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Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform at 1963's March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

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 – 1963 Camden PA-24 crash: 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, together with Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins.
  • 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 second 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.
  • August 30 – Philips introduces the Musicassette at the Berlin Funkaustellung.
  • 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 third time with the single "She Loves You" (released on 23 August).[2]
  • October 13 – Lesley Gore performs on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. She performs a medley of her smash hits "It's My Party" and "She's a Fool," which charted at #1 and #5, respectively.
  • 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 fourth time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (released on 29 November).[2]
  • date unknown
    • Dalida is rejected by Decca in the UK again.
    • 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[]

Albums released in January 1963
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
Albums released in February 1963
Day Album Artist Notes
11 Annie Get Your Gun Doris Day and Robert Goulet Soundtrack
18 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee
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
Don't Play Me Cheap Ike & Tina Turner
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
Presenting Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick
Albums released in March 1963
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
Albums released in April 1963
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
Jazz Samba Encore! Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá
Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests Andy Williams Charted at #1 in the US Billboard.[5]
Albums released in May 1963
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
Dynamite Ike & Tina Turner
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
Albums released in June 1963
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 Gonna Work Out Fine Ike & Tina Turner
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
Albums released in July 1963
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
Albums released in August 1963
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
Trini Lopez At PJ's Trini Lopez
Albums released in September 1963
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
Albums released in October 1963
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
Albums released in November 1963
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
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
Albums released in December 1963
Day Album Artist Notes
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
  • 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
  • Dion Sings "Love Came to Me" – Dion DiMucci
  • 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
  • Rocks the Blues – Ike Turner
  • 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

Notable singles[]

  • "Alone at Last" – Jackie Wilson
  • "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
  • "Hotel Happiness" – Brook Benton
  • "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
  • "Loop de Loop", performed by:
    • Johnny Thunder
    • Frankie Vaughan
  • "The Lord's Prayer" – The Beach Boys
  • "Heat Wave" – Martha & the Vandellas
  • "Louie Louie" – The Kingsmen
  • "Love Me Do" – The Beatles
  • "Lucky Lips" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
  • "Mean Woman Blues" – Roy Orbison
  • "The Monkey Time" – Major Lance
  • "My Boyfriend's Back" – The Angels
  • "My Dad" – Paul Petersen
  • "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
  • "South Street" – The Orlons
  • "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
  • "What Will Mary Say" – Johnny Mathis
  • "Wild Weekend" – The Rockin' Rebels
  • "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
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1963 (USA)

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. , ,
  • "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.
  • "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[]

Classical music premieres
Composition Composer Date Location Performers
Goehr, Alexander 1963-07-?? United Kingdom York London Symphony Orchestra – Del Mar[6]
Symphony No. 4 Henze, Hans Werner 1963-10-09 West Germany Berlin Berlin Philharmonic – Henze[7]
(Concerto for Orchestra No. 1) Shchedrin, Rodion 1963-09-? Poland Warsaw (Autumn) USSR State Symphony – Rozhdestvensky[8]
Elevamini (Symphony No. 1) Williamson, Malcolm 1963-11-13 Australia Melbourne Melbourne Symphony – Heinze

Compositions[]

  • Benjamin Britten – Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70, for guitar
  • Nikolai Karetnikov – Symphony No. 4
  • Wojciech Kilar – Générique, for orchestra
  • Witold Lutosławski – Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux for choir and orchestra
  • Francis Poulenc – Sept répons des ténèbres
  • Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartet No. 3
  • John Serry Sr. – American Rhapsody, transcribed for free-bass accordion.
  • 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 (22 October, Paris, Opéra-Comique)
  • Malcolm Williamson – Our Man in Havana
  • Aarre Merikanto – Juha (composed 1922)

Jazz[]

Main article: 1963 in jazz

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: ). 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)[9]
  • January 13 – Tim Kelly, American rock musician (Slaughter) (d. 1998)
  • January 15 – Conrad Lant, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Venom and Cronos)
  • January 17 – Kai Hansen, German power metal guitarist and singer
  • January 19 – Caron Wheeler, British singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul)
  • January 26
    • Jazzie B, English DJ and music producer (Soul II Soul)
    • Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter (Wham!)[10]
  • January 28 – Dan Spitz, American thrash metal guitarist (Anthrax) and watchmaker
  • January 29 – Octave, Romanian guitarist, songwriter and producer
  • February 2 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (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
    • Smiley Culture, British rapper and reggae singer (d. 2011)
    • Tony Reno, Swedish rock drummer (Europe)
  • February 19 – Seal, British 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, American dance/pop singer
    • David LaChapelle, Music video director, photographer and movie director
  • March 15 – Bret Michaels, rock singer (Poison)
  • March 17
    • Michael Ivins, American rock bassist (The Flaming Lips)
    • Nick Peros, Canadian composer
  • March 18 – Vanessa Williams, American singer and actress
  • March 21 – Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
  • March 27
    • Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician
    • Dave Koz, American jazz musician[11]
  • March 30 – , Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist
  • April 1 – Teddy Diaz, Filipino musician and composer (d. 1988)
  • April 3 – Criss Oliva, American metal guitarist (Savatage) (d. 1993)
  • April 6 – Andrew Weatherall, English disc jockey and remixer (d. 2020)
  • April 8 – Julian Lennon, singer-songwriter, son of John Lennon
  • April 10 – Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
  • April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer[12]
  • April 24 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian rock musician (Vennaskond)
  • 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, American soul singer (Charles & 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, Johnny Crash)
  • June 20
    • Amir Derakh, rock musician (Orgy)
    • Julien-K
  • June 25 – George Michael, English singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 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 (Fatboy Slim), English big-beat musician
  • July 17 – Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • July 22 – Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter musician (Indigo Girls)
  • July 23 – Renato Borghetti, folk musician and composer
  • July 24 – Larry Rudolph, Britney Spears collaborator and pop music manager/agent
  • 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 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, American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
    • 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, English drum-and-bass musician (Kemistry & Storm) (d. 1999)
  • October 14 – Alessandro Safina, operatic tenor
  • October 23 – Thomas Di Leva, Swedish singer-songwriter
  • October 26 – Natalie Merchant, American indie singer-songwriter
  • October 27 – Marla Maples, American actress, musician and television personality.
  • October 30 – Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones)
  • November 1 – Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
  • November 12 – Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (The Blanks)
  • December 9 – Kat Bjelland, American singer, songwriter, musician and guitarist.
  • December 10 – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer
  • December 15 – Helen Slater, American singer, actress and songwriter
  • December 24 – Mary Ramsey, American musician, singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
  • December 26 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-born heavy metal drummer (Metallica)
  • December 31 – Scott Ian, American thrash metal guitarist (Anthrax)
  • Unknown – Naseer Shamma, Iraqi musician and oud player

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 – Glen 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[]

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 1963

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Leeds International Piano Competition[]

  • Michael Roll

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ Radio interview Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Radio Tay AM. Accessed 26 May 2007
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  10. ^ "1963 – Andrew Ridgeley Born". Rttnews.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  11. ^ "Dave Koz | Artist". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Ralph M. Newman; Norm N. Nite (1974). "Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present". T. Y. Crowell Company. p. 360. Missing or empty |url= (help)

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