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((short description|Overview of the events of 1963 in music))
((Use mdy dates|date=August 2011))
((more citations needed section|date=October 2014))
((YYYY music|1963))
((Year nav topic5|1963|music|radio|television|film))
((Year box))
[[File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan.jpg|right|thumb|[[Joan Baez]] and [[Bob Dylan]] perform at 1963's [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1963.

==Specific locations==
*[[1963 in British music]]
*[[1963 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1963 in country music]]
*[[1963 in jazz]]

==Events==
* [[January 3]] – [[The Beatles]] begin their first tour of 1963 with a five-day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "[[Love Me Do]]", beginning with a performance in [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]].<ref>[http://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/01/03/live-two-red-shoes-ballroom-elgin-scotland/ Live: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Scotland] www.beatlesbible.com, accessed 310 March 2013.</ref>
*[[January 4]] – At [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] in Italy, [[Dalida]] receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on jukeboxes.
*[[January 7]] – [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] files a $100,000 lawsuit against [[Chubby Checker]], claiming that Checker stole "[[Quarter to Three]]" and turned it into "[[Dancin' Party]]." The lawsuit is later settled out of court.
*[[January 11]] – "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" is released in the United Kingdom by the Beatles, with "[[Ask Me Why]]" as the [[B-side]].
*[[January 12]] – [[Bob Dylan]] portrays a folk singer in ''The Madhouse of Castle Street'', a radio play for the [[BBC]] in London.
*[[February 16]]
**The Beatles achieve their first No. 1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK.
**[[Paul Anka]] marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb.
*[[February 22]] – The Beatles form [[Northern Songs]] Publishing Company.
*[[March 5]] – [[1963 Camden PA-24 crash]]: [[Patsy Cline]] is killed in small plane crash near [[Camden, Tennessee]], while on her way to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], from [[Kansas City, Missouri]], at the height of her career, together with [[Cowboy Copas]] and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]].
*[[March 22]] – The Beatles release their first album, ''[[Please Please Me]]'', in the UK.
*[[March 23]] – The 8th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1963|Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in two studios at the [[BBC Television Centre]], London. After much confusion regarding the results of the Norwegian jury, [[Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest|Denmark]] snatches victory from [[Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Switzerland]] after a close run. The Danish husband-and-wife duo [[Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann]] take the prize with ''"[[Dansevise]]"''.
*[[April 29]] – 19-year-old [[Andrew Loog Oldham]] signs a contract with [[the Rolling Stones]], becoming their manager. Oldham had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London.
*[[May 2]] – The Beatles reach number one in the UK singles chart for the second time with "[[From Me To You]]".<ref name="jpgr.co.uk">((cite web|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html|title=The U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones|work=JPGR: Facts, Feats and Statistics of The Beatles|year=2009|access-date=2012-03-30))</ref>
*[[May 11]] – The Beatles album ''[[Please Please Me]]'' goes to the top of the [[UK Albums Chart]].
*[[May 15]]
**Opening of the [[National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia]].
**The [[5th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Frank Sinatra]]. [[Tony Bennett]] and [[Igor Stravinsky]] each win the most awards with three, with the former winning [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] for his song "[[I Left My Heart in San Francisco]]". [[Vaughn Meader]]'s ''[[The First Family (album)|The First Family]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Anthony Newley]] and [[Leslie Bricusse]]'s "[[What Kind of Fool Am I?]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Robert Goulet]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[May 27]] – ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'', singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]]'s second and most influential [[studio album]], is released by [[Columbia Records]]. The lead song, "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]", is released as a single by [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] in June and by Dylan himself in August.
*[[May 29]] – On the 50th anniversary of its stormy première,<ref>Gustav Linor in ''Comoedia'', May 30, 1913, ''At the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées: Le Sacre du printemps''</ref> 88-year-old [[Pierre Monteux]] conducts the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] in ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], with the composer [[Stravinsky]] (81) in the audience.
*[[June 7]] – [[The Rolling Stones]]' first single, a [[cover version]] of the [[Chuck Berry]] song "[[Come On (Chuck Berry song)|Come On]]", is released in the UK and reaches No. 21.
*[[August 3]] – The Beatles perform at [[The Cavern Club]] in [[Liverpool]] for the final time.
*[[August 28]] – [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]. Musical performers include [[Mahalia Jackson]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] and [[Marian Anderson]].
*[[August 30]] – [[Philips]] introduces the [[Musicassette]] at the [[IFA Berlin|Berlin Funkaustellung]].
*[[September 6]] – [[Nippon Crown]] record label is established as Crown Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Music Entertainment.
*[[September 12]] – The Beatles reach the UK number one for the third time with the single "[[She Loves You]]" (released on 23 August).<ref name="jpgr.co.uk"/>
*[[October 13]] – [[Lesley Gore]] performs on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' for the first time. She performs a medley of her smash hits "[[It's My Party (Lesley Gore song)|It's My Party]]" and "[[She's a Fool]]," which charted at #1 and #5, respectively.
*[[October 15]]
**British newspaper ''[[The Daily Mirror]]'' uses the term "[[Beatlemania]]" in a news story about the group's concert the previous day in [[Cheltenham]]; a Scottish music promoter later claims to have originated the term a week earlier.<ref name="RadioTayInterview">[http://www.andilothian.com/downloads/AndiTayAM.mp3 Radio interview] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330205550/http://www.andilothian.com/downloads/AndiTayAM.mp3 |date=March 30, 2012 )), ''Radio Tay AM''. Accessed 26 May 2007</ref>
**[[Berliner Philharmonie]] concert hall opens.
*[[November 30]] – After an unbroken 30-week spell at the top of the UK Albums Chart, The Beatles album ''Please Please Me'' is knocked off the top of the charts by the group's latest album ''[[With the Beatles]]'' (released on 22 November).
*[[December 12]] – The Beatles reach number one in the UK for the fourth time with "[[I Want To Hold Your Hand]]" (released on 29 November).<ref name="jpgr.co.uk"/>
*date unknown
**[[Dalida]] is rejected by Decca in the UK again.
**[[Don Buchla]] begins to design an electronic music [[synthesizer]] in [[Berkeley, California]].
**[[Coxsone Dodd]] opens the first black-owned recording studio in Jamaica, named [[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]].
**[[Lord Shorty]]'s "Cloak and Dagger" is widely considered the first [[Soca music|soca]] recording.
**[[I Nyoman Rembang]] leaves the Surakarta Conservatorium to teach at the College of Music SMKI in [[Bali]].

