1962 in music

Events

• January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only. The Beatles are rejected, mainly as they come from Liverpool and the others are Dagenham-based nearer London.
• January 24 – Brian Epstein signs to manage the Beatles.
• February 16 – Conductor Bruno Walter, the day before his death, ends his last letter with: "Despite all the dark experiences of today I am still confident that Palestrina will remain. The work has all the elements of immortality".^[1]
• April 6 – Glenn Gould's performance of Brahms's 1st piano concerto with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic for which Gould used unusually slow tempi, which Bernstein did not favour.
• April 7 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards 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 eventually release the recording of "Tomorrow is a Long Time" from this concert
• Sergio Franchi signed to RCA Red Seal recording contract in London by Norman Luboff. Sol Hurok concert contract signed.
• August 16 – The Beatles fire Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr.
• August 17 – Telstar is released in the UK. The song would eventually be the first song by a British group to ever reach the top spot on the Billboard Top 100, proving to be a precursor to the British Invasion.
• August 23 – John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell.
• October 5 – Release of EMI's first Beatles single, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You", in the United Kingdom.
• October 14 - Sergio Franchi makes American TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show
• October 21 - Sergio Franchi makes Sol Hurok American concert debut at Carnegie Hall (sans microphone)
• Georges Auric becomes director of the Opéra National de Paris.
• André Hodeir's book, Since Debussy, makes controversial claims about the importance of Jean Barraqué as a composer.
• José Manuel Calderón becomes the first Dominican musician to record bachata, at the Radiotelevisión Dominicana studios.
• The Spokane Philharmonic orchestra becomes the Spokane Symphony.
• Dalida is Named Calabrian Citizen of Honour and receives the Radio Monte Carlo Oscar with Johnny Hallyday.
• Paul & Paula make their first appearance together while attending Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas.
• The Mashed Potato was a popular dance craze, with several songs based around the style.
• Lou Harrison visits Taiwan; on his return he forms, with William Colvig, Richard Dee and Lily Chin, the first American ensemble to play traditional Chinese music.

