4 January:TILL LINDEMANN = German rock musician, member of Rammstein
5 January:GRANT YOUNG = American drummer for Soul Asylum {1984-1995}
13 January:TIM KELLY = American rock musician, member of Slaughter = [died: 1998]
26 January:
TREVOR BERESFORD ROMEO bka JAZZIE B = British DJ, music producer and entrepreneur. He is a founding member of Soul II Soul
ANDREW RIDGELEY = English singer, songwriter and record producer. He was best known in the 1980s as a member of the music duo Wham!
28 January:DAN SPITZ = American musician, member of Anthrax {1983-1995, 2005-2008}
2 February:EVA CASSIDY = American singer and guitarist = [died: 1996]
4 February:KEVIN JOHN WASSERMAN bka NOODLES = American musician, member of The Offspring
9 February:TRAVIS TRITT = American country singer
10 February:TONY RENO = Swedish rock drummer, member of Europe
19 February:SEAL HENRY OLUSEGUN OLUMIDE ADEOLA SAMUEL bka SEAL = English singer and songwriter
1 March:DAN MICHAELS = American producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and also The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music
4 March:
JANEY LEE GRACE = British singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
JASON NEWSTED = American rock bassist
10 March:JEFF AMENT = American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam
15 March:BRET MICHAELS = American singer-songwriter and musician, lead singer of Poison
17 March:
NICK PEROS = Canadian composer
MICHAEL IVINS = American rock bassist, member of The Flaming Lips
18 March:VANESSA WILLIAMS = American actress, singer, and fashion designer
21 March:SHAWN LANE = American guitar virtuoso = [died: 2003]
27 March:DAVE KOZ = American smooth jazz saxophonist
30 March:ELI-ERI MOURA = Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist
6 April:ANDREW WEATHERALL = English disc jockey
8 April:JULIAN LENNON = English musician and photographer, son of John Lennon
10 April:WARREN DeMARTINI = American rock guitarist, member of Ratt
12 April:MICHAEL ENGLISH = American Christian singer
16 April:JIMMY OSMOND = American singer, part of the Osmonds family
18 April:HOWARD BERNSTEIN pka HOWIE B = Scottish musician and producer
5 May:JOE PAQUETTE bka PRINCE ITAL JOE = Dominican-born American reggae singer = [died: 2001]
8 May:ANTHONY FIELD = Australian musician and actor
9 May:BARRY DOUGLAS LAMB = English musician, author, and preacher
21 May:GILLES APAP = French violinist
5 June:JOE RUDÁN = Hungarian heavy metal singer
7 June:ROBERTO ALAGNA = French operatic tenor
13 June:ROBBIE MERRILL = American bass guitar player, best known for his work with the rock band Godsmack
20 June:AMIR DAVIDSON bka AMIR DERAKH = American musician, member of Orgy and Julien-K
25 June:GEORGIOS KYRIACOS PANAYIOTOU pka GEORGE MICHAEL = English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! = [died: 2016]
29 June:ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER = German violinist
30 June:YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN = Swedish guitarist and bandleader
7 July:VONDA SHEPARD = American pop/rock singer, songwriter, and actress
22 July:EMILY SALIERS = American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls
26 July:ANDY TIMMONS = American guitarist
27 July:KARL MUELLER = American rock musician. He was the bass guitarist and a founding member of the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum = [died: 2005]
31 July:NORMAN COOK born QUENTIN LEO COOK aka FATBOY SLIM = English Big Beat musician
1 August:ARTIS LEON IVEY Jr. pka COOLIO = American rapper, chef, actor, and record producer
3 August:
TASMIN ARCHER = English singer
JAMES HETFIELD = American rock singer, member of Metallica
4 August:GARY KING = British disc jockey
9 August:WHITNEY HOUSTON = American singer and actress = [died: 2012]
12 August:ANTHONY RAY bka SIR MIX-A-LOT = American rapper, songwriter and producer
19 August:JOEY TEMPEST = Swedish rock singer, member of Europe
22 August:
TORI AMOS = American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
JAMES DeBARGE = American R&B/Soul singer. He was one of the members of the singing family vocal group DeBarge
26 August:LIU HUAN = Chinese singer
30 August:PAUL OAKENFOLD = British disc jockey
31 August:REB BEACH = American rock guitarist, member of Winger and Whitesnake