==Bands formed==
((Div col))
*[[Aeolian Singers]]
*[[All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir]]
*[[Ambassadors of Harmony]]
*[[Anaheim Kingsmen Drum and Bugle Corps]]
*[[The Angels (American group)]]
*[[The Artwoods]]
*[[Baby Huey & the Babysitters]]
*[[The Back Porch Majority]]
*[[The Bats (South African band)]]
*[[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]]
*[[Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (Minnesota)]]
*[[Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers]]
*[[Bombay Sisters]]
*[[The Brothers-in-Law]]
*[[Bryn Mawr Mainliners]]
*[[Butch Engle & the Styx]]
*[[Camerata Bern]]
*[[Carlton Showband]]
*[[Chicago Brass Quintet]]
*[[The Clefs]]
*[[The Clique (1960s UK band)]]
*[[Crni Biseri]]
*[[The Cryin' Shames]]
*[[Daltoni]]
*[[David and the Giants]]
*[[The Deakins]]
*[[Downliners Sect]]
*[[Edmonton Strutters Drum and Bugle Corps]]
*[[El Camino Youth Symphony]]
*[[The Enthusiasts]]
*[[The Escorts (Liverpool band)]]
*[[Europa Cantat]]
*[[Exile (American band)]]
*[[Fairies (British band)]]
*[[The Flames]]
*[[The Fortunes]]
*[[The Fourmost]]
*[[Inez and Charlie Foxx]]
*[[Framus Five]]
*[[Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra]]
*[[Freddie and the Dreamers]]
*[[The Fugs]]
*[[The Gants]]
*[[The Geezinslaw Brothers]]
*[[The Gentrys]]
*[[Gilbert and Sullivan for All]]
*[[Hedgehoppers Anonymous]]
*[[Hep Stars]]
*[[The Hideaways (band)|The Hideaways]]
*[[Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra]]
*[[The Honeycombs]]
*[[Irish Chamber Orchestra]]
*[[The Irish Rovers]]
*[[The Kinks]]
*[[Kyiv Chamber Orchestra]]
*[[The Leaves]]
*[[The Liverbirds]]
*[[Livermore-Amador Symphony]]
*[[Liverpool Five]]
*[[Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps]]
*[[Manfred Mann]]
*[[Marek i Wacek]]
*[[The Marionettes Chorale]]
*[[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
*[[The Master Singers]]
*[[The Mindbenders]]
*[[The Moments (English band)]]
*[[Johnny and Jonie Mosby]]
*[[Mountain City Four]]
*[[Neighb'rhood Childr'n]]
*[[New Birth (band)]]
*[[New York Youth Symphony]]
*[[Orchestra Ethiopia]]
*[[The Outcasts (Texas band)]]
*[[Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano]]
*[[The Poets]]
*[[The Pretty Things]]
*[[The Pussycats]]
*[[The Rockin' Vickers]]
*[[The Rokes]]
*[[Samonikli]]
*[[The Scorpions (Manchester band)]]
*[[Sfinx (band)|Sfinx]]
*[[The Shanes (Swedish band)|The Shanes]]
*[[The Shangri-Las]]
*[[Slam Creepers]]
*[[The Sorrows]]
*[[South Carolina Philharmonic]]
*[[The Spencer Davis Group]]
*[[The Squires]]
*[[Stanford Band]]
*[[Stanford Mendicants]]
*[[The Syndicats]]
*[[Tages (band)|Tages]]
*[[Teddy and The Pandas]]
*[[The Three Degrees]]
*[[TPAO Batman]]
*[[Trendsetters Limited]]
*[[Tulsa Youth Symphony]]
*[[Unbelievable Uglies]]
*[[Unit 4 + 2]]
*[[University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers]]
*[[The V.I.P.'s (band)|The V.I.P.'s]]
*[[Valley Concert Chorale]]
*[[Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps]]
*[[The Wilde Flowers]]
*[[The Wolfe Tones]]
*[[The Yardbirds]]
((div col end))

==Bands disbanded==
*[[The Springfields]]

