1966 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1967 ,
1968 In Music , 1960s In Music and the List Of 'years In Music'
- January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on '' The Ed Sullivan Show ''. At Ed Sullivan 's request, the band changed their lyrics from "Let's spend the night together" to "Let's spend some time together".
- January 22 - Simon And Garfunkel give live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City . While bits and pieces of this concert are released on October 4 , 1997 , on their box set ''Old Friends'', the majority of this concert is not released until July, 2002 .
- January 30 - The Beatles shoot a promotional film for their forthcoming single Strawberry Fields Forever at Knole Park in Sevenoaks
- February 3 - UK Record Producer Joe Meek murders his landlady and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head.
- February 12 - British police raid 'Redlands', the Sussex home of Keith Richards in the early hours of the morning following a tip-off about a party from the tabloid newspaper 'News Of The World'; although no arrests are made at the time, Richards, Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser are subsequently charged with possession of drugs.
- February 13 - The Beatles new single "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" is released in the United States
- February 14 - Aretha Franklin records " Respect " at the New York based Atlantic Studios
- February 16 - " Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan
- February 17 - "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" is released in the U.K.
- February 23 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on '' American Bandstand ''. The band premieres their new Music Videos for the songs " Penny Lane " and " Strawberry Fields Forever "
- February 24 - The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood
- March 3 - The Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa , Ontario unless they are paid in advance. The audience of 3000 riots causing $5000 in damages to the auditorium.
- March 25 - The Who perform their first concert in the United States in New York
- March 30 - The Beatles are photographed with a photographic collage and wax figures from Madame Tussaud's famous museum for the cover artwork of their soon to be released '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London .
- March 31 - Kicking off a tour with The Walker Brothers , Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink at The Astoria London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar on stage for the first time.
- April 13 - The Rolling Stones ' Concert in Warsaw .
- May - Paul McCartney announces that all four members of The Beatles have "dropped acid"
- May 1 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas .
- May 2 - In the United States, Capitol Records pulls the plug on The Beach Boys ' mysterious '' Smile '' project. Brian Wilson , who had taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, could not bring himself to finish it after hearing The Beatles ' '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' album.
- May 12 - Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with Quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall , England
- March 27 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for the song " Michelle ," the most performed song in Britain in 1966
- March 31 - For the first time, Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire during a concert in London. This later would become a trademark of Hendrix's performances. He is taken to hospital suffering burns to his hands.
- June 1 - The Beatles album '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' is released. It is their most popular album to date.
- June 16 - 18 - The Monterey International Pop Festival , the world's first large scale outdoor rock music festival.
- June 25 - The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the '' Our World '' television special, which was the first worldwide television broadcast. Singing backup for the Beatles were a number of artists including Eric Clapton , and members of the Rolling Stones and The Who .
- June 28 - The Supremes perform for the first time as Diana Ross & The Supremes at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada . Florence Ballard is fired from the group after the first night, and on-hand stand-in Cindy Birdsong permanently takes Ballard's place in the group.
- June 29 - Rolling Stones members jailed for drug possession
- July 18 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a support tour of The Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters Of The American Revolution . Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admitted it was all for outrage publicity.
- Summer - " The Summer Of Love " in San Francisco
- August 27 - The Beatles are informed of manager Brian Epstein 's death, while in Bangor, Wales with the Maharishi
- September 17 - The Doors appear on the '' Ed Sullivan show'' and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show. Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written and The Doors were banned from the show.
- September 30 - BBC Radio 1 launched
- October 14 - Tammi Terrell faints and collapses into duet partner Marvin Gaye 's arms onstage during a performance at the Hampton University Homecoming in Virginia . She was later diagnosed with a Brain Tumor , and would die from brain cancer in 1970 at the age of 24.
- November 9 - First issue of '' Rolling Stone Magazine '' is published
- December 5 - The Beatles open the Apple Shop in London
- December 10 - Otis Redding dies in plane crash, two days after recording " (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay "
- December 26 - The Beatles air the '' Magical Mystery Tour '' on British TV
- A taped appearance by The Beatles on the '' Ed Sullivan show''. The band premieres their new Music Video for the song "Hello Goodbye".
- Pickwick Records releases LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon And Garfunkel , recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry , and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file legal challenge, and the record, now rare, is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
- The Who destroys their instruments during a performance on '' The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''.
- Toots & The Maytals releases " 54-46 That's My Number ", one of the first Reggae songs
- The Monkees become the best selling group of 1967, outselling the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.
- The Savonlinna Opera Festival is re-opened in Savonlinna , Finland , helping to launch a repopularization of opera
- Donny Hathaway 's musical career begins
- Ted Nugent 's musical career begins
- George Clinton 's musical career begins
- Sly & The Family Stone 's musical career begins
- Blue Öyster Cult 's musical career begins
- Captain Beefheart 's musical career begins
- Iggy Pop 's musical career begins
- The Velvet Underground 's first album is released
- Creedence Clearwater Revival , The First Edition (fronted by Kenny Rogers ) and Chicago form.
- The Progressive Rock band Genesis is formed in Surry , UK.
