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Timeline of Pop and Rock Music






1960 Feb 8, Congress opened hearings into payola.
(MC, 2/8/02)

1960 Mar 5, Elvis Presley ended his 2-year hitch in US Army.
(MC, 3/5/02)

1960 May 2, House investigating committee looked into payola questions.
(MC, 5/2/02)

1960 May 19, DJ Alan Freed was accused of bribery in radio payola scandal.
(MC, 5/19/02)

1960 May 29, Everly Brothers " Cathy's Clown" hit #1.
(SC, 5/29/02)

1960 Aug 6, Chubby Checker debuted his version of " The Twist" on the Dick Clark Show. Hank Ballard did the original in 1958.
(https://lpintop.tripod.com/oldiesconnection/id41.html)

1960 Aug 8, The pop song " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini", sung by Brian Hyland (16), hit #1. The song was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss.
(www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1960.html)(SFC, 9/28/06, p.A2)

1960 Aug 12, Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas), was born.
(SC, 8/12/02)

1960 Aug 18, Beatles gave their 1st public performance at Kaiser Keller in Hamburg.
(MC, 8/18/02)

1960 Sep 13, The US Federal Communications Commission banned payola. The scandal included Alan Freed a popular DJ at WABC, he lost his job for allegedly accepting gifts and money for playing certain records for money. There was substantial evidence was uncovered to prove that the payola practice was widespread.
(MC, 9/13/01)

1960 Sep 14, The " Twist" sung by Chubby Checker (born as Ernest Evans in 1941) hit #1. It reached #1 a 2nd time in Jan. 1962.
(https://www.shsu.edu/~mus_rjm/MUS264/Lectures/Notes_Mar20.html)

1960 Ray Charles made a hit with " Georgia on My Mind."
(SSFC, 7/28/02, Par p.20)
1960 Sam Cooke made a hit with his song: " Wonderful World."
(SFEC, 1/10/99, BR p.9)
1960 Floyd Cramer (d.1997 at 64), studio pianist, had a hit single with the song " Last Date." He also wrote " San Antonio Rose, " " Fancy Pants, " and " On the Rebound."
(SFC, 1/1/98, p.A25)
1960 Bob Ferguson (d.2001 at 73) wrote the country song " Wings of a Dove" for Ferlin Husky.
(SFC, 7/25/01, p.C2)
1960 Leonard Kwan (d.2000 at 69) recorded " Slack Key, " the world’s first all-instrumental slack key album.
(SFC, 8/17/00, p.A27)
1960 John Lewis directed the Monterey Jazz Festival and featured Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy. Jimmy Lyons and many others in the crowd wailed that " that stuff isn’t jazz." " Evolution of the Blues" by Joe Hendricks, commissioned for the festival was first performed. Lalo Schifrin’s " Gillespiana" suite was also preformed.
(SFC, 6/30/96, B9)(SFC, 9/23/96, D1)
1960 Country singer Hank Lochlin (1918-2009) made a hit with his song “Please Help Me, I’m Falling.” It was Billboard’s No. 1 song for 14 weeks.
(SFC, 3/12/09, p.B6)
1960 Loretta Lynn scored her first hit with " I’m a Honky Tonk Girl."
(SFC, 8/24/96, p.A21)
1960 Rockin’ Robin Roberts recorded a version of " Louie, Louie" with the Wailers. It became a regional hit in the Seattle-Tacoma area.
(SFC, 1/25/97, p.A19)

1960s A payola scandal brought down the empire of popular disk jockey Alan Freed after it was revealed that he had accepted money from record companies to play their records.
(SFC, 2/12/00, p.A21)

1961 Jan 27, Mitch Miller (1911-2010) debuted his TV show, “Sing Along With Mitch.” It continued to 1964.
(SFC, 8/3/10, p.C3)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0054564/)

1961 Mar 9, Supremes released " I Want A Guy" & " Never Again."
(MC, 3/9/02)

1961 Mar 25, Elvis Presley performed live on the USS Arizona.
(MC, 3/25/02)

1961 Apr 11, Folk singer Bob Dylan performed in New York City for the first time, opening for John Lee Hooker. [see Sep 26]
(HN, 4/11/01)

1961 Apr 16, Selena, Latina singer (Grammy-1994), was born in Texas.
(MC, 4/16/02)

1961 May 29, David Palmer, heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC), was born.
(SC, 5/29/02)

1961 Aug 12, Pete De Freitas, rocker (Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), was born.
(SC, 8/12/02)
1961 Aug 12, Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), was born.
(SC, 8/12/02)

1961 Sep 26, Nineteen-year-old Bob Dylan made his New York singing debut at Gerde’s Folk City. [see April 11]
(HN, 9/26/00)

1961 Oct 21, Bob Dylan recorded his first album in a single day at a cost of $400.
(HN, 10/21/00)

1961 Dec 27, Tony Bennett, starring in the Venetian Room of the SF Fairmont Hotel, made his 1st solo public performance of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
(SSFC, 2/4/07, p.F1)

1961 Ray Charles made a hit with " Unchain My Heart, " written by Bobby Sharp and " Hit the Road Jack."
(SSFC, 7/28/02, Par p.20)(SFC, 4/19/04, p.E1)

1961 Country singer Jimmy Dean (1928-2010) made a big hit with his song “Big Bad John.”
(SFC, 6/14/10, p.C4)

1961 Aretha Franklin (b.1942) sang " Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody."
(SSFC, 6/30/02, Par p.30)

1961 Dave Fisher (1940-2010) and the Highwaymen folk group made a hit with “Michael.”
(www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/arts/music/13fisher.html)

1961 The Marvelettes sang " Please Mr. Postman."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1962 Feb 17, Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit " Surfin."
(MC, 2/17/02)

1962 Mar 2, Jon Bon Jovi (John Bongiovi) was born. (singer, musician, songwriter: You Give Love a Bad Name, Living on a Prayer)
(HC, Internet, 2/3/98)

1962 Mar 30, M.C. Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], rapper (Hammer Time), was born in Oakland, Ca.
(MC, 3/30/02)

1962 May 5, The West Side Story soundtrack album went to #1 and stayed #1 for 54 weeks, more than 20 weeks longer than any other album.
(MC, 5/5/02)

1962 May 19, R.C., " Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" by Ernie Maresca peaked at #6 on the pop singles chart.
(DTnet, 5/19/97)

1962 May 25, Isley Brothers released " Twist & Shout."
(SC, 5/25/02)

1962 Aug 16, The Beatles dropped Pete Best as their drummer. They took on Ringo Starr on Aug 17. Best later authored the autobiography " Beatle! The Pete Best Story."
(SFC, 7/5/02, p.G5)(MC, 8/16/02)

1962 Aug 17, Beatles replaced Pete Best with Ringo Starr.
(SC, 8/17/02)

1962 Aug 18, Peter, Paul and Mary released their 1st hit " If I Had a Hammer."
(MC, 8/18/02)

1962 Oct 31, Bobby Pickett (1938-2007) made a one-time hit with “Monster Mash, ” as it reached No. 1 on Halloween.
(SFC, 4/27/07, p.B9)

1962 Ray Charles made a hit with " I Can’t Stop Loving You."
(SSFC, 7/28/02, Par p.20)

1962 Bob Dylan (b. Robert Zimmerman May 24, 1941) released his first album “Bob Dylan.” Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan in this year.
(SFC, 5/29/97, p.A3)(SFC, 9/26/05, C3)(SSFC, 11/20/05, Par p.4)

1962 Dave Fisher (1940-2010) and the Highwaymen folk group made a hit with “Cotton Fields, ” written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, and its reverse side “The Gypsy Rover.”
(www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/arts/music/13fisher.html)

