1965 in music

List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1965.

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Events

January 4 – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.
January 12 – Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show includes performances by The New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
January 17 – The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' book Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published.
January 21
*The Animals' show at New York's Apollo Theater is canceled after the U.S. Immigration Department forces the group to leave the theater.
*The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney to begin their Australian tour.
January 23 – "Downtown" hits No. 1 in the US singles chart, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles.
January 24 – The Animals appear a second time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
January 27 – Paul Simon broadcasts on BBC's Five to Ten show, discussing and playing 13 songs, 12 of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only solo album, The Paul Simon Songbook.
February 6 – Donovan performs the first of three performances on the British television program Ready Steady Go! This presents him to a widespread audience for the first time.
February 12 – NME reports The Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon's novel A Talent for Loving. The story is about a horse race that takes place in the old west. The film is never made.
February 19 - Rod Stewart with The Soul Agents perform their first important concert in London club London Borough of Harrow
February 24 – The Beatles begin filming their second film, Help!
March 6 – The Temptations' "My Girl", written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, from Motown Records, reaches number 1.
March 18 – The Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London petrol station. The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order.
March 20 – The 10th Eurovision Song Contest in Naples, Italy, is won by 17-year-old France Gall, representing Luxembourg, with the Serge Gainsbourg-composed "Poupée de cire, poupée de son".
March 21 – The Supremes have their fourth number-one single, "Stop! In the Name of Love", written by Holland–Dozier–Holland.
April – Michael Tippett is invited as guest composer to the music festival in Aspen, Colorado. The visit leads to major changes in his style.
April 11 – The New Musical Express poll winners' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Kinks, the Searchers, Herman's Hermits, The Anita Kerr Singers, The Moody Blues, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, Them, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.
April 13 – The 7th Annual Grammy Awards are held in Beverly Hills. João Gilberto and Stan Getz each win the most awards with four, the latter winning Record of the Year with Astrud Gilberto for the song "The Girl from Ipanema" and the pair collectively winning Album of the Year for Getz/Gilberto. Louis Armstrong's "Hello, Dolly!" wins Song of the Year, while The Beatles win Best New Artist.
April 21 – The Beach Boys appear on Shindig! performing their most recent hit, "Do You Wanna Dance?"
April 26 – The first complete performance of American composer Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4, conducted by Leopold Stokowski with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City, is presented eleven years after the composer's death and around forty years since he last worked on it.
May 5 – Alan Price leaves The Animals, to be replaced temporarily by Mick Gallagher and permanently by Dave Rowberry.
May 6
* Keith Richards and Mick Jagger begin work on "Satisfaction" in their Clearwater, Florida, hotel room. Richards comes up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand new Gibson "Fuzz box".
* The Symphony of the New World, the first racially integrated orchestra in the United States, plays its first concert, under its founding conductor Benjamin Steinberg in Carnegie Hall, New York City.
May 8 – The British Commonwealth comes closer than it ever has, or will, to a clean sweep of the US Hot 100's top 10, lacking only a hit at number 2 instead of "Count Me In" by the American group Gary Lewis & the Playboys.
May 9 – Bob Dylan performs the first of two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, concluding his tour of Europe. Audience members include The Beatles and Donovan.
May 30 – The Animals appear a third time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
June
*Producer Tom Wilson, records a heavy backing band onto the song "The Sound of Silence", without the knowledge of Paul Simon, for release on a 45 rpm single, and the B-side, "We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'". The single will eventually reach number 1 on the [Billboard Hot 100|Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot 100] on New Year's Day 1966.
*The US music press popularize the term "folk rock", which has been in print at least since the November 2, 1963, issue of Billboard magazine, in which "Devil's Waitin'" by the Glencoves was said to have a "wide open folk-rock sound." The term was also used of "Twins" by Kingtones, the Men, and even of Hoyt Axton. People outside the trade begin to take notice of the term in June, 1965.
June 6 – The Supremes have their fifth consecutive number-one single, "Back in My Arms Again", written by H-D-H, from Motown Records.
June 14 – Paul McCartney records "Yesterday".
July 5 – Maria Callas gives her last operatic performance, as Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
July 9 – The release of the Tamil musical film Aayirathil Oruvan marks the end of the composing partnership between T. K. Ramamoorthy and M. S. Viswanathan.
July 25 – Electric Dylan controversy: Bob Dylan, playing a second day at the Newport Folk Festival, is booed for playing an electric set with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joan Baez and Donovan also play sets.
August 6
*The Small Faces release "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", their first single.
*The Beatles release the soundtrack to their second movie Help!
August 14 – The husband-and-wife American pop duo Sonny & Cher earn their first number one hit I Got You Babe. It peaks at that position in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.
August 15 – The Beatles play at Shea Stadium, the first rock concert to be held in a venue of this size. The concert also sets new world records for attendance and for revenue.
August 27 – The Beatles visit Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air. It is the only time the band and the singer meet.
September 30 – Donovan appears on Shindig! in the U.S. and plays Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier".
October 15 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix signs a three-year recording contract with Ed Chaplin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty on records with Curtis Knight. The agreement will later cause continuous litigation problems with Hendrix and other record labels.
October 17 – The Animals appear a fourth time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
October 26 – The Beatles are appointed Members of the British Empire by the Queen. Since it is unusual at this time for popular musicians to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complain and protest.
November 5 – The Who release their iconic single "My Generation" in the UK. This song contains the famous line: "I hope I die before I get old"
November 14 – The Supremes have their sixth number-one record, "I Hear A Symphony", for Motown Records.
November 26 – Arlo Guthrie is arrested in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for the crime of littering, perpetrated the day before in the nearby town of Stockbridge. The resultant events and adventure will be immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant".
December 3
*The Beatles release their album Rubber Soul, along with the double A-sided single "Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out". George Harrison's performance on the sitar on the track "Norwegian Wood" leads to his becoming a pupil of Ravi Shankar.
*The Who release their debut album My Generation.
Undated
*Rockfield Studios becomes the world's first residential recording studio.
*Toho College of Music is established in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.