Bands formed

• Booker T. & the MG's
• The Rolling Stones
• The Trashmen

Albums released

• Adam Faith – Adam Faith
• All Aboard the Blue Train – Johnny Cash
• All Alone – Frank Sinatra
• All The Way – Brenda Lee
• Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith – Jimmy Smith
• The Best of Ball, Barber And Bilk – Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, and Acker Bilk
• The Best of Julie – Julie London
• Big Band Percussion – Ted Heath & His Music
• Billy Rose's Jumbo – Doris Day
• Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets – Bobby Vee and The Crickets
• Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan Debut Album
• Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
• Bo Diddley & Company – Bo Diddley
• Bo Diddley's a Twister – Bo Diddley
• Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! – Oscar Peterson
• Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil – Cal Tjader
• Caravan – Art Blakey
• Chuck Berry Twist – Chuck Berry
• Close Up In Swing – Erroll Garner
• Coltrane – John Coltrane
• Come Swing With Me – Frank Sinatra
• Del Shannon – Del Shannon
• Dizzy on the French Riviera – Dizzy Gillespie
• Duet – Doris Day
• Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson – Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Swings Gently with Nelson – Ella Fitzgerald
• The First Family – Vaughn Meader
• For Twisters Only – Chubby Checker
• Full House - Wes Montgomery
• Girls! Girls! Girls! (OST) – Elvis Presley
• Go – Dexter Gordon
• Golden Age of Donegan – Lonnie Donegan
• Great Motion Picture Themes – Various Artists
• Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain – Frank Sinatra
• Hancock – Tony Hancock
• Hits Of The Rockin' 50s – Bobby Vee
• How My Heart Sings – Bill Evans
• Howlin' Wolf – Howlin' Wolf
• Hymns from the Heart – Johnny Cash
• I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett
• India's Most Distinguished Musician in Concert - Ravi Shankar
• Instant Party – Everly Brothers
• It's Trad, Dad! (OST) – Various Artists
• Jerry Lee Lewis Volume 2 – Jerry Lee Lewis
• La Bella Italia Sergio Franchi
• Jorge Cafrune (album) - Jorge Cafrune
• Let's Face the Music – Shirley Bassey with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
• Love Letters – Julie London
• A Million Dollars' Worth Of Twang Volume 2 – Duane Eddy
• Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music – Ray Charles
• Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two – Ray Charles
• Moon Beams – Bill Evans
• The Music Man (OST) – Various Artists
• Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays – Nat King Cole and the George Shearing Quintet
• Night Train – The Oscar Peterson Trio
• On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels – George Mitchell Minstrels
• Out of the Shadows – The Shadows
• A Picture of You – Joe Brown
• Poema de Amor - Elis Regina
• Point of No Return – Frank Sinatra
• Porgy and Bess – Original Soundtrack
• Pot Luck – Elvis Presley
• The Real Ambassadors – Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
• Rock 'N' Roll No.2 – Elvis Presley (re-issue)
• Romantic Italian Songs - Sergio Franchi
• Rhythm Is My Business – Ella Fitzgerald
• S Wonderful 'S Marvellous – Ray Conniff
• Sacred Songs – Harry Secombe
• Sentimentally Yours – Patsy Cline
• Sergio Franchi Sings in Italian - Il Fantastico! - Sergio Franchi
• Shirley Bassey – Shirley Bassey
• Sinatra and Strings – Frank Sinatra
• Sinatra and Swingin' Brass – Frank Sinatra
• Sing Something Simple – Cliff Adams Singers
• Something Warm – Oscar Peterson
• Sophisticated Lady – Julie London
• Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys
• The Golden Voice of Italy - Sergio Franchi
• The Sound of Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash
• Stranger on the Shore – Acker Bilk
• Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee
• Takin' Off – Herbie Hancock
• 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• Time Further Out – Dave Brubeck
• Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall – Tony Bennett
• Tops with Me – Helen Shapiro
• Twangy Guitar – Silky Strings – Duane Eddy
• Twist with Chubby Checker – Chubby Checker
• Twistin' and Twangin' – Duane Eddy
• Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable – Bill Haley & His Comets
• Vamp of the Roaring Twenties – Dorothy Provine
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Ray Conniff
• West Side Story – Original Soundtrack
• West Side Story – Oscar Peterson Trio
• Whispering Hope – Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae
• You'll Never Walk Alone – Doris Day
• The Young Ones – Cliff Richard and The Shadows

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1962.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Elvis Presley	Return to Sender	1962		UK 1 – Nov 1962, Canada 1 – Oct 1962, Norway 1 – Dec 1962, Éire 1 – Dec 1962, Peel list 1 of 1961, US BB 2 – Oct 1962, RYM 6 of 1962, US BB 8 of 1962, POP 8 of 1962, US CashBox 10 of 1963, Germany 15 – Jan 1963, DDD 27 of 1962, Scrobulate 83 of rock & roll, Acclaimed 2154
2	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	1962		UK 1 – Jun 1962, US BB 1 – May 1962, Canada 1 – May 1962, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Dec 1961, Norway 4 – Jul 1962, US CashBox 6 of 1962, DDD 6 of 1962, Germany 8 – Sep 1962, South Africa 11 of 1962, RYM 16 of 1962, US BB 30 of 1962, POP 30 of 1962, Italy 75 of 1963, Scrobulate 80 of r & b, Rolling Stone 161, Acclaimed 507
3	The Tornados	Telstar	1962		UK 1 – Aug 1962, US BB 1 – Nov 1962, Canada 1 – Nov 1962, Éire 1 – Nov 1962, South Africa 1 of 1962, RYM 2 of 1962, Norway 3 – Oct 1962, US CashBox 5 of 1963, Germany 6 – Jan 1963, Australia 8 of 1962, DDD 62 of 1962, Germany 224 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 739
4	Elvis Presley	Can't Help Falling in Love	1962		UK 1 – Feb 1962, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1961, US BB 2 – Dec 1961, US BB 4 of 1962, Canada 4 – Nov 1961, POP 4 of 1962, Australia 5 of 1962, South Africa 5 of 1962, RYM 11 of 1961, DDD 12 of 1961, US CashBox 28 of 1962, Party 33 of 2007, Scrobulate 64 of oldies, Italy 75 of 1962, Rolling Stone 394, WXPN 441, Acclaimed 1361
5	Elvis Presley	Good Luck Charm	1962		UK 1 – May 1962, US BB 1 – Mar 1962, Canada 1 – Mar 1962, Norway 1 – Apr 1962, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Oct 1961, Germany 6 – May 1962, US BB 10 of 1962, South Africa 13 of 1962, POP 17 of 1962, RYM 33 of 1962, US CashBox 42 of 1962, DDD 80 of 1962, Germany 203 of the 1960s