1962 The Four Seasons with lead singer Frankie Valli had No. 1 hits with “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.”
(WSJ, 11/2/05, p.D12)

1962 John Lee Hooker sang " Boom Boom."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1962 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones made their 1st appearance as the Rolling Stones at a London jazz club.
(SFC, 12/13/03, p.A2)

1962 The Miracles sang " You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1962 Vinicius de Moraes, inspired by the stroll of a young woman (18) headed for Copacabana, wrote a poem that became known as “The Girl of Ipanema.” It was put to music by Jaoa Gilberto and Stan Getz and sung by Gilberto’s wife, Astrud. The song won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964. The young woman, Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, never made a dime off the song but opened a modeling agency and a clothing store near the site.
(SSFC, 9/30/07, p.G3)

1962 The 4 Osmond brothers, under the direction of their father, George Osmond (1917-2007), debuted on the Andy Williams show. Donny Osmond, at age 6, joined the group a year later. Marie Osmond joined the group in 1973. In 1976 the Donny and Marie show began on ABC.
(SFC, 11/9/07, p.B7)

1962 Mary Wells sang " You Beat me to the Punch."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1962 Cuban bassist Israel Lopez (1918-2008), known as “Cachao, ” left Cuba for Spain and soon relocated to NYC, where he performed with leading Latin bands.
(SSFC, 3/23/08, p.A2)

1963 Mar 5, A private plane crash near Camden, Tenn., claimed the lives of country music performers Patsy Cline (30), " Cowboy" Copas and " Hawkshaw" Hawkins, as well as pilot Randy Hughes, Cline's manager.
(AP, 3/5/08)

1963 Apr 8, Julian Lennon, John Lennon’s son, singer (Too Late for Goodbyes), was born.
(MC, 4/8/02)

1963 May 11, " Puff The Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary hit #2.
(MC, 5/11/02)

1963 May 15, Peter, Paul & Mary won their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer).
(MC, 5/15/02)

1963 May 18, " If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hit #1.
(SC, 5/18/02)

1963 Jun 7, The Rolling Stones made their 1st TV appearance.
(SC, 6/7/02)

1963 Aug 3, Allan Sherman released " Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda."
(SC, 8/3/02)
1963 Aug 3, Beatles made a final performance the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
(SC, 8/3/02)

1963 Aug 23, Beatles released " She Loves You" in UK.
(MC, 8/23/02)

1963 Sep 7, The Beatles made their 1st US TV appearance on ABC’s Big Night Out.
(MC, 9/7/01)
1963 Sep 7, American Bandstand moved to California and aired once a week on Saturday.
(MC, 9/7/01)

1963 Oct 11, Edith Piaf (b.1915), French singer (No, I don't regret anything), died of cancer. In 2007 the biopic film “La Vie en Rose, ” with Marion Cotillard as Piaf, was produced.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Piaf)

1963 Dec 10, Walter Cronkite re-aired a CBS News report from London on the Beatles. It had been 1st filed on Nov 22, the day JFK was assassinated.
(SSFC, 2/8/04, Par p.18)

1963 The Beatles made it big with the song " She Loves You."
(TMC, 1994, p.1963)(SFC, 12/14/96, p.E3)

1963 The first edition album " Introducing the Beatles" was produced and sold for $9, 600 in 1997.
(SFC, 7/25/97, p.D5)

1963 Sandy Bull (d.2001 at 60) released his 1st album " Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo." It became an underground classic.
(SFC, 4/13/01, p.D6)

1963 Johnny Cash recorded his hit tune: " Ring of Fire."
(SFC, 9/13/03, p.A12)

1963 Keith Colley made a hit with " Enamorado."
(SFC, 11/30/02, p.D1)

1963 The Crystals made a hit with their songs “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Then He Kissed Me” written by Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009) in collaboration with producer Phil Spector and her husband Jeff Barry.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_He_Kissed_Me)

1963 Koerner, Ray & Glover released their landmark album: " Blues, Rags and Hollers." Dave " Snaker" Ray, guitarist, died in 2002.
(SFC, 11/30/02, p.A23)

1963 Del McCoury became a full-time member of the Blue Grass Boys under Bill Monroe.
(WSJ, 1/8/04, p.D10)

1963 Bob Merrill wrote the hit song " People."
(WSJ, 2/2/00, p.W8)

1963 " Deep Purple" by Nino Temple & April Stevens won the Grammy best rock-n-roll recording.
(SFEC, 2/21/99, DB p.38)

1963 John Corigliano composed his 4-movement Violin Sonata.
(SFC, 11/18/98, p.E3)

1963 Gunship pilot James P. 'Bull' Durham (1927-2004), balladeer of the Vietnam War, recorded 10 songs about SAC in the Vietnam era. In 1971 he recorded 12 songs collected during his Vietnam tour of duty.
(www.historynet.com/james-p-bull-durham-true-balladeer-of-the-vietnam-war.htm)

1963 Bob Dylan’s 2nd album, " The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, " was released. Four songs were removed for the officially released version. Nat Hentoff wrote the liner notes.
(SFC, 7/16/97, p.E1)(WSJ, 12/29/04, p.D8)

1963 The Herbie Hancock song " Watermelon Man" became a hit with a version by Mongo Santamaria (d.2003).
(SFC, 2/5/03, p.A22)

1963 Bob Gibson (1932-1996) co-wrote " Abilene" with J.D. Laudermilk, Lester Brown and Albert Stanton.
(SFC, 10/12/96, p.A21)

1963 The Kingston Trio made a hit with " Greenback Dollar" written by Hoyt Axton (d.1999 at age 61).
(SFC, 10/27/99, p.C4)

1963 The Kingsmen recorded their hit song " Louie, Louie." It became a major hit in 1964. It was written in 1955 by Richard Berry and recorded by Berry with the Pharaohs in 1957. The Kingsmen sold their rights in 1968 for a percentage of future licensing fees. The fees were not paid and the band filed suit in 1993. They won a 1995 judgement and a 1998 appeal.
(SFC, 1/25/97, p.A19)(SFC, 4/11/98, p.C5)

1963 Sonny Bono, songwriter, met Cherilyn (Cher) Sarkasian La Piere, singer, at a Hollywood coffee shop. The pair went on to record " I Got You Babe, " The Beat Goes On, " and " All I Ever Need Is You." Bono wrote the Jackie DeShannon hit of this year " Needles and Pins."
(SFC, 1/6/98, p.A11)

1963 Marvin Gaye sang " Hitch Hike."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1963 Al Hirt (1922-1999), New Orleans trumpet player, made a hit with his instrumental " Java." He won a 1964 Grammy best nonjazz instrumental for the tune.
(SFC, 4/27/99, p.C4)

1963 Martha and the Vandellas sang " Heat Wave."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1963 Curtis Mayfield (b.1942) and the Impressions had a hit with the song " It's All Right."
(SFC, 12/28/99, p.C1)

1963 Roy Nichols (d.2001 at 68) joined Merle Haggard’s band the Strangers. He helped create the Bakersfield sound.
(SFC, 7/5/01, p.D2)

1963 Jack Nitzsche (d.2000) made his solo recording " The Lonely Surfer." He went on to compose over 30 film scores.
(SFEC, 9/10/00, p.49)

1963 The Ronettes singing trio made a hit with " Be My Baby, " written by Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009) in collaboration with producer Phil Spector and her husband Jeff Barry. It epitomized the famed " wall of sound" technique of its producer, Phil Spector.
(AP, 2/13/09)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich)

1963 Ruby and the Romantics had a hit with “Our Day Will Come, ” co-written by Mort Garson (1924-2008) and Bob Hilliard.
(SFC, 1/16/08, p.B9)