New bands

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Bands disbanded

Paul & Paula

Albums released

August

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12 éxitos para 2 guitarras flamencas – Paco de Lucía & Ricardo Modrego
Andy Williams' Dear Heart – Andy Williams
A World of Our Own – The Seekers
The Best of Al Hirt – Al Hirt
Buscando Un Amor – Los Freddy's
By Myself – Julie London
Canzoni napoletane classiche – Mario Trevi
Catch Us if You Can – The Dave Clark Five
Celebrations For a Grey Day – Richard Fariña and Mimi Fariña
Chipmunks à Go-Go - Alvin and the Chipmunks
Cliff Richard – Cliff Richard
Concert in the Virgin Islands – Duke Ellington
Country Songs for City Folks – Jerry Lee Lewis
Country Willie – His Own Songs – Willie Nelson
Creation – John Coltrane
Do I Hear a Waltz? – Sergio Franchi, Elizabeth Allen, Original cast
Downtown – Petula Clark
Drive-In Movie Time – Bobby Vinton
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins – Duke Ellington
Ella at Duke's Place – Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
Ella in Hamburg – Ella Fitzgerald
Em Som Maior – Sambrasa Trio
Feeling Good – Julie London
The Fugs First Album – The Fugs
The Gigolo – Lee Morgan
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One – Sun Ra
Houston – Dean Martin
I Ain't Marching Anymore – Phil Ochs
I Know a Place – Petula Clark
In Concert – The Dubliners
Is It Love? – Cilla Black
In The Beginning – The Animals
Introducing Herman's Hermits – Herman's HermitsI'll Make All Your Dreams Come True – Ronnie DoveJovem Guarda – Roberto Carlos
Live at Carnegie Hall – Al Hirt
Live at the Coconut Grove – Sergio Franchi
Live at The Plugged Nickel – Miles Davis
Live at the Regal – B. B. King
L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra
Maria Bethânia – Maria Bethânia
My Kind of Broadway – Frank SinatraOne Kiss for Old Times' Sake – Ronnie Dove
Our Fair Lady – Julie London
Our Shining Hour – Sammy Davis Jr. and Count Basie
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown
Patrick Sky – Patrick Sky
Reencontro com Sambalanço Trio – Sambalanço Trio
The Return of Roger Miller - Roger Miller
Rolando Alarcón y sus canciones – Rolando Alarcón
See What Tomorrow Brings – Peter, Paul & Mary
She's Just My Style – Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Slightly Latin – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
A Song Will Rise – Peter, Paul & Mary
Sounds Like the Searchers – The Searchers
Stan Getz and Bill Evans – Stan Getz and Bill Evans
Storm Warning! – Dick Morrissey Quartet
Take It Easy – The Walker Brothers
That Honey Horn Sound – Al Hirt
That Was the Year That Was – Tom Lehrer
They're Playing Our Song – Al Hirt
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death – John Fahey
That Travelin' Two-Beat – Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
Visor i närheten – Fred Åkerström
¡Viva! Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan
The Wailing Wailers – The Wailers
The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim – Antônio Carlos Jobim
The World's Greatest International Hits – Petula Clark