Singles released

• "409" – The Beach Boys
• "A Forever Kind of Love" – Bobby Vee
• "A Little Love a Little Kiss" – Karl Denver
• "A Picture Of You" – Joe Brown
• "Adios Amigo" – Jim Reeves
• "Ain't That Funny" – Jimmy Justice
• "Al Di La" – Emilio Pericoli
• "All Alone Am I" – Brenda Lee
• "Always You and Me" – Russ Conway
• "Another Day, Another Dollar" – Wynn Stewart
• "As You Like It" – Adam Faith
• "Ave Maria" – Shirley Bassey
• "Baby Face" – Bobby Darin
• "Baby Take a Bow" – Adam Faith
• "Ballad of Paladin" – Duane Eddy
• "Because of Love" – Billy Fury
• "Besame Mucho" – Jet Harris
• "Big Man in a Big House" – Leroy Van Dyke
• "Blue Weekend" – Karl Denver
• "Bobby's Girl", recorded by
  • Marcie Blane
  • Susan Maughan
• "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" – Neil Sedaka
• "Can't Help Falling in Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby" – Elvis Presley
• "Cindy's Birthday" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "Close To Cathy" – Mike Clifford
• "Clown Shoes" – Johnny Burnette
• "The Comancheros" – Lonnie Donegan
• "Come Along Please" – Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen
• "Come Outside" – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
• "Conscience" – James Darren
• "The Crowd" – Roy Orbison
• "Cry Myself to Sleep" – Del Shannon
• "Crying in the Rain" – Everly Brothers
• "Cutty Sark" – John Barry Seven
• "D-Darling" – Anthony Newley
• "Dance On – The Shadows
• "Dance With The Guitar Man" – Duane Eddy
• "Dancin' Party" – Chubby Checker
• "Dear One" – Larry Finnegan
• "Deep in the Heart Of Texas" – Duane Eddy
• "Desafinado" – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
• "Devil Woman" – Marty Robbins
• "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" – Connie Francis
• "Don't Ever Change" – The Crickets
• "Don't Stop Twist" – Frankie Vaughan
• "Don't That Beat All" – Adam Faith
• "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?)" – Roy Orbison
• "Drummin' up a Storm" – Sandy Nelson
• "Drums Are My Beat" – Sandy Nelson
• "Duke of Earl" – Gene Chandler
• "End of the World" – Skeeter Davis
• "English Country Garden" – Jimmie Rodgers
• "Ever Since You Said You Goodbye" – Marty Wilde
• "Everybody's Twistin'" – Frank Sinatra
• "Fanlight Fanny" – Clinton Ford
• "Far Away" – Shirley Bassey
• "Follow That Dream (EP)" – Elvis Presley
• "Forget Me Not" – Eden Kane
• "From Me to You" – The Beatles
• "Funny Way Of Laughin'" – Burl Ives
• "Gina" – Johnny Mathis
• "Ginny Come Lately" – Brian Hyland
• "Go Away Little Girl", recorded by:
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Del Shannon
• "Good Luck Charm" – Elvis Presley
• "Goodbye Cruel World" – James Darren
• "Gossip Calypso" – Bernard Cribbins
• "Gotta See Baby Tonight" – Acker Bilk
• "Green Leaves Of Summer" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Green Onions" – Booker T. & the M.G.s
• "Guitar Tango" – The Shadows
• "Half Heaven, Half Heartache" – Gene Pitney
• "He Got What He Wanted" – Little Richard
• "He's a Rebel" – Crystals
• "Her Royal Majesty" – James Darren
• "Here Comes That Feeling" – Brenda Lee
• "Hey! Baby" – Bruce Channel
• "Hey Little Girl" – Del Shannon
• "Hole in the Ground" – Bernard Cribbins
• "How Can I Meet Her?" – Everly Brothers
• "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
• "I Don't Know Why" – Eden Kane
• "I Love You" – The Volumes
• "I Remember You" – Frank Ifield
• "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
