3 January:MIKULÁŠ ŠKUTA = Slovak pianist and composer
4 January:JOHN MICHAEL STIPE bka MICHAEL STIPE = American singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, music video director, and visual artist, lead singer of R.E.M.
8 January:DAVE WECKL = American jazz fusion drummer
20 January:SCOTT THUNES = American bass player, formerly with Frank Zappa {1981-1988}, Wayne Kramer, Steve Vai, Andy Prieboy, Mike Keneally, Fear, The Waterboys, Big Bang Beat, and others
22 January:MICHAEL HUTCHENCE = Australian musician and actor. He was a founding member, lead singer and lyricist of rock band INXS = [died: 1997]
26 January:CHARLIE GILLINGHAM = American musician, member of Counting Crows
31 January:GEORGE BENJAMIN = English composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
3 February:TIM CHANDLER = American bass guitarist, member of Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies
4 February:TIM BOOTH = British rock lead singer with James
18 February:PAUL MAZZOLINI bka GAZEBO = Italian singer
19 February:WILLIAM JOHNSON pka HOLLY JOHNSON = English artist, musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
20 February:KEE MARCELLO = Swedish rock guitarist, member of Easy Action and Europe
27 February:PAUL HUMPHREYS = British musician and songwriter who is best known for his contributions to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)
4 March:THIERRY PASTOR = French singer and composer
12 March:MAKI NOMIYA = Japanese singer and musician, member of Pizzicato Five
13 March:ADAM CLAYTON = Irish musician, bass guitarist with U2
4 April:JANE EAGLEN = English dramatic soprano
21 April:JOHN MAHER = British musician, drummer with The Buzzcocks, Flag of Convenience and The Invisible Girls
23 April:STEVE CLARK = English musician. He was a guitarist and principal songwriter for the British hard rock band Def Leppard = [died: 1991]
25 April:ERIC AVERY = American musician. He is best known as the former bass guitarist and co-founding member of alternative metal band Jane's Addiction. Since 2005, Avery is the bassist for Garbage
26 April:ROGER TAYLOR = English musician, best known as the drummer of the new wave band Duran Duran {1980-1985, 1994, 2001-present}
6 May:JOHN FLANSBURGH = American rock musician, member of They Might Be Giants
10 May:PAUL DAVID HEWSON bka BONO = Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist, lead singer of U2
19 May:YASMIN EVANS bka YAZZ = English singer
1 June:SIMON GALLUP = English musician and bassist of the post-punk band The Cure
2 June:TONY HADLEY = English pop singer-songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter who first rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the new wave band Spandau Ballet
6 June:STEVE VAI = American guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer
8 June:MICK HUCKNALL = English pop singer and songwriter, lead singer of Simply Red
10 June:MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE = English composer
14 June:GARY HUSBAND = English jazz and rock drummer, pianist and bandleader
20 June:JOHN TAYLOR = English musician and actor, who is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of the new wave band Duran Duran
3 July:VINCE CLARKE = English rock songwriter and musician, member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure
22 July:
JOHN PRIOR = Australian composer-producer-drummer, member of Matt Finish
JON OLIVA = American vocalist and pianist, member of Savatage
1 August:CARLTON DOUGLAS RIDENHOUR bka CHUCK D = American rapper, author, producer, and leader of the rap group Public Enemy
7 August:JACQUIE O'SULLIVAN = English singer and songwriter, member of Bananarama
26 August:BRANFORD MARSALIS = American saxophonist, composer and bandleader
31 August:CHRIS WHITLEY = American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist = [died: 2005]
1 September:JOSEPH WILLIAMS = American rock singer and film score composer,
4 September:KIM THAYIL = American musician, member of Soundgarden
8 September:DAVID STEELE = English musician who was a member of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals
7 October:KYOSUKE HIMURO = Japanese singer, member of Boøwy {1981-1988
19 October:DANIEL WOODGATE = English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer, member of Madness
22 October:CRIS KIRKWOOD = American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of The Meat Puppets
30 October:
JOEY BELLADONNA = American thrash metal musician, best known as the vocalist for the thrash metal band Anthrax
JERRY DE BORG = English musician, member of Jesus Jones {1988-present}
14 November:TOM JUDSON = American musical theatre actor
15 November:KEITH WASHINGTON = American singer
18 November:KIM WILDE = English singer and gardender (daughter of Marty Wilde)
19 November:MATT SORUM = American drummer, member of Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult
25 November:AMY GRANT = American singer, songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress
2 December:RICK SAVAGE = English bass guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock band, Def Leppard
5 December:OSVALDO GOLIJOV = Argentinian composer
date unknown:
GREG FLESCH = American guitarist and musician, member of Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies
Timeline of Musical Events
14 January:ELVIS PRESLEY is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army
6 February: Songwriter JESSE BELVIN dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California. Belvin was the co-author of "Earth Angel," the Penguins' classic from 1954
5 March:ELVIS PRESLEY returns home from serving in the US Army.
15 March: Jussi Björling suffers a heart attack before a performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He goes on to perform, but dies six months later in Sweden.
