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July 10, 1962 NASA launches the Telstar 1 satellite, the first active communications satellite, inspiring the Tornadoes' instrumental hit "Telstar" later that year.
July 9, 1962 Bob Dylan, not yet famous, records "Blowin' In The Wind" at Columbia Records' studios in New York City, but doesn't release it until May 27, 1963, when it appears on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It eventually becomes one of Dylan's most famous songs, but the first version most listeners hear is the hit cover by Peter, Paul and Mary, which goes to #2 in the US in August 1963.
June 16, 1962 Gary U.S. Bonds appears on US TV for the first time, performing his hit "Quarter To Three" on American Bandstand.
June 4, 1962 The Beach Boys release their second single, "Surfin' Safari" backed with "409."More
May 22, 1962 Jesse Valenzuela (original vocalist, then guitarist for Gin Blossoms) is born.
May 19, 1962 Iain Harvie (guitarist for Del Amitri) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 14, 1962 Ian Astbury (lead vocalist for The Cult) is born in Heswall, Cheshire, England.
April 16, 1962 Punk rocker Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat, Fugazi) is born in Washington, DC.
April 13, 1962 Hillel Slovak (original guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Haifa, Israel, to parents who are Holocaust survivors.
April 10, 1962 Stu Sutcliffe, original bass guitarist for The Beatles, dies at age 21 of a brain aneurysm.
April 8, 1962 Guitarist Izzy Stradlin, a founding member of Guns N' Roses, is born Jeffrey Dean Isbell in Lafayette, Indiana.
April 4, 1962 Craig Adams (bass guitarist for The Cult) is born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England.
March 7, 1962 Taylor Dayne is born Leslie Wunderman. She took her stage name when she released her hit single "Tell It To My Heart."
March 2, 1962 Jon Bon Jovi is born John Francis Bongiovi in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. As a teenager, he gets a gig cleaning up the studio his cousin Tony owns, which he uses to record demos and form the band Bon Jovi.
February 11, 1962 Sheryl Crow is born in Kennett, Missouri. She works as an elementary school music teacher before landing a gig a backing vocalist on Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour in 1987.
February 7, 1962 Garth Brooks is born Troyal Garth Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma; he's raised in Yukon, Oklahoma.More
February 6, 1962 Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose, Jr., is born in Lafayette, Indiana (his stage name is an anagram for "Oral Sex"). Rose forms the band Guns N' Roses.
February 4, 1962 Country singer Clint Black is born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
February 1, 1962 Shelley Fabares debuts her hit single "Johnny Angel" on The Donna Reed Show episode "Donna's Prima Donna." Fabares plays daughter Mary Stone on the sitcom.
January 27, 1962 With "The Twist" at #1 in America, two San Francisco DJs sell out the Cow Palace in San Francisco with a "Twist Party" headlined by Chubby Checker.More
January 24, 1962 "The Twist" craze peaks, with a re-released version of Chubby Checker's song at #1 for the last time.
January 20, 1962 Dick Dale's guitar instrumental "Let's Go Trippin'" hits #60, becoming the first Surf Rock song to chart. Many groups, including The Beach Boys, subsequently cover the song.More
January 16, 1962 Paul Webb (bassist for Talk Talk) is born in Essex, England.
January 13, 1962 Country singer Trace Adkins is born in Sarepta, Louisiana. His many hits include "You're Gonna Miss This" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."
January 1, 1962 The romantic comedy If A Man Answers, starring real-life husband and wife Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee, debuts in US theaters. Darin writes and performs the hit title theme.
January 1, 1962 The Beatles and The Tremeloes both audition for Decca Records, with The Beatles performing 15 songs at the label's studio in London. Decca signs The Tremeloes but passes on The Beatles, reasoning that "guitar groups are on the way out."
December 31, 1961 The Beach Boys perform live for the second time, appearing on a bill with Ike & Tina Turner at the Ritchie Valens memorial dance in Long Beach, California. They earn $300 for their efforts.
December 18, 1961 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," with a chorus in poorly translated Zulu, tops the Hot 100 for The Tokens.More
December 6, 1961 Keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who is on tour with Smashing Pumpkins when he dies of a drug overdose in 1996, is born in Los Angeles. He is the brother of Wendy Melvoin of Wendy & Lisa.
November 24, 1961 In yet another important development for British blues-rock, Chicago blues legend Howlin' Wolf makes his first appearance in the UK for his first European tour, touring behind his latest single, "Little Baby."
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