1963 in music
See also:
1962 in music ,
other events of 1963 ,
1964 in music , 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music'
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 Whisky 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
Top hits on record
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
"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
"Distant Drums" w.m. Cindy Walker
"Dominique " Soeur Sourire
"Don't Talk To Him" 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
"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
"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" 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 Hillard & Mort Garson
"The Pink Panther" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
"Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson
"Reverend Mr Black" Billy Edd Wheeler, Jed Peters
"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 "Wives And Lovers" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"You Were Made For Me" Mitch Murray
Classical music
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 , producer , saxophonist , member of the rock band The Choir and also 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
May 21 - Gilles Apap , violinist
June 7 - Roberto Alagna , tenor
June 25 - George Michael
June 30 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen , guitar preformer
July 7 - Vonda Shepard ,singer and musician
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
January 24 - Otto Harbach , lyricist
January 30 - Francis Poulenc
March 5 - Patsy Cline , American country singer, in a plane crash
March 31 - Harry Akst , US composer and pianist
May 6 - Ted Weems , 61, US bandleader
May 10 - Irving Aaronson , bandleader and composer
October 11 - Edith Piaf , French singing superstar
November 22 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy , United States President
November 26 - Amelita Galli-Curci , Operatic soprano
November 29 - Ernesto Lecuona , Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader
December 5 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann , composer
December 28 - Paul Hindemith
Awards
