This is a summary of 1964 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year.
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1 January – The first episode of the long-running weekly pop music show Top of the Pops BBC TV .[ 1] 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 ".[ 2] [ 3] 3 January – Footage of The Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth is shown on The Jack Paar Show 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 12 February – Anna Moffo collapses onstage at Covent Garden (London) in the first act of Rigoletto 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.[ 4] 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 .[ 5] 14 March – Billboard magazineBeatles records make up 60% of the entire singles market.20 March – Britten's opera Peter Grimes Leningrad by Djemal Dalgat.[ 6] 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 27 March – The Beatles occupy the top six spots on the Australian pop chart.28 March
April – Drummer Keith Moon joins The Who .4 April – The Beatles occupy all five top positions on Billboard '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 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 12 May – Pirate radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from MV 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 .[ 8] 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 [citation needed 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.[ 9] [ 10] 4 August – Release of London group The Kinks ' successful single You Really Got Me 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.[ 11] 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 .[ 12] 19 September – The programme for the Last Night of the Proms includes Alan Rawsthorne 's Piano Concerto no 1, played by Malcolm Binns .[ 13] 24 October – The Rolling Stones start their second US tour.25 October – The Rolling Stones perform on The Ed Sullivan Show 7 December – George Harrison 's new publishing company, Mornyork Ltd, changes its name to Harrisongs .[ 14] 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.[ 15] December – Sir John Barbirolli records Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius Janet Baker as the Angel. The first stereophonic recording of the work, it remains in the catalogues continuously following its first release.[ 16]
William Alwyn – Concerto Grosso No. 3Malcolm Arnold
Pieces (5), for violin and piano, Op. 84
Sinfonietta No. 3, for orchestra, Op. 81
A Sunshine Overture , for orchestra, Op. 83Water Music , for winds and percussion, Op. 82Harrison Birtwistle
Entr’actes and Sappho Fragments , for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, viola, harp, and percussionThree Movements with Fanfares , for chamber orchestraPeter Maxwell Davies
Little Pieces (5), for pianoSecond Fantasia on John Taverner's In Nomine , for orchestraShakespeare Music , for 11 instruments Film and Incidental music
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9 January – Phil Hartnoll, musician and songwriter (Orbital )17 January – Andy Rourke , bassist (The Smiths )4 February – Ian Clarke , flautist and composer14 February – Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones , musician (d. 1993 )18 February
20 February – Iain Ballamy , composer and saxophonist11 March – Shane Richie , actor, comedian and singer26 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 with 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 , singer7 October – Sam Brown , singer, daughter of singers Joe Brown and Vicki Brown 6 December – Matthew Taylor , composer and conductor18 December – Robson Green , actor and singer25 December – Ian Bostridge , operatic and concert tenordate unknown
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