1 September:CAROLA SMIT = Dutch musician
6 September:MARK CHESNUTT = American country musician
7 September:EAZY-E = American West Coast rapper and record producer = [died: 1995]
28 September:DAN FORDEN = American sound programmer and music composer, best known for the Mortal Kombat video game
29 September:
LES CLAYPOOL = American rock bassist and singer, member of Primus
O'LANDA DRAPER = American Gospel music artist. He was the founder of the O'Landa Draper and the Associates (gospel choir) = [died: 1998]
13 October:VALERIE OLUKEMI A "KEMI" OLUSANYA bka KEMISTRY = English drum and bass DJ, known for Kemistry & Storm = [died: 1999]
14 October:ALESSANDRO SAFINA = Italian operatic tenor
26 October:NATALIE MERCHANT = American singer-songwriter and musician
1 November:RICK ALLEN = English drummer, member of Def Leppard
24 December:MARY RAMSEY = American musician, singer/songwriter, member of 10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary
26 December:LARS ULRICH = Danish musician, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is best known as the drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica
31 December:SCOTT IAN = American musician, member of Anthrax
Timeline of Musical Events
1 January: The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do"
4 January: At Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, DALIDA receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on juke boxes.
7 January: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.
11 January:
"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.
The Whisky a Go Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, opens.
12 January:BOB DYLAN portrays a folk singer in The Madhouse of Castle Street, a radio play for the BBC in London.
16 February:
The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK
PAUL ANKA marries MARIE-ANN DeZOGHEB
22 February: The Beatles form Northern Songs Publishing Company.
5 March: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.
17 March: The Kinks form.
22 March: The Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me.
23 March: The 8th Eurovision Song Contest is held in two studios at the BBC Television Centre, London. After much confusion regarding the results of the Norwegian jury, Denmark snatches victory from Switzerland after a close run. The Danish husband-and-wife duo Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann take the prize with "Dansevise"
29 April: 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.
15 May: Opening of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia.
7 June: The Rolling Stones first single "Come On" is released in the UK and reaches #21.
3 August: The Beatles perform at The Cavern Club for the final time.
15 October: The Daily Mirror uses the term "Beatlemania" in a news story about the group's concert the previous day at the London Palladium, London
Also in 1963:
DALIDA is rejected by Decca in the UK again.
The Righteous Brothers begin performing together.
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.
Published Popular Songs
"18 Yellow Roses" = by BOBBY DARIN
"Abilene" = lyrics & music by JOHN D. LOUDERMILK, LESTER BROWN, BOB GIBSON, ALBERT STANTON
"All My Loving" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"Another Saturday Night" = lyrics & music by SAM COOKE
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"Call Me Irresponsible" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film 'Papa's Delicate Condition'
"Charade" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HENRY MANCINI. From the film of the same name.
"Da Doo Ron Ron" = lyrics & music by PHIL SPECTOR, ELLIE GREENWICH & JEFF BARRY
"Detroit City" = lyrics & music by MEL TILLIS & DANNY DILL
"Distant Drums" = lyrics & music by CINDY WALKER
"Dominique" = by SINGING NUN
"Don't Talk To Him" = by CLIFF RICHARD, WELCH
"Don't You Forget It" = lyrics by AL STILLMAN; music by HENRY MANCINI
"Every Time I Think About You" = lyrics & music by CLAUDE DEMETRIUS
"Flash! Bang! Wallop!" = lyrics & music by DAVID HENEKER. Introduced by TOMMY STEELE in the London production of the musical 'Half a Sixpence'. Steele also performed the song in the Broadway production in 1965 and the 1967 film version (with modified lyrics).