• "I'll See You in My Dreams" – Pat Boone
• "I'm Counting on You" – Petula Clark
• "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" – The Ikettes
• "I'm Just a Baby" – Louise Cordet
• "I'm Lookin' Out the Window"/"Do You Want to Dance?" – Cliff Richard/Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "If a Man Answers" – Bobby Darin
• "If Only Tomorrow" – Ronnie Carroll
• "Island of Dreams" – Springfields
• "It Keeps Right on a Hurtin' – Johnny Tillotson
• "It Might As Well Rain Until September" – Carole King
• "It Only Took a Minute" – Joe Brown
• "It Started All Over Again" – Brenda Lee
• "It'll Be Me" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "It's a Raggy Waltz" – Dave Brubeck
• "It's All Over Now" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "The James Bond Theme" – John Barry Orchestra
• "Jeannie" – Danny Williams
• "Jezebel" – Marty Wilde
• "Johnny Angel", recorded by:
  • Shelley Fabares
  • Patti Lynn
• "Johnny Get Angry" – Joanie Sommers
• "King Kong" – Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazzmen
• "King of Clowns" – Neil Sedaka
• "Lana" – The Velvets
• "The Language of Love" – John D. Loudermilk
• "Last Night Was Made for Love" – Billy Fury
• "Lesson One" – Russ Conway
• "Lessons in Love" – Allisons
• "Let's Dance" – Chris Montez
• "Let's Go (Pony)" – The Routers
• "Let's Talk about Love" – Helen Shapiro
• "Letter Full of Tears" – Billy Fury
• "Let There Be Love" – Nat King Cole and George Shearing
• "Like I Do" – Maureen Evans
• "Limbo Rock" – Chubby Checker
• "A Little Bitty Tear" – Burl Ives and Miki & Griff
• "Little Black Book" – Jimmy Dean
• "Little Miss Lonely" – Helen Shapiro
• "Little Red Rented Rowboat" – Joe Dowell
• "The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva
• "Lone Rider" – John Leyton
• "Lonely City" – John Leyton
• "Lonesome" – Adam Faith
• "Lonely" – Acker Bilk
• "Love and Fury" – The Tornados
• "Love Me Warm and Tender" – Paul Anka
• "Love Letters" – Ketty Lester
• "Love Me Do" – The Beatles
• "Love Me Tender" – Richard Chamberlain
• "Lover Please/You Know What I Mean" – The Vernons Girls
• "Lovesick Blues" – Frank Ifield
• "Made to Love (Girls Girls Girls)" – Eddie Hodges
• "The Main Attraction" – Pat Boone
• "Main Title Theme from The Man with the Golden Arm" – Jet Harris
• "Mashed Potato Time" – Dee Dee Sharp
• "March of the Siamese Children" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Me and My Shadow" – Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Must Be Madison" – Joe Loss Orchestra
• "My Love and Devotion" – Matt Monro
• "Never Goodbye" – Karl Denver
• "Next Door to an Angel" – Neil Sedaka
• "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile" – Everly Brothers
• "Norman" – Sue Thompson
• "Nut Rocker" – B. Bumble and the Stingers
• "Oh Lonesome Me" – Craig Douglas
• "Old Rivers" – Walter Brennan
• "Once Upon A Dream" – Billy Fury
• "Onward Christian Soldiers" – Harry Simeone Chorale
• "Orange Blossom Special" – The Spotnicks
• "Our Favourite Melodies" – Craig Douglas
• "Palisades Park" – Freddy Cannon
• "The Party's Over" – Lonnie Donegan
• "The Pay Off" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Peppermint Twist" – Joey Dee and the Starliters
• "Pianissimo" – Ken Dodd
• "Pick A Bale Of Cotton" – Lonnie Donegan
• "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" – Bobby Vee
• "Please Please Me" – The Beatles
• "Puff" – Kenny Lynch
• "Ramblin' Rose" – Nat King Cole
• "Reminiscing" – Buddy Holly
