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'

Contents

1 Events

2 Albums released

3 Top hits on record

4 Published popular songs

11.1 Grammy Awards
11.2 Eurovision Song Contest

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

Please Please Me - The Beatles
With The Beatles - The Beatles
Round About Midnight - Miles Davis
Follow The Boys - Connie Francis
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Charles Mingus
For Your Sweet Love - Ricky Nelson
In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Eux - Dalida

Top hits on record

"Please Please Me" - The Beatles
"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
"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
"Tu Croiras" - Dalida
"Le jour du retour" - Dalida
"Eux" - Dalida
"Walk Like A Man" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
"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
"Who Stole The Keeshka?" - Matys Brothers
"Wonderful Summer" - Robin Ward
"I Only Want to Be With You" - Dusty Springfield
"The Folk Singer" - Tommy Roe
"Guilty" - Jim Reeves
"Is This Me" - Jim Reeves

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. 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