In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others.

Though the concept of a shared universe was not new or unique to comics in 1961, writer / editor Stan Lee, together with several artists including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, created a series of titles where events in one book would have repercussions in another title and serialized stories would show characters ' growth and change.

* 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer ( d. 1961 )

* October 6 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer ( d. 1961 )

* Focus ( Stan Getz album ), 1961 jazz album

* Stan Stammers ( b. 1961 ), British punk musician

* 1961: Recorded Fall 1961 ( Verve ) with Stan Getz

One of the most celebrated volumes on shanties produced in the 20th century is Stan Hugill's Shanties from the Seven Seas ( 1961 ).

Lloyd ’ s album The Singing Sailor ( 1955 ) with Ewan MacColl was an early milestone, which made an impression on Stan Hugill when he was preparing his 1961 collection, particularly as the performance style it embodied was considered more appropriate than that of earlier commercial recordings.

Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Volume One: The Early Years ( 1961 ) combined dialogue and song in a musical theater format.

* He is referenced at the very end of Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America Volume One The Early Years, a satirical album from 1961, where his name is rhymed with military and revolutionary.

* 1961: Focus ( Stan Getz )

It was the first performance of this piece since Stan Getz played it in 1961.

He made a comeback of sorts in, going 8 – 2 while playing for both the Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, to whom he was traded in June 1961 with Andy Carey, Ray Herbert and Al Pilarcik for Wes Covington, Stan Johnson, Bob Shaw and Gerry Staley.

The character first appeared in Strange Tales # 89 ( Oct. 1961 ), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Tucker married three times: ( 1 ) to Sandra Jolley ( 1919 – 1986 ), divorced in 1950, daughter of the character actor I. Stanford Jolley ( who also died of emphysema ) and the sister of the Academy Award-winning art director Stan Jolley, ( 2 ) to Marilyn Johnson on March 28, 1950, and after her death in 1960 ( 3 ) to Marilyn Fisk on October 23, 1961.

In Stan Freberg's 1961 comedy album, Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America: The Early Years, General George Washington, after having just received the nation's new flag from seamstress Betsy Ross, announces that he'll just " run it up the flagpole ... see if anyone salutes.

In 1961, Stan Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy.

Tetley also worked for Capitol Records in the 1950s, providing an array of juvenile voices for the label's spoken-word and comedy albums, including Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years ( 1961 ).

Co-created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller Jack Kirby, he starred in his own continuing feature that debuted in Amazing Adventures # 1 ( June 1961 ), predating Lee & Kirby's milestone creation The Fantastic Four # 1 ( Nov. 1961 ).

Kenton used a four-man Mellophonium section between 1961 and 1963 on 11 albums.

The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961 ; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

It was remade as Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, with Bette Davis in the Apple Annie role ( fused with the old woman from Runyon's short story " The Brain Goes Home "); Frank Sinatra recorded the upbeat title song ( his rendition is not used in the film ).

Scottish traveler Jeannie Robertson from Aberdeen, made the next recorded version in 1961.

Jazz pioneers such as John Coltrane — who recorded a composition entitled ' India ' during the November 1961 sessions for his album Live At The Village Vanguard ( the track was not released until 1963 on Coltrane's album Impressions )— also embraced this fusion.

Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall ( 1961 ) includes Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, along with other compositions recorded in concert with an orchestra under Evans ' direction.

Trouble in Mind was recorded in 1961, and released on a major label, Reprise.

Electrocardiogram of Yuri Gagarin | Gagarin recorded April 11, 1961, at 19 hours and 35 minutes.

* Bernstein recorded the Symphonic Dances suite with the New York Philharmonic in 1961, and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1983.

His most famous recording is Music of the Rainforest Pygmies, recorded in 1961, now released on CD by Lyrichord Discs, Inc. His recording of a Zaire pygmy girls ' initiation song was used on the Voyager Golden Record.

* Assorted demos and alternate takes from the Decca and Warner Bros. era from the period 1958 – 1961, as well as additional alternate takes and unreleased tracks from the various labels Haley recorded with in the mid-1960s ( The Decca Years and More box set ( Bear Family, 1991 ) and The Warner Brothers Years and More box set ( Bear Family, 1999 ); and

" Despite the emergence of rock and roll, " Calcutta " reached number 1 on the U. S. pop charts in 1961 ; it was recorded in only one take.

In 1961, Ronald Reagan recorded a disc entitled Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine exhorting its audience to abhor the " dangers " which socialized medicine could bring.

The lowest maximum temperature recorded is 7. 2 ° C on 19 July 1961.

Dolphy left Mingus ' band in 1961 and went to Europe for a few months, where he recorded in Scandinavia and Berlin, though he would record with Mingus throughout his career.

His association with the label spanned across 13 albums recorded from April 1960 to September 1961, though he was not the leader for all of the sessions.

* Etta James recorded the song in 1961 on her debut album At Last !.

* 15 year-old Gitte Haenning recorded the song in 1961 on the Danish HMV Label ( X 8439 )

Paul, MN pre recorded attack warning messages from 1961 and aircheck of 1971 EBS mistake

One short studio session was made for Riverside ( only released later by its subsidiary Jazzland in 1961 ) and a larger group recording featuring Coltrane was split between that album and Monk's Music ; an amateur tape from the Five Spot ( not the original residency, but a later September 1958 reunion with Coltrane sitting in for Johnny Griffin ) was issued on Blue Note in 1993 ; and a recording of the quartet performing at a Carnegie Hall concert on November 29, previously " rumoured to exist ", was recorded in high fidelity by Voice of America, rediscovered in the collection of the Library of Congress in 2005 and released by Blue Note.

* Monk in France ( recorded in 1961 )

* Thelonious Monk in Italy ( recorded 1961 )

His first album release for his new label was a live album, Enregistrement Public à l ' Olympia 1961, recorded the previous year.

* Beggar to a King ( recorded under his real name ),( later recorded by Hank Snow in 1961, it made it to # 5 on the country singles chart )