1963 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1963.

Events

January 3 – The Beatles begin their first tour of 1963 with a five-day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do", beginning with a performance in Elgin.^[1]
January 4 – At Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, Dalida receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on jukeboxes.
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 – "Please Please Me" is released in the United Kingdom by the Beatles, with "Ask Me Why" as the B-side.
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 achieve their first No. 1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK.
- 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 Kansas City, Missouri, at the height of her career.
March 22 – The Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me, in the UK.
March 23 – The 8th Eurovision Song Contest is held in two studios at the BBC Television Centre, London. After much confusion regarding the results of the Norwegian jury, Denmark snatches victory from Switzerland after a close run. The Danish husband-and-wife duo Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann take the prize with "Dansevise".
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.
May 2 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK singles chart for the first time with "From Me To You".^[2]
May 11 – The Beatles album Please Please Me goes to the top of the UK Albums Chart.
May 15 – Opening of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia.
May 27 – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's second and most influential studio album, is released by Columbia Records. The lead song, "Blowin' in the Wind", is released as a single by Peter, Paul and Mary in June and by Dylan himself in August.
May 29 – On the 50th anniversary of its stormy première,^[3] 88-year-old Pierre Monteux conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in The Rite of Spring at the Royal Albert Hall, with the composer Stravinsky (81) in the audience.
June 7 – The Rolling Stones' first single, a cover version of the Chuck Berry song "Come On", is released in the UK and reaches No. 21.
August 3 – The Beatles perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool for the final time.
August 28 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Musical performers include Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary and Marian Anderson.
September 6 – Nippon Crown record label is established as Crown Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Music Entertainment.
September 12 – The Beatles reach the UK number one for the second time with the single "She Loves You" (released on 23 August).^[2]
October 15
- British newspaper The Daily Mirror uses the term "Beatlemania" in a news story about the group's concert the previous day in Cheltenham; a Scottish music promoter later claims to have originated the term a week earlier.^[4]
- Berliner Philharmonie concert hall opens.
November 30 – After an unbroken 30-week spell at the top of the UK Albums Chart, The Beatles album Please Please Me is knocked off the top of the charts by the group's latest album With the Beatles (released on 22 November).
December 12 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK for the third time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (released on 29 November).^[2]
Dalida is rejected by Decca in the UK again.
Philips introduce the Musicassette at the Berlin Funkaustellung.
Don Buchla begins to design an electronic music synthesizer in Berkeley, California.
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.
I Nyoman Rembang leaves the Surakarta Conservatorium to teach at the College of Music SMKI in Bali.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

The Springfields

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Peace in the Valley	Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae
14	Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style	Dean Martin
15	Moving	Peter, Paul and Mary
18	Summer Holiday	Cliff Richard and The Shadows	Soundtrack
	Do the Bossa Nova	Herbie Mann with Baden Powell and Antonio Carlos Jobim
	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins
	Let's Go! With The Routers	The Routers
	My Son, the Celebrity	Allan Sherman
	Our Man Down South	Eddy Arnold
	Patti Page on Stage	Patti Page	Live
	This Is My Story	Dinah Washington
	The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull	The Ventures
	Walk Right In	The Rooftop Singers	Featuring hit title track
	Winners	Steve Lawrence

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
11	Annie Get Your Gun	Doris Day and Robert Goulet	Soundtrack
18	All Alone Am I	Brenda Lee
18	I Wanna Be Around...	Tony Bennett
25	The Barbra Streisand Album	Barbra Streisand
28	The Fabulous Miracles	The Miracles
	Back to the Blues	Dinah Washington
	Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others	The Four Seasons
	Blood, Sweat and Tears	Johnny Cash
	Caravan	Art Blakey
	Days of Wine and Roses	Pat Boone
	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane	Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
	Follow the Boys	Connie Francis
	The Happy Beat	Ray Conniff
	He's a Rebel	The Crystals
	How the West Was Won	Various Artists	Soundtrack to 1962 film
	Jimmie Rodgers in Folk Concert	Jimmie Rodgers
	Just Turn Me Loose!	George Maharis
	Mr. Soul	Sam Cooke
	People Will Say We're In Love	Steve Lawrence