29 March: The 5th Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, is won by France with the song "Tom Pillibi", sung by Jacqueline Boyer. British entry "Looking High High High" sung by Bryan Johnson comes 2nd
Spring: "Skokiaan" by Bill Haley & His Comets becomes the band's final single to make it onto the American sales charts (with the exception of a 1974 reissue of "Rock Around the Clock").
1 April: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, Dean Martin and Mitch Miller film Sinatra's Timex Special for ABC at Miami, Florida's Fountainbleu Hotel
2 April: The National Association of Recording Merchandisers presents its first annual awards in Las Vegas, Nevada
4 April: RCA Victor Records announces that it will release all pop singles in mono and stereo simultaneously, the first record company to do so. Elvis Presley's single, "Stuck on You," is RCA's first mono/stereo release.
17 April: Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley are injured in a car accident near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Cochran dies in a hospital in Bath, England, from severe brain injuries.
20 April: Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California for the first time since coming home from Germany to film G.I. Blues
2 May: The Drifters' Ben E. King leaves the group and signs a solo record contract with ATCO Records.
30 June: Opening of Lionel Bart's Oliver! in the West End.
1 August: The Beatles make their debut in Hamburg, Germany. The band at the time included JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON, STU SUTCLIFFE on bass and PETE BEST on drums.
27 August: The Louisiana Hayride put on its final radio show.
13 November:SAMMY DAVIS, Jr. marries MAY BRITT
Also in 1960:
The last 78rpm records are released in the U.S. and the U.K.
IAN LAKE launches the Music of our Time Festival for unknown composers.
DALIDA receives the Radio Monte Carlo Oscar and the Grand Prix for best Italian song.
NEIL YOUNG founds The Jades with KEN KOBLUN
RITCHIE BLACKMORE's musical career begins.
Renato Carosone announces his retirement, at the height of his popularity.
Shivkumar Sharma records his first solo album.
Published Popular Music
"Ain't That A Kick In The Head?" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Alley-Oop" = lyrics & music by DALLAS FRAZIER
"Apache" = music by JERRY LORDAN
"Artificial Flowers" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK from the musical 'Tenderloin'
"Because They're Young" = lyrics by AARON SCHROEDER & WALLY GOLD; music by DON COSTA
"Bellyup To The Bar, Boys" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON
"Bonanza!" = lyrics & music by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS
"Calcutta" = lyrics by LEE POCKRISS & PAUL VANCE; music by HEINO GAZE
"Calendar Girl" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by NEIL SEDAKA
"Camelot" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"Cathy's Clown" = lyrics & music by DON EVERLY & PHIL EVERLY
"Chain Gang" = lyrics & music by SAM COOKE
"Corinna, Corinna" = adapted with new lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH
"'D' In Love" = by SID TEPPER, JOESEPH C. BENNETT
"Dis-Donc, Dis-Donc" = English lyrics by JULIAN MOORE, DAVID HENEKER & MONTY NORMAN, French lyrics by ALEXANDRE BREFFORT; music by MARGUERITE MONNOT
"Do You Mind" = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"Dolce Far Niente" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON
"Eee-o-Eleven" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Emotions" = lyrics & music by MEL TILLIS & RAMSEY KEARNEY
"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by JACK KELLER
"Exodus" = lyrics by CHARLES E. (PAT) BOONE; music by ERNEST GOLD
"Faraway Boy" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be" = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"Follow Me" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"Footsteps" = lyrics & music by BARRY MANN & HANK HUNTER
"Give A Little Whistle" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN
"Good Timin' " = lyrics & music by FRED TOBIAS & CLINT BALLARD, Jr.