Billboard Top popular records of 1965

from Billboard's 1966 International Record & Talent Showcase
Billboard's October cutoff eliminated 17% of the 1965 year-end chart data, and prevented another 60 records from completing their full chart runs. The formula also included approximately 50 records from 1964, some of which had enough points to rank in the 1965 chart. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November–December 1964 and November 1965-March 1966, and other Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the 1965 year-end chart.
The completed chart is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1964 and December 1965. Records with chart runs that started in 1964 and ended in 1965, or started in 1965 and ended in 1966, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1965. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1964 or 1966. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.
The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking or units sold by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. on its website. were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the, the and The Book of Golden Discs, but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Release date	CB	Sales	Charts, Awards
1	The Rolling Stones	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	London 9766	May 12, 1965	June 5, 1965	1	4.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 1, Hot 100 No. 1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 214 points, Top Rock Tracks 1965 No. 1, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2006, 4,500,000 sales,
2	The Four Tops	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"	Motown 1076	April 10, 1965	April 23, 1965	3	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 2, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 205 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 1, Hot Soul Singles No. 1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 374 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018
3	The Righteous Brothers	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	Phillies 124	October 21, 1964	December 1964	2	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 3, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 203 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 16, Hot Soul Singles No. 2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 168 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2014
4	Herman's Hermits	"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"	MGM 13341	December 1, 1964	April 1965	6	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 4, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 186 points
5	Petula Clark	"Downtown"	Warner Bros. 5494	October 16, 1964	November 1964	5	3.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 5, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 181 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003
6	The Beatles	"Yesterday"	Capitol 5498	June 1965	September 13, 1965	7	3.80	US Billboard 1965 No. 6, Hot 100 No. 1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks, 180 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1997
7	The Byrds	"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)"	Columbia 4-43424	September 10, 1965	October 1, 1965	31	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 7, Hot 100 No. 1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 180 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
8	Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	MGM 13322	December 1964	March 12, 1965	22	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 8, Hot 100 No. 2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 172 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009
9	The Beatles	Help!	Capitol 5476	April 13, 1965	July 19, 1965	4	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 9, Hot 100 No. 1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 171 points, CashBox 1965 No. 4, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008
10	The Supremes	"Stop! In the Name of Love"	Motown 1135	January 5, 1965	February 8, 1965	19	1.20	US Billboard 1965 No. 8, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 170 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 14, Hot Soul Singles No. 2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 175 points
11	The Beach Boys	"Help Me, Rhonda"	Capitol 5395	February 24, 1965	April 5, 1965	16	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 11, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 160 points
12	The Temptations	"My Girl"	Gordy 7038	November 17, 1964	December 21, 1964	32	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 12, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 158 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 5, Hot Soul Singles No. 1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks, 279 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2017
13	Sonny and Cher	"I Got You Babe"	Atco 45-6359	June 7, 1965	July 9, 1965	8	3.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 13, Hot 100 No. 1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 157 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
14	The Rolling Stones	"Get Off of My Cloud"	London 9792	September 6, 1965	September 25, 1965	9	1.75	US Billboard 1965 No. 14, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 152 points
15	The Supremes	"I Hear a Symphony"	Motown 1135	September 22, 1965	October 6, 1965	17	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 15, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 149 points
16	Gary Lewis and the Playboys	"This Diamond Ring"	Liberty 55756	November 30, 1964	January 1965	10	1.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 16, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 147 points
17	The 4 Seasons featuring The "Sound" of Frankie Valli	Let's Hang On	Philips 40317	July 1965	September 1965	15	1.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 17, Hot 100 No. 3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 146 points
18	Simon and Garfunkel	"The Sound of Silence"	Columbia 4-43396	March 10, 1964 + June 1965	September 13, 1965	11	1.25	US Billboard 1965 No. 18, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 139 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2012
19	The McCoys	"Hang On Sloopy"	Bang 506	May 1965	July 1965	18	1.00	US 1965 No. 19, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 138 points
20	The Byrds	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	Columbia 4-43271	January 20, 1965	April 12, 1965	21	1.25	US Billboard 1965 No. 20, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 136 points
21	Barry McGuire	"Eve Of Destruction"	Dunhill 4009	July 15, 1965	July 26, 1965	25	1.75	US Billboard 1965 No. 21, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks, 132 points
22	The Beatles	Ticket to Ride	Capitol 5407	April 13, 1965	July 19, 1965	14	1.25	US Billboard 1965 No. 22, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 129 points
23	Herman's Hermits	"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"	MGM 13367	December 1, 1964	December 12, 1964	40	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 23, Hot 100 No. 2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 128 points
24	James Brown and the Famous Flames	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	King 6015	May 6, 1965	October 1965	26	1.75	US Billboard 1965 No. 24, Hot 100 No. 3 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 127 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 3, Hot Soul Singles No. 1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks, 295 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2013
25	The Beatles	Eight Days a Week	Capitol 5371	October 18, 1964	February 1965	12	2.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 25, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, 126 points
26	The Beach Boys	"California Girls"	Capitol 5395	February 24, 1965	April 5, 1965	46	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 26, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 124 points
27	Jay and the Americans	"Cara Mia"	United Artists 881	September 22, 1965	October 6, 1965	41	1.50	US Billboard 1965 No. 27, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 124 points
28	Freddie and the Dreamers	"I'm Telling You Now"	Tower 125	August 22, 1963	February 1965	23	1.75	US 1965 No. 28, Hot 100 No. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 123 points
29	Bob Dylan	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Columbia 43346	June 16, 1965	June 28, 1965	35	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 29, Hot 100 No. 2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 122 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Top Rock Tracks 1965 No. 2, from Highway 61 Revisted - Columbia 9189.
30	Roger Miller	"King Of The Road"	Smash 1965	November 1964	January 1965	20	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 30, Hot 100 No. 4 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 122 points, Top Country Singles 1965 No. 6, Country Singles No. 1 for 5 weeks, 22 total weeks, 286 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1965 No. 1, Easy Listening Singles No. 1 for 10 week, 13 total weeks, 339 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2013
31	The Toys	"A Lover's Concerto"	DynoVoice 209	June 1965	August 1965	24	2.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 31, Hot 100 No. 2 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 121 points
32	Len Barry	"1-2-3"	Decca 31827	September 22, 1965	October 6, 1965	30	1.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 32, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 121 points
33	Herman's Hermits	"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"	MGM 13367	February 1, 1965	June 1965	28	1.25	US Billboard 1965 No. 33, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks, 120 points
34	The Supremes	"Back in My Arms Again"	Motown 1135	September 22, 1965	October 6, 1965	36	1.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 34, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 119 points, Top Soul Singles 1965 No. 17, Hot Soul Singles No. 1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 142 points
35	Dave Clark Five	"Over And Over"	Epic 5-10045	September 1965	November 1965	27	1.00	US Billboard 1965 No. 35, Hot 100 No. 1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 118 points

