- In 1963: John F. Kennedy, Patsy Cline and Elmore James died. Vanessa Williams, Johnny Depp, and Michael Jordan were born.
- In 1963: Miss America was Jacquelyn Mayer (Sandusky, OH). Marite Ozers (Illinois) was named Miss USA.
- In 1963: The average yearly income was $5,807.00 ($45,706.97 in 2016 $$), and a new house cost $12,650.00 ($99,568.32 in 2016 $$). The cost of a new car was $3,233.00 ($25,446.99 in 2016).
- In 1963: The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Petticoat Junction were the most popular TV shows.
- In 1963: Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee at the height of her career.
- In 1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22.
- In 1963: Time Magazine's Man of the Year was Martin Luther King, Jr.
- In 1963: In October Chuck Berry was released from prision in Missouri after serving one and a half years for a violation of the Mann Act. He said he didn't; she said he did.
- In 1963: In the UK the Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me.
- In 1963: 19-year-old Andrew Loog Oldham became the Rolling Stones` manager, having
seen the band for the first time the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London. - In 1963: The Rolling Stones' first single was a cover version of
the Chuck Berry song "Come On". It reached No. 21. in the U.K. - In 1963: The second single released by the Rolling Stones ("I Wanna Be Your Man")
was actually written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. - In 1963: "Sugar Shack" was recorded in Clovis, New Mexico at
Norman Petty's studio where Buddy Holly had recorded previously. - In 1963: According to Songfacts.com, the highly covered Rhythm Of The Rain
by the Cascades was the 9th most performed song of the 20th century. - In 1963: The Chiffons` "He's So Fine", turned down by several major record labels as too `trite`, was released by Laurie. A massive hit, it went to
#1 in the US, and hit #1 on the R&B charts. - In 1963: After "Hey Paula", Paul and Paula, Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson, had two more US Top 40 hits: "Young Lovers" and "First Quarrel." They wern't really a couple,
and Hildebrand left the act in 1965. - In 1963: Twelve year-old Stevie Wonder`s "Fingertips", recorded live at the
Regal Theatre in Chicago, was the first live recording to hit #1 in the US. - In 1963: Bob Feldman was inspired to write "My Boyfriend's Back"after seeing a fight between a girl and a boy who was telling lies about her. She yelled, "My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble..."