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- "Ain't Got No" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "Aquarius" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "At the Crossroads" w.m. Leslie Bricusse , from the film '' Doctor Dolittle ''
- "The Bare Necessities" w.m. Terry Gilkyson from the film '' The Jungle Book ''
- "Blowing Away" w.m. Laura Nyro
- "Bonnie And Clyde" w.m. Charles Strouse
- "Both Sides Now" w.m. Joni Mitchell
- "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" w.m. Jimmy Webb
- "Colour My World" w.m. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch
- "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Easy To Be Hard" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "Even The Bad Times Are Good" w. Peter Callander m. Mitch Murray
- "The Eyes Of Love" w. Bob Russell m. Quincy Jones
- "Fortuosity" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman , introduced by Tommy Steele in the film '' The Happiest Millionaire ''
- "Frank Mills" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "Gentle On My Mind" w.m. John Hartford
- "Good Morning, Starshine" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "Happiness" w.m. Clark Gesner from the musical '' You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ''
- " Hare Krishna " w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "I Wan'na Be Like You" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film ''The Jungle Book''
- "I've Gotta Be Me" w.m. Walter Marks
- "In The Heat Of The Night" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Quincy Jones . Theme song from the film of the same name, performed by Ray Charles
- "Let The Sunshine In" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "The Look Of Love" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film '' Casino Royale '', sung by Dusty Springfield
- " Mrs. Robinson " w.m. Paul Simon from the film '' The Graduate ''
- "My Friend, The Doctor" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film '' Doctor Dolittle ''
- "One Less Bell To Answer" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
- "Springtime for Hitler" w.m. Mel Brooks , from the film '' The Producers ''
- "Stony End" w.m. Laura Nyro
- "Talk To The Animals" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film '' Doctor Dolittle ''
- "The Tapioca" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Jim Bryant dubbing for James Fox in the film '' Thoroughly Modern Millie ''
- "Thoroughly Modern Millie" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Julie Andrews in the film '' Thoroughly Modern Millie ''
- " To Sir, With Love " w.m. Don Black & Mark London. Introduced by Lulu in the 1967 film '' To Sir, With Love ''
- "What A Wonderful World" w.m. Bob Thiele & George David Weiss
- "Where Do I Go?" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
- "You Only Live Twice" w. Leslie Bricusse m. John Barry
- January 2 - Tia Carrere , actress and singer
- January 4 - Benjamin Darvill , Crash Test Dummies
- January 7 - Mark Lamarr , presenter of radio and TV music programmes
- January 9 - Dave Matthews
- January 14 - Steve Bowman , Counting Crows
- February 20 - Kurt Cobain , Nirvana
- March 4 - Evan Dando , Lemonheads
- March 7 - Randy Guss , Toad The Wet Sprocket
- March 7 - Ruthie Henshall , star of stage musicals
- March 17 - Billy Corgan , Smashing Pumpkins
- March 21 - Jonas Berggren , Ace Of Base
- March 29 - John Popper , Blues Traveler
- May 6 - Mark Bryan , Hootie & The Blowfish
- May 23 - Phil Selway , Radiohead
- June 7 - Dave Navarro , Jane's Addiction & Red Hot Chili Peppers
- June 9 - Dean Felber , Hootie & The Blowfish
- June 24 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein , Rammstein
- July 22 - Pat Badger , Extreme
- July 27 - Juliana Hatfield
- August 21 - Serj Tankian , System Of A Down
- September 19 - Ricky Bell , Bell Biv DeVoe
- September 21 - Faith Hill , country singer
- October 2 - Bud Graugh , Sublime
- October 10 - Mike Malinin , Goo Goo Dolls
- October 27 - Scott Weiland , Stone Temple Pilots
- October 30 - Gavin Rossdale , Bush
- October 31 - Adam Schlesinger , Fountains Of Wayne
- November 14 - Letitia Dean , actress and singer
- November 16 - Ronnie DeVoe , Bell Biv DeVoe
- November 24 - Melanie Thornton , singer
- December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner , Death
- December 25 - Jason Thirsk , Pennywise (joins in 1988 until death in 1996)
- January 3 - Mary Garden , operatic soprano
- January 7 - Carl Schuricht , conductor
- February 16 - Smiley Burnette , singer and songwriter
- February 25 - Fats Pichon , jazz pianist, bandleader
- March 6 - Zoltán Kodály , composer
- March 6 - Nelson Eddy , US singer and actor
- March 11 - Geraldine Farrar , operatic soprano
- April 5 - Mischa Elman , violinist
- May 17 - John Wesley Work III , composer
- May 31 - Billy Strayhorn , composer and pianist
- June 24 - Lionel Belasco , pianist and bandleader
- July 17 - John Coltrane
- July 26 - Matthijs Vermeulen , composer
- August 27 - Brian Epstein , manager of The Beatles
- September 25 - Stuff Smith , jazz violinist
- October 3 - Woody Guthrie
- October 3 - Sir Malcolm Sargent
- November 13 - Harriet Cohen , pianist
- November 23 - Otto Erich Deutsch , musicologist
- December 4 - Bert Lahr , vaudeville performer
- December 6 - Lillian Evanti , opera singer
- December 10 - Otis Redding in plane crash
- December 29 - Paul Whiteman
" Hot 100 " (1967) ''Billboard''
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