Top Rock Tracks 1965 (unofficial)

Other hits

"Absent Friend" – Ingvar Wixell
"...and Roses and Roses" – Andy Williams
"1–2–3" – Len Barry
"A Change Is Gonna Come" – Sam Cooke
"A Little Bit of Heaven" – Ronnie Dove
"A Must to Avoid" – Herman's Hermits
"A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"A World of Our Own" – The Seekers
"Act Naturally" – The Beatles
"Ain't That Peculiar" – Marvin Gaye
"Aline" – Christophe
"All Day and All of the Night" – The Kinks
"All I Really Want to Do" – Cher
"All I Really Want to Do" – The Byrds
"Al's Place" – Al Hirt
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – The Who
"Arrastão" – Elis Regina
"Arriba en la Cordillera" – Patricio Manns
"[As Tears (Ken Dodd song)|Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]" – Marianne Faithfull
"As Tears Go By" – The Rolling Stones
"Ask the Lonely" – Four Tops
"At The Club" – The Drifters
"Baby Don't Go" – Sonny & Cher
"Baby Please Don't Go" – Them
"Baby the Rain Must Fall" – Glenn Yarbrough
"Back in My Arms Again" – The Supremes
"Barbara Ann" – The Beach Boys
"The Birds and the Bees" – Jewel Akens
"The Boy from New York City" – The Ad Libs
"Bring It On Home to Me" – The Animals
"Buon Natale/Stella d'oriente" – Mario Trevi
"Bye Bye Baby" – The Four Seasons
"California Dreamin'" – The Mamas & the Papas
"California Girls" – The Beach Boys
"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" – Herman's Hermits
"Capri c'est fini" – Hervé Vilard
"Cara Mia" – Jay and the Americans
"The Carnival Is Over" – The Seekers
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" – Sounds Orchestral
"Catch the Wind" – Donovan
"Catch Us If You Can" – The Dave Clark Five
"Cheremshyna" – Dmytro Hnatyuk
"The Clapping Song" – Shirley Ellis
"Come See About Me" – The Supremes
"Concrete and Clay" – Unit 4 + 2
"Count Me In" – Gary Lewis & the Playboys
"Crazy Downtown" – Allan Sherman
"Crying in the Chapel" – Elvis Presley
"Dance, Dance, Dance" – The Beach Boys
"Day Tripper" – The Beatles
"Do the Clam" – Elvis Presley
"Do-Wacka-Do" – Roger Miller
"Do You Believe in Magic" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"Do You Wanna Dance?" – The Beach Boys
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – The Animals
"Don't Mess With Bill" – The Marvelettes
"Down in the Boondocks" – Billy Joe Royal
"Downtown" – Petula Clark
"È frennesia!/'Na catena 'e lacreme" – Mario Trevi
"Ebb Tide" – The Righteous Brothers
"Een meisje van 16" – Boudewijn de Groot
"Eight Days a Week" – The Beatles
"England Swings" – Roger Miller
"Era de maggio/Qui fu Napoli" – Mario Trevi
"Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire
"Everybody Loves a Clown" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Everyone's Gone to the Moon" – Jonathan King
"Evil Hearted You" – The Yardbirds
"Fancy Pants" – Al Hirt
"Ferry Cross The Mersey" – Gerry & the Pacemakers
"Fever" – The McCoys
"Flamenco" – Los Brincos
"Five O'Clock World" -The Vogues
"For Your Love" – The Yardbirds
"Game of Love" – Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
"Get Off of My Cloud" – The Rolling Stones
"Girl Come Running" – The Four Seasons
"Go Now" – The Moody Blues
"Goin' Out of My Head" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
"Going to a Go-Go" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey
"Got to Get You Off My Mind" – Solomon Burke
"Hang on Sloopy" – The McCoys
"Hasta Siempre, Comandante" – Carlos Puebla
"Heart Full of Soul" – The Yardbirds
"Heart of Stone" – The Rolling Stones
"Help Me Rhonda" – The Beach Boys
"Here Comes the Night" – Them
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Mel Carter
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" – Marvin Gaye
"Hurt So Bad" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
"I Can Never Go Home Anymore" – The Shangri-Las
"I Can't Explain" – The Who
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" – Four Tops
"I Do Love You" – Billy Stewart
"I Feel Fine" – The Beatles
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" – James Brown
"I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher
"I Hear a Symphony" – The Supremes
"I Knew You When" – Billy Joe Royal
"I Know a Place" – Petula Clark
"I Like It Like That" – The Dave Clark Five
"I Want Candy" – The Strangeloves
"I'll Be Doggone" – Marvin Gaye
"I'll Never Find Another You" – The Seekers
"I'm a Man" – The Yardbirds
"I'm Afraid They're All Talking About Me"- Dawn
"I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy"- The What Four
"I'm Henry VIII, I Am" – Herman's Hermits
"I'm Telling You Now" – Freddie and the Dreamers
"Iko Iko" – The Dixie Cups
"Il Silenzio" – Nini Rosso – Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza
"The 'In' Crowd" – Dobie Gray
"In the Midnight Hour" – Wilson Pickett
"It Ain't Me Babe" – The Turtles
"It's Gonna Be Fine" – Glenn Yarbrough
"It's Growing" – The Temptations
"It's My Life" – The Animals
"It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones
"It's the Same Old Song" – Four Tops
"I've Got to Be Somebody" – Billy Joe Royal
"Jacky" w.m. Jacques Brel
"Jaan Pehechan Ho" – Mohammed Rafi
