1962 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Singles released
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths
11 Awards

[edit] 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.
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 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
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 an English 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.
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.
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.
Dalida is Named Calabrian Citizen of Honour and receives the Radio Monte Carlo Oscar with Johnny Hallyday.
Otis Redding's musical career begins
Booker T. & the MG's' musical career begins
Isaac Hayes' recording career begins
Paul & Paula's musical career begins
MC Hammer's first album came out

[edit] Albums released

A Million Dollars' Worth Of Twang Volume 2 - Duane Eddy
A Picture Of You - Joe Brown
Adam Faith - Adam Faith
All The Way - Brenda Lee
The Best Of Ball,Barber And Bilk - Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, and Acker Bilk
Big Band Percussion - Ted Heath & His Music
Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets - Bobby Vee and The Crickets
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Close Up In Swing - Erroll Garner
Come Swing With Me - Frank Sinatra
Del Shannon - Del Shannon
The First Family - Vaughn Meader
For Twisters Only - Chubby Checker
Golden Age Of Donegan - Lonnie Donegan
Great Motion Picture Themes - Original Soundtrack
Great Songs From Great Britain - Frank Sinatra
Hancock - Tony Hancock
Hits Of The Rockin' 50s - Bobby Vee
I Remember Tommy - Frank Sinatra
Instant Party - Everly Brothers
It's Trad Dad - Original Soundtrack
Jerry Lee Lewis Volume 2 - Jerry Lee Lewis
Judy At Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland
Let's Face the Music - Shirley Bassey with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles
The Music Man - Original Soundtrack
Nat King Cole Sings And The George Shearing Quintet Plays - Nat King Cole and the George Shearing Quintet
On Stage With The George Mitchell Minstrels - George Mitchell Minstrels
Out of the Shadows - The Shadows
Porgy And Bess - Original Soundtrack
Pot Luck - Elvis Presley
Rock 'N' Roll No.2 - Elvis Presley (re-issue)
S Wonderful 'S Marvellous - Ray Conniff
Sacred Songs - Harry Secombe
Shirley Bassey - Shirley Bassey
Sinatra And Strings - Frank Sinatra
Sinatra With Swinging Brass - Frank Sinatra
Sing Something Simple - Cliff Adams Singers
Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee
32 Minutes And 17 Seconds - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Time Further Out - Dave Brubeck
Tops With Me - Helen Shapiro
Twangy Guitar - Silky Strings - Duane Eddy
Twist With Chubby Checker - Chubby Checker
Twistin' And Twangin' - Duane Eddy
Vamp of the Roaring Twenties - Dorothy Provine
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff
West Side Story - Original Soundtrack