==Albums released==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in January 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|1
| ''[[Peace in the Valley (Jo Stafford album)|Peace in the Valley]]'' || [[Jo Stafford]] and [[Gordon MacRae]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|7
| ''[[Blood, Sweat and Tears (album)|Blood, Sweat and Tears]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|14
| ''[[Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style]]'' || [[Dean Martin]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|15
| ''[[Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary album)|Moving]]'' || [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|18
| ''[[Summer Holiday (album)|Summer Holiday]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]] || Soundtrack
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="10" |
| ''[[Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann|Do the Bossa Nova]]'' || [[Herbie Mann]] with [[Baden Powell de Aquino|Baden Powell]] and [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]] ||
|-
| ''[[Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins]]'' || [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Coleman Hawkins]] ||
|- 
| ''[[Let's Go! With The Routers]]'' || [[The Routers]] ||
|-
| ''[[My Son, the Celebrity]]'' || [[Allan Sherman]] ||
|-
| ''[[Our Man Down South]]'' || [[Eddy Arnold]] ||
|-
| ''[[Patti Page on Stage]]'' || [[Patti Page]] || Live
|-
| ''[[This Is My Story]]'' || [[Dinah Washington]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull]]'' || [[The Ventures]] ||
|-
| ''[[Walk Right In]]'' || [[The Rooftop Singers]] || Featuring [[Walk Right In|hit title track]]
|-
| ''[[Winners]]'' || [[Steve Lawrence]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in February 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|11
| ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (Doris Day and Robert Goulet album)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' || [[Doris Day]] and [[Robert Goulet]] || Soundtrack
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |18
| ''[[All Alone Am I (album)|All Alone Am I]]'' || [[Brenda Lee]] ||
|-
| ''[[I Wanna Be Around...]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|20
| ''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack to 1962 film
|-
!scope="row"|25
| ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|27
| ''[[Follow the Boys (1963 film)|Follow the Boys]]'' || [[Connie Francis]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|28
| ''[[The Fabulous Miracles]]'' || [[The Miracles]] ||
|-
! rowspan="13" scope="row" |
| ''[[Back to the Blues (Dinah Washington album)|Back to the Blues]]'' || [[Dinah Washington]] ||
|-
| ''[[Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others]]'' || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||
|- 
| ''[[Caravan (Art Blakey album)|Caravan]]'' || [[Art Blakey]] ||
|-
| ''Days of Wine and Roses'' || [[Pat Boone]] ||
|-
|''[[Don't Play Me Cheap]]''
|[[Ike & Tina Turner]]
|
|-
| ''[[Duke Ellington & John Coltrane]]'' || [[Duke Ellington]] and [[John Coltrane]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Happy Beat]]'' || [[Ray Conniff]] ||
|-
| ''[[He's a Rebel]]'' || [[The Crystals]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jimmie Rodgers in Folk Concert]]'' || [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Just Turn Me Loose!]]'' || [[George Maharis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Soul (Sam Cooke album)|Mr. Soul]]'' || [[Sam Cooke]] ||
|-
| ''[[People Will Say We're In Love]]'' || [[Steve Lawrence]] ||
|-
|[[My Baby Loves to Swing]]
|[[Vic Damone]]
|
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in March 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|20
| ''[[I Could Go On Singing]]'' || [[Judy Garland]] || Soundtrack
|-
!scope="row"|22
| ''[[Please Please Me]]'' || [[The Beatles]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|25
| ''[[Surfin' U.S.A. (album)|Surfin' U.S.A.]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="6" |
| ''[[Broadway – My Way]]'' || [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] ||
|-
| ''[[College Standards]]'' || [[The Lettermen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gene Pitney Sings Just for You]]'' || [[Gene Pitney]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Kingston Trio No. 16]]'' || [[The Kingston Trio]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ruby Baby]]'' || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] ||
|-
| ''[[Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World]]'' || [[Skeeter Davis]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in April 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|10
| ''[[It Happened at the World's Fair (album)|It Happened at the World's Fair]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack
|-
!scope="row"|22-24
| ''[[Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again|Dean (Tex) Martin Rides Again]]'' || [[Dean Martin]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="12" |
| ''[[Presenting Dionne Warwick]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||
|-
| ''Affinity'' || [[Oscar Peterson|Oscar Peterson Trio]] ||
|-
| ''[[Afro-Bossa]]'' || [[Duke Ellington]] ||
|-
| ''Baby Workout'' || [[Jackie Wilson]] ||
|-
| ''Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax'' || [[Boots Randolph]] || featuring [[Yakety Sax|hit title track]]
|-
| ''Dion Sings to Sandy (and all his other gals)'' || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] ||
|-
| ''Hobo Flats'' || [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]] ||
|-
| ''Living It Up!'' || [[Bert Kaempfert]] ||
|-
| ''Meets the Ventures'' || [[Bobby Vee]] ||
|-
| ''Surfing'' || [[The Ventures]] ||
|-
|''[[Jazz Samba Encore!]]''
|[[Stan Getz]] & [[Luiz Bonfá]]
|
|-
|''[[Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests]]''
|[[Andy Williams]]
|Charted at #1 in the US Billboard.<ref>((Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums ((!)) Billboard 200 chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-02-22))</ref>
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in May 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"|21
| ''[[Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy]]'' || [[Paul Gonsalves]] ||
|-
| ''[[Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder|Little Stevie Wonder]] || Live
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |27
| ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||
|-
|[[For Your Sweet Love]]
|[[Ricky Nelson]]
|
|-
!scope="row"|31
| ''[[The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage]]'' || [[The Miracles]] || Live
|-
! rowspan="10" scope="row" |
|''[[Dynamite (Ike & Tina Turner album)|Dynamite]]''
|Ike & Tina Turner
|
|-
| ''[[The End of the World (Julie London album)|The End of the World]]'' || [[Julie London]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfing]]'' || [[Jan and Dean]] ||
|-
| ''[[Little Town Flirt]]'' || [[Del Shannon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Live at the Apollo (1963 album)|Live at the Apollo]]'' || [[James Brown]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Long Long Ago]]'' || [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sound of Mann]]'' || [[Herbie Mann]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Ventures Play the Country Classics]]'' || [[The Ventures]] ||
|-
| ''[[Where Did Everyone Go?]]'' || [[Nat King Cole]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in June 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|10
| ''[[The Patsy Cline Story]]'' || [[Patsy Cline]] || Compilation
|-
!scope="row"|17
| ''[[Still (Bill Anderson album)|Still]]'' || [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|28
| ''[[Come and Get These Memories (album)|Come and Get These Memories]]'' || [[Martha and the Vandellas]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="10" |
| ''[[Blue & Sentimental]]'' || [[Ike Quebec]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cliff's Hit Album]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||
|-
| ''[[Everybody's Favorite]]'' || [[Jimmy Dean]] ||
|-
| ''[[I'll Cry if I Want To]]'' || [[Lesley Gore]] ||
|-
|''[[It's Gonna Work Out Fine (album)|It's Gonna Work Out Fine]]'' 
|[[Ike & Tina Turner]]
|
|-
| ''[[It's You or No One]]'' || [[Bobby Darin]] ||
|-
| ''[[King of the Surf Guitar]]'' || [[Dick Dale]] ||
|-
| ''[[Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Star Spangled Banne]]r'' || [[Pat Boone]] ||
|-
| ''[[Uniquely Mancini]]'' || [[Henry Mancini]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in July 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row" |15
| ''[[Seven Steps to Heaven]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="10" |
| ''[[18 Yellow Roses]]'' || [[Bobby Darin]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cannonball's Bossa Nova]]'' || [[Cannonball Adderley]] ||
|-
| ''[[Earthy!]]'' || [[Bobby Darin]] ||
|-
| ''Faithfully Yours'' || [[Eddy Arnold]] ||
|-
| ''[[Greatest American Waltzes]]'' || [[Connie Francis]] ||
|-
| ''[[In Dreams (Roy Orbison album)|In Dreams]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul]]'' || [[Ray Charles]] ||
|-
| ''[[So Much in Love]]'' || [[The Tymes]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sunny Side!]]'' || [[The Kingston Trio]] ||
|-
| ''[[Wipe Out (album)|Wipe Out]]'' || [[The Surfaris]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in August 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|6
| ''[[Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || Compilation
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |12
| ''[[Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Compilation<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.keithflynn.com/recording-sessions/discography_1960.html|title=1960s discography))</ref>
|-
| ''[[Laughing on the Outside]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="11" |
| ''[[Blue on Blue (Bobby Vinton album)|Blue on Blue]]'' || [[Bobby Vinton]] || re-titled ''Blue Velvet''
|-
| ''[[Cattle Call (album)|Cattle Call]]'' || [[Eddy Arnold]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chuck Berry on Stage]]'' || [[Chuck Berry]] || Live
|-
| ''[["Detroit City" and Other Hits by Bobby Bare]]'' || [[Bobby Bare]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Let's Go!'' || [[The Ventures]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Lettermen in Concert]]'' || [[The Lettermen]] || Live
|-
| ''"[[Mala Femmena" and Connie's Big Hits for Italy]]'' || [[Connie Francis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Night Beat (Sam Cooke album)|Night Beat]]'' || [[Sam Cooke]] ||
|-
| ''[[Prisoner of Love (James Brown album)|Prisoner of Love]]'' || [[James Brown]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||
|-
|[[Trini Lopez at PJ's|''Trini Lopez At PJ's'']]
|[[Trini Lopez]]
|
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in September 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|9
| ''[[Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] || Live
|-
!scope="row"|12
| ''[[..."Let Me Sing"]]'' || [[Brenda Lee]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|16
| ''[[Surfer Girl]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|30
| ''[[Heat Wave (Martha and the Vandellas album)|Heat Wave]]'' || [[Martha and the Vandellas]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" |
| ''[[The Best of Jean Shepard]]'' || [[Jean Shepard]] ||
|-
| ''[[Dinah '63]]'' || [[Dinah Washington]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ella and Basie!]]'' || [[Ella Fitzgerald]] ||
|-
| ''[[Painted, Tainted Rose]]'' || [[Al Martino]] ||
|-
| ''[[When in Spain]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in October 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|4
| ''[[Sounds of Christmas]]'' || [[Johnny Mathis]] || Christmas
|-
!scope="row"|7
| ''[[Little Deuce Coupe]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|14
| ''[[The Andy Williams Christmas Album]]'' || [[Andy Williams]] || Christmas
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="7" |
| ''[[Blue Gene (Gene Pitney album)|Blue Gene]]'' || [[Gene Pitney]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cloudy with Occasional Tears]]'' || [[Skeeter Davis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Deep Purple]]'' || [[Nino Tempo & April Stevens]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gerry and the Pacemakers discography|How Do You Like It?]]'' || [[Gerry & the Pacemakers]] || UK
|-
| ''[[In the Wind]]'' || [[Peter, Paul & Mary]] ||
|-
| ''[[Herbie Mann Live at Newport|Live at Newport]]'' || [[Herbie Mann]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Wonderful World of Julie London]]'' || [[Julie London]] ||
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in November 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!scope="row"|11
| ''[[The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey]]'' ||[[The Miracles]] ||
|-
!scope="row"|15
| ''[[Fun in Acapulco (album)|Fun in Acapulco]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack
|-
!scope="row"|18
| ''[[Romantically]]'' || [[Johnny Mathis]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2" |22
| ''[[A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector]]'' || [[Phil Spector]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[With the Beatles]]'' || [[The Beatles]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" |
| ''[[The Christmas Spirit]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Golden Folk Hits]]'' || [[Bobby Darin]] ||
|-
| ''[[Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lesley Gore Sings Songs of Mixed-Up Hearts]]'' || [[Lesley Gore]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Story of Christmas]]'' || [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] || Christmas
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Albums released in December 1963
!scope="col"|Day
!scope="col"|Album
!scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
!9
|[[Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963 album)|Rick Nelson Sings for You]]
|[[Ricky Nelson]]
|
|-
!scope="row"|16
| ''[[Love Him (album)|Love Him]]'' || [[Doris Day]] ||
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" |
| ''[[The Kingsmen in Person|In Person]]'' || [[The Kingsmen]] ||
|-
| ''[[With a Song in My Heart (Stevie Wonder album)|With a Song in My Heart]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||
|-
| ''[[In the Summer of His Years (album)|In the Summer of His Years]]'' || [[Connie Francis]] ||
|-
| ''[[Time to Think (The Kingston Trio album)|Time to Think]]'' || [[The Kingston Trio]] ||
|-
| ''[[Volume 2 (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album)|Volume 2]]'' || [[Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass]] ||
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
((Div col|colwidth=30em))
*''[[All Alone (Jo Stafford album)|All Alone]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
*''[[Any Number Can Win (album)|Any Number Can Win]]'' – [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]
*''[[As Long as She Needs Me (album)|As Long as She Needs Me]]'' – [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] 
*''[[Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon album)|Baby, Baby, Baby]]'' – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
*''[[Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio]]'' – [[Bill Henderson (actor)|Bill Henderson]]
*''[[The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady]]'' – [[Charles Mingus]]
*''Broadway, I Love You'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''Bye Bye Birdie'' – [[Bobby Rydell]]
*''(By Popular Demand) More Trini Lopez at PJ's'' – [[Trini Lopez]]
*''[[Catch a Rising Star (album)|''Catch a Rising Star'']]'' – [[John Gary]] (debut)
*''[[Checkered Flag (album)|Checkered Flag]]'' – [[Dick Dale]]
*''[[The Composer of Desafinado Plays]]'' – [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]]
*''[[The Concert Sinatra]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]] 
*''[[Criss-Cross (album)|Criss-Cross]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
*''[[Conversations with Myself (album)|Conversations with Myself]]'' – [[Bill Evans]]
*''[[Dakar (album)|Dakar]]'' – John Coltrane
*''Dion Sings "Love Came to Me"'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[Ella Sings Broadway]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald
*''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald
*''[[Etta James Top Ten]]'' – [[Etta James]]
*''[[Eux]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Evenin' Blues]]'' – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
*''[[The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan]]'' – [[Sarah Vaughan]]
*''[[Extension (Clare Fischer album)|Extension]]'' – [[Clare Fischer]]
*''[[Folk Session Inside]]'' – [[The Country Gentlemen]]
*''[[Foolish Little Girl]]'' – [[The Shirelles]] 
*''For Your Sweet Love'' – [[Ricky Nelson]]
*''[[Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey]]'' – [[Jo Stafford]]
*''Greatest Hits'' – [[The Shadows]] 
*''[[The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups]]'' – [[Bobby Vinton]] 
*''Great Moments from Die Fledermaus'' – [[Sergio Franchi]], [[Anna Moffo]], [[Rise Stevens]], etc.
*''Have You Heard?'' – [[Dick Morrissey]] Quartet
*''[[Here's Willie Nelson]]'' – [[Willie Nelson]]
*''[[Hollywood – My Way]]'' – [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] 
*''[[Honey in the Horn (album)|Honey in the Horn]]'' – [[Al Hirt]]
*''[[I Am the Greatest (Cassius Clay album)|I Am the Greatest]]'' – [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]]
*"[[:it:Indifferentemente|Indifferentemente]]" – [[Mario Trevi]]
*"[[:it:Indifferentemente/Catene d'ammore|Indifferentemente/Catene d'ammore]]" – [[Mario Trevi]]
*''[[I Wish Tonight Would Never End]]'' – [[George Jones]]
*''[[Impressions (John Coltrane album)|Impressions]]'' – [[John Coltrane]] 
*''[[India's Master Musician]]'' – [[Ravi Shankar]]
*''[[It's Gonna Work Out Fine (album)|It's Gonna Work Out Fine]]'' – [[Ike & Tina Turner]] 
*''[[John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman]]'' – [[John Coltrane]] and [[Johnny Hartman]]
*''[[Johnny (Johnny Mathis album)|Johnny]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]] 
*''[[Johnny's Newest Hits]]'' – [[Johnny Mathis]] 
*''[[Latin in a Satin Mood]]'' – [[Julie London]]
*''[[Love (Rosemary Clooney album)|Love]]'' – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*''[[Love on the Rocks (album)|Love on the Rocks]]'' – [[Julie London]]
*''[[Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)|Midnight Blue]]'' – [[Kenny Burrell]]
*''[[Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus]]'' – [[Charles Mingus]] 
*''[[Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk album)|Monk's Dream]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
*''[[My Boyfriend's Back (album)|My Boyfriend's Back]]'' – [[The Angels (American group)|The Angels]]
*''[[My Point of View]]'' – [[Herbie Hancock]]
*''[[My Son, the Nut]]'' – [[Allan Sherman]]
*''[[Night Train (Oscar Peterson album)|Night Train]]'' – The [[Oscar Peterson]] Trio
*''[[On My Way & Shoutin' Again!]]'' – [[Count Basie]] 
*''On the Move'' – [[Trini Lopez]]
*''[[Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''[[Our Man in New Orleans]]'' – [[Al Hirt]]
*''[[Page One (Joe Henderson album)|Page One]]'' – [[Joe Henderson]]
*''Los Relámpagos del Norte'' – [[Los Relámpagos del Norte]]
*''Ramblin''' – [[The New Christy Minstrels]]
*''[[Rocks the Blues]]'' – [[Ike Turner]]
*''[[Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart]]'' – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
*''[[Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove]]'' – [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]]
*''[[Say Wonderful Things (album)|Say Wonderful Things]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
*''[[Sinatra's Sinatra]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]] 
*''[[The Songs I Love (album)|The Songs I Love]]'' – [[Perry Como]] 
*''[[Sonny Meets Hawk!]]'' – [[Sonny Rollins]] with [[Coleman Hawkins]] 
*''Surfin' With Bo Diddley'' – Bo Diddley
*''[[Surging Ahead]]'' – [[Clare Fischer]]
*''[[Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime]]'' – [[Terry Gibbs]]
*''The Dream Duet'' – [[Anna Moffo]] and [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''[[These Are the Blues]]'' – Ella Fitzgerald
*''[[Trini Lopez at PJ's]]'' – [[Trini Lopez]]
*''Vic Damone and Johnny Cole'' – [[Vic Damone]], Johnny Cole 
*''[[Wanderlust (Frankie Laine album)|Wanderlust]]'' – [[Frankie Laine]] 
((div col end))