"The Jerk" – The Larks
"The Jolly Green Giant" – The Kingsmen
"Just a Little" – The Beau Brummels
"Just a Little Bit Better" – Herman's Hermits
"Just Once In My Life" – The Righteous Brothers
"King of the Road" – Roger Miller
"Kiss Away" – Ronnie Dove
"La Bohème" – Charles Aznavour
"Land of a Thousand Dances" – Cannibal and the Headhunters
"The Last Time" – The Rolling Stones
"Laugh, Laugh" – The Beau Brummels
"Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" – Dickie Lee
"Lemon Tree" – Trini Lopez
"Les Choses de la Maison" – Claude François
"Letkiss"
"Let's Hang On" – The Four Seasons
"Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" – Jay and the Americans
"Liar, Liar" – The Castaways
"Lies – The Knickerbockers
"Like a Rolling Stone" – Bob Dylan
"The Little Girl I Once Knew" – The Beach Boys
"Looking Through the Eyes of Love" – Gene Pitney
"Love Potion#9" – The Searchers
"A Lover's Concerto" – The Toys
"Make the World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold
"Mbraccia a me!/Core furastiero" – Mario Trevi
"Mr. Lonely" – Bobby Vinton
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" – Herman's Hermits
"My Baby" – The Temptations
"My Generation" – The Who
"My Girl" – The Temptations
"My Love" – Petula Clark
"My World Is Empty Without You" – The Supremes
"The Name Game" – Shirley Ellis
"Niente cchiù/'A voce 'e ll'ammore" – Mario Trevi
"Non, à jamais sans toi" – Yovanna
"Nothing but Heartaches" – The Supremes
"Nowhere to Run" – Martha and the Vandellas
"One Kiss for Old Times' Sake" – Ronnie Dove
"Ooo Baby Baby" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Over and Over" – The Dave Clark Five
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – James Brown
"Positively 4th Street" – Bob Dylan
"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" – Andy Williams
"The Race Is On" – Jack Jones
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" – Bert Kaempfert
"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" – Vic Dana
"Remember When (We Made These Memories)" – Wayne Newton
"Rescue Me" – Fontella Bass
"Respect" – Otis Redding
"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – The Newbeats
"Rusty Bells" – Brenda Lee
"Save Your Heart for Me" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Schenk Mir ein Bild von Dir" – Peter Alexander
"Second Hand Rose" – Barbra Streisand
"See My Friends" – The Kinks
"See Saw" – Don Covay
"Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" – Dean Martin
"Set Me Free" – The Kinks
"Sulo e senza 'e te/Catenella" – Mario Trevi
"Seventh Son" – Johnny Rivers
"Sha La La" – Manfred Mann
"Shakin' All Over" – The Guess Who
"She's a Woman" – The Beatles
"She's Just My Style" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Shotgun" – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
"The Silence (Il Silenzio)" – Al Hirt
"Silhouettes" – Herman's Hermits
"Since I Lost My Baby" – The Temptations
"Sitting in the Park" – Billy Stewart
"Some Enchanted Evening" – Jay and the Americans
"Te voglio bene assaje/Dicitencello vuje" – Mario Trevi
"The Sound of Silence" – Simon & Garfunkel
"Spanish Flea" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Stop! In the Name of Love" – The Supremes
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" – Bob Dylan
"Sunday and Me" – Jay and the Americans
"Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" – Lesley Gore
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and The Pearls
"Sweet Talkin' Guy"- The Chiffons
"Take Me Back" – Little Anthony & The Imperials
"Tears" – Ken Dodd
"Tell Her No" – The Zombies
"This Diamond Ring" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Thunderball" – Tom Jones
"Ticket to Ride" – The Beatles
"Till the End of the Day" – The Kinks
"Tired of Waiting for You" – The Kinks
"The Tracks of My Tears" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Treat Her Right" – Roy Head and the Traits
"Truly, Truly True" – Brenda Lee
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" – The Byrds
"Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
"Universal Soldier" – Donovan
"Va t'en, va t'en" – Dick Rivers
"We Can Work It Out" – The Beatles
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" – The Animals
"A Well Respected Man" – The Kinks
"What Have They Done to the Rain" – The Searchers
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" – Jackie DeShannon
"What's New, Pussycat?" – Tom Jones
"With These Hands" – Tom Jones
"Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
"Wonderful World" – Herman's Hermits
"Yes, I'm Ready" – Barbara Mason
"Yes It Is" – The Beatles
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"You Turn Me On" – Ian Whitcomb
"You Were Made for Me" – Freddie and the Dreamers
"You Were On My Mind" – We Five
"You're the One" – The Vogues
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – The Silkie
"You've Got Your Troubles" – The Fortunes
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – The Righteous Brothers
"Zorba the Greek" – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Published popular music