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
22	Please Please Me	The Beatles
25	Surfin' U.S.A.	The Beach Boys
	Broadway – My Way	Nancy Wilson
	College Standards	The Lettermen
	Gene Pitney Sings Just for You	Gene Pitney
	I Could Go On Singing	Judy Garland	Soundtrack
	The Kingston Trio No. 16	The Kingston Trio
	Ruby Baby	Dion
	Skeeter Davis Sings "The End of the World"	Skeeter Davis

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
10	It Happened at the World's Fair	Elvis Presley	Soundtrack
	Affinity	Oscar Peterson Trio
	Afro-Bossa	Duke Ellington
	Baby Workout	Jackie Wilson
	Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax	Boots Randolph	featuring hit title track
	Dion Sings to Sandy (and all his other gals)	Dion
	Hobo Flats	Jimmy Smith
	Living It Up!	Bert Kaempfert
	Meets the Ventures	Bobby Vee
	Surfing	The Ventures

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
21	Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy	Paul Gonsalves
27	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan
31	The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage	The Miracles	Live
	Dean (Tex) Martin Rides Again	Dean Martin
	The End of the World	Julie London
	Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfing	Jan and Dean
	Little Town Flirt	Del Shannon
	Live at the Apollo	James Brown	Live
	Long Long Ago	Tennessee Ernie Ford
	Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius	Little Stevie Wonder	Live
	Sound of Mann	Herbie Mann
	The Ventures Play the Country Classics	The Ventures
	Where Did Everyone Go?	Nat King Cole

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
10	The Patsy Cline Story	Patsy Cline	Compilation
28	Come and Get These Memories	Martha and the Vandellas
	Blue & Sentimental	Ike Quebec
	Cliff's Hit Album	Cliff Richard
	Everybody's Favorite	Jimmy Dean
	I'll Cry if I Want To	Lesley Gore
	It's You or No One	Bobby Darin
	King of the Surf Guitar	Dick Dale
	Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits	Quincy Jones
	The Star Spangled Banner	Pat Boone
	Still	Bill Anderson
	Uniquely Mancini	Henry Mancini

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
	18 Yellow Roses	Bobby Darin
	Cannonball's Bossa Nova	Cannonball Adderley
	Earthy!	Bobby Darin
	Faithfully Yours	Eddy Arnold
	Great American Waltzes	Connie Francis
	In Dreams	Roy Orbison
	Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul	Ray Charles
	So Much in Love	The Tymes
	Sunny Side!	The Kingston Trio
	Wipe Out	The Surfaris

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Compilation
11	Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3	Elvis Presley	Compilation
12	Laughing on the Outside	Aretha Franklin
	Blue on Blue	Bobby Vinton	re-titled Blue Velvet
	Cattle Call	Eddy Arnold
	Chuck Berry on Stage	Chuck Berry	Live
	Let's Go	The Ventures
	The Lettermen in Concert	The Lettermen	Live
	"Mala Femmena" and Connie's Big Hits for Italy	Connie Francis
	Night Beat	Sam Cooke
	Prisoner of Love	James Brown
	The Second Barbra Streisand Album	Barbra Streisand

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
9	Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage	Marvin Gaye	Live
12	..."Let Me Sing"	Brenda Lee
16	Surfer Girl	The Beach Boys
30	Heat Wave	Martha and the Vandellas
	The Best of Jean Shepard	Jean Shepard
	Dinah '63	Dinah Washington
	Ella and Basie!	Ella Fitzgerald
	Painted, Tainted Rose	Al Martino
	When in Spain	Cliff Richard