==Notable singles==
((columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[Alone at Last (song)|Alone at Last]]" – [[Jackie Wilson]]
*"[[Another Saturday Night]]" – [[Sam Cooke]]
*"[[Ashita ga Arusa]]" – [[Kyu Sakamoto]]
*"[[As Usual]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Atlantis (instrumental)|Atlantis]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Bad to Me]]" – [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|the Dakotas]]
*"[[Be True to Your School]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[Birdland (Chubby Checker song)|Birdland]]" - [[Chubby Checker]]
*"[[Blowin' in the Wind]]" – [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]
*"[[Blue Bayou]]" – [[Roy Orbison]]
*"[[Blue on Blue (song)|Blue on Blue]]" – [[Bobby Vinton]]
*"[[Blue Velvet (song)|Blue Velvet]]" – Bobby Vinton
*"[[Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley song)|Bo Diddley]]"  –  [[Buddy Holly]]
*"[[Brown Eyed Handsome Man]]" –  Buddy Holly
*"[[Busted (Johnny Cash song)|Busted]]" –  [[Ray Charles]]
*"[[Can't Get Used to Losing You]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Charms (Bobby Vee song)|Charms]]" – [[Bobby Vee]]
*"[[Come On (Chuck Berry song)|Come On]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Cry Baby (Garnet Mimms song)|Cry Baby]]" – Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters
*"[[Da Doo Ron Ron]]" – [[The Crystals]]
*"[[Daisy Petal Pickin']]" – [[The Fireballs|Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs]]
*"[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]" – Andy Williams
*"[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" – [[Nino Tempo & April Stevens]]
*"[[Denise (song)|Denise]]" – Randy and The Rainbows
*"[[Diamonds (instrumental)|Diamonds]]" – [[Jet Harris]] and [[Tony Meehan]]
*"[[Dominique]]" – [[Soeur Sourire]] ([[The Singing Nun]])
*"[[Don't Think Twice, It's All Right]]" – [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]
*"[[Donna the Prima Donna]]" – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]
*"[[Do You Want to Know a Secret|Do You Want to Know a Secret?]]" – [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|the Dakotas]]
*"[[Drip Drop (Leiber and Stoller song)|Drip Drop]]" – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]
*"[[Everybody (Tommy Roe song)|Everybody]]" – [[Tommy Roe]]
*"[[The Folk Singer (Tommy Roe song)|The Folk Singer]]" – [[Tommy Roe]]
*"[[Foolish Little Girl (song)|Foolish Little Girl]]" – [[The Shirelles]]
*"[[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)#Rick_Nelson_recording|Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
*"[[Foot Tapper]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[From a Jack to a King]]" – [[Ned Miller]]
*"[[From Me to You]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[The Grass Is Greener (song)|The Grass Is Greener]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)]]" – [[Allan Sherman]]
*"[[He's So Fine]]" – [[The Chiffons]]
*"[[Hooka Tooka]]" - [[Chubby Checker]]
*"[[Hopeless (Andy Williams song)|Hopeless]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Hotel Happiness]]" – [[Brook Benton]]
*"[[How Do You Do It?]]" – [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]
*"[[I Can't Stay Mad at You]]" – [[Skeeter Davis]]
*"[[I Adore Him]]" – [[The Angels (American group)|The Angels]]
*"[[If I Had a Hammer|If I Had A Hammer]]" – [[Trini Lopez]]
*"[[If You Wanna Be Happy]]" – [[Jimmy Soul]]
*"[[I Like It (Gerry & the Pacemakers song)|I Like It]]" – [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]
*"[[I'll Keep You Satisfied]]" – [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|the Dakotas]]
*"[[I'm Leaving It Up to You]]" – [[Dale and Grace]]
*"[[In Dreams (Roy Orbison song)|In Dreams]]" – [[Roy Orbison]]
*"[[In My Room]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[I Only Want to Be with You]]" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[It's All Right (The Impressions song)|It's All Right]]" – Impressions
*"[[It's My Party]]" – [[Lesley Gore]]
*"[[It's Up to You (Ricky Nelson song)|It's Up to You]]" – [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]]
*"[[I Wanna Be Your Man]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Java (composition)|Java]]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[Let's Limbo Some More]]" - [[Chubby Checker]]
*"[[Little Deuce Coupe (song)|Little Deuce Coupe]]" – The Beach Boys
*"[[Little Saint Nick]]" – The Beach Boys
*"[[Loddy Lo]]" - [[Chubby Checker]]
*"[[Loop de Loop]]", performed by:
**[[Johnny Thunder (singer)|Johnny Thunder]]
**[[Frankie Vaughan]]
*"[[The Lord's Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte song)|The Lord's Prayer]]" – The Beach Boys
*"[[Heat Wave (1963 song)|Heat Wave]]" – [[Martha & the Vandellas]]
*"[[Louie Louie]]" – [[The Kingsmen]]
*"[[Love Me Do]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Lucky Lips]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Mean Woman Blues]]" – [[Roy Orbison]]
*"[[The Monkey Time]]" – [[Major Lance]]
*"[[My Boyfriend's Back (song)|My Boyfriend's Back]]" – [[The Angels (American group)|The Angels]]
*"[[My Dad]]" – [[Paul Petersen]]
*"[[My Whole World Is Falling Down]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Navy Blue (Diane Renay song)|Navy Blue]]" – [[Diane Renay]]
*"[[The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (song)|The Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]" – [[Bobby Vee]]
*"[[Our Day Will Come]]" – [[Ruby & the Romantics]]
*"[[Pipeline (instrumental)|Pipeline]]" – [[The Chantays]]
*"[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Pride and Joy (Marvin Gaye song)|Pride & Joy]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]
*"[[Puff, the Magic Dragon]]" – [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]
*"[[Rhythm of the Rain]]" – [[The Cascades (band)|The Cascades]]
*"[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]" – [[Johnny Cash]]
*"[[Say Wonderful Things (song)|Say Wonderful Things]] – [[Ronnie Carroll]]
*"[[She Loves You]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[She'll Never Know]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
*"[[Shirl Girl]]" – [[Wayne Newton]]
*"[[Shut Down (The Beach Boys song)|Shut Down]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[South Street (song)|South Street]]" – [[The Orlons]]
*"[[Sugar and Spice (The Searchers song)|Sugar and Spice]]" – [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]
*"[[Sugar Shack]]" – [[The Fireballs|Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs]] ("Top Song of 1963" US)
*"[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]" – [[Kyu Sakamoto]]
*"[[Summer Holiday (song)|Summer Holiday]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Surf City (song)|Surf City]]" – [[Jan and Dean]]
*"[[Surfer Girl (song)|Surfer Girl]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[Surfin' Bird]]" – [[The Trashmen]]
*"[[Surfin' U.S.A.]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson song)|Sweet Dreams]]" – [[Patsy Cline]]
*"[[Sweets for My Sweet]]" – [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]
*"[[Tell Him (Bert Berns song)|Tell Him]]" – [[Exciters]]
*"[[This Boy]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Turn Around (Dick and Dee Dee song)|Turn Around]]" – [[Dick and Dee Dee]]
*"[[The Twelve Gifts of Christmas]]" – [[Allan Sherman]]
*"[[Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa]]" – [[Gene Pitney]]
*"[[Twenty Miles]]" - [[Chubby Checker]]
*"[[Two Lovers (Mary Wells song)|Two Lovers]]" – [[Mary Wells]]
*"[[Up on the Roof (song)|Up On The Roof]]" – [[The Drifters]]
*"[[Walking the Dog]]" – [[Rufus Thomas]]
*"[[Walk Like a Man (The Four Seasons song)|Walk Like A Man]]" – [[The Four Seasons (group)|The Four Seasons]]
*"[[Washington_Square_(composition)|Washington Square]]" – [[The Village Stompers]]
*"[[What Will Mary Say]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]]
*"[[Wild Weekend (instrumental)|Wild Weekend]]" – [[The Rebels (surf band)|The Rockin' Rebels]]
*"[[Wipe Out (instrumental)|Wipe Out]]" – [[The Surfaris]]
*"[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]" – [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]
*"[[Young and in Love (song)|Young and in Love]]" – [[Dick and Dee Dee]]
*"[[Your Other Love]]" - [[Connie Francis]]
*"[[Your Used to Be]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
))
((See also|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1963 (USA)))

