ROBIN GUTHRIE = Scottish musician, songwriter, composer, record producer and audio engineer, member of The Cocteau Twins
PETER STEELE = American lead singer, bassist and composer, member of Type O Negative = [died: 2010]
8 January:CHRIS MARION = American musician, member of Little River Band
13 January:
TRACE ADKINS = American country music singer-songwriter
TONY REBEL = Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist
16 January:
MAXINE JONES = American singer–songwriter, and actress, member of En Vogue
PAUL WEBB = English bassist, member of Talk Talk
28 January:LESLIE PHILLIPS/SAM PHILLIPS = American singer, songwriter, composer and actress
31 January:SOPHIE MULLER = British music video director
1 February:TOMOYASU HOTEI = Japanese guitarist, member of Boøwy
6 February:AXL ROSE = American singer-songwriter and musician, member of Guns N' Roses
7 February:
DAVID BRYAN = American keyboardist, member of Bon Jovi
GARTH BROOKS = American country singer/songwriter
10 February:CLIFF BURTON = American bassist, member of Metallica = [died: 1986]
11 February:SHERYL CROW = American singer
19 February:FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ bka FRANKY GEE = Cuban American soldier, rapper and singer, member of Captain Jack = [died: 2005]
22 February:MICHAEL WILTON = American guitarist, member of Queensrÿche
24 February:MICHELLE SHOCKED = American musician
2 March:JON BON JOVI = American singer, member of Bon Jovi
5 March:
CRAIG REID = Scottish singer/musician, member of The Proclaimers
CHARLIE REID = Scottish singer/musician, member of The Proclaimers
7 March:TAYLOR DAYNE = American singer
15 March:TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY = American-born English singer
17 March:CLARE GROGAN = Scottish actress and singer
24 March:
ANGÈLE DUBEAU = Canadian violinist
RENEE ROSNES = Canadian jazz pianist/composer
30 March:STANLEY KIRK BURRELL bka M.C. HAMMER = American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor
31 March:PHIL LEADBETTER = American musician
3 April:MIKE NESS = American guitarist, vocalist, and chief songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion
8 April:JEFFREY DEAN ISBELL bka IZZY STRADLIN = American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses {1985-1991}
12 April:ART ALEXAKIS = American singer and musician, member of Everclear
13 April:HILLEL SLOVAK = American rock musician, member of Red Hot Chili Peppers = [died: 1988]
16 April:IAN MacKAYE = American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, record label owner, producer and frontman for Minor Threat and Fugazi
9 May:DAVID GAHAN = English singer, member of Depeche Mode
12 May:BRETT GUREWITZ = American guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion
14 May:
IAN ASTBURY = British rock singer, member of The Cult
C.C. DEVILLE = American rock guitarist, member of Poison
28 May:BRANDON CRUZ = American child actor and musician
31 May:COREY HART = Canadian musician
8 June:NICK RHODES = English musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the new wave band Duran Duran
15 June:ANDREA ROST = Hungarian lyric soprano
19 June:PAULA ABDUL = American singer-songwriter, voice actress, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality
20 June:MARK DE GLI ANTONI = American composer and member of Soul Coughing {1992-2000}
23 June:STEVE SHELLEY = American musician, member of Sonic Youth {1985–2011} and Crucifucks {1981-1984}
26 June:ANDREJ ŠEBAN = Slovak jazz fusion guitarist
27 June:MICHAEL BALL = British stage actor and singer
7 July:MARK WHITE = American musician, member of Spin Doctors
8 July:JOAN OSBORNE = American singer
21 July:LEE AARON = Canadian rock and jazz singer
22 July:STEVE ALBINI = American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist
4 August:PAUL REYNOLDS = English musician, member of A Flock of Seagulls
7 August:ANDREW GLOVER = English composer
17 August:GILBY CLARKE = American rock musician, member of Guns N' Roses
25 August:VIVIAN CAMPBELL = Northern Irish rock guitarist, member of Def Leppard {1992-present}
10 September:CLIFF BURTON = American bassist, member of Metallica = [died: 1986]
3 October:TOMMY LEE = Greek-American drummer and founding member of Mötley Crüe
12 October:CHRIS BOTTI = American trumpeter and composer
15 October:MARK REZNICEK = American drummer, member of Toadies {1991–2001, 2006–present}
16 October:
MICHAEL PETER BALZARY bka FLEA = Australian-American actor and rock bassist, member of Red Hot Chili Peppers
DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY = Russian operatic baritone
1 November:
MAGNE FURUHOLMEN = Norwegian rock keyboardist, member of A-ha
ANTHONY KIEDIS = American musician best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers
2 November:RON McGOVNEY = American rock bassist, member of Metallica
3 November:PETER ROBINSON bka MARILYN = British/Jamaican pop singer and songwriter
9 November:STEVE "SILK" HURLEY = American house-music producer and club DJ
11 November:
MIC MICHAELI = Swedish rock keyboardist, member of Europe
JAMES MORRISON = Australian musician
18 November:KIRK HAMMETT = American guitarist and songwriter, member of Metallica
21 November:STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN = American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist
27 November:
CHARLIE BENANTE = American musician, member of Anthrax
MIKE BORDIN = American musician, member of Faith No More
28 November:MATT CAMERON = American musician, member of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
4 December:VINNIE DOMBROSKI = American musician best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Sponge
5 December:JOSÉ CURA = Argentine tenor
8 December:MARTY FRIEDMAN = American guitarist, member of Megadeth
28 December:MICHEL PETRUCCIANI = French musician = [died: 1999]
Timeline of Musical Events
1 January: The Beatles and BRIAN POOLE and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only. The Beatles are rejected, mainly as they come from Liverpool and the others are Dagenham-based nearer London.
