1962 in music

Events [ edit | edit the code ]

 * : The Beatles auditioned for Decca.
 * March : Chubby Checker launches twist with Let's Twist Again (after The Twist in 1960).
 * March 19 : Columbia Records debut album of Bob Dylan, entitled Bob Dylan. Oriented folk , it contains mostly adaptations of traditional songs and two original compositions: Talkin 'New York and Song To Woody.
 * October : Publication in Vogue Records, the first record of Françoise Hardy . The following year, he will be awarded the Grand Prix of the disk ' Charles Cros Academy and will receive the trophy on television.
 * September 4 : The Beatles sign a contract with the company Parlophone and record the single Love Me Do (with PS I Love You B side) that climbs seventeenth place in the British hit parade.
 * September 26 : John Coltrane and Duke Ellington recorded their first and only album.
 * October 5 : Output Love Me Do / PS I Love You, first 45 laps of the Beatles .
 * October 24 : Concert of James Brown in New York .
 * October 30 : Françoise Hardy appears on television with the song All the boys and girls during the evening devoted to the results of the referendum on the election of the President of the Republic to the popular vote .
 * December 16 : Creation in Paris Madoror, music Maurice Jarre, choreography by Laurent Petit.
 * Appearance of a new musical style, the ska in Jamaica .
 * The group rock the Rolling Stones was formed in the UK .

Grammy Awards [ edit | edit the code ]
The  ceremony Grammy Awards (USA) took place May 15, 1963 and winners of 1962 in the main categories are:
 * Recording of the Year: I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
 * Album of the Year: The First Family - Vaughn Meader
 * Song of the Year: What Kind Of Fool Am I - Anthony Newley
 * Best New Artist: Robert Goulet

Album of the year [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Coltrane - John Coltrane

English major albums of the year [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
 * Coltrane - John Coltrane
 * Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson - Ella Fitzgerald
 * For Twisters Only - Chubby Checker
 * Instant Party - Everly Brothers
 * Jerry Lee Lewis Volume 2 - Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles
 * Nat King Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays - Nat King Cole and the George Shearing Quintet
 * Out Of The Shadows - The Shadows

Numbers 1 of the year in Billboard [ edit | edit the code ]

 * The Twist - Chubby Checker
 * Peppermint Twist - Part 1 - Joey Dee & The Starliters
 * Duke is Earl - Gene Chandler
 * Hey There! Baby - Bruce Channel
 * Do not Break The Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis
 * Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares
 * Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley
 * Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
 * Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
 * I Can not Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
 * The Stripper - David Rose
 * Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton
 * Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
 * The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
 * Sheila - Tommy Roe
 * Sherry - The Four Seasons
 * Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
 * He's A Rebel - The Crystals
 * Big Girls Do not Cry - The Four Seasons
 * Telstar - The Tornados

Success of the Year in France [ edit | edit the code ]

 * And now - Gilbert Becaud
 * The actors - Charles Aznavour
 * Moonlight in Maubeuge - Bourvil
 * The small Gonzalez - Danyel Gérard and Dalida
 * Best of Richard Anthony - Richard Anthony
 * I can not stop loving you - Ray Charles
 * Chariot - Petula Clark
 * Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy
 * Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! - Claude François
 * What happened to the flowers - Dalida
 * The Longest Day - Dalida

Success of the year in Quebec [ edit | edit the code ]

 * When the film is sad - Michèle Richard
 * Sylvie - Michel Louvain
 * Give me roses - Fernand Gignac
 * Love and lie - Tony Massarelli
 * Large ham - Réal Giguère
 * Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy
 * Locomotion - Sylvie Vartan
 * Sealed With A Kiss - Bryan Hyland
 * Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton
 * Big Girls Do not Cry - The Four Seasons
 * Surfin 'USA - The Beach Boys
 * Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

Births [ edit | edit the code ]

 * 6 February : Axl Rose , lead singer and songwriter of the group rock hard American Guns N 'Roses .
 * April 13 : Hillel Slovak, former guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This? († 25 June 1988 ).
 * May 9 : Dave Gahan, singer and frontman of Depeche Mode .
 * July 18 : Jack Irons, former drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam .
 * August 6 : Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor.
 * August 7 : Bruno Pelletier, Quebec singer.
 * October 16 : Michael Balzary, known as "Flea", bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
 * November  : Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
 * 28 December : Michel Petrucciani, pianist and French composer († 6 January 1999 ).

Death [ edit | edit the code ]

 * June 12 : John Ireland, English composer
 * August 5: Marilyn Monroe, American actress and singer
 * October 22 : Samuil Feinberg, Russian composer and pianist