1960s British Rock and Pop Chronology |
The Birth of a Nation: 1943 |
| 8 Jan | Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Keith (Lee) Jackson. Nice |
| 9 Jan | Liverpool: Freddie Starr [b. Frederick Leslie Fowell]. Howie Casey and the Seniors; Freddie Starr and the Midnighters |
| 11 Jan | Britain and the US relinquish extraterritorial rights in China |
| 14 Jan | Casablanca: Churchill and Roosevelt meet |
| 19 Jan | Wokingham, Berkshire: Les Hurdle. Bass: sessions |
| 20 Jan | Aintree?, Liverpool: Eric London. Bass: The Hi-Hats, The Ravens, Group One, Faron's Flamingos |
| 28 Jan | Dartford, Kent: Richard ("Dick") Clifford Taylor. Guitar. The Pretty Things. |
| 2 Feb | Marylebone, London: Peter MacBeth. Bass: The Foundations |
| 3 Feb | Stockport: Eric Haydock. Hollies |
| 7 Feb | US: shoe rationing limits citizens to three pairs per person for the remainder of the year |
| 9 Feb | 11 Balmoral Road, Aintree, Liverpool: Nicholas ("Nicky") Crouch. Guitarist, singer: Ravens, Faron's Flamingos, Mojos |
| 14 Feb | Hoxton, North London: Neil Christian [b. Christopher Tidmarsh]. Singer: Neil Christian and the Crusaders |
| 15 Feb | Hull: Elaine (Lal) Waterson [d. Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, 4 September 1988]. Singer: The Watersons |
| 25 Feb | Wavertree, Liverpool: George Harold Harrison [d. Los Angeles, 29 November 2001] |
| 7 Mar | Barnet: Christopher (Chris) Taylor White. Bass: Zombies Dagenham, Essex: Ricky West [b. Richard Charles Westwood]. Tremeloes |
| 8 Mar | Burbank, Scotland: Shel MacRae [b. Andrew Semple]. Guitarist, vocalist: The Fortunes |
| 16 Mar | Hendon: b. Roger Dean; d. 3 August 2008. Guitarist: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Ronnie Jones and the Bluejays |
| 17 Mar | Southampton: Richard Anthony ("Tony") Newman. Drummer: The Jeff Beck Group, May Blitz, Boxer, T-Rex, Sounds Incorporated |
| 21 Mar | Baxenden, Accrington, Lanashsire: John Wilkinson. Teenbeats Radcliffe Maternity Home, Shillingford, Oxfordshire: Viv Stanshall [b. Vivian Anthony Stanshill; d. 5 March 1995, Hill Field Park, near Alexander Palace, Muswell Hill, North London]. Singer: Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band |
| 22 Mar | Richmond,
Surrey: Keith William Relf [d. Whitton, Middlesex. 4 May 1976]. Singer,
harmonica: Yardbirds. Birmingham: Terry Bond. Rockin Berries Redlands House, Humberstone, Lincolnshire: Anthony (T.S.) Charles McPhee. Singer: Groundhogs |
| 23 Mar | New End Hospital, London: Daniel Joseph Anthony (Tony) Meehan [d. St Mary's Hospital, South Wharf Road, Paddington, London 28 Nov 2005]. Drummer: Shadows. Producer. |
| 29 Mar | US: meat, butter and cheese rationing |
| 2 Apr | Deal, Kent: Glen Dale born Richard Garforth. Guitarist, singer: Robby Hood and his Merrymen, The Cliftones, The Fortunes Rhythm Group, The Fortunes |
| 7 Apr | Brierfield,
Lancashire: Alan Buck. Four Pennies Luton, Bedfordshire: Mick Abrahams [b. Michael Timothy Abrahams]. Guitarist, vocalist: The Jesters, The Hustlers, Neil Christian and the Crusaders, The Goodtimers, Neil Christian and the Crusaders, The Toggery Five, McGregor's Engine, Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig |
| 10 Apr | Durham: Peter (Pnut) Langford [Barron Knights] |
| 14 Apr | Exeter: Anthony ("Tony") Burrows. Singer: Flowerpot Men |
| 16 Apr | Dulwich, South-east London: David ("Lonesome Dave") Peverett [d. 7 February 2000]. Singer, guitar: The Cross Ties Blues Band, Lonesome Jax Blues Band, Les Questions, Savoy Brown, Foghat |
| 19 Apr | Basel, Switzerland: Albert Hofman at Sandoz seld-administers a dose of LSD. [aka "Bicycle Day"] |
| 20 Apr | Stratford, East London: Jimmy Winston [b. James Edward Winston Longworth]. Organ: Small Faces |
| 25 Apr | Conisbrough: Tony Christie [b Anthony Fitzgerald]. Singer |
| 26 Apr | Dublin: Anthony ("Tony") Murray. Plastic Penny |