[edit] Singles released

"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
"Always You And Me" - Russ Conway
"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" - Susan Maughan
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka
"Can Can '62" - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
"Can't Help Falling in Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby" - Elvis Presley
"Can't You Hear The Beat Of A Broken Heart" - Iain Gregory
"Cindy's Birthday" - Shane Fenton and the Fentones
"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
"Cryin' 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
"Deep In The Heart Of Texas" - Duane Eddy
"Desafinado" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Desafinado" - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
"Devil Woman" - Marty Robbins
"Do You Want To Dance?/I'm Looking Out The Window" - Cliff Richard
"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" - Roy Orbison
"Drummin' Up A Storm" - Sandy Nelson
"Drums Are My Beat" - Sandy Nelson
"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
"Funny Way Of Laughin'" - Burl Ives
"Ginny Come Lately" - Brian Hyland
"Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence
"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
"Guitar Tango" - The Shadows
"He Got What He Wanted" - Little Richard
"He's A Rebel" - Crystals
"Heartaches" - Patsy Cline
"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 Cried For You" - Ricky Stevens
"I Don't Know Why" - Eden Kane
"I Remember You" - Frank Ifield
"I'll See You In My Dreams" - Pat Boone
"I'm Counting On You" - Petula Clark
"I'm Just A Baby" - Louise Cordet
"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
"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" - Shelley Fabares
"Johnny Angel" - Patti Lynn
"Johnny Get Angry" - Carol Deene
"King Kong" - Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazzmen
"King Of Clowns" - Neil Sedaka
"The Language Of Love" - John D. Loudermilk
"Last Night Was Made For Love" - Billy Fury
"Lesson One" - Russ Conway
"Lessons In Love" - Allisons
"Let There Be Love" - Nat King Cole and George Shearing
"Let's Dance" - Chris Montez
"Let's Talk About Love" - Helen Shapiro
"Let's Twist Again" - Chubby Checker
"Letter Full Of Tears" - Billy Fury
"Like I Do" - Maureen Evans
"Limbo Rock" - Chubby Checker
"Little Bitty Tear" - Burl Ives
"Little Bitty Tear" - Miki & Griff
"Little Black Book" - Jimmy Dean
"Little Miss Lonely" - Helen Shapiro
"The Loco-Motion" - Little Eva
"Lone Rider" - John Leyton
"Lonely City" - John Leyton
"Lonesome" - Adam Faith
"Lonely" - Acker Bilk
"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
"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
"No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile" - Everly Brothers
"Norman" - Carol Deene
"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 Simoeone 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
"Peppermint Twist" - Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks
"Peter and the Wolf" - Clyde Valley Stompers
"Pianissimo" - Ken Dodd
"Pick A Bale Of Cotton" - Lonnie Donegan
"Please Don't Ask About Barbara" - Bobby Vee
"Puff" - Kenny Lynch
"Ramblin' Rose" - Nat King Cole
"Reminiscing" - Buddy Holly
"Return To Sender" - Elvis Presley
"Right Said Fred" - Bernard Cribbins
"Rocket Man" - The Spotnicks
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Ronnie Carroll
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Bobby Vinton
"Sealed With A Kiss" - Brian Hyland
"Send Me The Pillow You Dream On" - Johnny Tillotson
"Sharing You" - Bobby Vee
"She's Not You" - Elvis Presley
"Shelia" - Tommy Roe
"Sherry" - The Four Seasons
"Slow Twistin' - Chubby Checker
"Small Sad Sam" - Phil McLean
"So Do I" - Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
"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" - Acker Bilk
"Stranger On The Shore" - Andy Williams
"Sun Arise" - Rolf Harris
"Susie Darlin'" - Tommy Roe
"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Swinging In The Rain" - Norman Vaughan
"Swiss Maid" - Del Shannon
"Tall Dark Stranger" - Rose Brennan
"Tears" - Danny Williams
"Tell Me What He Said" - Helen Shapiro
"Telstar - The Tornados
"That Noise" - Anthony Newley
"Theme From Dr. Kildare" - Johnnie Spence
"Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" - Richard Chamberlain
"Theme From Maigret" - Joe Loss
"Theme From Z Cars" - Johnny Keating
"Theme From Z Cars" - Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra
"Things" - Bobby Darin
"Tonight" - Shirley Bassey
"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
"Walk Away" - Shane Fenton and the Fentones
"Walk On By" - Leroy Van Dyke
"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
"When My Little Girl Is Smiling" - Craig Douglas
"When My Little Girl Is Smiling" - The Drifters
"When My Little Girl Is Smiling" - Jimmy Justice
"Will I What" - Mike Sarne
"Wimoweh" - Karl Denver
"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
"The Young Ones" - Cliff Richard
"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)

[edit] 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
"Little Boxes" w.m. Malvina Reynolds
"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
"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

[edit] Classical music

George Barati - Chamber Concerto
Morley Calvert - Suite from the Montenegrian 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 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
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

[edit] Musical films

Billy Rose's Jumbo released December 6 starring Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd and Martha Raye.
Blue Hawaii
The Road to Hong Kong
State Fair

[edit] Births

January 4 - Robin Guthrie, The Cocteau Twins
January 5 - Joe Monzo
January 16 - Paul Webb, Talk Talk
January 28 - Leslie Phillips/Sam Phillips, singer
February 1 - Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist (Boøwy)
February 6 - Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses
February 7 - David Bryan, keyboardist for the band 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, lead singer for the band 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 8 - Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses
April 16 - Ian MacKaye, lead singer of Minor Threat and Fugazi
May 9 - David Gahan, Depeche Mode
May 31 - Corey Hart
June 8 - Nick Rhodes, Duran Duran
June 19 - Paula Abdul, pop vocalist
June 20 - Mark De Gli Antoni, Soul Coughing
July 7 - Mark White, Spin Doctors
July 21 - Lee Aaron
July 22 - Steve Albini, guitarist
July 27 - Karl Mueller, Soul Asylum
August 7 - Andrew Glover, Composer
August 25 - Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
October 3 - Tommy Lee, Mötley Crüe
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, Pearl Jam
November 27 - Mike Bordin, Faith No More
December 4 - Vinnie Dombroski, Sponge
December 8 - Marty Friedman, Megadeth

[edit] 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

[edit] Awards

1962 in music

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