1964 in British music

none 1964 1964 British music This is a summary of 1964 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events 1 January – The first episode of the long-running weekly pop music show Top of the Pops airs on BBC TV.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/804da28a520940a28138a620e618fb91 Top of the Pops – BBC Television – 1 January 1964 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 21 November 2018 22 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010001/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/804da28a520940a28138a620e618fb91 dead The first programme is produced at the BBC's Dickenson Road Studios in Rusholme, Manchester, presented by Jimmy Savile, and the first two acts featured are Dusty Springfield with "I Only Want to Be with You" and The Rolling Stones with "I Wanna Be Your Man".Simpson Jeff Top of the Pops: 1964–2002 2002 BBC Worldwide 978-0-563-53476-1 1955 https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ 2020-07-28 2022-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20220326173551/https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ liveTop of the Pops – BBC Studios (Rusholme) https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme www.manchesterbeat.com 2020-07-28 2020-07-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725220149/https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme live 3 January – Footage of The Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth is shown on The Jack Paar Show in the US. 7 February – The Beatles arrive in the United States and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans at New York's Kennedy Airport. 9 February – The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show; their appearance breaks US television ratings records. 12 February – Anna Moffo collapses onstage at Covent Garden (London) in the first act of Rigoletto, and her part is taken over, after a delay of 45 minutes, by Welsh soprano Elizabeth Vaughan. 23 February – João Carlos Martins suddenly breaks off a performance in the middle of the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Birmingham Town Hall due to an attack of appendicitis. 28 February – Peter and Gordon release their first single, "A World Without Love", a Paul McCartney song that McCartney had decided was "not good enough" for The Beatles.Sheff David 2000 All We Are Saying St Martin's Griffin 0-312-25464-4 registration https://archive.org/details/allwearesayingla00lenn The song ultimately tops the charts in both the UK and the USA. 12 March – In Moscow, Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his Symphony for Cello and Orchestra with soloist Mstislav Rostropovich and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Reed Philip Mervyn Cooke 2010 Letters From A Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Vol. 5 1958–1965 Boydell Press 978-1-84383-591-2, p. 570 14 March – Billboard magazine reports that sales of Beatles records make up 60% of the entire singles market. 20 March – Britten's opera Peter Grimes receives its first performance in the USSR, conducted in Leningrad by Djemal Dalgat.Reed & Cooke (2010): p. 118. 21 March – "I Love the Little Things", sung by Matt Monro, the UK's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Copenhagen), finishes in second place, beaten by Italy's "Non ho l'età", sung by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti. 24 March – John Lennon's first book, In His Own Write is published. 27 March – The Beatles occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart. 28 March "Pirate" radio station Radio Caroline begins regular broadcasting from a ship anchored just outside UK territorial waters off Felixstowe.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 978-0-14-102715-9 2006 Wax likenesses of The Beatles are put on display in London's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. The Beatles are the first pop stars to be displayed at the museum. April – Drummer Keith Moon joins The Who. 4 April – The Beatles occupy all five top positions on Billboard'''s Hot 100 with their singles "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me". 11 April – The Beatles hold 14 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Previously, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine by Elvis Presley, December 19, 1956. 16 April – The Rolling Stones release their eponymous début album. 2 May – In the United States, The Beatles' Second Album climbs to the #1 spot on the LP charts in only its second week of release. 12 May – Pirate radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from Mi Amigo anchored off Frinton-on-Sea; in July its operations are merged with Radio Caroline. 27 May – Pirate radio station Radio Sutch begins broadcasting from Shivering Sands Army Fort in the Thames Estuary.Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1 http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html 31 March 2010 Bob Le-Roi 2011-08-23 June – During a performance at the Railway, Pete Townshend of The Who accidentally breaks the head of his guitar on the low ceiling above the stage. This incident marks the start of auto-destructive art by destroying guitars and drums on stage. 5 June – The Rolling Stones start their first US tour. 3 July – With their new manager Peter Meaden, The Who release their first single "Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face" under the band name 'The High Numbers' in an attempt to appeal to a mod audience. It fails to reach the top 50 and the band reverts to calling themselves The Who. 6 July – The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, is released.May 2024 The album is released on 10 July. All tracks are by Lennon–McCartney. 