| 1960s British Rock and Pop Chronology |
| The Birth of a Nation 10: 1947 |
| 6 Jan | Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Copse Hill, London: Alexandra (Sandy) Elene MacLean Denny [d. 21 April 1978]. Singer: Fairport Convention |
| 8 Jan | 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London: David Bowie [b. David Robert Hayward-Jones]. Singer: David Jones and the King Bees, David Jones and the Manish Boys, Davie Jones and the Lower Third, David Bowie and the Buzz, David and the Hype |
| 12 Jan | Bromley, Kent: Michael Blakley. The Blossoms, The Epics, Christie |
| 18 Jan | Cambridge: Willy Wilson [b. John Wilson]. Drummer: The Swinging Vibros, the Fen Four, Easy Moses, the Silver Street Blues Band, Coil |
| 19 Jan | Auburn, NY: John G. Perry. Bassist, vocalist: Gringo, Utopia, Toast, Gring, Spreadeagle, Caravan, Dwaitum, Quantum Jump, Curved Air |
| 21 Jan | Taminavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland: Pye Hastings [b. Julian Frederick Gordon Hastings]. Guitarist: The Wilde Flowers, Caravan |
| 29 Jan | Epping, Essex: David Bryan [b. David Garrick; d. 28 February 1985, Reading, Surrey]. Singer: The Stalkers, Spice, Uriah Heep |
| 30 Jan | London: Steve Marriott. Singer, guitarist: Small Faces, Humble Pie |
| Jan | Newport, Wales: Nick Evans. Trombone: Soft Machine |
| 2 Feb | Halifax:
Alan Taylor. Casuals Carmathan, Glamorgan, South Wales: John Patrick Weathers. Drums: Eyes of Blue, Gentle Giant |
| 3 Feb | 6 Denmark Terrace, Fortis Green, London: David Russell Gordon Davies. Guitar, vocals: The Kinks |
| 6 Feb | Woodhouse,
Sheffield: Dave Berry [b. David Holgate Grundy]. Singer Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales: Alan Jones. Baritone sax; The Sect Maniacs, Amen Corner, Judas Jump |
| 7 Feb | Croydon, Surrey: Terence ("Terry") Frederick Gibson. Guitar; The Downliner Sect. |
| 11 Feb | The Gorbals, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland: Derek Victor Schulman. Vocals: Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, Gentle Giant |
| 20 Feb | Paddington, London: Wyndham George. Cupid's Inspiration |
| London: Viscount Mountbatten of Burma appointed last Viceroy of India | |
| 24 Feb | London: Timonthy Staffell. Singer, bass: The Railroaders, 1984, Smile |
| 26 Feb | Dagenham, Essex: Sandie Shaw [b. Sandra Goodrich] |
| 27 Feb | Lincoln: Graham Richard Priestley. Guitar, keyboard, vocals, bass: Images;the Avengers, the Casuals, Forward Line |
| 3 Mar | Streatham, Southwest London: Dave Kelly. John Dummer Blues Band. |
| 5 Mar | Ireland: Kevin Westlake. Drums; Johnny B Great and the Quotations, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes |
| 8 Mar | Britain?: Philip ("Phil") Sawyer. Guitar:; The Spencer Davis Group |
| 11 Mar | Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales: Michael John ("Blue") Weaver. Keyboard: The Witnesses, Amen Corner, Fair Weather, The Strawbs |
| 12 Mar | Washington: Announcement of the "Marshall Plan" |
| 18 Mar | Edmonton, London: Barrie James ("B. J.") Wilson. Drums: Procul Harum |
| 20 Mar | Birmingham: Carl Palmer |
| 22 Mar | The Hague, Netherlands: Harry Vanda [b. Harry Vandenberg]. Easybeats |
| 23 Mar | Solihull:
Donald Peter Gould. Applejacks Croydon, Surrey: John Blunt. Drums:; Searchers. |
| 27 Mar | London: Andrew Steven Brown. Herd |
| 1 Apr | Croydon, Surrey: Robin Esmond Scott. Vocals, guitar. [Later appeared as "M"] |
| 4 Apr | South London: Suzanne ("Tiger") Mathis. Singer: Paper Dolls |
| 10 Apr | Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales: Burke Shelley born John Burke Shelley. Bass, vocals; The Hills Contemporary Grass, Budgie Droppings, Budgie |
