Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1962 in music, other events of 1963, 1964 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Published popular songs 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9.2 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 Whiskey-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 In Dreams - Roy Orbison Follow The Boys - Connie Francis 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 "Pretty Paper" - Roy Orbison "He's So Fine" - The Chiffons "Bo Diddley" - Buddy Holly "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" - Buddy Holly "Surf City" - Jan & Dean "It's My Party" - Leslie 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 "Walk Like A Man" - 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 "Wonderful Summer" - Robin Ward 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 "Dominique"     Soeur Sourire "Don't Talk To Him"     Richard, Welch "Don't You Forget It"     w. Al Stillman m. Henry Mancini "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"     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"     Kanter "On Broadway"     w.m. Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller "On The Beach"     Welch, Marvin, Richard "The Pink Panther"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini "Pretty Paper"     Willie Nelson "Reverend Mr Black"     Billy Edd Wheeler, Jed Peters "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 "The Times They Are A-Changin' "     w.m. Bob Dylan "Viva Las Vegas"     Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman "Washington Square" w.m. Bob Goldstein & David Shire "Wives And Lovers"     w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach "You Were Made For Me"     Murray Musical theater 110 In The Shade     Broadway production At The Drop Of Another Hat     London production The Boys From Syracuse     London production Carnival     London production A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum     London production Half A Sixpence     London production Here's Love     Broadway production How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying     London production Oh! What a Lovely War     London production Oliver     Broadway production On The Town     London production Pickwick     London production She Loves Me     Broadway production Wish You Were Here     London production Musical films Bye Bye Birdie Summer Holiday Births January 4 - Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins January 26 - Jazzie B, Soul II Soul January 26 - Andrew Ridgeley, Wham January 28 - Dan Spitz, Anthrax February 2 - Eva Cassidy February 19 - Seal March 1 - Dan Michaels, The Choir, The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music March 4 - Jason Newsted, Metallica March 10 - Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam March 15 - Bret Michaels, Poison April 8 - Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon June 25 - George Michael June 30 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitar preformer July 22 - Emily Saliers, Indigo Girls August 3 - James Hetfield, Metallica August 12 - Sir Mix-A-Lot August 22 - Tori Amos August 22 - James DeBarge, DeBarge October 26 - Natalie Merchant October 30 - Jerry DeBorg, Jesus Jones November 1 - Rick Allen, Def Leppard November 2 - Bobby Dall, Poison December 26 - Lars Ulrich, Metallica December 31 - Scott Ian, Anthrax Deaths January 6 - Lina Barbanell, German singer and actress March 5 - Patsy Cline, plane crash May 10 - Irving Aaronson, bandleader and composer October 11 - Edith Piaf, French singing superstar November 26 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Operatic soprano Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1963 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1963 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.