1962 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1963 ,
1964 In Music , 1960s In Music and the List Of 'years In Music'
- January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do".
- January 4 - At Cortina D'Empezzo in Italy , Dalida receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on juke boxes.
- January 7 - Gary U.S. Bonds files a $100,000 lawsuit against Chubby Checker , claiming that Checker stole "Quarter to Three" and turned it into "Dancin' Party." The lawsuit is later settled out of court.
- January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles , the first Disco in the USA, is opened.
- January 12 - Bob Dylan portrays a folk singer in ''The Madhouse of Castle Street'', a radio play for the BBC in London .
- February 16 - The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK
- February 16 - Paul Anka marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb
- February 22 - The Beatles form Northern Songs Publishing Company.
- March 5 - Patsy Cline is killed in small plane crash near Camden, Tennessee , while on her way to Nashville, Tennessee from St. Louis, Missouri .
- April 29 - 19 year old Andrew Loog Oldham signs a contract with The Rolling Stones , becoming their manager. Oldham had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London .
- The Beatles record their first album, '' Please Please Me ''
- Dalida receives the Music Oscar for the world song success.
- The Righteous Brothers begin performing together;
- Lonnie Mack begins his musical career;
- The Kinks form
- Herman's Hermits form
- Philips introduce the Musicassette at the Berlin Funkaustellung
- Coxsone Dodd opens the first black-owned recording studio in Jamaica , named Studio One
- Lord Shorty 's "Clock and Dagger" is widely considered the first Soca recording
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1963 (USA)
- "18 Yellow Roses" Bobby Darin
- "Abilene" w.m. John D. Loudermilk , Lester Brown, Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton
- "All My Loving" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "Another Saturday Night" w.m. Sam Cooke
- "As Usual" Zanetis
- "Charade" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
- "Da Do Ron Ron" w.m. Phil Spector , Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
- "Detroit City" w.m. Mel Tillis & Danny Dill
- "Distant Drums" w.m. Cindy Walker
- " Dominique " Soeur Sourire
- "Don't Talk To Him" Cliff Richard , Welch
- "Don't You Forget It" w. Al Stillman m. Henry Mancini
- "Every Time I Think About You" w.m. Claude Demetrius
- "Flash! Bang! Wallop!" w.m. David Heneker
- "From Me To You" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "Good Morning, Good Day" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
- " Half A Sixpence " w.m. David Heneker
- " Hello, Dolly! " w.m. Jerry Herman
- "Higitus Figitus", w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman , from the Walt Disney film '' The Sword And The Stone ''
- "How Do You Do It?" w.m. Mitch Murray
- "I Call Your Name" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "I Like It" Mitch Murray
- "I Saw Her Standing There" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- " I Want To Hold Your Hand " w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "I Will Follow Him" w. (Eng) Norman Gimbel & Arthur Altman m. J. W. Stole & Del Roma
- "I'll Get You" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "If I Ruled the World" w. Leslie Bricusse m. Cyril Ornadel . Introduced by Harry Secombe in the musical '' Pickwick ''
- "It Won't Be Long" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "It's My Party" w.m. Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck Jnr
- " Kissin' Cousins " w.m. Fred Wise & Randy Starr
- "Losing You" w.(Eng) Carl Sigman m. Jean Renard
- "Make The World Go Away" w.m. Hank Cochran
- "Move Over Darling" Hal Kanter
- " On Broadway " w.m. Cynthia Weil , Barry Mann , Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "On The Beach" Welch, Marvin, Richard
- "Our Day Will Come" w.m. Bob Hillard & Mort Garson
- "The Pink Panther" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
- "Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
- "Reverend Mr Black" Billy Edd Wheeler, Jed Peters
- "She Loves Me" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock . Introduced by Daniel Massey in the musical '' She Loves Me ''
- "She Loves You" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "Surf City" w.m. Jan Berry & Brian Wilson
- "Surfer Girl" w.m. Brian Wilson
- "Talk Back Trembling Lips" w.m. John D. Loudermilk
- "This Boy" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- "The Times They Are A-Changin' " w.m. Bob Dylan
- "The Ugly Bug Ball" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman , from the film '' Summer Magic ''
- "Viva Las Vegas" Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
- " Washington Square " w.m. Bob Goldstein & David Shire
- "Will He Like Me?" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock . Introduced by Barbara Cook in the Broadway production of '' She Loves Me ''. Performed by Anne Rogers in the 1964 London production.
- "Wives And Lovers" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "You Were Made For Me" Mitch Murray
- January 4 - Robin Guthrie , Cocteau Twins
- January 26 - Jazzie B , Soul II Soul
- January 26 - Andrew Ridgeley , Wham!
- January 28 - Dan Spitz , Anthrax
- February 2 - Eva Cassidy
- February 19 - Seal
- March 1 - Dan Michaels , Producer , Saxophonist , member of the Rock Band The Choir and also The Swirling Eddies , owner of Galaxy21 Music .
- March 4 - Jason Newsted , Metallica
- March 10 - Jeff Ament , Pearl Jam
- March 15 - Bret Michaels , Poison
- March 27 - Dave Koz , saxophonist
- April 2 - Paul Wehage , saxophonist, composer, conductor
- April 8 - Julian Lennon , son of John Lennon
- May 21 - Gilles Apap , violinist
- June 7 - Roberto Alagna , tenor
- June 25 - George Michael
- June 30 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen , guitar performer
- July 7 - Vonda Shepard , singer and musician
- July 22 - Emily Saliers , Indigo Girls
- August 3 - James Hetfield , Metallica
- August 12 - Sir Mix-A-Lot
- August 19 - Joey Tempest , Europe
- August 22 - Tori Amos
- August 22 - James DeBarge , DeBarge
- October 26 - Natalie Merchant
- October 30 - Jerry DeBorg , Jesus Jones
- November 1 - Rick Allen , Def Leppard
- November 2 - Bobby Dall , Poison
- December 26 - Lars Ulrich , Metallica
- December 31 - Scott Ian , Anthrax
- January 2 - Dick Powell , actor and singer
- January 6 - Lina Barbanell , German singer and actress
- January 24 - Otto Harbach , lyricist
- January 30 - Francis Poulenc
- February 19 - Benny Moré , Cuban singer
- February 20 - Ferenc Fricsay , conductor
- March 5 - Patsy Cline , American country singer, in a plane crash
- March 17 - Lizzie Miles , singer
- March 31 - Harry Akst , US composer and pianist
- April 12 - Herbie Nichols , jazz musician
- May 6 - Ted Weems , 61, US bandleader
- May 10 - Irving Aaronson , bandleader and composer
- September 12 - Modest Altschuler , cellist, conductor and composer
- October 11 - Édith Piaf , French singing superstar
- November 1 - Elsa Maxwell , songwriter, "the hostess with the mostest"
- November 19 - Carmen Amaya , flamenco dancer and singer
- November 26 - Amelita Galli-Curci , Operatic soprano
- November 29 - Ernesto Lecuona , Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader
- December 5 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann , composer
- December 28 - Paul Hindemith , composer
- ''date unknown'' - Naftule Brandwein , clarinettist
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