1962 in music
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See also: 1961 in music, other events of 1962, 1963 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music'
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Events
- January 24 - Brian Epstein signs to manage the Beatles.
- January 24 - Teenage star Danny Peppermint is nearly killed when he receives an electric shock from a microphone stand at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peppermint is rushed to a hospital where he recovers.
- April 7 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Mick Taylor meet Brian Jones at the Ealing Club, a blues club in London
- April 10 - Former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe dies from cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg, Germany.
- April 12 - A recording is made of Bob Dylan's concert at the Town Hall, in New York City by Columbia Records. Columbia would eventually release the recording of "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" from this concert
- August 16 - The Beatles fire Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr.
- August 23 - John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
- Decca Records rejects a demo tape of The Beatles. The Tremeloes are signed to the label instead of the Beatles.
- Release of first Beatles recording: the single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" on October 5 in the United Kingdom.
- The Spokane Philharmonic orchestra becomes the Spokane Symphony.
- Stevie Wonder's musical career begins
- Otis Redding's musical career begins
- Wilson Pickett's musical career begins
- Harry Nilsson's musical career begins
- Booker T. & the MG's' musical career begins
- Isaac Hayes' musical career begins
- Paul & Paula's musical career begins
Albums released
- Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
- Le Petit Gonzalès - Dalida
- Let's Face the Music - Shirley Bassey
- Live At The Apollo - James Brown
- Only Love Can Break a Heart - Gene Pitney
- Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits - Roy Orbison
- Crying - Roy Orbison
- Sincerely, Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee
- Surfer's Choice - Dick Dale's debut LP
Top hits on record
- "Peppermint Twist" - Joey Dee & the Starlighters
- "The Twist" - Chubby Checker
- "Soldier Boy" - The Shirelles
- "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" - Connie Francis
- "Hey Baby" - Bruce Channel
- "The Loco-Motion" - Little Eva
- "Sherry" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- "Only Love Can Break a Heart" - Gene Pitney
- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - Gene Pitney
- "Break It To Me Gently" - Brenda Lee
- "All Alone Am I" - Brenda Lee
- "He's A Rebel" - The Crystals
- "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka
- "Any Day Now" - Chuck Jackson
- "Leah" - Roy Orbison
- "Dream Baby" - Roy Orbison
- "Fortune Teller" - Bobby Curtola
- "Duke Of Earl" - Gene Chandler
- "Telstar" - The Tornadoes
- "Johnny Angel" - Shelley Fabares
- "Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence
- "What's Now My Love" - Shirley Bassey
- "Old Rivers" - Walter Brennan
- "Sheila" - Tommy Roe
- "La Leçon de Twist" - Dalida
- "Le Petit Gonzalès" - Dalida
- "Je l'attends" - Dalida
- "Que sont devenues les fleurs?" - Dalida
- "Le jour le plus long" - Dalida
- "Don't Make Me Over" - Dionne Warwick
- "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- "Love Me Do" - The Beatles
- "Adios Amigo" - Jim Reeves
- "I'm Gonna Change Everything" - Jim Reeves
- "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King
- "The Burning Of Atlanta" - Claude King
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
- "Let's Twist Again" - Chubby Checker
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1962 (USA)
Published popular music
- "Ahab The Arab" w.m. Ray Stevens
- "Blowin' In The Wind" w.m. Bob Dylan
- "Bossa Nova Baby" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "The Boys' Night Out" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Boys' Night Out
- "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" w.m. Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield
- "Call Me Irresponsible" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Papa's Delicate Condition
- "Can't Get Used To Losing You" w.m. Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
- "Can't Help Falling In Love" w.m. Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti & George David Weiss
- "Comedy Tonight" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Danke Schoen" w. Milton Gabler & Kurt Schwabach m. Bert Kaempfert
- "Days of Wine and Roses" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini from the film Days of Wine and Roses
- "Desafinado" w. Newton Mendonca m. Antonio Carlos Jobim
- "Devil Woman" w.m. Marty Robbins
- "Don't Make Me Over" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Dream Baby" w.m. Cindy Walker
- "Everybody Ought To Have A Maid" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" w.m. Ewan MacColl
- "Free" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Go Away, Little Girl" w.m. Gerry Goffin & Carole King
- "Gonna Build A Mountain" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off
- "Have A Dream" w.Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse
- "He's A Rebel" w.m. Gene Pitney
- "Her Royal Majesty" w.m. Gerry Goffin & Carole King
- "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "I'm Calm" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "I'm Not The Marrying Kind" w. Mack David m. Sherman Edwards
- "I've Got Your Number" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman
- "Impossible" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "It's The Only Way To Travel" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the film The Road To Hong Kong
- "Johnny Get Angry" w. Mack David m. Sherman Edwards
- Let's Not Be Sensible w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in the film The Road To Hong Kong
- "Love I Hear" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Lovely" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Make It Easy On Yourself" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "More" w. Marcello Ciorciolini & Norman Newell m. Nino Oliviero & Riz Ortolani from the film Mondo Cane
- "Old Rivers" w.m. Cliff Crofford
- "On The Other Side Of The Tracks" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman from the musical Little Me
- "Once In A Lifetime" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off
- "One Note Samba" w. Jon Hendricks & Newton Mendonca m. Antonio Carlos Jobim
- "Only Love Can Break A Heart" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Pretty Little Picture" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Quando, Quando, Quando" w. Pat Boone & Alberto Testa m. Elio Cesari
- "Ramblin' Rose" w.m. Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman
- "Real Live Girl" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman. Introduced by Sid Caesar in the musical Little Me.