• "Return To Sender" – Elvis Presley
• "Right Said Fred" – Bernard Cribbins
• "Rinky Dink" – Dave "Baby" Cortez
• "Rocket Man" – The Spotnicks
• "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee
• "Roll Over Beethoven" – The Beatles
• "Roses Are Red (My Love)", recorded by:
  • Ronnie Carroll
  • Bobby Vinton
• "Rumours" – Johnny Crawford
• "Sealed with a Kiss" – Brian Hyland
• "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" – Johnny Tillotson
• "Sharing You" – Bobby Vee
• "She Loves You" – The Beatles
• "She's Got You" – Patsy Cline
• "She's Not You" – Elvis Presley
• "Sheila" – Tommy Roe
• "Sherry" – The Four Seasons
• "Shout!, Shout!, Knock Yourself Out" – Ernie Maresca
• "Slow Twistin" – Chubby Checker
• "Smoky Places"- The Corsairs
• "So Do I" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "So This Is Love" – The Castells
• "Softly, as I Leave You" – Matt Monro
• "Soldier Boy" – Shirelles
• "Some People" – Carol Deene
• "Son This Is She" – John Leyton
• "Spanish Harlem" – Jimmy Justice
• "Speak To Me Pretty" – Brenda Lee
• "Speedy Gonzales" – Pat Boone
• "Stranger on the Shore", recorded by:
  • Acker Bilk
  • Andy Williams
• "Sun Arise" – Rolf Harris
• "Surfer's Stomp" – The Marketts
• "Surfin' Safari" – The Beach Boys
• "Susie Darlin'" – Tommy Roe
• "Sweet Little Sixteen" – Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Swinging in the Rain" – Norman Vaughan
• "Swiss Maid" – Del Shannon
• "The Monster Mash" – Bobby "Boris" Pickett
• "Tears" – Danny Williams
• "Tell Me What He Said" – Helen Shapiro
• "Telstar – The Tornados
• "Ten Little Indians" – The Beach Boys
• "That Noise" – Anthony Newley
• "That Stranger Used To Be My Girl" – Trade Martin
• "Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" – Richard Chamberlain
• "Theme from Maigret" – Joe Loss
• "Theme from Z-Cars", recorded by:
  • Johnny Keating
  • Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra
• "Things" – Bobby Darin
• "Tonight" – Shirley Bassey
• "Torture" – Kris Jensen
• "Town Without Pity" – Gene Pitney
• "The Twist" – Chubby Checker
• "Twistin' the Night Away" – Sam Cooke
• "Unsquare Dance" – Dave Brubeck
• "Up on the Roof" – Kenny Lynch
• "Vacation" – Connie Francis
• "Venus in Blue Jeans" – Mark Wynter
• "Village Of Love" – Nathaniel Mayer and The Fabulous Twilights
• "Walk Away" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "Walk On By" – Leroy Van Dyke
• "Walk Right In" – The Rooftop Singers
• "The Wanderer" – Dion
• "Warmed Over Kisses" – Brian Hyland
• "We're Gonna Go Fishin'" – Hank Locklin
• "Welcome Home Baby" – The Brook Brothers
• "Wonderful Land" – The Shadows
• "What A Crazy World We're Living In" – Joe Brown
• "What Kind Of Fool Am I?/Gonna Build A Mountain" – Sammy Davis Jr.
• "What Now My Love" – Shirley Bassey
• "What's Your Name" – Don and Juan
• "When My Little Girl Is Smiling", recorded by:
  • Craig Douglas
  • The Drifters
  • Jimmy Justice
• "Will I What" – Mike Sarne
• "Wimoweh" – Karl Denver
• "Wonderful Land" – The Shadows
• "Wonderful World of the Young" – Danny Williams
• "Ya Ya Twist" – Petula Clark
• "Yes My Darling Daughter" – Eydie Gorme
• "You Don't Know Me" – Ray Charles
• "You'll Lose A Good Thing" – Barbara Lynn
• "The Young Ones" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "Young World" – Ricky Nelson
• "Your Cheatin' Heart" – Ray Charles
• "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night" – Doug Sheldon
• "Your Tender Look" – Joe Brown

