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Overview of the events of 1964 in British music
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This is a summary of 1964 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year.
Events 1 January – Top of the Pops 7 February – The Beatles arrive in the United States and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans at New York's Kennedy Airport .9 February – The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show 28 February – Peter and Gordon release their first single, "A World Without Love ", a Paul McCartney song that McCartney had decided was "not good enough" for The Beatles.[1] 12 March - in Moscow, Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his Symphony for Cello and Orchestra with soloist Mstislav Rostropovich and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra .[2] 14 March – Billboard Magazine reports that sales of Beatles records make up 60% of the entire singles market.20 March - Britten's opera Peter Grimes Leningrad by Djemal Dalgat.[3] 21 March – "I Love the Little Things ", sung by Matt Monro , the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest , finishes in second place, beaten by Italy's Non ho l'età , sung by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti .24 March – John Lennon 's first book, In His Own Write 27 March – The Beatles occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart.28 March – Wax likenesses of The Beatles are put on display in London's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. The Beatles are the first pop stars to be displayed at the museum.April – Drummer Keith Moon joins The Who .4 April – The Beatles occupy all five top positions on Billboard 's Hot 100 with their singles "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me".11 April – The Beatles hold 14 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Previously, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine by Elvis Presley , December 19, 1956.16 April – The Rolling Stones release their eponymous début album.2 May – In the United States, The Beatles' Second Album 27 May – Pirate radio station Radio Sutch begins broadcasting from Shivering Sands Army Fort in the Thames Estuary .[4] June – During a performance at the Railway, Pete Townshend of The Who accidentally broke the head of his guitar on the low ceiling above the stage. This incident marks the start of auto-destructive art by destroying guitars and drums on stage.5 June – The Rolling Stones start their first US tour.3 July – With their new manager Peter Meaden , The Who release their first single "Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face " under the name The High Numbers in an attempt to appeal to a mod audience. It failed to reach the top 50 and the band reverted to calling themselves the Who.6 July – The Beatles ' first film, A Hard Day's Night [5] 3 September – Priaulx Rainier 's Cello Concerto is given its première at The Proms by Jacqueline du Pré and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Norman Del Mar .[6] 19 September – The programme for the Last Night of the Proms includes Alan Rawsthorne 's Piano Concerto no 1, played by Malcolm Binns .[7] 24 October – The Rolling Stones start their second US tour.25 October – The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show 7 December – George Harrison 's new publishing company, Mornyork Ltd, changes its name to Harrisongs .[8] December - Sir John Barbirolli records Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius Janet Baker as the Angel. The first stereophonic recording of the work, it has remained in the catalogues continuously since its first release.[9] Charts Classical music New works William Alwyn – Concerto Grosso No. 3Malcolm Arnold
Pieces (5), for violin and piano, Op. 84
Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, Op. 81
A Sunshine Overture , for orchestra, Op. 83Water Music , for winds and percussion, Op. 82Harrison Birtwistle
Entr’actes and Sappho Fragments , for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussionThree Movements with Fanfares , for chamber orchestraPeter Maxwell Davies
Little Pieces (5), for pianoSecond Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine , for orchestraShakespeare Music , for 11 instrumentsOpera Film and Incidental music Musical theatre Musical films Births 9 January – Phil Hartnoll, musician and songwriter (Orbital )4 February – Ian Clarke , flautist and composer14 February – Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones , musician (d. 1993 )18 February – Paul Hanley , drummer and songwriter (The Fall and Tom Hingley and the Lovers )20 February – Iain Ballamy , composer and saxophonist11 March – Shane Richie , actor, comedian and singer26 March – Gary Coupland , Scottish musician (The Singing Kettle )25 April – Andy Bell , singer and songwriter (Erasure )14 May – Shelley Preston , singer with Bucks Fizz 25 June – Gavin Greenaway , composer and conductor, son of Roger Greenaway 28 June – Steve Williamson , saxophonist and composer (Jazz Warriors )29 June – Stedman Pearson , R&B singer (Five Star )26 September – Nicki French , singer7 October – Sam Brown , singer, daughter of singers Joe Brown and Vicki Brown 25 December – Ian Bostridge , operatic and concert tenordate unknown – Nitin Sawhney , musician, producer and composerDeaths See also References
^ Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying ISBN 0-312-25464-4 ^ Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn, eds. (2010). Letters From A Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958–1965 . Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-591-2 ^ Reed & Cooke (2010): p. 118
^ "Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1" . Bob Le-Roi. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-23 .^ A Hard Day's Night IMDb ^ ArkivMusik ^ Prom 49 – Last Night of the Proms 1964 . Accessed 9 June 2013^ Loker, B. (2009). History With The Beatles . p. 173. ISBN 1-60844-039-7 ^ Farach Colton, Andrew, "Vision of the Hereafter" , Gramophone
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