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Sounds of Christmas	Johnny Mathis	Christmas
7	Little Deuce Coupe	The Beach Boys
14	The Andy Williams Christmas Album	Andy Williams	Christmas
	Blue Gene	Gene Pitney
	Cloudy with Occasional Tears	Skeeter Davis
	Deep Purple	Nino Tempo & April Stevens
	How Do You Like It?	Gerry & the Pacemakers	UK
	In the Wind	Peter, Paul & Mary
	Live at Newport	Herbie Mann	Live
	Seven Steps to Heaven	Miles Davis
	The Wonderful World of Julie London	Julie London

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Fun in Acapulco	Elvis Presley	Soundtrack
11	The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey	The Miracles
18	Romantically	Johnny Mathis
22	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector	Phil Spector	Christmas
22	With the Beatles	The Beatles
	The Christmas Spirit	Johnny Cash	Christmas
	Golden Folk Hits	Bobby Darin
	Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2	Joan Baez	Live
	Lesley Gore Sings Songs of Mixed-Up Hearts	Lesley Gore
	The Story of Christmas	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Christmas

December

Day	Album	Artist
16	Love Him	Doris Day
28	With a Song in My Heart	Stevie Wonder
	In Person	The Kingsmen
	In the Summer of His Years	Connie Francis
	Time to Think	The Kingston Trio
	Volume 2	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Release date unknown

All Alone - Jo Stafford
Any Number Can Win - Jimmy Smith
As Long as She Needs Me – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Baby, Baby, Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon
Back to the Blues - Dinah Washington
Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio – Bill Henderson
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady – Charles Mingus
Broadway, I Love You – Sergio Franchi
Bye Bye Birdie – Bobby Rydell
(By Popular Demand) More Trini Lopez at PJ's – Trini Lopez
Catch a Rising Star – John Gary (debut)
Checkered Flag - Dick Dale
The Composer of Desafinado Plays – Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Concert Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
Criss-Cross - Thelonious Monk
Conversations with Myself – Bill Evans
Dakar – John Coltrane
Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests – Andy Williams
Dion Sings "Love Came to Me" – Dion DiMucci
Don't Play Me Cheap - Ike & Tina Turner
Dynamite - Ike & Tina Turner
Ella Sings Broadway – Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook – Ella Fitzgerald
Etta James Top Ten - Etta James
Eux – Dalida
Evenin' Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
Extension – Clare Fischer
Folk Session Inside - The Country Gentlemen
Foolish Little Girl – The Shirelles
For Your Sweet Love – Ricky Nelson
Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey - Jo Stafford
Greatest Hits – The Shadows
The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups – Bobby Vinton
Great Moments from Die Fledermaus – Sergio Franchi, Anna Moffo, Rise Stevens, etc.
Have You Heard? – Dick Morrissey Quartet
Here's Willie Nelson – Willie Nelson
Hollywood – My Way – Nancy Wilson
Honey in the Horn – Al Hirt
I Am the Greatest - Cassius Clay
"Indifferentemente" - Mario Trevi
"Indifferentemente/Catene d'ammore" - Mario Trevi
I Wish Tonight Would Never End – George Jones
Impressions – John Coltrane
India's Master Musician - Ravi Shankar
It's Gonna Work Out Fine - Ike & Tina Turner
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Johnny – Johnny Mathis
Johnny's Newest Hits – Johnny Mathis
Latin in a Satin Mood – Julie London
Love – Rosemary Clooney
Love on the Rocks – Julie London
Midnight Blue – Kenny Burrell
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Charles Mingus
Monk's Dream – Thelonious Monk
My Boyfriend's Back – The Angels
My Point of View – Herbie Hancock
My Son, the Nut – Allan Sherman
Night Train – The Oscar Peterson Trio
On My Way & Shoutin' Again! – Count Basie
On the Move – Trini Lopez
Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle – Oscar Peterson
Our Man in New Orleans – Al Hirt
Page One – Joe Henderson
Los Relámpagos del Norte – Los Relámpagos del Norte
Ramblin' – The New Christy Minstrels
Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart – Rosemary Clooney
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove – Sammy Davis, Jr.
Say Wonderful Things – Patti Page
Sinatra's Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
The Songs I Love – Perry Como
Sonny Meets Hawk! – Sonny Rollins with Coleman Hawkins
Surfin' With Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
Surging Ahead – Clare Fischer
Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime – Terry Gibbs
The Dream Duet – Anna Moffo and Sergio Franchi
These Are the Blues – Ella Fitzgerald
Trini Lopez at PJ's – Trini Lopez
Vic Damone and Johnny Cole – Vic Damone, Johnny Cole
Wanderlust – Frankie Laine

