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1963

                    

January

James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Marvin Gaye - That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose a Good Thing

 French President De Gaulle refuses Britain's entry into the
     European Common Market.
February

Sam Cooke - Mr. Soul 
The Crystals - He's a Rebel 
The Marvelettes - The Marvelous Marvelettes 

  
March

The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA 
The Beatles - Please Please Me 
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry & 12 Others 
Peter, Paul and Mary - (Moving) 
Start of the Profumo government sex scandal in Britain; the
     minister denies any impropriety with Christine Keeler.
April
Martin Luther King is arrested for leading a civil rights march in
     Alabama (USA).

           

May

Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 
The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles (You've
       Really Got a Hold on Me) 
Little Stevie Wonder - The 12 Year Old Genius

 President Kennedy sends in troops to quell race riots in Alabama
      following MLK's march.
June

Jan and Dean - Jan and Dean Take Linda Surfin' 
Rev. Martin Luther King - The Great March to
       Freedom 
*The Rolling Stones release their first single in
       England

 Pope John XXIII dies; Paul VI is the new Pope.
The Profumo government sex scandal in Britain erupts; Profumo
     resigns.
Buddhists in South Vietnam riot over President Diem's behaviour.
US President Kennedy visits Berlin.
July

The Searchers - Meet the Searchers 

 Talks between China and the USSR confirm a political split .
August
 

Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry On Stage 
Sam Cooke - Night Beat 
Jan and Dean - Surf City and Other Swingin' Cities 
Major Lance - The Monkey Time 

 Train hijackers in Britain commit the "Great Train Robbery".
The USA, Britain and the USSR sign a partial nuclear test ban
     treaty.
Martin Luther King heads a 200 000 people civil rights gathering in
     Washington DC  ("I have a dream").
A telephone hotline is established between Washington DC and
     Moscow.

                    

September

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl 
Martha & the Vandellas - Heatwave 

 Bombs and riots in Alabama (USA) over de-segregation.
October

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe 
The Impressions - The Impressions 

 Death of French writer/director Jean Cocteau and singer Edith Piaf.
British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan resigns following the
     Profumo scandal; Lord Home replaces him.
The British press coins the term "Beatlemania".
November

Joan Baez - Joan Baez in Concert, vol. 2 
The Beatles - With the Beatles 
The New Christy Minstrels - Merry Christmas 
The Miracles - The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey 
The Searchers - Sugar and Spice 
Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog 
Various artists (Spector) - A Christmas Gift for You 

 South Vietnam President Diem is overthrown by a military coup.
US President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas; Lyndon Johnson
     is sworn in.
Death of English writer Aldous Huxley.
December

Jerry Butler - Giving Up on Love / Need to Belong 
The Impressions - For Your Precious Love 
Ricky Nelson - Rick Nelson Sings 'For You' 
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind 

 Kenya achieves independence.

 

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