremes. Bob Dylan dropped The Time They Are A Changin’ & 3 teenage girls from called the Dixie Cups recorded a New Orleans classic called “Iko Iko”. It’s all 1964, our year on this episode of Time Machine from The Current
"Iko Iko" is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it failed to make the charts. The song first became popular in 1965 by the girl group the Dixie Cups, who scored an international hit with "Iko Iko".
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English rock group, The Kinks, sharing a park bench with an elderly, sleeping man (far left) in Embankment Gardens, London, September 7, 1964. The Kinks are (left to right): Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Dave Davies and Ray Davies.
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17th January 1964: British pop group The Rolling Stones in London. From left to right, Brian Jones (1942 - 1969), Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman.
