Year:1963

Bands Formed

 * Herman's Hermits
 * The Kinks
 * The Seekers
 * The Three Degrees

Singles Released
Hanky Panky Tommy James & The Shondells

Albums Released

 * March 27: The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
 * September 16: The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
 * October 7: The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe

Other Events
John F. Kennedy assasinated. ===Classical music [ edit] ===
 * May 9 : first performance Three poems by Henri Michaux of Witold Lutosławski
 * June 2 : First version A hymn of St Columba Of Benjamin Britten
 * June 30 : First execution Dance Preludes by Witold Lutosławski (clarinet / chamber)
 * September 1 : first performance Cantata misericordium of Benjamin Britten
 * September 12 : first performance Symfonisk epic of Johan Kvandal
 * October 15 : First performance of Spirit of the Avalanche by Alan Hovhaness