Events in Music History in September 1962

  • Sep 4 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI Studios in London
  • Sep 11 Beatles record "Love Me Do", "PS I Love You", and a slow version of "Please, Please Me" ,with session player Andy White on drums; Ringo relegated to tambourine
  • Sep 15 "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances

Music History

Sep 22 Pete Seeger headlines 'Hootenanny, at Carnegie Hall' in NYC; Bob Dylan shares the bill

  • Sep 29 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
  • Sep 29 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3

Music History

Sep 29 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 2,715 performances and 6 Tony Award wins

You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover

Sep 29 Music single "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48