1963 The Singing Nun made a hit with " Dominique." The song praised the 13th century crusade against the Cathars. It was written by Noel Regney. His 1962 poem " Do You Hear What I Hear" was recorded by Bing Crosby.
(SSFC, 6/17/01, p.T10)(SFC, 11/28/02, p.A30)

1963 Dusty Springfield recorded " I Only Want to Be With You."
(SFC, 3/4/99, p.C6)

1963 Stevie Wonder sang " Fingertips (Part 2)."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1963 Jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson began recording for Blue Note.
(SFEC, 1/5/97, DB p.32)

1963 Miles Davis heard Tony Williams playing drums with saxophonist Jackie McLean and hired him. Williams stayed with Davis until 1969. Their recording included " E.S.P., " " Nefertiti and " Filles de Kilamanjaro."
(SFC, 2/25/97, p.B2)

1963 Frank Zappa wrote his rock opera " I Was a Teenage Maltshop."
(SSFC, 3/17/02, p.M3)

1963 Clement Dodd opened his record studio at 13 Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica, and soon began recording Bob Marley and the Wailers.
(Econ, 5/22/04, p.80)

1964 Jan 18, Beatles 1st appeared on Billboard Chart at #35 for " I Want to Hold Your Hand." The song hit No. 1 by the end of the month.
(MC, 1/18/02)(SSFC, 2/8/04, Par p.18)

1964 Jan, The Beatles made their North America TV debut on the Jack Paar Show. [see Feb 9, 1964]
(SFC, 1/28/04, p.A1)

1964 Feb 1, Top hits included: Anyone Who Had a Heart: Dionne Warwick; Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um: Major Lance; Stop and Think It Over: Dale and Grace.
(440 Int'l, 2/1/1999)
1964 Feb 1, Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tried to ban " Louie Louie" for obscenity.
(MC, 2/1/02)

1964 Feb 3, " Meet the Beatles" album went Gold.
(MC, 2/3/02)

1964 Feb 9, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on " The Ed Sullivan Show." [see Jan, 1964]
(AP, 2/9/99)

1964 Feb 11, The Beatles 1st live appearance in US was in the Washington, DC Coliseum.
(MC, 2/11/02)

1964 Feb 16, The Beatles made their 2nd appearance on the " Ed Sullivan Show."
(MC, 2/16/02)

1964 Mar 30, Tracy Chapman, US singer, songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car), was born.
(MC, 3/30/02)

1964 Apr 26, Popular music of the day included: " Can’t Buy Me Love" by The Beatles; " Twist and Shout" by The Beatles; Do You Want to Know a Secret" by The Beatles; and " Understand Your Man" by Johnny Cash."
(440 Int’l. Internet, 4/26/97, p.1)(SFC, 9/13/03, p.A12)

1964 Jun 2, Rolling Stones made their 1st US concert tour debut in Lynn, Mass.
(SC, 6/2/02)

1964 Jun 26, Beatles released " A Hard Day's Night" album.
(MC, 6/26/02)

1964 Jul 2, Celia Black recorded Beatle's " Its For You" with McCartney on piano.
(SC, 7/2/02)

1964 Jul 4, The song " I Get Around" by the Beach Boys topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. Sales went on to exceed a million records.
(DataDragon)(Maggio, 98)(SFEC, 2/8/98, p.D8)

1964 Jul 10, The Four Tops released " Baby I Need Your Loving" on the Motown label. In 1967 Johnny Rivers also recorded a hit version.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_I_Need_Your_Loving)

1964 Jul 25, Beatles' " Hard Day's Night, A, " album went #1 and stayed #1 for 14 weeks.
(SC, 7/25/02)

1964 Aug 1, Beatles' " Hard Day's Night" single went #1.
(MC, 8/1/02)

1964 Aug 11, Beatles' " A Hard Days Night" opened in NYC.
(MC, 8/11/02)

1964 Aug 19, The Beatles performed a concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Ca. They returned there for another concert in 1965.
(www.rarebeatles.com/photopg7/sf81964.htm)

1964 Johnny Hathcock (d.2000 at 81) wrote the song " Welcome To My World." It became the theme song for entertainer Eddy Arnold.
(SFC, 1/2/01, p.B4)

1964 The song " Devil with the Blue Dress" was composed by W. Stevenson and F. Long and became a hit for Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels.
(SI-WPC, 1997)

1964 The Dixie cups made a hit with “Chapel of Love” written by Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009) in collaboration with producer Phil Spector and her husband Jeff Barry.
(SFC, 8/28/09, p.D5)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_of_Love)

1964 Bob Dylan released his 3rd album " The Times They Are A-Changing." In 1996 he sold rights to the Bank of Montreal for its marketing campaign.
(SFC, 10/18/96, C12)(SFEC, 9/28/97, p.A3)
1964 Bob Dylan released his 4th album " Another Side of Bob Dylan."
(SFC, 9/26/05, C3)

1964 The Four Seasons with lead singer Frankie Valli had top hits with “Dawn” and “Rag Doll.”
(WSJ, 11/2/05, p.D12)

1964 Martha and the Vandellas sang " Dancing in the Streets."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1964 Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions had a hit with the song " Amen."
(SFC, 12/28/99, p.C1)

1964 The British duo Peter and Gordon made a hit with the song “A World Without Love, ” written by Paul McCartney. The group broke up in 1968 after 9 top 20 records. Gordon Waller died in 1964 at age 64.
(SFC, 7/24/09, p.D6)

1964 Roy Orbison came out with the song " Pretty Woman."
(SFC, 8/24/96, p.E3)

1964 " Walk Don’t Run" by the Ventures became a hit. The drummer was Mel Tyler (1934-1996).
(SFC, 8/14/96, p.D2)

1964 Beatle singer Paul McCartney was " turned on to pot" by Bob Dylan.
(SFC, 9/27/97, p.E3)

1964 Kyu Sakamoto made a hit with " Sukiyaki."
(SFC, 11/30/02, p.D1)

1964 Simon and Garfunkel made their debut with " Wednesday Morning 3 AM."
(USAT, 3/24/99, p.5E)

1964 The Supremes sang " Where Did Our Love Go, " " Baby Love, " and " Come See About Me."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1964 Porter Wagoner recorded the a country song " Green Green Grass of Home", written by Claude " Curly" Putman Jr. Bobby Bare recorded a version in 1965 and by Tom Jones in 1966 when it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 1 December staying there for a total of seven weeks.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Green_Grass_of_Home)

1964 Mary Wells sang " My Guy."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1964 The British group Zombies with guitarist Paul Atkinson (d.2004), made a hit with " She's Not There."
(SFC, 4/7/04, p.B6)

1964 The Newport Jazz Festival introduced Hamza El Din, the father of Nubian music, to Western audiences.
(SFEC, 6/27/99, DB p.15)

1964 Founder Randy Sparks sold his interest in The New Christy Minstrels singing group for $2.5 million. John Denver and Kenny Rogers were singers in the group. Songs by the group included " Today, " " Green, Green, " and " Saturday Night."
(SFEC, 9/26/99, DB p.36)

1964 The Academy of Country Music was founded in Los Angeles.
(SFEC, 10/19/97, Par p.2)

1965 Jan, Petula Clark (b.1932), English singer, actress, and composer, made a #1 US hit with “Downtown, ” a song composed by Tony Hatch.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_%28Petula_Clark_song%29)