==Published popular songs==
* "18 Yellow Roses"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Bobby Darin]]
* "[[Abilene (song)|Abilene]]" w.m. [[John D. Loudermilk]], Lester Brown, Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton
* "[[All My Loving]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[Another Saturday Night]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Sam Cooke]]
* "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[Call Me Irresponsible]]" w.[[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Papa's Delicate Condition]]''
* "[[Charade (1963 song)|Charade]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Henry Mancini]]. From the [[Charade (1963 film)|film]] of the same name.
* "[[Da Doo Ron Ron]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Phil Spector]], Ellie Greenwich & [[Jeff Barry]]
* "Detroit City"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Mel Tillis]] & Danny Dill
* "[[Distant Drums (song)|Distant Drums]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cindy Walker]]
* "[[Dominique]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Singing Nun]]
* "Don't Talk To Him"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Cliff Richard]], Welch
* "Don't You Forget It"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Al Stillman m. [[Henry Mancini]]
* "Every Time I Think About You"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; w.m. [[Claude Demetrius]]
* "Flash! Bang! Wallop!"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[David Heneker]].  Introduced by [[Tommy Steele]] in the London production of the musical ''[[Half a Sixpence]]''.  Steele also performed the song in the Broadway production in 1965 and the 1967 film version (with modified lyrics).
* "[[Forget Him (Bobby Rydell song)|Forget Him]]" w.m. Mark Anthony (a pseudonym of [[Tony Hatch]])
* "[[From Me to You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[From Russia with Love (soundtrack)|From Russia with Love]]  w.m. [[Lionel Bart]]
* "Good Morning, Good Day"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock
* "[[Half A Sixpence]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[David Heneker]]
* "How Do You Do It?"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Mitch Murray]]
* "[[I Call Your Name]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "I Like It"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Mitch Murray]]
* "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
* "[[If I Ruled the World]]" w. [[Leslie Bricusse]] m. [[Cyril Ornadel]].  Introduced by [[Harry Secombe]] in the musical ''[[Pickwick (musical)|Pickwick]]''
* "[[It's My Party (Lesley Gore song)|It's My Party]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck Jnr
* "[[Kissin' Cousins]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Fred Wise (lyricist)|Fred Wise]] & Randy Starr
* "[[Losing You (Brenda Lee song)|Losing You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.(Eng) [[Carl Sigman]] m. [[Jean Renard (songwriter)|Jean Renard]]
* "[[Martian Hop]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Steven Rappaport]], [[John Spirt]], [[Robert Rappaport]]
* "[[Move Over Darling]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Hal Kanter]]
* "[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Barry Mann]], [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* "On the Beach"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Welch, Marvin, Richard
* "[[Our Day Will Come]]" w.m. [[Bob Hilliard]] & [[Mort Garson]]
* "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Henry Mancini]]
* "Pretty Paper"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Willie Nelson]]
* "[[The Reverend Mr. Black]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Billy Edd Wheeler]], [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]] (as Jed Peters)
* "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]" w.m. [[Merle Kilgore]] & [[June Carter]]
* "She Loves Me" w. [[Sheldon Harnick]] m. [[Jerry Bock]].  Introduced by [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] in the musical ''[[She Loves Me]]''
* "[[She Loves You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[Surf City (song)|Surf City]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jan Berry]] & [[Brian Wilson]]
* "Surfer Girl"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Brian Wilson]]
* "Talk Back Trembling Lips"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[John D. Loudermilk]]
* "This Boy" w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are A-Changin']]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Bob Dylan]]
* "The Ugly Bug Ball"  w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]], from the film ''[[Summer Magic (film)|Summer Magic]]''
* "[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
* "[[Washington Square (composition)|Washington Square]]" w.m. Bob Goldstein & David Shire
* "[[When Joanna Loved Me]]" w. Robert Wells m. Jack Segal
* "Will He Like Me?" w. [[Sheldon Harnick]] m. [[Jerry Bock]]; introduced by [[Barbara Cook]] in the Broadway production of ''[[She Loves Me]]''; performed by [[Anne Rogers]] in the 1964 London production
* "[[Wives and Lovers|Wives And Lovers]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[You Were Made for Me (Freddie and the Dreamers song)|You Were Made for Me]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Mitch Murray]]