| 14 Apr | Bournemouth, Dorset: Lee Kerslake. Drummer, vocalist: The Gods, Toe Fat, National Head Band, Uriah Heep |
| 15 Apr | Manchester:
Keith Miller [d. 17 May 2005]. Organist, guitarist: The St Louis Union Stamford, Lincolnshire: David Jackson [b. David Nicholas George Jackson]. Sax, flute, composer: Van Der Graff Generator |
| 21 Apr | Shepherds Bush, West London: John Weider. Bass: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Eric Burdon and the New Animals |
| 23 Apr | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria: Glenn Cornock [b. Glenn Douglas Barnard]. Bassist: Joey and the Jailbreakers, The Vikings, Formula One, The Hobos, The Executives, The John Evan Smash, Jethro Tull |
| 27 Apr | Gwent Gardens? Townhill, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales: Peter William Ham, [d. 23.4.1975, West London]. Guitar, vocalist: The Panthers, The Black Velvets, The Wild Ones, The Iveys, Badfinger |
| 28 Apr | Thor Heyerdahl begins his Pacific voyage across the Pacific in the Kon Tiki to prove his theory of a physical relationship between Polynesian and American Indian cultures |
| 29 Apr | Stamford, Lincolnshire: Roger Gray. Cupid's Inspiration |
| 6 May | London: Dennis Cowan. Bassist: The Devil's Disciples, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, World, The Big Grunt, The Bonzo Dog Band |
| 13 May | Yardley, Birmingham: Overend Watts [b. Peter Overend Watts]. Bassist, vocalist: Ron Rudge and his Ploughman Band, The Sandstomers, The Anchors, The Wild Dog's Hell Hounds, The Silence, The Buddies, The Problem, The Doc Thomas Group |
| 16 May | Bournemouth, Dorset: Darrell Anthony Sweet [d. 30 April 1999, Albany, Indiana]. Drummer: The Shadettes, Nazareth |
| 20 May | Grimsby, Yorkshire: Steve Currie [d. 28 April 1981, Val Da Parra, Portugal]. Bassist: The Rumble, Tyranosaurus Rex |
| 31 May | Glasgow: Wullie Campbell Junior (b. Junior Wulllie Campbell). Marmalade |
| 3 Jun | Thornton Heath, Surrey: Michael Norman ("Micky") Finn [d. 11.1.2003, in Croydon, Surrey]. Bongos, singer: Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| 5 Jun | Harvard University: Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines "The Marshall Plan" |
| Liverpool: Thomas Evans [d. 23 November 1983 Surrey]. Guitarist: The Inbeatweens, The Calderstones, The Iveys, Badfinger | |
| 7 Jun | Liverpool: Chick Graham [b. Graham Jennings]. Vocalist: Chick Graham and the Coasters |
| 8 Jun | London:
Julie Driscoll. Singer Walthamstow, East London: Michael ("Mick") Box. The Stalkers, Spice, Uriah Heep |
| 11 Jun | Bournemouth, Dorset: Richard Palmer James born Richard W Palmer James. Guitarist: The Richard Palmer-James Group, Tetrad, Ginger Man |
| 12 Jun | US: The end of household and institutional sugar rationing |
| 17 Jun | Benchill,
Wythenshawe, Manchester: Paul Young [d. 15 July 2000]. Singer: Johnny
Dark and the Midnights, Paul Fender and the Teenbeats, Paul Fender's Rhythm
and Blues Inc, Paul Fender and the Tigers Birmingham: Guy Randolph Evans. Drums: Van Der Graff Generator |
| 21 Jun | Liverpool: Joseph ("Joey") Charles Molland. Bassist: The Assassins, The Profiles, The Masterminds, The Mersey with the Fruit Eating Bears, Badfinger |
| 23 Jun | Paris: British foreign secetary Ernest Bevin and French foreign minister Georges Bidault meet with Vyachslav Molitov, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs to discuss the American offer of financial assistance |
| 24 Jun | Redruth: Mick Fleetwood [John Mayall] |
| 26 Jun | Acton, Birmingham: Hartley Thomas Caine. Guitar; Monopoly, The Raymond Froggott Band. |
