The Beatles held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 and half months longer than any other group with the song, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”. Guess who broke the record?
On May 9, 1964, the 
Great Louis Armstrong, age 63, broke the Beatles’ stranglehold on the U.S. pop charts with the #1 hit “Hello Dolly.”
Summary
- The Beatles held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 and half months longer than any other group with the song, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”.
- Guess who broke the record.
- On May 9, 1964, the Great Louis Armstrong, age 63, broke the Beatles’ stranglehold on the U.
- S.
- pop charts with the #1 hit “Hello Dolly.