==Other notable songs (world)==
*"[[Ashita Ga Arusa]]" w. [[Yukio Aoshima]] m. [[Hachidai Nakamura]]
*"[[En gång i Stockholm]]" w. [[Beppe Wolgers]] m. [[Bobbie Ericsson]]
*"[[Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o]]" w. [[Rokusuke Ei]] & Taku Izumi, m. [[Kyu Sakamoto]]
*"[[Meglio Stasera]]" w. [[Franco Migliacci]] m. [[Henry Mancini]]
*"[[Oye Como Va]]" w.m. [[Tito Puente]]

==Classical music==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Classical music premieres
|-
! scope="col" |Composition
!scope="col" |Composer
!scope="col" | Date
!scope="col" | Location
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!scope="row" | [[Little Symphony (Goehr)|Little Symphony]]
|[[Alexander Goehr|Goehr, Alexander]] || 1963-07-?? || ((flagicon|GBR)) York || [[London Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Norman Del Mar|Del Mar]]<ref>Peter Heyworth, "Young Conservatives", ''The Observer'' (14 July 1963): 27.</ref>
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!scope="row" | [[Symphony No. 4 (Henze)|Symphony No. 4]] 
|[[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || 1963-10-09 || ((flagicon|FRG)) Berlin || [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra|Berlin Philharmonic]] – Henze<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show,35360.html Schott Music]</ref>
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!scope="row" | [[Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 (Shchedrin)|''Naughty Limericks'']] (Concerto for Orchestra No. 1)
|[[Rodion Shchedrin|Shchedrin, Rodion]] || 1963-09-? || ((flagicon|POL)) Warsaw ([[Warsaw Autumn|Autumn]]) || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Gennady Rozhdestvensky|Rozhdestvensky]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.553038&catNum=553038&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|title=SHCHEDRIN: Carmen Suite / Concerto for Orchestra))</ref>
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!scope="row" | [[Symphony No. 1 (Williamson)|''Elevamini'']] (Symphony No. 1)
|[[Malcolm Williamson|Williamson, Malcolm]] || 1963-11-13 || ((flagicon|AUS)) Melbourne || [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra|Melbourne Symphony]] – [[Bernard Heinze|Heinze]]
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''Nocturnal'' after John Dowland, op. 70, for guitar
*[[Nikolai Karetnikov]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Karetnikov)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Générique'', for orchestra
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – ''Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux'' for choir and orchestra
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Sept répons des ténèbres]]''
*[[Giacinto Scelsi]] – String Quartet No. 3
*[[John Serry Sr.]] – ''[[American Rhapsody]]'', transcribed for free-bass accordion.
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Plus-Minus (Stockhausen)|Plus-Minus]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Abraham and Isaac (Stravinsky)|Abraham and Isaac]]''
*[[William Walton]] – ''Variations on a Theme by [[Hindemith]]'', for orchestra
*[[Wang Xilin]] – ''Yunnan Tone Poem''

==Opera==
*[[Richard Rodney Bennett]] – ''The Mines of Sulphur''
*[[Carlisle Floyd]] – ''The Sojourner and Molly Sinclair''
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[The Last Savage]]'' (22 October, Paris, [[Opéra-Comique]])
*[[Malcolm Williamson]] – ''Our Man in Havana''
*[[Aarre Merikanto]] – ''[[Juha (Merikanto)|Juha]]'' (composed 1922)

==Jazz==
((Main|1963 in jazz))