| 1 Jul | Hillingdon, Middlesex: Ronald David Wood. Guitar, vocals; Birds, Small Faces, Faces (Rolling Stones) |
| 8 Jul | Roswell, New Mexico: Roswell Army Air Field issues a press release about the crash of a flying disk. |
| 9 Jul | London:
Buckingham Palace announces that Princess Elizabeth is engaged to Lieutenant
Philip Mountbatten Ealing, London: John "Mitch" Mitchell |
| 12 Jul | Canvey Island, Essex: Wilko Johnson [b. John Wilkinson]. Guitarist: The Roamers, The Heap, The Flowerpots, The Fix, The North Avenue Jug Band, Dr Feelgood |
| 15 Jul | Surbition, Surrey: Twinkle [b. Lynne Annette Ripley]. Singer |
| 19 Jul | Gloucester Nursing Home, Hampton, Middlesex: Brian May Guitarist, Singer: 1984, Smile, Queen |
| 21 Jul | Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, W1: Cat Stevens [b. Steven Demetri Georgiou]. |
| 23 Jul | Paris: Committee of European Economic Cooperation (CEEC) meets to plan European implementation of the Marshall Plan |
| 26 Jul | Washington: President Truman signs the National Security Act that created the Dpartment of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thus unifying the U.S.s armed forces. |
| Weston-super-Mare, Somerset: Ian A Anderson. Bottleneck guitarist, vocalist: Ian Anderson's Country Blues Band | |
| 30 Jul | Leeds
Castle Estate, Kent: Robert John Godfrey. Barclay James Harvest, Enid Blackpool: Jeffrey Hammond. Bassist: The Blades, The John Evan Band, The John Evans Band / Blues Band / Big Soul Band, The John Evan Band, The John Evan's Smash, Jethro Tull |
| 31 Jul | Davyhulme, Manchester: Karl Anthony Green. Bass: Hermans Hermits |
| Aug | New York: Pan Am begins regularly scheduled non-stop transatlantic flights to London with Lockheed Constellation aircraft. |
| 7 Aug | Polynesia: The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki completes its trip carrying a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashing into a Polynesian reef |
| 10 Aug | Dunfermline, Fife: Ian Scott Anderson. Singer, flute: The Atlantics, Johnny Breeze and the Atlantics, The Blades, The John Evan Band, The John Evans Band / Blues Band / Big Soul Band, The John Evan Band / Smash, Jethro Tull |
| 14 Aug | Pakistan: gains independence from the UK |
| Stafford, Staffordshire: George Newsome. Drummer: The Climax Chicago Blues Band | |
| 15 Aug | India: gains independence from the UK |
| Brooklyn, New York: Jackie Robinson plays his first game with the Dodgers, breaking baseball's color barrier | |
| 23 Aug | Willesden, London: Keith John Moon [d. 7 September 1978, Mayfair, London] |
| 25 Aug | Bristol, Somerset: Keith Graham Tippett. Piano |
| 1 Spt | The Jane Crookall Maternity Home, Douglas, Isle of Man: Barry Alan Crompton Gibb. Guitar, vocals |
| 3 Spt | Britain?: Eric Robin Bell. Guitar: The Bluebeats, The Earth Dwellers, The Atlantics, The Deltones, Van Morrison and Them Again, Thin Lizzy |
| 5 Spt | Britain: Melvin ("Mel") Collins. Bass, organ: Circus |
| 9 Spt | Whitefields?, Manchester: Lol Creme [b. Lawrence Neil Creme]. Singer, guitarist: The Sabres, Hotlegs, 10cc |
| 11 Spt | King's Lynn, Norfolk: Gerard ("Gerry") Conway. Drummer: Alexis Korner's Blues Incorprated, Election, Fotheringay, Jethro Tull |
| 28 Spt | Brecon, Powys, Mid Wales: Peter Hope-Evans. Harmonica, jews harp: Medicine Head |
| 30 Spt | Hackney Hospital, Hackney, East London: Marc Bolan [b. Marc Feld; d. Barnes Bridge, Barnes Common, South-west London, 16 September 1977]. Singer, guitarist: John's Children, Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| 5 Oct | Washington: In the first televised White House address, President Truman asks Americans to refrain from eating beef and pork on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe (NYTimes) |