24 January:BRIAN EPSTEIN signs to manage the Beatles
16 February: Conductor BRUNO WALTER, the day before his death, ends his last letter with: "Despite all the dark experiences of today I am still confident that Palestrina will remain. The work has all the elements of immortality".
6 April:GLENN GOULD's performance of Brahms's 1st piano concerto with LEONARD BERNSTEIN conducting the New York Philharmonic for which Gould used unusually slow tempi, which Bernstein did not favour.
7 April:MICK JAGGER and KEITH RICHARDS meet BRIAN JONES at The Ealing Club, a blues club in London
10 April: Former Beatle STUART SUTCLIFFE dies from cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg, Germany.
12 April: A recording is made of BOB DYLAN's concert at the Town Hall, in New York City by Columbia Records. Columbia eventually release the recording of "Tomorrow is a Long Time" from this concert
16 August: The Beatles fire PETE BEST and replace him with RINGO STARR
17 August: "Telstar" is released in the UK. The song would eventually be the first song by a British group to ever reach the top spot on the Billboard Top 100, proving to be a precursor to the British Invasion.
23 August:
JOHN LENNON marries CYNTHIA POWELL
GEORGES AURIC becomes director of the Opéra National de Paris.
André Hodeir's book, Since Debussy, makes controversial claims about the importance of Jean Barraqué as a composer.
5 October: Release of EMI's first Beatles single, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You", in the United Kingdom.
Also in 1962:
The Spokane Philharmonic orchestra becomes the Spokane Symphony.
DALIDA is Named Calabrian Citizen of Honour and receives the Radio Monte Carlo Oscar with Johnny Hallyday.
Paul & Paula make their first appearance together while attending Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.
The Mashed Potato was a popular dance craze, with several songs based around the style
Published Popular Music
"Ahab The Arab" = lyrics & music by RAY STEVENS
"Blowin' in the Wind" = lyrics & music by BOB DYLAN
"Bossa Nova Baby" = lyrics & music by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"The Boys' Night Out" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film 'Boys' Night Out'
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" = lyrics & music by NEIL SEDAKA & HOWARD GREENFIELD
"Call Me Irresponsible" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film 'Papa's Delicate Condition'
"Can't Get Used to Losing You" = lyrics & music by DOC POMUS & MORT SHUMAN
"Can't Help Falling in Love" = lyrics & music by LUIGI CREATORE, HUGO PERETTI & GEORGE DAVID WEISS
"Comedy Tonight" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Danke Schoen" = lyrics by MILTON GABLER & KURT SCHWABACH; music by BERT KAEMPFERT
"Days of Wine and Roses" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HENRY MANCINI from the film 'Days of Wine and Roses'
"Desafinado" = lyrics by NEWTON MENDONCA; music by ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
"Devil Woman" = lyrics & music by MARTY ROBBINS
"Don't Make Me Over" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"Dream Baby" = lyrics & music by CINDY WALKER
"Free" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Go Away, Little Girl" = lyrics & music by GERRY GOFFIN & CAROLE KING
"Gonna Build A Mountain" = lyrics & music by LESLIE BRICUSSE & ANTHONY NEWLEY from the musical 'Stop The World - I Want To Get Off'
"Have A Dream" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE
"He's A Rebel" = lyrics & music by GENE PITNEY
"Her Royal Majesty" = lyrics & music by GERRY GOFFIN & CAROLE KING
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"I'm Calm" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"I'm Not The Marrying Kind" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by SHERMAN EDWARDS
"I've Got Your Number" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN
"Impossible" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"It's The Only Way To Travel" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by BING CROSBY and BOB HOPE in the film 'The Road to Hong Kong'
"Johnny Get Angry" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by SHERMAN EDWARDS
"Let's Not Be Sensible" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by BING CROSBY and DOROTHY LAMOUR in the film 'The Road to Hong Kong'
"Little Boxes" = lyrics & music by MALVINA REYNOLDS
"Loads of Love" = lyrics & music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DIAHANN CARROLL in the musical No Strings
"Look No Further" = lyrics & music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DIAHANN CARROLL and RICHARD KILEY in the musical 'No Strings'
