Year:1962

Bands Formed

 * Booker T. & the M.G.'s
 * The Hollies
 * Manfred Mann
 * The Righteous Brothers (founded as The Paramours)
 * The Rolling Stones
 * Status Quo
 * The Swinging Blue Jeans

Singles Released
Green Onions Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Miserlou Dick Dale and The Del-Tones

Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke

My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone

Do You Love Me The Contours

Telstar The Tornados

You've Really Got a Hold on Me The Miracles

Boom Boom John Lee Hooker

She's Got You Patsy Cline

Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke

Pipeline The Chantays

He's a Rebel The Crystals

These Arms of Mine Otis Redding

The Loco-Motion Little Eva

The End of the World Skeeter Davis

Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick

Le temps de l'amour Françoise Hardy

Albums Released

 * April: Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
 * April: Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah
 * October 1: The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
 * Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods

Other Events
===Classical music [ edit] ===
 * February 3 : First performance of String Quartet No. 2 of Boris Tchaikovsky
 * February 7 : first performance of Symphony No. 1 by Boris Tchaikovsky
 * March 13 : First performance of William AlwynsString Trio
 * May 30 : first performance of Benjamin Britten'sWar Requiem