10 July – More than 300 people are injured in Liverpool when a crowd of some 150,000 welcomes The Beatles back to their home city. 11 July – The Animals' electric rock recording of US folk song "The House of the Rising Sun" reaches No. 1 in the UK charts.Dave Marsh Dave Marsh http://www.lexjansen.com/cgi-bin/marsh_xml.php?fn=87 The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made NAL 1989https://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/music/story_behind/houseofrisingsun.shtml Stories Behind the Song: 'House of the Rising Sun' McLean Ralph Ralph McLean (broadcaster) BBC dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110908152455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/music/story_behind/houseofrisingsun.shtml 2011-09-08 2007-05-04 4 August – Release of London group The Kinks' successful single You Really Got Me, written by Ray Davies. 8 August – A Rolling Stones gig at Scheveningen in the Netherlands gets out of control. Riot police end the gig after about fifteen minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.Mark Paytress Rolling Stones: Off The Record https://books.google.com/books?id=F3blvuxKlxMC&pg=PT94 15 December 2009 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-113-4 94 13 August – The world premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 10, the unfinished work completed by Deryck Cooke, is given at the BBC Proms with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Berthold Goldschmidt. 3 September – Priaulx Rainier's Cello Concerto is given its première at The Proms by Jacqueline du Pré and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Norman Del Mar.ArkivMusikJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot 19 September – The programme for the Last Night of the Proms includes Alan Rawsthorne's Piano Concerto no 1, played by Malcolm Binns.Prom 49 – Last Night of the Proms 1964. Accessed 9 June 2013 24 October – The Rolling Stones start their second US tour. 25 October – The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. 7 December – George Harrison's new publishing company, Mornyork Ltd, changes its name to Harrisongs.History With The Beatles Loker, B. 173 2009 978-1-60844-039-9 23 December – "Pirate" radio station Wonderful Radio London begins broadcasting from MV Galaxy anchored off Frinton-on-Sea, with a Fab 40 playlist of popular records. 24 December – The Beatles gain the Christmas number one for the second year running with "I Feel Fine", which has topped the singles charts for the third week running. The Beatles have now had six number one singles in the UK alone.The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html JPGR 2009 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130725053714/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html 2013-07-25 live December – Sir John Barbirolli records Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Janet Baker as the Angel. The first stereophonic recording of the work, it remains in the catalogues continuously following its first release.Farach Colton, Andrew, "Vision of the Hereafter", Gramophone, February 2003, p. 36 ChartsSee List of UK Singles Chart number ones of 1964Classical music New works William Alwyn – Concerto Grosso No. 3 Malcolm Arnold Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, Op. 81Water Music, for winds and percussion, Op. 82A Sunshine Overture, for orchestra, Op. 83 Five Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 84 Harrison BirtwistleEntr’actes and Sappho Fragments, for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussionThree Movements with Fanfares, for chamber orchestra Peter Maxwell DaviesFive Little Pieces for pianoSecond Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine, for orchestraShakespeare Music, for 11 instruments Opera Benjamin Britten – Billy Budd (revised version)Curlew RiverFilm and Incidental music John Barry – Goldfinger directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery.Zulu, starring Stanley Baker. Ron Goodwin – 633 Squadron. David Lee – The Masque of the Red Death directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price. Musical theatre She Loves Me – London production opens at the Lyric Theatre on 29 April and runs for 189 performances Maggie May London production opens at the Adelphi Theatre on 22 September and runs for 501 performances Robert and Elizabeth – London production opens at the Lyric Theatre on 20 October and runs for 948 performances Little Me, the musical – London production opens at the Cambridge Theatre on 18 November and runs for 334 performances Salad Days (Julian Slade) – London revival Musical filmsA Hard Day's NightWonderful LifeBirths 9 January – Phil Hartnoll, musician and songwriter (Orbital) 17 January – Andy Rourke, bassist (The Smiths) 4 February – Ian Clarke, flautist and composer 14 February – Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones, musician (d. 1993) 18 February Paul Hanley, drummer and songwriter (The Fall and Tom Hingley and the Lovers) Tommy Scott, singer (Space) 20 February – Iain Ballamy, composer and saxophonist 11 March – Shane Richie, actor, comedian and singer 26 March – Gary Coupland, Scottish musician (The Singing Kettle) 25 April – Andy Bell, singer and songwriter (Erasure) 8 May – Dave Rowntree, drummer (Blur) 14 May – Shelley Preston, singer (Bucks Fizz) 25 June – Gavin Greenaway, composer and conductor, son of Roger Greenaway 28 June – Steve Williamson, saxophonist and composer (Jazz Warriors) 29 June – Stedman Pearson, R&B singer (Five Star) 26 September – Nicki French, singer 7 October – Sam Brown, singer, daughter of singers Joe Brown and Vicki Brown 6 December – Matthew Taylor, composer and conductor 18 December – Robson Green, actor and singer 25 December – Ian Bostridge, operatic and concert tenordate unknown'' Ivan Moody, composer Nitin Sawhney, musician, producer and composer Roderick Watkins, composer Deaths 7 January – Cyril Davies, harmonica player (born 1932; endocarditis) 19 May – Lawrence Wright, composer and music publisher (born 1888) 2 June – Phyllis Dixey, singer, dancer and impresario (born 1914) 28 September – George Dyson, English composer (born 1883) 13 October Richard Hayward, actor, writer and musician (born 1892) Francis Toye, music critic (born 1883) 9 December – Edith Sitwell, poet and collaborator of William Walton (born 1887) See also 1964 in British radio 1964 in British television 1964 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1964 References Category:British music by year