Soundtrack

Arthur Rupert Neve is born in Newton Abbot, England, UK, Europe. He will become a pioneering designer of professional audio recording equipment, most notably Neve mixing desks, which will be used by The Beatles, Aerosmith, Nirvana, and countless others.

Judy Garland has her last day of filming for Little Nellie Kelly in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Rumours have begun circulating in the USA that an imminent shortage of vinyl could threaten the production of 45rpm records.

The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.

The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.

Five days of recording begin for the Rodgers And Hammerstein soundtrack to the film Oklahoma at Columbia Studios, New York City, USA. Singers include Nelson Eddy, Portia Nelson and Virginia Haskins.

The fourth of five days of recording for the Rodgers And Hammerstein soundtrack to the film Oklahoma proceeds at Columbia Studios, New York City, USA. Singers include Nelson Eddy, Portia Nelson and Virginia Haskins.

Judy Garland opens for a month at The Curran Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.

Barbra Streisand continues with a month-long residency at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Barbra Streisand plays the fifth of ten nights at The Caucus Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Stan Kenton and his band complete recording of the album Stan Kenton's West Side Story at Goldwyn Soundstage 5, Hollywood, California, USA.

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 fifteenth night in a month-long engagement at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.

Judy Garland plays at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Elvis Presley spends a second day recording soundtrack songs for the movie Kid Galahad at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.

In West Berlin, Germany, Europe, Judy Garland pre-records an interview with Jack Linkletter which will be broadcast in January 1962 on the tv show Here's Hollywood. (Garland is in Berlin to attend the premiere of her movie Judgement At Nuremberg.

Blue Hawaii by Elvis Presley reaches No1 on the Billboard Hot 100 albums chart in the USA.

Carol Lawrence appears on the Ed Sullivan Show on tv in the USA.

Carol Burnett stars in the CBS-tv special An Evening With Carol Burnett on tv in the USA.

Shirley Bassey plays at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.

Kenyon Hopkins records The Yellow Canary, On The Roof and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.

Pat Boone sings The Main Attraction, Days Of Wine and Roses and Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS tv in New York City, USA. On the same show Jesse Pearson sings I'm Movin' On and Just Because. Vocal and instrumental trio The Kim Sisters also appear on this edition of the show.

Lalo Schifrin And His Orchestra record Haunting and Theme From Dime With A Halo for MGM Records at A + R Recording Studios, New York City, USA.

Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusee, Peter Sellers, Joan Collins and others record the LP Fool Britannia for London Records in New York City, USA. The album features skits based on the recent Profumo Scandal which rocked the British political establishment. In the studio watching the recording are celebrities including Sammy Davis Jr, Vivien Leigh and Roddy McDowell. The album will peak at No10 in the charts.

Elvis Presley's single Bossa Nova Baby peaks at No8 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA.

Henry Mancini is recording tracks for his RCA Victor album The Latin Sound Of Henry Mancini.

During a press conference in San Francisco, California, USA, Judy Garland mentions that she thinks The Beatles are "great guys. Awfully nice young gentlemen. They're very intelligent. The own Liverpool now, don't they?"

The film soundtrack album Help! by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA for the first of nine weeks.

The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.

The latest Elvis Presley movie, Harum Scarum, opens at cinemas in the USA.

A Taste Of Honey by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.

Shirley Bassey records The Liquidator for Columbia Records in London, England, UK, Europe.

Barbra Streisand records The Minute Waltz in Columbia Records Studio A, New York City, USA.

George Harrison of The Beatles completes recording of the Wonderwall film soundtrack at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.

Scepter Records in New York City, USA, announces that it has sold over 1m copies of the hit single, I Say A Little Prayer / Theme From Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick.

The Top Ten Records being played on KHJ Radio, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the week beginning on this date, are as follows :

1. The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding

2. (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls Dionne Warwick

3. I Thank You Sam And Dave

4. Words The Bee Gees

5. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Madeline Bell

6. The Mighty Quinn Manfred Mann

7. Kiss Me Goodbye Petula Clark

8. The End Of Our Road Gladys Knight And The Pips

9. La-La Means I Love You The Delfonics

10. Mission: Impossible Lalo Schifrin

Louis Armstrong And The All Stars record Talk To The Animals and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Brunswick Records.

Judy Garland's management duo (Luft and Filberti) sell her contract as security in exchange for a loan of $18,750 to a pair of businessmen, Leon Greenspan and Howard Harper.