"Goodness Gracious Me" = by D. LEE, H. KRETZMER
"The Green Leaves Of Summer" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by DIMITRI TIOMKIN
"Happy-Go-Lucky Me" = lyrics & music by PAUL EVANS
"He Will Break Your Heart" = lyrics & music by JERRY BUTLER, CALVIN CARTER & CURTIS MAYFIELD
"Hennesey" = music by SONNY BURKE. Theme music to the television series Hennesey starring JACKIE COOPER
"Hey, Look Me Over!" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN
"Hey You with the Crazy Eyes" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by FRANKIE VAUGHAN in the film 'Let's Make Love'
"How To Handle A Woman" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced by RICHARD BURTON in the musical 'Camelot'
"I Ain't Down Yet" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON. Introduced by TAMMY GRIMES and HARVE PRESNELL in the musical 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'. Performed in the 1964 film version by DEBBIE REYNOLDS and HARVE PRESNELL
"I Can See It" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"I Gotta Know" = lyrics & music by PAUL EVANS & MATT WILLIAMS
"I Loved You Once In Silence" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"I Want To Be Wanted" = English lyrics by KIM GANNON, Italian lyrics by A. TESTA; music by PINO SPOTTI
"I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"I'd Do Anything" = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"If Ever I Would Leave You" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"I'll Be There" = lyrics & music by BOBBY DARIN
"I'm Sorry" = lyrics & music by RONNIE SELF & DUB ALLBRITTEN
"Irma La Douce" = English lyrics by JULIAN MORE, DAVID HENEKER & MONTY NORMAN, French lyrics by ALEXANDRE BREFFORT; music by MARGUERITE MONNOT
"It Depends On What You Pay" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"It's Now or Never" = lyrics & music adapted by AARON SCHROEDER & WALLY GOLD
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" = lyrics by PAUL VANCE & LEE POCKRISS; music by BRIAN HYLAND
"Jump Over" = lyrics & music by FRANK C. SLAY Jr & BOB CREWE
"Just Come Home" = English lyrics by CARL SIGMAN, French lyrics by ÉDITH PIAF; music by MARGUERITE MONNOT
"Kids" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"Last Date" = music by FLOYD CRAMER
"Let's Think About Living" = lyrics & music by BOUDLEAUX BRYANT
"Little Boy Lost" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY ASHCROFT & TONY WITHERS
"A Lot Of Livin' To Do" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"The Lusty Month Of May" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"The Magnificent Seven" = music by ELMER BERNSTEIN
"Make Someone Happy" = lyrics by BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN; music by JULE STYNE
"A Million To One" = lyrics & music by PHIL MEDLEY
"Mission Bell" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM MICHAEL
"Mister Custer" = lyrics & music by FRED DARIAN, AL DE LORY & JOSEPH VAN WINKLE
"Money (That's What I Want)" = lyrics & music by JANIE BRADFORD & BERRY GORDY, Jr.
"Mountain Of Love" = lyrics & music by HAROLD DORMAN
"Mr Lucky" = music by HENRY MANCINI
"Much More" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by JACK KELLER
"My Home Town" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"My Old Man's A Dustman" = by LONNIE DONEGAN, P. BUCHANAN, B. THORN, R. BEAUMONT
"My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" = by L. ROSS, BOB WILLS
"Never On Sunday" = English lyrics by BILLY TOWNE; Greek lyrics & music by MANOS HADJIDAKIS
"Nice 'N' Easy" = lyrics by MARILYN KEITH & ALAN BERGMAN; music by LEW SPENCE
"North To Alaska" = lyrics & music by MIKE PHILLIPS
"O Dio Mio" = lyrics & music by AL HOFFMAN & DICK MANNING
"One Boy" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"One Last Kiss" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"One Of Us (Will Weep Tonight)" = lyrics & music by CLINT BALLARD Jr & FRED TOBIAS
"Only The Lonely" = lyrics & music by ROY ORBISON & JOE MELSON
"La Pachanga" = English lyrics by JEANNE POLLACK; Spanish lyrics & music by EDUARDO DAVIDSON
"Pepe" = by H. WITTSTATT, D. LANGDON
"Plant A Radish" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"Please Don't Tease" = by B. WELCH, P. CHESTER
"Please Help Me I'm Falling" = lyrics & music by DON ROBERTSON & HAL BLAIR
"Poetry In Motion" = lyrics & music by PAUL KAUFFMAN & MIKE ANTHONY
"Portrait Of My Love" = lyrics by DAVID WEST; music by CYRIL ORNADEL
"Puppy Love" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"Put On A Happy Face" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"Round And Round" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"Rubber Ball" = lyrics & music by ANNE ORLOWSKI & AARON SCHROEDER
"Run Samson Run" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by NEIL SEDAKA
"Sailor" = English lyrics by ALAN HOLT, German lyrics by FINI BUSCH; music by WERNER SCHARFENBERGER
"Save The Last Dance For Me" = lyrics & music by DOC POMUS & MORT SHUMAN
"The Second Time Around" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film 'High Time'
"Shazam!" = lyrics & music by DUANE EDDY & LEE HAZLEWOOD
"She Wears My Ring" = lyrics & music by FELICE & BOUDLEAUX BRYANT
"She's My Baby" = by TURNBULL, MOFFAT, FINCH
"Sink The Bismarck" = lyrics & music by TILLMAN FRANKS & JOHNNY HORTON
"Sixteen Reasons" = lyrics & music by BILL POST & DOREE POST
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" = lyrics & music by DON EVERLY
