Year:1961

Bands Formed

 * The Beach Boys

Singles Released
Runaway Del Shannon

Hats Off to Larry Del Shannon

Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo

Over the Rainbow Jackie Lynton

Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) The Viscounts

Granada Frank Sinatra

Auf Wiederseh'n/Taboo Ian Menzies And The Clyde Valley Stompers

Violetta Ray Adams

Sleepless Nights Tony Williams

La Paloma The Tony Hatch Orchestra

There Was a Tavern in the Town/One More Time Sammy Davis, Jr.

There I've Said It Again Al Saxon

Nanette The Sherwoods

Albums Released
My Favorite Things John Coltrane

Olé Coltrane John Coltrane

Africa/Brass The John Coltrane Quartet

The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson

Free Jazz The Ornette Coleman Quartet

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo BWV 1007-1012 Pierre Fournier

Eastern Sounds Yusef Lateef

Explorations Bill Evans Trio

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite Max Roach

Don Giovanni Philharmonia Orchestra/Philharmonia Chorus/Carlo Maria Giulini/Eberhard Wächter/Joan Sutherland/Luigi Alva/Gottlob Frick/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Giuseppe Taddei/Piero Cappuccilli/Graziella Sciutti

This Is Our Music The Ornette Coleman Quartet

A Night in Tunisia Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Chopin / Brahms / Liszt / Ravel / Prokofieff Martha Argerich

Roll Call Hank Mobley

Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis

Out of the Cool The Gil Evans Orchestra

West Side Story Various Artists

Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus

Ezz-thetics George Russell Sextet

The Quest Mal Waldron

Klaviersonaten Pathétique · Mondschein-Sonate · Appassionata Wilhelm Kempff

Showcase Patsy Cline