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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1962.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Bands formed

Albums released

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 US 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 US 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 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 US 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 US 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

Published popular music

Other notable songs

Classical music

Premieres

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Cage, John 27′ 10.554” for a percussionist 1962-02-02 Munich, Germany Rockstroh[12]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Momente, first version 1962-05-21 Cologne, Germany (WDR, Musik der Zeit [de]) Arroyo, WDR Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky, Stockhausen.[13]
Britten, Benjamin War Requiem, Op. 65 1962-05-30 Coventry, UK (Coventry Cathedral) Harper, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, CBSO, Melos Ensemble, Davies, Britten
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Klavierstück X 1962-10-10 Palermo, Italy (Terzo Settimano Internazionale Nuova Musica) Rzewski[14]

Compositions

Opera

Jazz

Main article: 1962 in jazz

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Grammy Awards

Ivor Novello Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul. Oxford University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-19-514105-4.
  2. ^ a b c Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-80352-6.
  3. ^ Liner notes to the Rafael Kubelik/Nicolai Gedda/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau DG recording.
  4. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1962". EBU. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Ed Vulliamy (March 18, 2012). "Dylan's debut album 50 years on: the birth of an enigma". The Guardian. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Sounes, Howard (2001). Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan. Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-1686-8.
  7. ^ Marqusee, Mike (2005). Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s. Seven Stories Press. pp. 64ff. ISBN 1-58322-686-9.
  8. ^ Shelton, Robert (2003). No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. Da Capo Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-306-81287-8.
  9. ^ Morin, Alexander J. (2002). Classical Music: The Listener's Companion. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 237. ISBN 0-87930-638-6.
  10. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  11. ^ "American Folk Blues Festival Live In Manchester 1962". Manchester: Piccadilly Records. 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "10000 Things – Notes". MicroFest Records. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  13. ^ Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 252. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-571-17146-0 (pbk).
  14. ^ Herbert Henck [de], Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstück X: Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis serieller Kompositionstechnik: Historie, Theorie, Analyse, Praxis, Dokumentation, second edition, revised and expanded (Cologne: Neuland Musikverlag Herbert Henck, 1980): 5–6.
  15. ^ Jouni Kaipainen (1986). "Paavo Heininen – Composer, Cosmopolitan, Controversialist". Finnish Music Quarterly. 2 (2). Translated by William Moore. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2015 – via composers.musicfinland.fi.
  16. ^ "Fritz Kreisler Dies Here at 86". The New York Times. January 30, 1962. Retrieved July 3, 2013. Fritz Kreisler, the world-famous violinist and composer, died yesterday. He would have been 87 years old on Friday. ...
  17. ^ Amanda Holden (2001). The New Penguin Opera Guide. Penguin. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-14-051475-9.
  18. ^ "Tony Osborne: Composer and arranger who worked with Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland and Eartha Kitt". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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