Events in Music
- Feb 9 1st appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from New York; broadcast draws 73.7 million television viewers
- Aug 27 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke premieres in Los Angeles
- Sep 17 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
- Oct 31 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks
- Dec 9 John Coltrane's Quartet records their greatest work "A Love Supreme" at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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Music Awards in 1964
- Mar 12 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Barbra Streisand wins 2
- Mar 21 9th Eurovision Song Contest: Gigliola Cinquetti for Italy wins singing "Non ho l'eta" in Copenhagen
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Trisha YearwoodMusicians Married in 1964
- May 18 Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (19) weds Margrit Volkmar
- Jun 27 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California; divorce 1964
- Jul 2 Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (52) weds Sigmond Galloway
Musicians Divorces in 1964
- Jul 28 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage
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