1962 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths
11 Awards
- 11.1 Grammy Awards
- 11.2 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

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, Keith Richards, and Mick Taylor 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 would 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 23 – John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
Decca Records rejects a demo tape of The Beatles. The Tremeloes are signed to the label instead of the Beatles.
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.
Stevie Wonder's musical career begins
Otis Redding's musical career begins
Wilson Pickett's musical career begins
Harry Nilsson's musical career begins
Booker T. & the MG's' musical career begins
Isaac Hayes' musical career begins

Albums released

Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
Le Petit Gonzalès – Dalida
Let's Face the Music – Shirley Bassey
Live At The Apollo – James Brown
Only Love Can Break a Heart – Gene Pitney
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits – Roy Orbison
Crying – Roy Orbison
Sincerely, Brenda Lee – Brenda Lee
Surfer's Choice – Dick Dale's debut LP

Top hits on record

"Peppermint Twist" – Joey Dee & the Starlighters
"The Twist" – Chubby Checker
"Soldier Boy" – The Shirelles
"V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" – Connie Francis
"Hey Baby" – Bruce Channel
"The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva
"Sherry" – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
"Only Love Can Break a Heart" – Gene Pitney
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" – Gene Pitney
"Break It To Me Gently" – Brenda Lee
"All Alone Am I" – Brenda Lee
"He's A Rebel" – The Crystals
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" – Neil Sedaka
"Any Day Now" – Chuck Jackson
"Leah" – Roy Orbison
"Dream Baby" – Roy Orbison
"Fortune Teller" – Bobby Curtola
"Duke Of Earl" – Gene Chandler
"Telstar" – The Tornadoes
"Johnny Angel" – Shelley Fabares
"Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence
"What's Now My Love" – Shirley Bassey
"Old Rivers" – Walter Brennan
"Sheila" – Tommy Roe
"La Leçon de Twist" – Dalida
"Le Petit Gonzalès" – Dalida
"Je l'attends" – Dalida
"Que sont devenues les fleurs?" – Dalida
"Le jour le plus long" – Dalida
"Don't Make Me Over" – Dionne Warwick
"Big Girls Don't Cry" – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
"Love Me Do" – The Beatles
"Adios Amigo" – Jim Reeves
"I'm Gonna Change Everything" – Jim Reeves
"Wolverton Mountain" – Claude King
"The Burning Of Atlanta" – Claude King
"I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
"Let's Twist Again" – Chubby Checker

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 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
"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
"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
"A Walk On The Wild Side" w. Mack David m. Elmer Bernstein from the film A 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 Delanoe & Carl Sigman m. Gilbert Becaud
"Wolverton Mountain" w.m. Merle Kilgore & Claude King

Classical music

George Barati – Chamber Concerto
Morley Calvert – Suite from the Montenegrian Hills
Mario Davidovsky – Electronic Study No. 2
Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms No. 1 for flute and electronic sound
Mario Davidovsky – 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

Opera

Carlisle Floyd – The Passion of Jonathan Wade

Musical theater

All American Broadway production
Blitz! (Lionel Bart) – London production
A Funny 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
Stop The World – I Want To Get Off (Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse) – Broadway production