1965 Feb 15, Nat King Cole (49), singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), died.
(MC, 2/15/02)

1965 Mar 3, Temptations' " My Girl" reached #1.
(SC, 3/3/02)

1965 Mar 22, Columbia Records released Bob Dylan’s album " Bringing It All Back Home."
(SFC, 9/26/05, C3)

1965 Apr 13, Beatles recorded " Help."
(MC, 4/13/02)

1965 May 1, Spike Jones (53), composer (Spike Jones Show), died.
(MC, 5/1/02)

1965 May 13, Rolling Stones recorded " Satisfaction, "
(SS, Internet, 5/13/97)

1965 May 22, " Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hit #66.
(MC, 5/22/02)

1965 May 25, Mark Knight, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), was born in California.
(SC, 5/25/02)

1965 Jun 26, " Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds reached the number one spot on the pop music charts.
(SFC, 9/26/06, p.D7)

1965 Jul 25, Folk-rock began when Dylan used electricity at the Newport Folk Festival, RI.
(SC, 7/25/02)

1965 Jul 29, Beatles movie " Help" premiered and Queen Elizabeth attended.
(MC, 7/29/02)

1965 Aug 13, In SF the Jefferson Airplane made its first public performance opening at the new Matrix club on Fillmore. The band held an ownership interest in the club.
(SFEC, 5/23/99, Z1 p.4)(SFC, 11/17/08, p.E4)

1965 Aug 14, The Beatles taped an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show.
(MC, 8/14/02)
1965 Aug 14, Sonny and Cher's " I Got You Babe" hit #1.
(MC, 8/14/02)

1965 Aug 15, Beatles played to 55, 000 at Shea Stadium.
(MC, 8/15/02)

1965 Aug 28, Bob Dylan was scorned at a concert in NY's Forest Hills.
(www.punkhart.com/dylan/tapes/65-aug28.html)

1965 Aug 30, Columbia Records released Bob Dylan’s album " Highway 61 Revisited."
(SFC, 9/26/05, C3)(www.ddg.com/LIS/glenn/DYLANWEB.HTM)

1965 Aug 31, The Beatles returned to the Cow Palace in Daly City, Ca., for another concert.
(www.geocities.com/bratbear_51/cowpalacebeatles.html)

1965 Oct 16, The world’s first acid rock dance was held at Longshoreman’s Hall. Top band on the bill was the Charlatan’s with Dan Hicks, a house band from the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City. The Jefferson Airplane also made its first concert appearance. Alton Kelley (1940-2008) and 3 other people, under the name Family Dog, staged the dance concert.
(www.chickenonaunicycle.com/FD%20Shows%20Full%20List.htm)(SFC, 6/3/08, p.B5)

1965 Dec 11, Sam Cooke (b.1931), pop singer, was shot to death by a motel manager in Los Angeles after a prostitute stole his clothes and money. His hits included “You Send Me, ” “Cupid, ” and “Chain Gang.” In 2005 Peter Guralnick authored “Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.”
(SSFC, 10/16/05, p.M3)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke)

1965 Louis Armstrong sang " Hello Dolly." The song was written by Jerry Herman for the remake of the Thornton Wilder play " Matchmaker." The name of the play was changed to " Hello, Dolly! " after the song became a hit before the play opened.
(SFEC, 12/1/96, BR p.1)

1965 Syd Barrett (1946-2006) co-founded Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, and wrote many of the band's early songs. Barrett became mentally unstable from the pressures of drugs and fame and had to leave the band in 1968, five years before Pink Floyd's most popular album, " Dark Side of the Moon."
(AP, 7/11/06)

1965 James Brown (1928-2006), the dynamic " Godfather of Soul, " produced his classic song “I Got You (I Feel Good), ” later considered one of the all-time greatest in rock’s cannon.
(SFC, 12/26/06, p.A7)

1965 The SF-based Beau Brummels and lead singer Sal Valentino made a hit with “Laugh Laugh.”
(SFC, 2/22/06, p.E1)

1965 Sonny Bono and Cher had a hit with their song " I Got You Babe."
(SFC, 1/7/98, p.E1)

1965 Cannibal & the Headhunters, a group from East Los Angeles, made a hit with their doo-wop recording of “Land of 1000 Dances.” Founding member Richard “Scar” Lopez (b.1945) died in 2010. The song was written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962.
(SFC, 8/20/10, p.C5)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_a_Thousand_Dances)

1965 Bob Dylan (23) did a tour of England that was chronicled in the film " Don’t Look Back" by D.A. Pennebaker.
(SFEC, 2/8/98, p.D5)

1965 John Fogarty and his band, the Golliwogs, had a hit with the song " Brown-Eyed Girl. Under direction from Saul Zaentz of Fantasy Records they soon changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
(SFEM, 3/23/97, p.28)

1965 Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead began playing.
(SFC, 7/5/96, p.E4)

1965 Marvin Gaye sang " Ain’t That Peculiar."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1965 Bud Shank (1926-2009), innovative jazz musician, played the 33-second flute solo on the hit “California Dreamin, ” by the Mamas and Papas.
(SFC, 4/10/09, p.B5)

1965 Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions had a hit with the song " People Get Ready."
(SFC, 12/28/99, p.C1)

1965 The Miracles sang " Tracks of My Tears."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1965 Lou Reed co-founded the music group Velvet Underground.
(SFEC, 1/26/97 Par, p.2)

1965 Frank Sinatra won a Grammy award for his song, " It Was a Very Good Year."
(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E7)

1965 The Supremes sang " Stop! In the Name Love, " Back in My Arms Again, " and " I Hear a Symphony."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1965 The Lynyrd Skynyrd rock and roll band was formed. Their 1973 debut album included " Free Bird." Their hit songs included " Sweet Home Alabama."
(SFEC, 8/17/97, DB p.69)(WSJ, 3/17/05, p.A1)

1965 Folk-rock edged in next to Rock-n-roll.
(TMC, 1994, p.1965)

1965 Ray Repp made his groundbreaking album: " Mass for Young Americans."
(WSJ, 9/16/96, p.B8)

1965 The Righteous Brothers released their song: " You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling." It was produced by Phil Spector. Boby Hatfield, half of the team, died in 2003 at age 63.
(SFEC, 10/20/96, DB, p.65)(SFEC, 10/5/97, DB p.74)(SSFC, 12/28/03, p.E9)

1965 The Sir Douglas Quintet with Doug Sahm had a hit with the song " She's About a Mover."
(SFC, 11/20/99, p.A22)

1965 Junior Walker & the All Stars played " Shotgun."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1965 Stevie Wonder sang " Uptight (Everything’s Alright)."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D1)

1965 In Britain The Who made 3 consecutive hits with " I Can’t Explain, " " Anyway Anyhow Anywhere, " and " My Generation." The group included bassist John Entwistle (d.2002), drummer Keith Moon (d.1978), singer Roger Daltrey, and guitarist Pete Townshend.
(SFC, 6/28/02, p.A2)

1965 Nov 6, Edgar Varese (b.1883), French-born pioneer of musical modernism, died. He moved to the US in 1915. Varese was the inventor of the term " organized sound", a phrase meaning that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together, sublimating into a whole new definition of music.
(SFC, 4/16/10, p.F6)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgard_Var%C3%A8se)

1966 Mar 3, Rock group Buffalo Springfield formed with Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al.
(SC, 3/3/02)
1966 Mar 3, " Lightnin' Lou" Christie was striking gold this day for his hit " Lightnin' Strikes". Christie was born Lugee Sacco and joined a group called The Classics before making his first recording in 1960. In 1961, he recorded under the name Lugee & The Lions until changing to Lou Christie for a string of hits beginning in 1963. Other notable tunes from Christie's Top 40 appearances include: " The Gypsy Cried", " Two Faces Have I", " Rhapsody in the Rain" and " I'm Gonna Make You Mine" – all displaying his trademark falsetto voice, similar to that of Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons. " Lightnin' Strikes" was Christie's only million seller.
(HC, Internet, 3/3/98)