- "The Road To Hong Kong" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film The Road To Hong Kong
- "The Stripper" m. David Rose
- "The Sweetest Sounds" w.m. Richard Rodgers from the musical No Strings
- "A Swingin' Safari" m. Bert Kaempfert
- "Teamwork" w. Sammy Cahn m. 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" w. Charles Tobias m. Hans Carste
- "Vacation" w.m. Connie Francis, Hank Hunter & Gary Weston
- "A Walk In The Black Forest" m. Horst Jankowski
- "A Walk On The Wild Side" w. Mack David m. Elmer Bernstein from the film A Walk On The Wild Side
- "Warmer Than a Whisper" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film The Road To Hong Kong
- "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley. Introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off
- "What Now, My Love?" w. Pierre Delanoe & Carl Sigman m. Gilbert Becaud
- "Wolverton Mountain" w.m. Merle Kilgore & Claude King
Classical music
- George Barati - Chamber Concerto
- Morley Calvert - Suite from the Montenegrian Hills
- Mario Davidovsky - Electronic Study No. 2
- Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 1 for flute and electronic sound
- Mario Davidovsky - 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
Opera
- Carlisle Floyd - The Passion of Jonathan Wade
Musical theater
- All American Broadway production
- Blitz! (Lionel Bart) - London production
- A Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes London production
- The Golden Apple Broadway revival
- I Can Get It For You Wholesale Broadway production
- Little Mary Sunshine London production
- Little Me Broadway production
- No Strings Broadway production opened at the 54th Street Theatre on March 15 and ran for 580 performances
- Stop The World - I Want To Get Off (Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse) - Broadway production
Musical films
Births
- January 16 - Paul Webb, Talk Talk
- January 28 - Leslie Phillips/Sam Phillips, singer
- February 6 - Axl Rose, Guns N'Roses
- February 7 - David Bryan, Bon Jovi
- February 7 - Garth Brooks, country singer
- February 11 - Sheryl Crow, American singer
- February 19 - Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez, singer
- February 22 - Michael Wilton, Queensrÿche
- March 2 - Jon Bon Jovi
- March 5 - Craig Reid, The Proclaimers
- March 5 - Charlie Reid, The Proclaimers
- March 7 - Taylor Dayne
- March 30 - M.C. Hammer
- April 3 - Mike Ness, Social Distortion
- April 16 - Ian MacKaye, lead singer of Minor Threat and Fugazi
- May 9 - David Gahan, Depeche Mode
- May 28 - Roland Gift, Fine Young Cannibals
- May 31 - Corey Hart
- June 8 - Nick Rhodes, Duran Duran
- June 19 - Paula Abdul, pop vocalist
- July 7 - Mark White, Spin Doctors
- July 21 - Lee Aaron
- July 22 - Steve Albini, guitarist
- July 27 - Karl Mueller, Soul Asylum
- August 25 - Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
- October 15 - Mark Reznicek, Toadies
- October 16 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
- October 25 - Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- November 1 - Antony Kiedis, lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers
- November 3 - Marilyn, pop vocalist
- November 18 - Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica
- November 21 - Steven Curtis Chapman
- November 27 - Charlie Benante, Anthrax
- November 28 - Matt Cameron, Soundgarden
- November 27 - Mike Bordin, Faith No More
- December 4 - Vinnie Dombroski, Sponge
- December 8 - Marty Friedman, Megadeth
Deaths
- January 29 - Fritz Kreisler
- February 5 - Jacques Ibert, composer
- February 17 - Bruno Walter, conductor
- February 22 - Attila the Hun, calypso singer
- March 24 - Jean Goldkette, jazz musician
- April 10 - Stuart Sutcliffe, former member of The Beatles, cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage
- May 27 - Egon Petri, pianist
- June 12 - John Ireland, composer
- June 13 - Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens, conductor
- June 15 - Alfred Cortot, pianist and conductor
- July 12 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, bandleader
- July 25 - Christie MacDonald, actress and singer
- September 6 - Hanns Eisler, composer
- December 7 - Kirsten Flagstad
- December 13 - Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist
- December 22 - Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist