Events in Music History in December 1962

  • Dec 8 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 performances

1st Family

Dec 15 Comedian-impressionist Vaughn Meader's "1st Family" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 weeks

  • Dec 17 Beatles 1st British TV appearance on "People & Places"

Shostakovich's 13th Symphony

Dec 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony premieres in Moscow

Osmond Brothers Debut

Dec 20 Pop singing group the Osmond Brothers debut on "The Andy Williams Show"

  • Dec 26 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres at the Stanislavski-Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, in Moscow, USSR