1964 in Music

Events in Music

Events 1 - 100 of 117

Event of Interest

Mar 22 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section

Singer-songwriter & Actress Barbra Streisand — Singer-songwriter & Actress
Barbra Streisand

Mar 26 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances

Event of Interest

Apr 1 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years

Musician and Beatle John Lennon — Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

Apr 3 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
Apr 4 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
Apr 4 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
Apr 11 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 performances
Apr 17 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
Apr 17 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
Apr 18 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
Apr 18 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
Apr 19 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West Berlin

Event of Interest

Apr 23 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie" premieres in NYC

Author James Baldwin — Author
James Baldwin

Apr 27 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in US
May 2 Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
May 9 Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
May 24 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
May 26 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
May 30 "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 performances

May 30 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
May 30 The Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 in the United States
Jun 2 "Folies Bergère" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
Jun 2 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts
Jun 3 Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
Jun 4 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark

Event of Interest

Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie

Singer-Songwriter David Bowie — Singer-Songwriter
David Bowie

Jun 6 The Beatles arrive in Netherlands
Jun 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
Jun 11 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend

Event of Interest

Jun 19 Bob Dylan completes UK tour

Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan — Singer-Songwriter
Bob Dylan

Jun 25 WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
Jun 27 "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97

Music Recording

Jul 2 Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You", Paul McCartney plays piano

Musician and Beatle Paul McCartney — Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

Jul 4 Beachboys' "I Get Around" reaches #1
Jul 6 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London
Jul 10 The Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night", their 3rd studio album
Jul 25 "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 338 performances
Jul 25 Beatles' album "A Hard Day's Night" goes #1, stays #1 for 14 weeks
Jul 31 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot
Aug 1 Beatles' single "A Hard Day's Night" goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Aug 5 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone"
Aug 8 "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 performances
Aug 8 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
Aug 8 Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert
Aug 9 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands
Aug 11 Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in NYC
Aug 18 Beatles arrive in San Francisco, 2nd US visit
Aug 29 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances

Film Release

Aug 29 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke is released

Actress/Singer Julie Andrews — Actress/Singer
Julie Andrews

Animator Walt Disney — Animator
Walt Disney

Sep 10 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"

Event of Interest

Sep 11 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company

Singer-Songwriter George Harrison — Singer-Songwriter
George Harrison

Sep 15 Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland
Sep 17 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)

Event of Interest

Sep 17 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR

Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle — Baseball Legend
Mickey Mantle

Sep 17 Supremes release "Baby Love"
Sep 20 Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie
Sep 22 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances
Sep 30 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 performances
Oct 6 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
Oct 20 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances
Oct 20 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested)
Oct 22 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers"; they go on to become The Who
Oct 24 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
Oct 25 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan for the 1st time
Oct 27 "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 performances

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 156

Jan 5 Ted Harris Poley, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It), born in Englewood, New Jersey
Jan 6 Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
Jan 6 Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
Jan 10 Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
Jan 15 Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
Jan 19 Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
Jan 27 Migi, [Miguel Drummond, pop musician (Curiosity Killed Cat)
Jan 29 Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
Jan 31 Jeff Hanneman, American musician (Slayer), (d. 2013)
Feb 1 Jani Lane, [John Kennedy Oswald] heavy metal musician and singer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
Feb 1 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
Feb 1 Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer
Feb 4 Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring)
Feb 5 Alexia, Cypriot singer
Feb 5 Duff McKagan [Michael Andrew], American bassist (Guns N' Roses), born in Seattle, Washington
Feb 6 Skip Ewing, Redlands California, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado)
Feb 6 Gordon Downie, Canadian rock musician (The Tragically Hip), born in Amherstview, Ontario
Feb 6 Richie Hayward, American musician and songwriter (Little Feat), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2010)
Feb 9 Rachel Bolan [James Southworth], American musician and songwriter (Skid Row), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Feb 14 Rob Jones "The Bass Thing" English musician (The Wonder Stuff), born in Stourbridge, West Midlands (d. 1993)
Feb 18 Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
Feb 19 Doug Aldrich, American rock guitarist, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb 20 Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28]
Feb 23 John Norum, Swedish rocker (Europe), born in Vardø, Norway
Feb 27 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Feb 29 Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
Mar 1 Jennifer McCarters, Sevierville Tn, singer (McCarters-The Gift)
Mar 1 Clinton Gregory, Martinsville, Virginia, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter (Play, Ruby, Play)
Mar 3 Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
Mar 6 Reniet Vrieze, rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men)
Mar 6 Madonna Wayne Gacy [Stephen Bier Jr.], American musician (Marilyn Manson band), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mar 8 Peter [Ped] Gill, English drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, born in Liverpool
Mar 10 Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper (Money Love), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Mar 12 Tony Terry, rock producer (Tony Terry)
Mar 15 Rockwell, [Kennedy Gordy], Det MI, rock vocalist (Someone Watching Me)
Mar 16 Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
Mar 18 Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
Mar 18 Rozalla, Zambian singer
Mar 19 Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
Mar 20 Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
Mar 26 Baz Warne, English Guitarist (The Stranglers)
Mar 30 Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car)
Mar 31 Erik Turner, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 4 Robbie Rist, American actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch) and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 5 Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
Apr 6 Johnny Dee [DiTeodoro], American heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra), born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Apr 8 Biz Markie, rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television)
Apr 9 Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
Apr 10 Reni [Alan John Wren], English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold), born in Manchester, England
Apr 10 Felicia Collins, American guitarist (David Letterman), born in Albany, New York
Apr 11 Steve Azar, American singer and songwriter, born in Greenville, Mississippi
Apr 11 Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist and musician, born in Colorado Springs
Apr 12 Amy Ray, American singer and songwriter (Indigo Girls), born in Decatur, Georgia
Apr 13 Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker
Apr 16 Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum)
Apr 17 Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle)
Apr 18 Jim Ellison, American musician (Material issue) (d. 1996)
Apr 18 Mark Berry, aka Bez, Dancer in Happy Mondays
Apr 23 Gen, [Simon Matthews], English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones)
Apr 25 Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
Apr 28 Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
Apr 30 Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
May 5 Lorraine McIntosh, Scottish pop singer (Deacon Blues) and actress, born in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
May 8 Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
May 9 Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
May 16 Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band)

