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Juanita Long is born in Keyport, New Jersey, USA. She will achieve success as musical theatre and film actress Juanita Hall, best-remembered for her roles in the stage and film musicals South Pacific and The Flower Drum Song.
James David Buttolph Jr. is born in New York City, USA. He will achieve success as film and tv music composer David Buttolph, with over 300 film scores to his credit.
Muzak is registered as a trademark by The North American Company, who will use it as the name for a service delivering background music to hotels, restaurants and workplaces.
Judy Garland performs Over The Rainbow on the Red Cross War Fund Program, on the NBC and CBS radio networks in the USA. 
Wilhelm Rabenbauer is born in Viechtach, Bavaria, Europe. He will find success as filmscore composer Peer Raben, working memorably on the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Judy Garland has her last day of filming for Little Nellie Kelly in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The American Federation Of Musicians initiates another ban on the recording of music.
Doris Day releases a new single, I Love The Way You Say Goodnight / I'll Be Around, on Columbia Records in the USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
The film soundtrack, An American In Paris, by Gene Kelly and Georges Guetary, remains at No1 in the Billboard Best-Selling Pop Albums Chart in the USA, but Top Pops by pianist Frankie Carle makes a major jump into the Top Ten, entering at No4.
Judy Garland and her manager/boyfriend, Sid Luft, attend Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA, where Judge Louis Burke issues an order for Miss Garland's arrest. She has been asked to testify as a witness in a suit brought by Luft's former wife, actress Lynn Bari.
The Michel Legrand Orchestra, with Miles Davis on trumpet, records Wild Man Blues, Round About Midnight, Django and Jitterbug Waltz for Columbia Records in New York City, USA. The tracks will appear on the album Legrand Jazz.
The first-ever Grammy Awards ceremony is held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Tequila by The Champs wins Best R'n'B Performance, Perry Como is Best Male Vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald is Best Female Vocalist. The Chipmunks, however, win two Grammys - for Best Comedy, Best Engineering and Best Children’s Recording.
Leonard Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic Orchestra record Symphonic Dances From West Side Story, in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers open for three weeks at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand.Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand.
Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand .
Barbra Streisand plays the twelfth night of two weeks at The Town'n'Country, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Barbra Streisand plays the thirteenth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club , Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Elvis Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker, advises RCA Records that they will not be allowed to release an album of soundtrack material from Presley's current movie, Fun In Acapulco.
Episode No23 of The Judy Garland Show is taped by CBS-tv in Los Angeles, California, USA, and will be broadcast om March 8, 1964.
Elvis Presley records Spanish language vocals for the song Guadalajara, part of the soundtrack to his latest film, Fun In Acapulco, at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Popular singer Diahann Carroll has an acting role in tv series The Eleventh Hour in the USA, playing Stella Young in an episode entitled And God Created Vanity.
When You'll Never Walk Alone hits the UK pop singles chart top slot, Gerry and the Pacemakers become the first act ever to notch up three consecutive No1 hits, with their first three singles.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the fastest-selling record up to this time when 4m copies are sold in the USA during the week ending on this date. The memorial tribute was recorded November 22 - the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Marni Nixon, famed as a singer for having secretly dubbed the singing voices for actresses including Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn, in many musical films, appears as a contestant on tv panel show To Tell The Truth in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues with recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for the film soundtrack album Harum Scarum.
Isaac Hayes plays as an in-house keyboardist for Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, during an Otis Redding session. 
Czech producer, composer, songwriter, keyboard player Michal Dvorak is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Europe.
A special tribute programme, The Music Of Lennon And McCartney, is broadcast on Independent tv in the UK. As well as The Beatles, the show features performances by Cilla Black, Peter Sellers, Marianne Faithfull, Esther Phillips, Peter Sellers, George Martin, Henry Mancini, Lulu, Billy J. Kramer and others.
(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick peaks at No2 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Movie soundtrack album The Graduate by Simon And Garfunkel is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Barbra Streisand releases a compilation album, Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits on Columbia Records in the USA.
Barbra Streisand records two tracks, The Singer and I Can Do It, for an album to be titled The Singer. The album will eventually be abandoned, but the tracks will appear on other releases.
Star Fleet, a solo single by Brian May of Queen, featuring Eddie Van Halen, enters the UK singles chart where it will peak at No65.
The Peter Gabriel-composed soundtrack lp for the film Birdy is released by Charisma Records in the UK.
Prince wins the Best Original Score Oscar for his movie Purple Rain at the Academy Awards.
Barbara Dickson plays at The Theatre Royal, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
Barbra Streisand is awarded a 5x platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA for sales of the hit album Guilty, and a 3x platinum disc for the album Memories.
The soundtrack to the movie The Longest Yard is released on Universal records in the USA. The album, consisting entirely of hip-hop tracks, features contributions by Nelly, Eminem, Lil' Wayne, D12, Akon and others.
The movie My Own Love Song, whose soundtrack includes music written by Bob Dylan [including Life is Hard from his 2009 album Together Through Life] premieres in France, Europe. A road movie, it stars Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima and Nick Nolte.
Effective from this date, The Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) introduces video and audio streaming equivalents into its Album Award methodology. In essence, 1,500 on-demand song plays will be deemed equal to ten track sales, and thus the equivalent of one album sale.
Kathryn Williams releases a new album, Songs From The Novel Greatest Hits, on One Little Indian Records in the UK. The album is described as a 'soundtrack' of songs inspired by the new novel Greatest Hits by writer Laura Barnett.
Actor, singer and writer Barry Dennen dies aged 79 in Burbank, California, USA. He had suffered a fall in his home in suffered a fall in his Hollywood Heights which required hospital care, but he never fully recovered.
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