"Call Me" w.m. Tony Hatch
"The Carnival Is Over" w. Tom Springfield
"Do I Hear a Waltz?" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Elizabeth Allen in the musical Do I Hear a Waltz?.
"Girl Talk" w. Bobby Troup m. Neal Hefti from the film Harlow
"Goldfinger" w. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley m. John Barry. Introduced by Shirley Bassey on the soundtrack of the film Goldfinger
"Honey Come Back" w.m. Jimmy Webb
"I Have Confidence" w.m. Richard Rodgers, from the film The Sound of Music
"I Know a Place" w.m. Tony Hatch
"The Impossible Dream" w. Joe Darion m. Mitch Leigh Introduced by Richard Kiley in the musical Man of La Mancha
"Jeannie" w.m. Hugo Montenegro and Buddy Kaye, theme from the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
"Michelle" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
"Moment To Moment" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini from the film Moment to Moment
"On A Clear Day " w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane introduced by John Cullum in the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Performed in the 1970 film version by Yves Montand.
"The Shadow of Your Smile" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Johnny Mandel
"She Touched Me" w. Ira Levin m. Milton Schafer. Introduced by Elliott Gould in the musical Drat! The Cat!
"Somewhere My Love" Paul Francis Webster m. Maurice Jarre from Doctor Zhivago
"Spanish Flea" m. Julius Wechter
"What The World Needs Now Is Love". Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"What's New Pussycat?" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film What's New Pussycat?
"Who Can I Turn To?" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
"A World of Our Own" w.m. Tom Springfield
" Wonderful Day Like Today" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical ''The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd''

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Compositions

Gilbert Biberian – Greek Suite for guitar
Pierre Boulez - Éclat for ensemble
Carlos Chávez – Soli III for bassoon, trumpet, timpani, viola, and orchestra
George Crumb
*Madrigals, Books I for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass
*Madrigals, Books II for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, and percussion
Mario Davidovsky – Inflexions for chamber ensemble
Henri Dutilleux – Résonances for piano
Roberto Gerhard – Concerto for Orchestra
Vittorio Giannini – Symphony no. 5
Wojciech Kilar – Springfield Sonnet for orchestra
Jan Klusák
*Rejdovák for bass clarinet, viola and double bass
*Sonata for String and Wind Instruments
*Fantaisie lyrique
György Ligeti – Requiem for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano solo, mixed Chorus and Orchestra
Henri Pousseur
*Miroir de Votre Faust (Caractères II) for piano with soprano ad libitum
*Jeu de Miroirs de Votre Faust for piano, soprano ad libitum, and two-channel tape
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Mikrophonie II
Eduard Tubin – Sonata for viola and piano

Opera

Jack Beeson – Lizzie Borden, March 25, New York City Opera
Ned Rorem – Miss Julie, November 4, New York City Opera

Film

Burt Bacharach - What's New Pussycat?
John Barry - The Ipcress File
John Barry - Thunderball
Benjamin Frankel - Battle of the Bulge
Ernest Gold - Ship of Fools
Jerry Goldsmith - A Patch of Blue
Ron Goodwin - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago
Henry Mancini - The Great Race
Johnny Mandel - The Sandpiper
Alex North - The Agony and the Ecstasy
Lalo Schifrin - ''The Cincinnati Kid''

[Musical theater]

Baker Street Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 311 performancesCarousel – Broadway revivalCharlie Girl London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 15.Do I Hear A Waltz? – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 220 performancesDrat! The Cat! – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 8 performancesFlora the Red Menace Broadway production opened on May 11 and ran for 87 performances. Starring Liza Minnelli.Half a Sixpence – Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 511 performancesHello, Dolly! – London productionMan of La Mancha – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 2,328 performances. The show won five Tony AwardsOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran for 280 performancesPickwick – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 56 performancesThe Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd – Broadway production opened at the Schubert Theatre and ran for 231 performancesTwang! London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on December 20.