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1963.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart entries
1	The Beatles	She Loves You	1963	UK 1 – Aug 1963, US BB 1 – Feb 1964, Canada 1 – Dec 1963, Norway 1 – Oct 1963, Australia 1 of 1963, US CashBox 2 of 1964, South Africa 2 of 1963, TOTP 2, DDD 2 of 1963, RYM 4 of 1963, Germany 7 – Mar 1964, Scrobulate 18 of oldies, US BB 20 of 1964, POP 20 of 1964, Italy 29 of 1964, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1963, Rolling Stone 64, Acclaimed 119, Germany 332 of the 1960s, WXPN 335, OzNet 913
2	Kingsmen	Louie Louie	1963	Canada 1 – Nov 1963, DDD 1 of 1963, POP 1 of 1963, US BB 2 – Nov 1963, US BB 3 of 1963, Peel list 3 of 1964, RYM 5 of 1963, US CashBox 6 of 1964, Acclaimed 10, 19 in 2FM list, UK 26 – Jan 1964, Rolling Stone 55, RIAA 57, Party 139 of 1999
3	Paul & Paula	Hey Paula	1963	US BB 1 – Jan 1963, Canada 1 – Dec 1962, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1962, Norway 2 – Mar 1963, Italy 4 of 1963, UK 8 – Feb 1963, Australia 9 of 1963, US CashBox 14 of 1963, Germany 16 – May 1963, South Africa 16 of 1963, US BB 33 of 1963, POP 33 of 1963, RYM 123 of 1962
4	Lesley Gore	It's My Party	1963	US BB 1 – May 1963, US BB 1 of 1963, Canada 1 – May 1963, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1962, POP 3 of 1963, UK 9 – Jun 1963, RYM 22 of 1963, US CashBox 30 of 1963, DDD 30 of 1963, RIAA 229, Acclaimed 1286
5	The Ronettes	Be My Baby	1963	US BB 2 – Sep 1963, Canada 2 – Sep 1963, RYM 2 of 1963, UK 4 – Oct 1963, DDD 5 of 1963, Norway 9 – Dec 1963, Acclaimed 15, Rolling Stone 22, Scrobulate 22 of oldies, US BB 30 of 1963, POP 30 of 1963, US CashBox 44 of 1963, 99 in 2FM list, RIAA 253, WXPN 412