| 5 May | Solihull: Gerald Ernest Freeman. Applejacks |
| 7 May | Dagenham, Essex: Richard Charles Westwood (Rick West). Tremeloes |
| 8 May | London: Paul Samwell-Smith. Bass, producer: Yardbirds |
| 11 May | Liverpool: John Leslie Chadwick. Piano: Gerry and the Pacemakers |
| 14 May | Glasgow: John (Jack) Symon Asher Bruce. Bass: Blues Incorporated, Graham Bond Organization, Cream |
| 17 May | Gosport: Anthony John Ransley. Simon Dupree and the Big Sound |
| 19 May | Washington, DC: Winston Churchill pledges his country's full support in the war against Japan |
| 20 May | West Norwood, South-east London: Terence ("Terry") Smith. Guitar: The Mike Carr Trio, The J J Jackson Soul Band, If |
| 22 May | North Shields, Northumberland: Hilton Stuart Patterson Valentine. Guitar: Animals |
| 25 May | Evesham, Worcester: Poli Palmer [b John Michael Palmer]. Drummer, flute, vibes, harmonica: Deep Feeling, Blossom Toes, Eclection, Family |
| 27 May | Liverpool: Cilla Black [b. Priscilla Maria Veronica White]. Singer |
| 2 June | London?: Graham Bonney. Singer: Expresso Five, 1960-62 |
| 14 Jun | Birmingham: Mervyn (Muff) Winwood. Bass: Spencer Davis Group |
| 15 Jun | Camberwell, London: Art Wood [b. Colin Arthur Wood]. Organist, pianist, flutist: Bill Nile's Delta Jazzmen, Whistling Jack Smith, Monty Sunshine, The Climax Chicago Blues Band, Monty Sunshine, Bill Nile's Goodtime Jazz Band |
| 20 Jun | Detroit: Race-related rioting leaves 30 dead |
| 22 Jun | Wythenshaw, Manchester: Frank Renshaw. Guitarist, singer: The Swallows, Lee Shondell and the Premiers of Beat, The Toggery Five, Wayne Fontana and the Boys, Wayne Fontana and the Opposition, The Young Brothers, Herman's Hermits, The Mindbenders |
| 26 Jun | Lancashire:
Georgie Fame [b. Clive Powell]. Organist, singer. Sefton, Liverpool: Jason Eddy [b. Albert (Albie) Edward Wycherley]. Singer, songwriter. |
| 28 Jun | East Ham: Bobby Harrison. Drums; Procol Harum. |
| 29 Jun | Hammersmith, West London: Roger Ruskin Spear. Saxophone: The Bonzo Dog Dada Band, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Big Grunt, The Kinetic Wardrobe, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Kinetic Wardrobe |
| 4 Jul | London: The American Forces Network begins broadcasting |
| 7 Jul | Liverpool: Tommy Quickly (b. Thomas Quigley). Singer; Remo Four. |
| 10 Jul | Sicily: British and American forces land |
| 20 Jul | Birmingham: John Charles Lodge. Bass; Moody Blues. |
| 21 Jul | Portstewart, Derry, Northern Ireland: Henry McCulloch. Guitarist: The Sky Rockets, Gene and the Gents, The People, Eire Apparent, Sweeney's Men, The Joe Cocker Band |
| 25 Jul | Liverpool: Jim McCarty. Drums: Yardbirds |
| Rome: Italian police arrest Mussolini | |
| 26 Jul | Livingstone Hospital, East Hill, Dartford: Mick (Michael Phillip) Jagger |
| 28 Jul | Hatch End, Middlesex: Richard William Wright. Organ: Pink Floyd |
| US: The end of coffee rationing | |
| 1 Aug | Lewisham, South-east London: Geoffrey Britton. Drums: The Tigers, The Hi-Fi Combo, Gun, East of Eden, Wild Angles, Wings, Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
| 4 Aug | Leyton, East London: David Carr. Organist: The Cliftones, The Fortunes Rhythm Group, The Fortunes |
| 11 Aug | Walthamstow, East London: b. Denis West Payton; d. Bournemouth, Dorset, 17 December 2006. Saxophone: The Renegades, The Les Heath Combo, The Blue Dukes, The Mike Jones Combo, The Dave Clark Five. |
| 16 Aug | London: Shel Shapiro [b. Norman David Shapiro]. Singer, guitar: Rob Storm and the Whispers, The Shel Carson Combo, Tony Hicks, The Rokes |
| 18 Aug | Moseley, Birmingham: Carl Wayne [b. Colin David Tooley; d. 31 Aug 2004]. Singer |
| 19 Aug | Bootle, Liverpool: Billy J. Kramer [b. William Howard Ashton]. Singer |
| 27 Aug | Liverpool: Brian Griffiths. Saxophone; Derry and the Seniors, Howie Casey and the Seniors, Big Three |