Rosemary Clooney is playing during an engagement at Harold's Club, Reno, Nevada, USA. However, she is seriously dependent on pills and will walk out of the club before many days have passed. At some point in this residency, she will also drive her white Cadillac Eldorado up the wrong side of a winding, two-lane mountain road, hoping in her deteriorating mental state, to test God's love. If He lets her survive after courting death from Reno to Lake Tahoe, it will mean that He loves her. She survives.

Barbra Streisand releases the soundtrack album Funny Girl, in the USA.

U2, Razorlight and Soundtrack Of Our Lives play at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.

It is reported that Daniel Bendor and Xiaoqin Wang of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, have identified neurons in the brain which are pitch-sensitive. This discovery might help to explain how the mind grasps and appreciates music.

John Legend and Common win The Golden Globe Award in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Best Original Song for their Selma soundtrack cut Glory.

The 57th Grammy Awards event is held at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Sam Smith is the big winner on the night, collecting trophies for Best New Artist, Song of the Year (Stay with Me), Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, ahead of Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran. The full list of 57th Annual Grammy Awards Winners is as follows : Record of the Year: Stay with Me, Sam Smith Album of the Year: Morning Phase, Beck Song of the Year: Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith, James Napier, William Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum Best R'n'B Performance: Drunk in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay Z Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour Best Pop Solo Performance: Happy, Pharrell Williams Best New Artist: Sam Smith Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for Bang Bang, Break Free, Dark Horse, Problem, Shake It Off, Unconditionally Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread Best American Roots Song: A Feather's Not a Bird, Rosanne Cash And John Leventhal Best American Roots Performance: A Feather's Not a Bird, Rosanne Cash Best R'n'B Album: Toni Braxton And Babyface, Love Marriage Divorce Best Urban Contemporary Album: Pharrell Williams, G I R L Best R'n'B Song: Drunk in Love, Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyonce Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor And Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyonce feat. Jay Z) Best Traditional R'n'B Performance: Jesus Children, Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner And Lalah Hathaway Best Rap Album: Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP2 Best Rap Song: I, K. Duckworth And C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: The Monster, Eminem feat. Rihanna Best Rap Performance: I, Kendrick Lamar Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovic, Mandatory Fun Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva Best Blues Album: Johnny Winter, Step Back Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent Best Rock Song: Ain't It Fun, Hayley Williams and Taylor York Best Metal Performance: Last in Line, Tenacious D Best Rock Performance: Lazaretto, Jack White Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Bass and Mandolin Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Say Something, Great Big World And Christina Aguilera Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester Best Country Song: I'm Not Going to Miss You, Glen Campbell And Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell) Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Gentle on My Mind, The Band Perry Best Country Solo Performance: Something in the Water, Carrie Underwood Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer And Judith Hill Best Music Video: Happy, Pharrell Williams Best Song Written for Visual Media: Let It Go, Kristen Anderson-Lopez And Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel) Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat, composer Best compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall And Chris Montan, compilation producers Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell And Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer/lyricist) Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill And The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Life in the Bubble Best Jazz Instrumental: Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Fingerprints, Chick Corea Best Dance/Electronic Album: Syro, Aphex Twin Best Dance Recording: Rather Be, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne Best Tropical Latin Album: Carlos Vives, Mas And Corazon Profundo Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Vicente Fernandez, Mano a Mano Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative: Calle 13, Multiviral Best Latin Pop Album: Ruben Blades, Tangos Best Roots Gospel Album: Mike Farris, Shine For All the People Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: For King and Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell, Help Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Messengers, Lecrae featuring For King and Country Best Gospel Performance/Song: No Greater Love, Smokie Norful And Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriters (Smokie Norful) Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams, Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot And Seattle Symphony) Best Classical Compendium: Partch, Partch: Plectra And Percussion Dances Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Anne Sofie Von Otter, Douce France (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergstrom, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder And Antoine Tamestit) Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Jason Vieaux, Play Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Hilary Hahn And Cory Smythe, In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores Best Choral Performance: Craig Hella Johnson, The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Conspirare) Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aux Enfers Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams (City Noir) Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman Best Surround Sound Album: Beyonce, Beyonce Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical: All of Me (Tiestos Birthday Treatment Remix, Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend) Best Engineered Album Non-Classical: Beck, Morning Phase Best Historical Album: Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 Best Album Notes: John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Jack White, Susan Archie And Dean Blackwood, The Rise And Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. One (1917-27) Best Recording Package: Pearl Jam, Lighting Bolt Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : New York Tendaberry, Billy Childs feat. Renee Fleming And Yo-Yo Ma Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Capella: Daft Punk, Pentatonix Best Instrumental Composition: The Book Thief, John Williams Best Children's Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Eve Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta Best Regional Music Album: Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy Best New Age Album: Ricky Kej And Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara