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January 3 – The Beatles begin their first tour of 1963 with a five-day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do ", beginning with a performance in Elgin .[1] January 4 – At Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, Dalida receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on jukeboxes.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 – "Please Please Me " is released in the United Kingdom by the Beatles, with "Ask Me Why " as the B-side .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 achieve their first No. 1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK. Paul Anka marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb.February 22 – The Beatles form Northern Songs Publishing Company.March 5 – 1963 Camden PA-24 crash : 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, together with Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins .March 22 – The Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me March 23 – 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 " .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.May 2 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK singles chart for the second time with "From Me To You ".[2] May 11 – The Beatles album Please Please Me UK Albums Chart .May 15 May 27 – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 's second and most influential studio album , is released by Columbia Records . The lead song, "Blowin' in the Wind ", is released as a single by Peter, Paul and Mary in June and by Dylan himself in August.May 29 – On the 50th anniversary of its stormy première,[3] Pierre Monteux conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in The Rite of Spring Royal Albert Hall , with the composer Stravinsky (81) in the audience.June 7 – The Rolling Stones ' first single, a cover version of the Chuck Berry song "Come On ", is released in the UK and reaches No. 21.August 3 – The Beatles perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool for the final time.August 28 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom . Musical performers include Mahalia Jackson , Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , Peter, Paul and Mary and Marian Anderson .August 30 – Philips introduces the Musicassette at the Berlin Funkaustellung .September 6 – Nippon Crown record label is established as Crown Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Music Entertainment.September 12 – The Beatles reach the UK number one for the third time with the single "She Loves You " (released on 23 August).[2] October 13 – Lesley Gore performs on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. She performs a medley of her smash hits "It's My Party " and "She's a Fool ," which charted at #1 and #5, respectively.October 15 November 30 – After an unbroken 30-week spell at the top of the UK Albums Chart, The Beatles album Please Please Me is knocked off the top of the charts by the group's latest album With the Beatles December 12 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK for the fourth time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand " (released on 29 November).[2] date unknown Bands formed edit Bands disbanded edit Albums released edit Release date unknown edit All Alone Jo Stafford Any Number Can Win Jimmy Smith As Long as She Needs Me Sammy Davis, Jr. Baby, Baby, Baby Jimmy Witherspoon Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio Bill Henderson The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Charles Mingus Broadway, I Love You – Sergio Franchi Bye Bye Birdie – Bobby Rydell (By Popular Demand) More Trini Lopez at PJ's – Trini Lopez Catch a Rising Star John Gary (debut)Checkered Flag Dick Dale The Composer of Desafinado Plays Antonio Carlos Jobim The Concert Sinatra Frank Sinatra Criss-Cross Thelonious Monk Conversations with Myself Bill Evans Dakar Dion Sings "Love Came to Me" – Dion DiMucci Ella Sings Broadway Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook Etta James Top Ten Etta James Eux Dalida Evenin' Blues Jimmy Witherspoon The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan Extension Clare Fischer Folk Session Inside The Country Gentlemen Foolish Little Girl The Shirelles For Your Sweet Love – Ricky Nelson Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey Jo Stafford Greatest Hits – The Shadows The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Bobby Vinton Great Moments from Die Fledermaus – Sergio Franchi , Anna Moffo , Rise Stevens , etc.Have You Heard? – Dick Morrissey QuartetHere's Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Hollywood – My Way Nancy Wilson Honey in the Horn Al Hirt I Am the Greatest Cassius Clay "Indifferentemente " – Mario Trevi "Indifferentemente/Catene d'ammore " – Mario Trevi I Wish Tonight Would Never End George Jones Impressions John Coltrane India's Master Musician Ravi Shankar It's Gonna Work Out Fine Ike & Tina Turner John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Johnny Johnny Mathis Johnny's Newest Hits Johnny Mathis Latin in a Satin Mood Julie London Love Rosemary Clooney Love on the Rocks Julie London Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Charles Mingus Monk's Dream Thelonious Monk My Boyfriend's Back The Angels My Point of View Herbie Hancock My Son, the Nut Allan Sherman Night Train Oscar Peterson TrioOn My Way & Shoutin' Again! Count Basie On the Move – Trini Lopez Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle Oscar Peterson Our Man in New Orleans Al Hirt Page One Joe Henderson Los Relámpagos del Norte – Los Relámpagos del Norte Ramblin' – The New Christy Minstrels Rocks the Blues Ike Turner Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart Rosemary Clooney Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove Sammy Davis, Jr. Say Wonderful Things Patti Page Sinatra's Sinatra Frank Sinatra The Songs I Love Perry Como Sonny Meets Hawk! Sonny Rollins with Coleman Hawkins Surfin' With Bo Diddley – Bo DiddleySurging Ahead Clare Fischer Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime Terry Gibbs The Dream Duet – Anna Moffo and Sergio Franchi These Are the Blues Trini Lopez at PJ's Trini Lopez Vic Damone and Johnny Cole – Vic Damone , Johnny ColeWanderlust Frankie Laine Notable singles edit Published popular songs edit "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 "Anyone Who Had a Heart " w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach "Call Me Irresponsible " w.Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Papa's Delicate Condition "Charade " w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini . From the film of the same name. "Da Doo 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 " Singing Nun "Don't Talk To Him" Cliff 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 . Introduced by Tommy Steele in the London production of the musical Half a Sixpence "Forget Him " w.m. Mark Anthony (a pseudonym of Tony Hatch ) "From Me to You " w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney "From Russia with Love w.m. Lionel Bart "Good Morning, Good Day" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock "Half A Sixpence " w.m. David Heneker "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 "If I Ruled the World " w. Leslie Bricusse m. Cyril Ornadel . Introduced by Harry Secombe in the musical Pickwick "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 "Martian Hop " w.m. Steven Rappaport , John Spirt , Robert Rappaport "Move Over Darling " Hal Kanter "On Broadway " w.m. Cynthia Weil , Barry Mann , Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller "On the Beach" Welch, Marvin, Richard "Our Day Will Come " w.m. Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson "The Pink Panther Theme " w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini "Pretty Paper" Willie Nelson "The Reverend Mr. Black " Billy Edd Wheeler , Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (as Jed Peters) "Ring of Fire " w.m. Merle Kilgore & June Carter "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 "When Joanna Loved Me " w. Robert Wells m. Jack Segal "Will He Like Me?" w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock ; introduced by Barbara Cook in the Broadway production of She Loves Me Anne Rogers in the 1964 London production "Wives And Lovers " w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach "You Were Made for Me " Mitch Murray Other notable songs (world) edit Classical music edit Musical theatre edit Musical films edit January 4 – Till Lindemann , German rock musician (Rammstein )[10] January 13 – Tim Kelly , American rock musician (Slaughter ) (d. 1998)January 15 – Conrad Lant , English singer-songwriter and bass player (Venom and Cronos )January 17 – Kai Hansen , German power metal guitarist and singerJanuary 19 – Caron Wheeler , British singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul )January 26 January 28 – Dan Spitz , American thrash metal guitarist (Anthrax ) and watchmakerJanuary 29 – Octave , Romanian guitarist, songwriter and producerFebruary 2 – Eva Cassidy , American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)February 4 – Noodles , American guitarist (The Offspring )February 8 – Joshua Kadison , American singer-songwriter and pianistFebruary 9 – Travis Tritt , American country singerFebruary 10 February 19 – Seal , British singerFebruary 23 – Tats Lau , Hong Kong musician, songwriter, singer and actorMarch 1 – Dan Michaels , producer, saxophonist , member of the rock band The Choir and The Swirling Eddies , owner of Galaxy21 Music .March 4 March 10 – Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam , Green River )March 11 March 13 – Fito Páez , Argentine musicianMarch 15 – Bret Michaels , rock singer (Poison )March 17 March 18 – Vanessa Williams , American singer and actressMarch 21 – Shawn Lane , American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)March 27 March 30 – Eli-Eri Moura , Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist April 1 – Teddy Diaz , Filipino musician and composer (d. 1988 )April 3 – Criss Oliva , American metal guitarist (Savatage ) (d. 1993 )April 6 – Andrew Weatherall , English disc jockey and remixer (d. 2020 )April 8 – Julian Lennon , singer-songwriter, son of John Lennon April 10 – Warren DeMartini , American rock guitarist (Ratt )April 16 – Jimmy Osmond , American singer[13] April 24 – Tõnu Trubetsky , Estonian rock musician (Vennaskond )May 5 – Prince Ital Joe , reggae singer (d. 2001)May 8 May 9 – Barry Douglas Lamb , English musician, author and preacherMay 12 – Charles Pettigrew , American soul singer (Charles & Eddie ) (d. 2001)May 19 – Yazz , English singerMay 21 – Gilles Apap , violinistJune 4 – Sandeep Bhagwati , Indian classical musician and composerJune 5 – Joe Rudán , Hungarian heavy metal singerJune 7 June 18 – Dizzy Reed , American keyboard player, songwriter and actor (Guns N' Roses , Johnny Crash )June 20 June 25 – George Michael , English singer and songwriter (d. 2016)June 28 – Tierney Sutton , American singerJune 29 – Anne-Sophie Mutter , German violinistJune 30 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen , guitar performerJuly 7 – Vonda Shepard , singer and musicianJuly 16 – Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English big-beat musicianJuly 17 – Regina Belle , American singer-songwriter and producerJuly 19 – Bertrand Burgalat , French musician, composer and producerJuly 22 – Emily Saliers , American singer-songwriter musician (Indigo Girls )July 23 – Renato Borghetti , folk musician and composerJuly 24 – Larry Rudolph , Britney Spears collaborator and pop music manager/agentJuly 26 – Andy Timmons , American guitarist (Danger Danger )July 28 – Shaunna Hall , American composer and musician (4 Non Blondes and Parliament-Funkadelic )August 1 – Coolio , African American rapper (d. 2022)August 3 August 9 – Whitney Houston , African American singer and actress (d. 2012)August 12 August 19 – Joey Tempest , Swedish rock singer (Europe )August 22 August 26 – Liu Huan , Chinese singerAugust 30 – Paul Oakenfold , British disc jockeyAugust 31 September 1 – Carola Smit , Dutch musicianSeptember 6 – Mark Chesnutt , American country musicianSeptember 7 – Eazy-E , American West Coast rapper and record producer (d. 1995)September 19 – Jarvis Cocker , British musician and singer (Pulp )September 28 – Dan Forden , video game music composer (Mortal Kombat )September 29 October 13 – Kemi Olusanya , English drum-and-bass musician (Kemistry & Storm ) (d. 1999)October 10 – Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer and actressOctober 14 – Alessandro Safina , operatic tenorOctober 20 – John Storgårds , Finnish conductor and violinistOctober 23 – Thomas Di Leva , Swedish singer-songwriterOctober 26 – Natalie Merchant , American indie singer-songwriterOctober 27 – Marla Maples , American actress, musician and television personality.October 30 – Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones )November 1 – Rick Allen , British drummer (Def Leppard )November 2 – Bobby Dall , American rock bassist (Poison )November 12 – Sam Lloyd , American actor and singer (The Blanks )December 9 – Kat Bjelland , American singer, songwriter, musician and guitarist.December 10 – Ole Amund Gjersvik , Norwegian bassist and composerDecember 15 – Helen Slater , American singer, actress and songwriterDecember 24 – Mary Ramsey , American musician, singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs , John & Mary )December 26 – Lars Ulrich , Danish-born heavy metal drummer (Metallica )December 31 – Scott Ian , American thrash metal guitarist (Anthrax )Unknown – Naseer Shamma , Iraqi musician and oud player January 2 – Dick Powell , actor and singer, 58 (lung cancer)January 6 – Lina Abarbanell , German-American soprano, 84January 24 – Otto Harbach , lyricist, 89January 30 – Francis Poulenc , French composer, 64February 19 – Benny Moré , Cuban singer, 43 (cirrhosis of the liver)February 20 – Ferenc Fricsay , conductor, 48 (cancer)March 5 – Patsy Cline , American country/pop singer, 30 (plane crash)March 17 – Lizzie Miles , singer, 67March 28 – Alec Templeton , Welsh composer, 52March 30 – Aleksandr Gauk , Russian conductor and composer, 69March 31 – Harry Akst , US composer and pianist, 68April 9 April 11 – Arvid Gram Paulsen , Norwegian jazz saxophonist and trumpeter, 41April 12 – Herbie Nichols , jazz musician, 44 (leukemia)May 6 – Ted Weems , US bandleader, 61May 10 – Irving Aaronson , bandleader and composer, 68May 24 – Elmore James , American blues guitarist, 45 (heart attack)June 24 – Sybil Evers , mezzo-soprano and actress, 59August 15 – John Powell , pianist, composer and ethnomusicologist, 80August 23 – Glen Gray , American saxophonist and conductor, 63September 3 – Frico Kafenda , Slovak composer, 79September 12 – Modest Altschuler , cellist, conductor and composer, 90September 25 – Alexander Sakharoff , Russian dancer and choreographer, 77October 11 – Édith Piaf , French singing superstar, 47 (liver cancer)October 25 – Roger Désormière , French conductor, 65November 1 – Elsa Maxwell , songwriter, "the hostess with the mostest", 80November 15 – Fritz Reiner , Hungarian conductor, 74November 19 – Carmen Amaya , flamenco dancer and singer, 50November 26 – Amelita Galli-Curci , operatic soprano, 81November 29 – Ernesto Lecuona , Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader, 68December 5 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann , composer, 58 (stomach cancer)December 14 – Dinah Washington , singer, 39December 28 – Paul Hindemith , composer, 68date unknown – Naftule Brandwein , clarinettistGrammy Awards edit Eurovision Song Contest edit Leeds International Piano Competition edit See also edit References edit ^ Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.^ a b c "The U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones" . JPGR: Facts, Feats and Statistics of The Beatles . 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2012 .^ Gustav Linor in Comoedia , May 30, 1913, At the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées: Le Sacre du printemps ^ Radio interview Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Radio Tay AM . Accessed 26 May 2007^ "Top 200 Albums | Billboard 200 chart" . Billboard . Retrieved February 22, 2020 .^ "1960s discography" .^ Peter Heyworth, "Young Conservatives", The Observer (14 July 1963): 27. ^ Schott Music ^ "SHCHEDRIN: Carmen Suite / Concerto for Orchestra" .^ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019" . United Press International Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019 .^ "1963 – Andrew Ridgeley Born" . Rttnews.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2012 .^ "Dave Koz | Artist" . Recording Academy Grammy Awards . Retrieved August 3, 2020 .^ Ralph M. Newman; Norm N. Nite (1974). Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present . T. Y. Crowell Company. p. 360. ^ Field, Anthony; Truman, Greg (July 31, 2018). "How I got my wiggle back : a memoir of healing" . Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley. Retrieved July 31, 2018 – via Trove. External links edit 