| 28 Aug | Hayes, Middlesex: Anne Margot ("Honey") Lantree. Drummer: Honeycombs |
| 3 Spt | Italy: The British Eighth Army invades; the Italians sign a secret armistice with the Allies |
| 8 Spt | Italy: Eisenhower announces an armistice with Italy. German forces immediately occupy Rome. |
| 12 Spt | Sardinia: Germans rescue Mussolini from imprisonment |
| 13 Spt | Belfast, Northern Ireland: Raymond ("Ray") Elliott. Organist, saxophone, flutist: The Broadways, Them |
| 23 Spt | Liverpool: John Banks. Merseybeats |
| 29 Spt | Malta: General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard HMS Nelson |
| Oct | Castlerea, County Roscommon, Eire: John Carroll. The Premier Aces, Murphy and the Swallows, Magic, The Magic Band |
| 3 Oct | Liverpool: Ian Edwards. Guitar, singer: Ian and the Zodiacs |
| 6 Oct | Hayes, Middlesex: Robin Shaw [b. Robin Scrimshaw]. Flowerpot Men |
| 10 Oct | Whitechapel:
Denis James Dalziel. Honeycombs Mullinger, Co Meath, Eire: Joseph Francis Robert ("Joe") Dolan. Singer: Joe Dolan and the Drifters, Sweeney's Men |
| 13 Oct | Italy: Declaration of war on one-time Axis partner, Germany |
| Liverpool: Ian Edwards. Ian Edwards and the Zodiacs; Fourmost | |
| 16 Oct | Aintree?, Liverpool: Trevor Gladstone Emanuel Morais. Drums: Ravens, Faron's Flamingos, Peddlers |
| 20 Oct | Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland: James ("Jimmy") Henshaw. Guitarist: The Ramrods, The VIP's |
| 25 Oct | Redhill: Roy Alan Lynes. Status Quo |
| 3 Nov | Glasgow: Herbert ("Bert") Jansch. Guitarist, singer: Pentangle |
| 5 Nov | Britain: Patti Lynn. Singer |
| 11 Nov | Birmingham: Bryan Charles (Chuck) Botfield. Rockin Berries |
| 24 Nov | Edinburgh: Robin Williamson. Incredible String Band |
| 27 Nov | Kilkenny, Eire: Noel Murphy. Folk singer |
| 28 Nov | Tehran: Winston Churchill meets with Roosevelt and Stalin |
| 30 Nov | Stanbridge, Bedfordshire: Leo Lyons [b. David William Lyons]. Bass: Ten Years After |
| 6 Dec | Edmonton, London: Michael Smith. Vocals, organ; Dave Clark Five |
| 12 Dec | Dagenham,
Essex: David Charles Munden. Tremeloes Cuffley, Hertfordshire: Peter Andrew Oakman. Bass: The Spacemen Skiffle Group, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Lonnie Donegan, Country Feaver, Home Brew, The Bruvvers |
| 14 Dec | Hayes, Middlesex: Frank Allen (b. Frances Renauld McNaice). Vocals, bass; the Searchers |
| 16 Dec | Nelson, Lancashire : Anthony (Tony) Charles Hicks. Guitar; Hollies. |
| 18 Dec | Livingstone Hospital, East Hill, Dartford: Keith Richards |
| 25 Dec | Catford, London: Jacqueline ("Jacque") McShee. Singer: Pentangle |
| 26 Dec | Norris Green, Liverpool: George Robinson. Bumbles |
| 27 Dec | Birmingham:
Roy Austin. Rockin Berries Fulham Place Road, Fulham, South-west London: Peter Sinfield. Lyricist: King Crimson |
| 28 Dec | Edmonton, North London: Charles (Chas) Nicholas Hodges. Mike Berry & the Outlaws; Chas & Dave |
| 31 Dec | Tavistock, Devon: Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife. Bass. The Kinks. |
| Other 1943 Artifacts | |
| Calcutta:
John Cruickshank (John Lee) [guitar; Groundhogs] Hayes, Middlesex: Richard ("Ricky") Winter. Drums; Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Britain: Nicky James [b. Michael Clifford Nicholls]. Singer, guitarist: The Nicky James Movement, Danny Laine and the Diplomates, The Wild Cherries Stamford Hill, North London: Rhet Stoller [b. Barry Stuart Stoller]. Guitarist: Russ Sainty and the Nu-Notes Lismore, Co Waterford, Eire: Patrick Campbell-Lyons. Nirvana Bernard ("Bernie") Martin. Drummer: Russ Sainty and the Nu-Notes Roy Taft [b. Raymond Taft]. Guitar, singer: Russ Sainty and the Nu-Notes |
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| This site is a living document. I welcome corrections and suggestions. Gordon Thompson, Department of Music, Skidmore College | |||
| Copyright © 1995 — 20-Dec-2009 Gordon Thompson |