1966 Mar 4, John Lennon said: " We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus." Radio stations in the Netherlands and in Spain quickly banned the playing of Beatle records as did the South African Broadcasting Corporation, stating that " The Beatles' arrogance has passed the ultimate limit of decency. It is clowning no longer."
(www.beatles.ws/1966.htm)

1966 Apr 12, Jan Berry (1942-2004) of the " Jan and Dean" duo was involved in a car crash that left him in a month-long coma. Their hit songs from 1960-1966 included: " Little Old lady from Pasadena, " " Deadman’s Curve, " and " Surf City."
(SFEC, 7/13/97, DB p.63)(SSFC, 3/28/04, p.B5)

1966 May 1, Last British concert by Beatles was at Empire Pool in Wembley.
(MC, 5/1/02)

1966 May 13, Rolling Stones released " Paint it Black."
(SS, Internet, 5/13/97)

1966 Jun 10, Mamas & Papas won a gold record for " Monday, Monday."
(MC, 6/10/02)

1966 Jul 11, " I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel peaked at #3.
(MC, 7/11/02)

1966 Jul 25, Supremes released " You Can't Hurry Love."
(SC, 7/25/02)

1966 Jul 29, Bob Dylan was hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock, NY.
(www.wilburys.info/insbob.html)

1966 Aug 5, Beatles released their " Revolver" album in US.
(MC, 8/5/02)
1966 Aug 5, Beatles released " Yellow Submarine" and " Eleanor Rigby" in UK.
(MC, 8/5/02)

1966 Sep, In SF the Jefferson Airplane played the band’s last show at the Matrix, the first night that Grace Slick sang with the band.
(SFC, 11/17/08, p.E4)

1966 The Beach Boys sang " Good Vibrations, " and sales exceeded a million records.
(SFEC, 2/8/98, p.D8)

1966 The Capitols sang " Cool Jerk."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1966 The song " Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band won the Grammy best contemporary recording category.

1966 Chas Chandler, bass player for the Animals, spotted Jimi Hendrix playing at the Cafe Wha in New York and invited him to London. He later produced the first 2 Hendrix albums.
(SFC, 7/18/96, p.A22)

1966 Arlo Guthrie wrote the song " Alice’s Restaurant, " and it became the anti-
draft fight song.
(TMC, 1994, p.1966)

1966 The Four Tops sang " Reach Out I’ll Be There" and " Standing in the Shadows of Love."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1966 Don Ho (1930-2007), a Vietnamese-American singer, released his most famous song, " Tiny Bubbles", which charted on both the pop (#8 Billboard) and easy listening charts and caused the subsequent Tiny Bubbles LP to remain in the album Top 20 for almost a year.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ho)

1966 Junior Walker and the All Stars sang " How Sweet It Is."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1966 Arthur Lee (1945-2006) fronted the band Love and established himself as the 1st black rock star in the post Beatle’s era. The group’s debut album, “Love, ” was the 1st rock record released by Electra Records.
(SSFC, 8/6/06, p.B6)

1966 The Mamas and Papas released their debut single " California Dreamin." The group broke up in 1968.
(SFC, 3/19/01, p.A19)

1966 Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66 made a hit with " Mas Que Nada."
(SFC, 11/30/02, p.D1)

1966 Jimmy Ruffin sang " What Become of the Broken-hearted."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1966 The Sandpipers made a hit with " Guantanamera."
(SFC, 11/30/02, p.D1)

1966 Simon and Garfunkel sang " Scarborough Fair."
(SFEC, 12/22/96, Z1 p.2)

1966 Frank Sinatra made a hit with " Strangers in the Night." The song won a Grammy as record of the year.
(SFC, 5/16/98, p.E7)
1966 Nancy Sinatra sang " These Boots Are Made for Walking, " written by Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007).
(SFEC, 12/22/96, Z1 p.2)(SFC, 8/7/07, p.D9)

1966 Percy Sledge made a hit with his song " When a Man Loves a Woman."
(SFC, 8/14/96, p.E2)

1966 Phil Spector produced “River Deep – Mountain High” with Ike and Tina Turner. The pair split in 1976.
(SFC, 12/13/07, p.B5)

1966 Dusty Springfield recorded " You Don't Have to Say You Love Me."
(SFC, 3/4/99, p.C6)

1966 The Standells song “Dirty Water, ” an ode to Boston and its polluted waterways, reached No. 11 on the Billboard’s Top 40 chart. In 2006 the group filed a suit against Anheuser-Busch for illegal use of the song in commercials.
(SFC, 6/12/06, p.D11)

1966 The Supremes sang " You Can’t Hurry Love" and " You Keep Me Hanging On."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1966 The Young Rascals had a No. 1 hit with “Good Lovin’.”
(SFC, 6/27/06, p.B5)

1966 The Blue Note jazz label of Alfred Lion was sold to Liberty Records. It was later transferred to EMI.
(WSJ, 10/3/97, p.A8)

1966 Jeff Hanna and Jimmie Fadden founded their " Nitty Gritty Dirt Band."
(SFEM, 10/19/97, DB p.61)

1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience formed and played together for 3 years. Noel Redding (d.2003 at 57) was the bass player. The band produced 3 albums of psychedelic rock: " Are You Experienced, " " Axis: Bold as Love, " and " Electric Ladyland."
(SFC, 5/14/03, p.A17)

1967 Jan 14, Sonny and Cher’s " The Beat Goes On" peaked at #6 on the pop charts. In 1999 the TV special “And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story, ” written by Sonny Bono (1935-1998), was produced.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beat_Goes_On)(www.imdb.com/title/tt0185155/)

1967 Jan 15, The Rolling Stones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.
(www.crazyabouttv.com/edsullivanshow.html)

1967 Feb 17, Beatles released " Penny Lane" & " Strawberry Fields." Strawberry Fields was a children’s home run by the Salvation Army. It was closed in 2005.
(https://www.jpgr.co.uk/r5570.html)(SFC, 6/2/05, p.E8)

1967 Feb 20, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana grunge band musician, was born in Aberdeen, Washington. He was found dead at his Lake Washington home on April 8, 1994, of suicide committed about April 5.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain)
1967 Feb 20, Elvis Presley released his album " How Great Thou Art." The song “How Great Thou Art” is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg (1859-1940) in Sweden in 1885.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Great_Thou_Art_(album))

1967 Mar 2, At the 9th Grammy Awards: “Strangers in Night” by Frank Sinatra won Record of the Year and “Michele” by the Beatles won Song of the Year.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1967)

1967 Mar 7, The Los Angeles-based Doors made their 2nd trip to SF and performed for a mid-week engagement at the Matrix ahead of a weekend performance at the Avalon. Peter Abrams, co-owner of the Matrix, recorded the show with a recently installed tape recorder.
(SFC, 11/17/08, p.E1)(https://tinyurl.com/mxky7j)

1967 Mar 11, British psychedelic group Pink Floyd released “Arnold Layne, ” their 1st single song.
(https://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/albums/arnold.htm)(SFC, 9/26/06, p.D6)

1967 May 1, Elvis Presley (32) married Priscilla Beaulieu (20) in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel. They divorced in 1973. They had met when she was 14 in West Germany.
(AP, 5/1/97)(SFEM, 1/25/98, p.66)

1967 May 20, BBC disc jockey Kenny Everett gave the official preview of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the radio show Where It's At, broadcast on the BBC Light Program. He was unable to play the final track " A Day in the Life, " which the BBC had banned a day earlier due to drug references.
(www.beatlesbible.com/1967/05/20/the-bbc-bans-a-day-in-the-life/)

