1962 in music

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Events

• January 24 - Brian Epstein signs to manage the Beatles.
• January 24 - Teenage star Danny Peppermint is nearly killed when he receives an electric shock from a microphone stand at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peppermint is rushed to a hospital where he recovers.
• April 7 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Mick Taylor meet Brian Jones at the Ealing Club, a blues club in London
• April 10 - Former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe dies from cerebral paralysis caused by a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg, Germany.
• April 12 - A recording is made of Bob Dylan's concert at the Town Hall, in New York City by Columbia Records. Columbia would eventually release the recording of "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" from this concert
• August 16 - The Beatles fire Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr.
• August 23 - John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
• Decca Records rejects a demo tape of The Beatles. The Tremeloes are signed to the label instead of the Beatles.
• Release of first Beatles recording: the single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" on October 5 in the United Kingdom.
• The Spokane Philharmonic orchestra becomes the Spokane Symphony.
• Dalida is Named Calabrian Citizen of Honour and receives the Radio Monte Carlo Oscar with Johnny Hallyday.
• Stevie Wonder's musical career begins
• Otis Redding's musical career begins
• Wilson Pickett's musical career begins
• Harry Nilsson's musical career begins
• Booker T. & the MG's' musical career begins
• Isaac Hayes' musical career begins
• Paul & Paula's musical career begins