Events in Music
- Jan 1 Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard among the inmate audience
- Apr 3 Elvis Presley records ‘It's Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee
- May 3 Musical "Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, premieres in NYC (world's longest running musical)
- Jun 19 Loretta Lynn records "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"
- Sep 19 Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Oct 27 American pop and soul singer Ben E. King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me"
- Nov 14 Ray Charles' single "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
- Dec 19 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records ("Ring-A-Ding-Ding")
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Music Awards in 1960
- Mar 18 5th Eurovision Song Contest: Jacqueline Boyer for France wins singing "Tom Pillibi" in London
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- Jan 31 Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in NYC
- Jun 6 American chanteuse and actress Eartha Kitt (33) weds real estate investor Bill McDonald; divorce in 1965
- Nov 13 American entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. (34) marries Swedish actress May Britt (26) at Temple Israel of Hollywood, California; divorce in 1968
Musicians Divorces in 1960
- Mar 4 American comedienne Lucille Ball files for divorce from Cuban-American singer Desi Arnaz, after 14 years of marriage
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Musicians Who Died in 1960
- Jan 7 Luiz Costa, Portuguese pianist, and composer, dies at 80
- Jan 24 Edwin Fischer, Swiss concert pianist and conductor, dies at 73
- Jan 25 Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), dies at 82
- Jan 28 Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54
- Feb 2 Jeno Huszka, Hungarian composer, dies at 84
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