"Forget Him" = lyrics & music by MARK ANTHONY (a pseudonym of TONY HATCH)
"From Me to You" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"From Russia with Love = lyrics & music by LIONEL BART
"Good Morning, Good Day" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK
"Half A Sixpence" = lyrics & music by DAVID HENEKER
"How Do You Do It?" = lyrics & music by MITCH MURRAY
"I Call Your Name" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"I Like It" = by MITCH MURRAY
"I Saw Her Standing There" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"If I Ruled the World" = lyrics by LESLIE BRICUSSE; music by CYRIL ORNADEL. Introduced by HARRY SECOMBE in the musical 'Pickwick'
"It's My Party" = lyrics & music by HERB WIENER, WALLY GOLD & JOHN GLUCK Jnr
"Kissin' Cousins" = lyrics & music by FRED WISE & RANDY STARR
"Losing You" = English lyrics by CARL SIGMAN; music by JEAN RENARD
"Martian Hop" = lyrics & music by STEVEN RAPPAPORT, JOHN SPIRT, ROBERT RAPPAPORT
"Move Over Darling" = by HAL KANTER
"On Broadway" = lyrics & music by CYNTHIA WEIL, BARRY MANN, JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
"On the Beach" = by WELCH, MARVIN, RICHARD
"Our Day Will Come" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & MORT GARSON
"The Pink Panther Theme" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HENRY MANCINI
"Pretty Paper" = by WILLIE NELSON
"Reverend Mr Black" = by BILLY EDD WHEELER, JED PETERS
"Ring of Fire" = lyrics & music by MERLE KILGORE & JUNE CARTER
"She Loves Me" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by JERRY BOCK. Introduced by DANIEL MASSEY in the musical 'She Loves Me'
"She Loves You" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"Surf City" = lyrics & music by JAN BERRY & BRIAN WILSON
"Surfer Girl" = lyrics & music by BRIAN WILSON
"Talk Back Trembling Lips" = lyrics & music by JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
"This Boy" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" = lyrics & music by BOB DYLAN
"The Ugly Bug Ball" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN, from the film 'Summer Magic'
"Viva Las Vegas" = by DOC POMUS & MORT SHUMAN
"Washington Square" = lyrics & music by BOB GOLDSTEIN & DAVID SHIRE
"When Joanna Loved Me" = lyrics by ROBERT WELLS; music by JACK SEGAL
"Will He Like Me?" = lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK; music by 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" = lyrics by HAL DAVID; music by BURT BACHARACH
"You Were Made For Me" = by MITCH MURRAY
Classical Music
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70, for guitar
FRANCIS POULENC
Sept réépons des téénèbres
GIACINTO SCELSI
String Quartet No. 3
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Abraham and Isaac
WILLIAM WALTON
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra
IANNIS XENAKIS
Eonta
Opera
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
The Mines of Sulphur
CARLISLE FLOYD
The Sojourner and Molly Sinclair
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Our Man in Havana
Musical Theatre
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
CARNIVAL
(Music and Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Michael Stewart)
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on February 8 and ran for 34 performances
OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!
(Music and Lyrics: Various Book: Charles Chilton)
Opened at the Theatre Royal Stratford East on March 19 and transferred to Wyndham's Theatre, London on June 20 for a total run of 501 performances
HALF A SIXPENCE
(Music and Lyrics: David Heneker Book: Douglas Cross)
London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on March 21 and ran for 677 performances
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
(Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstein and Willie Gilbert)
London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on March 28 and ran for 520 performances
ON THE TOWN
(Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics and Book: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
London production opened at the Prince Of Wales Theatre on May 30 and ran for 53 performances
PICKWICK
(Music: Cyril Ornadel Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Book: Wolf Mankowitz)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on July 4 and ran for 694 performances
AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT
(Music and Lyrics: Michael Flanders and Donald Swann)
London revue opened at the Haymarket Theatre on October 2
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
(Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart)
London production opened at the Strand Theatre on October 3 and ran for 762 performances
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
(Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: George Abbott)
London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on November 7 and ran for 100 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 23rd August 2011
Last edited: 18th February 2024