1967 Jun 1, " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, " was released in the U.K. and the following day in the U.S. and was certified " gold" the same day of release. It topped the charts all over the world, holding the number one slot in Britain for 27 weeks and for 19 in America. It received four Grammys including Best Album.
(AP, 6/1/97)

1967 Jun 7, Three Moby Grape members were arrested on Mt. Tamalpais, following a concert at the Avalon Ballroom in SF, for having sex with underage girls.
(www.rockument.com/scenes_sf1.html)

1967 Jun 18, The 3-day Monterey Pop Festival featured Pete Townshend and The Who on the Sunday finale. They nearly stopped the show with the destruction of guitars, drums and microphones on stage. They were immediately followed by Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead. The festival also featured Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding.
(WSJ, 8/11/95, p.A-7)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival)

1967 Jun 19, Beatle Paul McCartney, having admitted in Queen Magazine that he had taken LSD, repeated the admission on television.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)

1967 Jun, The theme song from the film " The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" by Hugo Montenegro (1925-1981) reached No. 2 on the US record charts.
(https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599359/bio)

1967 Jul 1, Beatles' " Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, " went #1 for 15 weeks.
(MC, 7/1/02)

1967 Jul 7, Beatles' " All You Need is Love" was released.
(MC, 7/7/02)

1967 Aug 19, Beatles' " All You Need is Love, " single went #1.
(MC, 8/19/02)

1967 Aug 25, Beatles went to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
(MC, 8/25/02)

1967 Aug 27, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.
(AP, 8/27/97)

1967 Sep 11, Charles Manson (b.1934) recorded his album " Lie, " which was produced by Dennis Wilson (b.1944), drummer for the Beach Boys.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie: _The_Love_and_Terror_Cult)

1967 Nov 9, Rolling Stone Magazine, co-founded by Jann Wenner in SF, published its debut issue with a press run of 40, 000 copies. Ralph J. Gleason, SF jazz critic, helped Wenner fund the 1st issue. In 1998 " Rolling Stone: The Complete Covers 1967-1997" was edited by Holly George-Warren. In 1977 the company moved its headquarters to NYC.
(SFC, 10/28/97, p.E1)(SFEC, 6/21/98, BR p.12)(SFC, 12/23/04, p.E16)(SFC, 4/18/09, p.C1)

1967 Nov 27, The Beatles' " Magical Mystery Tour, " album was released in Britain.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Mystery_Tour_(album))

1967 Dec 10, Singer Otis Redding (26) and 6 others died in the crash of his private plane in Lake Monona, Wisconsin. He had recently recorded “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, ” which became a big hit in 1968.
(SFC, 4/25/06, p.B5)(AP, 12/10/07)

1967 Dec 26, BBC-1 television aired " Magical Mystery Tour, " the Beatles' critically drubbed one-hour special.
(AP, 12/26/07)

1967 Dec 27, Singer Bob Dylan (b.1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman) released his " John Wesley Harding" album.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Harding_(album))

1967 Glen Campbell made a hit with " Gentle On My Mind, " written by John Hartford (d.2001 at 63).
(SFC, 6/6/01, p.A19)

1967 Bob Dylan and The Band recorded " The Basement Tapes" in West Saugerties, N.Y., in a ranch house dubbed Big Pink, rented by Rick Danko (d.1999). In 1997 Greil Marcus, wrote " Invisible Republic, " an exploration of the recordings. Other band members included Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm.
(SFEC, 5/25/97, DB p.52)(SFC, 12/1/97, p.E4)(WSJ, 12/15/99, p.A20)

1967 The 5th Dimension released the Jimmy Webb tune " Up, Up and Away." The group included Ron Townson (d.2001 ay 68), Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, and Billy Davis.
(SFC, 8/4/01, p.E2)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up, _Up_and_Away)

1967 The Four Tops sang " Bernadette."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1967 Aretha Franklin (b.1942) recorded " Chain of Fools."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_Fools_(song))

1967 Aretha Franklin (b.1942) sang " Respect, " " Baby I Love You" and " I Never Love a Man (the Way I Love You)."
(SSFC, 6/30/02, Par p.30)

1967 Arlo Guthrie recorded the 18.5 minute ballad " Alice’s Restaurant." It was about his arrest for dumping garbage that had piled up at the former Episcopal Church where Alice and Ray Brock lived in Great Barrington, Mass. Guthrie bought the building in 1991 for $300, 000 and set up a foundation to promote understanding among religious traditions. " It’s a bring your own god church."
(SFC, 1/5/02, p.A2)

1967 The Irish Rovers released their album “The Unicorn.” They had formed in Canada and released their album in California.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unicorn)

1967 Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist, released her hit single “Pata Pata.”
(SFC, 11/11/08, p.B5)

1967 Sly & the Family Stone released the first of their 8 albums. The group was led by Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone, an African American from Vallejo, Ca. In 2008 Jeff Kaliss authored “I Want To Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone.”
(SFC, 11/24/08, p.E2)

1967 Zal Yanovsky (d.2002 at 57) left the Lovin’ Spoonful. The group’s hits had included " Do You Believe in Magic" and " Summer in the City."
(SFC, 12/17/02, p.A23)

1967 The rock group Moby Grape made its debut album " Moby Grape."
(SFC, 6/29/96, p.E1)

1967 Procol Harum’s " A Whiter Shade of Pale" became a psychedelic classic. It was later voted one of the greatest pop songs of all time. In 2006 the High Court in London awarded organist Matthew Fisher a 40% right to the song. Singer Gary Brooker had claimed he was the sole writer.
(AFP, 12/20/06)

1967 The rock group Traffic was founded by drummer Jim Capaldi (1945-2005), keyboardist Winwood, guitarist Dave Mason and saxophonist-flutist Chris Wood.
(SFC, 2/1/05, p.B9)

1967 Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane (b.1965) burst out of SF with their songs " Somebody To Love" and " White Rabbit." In 1998 Slick and Andrea Cagan wrote " Somebody To Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir." A 1980 biography of Slick was written by Barbara Rowe of the NY Times. In 2003 Jeff Tamarkin authored " Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane."
(SFEC, 9/6/98, BR p.3)(SSFC, 6/22/03, p.M6)

1967 " Songs of Granite and Men" by SF composer Walter Tolleson (d. 1997 at 72) was performed at Carnegie Hall.
(SFC, 10/31/97, p.A24)

1967 Gladys Knight and the Pips, already an established singing group, joined the Motown record label. Their hits included " I Heard It Through the Grapevine." In 1997 Gladys Knight wrote " Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story."
(SFC, 11/19/97, p.E4)

1967 The Miracles sang " I Second That Emotion."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1967 In Cuba the Orquesta de Musica Moderna, a government sponsored group, was formed. It was the basis for the later jazz group Irakere.
(SFC, 6/16/96, BR p.42)

1967 Rod Stewart emerged as the vocal sensation in the Jeff Beck Group.
(USAT, 3/24/99, p.5E)

1967 The Supremes sang " Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone" and " The Happening."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1967 Jackie Wilson sang " Higher and Higher."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)

1968 Feb 16, Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon flew to India with their wives for transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
(www.beatles.ws/1968.htm)

1968 Feb 27, Frankie Lymon (b.1942), American singer died. He was an African-American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group called the Teenagers. Their first single, " Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (1956), was also their biggest hit. The 1998 film " Why Do Fools Fall in Love" was a musical comedy-drama with Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon and Little Richard. It was directed by Gregory Nava and set in the 1950s based on the life of Frankie Lymon.
(SFC, 8/28/98, p.C1)(SFC, 9/2/98, p.E1)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Lymon)