==Musical theatre==

* ''[[Oliver!]]'' (Music, Lyrics and Book: [[Lionel Bart]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on January 6 and ran for 744 performances
* ''[[She Loves Me]]'' (Music: [[Jerry Bock]] Lyrics: [[Sheldon Harnick]] Book: [[Joe Masteroff]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre]] on April 23 and ran for 302 performances
* ''[[Here's Love]]'' (Music, Lyrics and Book: [[Meredith Willson]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 3 and ran for 334 performances
* ''[[110 in the Shade]]'' (Music: [[Harvey Schmidt]] Lyrics: [[Tom Jones (writer)|Tom Jones]] Book: [[N. Richard Nash]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on October 24 and ran for 331 performances
* ''[[The Girl Who Came to Supper]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Noël Coward]]). Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 8 and ran for 112 performances
* ''[[Carnival!]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Bob Merrill]] Book: [[Michael Stewart (playwright)|Michael Stewart]]).  London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on February 8 and ran for 34 performances
* ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' (Music and Lyrics: Various Book: [[Charles Chilton]]). Opened at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] on March 19 and transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]], London on June 20 for a total run of 501 performances.
* ''[[Half A Sixpence]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[David Heneker]] Book: [[Douglas Cross (musician)|Douglas Cross]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Cambridge Theatre]] on March 21 and ran for 677 performances
* ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Frank Loesser]] Book: [[Abe Burrows]], Jack Weinstein and [[Willie Gilbert]]). London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on March 28 and ran for 520 performances.
* ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' (Music: [[Leonard Bernstein]] Lyrics and Book: [[Betty Comden]] and [[Adolph Green]]). London production opened at the [[Prince Of Wales Theatre]] on May 30 and ran for 53 performances
* ''[[Pickwick (musical)|Pickwick]]'' (Music: [[Cyril Ornadel]] Lyrics: [[Leslie Bricusse]] Book: [[Wolf Mankowitz]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on July 4 and ran for 694 performances
* ''[[At the Drop of Another Hat]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Michael Flanders]] and [[Donald Swann]]). London revue opened at the [[Haymarket Theatre]] on October 2
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Stephen Sondheim]] Book: [[Burt Shevelove]] and [[Larry Gelbart]]). London production opened at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] on October 3 and ran for 762 performances
* ''[[The Boys From Syracuse]]'' (Music: [[Richard Rodgers]] Lyrics: [[Lorenz Hart]] Book: [[George Abbott]]). London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on November 7 and ran for 100 performances

==Musical films==
* ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'', starring [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Ann-Margret]]
* ''[[Fun in Acapulco]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Ursula Andress]]
* ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'', British musical featuring [[Cliff Richard]]
*''[[Summer Magic (film)|Summer Magic]]'' starring [[Hayley Mills]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Dorothy McGuire]] and [[Eddie Hodges]]

==Births==
*[[January 4]] – [[Till Lindemann]], German rock musician ([[Rammstein]])<ref>((cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/|title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=4 January 2019|access-date=4 September 2019|archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105012355/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/|url-status=live))</ref> 
*[[January 13]] – [[Tim Kelly (musician)|Tim Kelly]], American rock musician ([[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]]) (d. 1998)
*[[January 15]] – [[Conrad Lant]], English singer-songwriter and bass player ([[Venom (band)|Venom]] and [[Cronos (band)|Cronos]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Kai Hansen]], German [[power metal]] guitarist and singer
*[[January 19]] – [[Caron Wheeler]], British singer-songwriter ([[Soul II Soul]])
*[[January 26]]
**[[Jazzie B]], English DJ and music producer ([[Soul II Soul]])
**[[Andrew Ridgeley]], English singer-songwriter ([[Wham! (pop duo)|Wham!]])<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.rttnews.com/Media/SlideShow/SlideShow.aspx?ID=1141&Slide=5 |title=1963 – Andrew Ridgeley Born |publisher=Rttnews.com |access-date=24 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121437/http://www.rttnews.com/Media/SlideShow/SlideShow.aspx?ID=1141&Slide=5 |archive-date=24 September 2015 ))</ref>
*[[January 28]] – [[Dan Spitz]], American thrash metal guitarist ([[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]) and watchmaker
*[[January 29]] – [[Octave (musician)|Octave]], Romanian guitarist, songwriter and producer
*[[February 2]] – [[Eva Cassidy]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
*[[February 4]] – [[Noodles (musician)|Noodles]], American guitarist ([[The Offspring]])
*[[February 8]] – [[Joshua Kadison]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*[[February 9]] – [[Travis Tritt]], American country singer
*[[February 10]] 
** [[Smiley Culture]], British rapper and reggae singer (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
** [[Tony Reno]], Swedish rock drummer ([[Europe (band)|Europe]])
*[[February 19]] – [[Seal (musician)|Seal]], British singer
*[[February 23]] – [[Tats Lau]], Hong Kong musician, songwriter, singer and actor
*[[March 1]] – [[Dan Michaels]], producer, [[saxophonist]], member of the rock band [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]] and [[The Swirling Eddies]], owner of [[Galaxy21 Music]].
*[[March 4]]
**[[Janey Lee Grace]], British singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
**[[Jason Newsted]], American rock bassist Metallica
*[[March 10]] – [[Jeff Ament]] ([[Pearl Jam]], [[Green River (band)|Green River]])
*[[March 11]] 
** [[Stacy Earl]], American dance/pop singer
** [[David LaChapelle]], Music video director, photographer and movie director
*[[March 13]] – [[Fito Páez]], Argentine musician
*[[March 15]] – [[Bret Michaels]], rock singer ([[Poison (American band)|Poison]])
*[[March 17]]
**[[Michael Ivins]], American rock bassist ([[The Flaming Lips]])
**[[Nick Peros]], Canadian composer
*[[March 18]] – [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], American singer and actress
*[[March 21]] – [[Shawn Lane]], American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
*[[March 27]]
**[[Charly Alberti]], Argentinian musician
**[[Dave Koz]], American jazz musician<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/dave-koz/12484 |title=Dave Koz ((!)) Artist |website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards |access-date=August 3, 2020 ))</ref> 
*[[March 30]] – [[Eli-Eri Moura]], Brazilian composer, conductor and [[Music theory|music theorist]]
*[[April 1]] – [[Teddy Diaz]], Filipino musician and composer (d. [[1988 in music|1988]])
*[[April 3]] – [[Criss Oliva]], American metal guitarist ([[Savatage]]) (d. [[1993 in music|1993]])
*[[April 6]] – [[Andrew Weatherall]], English disc jockey and remixer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[April 8]] – [[Julian Lennon]], singer-songwriter, son of [[John Lennon]]
*[[April 10]] – [[Warren DeMartini]], American rock guitarist ([[Ratt]])
*[[April 16]] – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>((cite book|author1=Ralph M. Newman|author2=Norm N. Nite|title=Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present|publisher=T. Y. Crowell Company|year=1974|page=360))</ref>
*[[April 24]] – [[Tõnu Trubetsky]], Estonian rock musician ([[Vennaskond]])
*[[May 5]] – [[Prince Ital Joe]], reggae singer (d. 2001)
*[[May 8]] 
**[[Sylvain Cossette]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Paradox (Canadian band)|Paradox]])
**[[Anthony Field]], Australian musician and actor<ref>((cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/174773624|title=How I got my wiggle back : a memoir of healing|first1=Anthony|last1=Field|first2=Greg|last2=Truman|date=31 July 2018|publisher=Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley|access-date=31 July 2018|via=Trove))</ref>
*[[May 9]] – [[Barry Douglas Lamb]], English musician, author and preacher
*[[May 12]] – [[Charles Pettigrew]], American soul singer ([[Charles & Eddie]]) (d. 2001)
*[[May 19]] – [[Yazz]], English singer
*[[May 21]] – [[Gilles Apap]], violinist
*[[June 4]] – [[Sandeep Bhagwati]], Indian classical musician and composer
*[[June 5]] – [[Joe Rudán]], Hungarian heavy metal singer
*[[June 7]]
**[[Roberto Alagna]], operatic tenor
**[[Gordon Gano]], singer & guitarist ([[Violent Femmes]])
*[[June 18]] – [[Dizzy Reed]], American keyboard player, songwriter and actor ([[Guns N' Roses]], [[Johnny Crash (band)|Johnny Crash]])
*[[June 20]]
**[[Amir Derakh]], rock musician ([[Orgy (band)|Orgy]])
**[[Julien-K]]
*[[June 25]] – [[George Michael]], English singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
*[[June 28]] – [[Tierney Sutton]], American singer
*[[June 29]] – [[Anne-Sophie Mutter]], German violinist
*[[June 30]] – [[Yngwie J. Malmsteen]], guitar performer
*[[July 7]] – [[Vonda Shepard]], singer and musician
*[[July 16]] – [[Norman Cook]] (Fatboy Slim), English big-beat musician
*[[July 17]] – [[Regina Belle]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[July 19]] – [[Bertrand Burgalat]], French musician, composer and producer
*[[July 22]] – [[Emily Saliers]], American singer-songwriter musician ([[Indigo Girls]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Renato Borghetti]], folk musician and composer
*[[July 24]] – [[Larry Rudolph]], [[Britney Spears]] collaborator and pop music manager/agent
*[[July 26]] – [[Andy Timmons]], American guitarist ([[Danger Danger]])
*[[July 28]] – [[Shaunna Hall]], American composer and musician ([[4 Non Blondes]] and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Coolio]], African American rapper (d. 2022)
*[[August 3]]
**[[Tasmin Archer]], English singer
**[[James Hetfield]], American rock singer ([[Metallica]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Whitney Houston]], African American singer and actress (d. 2012)
*[[August 12]]
**[[Karen Briggs (musician)|Karen Briggs]], African American jazz violinist
**[[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] (Anthony Ray), African American MC and producer
*[[August 19]] – [[Joey Tempest]], Swedish rock singer ([[Europe (band)|Europe]])
*[[August 22]]
**[[Tori Amos]], American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
**[[James DeBarge]] ([[DeBarge]])
*[[August 26]] – [[Liu Huan]], Chinese singer
*[[August 30]] – [[Paul Oakenfold]], British disc jockey
*[[August 31]]
**[[Reb Beach]], American rock guitarist ([[Winger (band)|Winger]], [[Whitesnake]])
**[[Beverly Crawford]], American gospel singer
*[[September 1]] – [[Carola Smit]], Dutch musician
*[[September 6]] – [[Mark Chesnutt]], American country musician
*[[September 7]] – [[Eazy-E]], American West Coast rapper and record producer (d. 1995)
*[[September 19]] – [[Jarvis Cocker]], British musician and singer ([[Pulp (band)|Pulp]])
*[[September 28]] – [[Dan Forden]], video game music composer ([[Mortal Kombat]])
*[[September 29]]
**[[Les Claypool]], American rock bassist and singer ([[Primus (band)|Primus]])
**[[O'Landa Draper]] (O'Landa Draper and the Associates gospel choir) (d. 1998)
*[[October 13]] – [[Kemistry|Kemi Olusanya]], English drum-and-bass musician ([[Kemistry & Storm]]) (d. 1999)
*[[October 10]] – [[Anita Mui]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[October 14]] – [[Alessandro Safina]], operatic tenor
*[[October 20]] – [[John Storgårds]], Finnish conductor and violinist
*[[October 23]] – [[Thomas Di Leva]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[October 26]] – [[Natalie Merchant]], American indie singer-songwriter
*[[October 27]] – [[Marla Maples]], American actress, musician and television personality.
*[[October 30]] – Jerry DeBorg ([[Jesus Jones]])
*[[November 1]] – [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]], British drummer ([[Def Leppard]])
*[[November 2]] – [[Bobby Dall]], American rock bassist ([[Poison (American band)|Poison]])
*[[November 12]] – [[Sam Lloyd]], American actor and singer ([[The Blanks]])
*[[December 9]] – [[Kat Bjelland]], American singer, songwriter, musician and guitarist. 
*[[December 10]] – [[Ole Amund Gjersvik]], Norwegian bassist and composer
*[[December 15]] – [[Helen Slater]], American singer, actress and songwriter
*[[December 24]] – [[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]], American musician, singer/songwriter ([[10,000 Maniacs]], [[John & Mary]])
*[[December 26]] – [[Lars Ulrich]], Danish-born heavy metal drummer ([[Metallica]])
*[[December 31]] – [[Scott Ian]], American thrash metal guitarist ([[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]])
*Unknown – [[Naseer Shamma]], Iraqi musician and [[oud]] player

