1966 in music Details, Meaning 1966 in music Article and Explanation Guide

1966 in music Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Musical television
10 Births
11 Deaths
12 Awards

12.1 Grammy Awards
12.2 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

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 #21 on Billboard charts
January 21 - Beatle George Harrison marries fashion model Patti 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 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.
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 10 - Simon and Garfunkel release Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, which hits #4 on Billboard charts
Gram Parsons' musical career begins
Charley Pride's musical career begins
Freddie King's musical career begins
Neil Young's musical career begins
Wishbone Ash forms
The Crystals break up
Gerry & the Pacemakers; break up

Albums released

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Revolver - The Beatles
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Fresh Cream - Cream
Lightfoot - Gordon Lightfoot
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
Black Monk Time - The Monks
The Orbison Way - Roy Orbison
East-West - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon and Garfunkel
A Quick One - The Who
Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Top hits on record

"Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
"Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys
"Paperback Writer" - The Beatles
"Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles
"Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles
"Reach Out And I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
"Hey Joe" - Jimi Hendrix
"This Ole Heart Of Mine" - The Isley Brothers
"Summer In The City" - Lovin' Spoonful
"Monday Monday" - The Mamas and Papas
"Last Train To Clarksville" - The Monkees
"Winchester Cathedral" - New Vaudeville Band
"Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders;
"Gloria" - Shadows of Knight
"The Sound of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Homeward Bound" - Simon and Garfunkel
"I Am A Rock" - Simon and Garfunkel
"The Dangling Conversation" - Simon and Garfunkel
"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" - Simon and Garfunkel
"You Keep Me Hanging On" - The Supremes
"Wild Thing" - The Troggs
"Good Lovin' " - The Young Rascals
"Dizzy" - Tommy Roe
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
"It's A Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown
"Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones
"Strangers In The Night" - Frank Sinatra
"Jug Band Music" - The Lovin' Spoonfull
"When A Man Loves A Woman" - Percy Sledge
"A Groovy Kind Of Love" - The Mindbenders
"Come On, Let's Go" - The McCoys
"Mame" - Bobby Darin
"Along Comes Mary" - The Association
"Red Rubber Ball" - The Cyrkle
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
"My Love" - Petula Clark
"I Love Onions" - Susan Christie
"Twinkle Toes" - Roy Orbison
"Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals
"Mame" - Louis Armstrong
"Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs;
"Born Free" - Matt Monro
"Shapes of Things" - The Yardbirds

Published popular music

"Alfie" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film Alfie
"And When I Die" w.m. Laura Nyro & Jerry Sears
"Big Spender" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical Sweet Charity
"Born Free" w. Don Black m. John Barry from the film Born Free
"Bosum Buddies" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mame
"Buy And Sell" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Cabaret" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical Cabaret
"Cherish" w.m. Terry Kirkman
"Flim Flam Man" w.m. Laura Nyro
"I Am A Rock" by Paul Simon
"I Can Hear Music" w.m. Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector
"I Love Onions" by Donald Cochrane & John Hill
"I Saw Her Again Last Night" w.m. John Phillips and Denny Doherty
"I'm A Believer" w.m. Neil Diamond
"If I Were A Carpenter" w.m. Tim Hardin*
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman, from the musical Sweet Charity
"Mother's Little Helper" w.m. Mick Jagger & Keith Richard
"A Must To Avoid" w.m. Phil F. Sloan & Steve Barri from the film Hold On
"Mustang Sally" w.m. Bonny Rice
"Red Rubber Ball" w.m. Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley
"The Rhythm Of Life" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical Sweet Charity
"Solitary Man" w.m. Neil Diamond
"This Is My Song" w.m. Charles Chaplin theme song from the film A Countess From Hong Kong
"Wedding Bell Blues" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Winnie The Pooh" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the animated film Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree

Classical music

Mario Davidovsky - Junctures for flute, clarinet, and violin
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 4 for chorus and tape
Roger Sessions - Symphony #6
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.122
Robert Ward - Fiesta Processional

Opera

Musical theater

The Apple Tree Broadway production
Cabaret (John Kander & Fred Ebb) - Broadway production
Funny Girl (Jule Styne and Bob Merrill) - London production
I Do! I Do Broadway production
It's A Bird It's A Plane It's Superman Broadway production
The Mad Show Broadway production
Mame Broadway production
The Penny Friend Broadway production
Sweet Charity(Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon) - Broadway production