Other notable singles

"Another Saturday Night" – Sam Cooke
"Ashita Ga Arusa" – Kyu Sakamoto
"As Usual" – Brenda Lee
"Atlantis" – The Shadows
"Bad to Me" – Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
"Be True to Your School" – The Beach Boys
"Blowin' in the Wind" – Peter, Paul and Mary
"Blue Bayou" – Roy Orbison
"Blue on Blue" – Bobby Vinton
"Blue Velvet" – Bobby Vinton
"Bo Diddley" – Buddy Holly
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – Buddy Holly
"Busted" – Ray Charles
"Can't Get Used to Losing You" – Andy Williams
"Charms" – Bobby Vee
"Come On" – The Rolling Stones
"Cry Baby" – Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters
"Da Doo Ron Ron" – The Crystals
"Daisy Petal Pickin'" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
"Days of Wine and Roses" – Andy Williams
"Deep Purple" - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
"Denise" – Randy and The Rainbows
"Diamonds" – Jet Harris and Tony Meehan
"Dominique" – Soeur Sourire (The Singing Nun)
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – Peter, Paul and Mary
"Donna the Prima Donna" – Dion
"Do You Want to Know a Secret?" – Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
"Drip Drop" – Dion
"Everybody" – Tommy Roe
"The Folk Singer" – Tommy Roe
"Foolish Little Girl" – The Shirelles
"Foot Tapper" – The Shadows
"From a Jack to a King" – Ned Miller
"From Me to You" – The Beatles
"The Grass Is Greener" – Brenda Lee
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" – Allan Sherman
"He's So Fine" – The Chiffons
"Hopeless" – Andy Williams
"How Do You Do It?" – Gerry and the Pacemakers
"I Can't Stay Mad at You" – Skeeter Davis
"I Adore Him" – The Angels
"If I Had A Hammer" – Trini Lopez
"If You Wanna Be Happy" - Jimmy Soul
"I Like It" – Gerry and the Pacemakers
"I'll Keep You Satisfied" – Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
"In Dreams" – Roy Orbison
"In My Room" – The Beach Boys
"I Only Want to Be With You" – Dusty Springfield
"It's All in the Game" – Cliff Richard
"It's All Right" – Impressions
"It's My Party" – Lesley Gore
"It's Up to You" – Rick Nelson
"I Wanna Be Your Man" – The Rolling Stones
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
"Java" – Al Hirt
"Little Deuce Coupe" – The Beach Boys
"Little Saint Nick" – The Beach Boys
"The Lord's Prayer" – The Beach Boys
"Heat Wave" – Martha & the Vandellas
"Louie Louie" – Kingsmen
"Love Me Do" – The Beatles
"Lucky Lips" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
"Mean Woman Blues" – Roy Orbison
"My Boyfriend's Back" – The Angels
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" – Brenda Lee
"Navy Blue" – Diane Renay
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" – Bobby Vee
"Our Day Will Come" – Ruby & The Romantics
"Pipeline" – The Chantays
"Please Please Me" – The Beatles
"Pride & Joy" – Marvin Gaye
"Puff, The Magic Dragon" – Peter, Paul and Mary
"Rhythm of the Rain" - The Cascades
"Ring of Fire" – Johnny Cash
"Say Wonderful Things – Ronnie Carroll
"She'll Never Know" – Brenda Lee
"Shirl Girl" – Wayne Newton
"Shut Down" – The Beach Boys
"Sugar and Spice" – The Searchers
"Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs ("Top Song of 1963" US)
"Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto
"Summer Holiday" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
"Surf City" – Jan and Dean
"Surfer Girl" – The Beach Boys
"Surfin' Bird" – The Trashmen
"Surfin' U.S.A." – The Beach Boys
"Sweet Dreams" – Patsy Cline
"Sweets for My Sweet" – The Searchers
"Tell Him" – Exciters
"Turn Around" - Dick and Dee Dee
"The Twelve Gifts of Christmas" – Allan Sherman
"Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" – Gene Pitney
"Two Lovers" – Mary Wells
"Up On The Roof" – The Drifters
"Walking The Dog" – Rufus Thomas
"Walk Like A Man" – The Four Seasons
"Wipeout" – The Surfaris
"You'll Never Walk Alone" – Gerry and the Pacemakers
"Young and in Love" - Dick and Dee Dee
"Your Used to Be" – Brenda Lee

