1965 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1966 ,
1967 In Music , 1960s In Music and the List Of 'years In Music'
Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1966
- January 3 - '' Hullabaloo '' shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
- January 8 - ''Shindig!'' airs for the last time on ABC , with musical guests The Kinks and The Who
- January 14 - Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees
- January 17 - Simon And Garfunkel release '' Sounds Of Silence '', which hits #1 on Billboard charts
- January 21 - Beatle George Harrison marries fashion model Pattie Boyd . The couple met on the set of the Beatles' first movie, '' A Hard Day's Night ''.
- February 19 - Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother And The Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at The Fillmore
- March 3 - Neil Young , Stephen Stills and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles, California .
- March 4 - The Beatles ' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, ''The Evening Standard'' as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus . Beatles protests and record burnings follow in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
- March 6 - In the UK, 5,000 fans of The Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool 's legendary Cavern Club .
- April - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass place 4 albums in Billboard's Top 10. A world record.
- April 12 - In Los Angeles, California , Jan Berry , of Jan And Dean , crashes his Corvette into a truck that is parked on Whittier Boulevard. Berry suffers total physical paralysis for over a year as well as extensive brain damage.
- May 1 - The Beatles , The Rolling Stones and The Who perform at the New Musical Express ' poll winners' show in London . The show is televised, except for The Beatles' and The Stones' segments, thanks to union conflicts.
- May 16 - Legendary album '' Pet Sounds '' by Beach Boys released
- June 6 – At Gallatin, Tennessee , 25-year-old Claudette Frady-Orbison , while motorcycycle riding with her husband Roy Orbison , was killed when her motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck.
- July 2 - The Beatles become the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo . The performance ignited a lot of protest from local citizens who felt that it was inappropriate for a rock and roll band to play at Budokan.
- July 29 - Bob Dylan is involved in a motorcycle accident
- August 11 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his remarks the previous March. "I suppose if I had said Television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better."
- August 29 - The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
- September - George Harrison travels to India for 6 weeks to study Sitar with Ravi Shankar
- September 12 - First episode of ''The Monkees'' is broadcast on NBC Television
- October 7 - Johnny Kidd , writer or 'Shakin All Over' dies in a car accident.
- October 8 - WOR-FM in New York City becomes the first FM Rock Music station, under the leadership of legendary DJ Murray The K .
- October 10 - Simon And Garfunkel release '' Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme '', which hits #4 on Billboard charts
- The Crystals , of 'Da Do Ron Ron' fame disband
- January 4 - Deana Carter
- January 5 - Kate Schellenbach , Luscious Jackson
- January 8 - Andrew Wood , Mother Love Bone
- January 12 - Rob Zombie , White Zombie
- January 16 - Maxine Jones , En Vogue
- January 20 - Wes King , guitarist, singer
- February 2 - Robert DeLeo , Stone Temple Pilots
- February 6 - Rick Astley
- February 9 - Rachel Bolan , Skid Row
- March 2 - Howard Bernstein , producer
- March 3 - Tone-Loc
- March 10 - Edie Brickell
- March 12 - David Daniels , countertenor
- March 18 - Jerry Cantrell , Alice In Chains
- March 19 - Anja Rupel , singer
- March 23 - Marti Pellow , Wet Wet Wet
- April 11 - Lisa Stansfield , singer
- April 13 - Marc Ford , The Black Crowes
- April 18 - Ana Voog , singer-songwriter
- April 28 - Too , rapper
- May 13 - Darius Rucker , Hootie & The Blowfish
- May 14 - Raphael Saadiq , singer-songwriter and record producer
- May 16 - Janet Jackson , Singer-songwriter and dancer
- May 26 - Tommy Stewart , Godsmack
- June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli
- July 15 - Jason Bonham , drummer
- July 20 - Stone Gossard , Pearl Jam
- August 11 - Juan Maria Solare , composer
- August 19 - Lee Ann Womack , singer
- August 22 - GZA/Genius , Rapper
- August 25 - Terminator X , DJ
- September 5 - Terry Ellis , En Vogue
- September 10 - Robin Goodridge , Bush
- September 20 - Nuno Bettancourt , Extreme
- October 2 - Mousse T. , DJ
- October 8 - Teddy Riley , R&B musician
- October 15 - Eric Benét , gospel singer
- October 18 - Tim Cross , Sponge
- October 19 - Sinitta , US singer
- October 31 - King Ad-Rock , The Beastie Boys
- November 6 - Christian Lorenz , keyboard player
- November 17 - Jeff Buckley
- November 23 - Charlie Grover , Sponge
- November 24 - Joseph Run Simmons , Run D.M.C.
- November 25 - Stacy Lattisaw
- December 8 - Sinéad O'Connor
- December 20 - Chris Robinson , The Black Crowes
- December 29 - Dexter Holland of The Offspring
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