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
 * Misirlou 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
 * Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
 * Boom Boom John Lee Hooker
 * She's Got You Patsy Cline
 * He's a Rebel The Crystals
 * Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke
 * Pipeline The Chantays
 * These Arms of Mine Otis Redding
 * Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick
 * The Loco-Motion Little Eva
 * The End of the World Skeeter Davis
 * Le temps de l'amour Françoise Hardy
 * Love Letters Ketty Lester
 * The James Bond Theme John Barry
 * Rhythm of the Rain The Cascades

Albums Released

 * February: John Coltrane - Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard
 * August: John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962 album)
 * October 1: The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
 * Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
 * Requiem (Mozart) KV 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wiener Singverein,

Other Events
Classical music

3 February: first performance of String Quartet No. 2 by Boris Tchaikovsky

7 February: first performance of Symphony No. 1 by Boris Tchaikovsky

March 13: first performance of William Alwyns string trio

30 may: first performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem