1963 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular songs
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 Awards

9.1 Grammy Awards
9.2 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do".
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 Whiskey-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
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

Albums released

Please Please Me - The Beatles
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Follow The Boys - Connie Francis

Top hits on record

"Please Please Me" - The Beatles
"She Loves You" - The Beatles
"Love Me Do" - The Beatles
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles
"From Me To You" - The Beatles
"In Dreams" - Roy Orbison
"Blue Bayou" - Roy Orbison
"Pretty Paper" - Roy Orbison
"He's So Fine" - The Chiffons
"Bo Diddley" - Buddy Holly
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" - Buddy Holly
"Surf City" - Jan & Dean
"It's My Party" - Leslie Gore
"Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" - Gene Pitney
"Be My Baby" - The Ronettes
"Wipe Out" - The Surfaris
"If I Had A Hammer" - Trini Lopez
"Da Doo Ron Ron" - The Crystals
"Pipeline" - The Chantays
"Walk Like A Man" - The Four Seasons
"Heat Wave" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Up On The Roof" - The Drifters
"I Can't Stay Mad At You" - Skeeter Davis
"Only In America" - Jay & the Americans
"Wonderful Summer" - Robin Ward

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
"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
"Dominique" Soeur Sourire
"Don't Talk To Him" Richard, Welch
"Don't You Forget It" w. Al Stillman m. Henry Mancini
"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
"How Do You Do It?" w.m. Mitch Murray
"I Call Your Name" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
"I Like It" 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
"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" Kanter
"On Broadway" w.m. Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"On The Beach" Welch, Marvin, Richard
"The Pink Panther" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
"Reverend Mr Black" Billy Edd Wheeler, Jed Peters
"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
"The Times They Are A-Changin' " w.m. Bob Dylan
"Viva Las Vegas" Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
"Washington Square" w.m. Bob Goldstein & David Shire
"Wives And Lovers" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"You Were Made For Me" Murray

Musical theater

110 In The Shade Broadway production

At The Drop Of Another Hat London production

The Boys From Syracuse London production

Carnival London production
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum London production
Half A Sixpence London production
Here's Love Broadway production
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying London production
Oh! What a Lovely War London production
Oliver Broadway production
On The Town London production
Pickwick London production
She Loves Me Broadway production
Wish You Were Here London production

Musical films

Bye Bye Birdie
Summer Holiday

Births

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, The Choir, The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music
March 4 - Jason Newsted, Metallica
March 10 - Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam
March 15 - Bret Michaels, Poison
April 8 - Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon
June 25 - George Michael
June 30 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitar preformer
July 22 - Emily Saliers, Indigo Girls
August 3 - James Hetfield, Metallica
August 12 - Sir Mix-A-Lot
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

Deaths

January 6 - Lina Barbanell, German singer and actress
March 5 - Patsy Cline, plane crash
May 10 - Irving Aaronson, bandleader and composer
October 11 - Edith Piaf, French singing superstar
November 26 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Operatic soprano