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
• "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
• "Little Boxes" w.m. Malvina Reynolds
• "Loads of Love" w.m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Diahann Carroll in the musical No Strings
• "Look No Further" w.m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley in the musical No Strings
• "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
• "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
• "Once Upon a Time" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse. Introduced by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie in the musical All American
• "One Note Samba" w. Jon Hendricks & Newton Mendonca m. Antonio Carlos Jobim
• "Only Love Can Break a Heart" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "Patches" w.and m Barry Mann and Larry Kolber Dickey Lee
• "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
• "Walk on the Wild Side" w. Mack David m. Elmer Bernstein from the film 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 Delanoë & Carl Sigman m. Gilbert Bécaud
• "Wolverton Mountain" w.m. Merle Kilgore & Claude King

Other notable songs

• "Danke Schoen" w. Kurt Schwaback and Milt Gabler m. Bert Kaempfert
• "The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema") w. Vinicius de Moraes m. Antonio Carlos Jobim
• "Quando, Quando, Quando" w. Alberto Testa m. Tony Renis
• "Zwei kleine Italiener" w. George Buschor m. Christian Bruhn

Classical music

• George Barati – Chamber Concerto
• Morley Calvert – Suite from the Montenegrin Hills
• George Crumb – Five Pieces for piano
• Mario Davidovsky
  • Electronic Study No. 2
  • Synchronisms No. 1 for flute and electronic sound
  • 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
• La Monte Young – The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer

Opera

• Mozart Camargo Guarnieri – Um homem só (tragic opera in one act, libretto by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, premiered on November 29 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – The Importance of Being Earnest
• Carlisle Floyd – The Passion of Jonathan Wade
• Michael Tippett – King Priam
• Bruno Maderna - Don Perlimplin (ovvero il Trionfo dell'amore e dell'immaginazione)

Musical theater

• All-American     Broadway production
• Blitz! (Lionel Bart) – London production
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes     London production
• The Golden Apple     Off-Broadway revival of 1954 Broadway production
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale     Broadway production
• Little Mary Sunshine     London production
• Little Me     Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 17 and ran for 257 performances
• No Strings Broadway production opened at the 54th Street Theater on March 15 and ran for 580 performances
• Scapa London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on March 8 and ran for 44 performances
• Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse) – Broadway production

Musical films

• Bees Saal Baad, starring Biswajeet
• Billy Rose's Jumbo released December 6 starring Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd and Martha Raye
• Gypsy starring Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
• The Music Man starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones and Hermione Gingold. Directed by Morton DaCosta.
• The Road to Hong Kong
• State Fair