Published popular songs

"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
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"Call Me Irresponsible" w.Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Papa's Delicate Condition
"Charade" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini. From the film of the same name.
"Da Doo 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" Singing Nun
"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. Introduced by Tommy Steele in the London production of the musical Half a Sixpence. Steele also performed the song in the Broadway production in 1965 and the 1967 film version (with modified lyrics).
"Forget Him" w.m. Mark Anthony (a pseudonym of Tony Hatch)
"From Me to You" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
"From Russia with Love w.m. Lionel Bart
"Good Morning, Good Day" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
"Half A Sixpence" w.m. David Heneker
"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
"If I Ruled the World" w. Leslie Bricusse m. Cyril Ornadel. Introduced by Harry Secombe in the musical Pickwick
"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
"Martian Hop" w.m. Steven Rappaport, John Spirt, Robert Rappaport
"Move Over Darling" Hal Kanter
"On Broadway" w.m. Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
"On the Beach" Welch, Marvin, Richard
"Our Day Will Come" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson
"The Pink Panther Theme" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
"The Reverend Mr. Black" Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (as Jed Peters)
"Ring of Fire" w.m. Merle Kilgore & June Carter
"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
"When Joanna Loved Me" w. Robert Wells m. Jack Segal
"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

Other notable songs (World)

"Ashita Ga Arusa" w. Yukio Aoshima m. Hachidai Nakamura
"En gång i Stockholm" w. Beppe Wolgers m. Bobbie Ericsson
"Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" w. Rokusuke Ei & Taku Izumi, m. Kyu Sakamoto
"Meglio Stasera" w. Franco Migliacci m. Henry Mancini
"Oye Como Va" w.m. Tito Puente

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Goehr, Alexander	Little Symphony	1963-07-??	York	London Symphony Orchestra – Del Mar^[5]
Henze, Hans Werner	Symphony No. 4	1963-10-09	Berlin	Berlin Philharmonic – Henze^[6]
Shchedrin, Rodion	Naughty Limericks (Concerto for Orchestra No. 1)	1963-09-?	Warsaw (Autumn)	USSR State Symphony – Rozhdestvensky^[7]
Williamson, Malcolm	Elevamini (Symphony No. 1)	1963-11-13	Melbourne	Melbourne Symphony – Heinze

Compositions

Benjamin Britten – Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70, for guitar
Nikolai Karetnikov – Symphony No. 4
Witold Lutosławski – Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux for choir and orchestra
Francis Poulenc – Sept répons des ténèbres
Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartet No. 3
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Plus-Minus
Igor Stravinsky – Abraham and Isaac
William Walton – Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra
Wang Xilin – Yunnan Tone Poem
Iannis Xenakis – Eonta

Opera

Richard Rodney Bennett – The Mines of Sulphur
Carlisle Floyd – The Sojourner and Molly Sinclair
Gian Carlo Menotti – The Last Savage
Malcolm Williamson – Our Man in Havana
Aarre Merikanto – Juha (composed 1922)

Musical theatre

Oliver! (Music, Lyrics and Book: Lionel Bart) Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on January 6 and ran for 744 performances
She Loves Me (Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joe Masteroff) Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on April 23 and ran for 302 performances
Here's Love (Music, Lyrics and Book: Meredith Willson). Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 3 and ran for 334 performances
110 in the Shade (Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones Book: N. Richard Nash). Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 24 and ran for 331 performances
The Girl Who Came to Supper (Music and Lyrics: Noël Coward). Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 8 and ran for 112 performances
Carnival (Music and Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Michael Stewart). London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on February 8 and ran for 34 performances
Oh, What a Lovely War! (Music and Lyrics: Various Book: Charles Chilton). Opened at the Theatre Royal Stratford East on March 19 and transferred to Wyndham's Theatre, London on June 20 for a total run of 501 performances.
Half A Sixpence (Music and Lyrics: David Heneker Book: Douglas Cross). London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on March 21 and ran for 677 performances
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstein and Willie Gilbert). London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on March 28 and ran for 520 performances.
On the Town (Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics and Book: Betty Comden and Adolph Green). London production opened at the Prince Of Wales Theatre on May 30 and ran for 53 performances
Pickwick (Music: Cyril Ornadel Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Book: Wolf Mankowitz). London production opened at the Saville Theatre on July 4 and ran for 694 performances
At the Drop of Another Hat ( Music and Lyrics: Michael Flanders and Donald Swann). London revue opened at the Haymarket Theatre on October 2
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart). London production opened at the Strand Theatre on October 3 and ran for 762 performances
The Boys From Syracuse (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: George Abbott). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on November 7 and ran for 100 performances