1968 Feb 29, At the Grammy Awards, the Fifth Dimension's " Up, Up and Away" won record of the year for 1967, while album of the year honors went to the Beatles for " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
(HN, 2/29/00)(AP, 2/29/04)

1968 Mar 1, Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed.
(SFC, 9/13/03, p.A12)

1968 Apr, Simon & Garfunkel released their song " Mrs. Robinson."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Robinson)

1968 May 14, The Beatles in NYC announced the formation of their Apple Corp.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps)

1968 May 24, The Rolling Stones, an English rock band, released " Jumping Jack Flash" in England. The US release was on June 1.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpin%27_Jack_Flash)

1968 Jun 13, Johnny Cash performed a live concert at California’s Folsom Prison. Applause from the inmates was dubbed into his " At Folsom Prison" album.
(WSJ, 11/26/97, p.CA4)(Econ, 9/18/04, p.88)

1968 Jun 29, " Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim (1932-1996), aka Herbert Khaury, peaked at #17.
(SFC, 12/2/96, p.A4)(www.dreamsville.net/index.php? paged=2)

1968 Jul 1, The Band released their " Music From Big Pink" album. It features one of their best-known songs, " The Weight."
(WSJ, 12/15/99, p.A20)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_Big_Pink)

1968 Jul 31, The Beatle's recorded Hey Jude.
(https://oldies.about.com/od/thebeatlessongs/a/heyjude.htm)

1968 Sep 28, Beatles' " Hey Jude" single went #1 and stayed #1 for 9 weeks.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude)

1968 Oct 14, The Beatles " White Album" was completed at the Abbey Road Studios.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))

1968 Nov 22, Beatles released their " Beatles, " (White Album) their only double album.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))

1968 Nov 28, In London, England, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared at the Marylebone Magistrates' Court. John pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis resin and was fined 150 pounds plus 20 guineas costs.
(https://tinyurl.com/qjbdgb)

1968 Nov, The album “Astral Weeks” by Irish-born singer and song-writer Van Morrison was released. In 1999 it was given a Grammy Hall of Fame award.
(WSJ, 4/14/07, p.P14)

1968 Dec 7, The Rolling Stones released their album " Beggar’s Banquet" in the US, one day after it was released in the UK. They soon filmed a concert performance right after the Who’s performance of " A Quick One" that the Stones did not match and the film was shelved. In 1996 it was planned to release the film where Jethro Tull and Taj Mahal are also featured. The album included the song " Sympathy for the Devil."
(SFC, 8/16/96, p.D11)(SFC, 10/23/00, p.F3)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_Banquet)

1968 Dec 28, The Beatles' " White Album, " went #1 in the US, beginning this week, and stayed at the top for 9 weeks.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album))

1968 The Delfonics soul singing group of Philadelphia recorded their hit " La-la Means I Love You."
(SFEC, 1/25/98, DB p.45)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Delfonics)

1968 Graham Nash (b.1942) left the Hollies to join David Crosby (b.1941) and Stephen Stills (b.1945). The first Crosby, Stills & Nash album was released in 1969.
(www.rockhall.com/inductee/crosby-stills-and-nash)

1968 The song " Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In) was the 1st charted single for Kenny Rogers, who was with the First Edition. The song was written by Texas songwriter Mickey Newbury (d.2002 at 62).
(SFC, 10/3/02, p.A20)

1968 Aretha Franklin (b.1942) recorded " Since You’ve Been Gone" and “Think.”
(https://tinyurl.com/oe3cmp)(https://tinyurl.com/obhjaj)

1968 Marvin Gaye recorded " I Heard It Through the Grapevine."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heard_It_Through_the_Grapevine)

1968 Edwin Hawkins recorded his arrangement of “Oh Happy Day” on a 2-track tape machine for the Northern California State Youth Choir. An album was made with Century Records to help finance a trip to a church youth conference in Washington DC. In 1969 Abe Kesh at KSAN-FM began playing the song, which featured the voice of Dorothy Morrison. The album was soon re-issued by Buddah Records.
(SFC, 10/23/09, p.F1)

1968 The Iron Butterfly recorded their 17-minute classic " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, " with Erik Braunn (d.2003 at 52) on lead guitar. Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy and Lee Dorman completed the band.
(SFC, 7/29/03, p.A17)

1968 Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company band recorded their album " Cheap Thrills" in New York.
(SFC, 5/19/96, DB, p.39)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheap_Thrills)

1968 The Moody Blues released their album " Days of Future Past” in the US. It had been released in Britain in November 1967.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed)

1968 Laura Nyro (1947-1997) released her song suite album " Eli and the Thirteenth Confession." her biggest songs were " When I Die, " " Stoned Soul Picnic, " " Wedding Bell Blues, " " Sweet Blindness, " and " Eli’s Coming."
(SFE, 4/10/97, p.A23)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_and_the_Thirteenth_Confession)

1968 The song “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding (1941-1967) became a smash hit. It was the first posthumous single in US chart history.
(SFC, 4/25/06, p.B5)

1968 The " Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" was shot for home video but not released until 1996. The 62 minute TV special featured the Stones, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, the Who, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal and Jethro Tull.
(SFC, 10/15/96, p.B1)

1968 The singing group Sha Na Na began singing together at Columbia Univ. as the Columbia Kingsmen. Their first gig in Manhattan paid $50 for the 12 members. They sang " Let’s Go to the Hop" at Woodstock and did a TV show from 1977-1980.
(SFC, 6/26/98, p.C13)

1968 The Supremes released their album " Love Child."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Child_(The_Supremes_album))

1968 Johnnie Taylor (d.2000 at 62) had his 1st No. 1 R& B hit with " Who’s Making Love."
(SFC, 6/2/00, p.D5)

1968 Stevie Wonder made a hit with the song " For Once in My Life."
(SFC, 11/12/02, p.D8)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life)

1968 Tammy Wynette (1942-1998), country singer, recorded her hit song " Stand by Your Man." In 2003 it was rated the No. 1 top country song.
(SFC, 6/6/03, p.D22)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_By_Your_Man)

1969 Jan 3, police in Newark, NJ, confiscated 30, 000 copies of the John Lennon, Yoko Ono album, Two Virgins. A nude photo of John and Yoko on the cover violated pornography laws in Jersey.
(www.goatview.com/january03.htm)

1969 Feb 17, Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash recorded an album that was never released.
(https://hnn.us/blogs/entries/57340.html)

1969 Feb 19, Elvis Presley recorded the Eddie Rabbit song " Kentucky Rain."
(www.anelvisfan2001.com/KentuckyRain.html)

1969 Mar 1, Jim Morrison (d.1971), lead singer for the Doors, exposed himself at Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami before 10, 000 people. An arrest warrant was issued for Morrison four days after the concert. He turned himself in, was tried the next year and convicted on two charges. Gov. Charlie Crist and Florida's Cabinet members pardoned Morrison of those convictions on Dec 9, 2010.
(SFC, 12/24/02, p.A13)(AP, 12/10/10)

1969 Apr 12, Simon and Garfunkel released " The Boxer."
(www.radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php? t=3300& sid=72232d290dfd00e819b5932236c4c632)

1969 May 23, The Who released their rock opera " Tommy."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(album))

1969 May 31, John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded " Give Peace a Chance" during their “Bed-In” at the Queen Elizabeth’s Hotel in Montreal.
(https://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/lyrics2/givepeace.html)

1969 Jun 7, The Johnny Cash Show premiered on ABC from the Grand Ole Opry with special guest Bob Dylan and regular cast: Tennessee Three, June Carter and Carter Family, Statler Brothers, and Carl Perkins, stepping in for Luther Perkins, who has just died accidentally in tragic fire. The series ran through 1971.
(www.johnnycashonline.com/biography)
1969 Jun 7, Tommy James & the Shondells released " Crystal Blue Persuasion."
(www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969.html)