| 6 Oct | Claredon, Jamaica: Mildred ("Millie") Small |
| 10 Oct | Birmingham: Philip Peter Cash. Applejacks |
| 13 Oct | Hammersmith, London: Alan Wakeman. Saxophone/clarinet/flute, piano: The London Youth Jazz Orchestra, The National Youth Jazz Orchestra, The Dave Holdsworth Quartet, Mike Westbrook, The Alan Wakeman Band, Soft Machine, The David Essex Band |
| 14 Oct | California: Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to break the sound barrier |
| 20 Oct | Birmingham: Martin Thomas Baggott. Applejacks |
| 24 Oct | Warwick, Warkwickshire: Robert Edgar Broughton. Guitar, vocal: The Edgar Broughton Band |
| 25 Oct | Woodbridge, Suffolk: Barry Landerman. Organist: Sounds 4 + 1, Three's a Crowd, Kippington Lodge, Vanity Fare |
| 2 Nov | Birmingham: David Pegg. Bassist, vocalist, guitarist: Roy Everett's Blues Hounds, The Uglys, The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull |
| 4 Nov | Neath, Glamorgan, South Wales: Michael "Mike" Joseph Smith. Tenor sax: Lot 13, Amen Corner, Judas Jump |
| 5 Nov | Manchester: Peter Blair Denis Bernanrd Noone. Vocals: Hermans Hermits |
| 6 Nov | Glasgow:
George Young. Easybeats Belfast, Northern Ireland: John Wilson. Drummer: Them, The Misfits, Cheese |
| 10 Nov | Bournemouth, Dorset: Gregory Stewart Lake. Bass, guitar, vocals: King Crimson |
| 16 Nov | St. Albans, Hertfordshire: Paul Raymond. Plastic Penny |
| 20 Nov | London: Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey |
| 22 Nov | Willesden, North-west London: Roderick Price [d. 23 March 2005, Wilton, New Hampshire]. Guitar: Shakey Vic's Big City Blues Band, The Dynaflow Blues, The Black Cat Bones, Foghat |
| 24 Nov | London: Congress cites a group of writers, producers and directors (the "Hollywood Ten") for contempt for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry |
| 28 Nov | Walton-on-Thames: Graham ("Gary") Taylor. Herd |
| 29 Nov | UN: resolution calling for the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews |
| Dec | Bombay, India: Garth Watt-Roy. Guitarist, vocalist: The Living Daylights, The Ossie Lane Show, The Greatest Show on Earth, Fuzzy Duck, East of Eden, Marmalade, The Barron Knights |
| 6 Dec | Newbridge, Powys, Wales: Kim Maiden Simmonds. The Savoy Brown Blues Band, Savoy Brown |
| 12 Dec | Skegness: Graham Bonnet. Marbles |
| 22 Dec | Bell Labs, New Jersey: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build first practical point-contact transistor |
| 23 Dec | Wynonie "Blues" Harris records "Good Rockin Tonight" |
| 28 Dec | Hilversum, Netherlands: Richard Diamonde [b. Dingerman Van Der Slys]. Bass: Easybeats |
| 30 Dec | Birmingham: Jeff Lynne. Guitar, vocals: Idle Race, Move |
| Other 1947 Artifacts | |
| Leek, Staffordshire:
Geoffrey Paul Boyer. Organ. The Purple Gang. Hyde, North Staffordshire: Gerry Robinson [b. David John Robinson]. Piano and washboard. The Purple Gang. Scotland: William ("Billy") Bremner. Guitar; Johnny B Great and the Quotations, Rockpile Britain?: Peter Clarke. Drummer: The Escorts, Them Grimbles, session musician Whitton, Middlesex: David Dilloway. Bassist: 1984, The Left Handed Marriage Liverpool?: Michael Gregory. Bassist, vocalist: The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans Hounslow, Middlesex: Richard Thompson. Drummer: The Fifth Column, 1984 Belfast, Northern Ireland: Eric Wrixon. Organist: Them, Thin Lizzy |
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| This site is a living document. I welcome corrections and suggestions. Gordon Thompson, Department of Music, Skidmore College | |||
| Copyright © 1995 — 04-Feb-2011 Gordon Thompson |