Births

• January 4
  • Robin Guthrie (The Cocteau Twins)
  • Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
• January 8 – Chris Marion, American musician (Little River Band)
• January 13
  • Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
  • Tony Rebel, reggae/dancehall artist
• January 16 – Paul Webb (Talk Talk)
• January 28 – Leslie Phillips/Sam Phillips, singer
• January 31 – Sophie Muller, British music video director
• February 1 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist (Boøwy)
• February 6 – Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
• February 7
  • David Bryan, keyboardist for the band Bon Jovi
  • Garth Brooks, country singer
• February 10 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica d. 1986
• February 11 – Sheryl Crow, American singer
• February 19 – Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez, singer
• February 21 - Mark Arm (Mudhoney)
• February 22 – Michael Wilton, Queensrÿche
• February 24 – Michelle Shocked, American musician
• March 2 – Jon Bon Jovi, lead singer for the band Bon Jovi
• March 5
  • Craig Reid and Charlie Reid, The Proclaimers
• March 7 – Taylor Dayne, American singer
• March 15 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American-born English singer
• March 17 – Clare Grogan, Scottish actress and singer
• March 24
  • Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
  • Renee Rosnes, Canadian jazz pianist/composer
• March 30 – M.C. Hammer, rapper
• March 31 – Phil Leadbetter, American musician
• April 3 – Mike Ness, Social Distortion
• April 8 – Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses
• April 12 – Art Alexakis, American singer and musician (Everclear)
• April 13 – Hillel Slovak, American rock musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (d. 1988)
• April 16 – Ian MacKaye, lead singer of Minor Threat and Fugazi
• May 9 – David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
• May 12
  • Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion)
  • Erwin Gutawa, Indonesian composer
• May 14
  • Ian Astbury, British rock singer (The Cult)
  • C.C. Deville, American rock guitarist (Poison)
• May 28 – Brandon Cruz, American child actor and musician
• May 31 – Corey Hart
• June 8 – Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
• June 15 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian lyric soprano
• June 16 - Femi Kuti, Nigerian saxophonist
• June 19 – Paula Abdul, pop vocalist
• June 20 – Mark De Gli Antoni, Soul Coughing
• June 21 – Victor Tsoi, Soviet underground singer and songwriter (d. 1990)
• June 22 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
• June 23 – Steve Shelley, American musician (Sonic Youth and Crucifucks)
• June 26 – Andrej Šeban, guitarist
• June 27 – Michael Ball British stage actor and singer
• July 7 – Mark White, Spin Doctors
• July 8 – Joan Osborne, American singer
• July 21 – Lee Aaron, Canadian rock and jazz singer
• July 22 – Steve Albini, guitarist
• July 26 - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish musician
• July 27 – Karl Mueller, Soul Asylum
• August 4 – Paul Reynolds, A Flock of Seagulls
• August 7 – Andrew Glover, omposer
• August 17 – Gilby Clarke, American rock musician (Guns N' Roses)
• August 25 – Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
• October 3 – Tommy Lee, drummer (Mötley Crüe)
• October 12 – Chris Botti, trumpeter
• October 15 – Mark Reznicek (Toadies)
• October 16
  • Flea, Australian actor and rock bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
• October 25 – Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• November 1
  • Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian rock keyboardist (a-ha)
  • Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers
• November 2 – Ron McGovney, American rock bassist (Metallica)
• November 3 – Marilyn, pop vocalist
• November 9 – Steve "Silk" Hurley, house-music producer and club DJ
• November 11
  • Mic Michaeli, Swedish rock keyboardist (Europe)
  • James Morrison, Australian musician
• November 18 – Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica
• November 21 – Steven Curtis Chapman
• November 27
  • Charlie Benante, Anthrax
  • Mike Bordin, Faith No More
• November 28 – Matt Cameron, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam
• December 4 – Vinnie Dombroski, Sponge
• December 5 – José Cura, Argentine tenor
• December 8 – Marty Friedman, Megadeth
• December 28 – Michel Petrucciani, French musician (d. 1999)

Deaths

• January 29 – Fritz Kreisler, violinist, 86
• February 5 – Jacques Ibert, composer, 71
• February 7 – Roy Atwell, American actor, comedian and composer, 83
• February 17 – Bruno Walter, conductor, 85
• February 22 – Attila the Hun, calypso singer, 69
• March 24 – Jean Goldkette, jazz musician, 69
• April 10 – Stuart Sutcliffe, former member of The Beatles, 21 (cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage)
• May 24 - Cloe Elmo, operatic contralto, 52
• May 27 – Egon Petri, pianist, 81
• June 12 – John Ireland, pianist and composer, 82
• June 13 – Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens, conductor, 69
• June 15 – Alfred Cortot, pianist and conductor, 84
• July 11 - René Maison, operatic tenor, 66
• July 12 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, bandleader, 54 (heart attack)
• July 25 – Christie MacDonald, actress and singer, 87
• September 6
  • Hanns Eisler, composer, 64
  • Dermot Troy, lyric tenor, 35 (heart attack)
• October 6 – Solomon Linda, Zulu musician, 53
• November 19 - Clara Clemens, concert contralto and daughter of Mark Twain, 88
• December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, operatic soprano, 67
• December 13 – Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist, 57 (alcohol-related)
• December 22 – Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist, 70
• December 31 - Bella Alten, operatic soprano, 85
• date unknown - Palladam Sanjiva Rao, flautist and Carnatic musician

Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1962

Ivor Novello Awards

See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1962

References