Editing 1964 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 1]] – The first episode of the long-running weekly pop music show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' airs on [[BBC One|BBC TV]] in the U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/804da28a520940a28138a620e618fb91|title=Top of the Pops – BBC Television – 1 January 1964 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 November 2018}}</ref> The first programme is produced in [[Manchester]] 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]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Jeff|title=Top of the Pops: 1964–2002|year=2002|publisher=BBC Worldwide|isbn=978-0-563-53476-1|page=1955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ|access-date=2020-07-28|archive-date=2022-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326173551/https://books.google.com/books?id=oImFAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top of the Pops – BBC Studios (Rusholme)|url=https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme|website=www.manchesterbeat.com|access-date=2020-07-28|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725220149/https://www.manchesterbeat.com/index.php/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-pops-bbc-studios-rusholme|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 3]] – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England, is shown on ''[[The Jack Paar Show]]'' in the U.S.
*[[January 10]] – ''[[Introducing... The Beatles]]'', the first album by [[The Beatles]] to be released in the United States, comes out on Chicago's Vee-Jay Records, preceding Capitol Records' release of ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'', scheduled for January 20.<ref name=Spizer>{{cite book|last=Spizer|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Spizer|year=2004|title=The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America|publisher=498 Productions|location=New Orleans|isbn=0-9662649-9-1|pages=96–98}}</ref>
*[[January 13]] – Bob Dylan's ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]'' is released on [[Columbia Records]].
*[[January 15]] – [[Vee Jay Records]] files a lawsuit against [[Capitol Records]] and [[Swan Records]] over manufacturing and distribution rights to [[The Beatles|Beatles]] albums on the U.S. On April 9, Capitol Records is granted an injunction restraining Vee Jay Records from further manufacturing, distributing or advertising recordings by the Beatles.<ref name=Spizer/>
*[[January 18]] – [[The Beatles]] appear on the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' charts in the U.S. for the first time.
[[File:The Beatles arrive at JFK Airport.jpg|right|thumb|[[The Beatles]] arrive in the U.S. to great acclaim]]
*[[January 25]] – The late [[John F. Kennedy]] becomes the first President credited with a Top 10 album after [[Dickie Goodman]] releases ''John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Years 1960–1963''. The following week a [[That Was the Week That Was|second album]] credited to the late President would also hit the Top 10, giving Kennedy two posthumous albums simultaneously in the Top 10.
*[[February 1]] – [[Indiana]] Governor [[Matthew E. Welsh]] declares the 1963 recording of "[[Louie Louie]]" by [[The Kingsmen]] pornographic. He requests that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the record. Governor Welsh claims that hearing the song made his "ears tingle." Publisher Max Firetag offers $1,000 to anyone that can find anything "suggestive" in the song's lyrics and there are no prosecutions. The FBI's investigation is hampered by it finding the lyrics nearly unintelligible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/funny/lascivious-louie-louie|title=The Lascivious 'Louie Louie'|website=[[The Smoking Gun]]|access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>
*[[February 7]] – The Beatles arrive in the United States and are greeted by thousands of screaming fans at New York's [[Kennedy Airport]].
*[[February 9]] – The Beatles perform on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', which breaks television ratings records.
*[[February 12]] – [[Anna Moffo]] collapses onstage at Covent Garden in the first act of ''[[Rigoletto]]'', and her part is taken over, after a delay of 45 minutes, by Welsh soprano Elizabeth Vaughan.
*[[February 16]] – [[The Beatles]] again appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
*[[February 22]] – [[Plácido Domingo]] makes his international breakthrough at the première of Ginastera's ''Don Rodrigo'' in New York City.
*[[February 23]] 
**[[The Beatles]] again appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
**[[João Carlos Martins]] suddenly breaks off a performance in the middle of the second movement of [[Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)|Third Piano Concerto]] with the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Birmingham Town Hall]] due to an attack of appendicitis.
*[[March 1]]
**[[Capitol Records]] is bombarded with requests for heavyweight boxing champion [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]]'s album, ''[[I Am the Greatest (Cassius Clay album)|I Am the Greatest]]'', following Clay's defeat of [[Sonny Liston]] on February 25 and his announcement two days later that he has converted to Islam. (On March 6 will come the announcement that he would adopt the name Muhammad Ali.)
**American premiere of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]'s ''[[Momente]]'', by [[Martina Arroyo]] (soprano), the Crane Collegiate Singers of [[SUNY Potsdam]] ([[Brock McElheran]], chorus master), and members of the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]] ([[Lukas Foss]], music director), conducted by the composer, in [[Kleinhans Music Hall]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[March 6]] – [[Elvis Presley]]'s 14th motion picture, ''Kissin' Cousins'' is released to theaters.
*[[March 14]] – ''Billboard'' magazine reports that sales of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] records make up 60% of the entire singles market.
*[[March 16]] – Disc jockey [[Alan Freed]] is charged with tax evasion in the U.S.
*[[March 21]] – [[Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest|Italy]] wins the 9th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1964|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Tivoli Gardens|Tivoli Concert Hall]], Copenhagen, with the song ''"[[Non ho l'età]]"'', sung by 16-year-old [[Gigliola Cinquetti]].
*[[March 24]] – [[John Lennon]]'s first book, ''[[In His Own Write]]'' is published.
*[[March 27]] – [[The Beatles]] occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart.
*[[March 28]] – 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]].
*[[April 4]] – The Beatles occupy all five top positions on [[Billboard magazine|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".
*[[April 11]] – The Beatles hold 14 positions on the [[Billboard magazine|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.
*[[April 16]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] release their eponymous début album.
*[[May 2]] – In the United States, ''[[The Beatles' Second Album]]'' climbs to the #1 spot on the LP charts in only its second week of release.
*[[May 12]] – The [[6th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City|New York]]. [[Henry Mancini]] wins the most awards with four, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for the song "[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]". [[Barbra Streisand]]'s ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Ward Swingle]] of [[The Swingle Singers]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[May 20]] – [[Judy Garland]] makes headlines after a disastrous concert in [[Melbourne, Australia]]
*[[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.
** [[Marianne Faithfull]]'s singing career begins with the release of her single "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]" written by members of The Rolling Stones.
*[[June 5]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] start their first U.S. tour.
*[[July 3]] – With their new manager [[Peter Meaden]], [[The Who]] release their first single "[[Zoot Suit/I'm the Face|Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face]]" under the name ''The High Numbers'' in an attempt to appeal to a [[mod subculture|mod]] audience. It fails to reach the top 50 and the band reverts to calling themselves The Who.
*[[July 6]] – [[The Beatles]]' first film, ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', is released.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesdiaryvolu0000mile/mode/1up?view=theater |title=The Beatles Diary. Volume 1: The Beatles Years |date=2001 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=978-0-7119-8308-3 |location=London |pages=153}}</ref>
*[[July 10]]
**The album of ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' is released in the U.K. All tracks are written by [[John Lennon|Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney|McCartney]].
**More than 300 people are injured in [[Liverpool]] when a crowd of some 150,000 people welcome The Beatles back to their home city.
*[[August 2]] – The wreckage of the plane piloted by [[Jim Reeves]] is found near [[Brentwood, Tennessee]], 42 hours after it crashed. There are no survivors.
*[[August 4]] – [[The Kinks]] release their iconic single "[[You Really Got Me]]".
*[[August 8]] – [[Bob Dylan]] releases his fourth album, ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]''.
*[[August 17]] – [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] Opera Theater presents ''[[Turandot]]'' at the New York World's Fair featuring newly retired Metropolitan Opera soprano Margaret Harshaw, a member of the voice faculty, in the title role.
*[[August 19]] – The Beatles start their second visit to, and first nationwide tour of, the United States with a concert at the [[Cow Palace]] in [[Daly City, California]], before more than 17,000 fans. 
*[[August 22]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the first of five successive number one hits, "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]".
*[[September 8]] – The American premiere of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]'s ''[[Originale]]'' at Judson Hall in New York City is picketed by a group calling themselves Action Against Cultural Imperialism.
*[[September 16]] – ''Shindig!'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
*[[September 21]] – The [[China Conservatory of Music]] is established in Beijing.
*[[September 22]] – ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' opens on Broadway.
*October – Dr. [[Robert Moog]] demonstrates his prototype [[Moog synthesizer|synthesizer]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moog|first=R. A.|year=1965|title=Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules|journal=[[Journal of the Audio Engineering Society]]|volume=13|issue=3|pages=200–206}}</ref>
*[[October 19]] – [[Simon & Garfunkel]] release their debut album, ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]'', their first for [[Columbia Records]], which is a total flop at this time. After release of their second album, ''[[Sounds of Silence (album)|Sounds of Silence]]'', in 1966, it hits #30 on the Billboard charts.
*[[October 24]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] start their second US tour.
*[[October 25]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] perform on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' for the first time.
*[[October 29]] – ''[[The T.A.M.I. Show]]'' is filmed.
*[[October 31]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the second of five successive number one hits, "[[Baby Love]]".
*[[November]] – A deal with U.K. impresario W. H. Miller lands the [[Anita Kerr]] Quartette on [[Capitol Records]] for North America.
*[[December 11]] – [[Sam Cooke]] is killed under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, "[[A Change Is Gonna Come (song)|A Change Is Gonna Come]]", a song considered by many to be his best, is released.
*[[December 19]] – [[The Supremes]] reach #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart with the third of five successive number one hits, "[[Come See About Me]]".
*[[December 24]]  – [[The Beatles]] gain the Christmas number one in the United Kingdom 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 ones in the U.K. alone.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html|work=JPGR|year=2009|access-date=2010-10-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130725053714/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html | archive-date = 2013-07-25| url-status=live}}</ref>
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**[[Dalida]] is the first star to receive a Platinum Disc in Europe.
**11-year-old [[Keith Green]] becomes the youngest person ever to sign a contract with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ([[ASCAP]]) after publishing, recording and releasing the song "The Way I Used to Be".
**[[Joseph Shabalala]] re-forms his male vocal [[isicathamiya]] ensemble as [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]].
**The [[National Institute of Kathak Dance]] is established in New Delhi.
**[[Sonny Bono|Sonny]] and [[Cher]] begin performing together as "Caesar and Cleo".