Musical films

Bye Bye Birdie, starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret
Fun in Acapulco, starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress
Summer Holiday, British musical featuring Cliff Richard
Summer Magic starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire and Eddie Hodges

Births

January 4 – Till Lindemann, German rock musician (Rammstein)
January 13 – Tim Kelly, American rock musician (Slaughter) (d. 1998)
January 15 – Conrad Lant, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Venom and Cronos)
January 26
- Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
- Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!)
January 28 – Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
January 29 – Octave Octavian Teodorescu, Romanian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
February 2 – Eva Cassidy, singer (d. 1996)
February 4 – Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring)
February 8 – Joshua Kadison, American singer-songwriter and pianist
February 9 – Travis Tritt, American country singer
February 10 – Tony Reno, Swedish rock drummer (Europe)
February 19 – Seal, singer
March 1 – Dan Michaels, producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music.
March 4
- Janey Lee Grace, British singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
- Jason Newsted, American rock bassist Metallica
March 10 – Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) Green River
March 11 – Stacy Earl, dance/pop singer
March 15 – Bret Michaels, vocalist (Poison)
March 17
- Nick Peros, Canadian composer
- Michael Ivins, American rock bassist (The Flaming Lips)
March 18 – Vanessa Williams, singer and actress
March 21 – Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
March 27 – Dave Koz, saxophonist
March 30 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist
April 6 – Andrew Weatherall, English disc jockey
April 8 – Julian Lennon, singer-songwriter, son of John Lennon
April 10 – Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
April 12 – Michael English, American Christian singer
April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer
May 5 – Prince Ital Joe, reggae singer (d. 2001)
May 8
- Sylvain Cossette, Canadian singer-songwriter (Paradox)
- Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
May 9 – Barry Douglas Lamb, English musician, author, and preacher
May 12 – Charles Pettigrew, of Charles and Eddie (d. 2001)
May 19 – Yazz, English singer
May 21 – Gilles Apap, violinist
June 4 – Sandeep Bhagwati, Indian classical musician and composer
June 5 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
June 7 – Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor
June 18 – Dizzy Reed, American keyboard player, songwriter, and actor (Guns N' Roses and Johnny Crash)
June 20 – Amir Derakh orgy, Julien-K
June 25 – George Michael, singer and songwriter
June 28 – Tierney Sutton, American singer
June 29 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
June 30 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitar performer
July 7 – Vonda Shepard, singer and musician
July 16 – Norman Cook English Big Beat musician (Fatboy Slim)
July 17 – Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter and producer
July 22 – Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
July 26 – Andy Timmons, American guitarist Danger Danger
July 28 – Shaunna Hall, American composer and musician (4 Non Blondes and Parliament-Funkadelic)
August 1 – Coolio, African American rapper
August 3
- Tasmin Archer, English singer
- James Hetfield, American rock singer (Metallica)
August 4 – Gary King, English disc jockey
August 9 – Whitney Houston, African American singer and actress (d. 2012)
August 12
- Karen Briggs, African American jazz violinist
- Sir Mix-a-Lot (Anthony Ray), African American MC and producer
August 19 – Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer (Europe)
August 22
- Tori Amos, singer-songwriter
- James DeBarge (DeBarge)
August 26 – Liu Huan, Chinese singer
August 30 – Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
August 31
- Reb Beach, American rock guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
- Beverly Crawford, American gospel singer
September 1 – Carola Smit, Dutch musician
September 6 – Mark Chesnutt, American country musician
September 7 – Eazy-E, American West Coast rapper and record producer (d. 1995)
September 19 – Jarvis Cocker, British musician and singer (Pulp)
September 28 – Dan Forden, video game music composer (Mortal Kombat)
September 29
- Les Claypool, American rock bassist and singer (Primus)
- O'Landa Draper (O'Landa Draper and the Associates gospel choir) (d. 1998)
October 13 – Kemi Olusanya (Kemistry & Storm) (d. 1999)
October 14 – Alessandro Safina, operatic tenor
October 26 – Natalie Merchant, singer-songwriter
October 30 – Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones)
November 1 – Rick Allen, drummer (Def Leppard)
November 12 – Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (The Blanks)
December 24 – Mary Ramsey, American musician, singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
December 26 – Lars Ulrich, (Metallica)
December 31 – Scott Ian (Anthrax)