[Musical film]s

Bangaru Panjaram, Telugu musical dramaFunny Things Happen Down Under, Australia/New Zealand co-production starring Olivia Newton-JohnHelp!, directed by Richard Lester, starring The BeatlesInside the Forbidden City, Hong Kong musical opera filmJanwar, Hindi filmMalangi, Pakistani film in Punjabi, with music by Master AbdullahSamba, Brazilian-Spanish co-production starring Sara Montiel, Marc Michel and Fosco GiachettiThe Sound of Music directed by Robert Wise, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher PlummerWaqt, Hindi filmWhen the Boys Meet the Girls, starring Connie Francis

Births

January 4
*Beth Gibbons, English singer-songwriter, British vocalist
*David Glasper, British vocalist Breathe
January 7
*John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter and pianist
*Chris Kempers, German singer
January 9 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer, songwriter and musician
January 12 – Rob Zombie, American musician, filmmaker and screenwriter and heavy metal musician
January 14 – Slick Rick, English rapper
January 15 – Adam Jones, American guitarist and songwriter
January 20
*Greg K.
*Heather Small, British soul singer
January 22
*Steven Adler
*DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
January 25 – Toni Halliday, lead singer and bass guitarist of Curve and Photofitz
January 26 – Siavash Shams, Iranian singer
February 7 – Chris Rock, American comedian, actor and filmmaker
February 9 – Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields
February 12 – Mia Frye, American actress, singer, professional dancer, and dance choreographer
February 15 – Olaf Jeglitza, German singer
February 18 – Dr. Dre, American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
February 20 – Inna Zhelannaya, Russian singer-songwriter
February 25
*Brian Baker of Minor Threat, the Meatmen and Bad Religion
*Maricel Soriano, Filipino actress and television personality
February 27 – Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
March 4
*Andrew Collins, British radio DJ and journalist
*WestBam, German DJ
March 7 – Jean-Pierre Barda, Swedish-Israeli singer
March 12 – Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress
March 18 – Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South African singer
March 23 – Marti Pellow, Scottish vocalist
March 24 – Patrick Scales, British-German electric bass guitar player
April 1 – Robert Steadman, English composer
April 3 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer
April 6 – Black Francis, vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist
April 12 – Pinchers, reggae/dancehall artist
April 15 – Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter and record producer.
April 16 – Martin Lawrence, American actor and comedian
April 18 – Vinnie Moore, guitarist
April 19
*Suge Knight, American record producer
*Natalie Dessay, French soprano
April 23 – Tommy DeCarlo, vocalist
April 25 – Eric Avery
May 3 – Tony Wegas, Austrian singer and actor
May 6 – Maria Doyle-Cuche, Irish singer
May 7 – Chris O'Connor, vocalist and guitarist
May 13 – Tasmin Little, English violinist
May 16 – Krist Novoselic, Croatian-American bassist
May 17 – Trent Reznor, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and film score composer
May 22 – Catie Curtis, American singer-songwriter
May 23 – Simon Gilbert, English drummer
May 28 – Chris Ballew, American rock musician
May 31
*Lisa I'Anson, British DJ
*DJ Casper, American musician
June 5 – Tyler Bates, American musician, music producer, and composer for films, television, and video games
June 7
*Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
*Christine Roque, French singer
June 10
*Joey Santiago
June 12 – Little Louie Vega, American disc jockey, record producer and remixer
June 16 – Darja Švajger, Slovak singer
June 19 – Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer
June 21 – Sonique, English singer, musician and DJ
June 23 – Paul Arthurs, English musician
June 28 – Sonny Strait, American voice actor and singer
June 29 - Tripp Eisen, American Musician
July 4 – Jo Whiley, British radio DJ
July 5 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
July 9
*Frank Bello
*Tom Hingley, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
July 13
*Akina Nakamori, Japanese pop singer
*Eileen Ivers, American fiddler
July 19 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
July 23
*Rob Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*Slash, guitarist
July 28
*Daniela Mercury, Brazilian singer
*Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
*Nick Banks, English drummer
August 6
*Ravi Coltrane, American saxophonist
*Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
August 10 – Toumani Diabaté, Malian kora player
August 12 – Bon Harris, English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist
August 14 – Mark Collins, English guitarist
August 16 – Jari Sillanpää, Finnish singer
August 18 – Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
August 19 – Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor
August 20
*Wise, American rapper
*KRS-One, American rapper
August 26 – Annie Holland, English musician
August 27 – E-Type, Swedish musician songwriter and record producer
August 28 – Shania Twain, Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter and performer
August 29 – Frances Ruffelle, English actress and singer
September 1 – Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
September 3 – Todd Lewis,
September 7 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
September 7 – Paolo Tortiglione, Italian Composer and musicologist
September 9 – Jesús Vázquez, Spanish television presenter
September 11 – Moby, American musician
September 12 – Norwood Fisher, Fishbone
September 13 – Zak Starkey, drummer, son of Ringo Starr
September 16 – Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter
September 23 – Marco Blaauw, trumpeter
September 26 – Cindy Herron, American singer
October 2 – David D'Or, Israeli singer, composer and songwriter
October 8 – C.J. Ramone, bassist
October 14
*Constantine Koukias, Australian composer
*Karyn White, American R&B singer and songwriter
October 18 – Curtis Stigers, American jazz musician and singer
October 20
*Jil Caplan, French singer and songwriter
*Norman Blake, Scottish singer/songwriter
October 22 – John Wesley Harding, singer
October 25 – Luis Jara, Chilean singer, television host and actor
October 26
*Aaron Kwok, Hong Kong singer and actor
*Sakari Oramo, Finnish conductor
October 29 - Peter Timmins, Canadian drummer
October 30 – Gavin Rossdale, English musician
November 2 – Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
November 4
*Pata, Japanese rock guitarist
*Jeff Scott Soto, American musician
*Wayne Static, American rock singer
November 8 – Craig Chester, American actor
November 9 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone
November 10 – Jonas Åkerlund, Swedish music video director and drummer
November 14
*Jeanette Jurado, American singer
*Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, American record producer
November 16 – Magnus Bäcklund, Swedish singer
November 20 – Yoshiki, Japanese composer, pianist, and drummer
November 21
*Björk, Icelandic singer, songwriter, musician, businesswomen, record producer, and DJ
*Gabrielle Glaser
November 18 – Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter
November 22 – Sen Dog
November 24 – Angelika Kirchschlager, Austrian opera singer
November 25 – Tim Armstrong, American singer and musician
November 29 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer and musician
December 5
* Gary Didier Perez, Haitian compas singer
* John Rzeznik, American rock singer
December 8 – Easy Mo Bee, American DJ and record producer
December 12 – Russell Batiste Jr., American funk and R&B drummer
December 13 – Kristiane Backer, German-English television presenter, journalist and author
December 23 – Bobby Schayer, American drummer
December 27 – Salman Khan, Indian actor
December 29 – Dexter Holland, American rock singer
Date unknown
*Kepa Junkera, Basque accordionist and composer
*Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
*Sonja Yelich, New Zealand poet and mother of singer-songwriters, Lorde and Indy Yelich.

