1963 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Biggest hit singles
4 Selected American and/or British Hit Singles
5 Published popular songs
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Births
11 Deaths
12 Awards
13 External Charts

[edit] Events

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'Ampezzo 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 - Please Please Me is released in the United Kingdom by The Beatles, with Ask Me Why as the B-side. It would be the first Beatles' single to reach #1 (on most record charts) in the UK.
January 11 - The Whisky a Go Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, opens.
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
- 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.
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 is rejected by Decca in the UK. Again.
The Righteous Brothers begin performing together;
The Kinks form
The Rolling Stones first single "Come on" is released in the UK and reaches #21
The Animals 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

[edit] Albums released

Annie Get Your Gun - Doris Day
As Long as She Needs Me - Gladis Knight and the pimps Jr.
Bill Haley and His Comets - Bill Haley & His Comets
Black Fire - Andrew Hill
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
Bo Diddley's Beach Party - Bo Diddley
Carnaval de Ritmos Modernos - Bill Haley & His Comets
The Composer of Desafinado, Plays - Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Concert Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
Conversations With Myself - Bill Evans
Dion Sings Love Came To Me - Dion DiMucci
Ella and Basie! - Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie
Ella Sings Broadway - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
The End of the World - Julie London
Eux - Dalida
Follow The Boys - Connie Francis
For Your Sweet Love - Ricky Nelson
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto
Have You Heard? - Dick Morrissey Quartet
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 - Joan Baez
Latin in a Satin Mood - Julie London
' Barbra Streisand Apears on the Judy Garland Show
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
Live at the Apollo - James Brown
Live at Birdland - John Coltrane
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke (recorded but not released until 1985)
Love Him - Doris Day
Love on the Rocks - Julie London
Madison - Bill Haley & His Comets
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Charles Mingus
Mingus Plays Piano - Charles Mingus
Page One - Joe Henderson
The Patsy Cline Story - Patsy Cline
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Los Relámpagos del Norte - Los Relámpagos del Norte
Rock Around the Clock King - Bill Haley & His Comets
Ruby Baby - Dion DiMucci
Seven Steps to Heaven - Miles Davis
Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First - Frank Sinatra and Count Basie
Sinatra's Sinatra - Frank Sinatra
The Songs I Love - Perry Como
Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
Surfin' With Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
These Are the Blues - Ella Fitzgerald
With the Beatles - The Beatles
The Wonderful World of Julie London - Julie London

[edit] 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	Leslie 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

[edit] Selected American and/or British Hit Singles

"Please Please Me" - The Beatles
"Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
"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
"Mean Woman Blues" - Roy Orbison
"Pretty Paper" - Roy Orbison
"Hey Paula" - Paul & Paula
"He's So Fine" - The Chiffons
"Bo Diddley" - Buddy Holly
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" - Buddy Holly
"Surf City" - Jan & Dean
"It's My Party" - Lesley Gore
"Sweet Dreams" - Patsy Cline
"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
"(Your Love is Like a) 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
"I Only Want to Be With You" - Dusty Springfield
"The Folk Singer" - Tommy Roe
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Bobby Vee

[edit] 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
"Call Me Irresponsible" w.Sammy Cahn, m. Jimmy Van Heusen
"Charade" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini. From the film of the same name.
"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" 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
"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
"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 & Mike Stoller
"On the Beach" Welch, Marvin, Richard
"Our Day Will Come" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson
"The Pink Panther" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
"Reverend Mr Black" Billy Edd Wheeler, 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
"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

[edit] Classical music

Benjamin Britten - Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70, for guitar
Francis Poulenc - Sept répons des ténèbres
Giacinto Scelsi - String Quartet No. 3
Igor Stravinsky - Abraham and Isaac
William Walton - Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra
Iannis Xenakis - Eonta

[edit] Opera

Richard Rodney Bennett - The Mines of Sulphur
Carlisle Floyd - The Sojourner and Molly Sinclair
Malcolm Williamson - Our Man in Havana

[edit] Musical theater

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