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]] – [[Dick Powell]], actor and singer, 58 (lung cancer)
*[[January 6]] – [[Lina Abarbanell]], [[German-American]] soprano, 84
*[[January 24]] – [[Otto Harbach]], lyricist, 89
*[[January 30]] – [[Francis Poulenc]], French composer, 64
*[[February 19]] – [[Benny Moré]], Cuban singer, 43 (cirrhosis of the liver)
*[[February 20]] – [[Ferenc Fricsay]], conductor, 48 (cancer)
*[[March 5]] – [[Patsy Cline]], American country/pop singer, 30 (plane crash)
*[[March 17]] – [[Lizzie Miles]], singer, 67
*[[March 28]] – [[Alec Templeton]], Welsh composer, 52
*[[March 30]] – [[Aleksandr Gauk]], Russian conductor and composer, 69
*[[March 31]] – [[Harry Akst]], US composer and pianist, 68
*[[April 9]]
**[[Eddie Edwards (musician)|Eddie Edwards]], American jazz trombonist, 71
**[[Benno Moiseiwitsch]], Jewish-Ukrainian pianist, 73
*[[April 11]] – [[Arvid Gram Paulsen]], Norwegian jazz saxophonist and trumpeter, 41
*[[April 12]] – [[Herbie Nichols]], jazz musician, 44 (leukemia)
*[[May 6]] – [[Ted Weems]], US bandleader, 61
*[[May 10]] – [[Irving Aaronson]], bandleader and composer, 68
*[[May 24]] – [[Elmore James]], American blues guitarist, 45 (heart attack)
*[[June 24]] – [[Sybil Evers]], mezzo-soprano and actress, 59
*[[August 15]] – [[John Powell (musician)|John Powell]], pianist, composer and ethnomusicologist, 80
*[[August 23]] – [[Glen Gray]], American saxophonist and conductor, 63
*[[September 3]] – [[Frico Kafenda]], Slovak composer, 79
*[[September 12]] – [[Modest Altschuler]], cellist, conductor and composer, 90
*[[September 25]] – [[Alexander Sakharoff]], Russian dancer and choreographer, 77
*[[October 11]] – [[Édith Piaf]], French singing superstar, 47 (liver cancer)
*[[October 25]] – [[Roger Désormière]], French conductor, 65
*[[November 1]] – [[Elsa Maxwell]], songwriter, "the hostess with the mostest", 80
*[[November 15]] – [[Fritz Reiner]], Hungarian conductor, 74
*[[November 19]] – [[Carmen Amaya]], flamenco dancer and singer, 50
*[[November 26]] – [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], operatic soprano, 81
*[[November 29]] – [[Ernesto Lecuona]], Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader, 68
*[[December 5]] – [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], composer, 58 (stomach cancer)
*[[December 14]] – [[Dinah Washington]], singer, 39
*[[December 28]] – [[Paul Hindemith]], composer, 68
*''date unknown'' – [[Naftule Brandwein]], clarinettist

==Awards==

===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1963]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1963]]

===Leeds International Piano Competition===
*[[Michael Roll (pianist)|Michael Roll]]

== See also ==
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1963]]
*[[Billboard Top Country Singles of 1963]]
*[[Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1963]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060713060645/http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1963.html Pop Culture Madness 1963 Pop Music Chart]

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