Deaths

11 January – Arne Bjørndal, Norwegian hardingfele fiddler, composer and folklorist, 82
January 13 – Leo Funtek, violinist, conductor and arranger, 79
January 14 – Jeanette MacDonald, singer and actress, 61
January 20 – Alan Freed, DJ who first used the phrase Rock and Roll, 43
January 21 – Reino Helismaa, singer-songwriter
February 2 – Charles W. Harrison, ballad singer, 86
February 7 – Viggo Brodersen, pianist and composer, 85
February 14 – Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, conductor and composer, 84
February 15 – Nat King Cole, singer and pianist, 45
February 25 – Leo Sirota, pianist
March 2 – Ján Valašťan Dolinský, composer
March 4 – Asadata Dafora, drummer
March 8 – Tadd Dameron, jazz pianist and composer, 48
March 22 – Harry Tierney, musical theatre composer
March 29 – Zlatko Baloković, violinist, 70
April 7 – David Hellström, songwriter, 81
April 12 – La Belle Otero, dancer and courtesan
April 26 – Michael Bohnen, operatic bass-baritone and actor, 77
May 1 – Spike Jones, comedy musician, 53
May 14 – Joe Sanders, jazz pianist, singer and bandleader, 68
June 18 – George Melachrino, English conductor, singer and composer
July 8 – Willie Dennis, jazz trombonist, 39
July 14 – Spencer Williams, pianist, singer and composer
July 17 – Frank Ryan, tenor, 65
September 4 – Albert Schweitzer, missionary, musician, and author on Bach
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, actress and singer, 42
September 9 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist, 90
September 10 – Bobby Jordan, actor and musician, 42
September 15 – Steve Brown, jazz musician
September 25 – Nikolai Sokoloff, violinist and conductor, 79
October 21 – Bill Black, US musician, 39
October 25 – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor, 77
October 27 – Peter La Farge, folk singer-songwriter, 34
November 6
*Edgard Varèse, French composer, 81
*Clarence Williams, jazz musician and composer, 67
November 18 – Lou Black, banjo player, 64
November 19 – Joe Falcon, Cajun accordionist, 65
November 21
*Cecil Brower, jazz violinist, 50
*Naoum Blinder, violinist and teacher born in Ukraine, 76
November 25 – Dame Myra Hess, pianist, 75
December 3 – Hank D'Amico, jazz and swing musician
December 10 – Henry Cowell, composer
December 11 – Rafael Hernández Marín, composer, 73
December 16 – Tito Schipa, tenor, 76
December 20 – Charlie Burse, blues musician, 64
date unknown – Craig Campbell, operatic tenor, 77