1969 Jul 11, David Bowie (b.1947), British musician, released his single “Space Oddity, " supposedly in conjunction with the July 20 Apollo 11 moon landing.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Oddity)

1969 Jun 27, The 3-day Denver Pop Festival opened. The peak attendance was estimated at 50, 000.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Pop_Festival)

1969 Jul 2, Barbra Streisand (b.1942) opened for a 4-week engagement at the Las Vegas International Hotel.
(www.barbrafile.com/6169.htm)

1969 Jul 3, Brian Jones (27), founder of the Rolling Stones (1962), was found dead at the bottom of Cotchford Farm swimming pool.
(www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember.4/BrianJones.html)

1969 Jul 4, " Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band was released in UK.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance)
1969 Jul 4, 140, 000 attended Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zeppelin & Janis Joplin.
(Maggio, 98)

1969 Jul 25, Some 70, 000 attended the Seattle Pop Festival. The music festival, organized by Boyd Grafmyrem, was held at the Gold Creek Park, Woodinville, Washington, from July 25 to July 28, 1969.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Pop_Festival)

1969 Jul, The rock group Mountain with Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi released their album Windfall 4500.
(www.mp3.com/albums/17361/reviews.html)

1969 Aug 2, Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance at the Minn. Hibbing High School 10-year reunion.
(https://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/august2.htm)

1969 Aug 15, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York. 400, 000 young people gathered at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in the Bethel hamlet of White Lake, N.Y. for the Woodstock music festival. Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney) and companions from the Hog Farm Commune handled security and ran a free kitchen and " bad trips tent." The performers included Joan Baez; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Creedence Clearwater; the Grateful Dead; Jimi Hendrix; the Jefferson Airplane; Janis Joplin; Canned Heat and Ravi Shankar.
(TMC, 1994, p.1969)(SFC, 5/17/96, p.E-1)(WSJ, 10/22/96, p.A20)(SFEC, 1/26/97, p.A14)(AP, 8/15/97)(SFC, 10/27/97, p.C2)(SFC, 2/3/99, p.E1)

1969 Aug 16, Canned Heat performed " Let's Work Together" live Woodstock.
(www.chromeoxide.com/canned.htm)

1969 Aug 18, Two concert goers died at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, one from an overdose of heroin, the other from a burst appendix. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair ended in Sullivan County, NY, with a mid-morning set performed by Jimi Hendrix.
(HN, 8/18/99)(AP, 8/18/07)

1969 Aug 20, Arlo Guthrie released " Alice's Restaurant."
(www.imdb.com/title/tt0064002/)

1969 Sep 1, John Lennon returned his OBE medal. He said it is to protest the British government’s involvement in Biafra, its support of the US in Vietnam and the poor chart performance of his latest single, “Cold Turkey.”
(www.rockhall.com/inductee/john-lennon)

1969 Sep 13, John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, presented the Plastic Ono Band in concert for the first time at the Toronto Peace Festival (Lennon's first in four years). The 1st hit by the new group, " Give Peace a Chance, " made it to number 14 on the charts.
(www.musicdirect.com/product/83704)

1969 Sep 26, The Beatles last album, " Abbey Road, " was released in the United Kingdom. The last hit LP for the " fab four" zoomed quickly to the #1 spot on the charts and stayed there for 11 weeks.
(www.johnlennon.com/html/history.aspx)(HN, 9/26/99)(Beat. For., 1995, p. 58)

1969 Nov 28, The Rolling Stones, English rock band, released its " Let It Bleed" album.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Bleed)

1969 Dec 3, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice offered John Lennon the role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar, but the offer was withdrawn the next day.
(https://tinyurl.com/7bvup8)(https://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/december3.htm)

1969 Dec 6, The Rolling Stones staged a rock concert at the Altamount Speedway in Livermore, Ca. for some 300, 000 fans. The Stones hired the Hells Angels for security. Fans were beaten and one person, Meredith Hunter, was stamped and stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel during the show. Alan Passaro (21) was tried and found not guilty because Hunter was carrying a gun. One man drowned in a nearby canal and2 people were crushed to death by a runaway car. The 1970 documentary film “Gimme Shelter” was about the Rolling Stones concert at Altamount.
(SFEC, 5/23/99, Z1 p.4)(AP, 12/6/99)(SFC, 6/10/00, p.B5)(SFC, 5/26/05, p.B2)

1969 Dec 14, The Jackson 5 appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Michael Jackson was 11.
(SFC, 6/14/05, p.D6)

1969 Dec 20, Peter, Paul & Mary's " Leaving on a Jet Plane" reached #1. It was written by John Denver in 1967.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving_on_a_Jet_Plane)

1969 Dec 21, Diana Ross and the Supremes make their final television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing " Someday We'll Be Together", which would be the last of their 12 number one singles.
(https://forums.w3oc.com/showthread.php? p=1967)

1969 Credence Clearwater Revival put out its " Willy and the Poorboys" LP. The cover featured a photo of the band in front of the Duck Kee Market in Oakland. Creedence had a hit this year with " Oh! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again.
(SFC, 9/12/98, p.A19)(WSJ, 7/21/99, p.CA1)

1969 The Flying Burrito Brothers released their first album. The group included Gram Parsons (1946-1973) and Chris Hillman (b.1944) of the Byrds, and pedal steel guitar player Pete Kleinow (1934-2007).
(SFC, 1/16/07, p.B5)

1969 Merle Haggard (b.1937) made a hit with his song " Okie From Muskogee" and " The Fightin’ Side of Me."
(SSFC, 12/10/00, Par p.7)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard)

1969 The Iron Butterfly rock group scored a hit with the 17-minute tune " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
(SFC, 5/31/99, p.A20)

1969 The group It's A Beautiful Day recorded " White Bird."
(SFEC, 12/19/99, DB p.41)

1969 Kenny Rogers (b.1938) made a hit with his song " Don’t Take Your Love to Town."
(SSFC, 5/20/01, Par p.22)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers)

1969 Oliver, born as William Oliver Swofford (1945-2000), recorded the hits " Jean" and " Good Morning Starshine."
(SFC, 2/16/00, p.C2)(www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? page=gr& GRid=20124)

1969 The album “The Stooges” spent 11 weeks on the Billboard album chart peaking at No. 106. It included the song “I Wanna Be Your Dog, ” which became the group’s signature number. The punk band formed in Michigan in 1967 and included guitarist Ron Asheton (1948-2009), drummer Scott Asheton, singer Iggy Pop (born as Jim Osterberg) and bassist Dave Alexander. In 2007 Paul Trynka authored “Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed.”
(SFC, 1/8/09, p.B5)

1969 Warner Bros. released the Bernie Krause album " In a Wild Sanctuary." It was an album of nature oriented sounds. In 1999 Krause authored " Into a Wild Sanctuary: A Life in Music and Natural Sound."
(SFEC, 5/16/99, BR p.4)

1969 San Francisco guitarist Carlos Santana (b.1947) and his band recorded their first album featuring such tunes as " Evil Ways." Other members included Jose Chepito Areas (percussionist), Michael Carrabello (percussionist), David Brown (bassist), Gregg Rolie (keyboardist) and Michael Shrieve (drums). The band was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
(SFC, 1/12/98, p.E1)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana)

1969 Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) wrote the song " A Boy Named Sue, " which became a hit for Johnny Cash. Silverstein, a playwright and cartoonist, established himself as a children's writer and published the classic &qu


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