Deaths

January 2 – Dick Powell, actor and singer, 58 (lung cancer)
January 6 – Lina Abarbanell, German-American soprano, 84
January 24 – Otto Harbach, lyricist, 89
January 30 – Francis Poulenc, French composer, 64
February 19 – Benny Moré, Cuban singer, 43 (cirrhosis of the liver)
February 20 – Ferenc Fricsay, conductor, 48 (cancer)
March 5 – Patsy Cline, American country/pop singer, 30 (plane crash)
March 17 – Lizzie Miles, singer, 67
March 28 – Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, 52
March 30 – Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer, 69
March 31 – Harry Akst, US composer and pianist, 68
April 9
- Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist, 71
- Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jewish-Ukrainian pianist, 73
April 11 – Arvid Gram Paulsen, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and trumpeter, 41
April 12 – Herbie Nichols, jazz musician, 44 (leukemia)
May 6 – Ted Weems, US bandleader, 61
May 10 – Irving Aaronson, bandleader and composer, 68
May 24 – Elmore James, American blues guitarist, 45 (heart attack)
June 24 – Sybil Evers, mezzo-soprano and actress, 59
August 15 – John Powell, pianist, composer and ethnomusicologist, 80
August 23 – Glenn Gray, American saxophonist and conductor, 63
September 3 – Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, 79
September 12 – Modest Altschuler, cellist, conductor and composer, 90
September 25 – Alexander Sakharoff, Russian dancer and choreographer, 77
October 11 – Édith Piaf, French singing superstar, 47 (liver cancer)
October 25 – Roger Désormière, French conductor, 65
November 1 – Elsa Maxwell, songwriter, "the hostess with the mostest", 80
November 15 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor, 74
November 19 – Carmen Amaya, flamenco dancer and singer, 50
November 26 – Amelita Galli-Curci, operatic soprano, 81
November 29 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader, 68
December 5 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, 58 (stomach cancer)
December 14 – Dinah Washington, singer, 39
December 28 – Paul Hindemith, composer, 68
date unknown – Naftule Brandwein, clarinettist

Awards

External Charts

Pop Culture Madness 1963 Pop Music Chart

References

^ Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones". JPGR: Facts, Feats and Statistics of The Beatles. 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
^ Gustav Linor in Comoedia, May 30, 1913, At the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées: Le Sacre du printemps
^ Radio interview, Radio Tay AM. Accessed 26 May 2007
^ Peter Heyworth, "Young Conservatives", The Observer (14 July 1963): 27.
^ Schott Music
^ Natos Records

[1] Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.

[jpgr.co.uk-2] "The U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones". JPGR: Facts, Feats and Statistics of The Beatles. 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2012.

[3] Gustav Linor in Comoedia, May 30, 1913, At the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées: Le Sacre du printemps

[RadioTayInterview-4] Radio interview, Radio Tay AM. Accessed 26 May 2007

[5] Peter Heyworth, "Young Conservatives", The Observer (14 July 1963): 27.

[6] Schott Music

[7] Natos Records

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Years in music:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

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Awards

Grammy Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Leeds International Piano Competition

See also

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