Lenny Kravitz

May 26 Lenny Kravitz, American musician who holds the record for most Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (1999-2002), born in Manhattan, New York

May 28 Phil Vassar, American country music singer
May 30 Wynonna, [Christina Judd], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)

Tom Morello

May 30 Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine), born in NYC, New York

May 31 Darryl "DMC" Matthews McDaniels, American Hip Hop musician (Run-DMC), born in NYC, New York
May 31 Scotti Hill, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love), born in Manhasset, New York
Jun 3 Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)
Jun 3 Doro Pesch, German singer
Jun 4 Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
Jun 4 Eva Fampas, Greek guitarist
Jun 5 Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
Jun 5 Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
Jun 6 Paul "Guru" Josh, British musician (Infinity), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Jun 9 Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
Jun 10 Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Jun 13 Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer
Jun 19 Brian Vander Ark, American musician
Jun 22 Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
Jun 22 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
Jun 22 Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
Jun 23 Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
Jun 29 Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel)
Jul 1 Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
Jul 2 Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life)
Jul 3 Gary Ryan [Moss], American rock bassist (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), born in California
Jul 4 Mark Allen Slaughter, American guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live), born in Las Vegas, Nevada

Courtney Love

Jul 9 Courtney Love, American muscian (Hole) and actress (People vs Larry Flynt), born in San Francisco, California

Jul 13 Damon Johnson, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders), born in Macon, Georgia
Jul 20 Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2017)
Jul 27 Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
Jul 31 Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs), born in Dundalk, Ireland
Aug 1 Nick Christian Sayer, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
Aug 1 Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)

Adam Yauch

Aug 5 MCA [Adam Yauch], rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)

Weddings in Music

Wedding of Interest

May 18 Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (19) weds Margrit Volkmar

Wedding of Interest

Jun 27 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California

Wedding of Interest

Jul 2 Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (52) weds Sigmond Galloway

Wedding of Interest

Aug 4 Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane (35) weds Alice Macleod

Jazz Musician John Coltrane — Jazz Musician
John Coltrane

Wedding of Interest

Oct 14 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts weds Shirley Shepherd

Wedding of Interest

Oct 27 Singers Sonny & Cher wed, Cher wore bell-bottoms

Goddess of Pop Cher — Goddess of Pop
Cher

Divorces in Music

Divorce of Interest

Jul 28 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage

Deaths in Music

Jan 1 Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84
Jan 7 Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
Jan 7 Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932)
Jan 15 Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
Jan 20 Jan Rychlik, Czech composer, dies at 47
Jan 22 Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
Jan 23 Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, dies at 80
Jan 27 Lieb Glantz, Ukrainian-born tenor, composer and Zionist, dies at 65
Feb 9 Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
Feb 15 Jack Teagarden [Weldon Leo Teagarden], American trombonist and actor (Meet Band Leaders), dies from bronchial pneumonia at 58
Mar 1 Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54
Mar 20 Jean Rogister, Belgian virtuoso violist and composer, dies at 84
Mar 29 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
Mar 30 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
Apr 1 Božidar Kunc, Croatian composer, dies at 60
Apr 18 Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
May 6 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
May 10 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
May 10 Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66
May 25 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
May 28 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
Jun 1 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
Jun 10 Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79
Jun 18 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
Jun 20 Edgar Barrier, American actor (Phantom of the Opera, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), dies from a heart attack at 57
Jun 27 Daniel Lazarus, French composer, dies at 65
Jun 29 Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63
Jun 29 Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
Jul 1 Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Concert Bldg Orchestra), dies at 89
Jul 31 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), dies in air crash at 39
Aug 2 Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71
Aug 14 Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30
Aug 24 Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73
Aug 27 Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
Aug 31 Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42
Sep 1 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, dies at 76
Sep 3 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
Sep 9 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
Sep 14 Mary Howe, American composer and pianist (Sand), dies at 82
Sep 26 Ida Moore, actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82
Sep 28 George Dyson, composer, dies at 81
Oct 1 Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76
Oct 10 Frantisek Picha, composer, dies at 71
Oct 10 Russ Case, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
Oct 10 Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), dies at 76
Oct 15 Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73
Nov 3 John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
Nov 5 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57
Nov 11 Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72
Nov 16 Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
Nov 20 John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
Nov 30 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
Dec 11 Sam Cooke, American singer and entrepreneur described as "the inventor of soul music" (You Send Me), shot to death at 33
Dec 22 Bonifacio Gil Garcia, Spanish composer and folklorist, dies at 66
Dec 23 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86
Dec 29 Miroslav Krejci, composer, dies at 73

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