"Soon It's Gonna Rain" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"Spanish Harlem" = by JERRY LEIBER, PHIL SPECTOR
"Stairway To Heaven" = lyrics by HOWARD GREENFIELD; music by NEIL SEDAKA
"Starbright" = lyrics & music by LEE POCKRISS & PAUL VANCE
"Stay" = lyrics & music by MAURICE WILLIAMS
"Stuck On You" = lyrics & music by AARON SCHROEDER & J. LESLIE McFARLAND
"Swingin' School" = lyrics by KAL MANN; music by BERNIE LOWE & DAVE APPELL
"T.L.C. Tender Love And Care" = by LEHMAN, LEBOWSKY, CLARKE
"A Taste Of Honey" = lyrics by RIC MARLOW; music by BOBBY SCOTT
"Tell Laura I Love Her" = lyrics & music by JEFF BARRY & BEN RALEIGH
"Theme from "A Summer Place"" = music by MAX STEINER
"Theme from "The Apartment"" = music by CHARLES WILLIAMS
"Theme from "The Unforgiven"" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by DIMITRI TIOMKIN
"They Were You" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" = lyrics & music by ROLF HARRIS
"Togetherness" = lyrics & music by RUSSELL FAITH
"Try To Remember" = lyrics by TOM JONES; music by HARVEY SCHMIDT
"The Twist" = lyrics & music by HANK BALLARD
"Twistin' USA" = lyrics & music by KAL MANN
"Two Of A Kind" = lyrics & music by BOBBY DARIN & JOHNNY MERCER
"The Village Of St. Bernadette" = lyrics & music by EULA PARKER
"Wake Me When It's Over" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Walk, Don't Run" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY SMITH
"Walking Away Whistling" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Walking To New Orleans" = lyrics & music by ANTOINE "FATS" DOMINO
"What Do The Simple Folk Do?" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"What Takes My Fancy" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN
"When Will I Be Loved?" = lyrics & music by PHIL EVERLY
"Who Will Buy?" = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"Wild One" = lyrics & music by BERNIE LOWE, KAL MANN & DAVE APPELL
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" = by CAROLE KING, GERRY GOFFIN
"Wings Of A Dove" = by ROBERT B. "BOB" FERGUSON, Sr.
"Wonderful World" = lyrics & music by B. CAMPBELL
"Wooden Heart" = lyrics & music adapted by FRED WISE, BEN WEISMAN, KAY TWOMEY & BERT KAEMPFERT
"(In The Summertime) You Don't Want My Love" = lyrics & music by ROGER MILLER
"You Talk Too Much" = lyrics & music by JOE JONES & REGINALD HALL
"Young Emotions" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by JERRY LIVINGSTON
"You're Sixteen" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN & ROBERT B. SHERMAN
Classical Music
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concerto No. 2
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphony No. 4
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Contrastes No. 1 for string orchestra and electronic sounds
LUKAS FOSS
Concerto, for five improvising instruments
Time Cycle, for soprano and orchestra
JAKOV GOTOVAC
Plesovi od Bunjevaca
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
WALTER PISTON
Symphony No. 7
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No.7 in E flat major, Op.108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Carré, for 4 orchestras and choirs
Kontakte, for piano, percussion, and electronic sounds, or electronic sounds alone
WILLIAM WALTON
Symphony No. 2
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Sinfonietta No. 2
Opera
DU MINGXIN
Women Generals of the Yangs
LUKAS FOSS
Introductions and Goodbyes (a nine minute opera, libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti)
composed 1959, premiered on 5 May 1960
LUIGI NONO
Intolleranza 1960
Musical Theatre
BYE BYE BIRDIE
(Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)
Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on 14 April and ran for 607 performances
CAMELOT
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on 3 December and ran for 873 performances
DO-RE-MI
Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on 26 December and ran for 400 performances
THE FANTASTICKS
Off-Broadway production opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse on 3 May and ran for 17,162 performances
FLOWER DRUM SONG
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on 24 March and ran for 464 performances
FROM A TO Z
Broadway revue opened at the Plymouth Theatre on 20 April and ran for 21 performances
GREENWILLOW
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on 8 March and ran for 97 performances
HOORAY FOR DAISY starring Eleanor Drew and Robin Hunter
London production opened at the Lyric, Hammersmith on 20 December
IRMA LA DOUCE
Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre on 29 September and ran for 524 performances
OH, KAY!
Off Broadway revival opened at the East 74th Street Theatre on 16 April and ran for 119 performances.
OLIVER!
(Lionel Bart)
London production opened at the New Theatre on 30 June and ran for 2618 performances
PARADE
Broadway revue opened at the Players Theatre on 20 January and ran for 95 performances
TENDERLOIN
Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on 17 October and ran for 216 performances.
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
(Meredith Willson)
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on 3 November and ran for 532 performances
VALMOUTH
Off Broadway production opened at the York Playhouse on 6 October and ran for 14 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 22nd August 2011
Last edited: 16th September 2024