"Love I Hear" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Lovely" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Make It Easy On Yourself" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"More" = lyrics by MARCELLO CIORCIOLINI & NORMAN NEWELL; music by NINO OLIVIERO & RIZ ORTOLANI from the film 'Mondo Cane'
"Old Rivers" = lyrics & music by CLIFF CROFFORD
"On The Other Side Of The Tracks" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN from the musical 'Little Me'
"Once In A Lifetime" = lyrics & music by LESLIE BRICUSSE & ANTHONY NEWLEY from the musical 'Stop The World - I Want To Get Off'
"Once Upon a Time" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE. Introduced by RAY BOLGER and EILEEN HERLIE in the musical 'All American'
"One Note Samba" = lyrics by JON HENDRICKS & NEWTON MENDONCA; music by ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
"Only Love Can Break a Heart" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"Patches" = lyrics & music by BARRY MANN and LARRY KOLBER DICKEY LEE
"Pretty Little Picture" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Quando, Quando, Quando" = lyrics by PAT BOONE & ALBERTO TESTA; music by ELIO CESARI
"Ramblin' Rose" = lyrics & music by NOEL SHERMAN & JOE SHERMAN
"Real Live Girl" = lyrics by CAROLYN LEIGH; music by CY COLEMAN. Introduced by SID CAESAR in the musical 'Little Me'
"The Road to Hong Kong" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film 'The Road to Hong Kong'
"The Stripper" = music by DAVID ROSE
"The Sweetest Sounds" = lyrics & music by RICHARD RODGERS from the musical 'No Strings'
"A Swingin' Safari" = music by BERT KAEMPFERT
"Teamwork" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by BING CROSBY, BOB HOPE and JOAN COLLINS in the film 'The Road to Hong Kong'
"Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by HANS CARSTE
"Vacation" = lyrics & music by CONNIE FRANCIS, HANK HUNTER & GARY WESTON
"A Walk In The Black Forest" = music by HORST JANKOWSKI
"Walk on the Wild Side" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by ELMER BERNSTEIN from the film 'Walk on the Wild Side'
"Warmer Than a Whisper" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by DOROTHY LAMOUR in the film 'The Road to Hong Kong'
"What Kind Of Fool Am I?" = lyrics & music by LESLIE BRICUSSE & ANTHONY NEWLEY. Introduced by ANTHONY NEWLEY in the musical 'Stop The World – I Want To Get Off'
"What Now, My Love?" = lyrics by PIERRE DELANOË & CARL SIGMAN; music by GILBERT BÉCAUD
"Wolverton Mountain" = lyrics & music by MERLE KILGORE & CLAUDE KING
Classical Music
GEORGE BARATI
Chamber Concerto
MORLEY CALVERT
Suite from the Montenegrin Hills
GEORGE CRUMB
Five Pieces for piano
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Electronic Study No. 2
Synchronisms No. 1 for flute and electronic sound
Trio for Clarinet, Trumpet, and Viola
DING SHANDE
Long March Symphony
FRANCIS JACKSON
Intrada for Organ, Op 84 no 6
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Stabat Mater
FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Oboe
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 13 B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi-Yar"
EZRA SIMS
Third Quartet
LA MONTE YOUNG
The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer
Opera
MOZART CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Um homem só (tragic opera in one act, libretto by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri)
premiered on November 29 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
The Importance of Being Earnest
CARLISLE FLOYD
The Passion of Jonathan Wade
MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam
Musical Theatre
ALL-AMERICAN
Broadway production
BLITZ!
(Lionel Bart)
London production
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
(Stephen Sondheim)
Broadway production
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
London production
THE GOLDEN APPLE
Off-Broadway revival of 1954 Broadway production
I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE
Broadway production
LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE
London production
LITTLE ME
Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 17 and ran for 257 performances
NO STRINGS
Broadway production opened at the 54th Street Theater on March 15 and ran for 580 performances
SCAPA
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on March 8 and ran for 44 performances
STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF
(Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)
Broadway production
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Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 23rd August 2011
Last edited: 18th February 2024
