The Rolling Stones has been playing gigs continuously in and around London since early 1963, at clubs and pubs mostly. But this month they are set for their first tour, a so-called package tour, which was a thing in the ‘60s.
Marty Robbins
1963 starts off with a lawsuit against Chubby Checker and his team, as Gary U.S. Bonds sued him for plagiarism.
The 4th annual Grammy Awards was held in May 1962 (might have been in April) to celebrate the best music of the year 1961.
Even though we can track The Beatles all the way back to 1957, I’ve decided to not write about them until now. But they weren’t even called The Beatles back then, so I’ve come to the conclusion that I did the right thing here. In 1957 the it was John Lennon’s band and they were called the Quarry Men. And to be perfectly honest; it didn’t really become interesting until Paul McCartney joined in.
John Coltrane doesn’t need an introduction. His name is well known to all who listens to music. But then again, he is a jazz musician.
The 1960s. The alluring decade where so many legends started their climb to musical divinity. When Yuri Gagarin became the first man to float around in space and Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
This Band Could Be Your Life 