[edit] 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 & 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.
- January 28 - The Small Faces release 3rd single "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart.
- February 2 - The first edition of Go-Set magazine is published in Melbourne, Australia. Founded by former Monash University students Philip Frazer and Tony Schauble, the new weekly is the first independent periodical in Australia devoted entirely to popular music and youth culture. The inaugural 24-page issue has a cover feature on Tom Jones, stories on The Groop, singer Pat Carroll and DJ Ken Sparkes and a feature on mod fashion by designer Prue Acton.
- February 6 - The Animals appear a fifth time on The Ed Sullivan Show to perform their iconic Vietnam-anthem-hit "We Gotta Get Out of this Place".
- 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. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
- March 5 - The 11th Eurovision Song Contest is staged in the Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg. Udo Jürgens, who represented Austria in the last two contests (sixth in 1964; fourth in 1965), finally scores a first for the country, this time with "Merci Chérie", which he also co-wrote.
- March 6 - In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool's Cavern Club.
- April - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass place 4 albums in Billboard's Top 10. A world record.
- April 11 – first public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, of Giacomo Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, though the official opening of the new opera house would not take place until September 16.
- 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.
- April 17 - The Animals appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the last time.
- 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, as a result of union conflicts.
- May 6 - The Small Faces release 4th single "Hey Girl" it reaches #10 in UK Singles Chart.
- May 16 - Album Pet Sounds by Beach Boys released
- May 17 - Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) play their show at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, during which Dylan is booed by the audience due to his decision to tour with an electric band; the booing culminates in the famous "Judas" shout.
- May 30 - Them fronted by Van Morrison began a three-week stint as the headliner act at the Whisky a Go Go. On the last night June 18, they were joined on stage by that week's opening act The Doors. Van and Jim Morrison sang "Gloria" together.
- 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.
- July - In this month, The Mothers of Invention release their debut album, Freak Out!, a pioneer concept album.
- 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 1 - "Midsummer Serenades: A Mozart Festival" is held - the first Mostly Mozart Festival.
- August 5 - The Small Faces 5th single release "All or Nothing" reaches #1 in UK Singles Chart.
- August 5 - The Beatles release their seventh album, Revolver.
- August 16 - The Monkees "Last Train To Clarksville" released and starts its climb to #1 on the Billboard charts.
- 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 5 - The Animals disbanding.
- September 12 - First episode of The Monkees is broadcast on NBC Television
- September 16
- October - Gerry & the Pacemakers break up.
- October 7 - Johnny Kidd, writer of '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 DJ Murray The K.
- October 10 - Simon & Garfunkel release Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, which hits #4 on Billboard charts
- November 11 - The Small Faces release single "My Mind's Eye" it reaches #4 in UK Singles Chart.
- December - The Animals re-form as "Eric Burdon and the Animals".
- Cher had her first solo international hit with "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)".
- The Crystals, 'Da Do Ron Ron' fame, disband
- The Moscow Radio Orchestra becomes the first major overseas orchestra to perform at The Proms.
- Guinness Book of World Records recognize that Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass set a world record for placing five albums simultaneously on Billboard's Pop Album Chart. Their music outsells The Beatles by a margin of two-to-one... over 13 million recordings. They win 4 Grammys this year.
- Dalida receives for a second time the Music Hall Bravos.
- Charley Pride is signed by RCA.
- The Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales (Centre for Automatic and Mathematical Music) is founded in Paris by Iannis Xenakis.
[edit] New bands [edit] Albums released [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1966. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Frank Sinatra | Strangers in the Night | 1966 |  | UK 1 - May 1966, US BB 1 - May 1966, Italy 1 of 1966, Germany 1 - Jul 1966, Éire 1 - Jun 1966, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1966, Grammy in 1966, Canada 2 - May 1966, Holland 2 - Jun 1966, South Africa 3 of 1966, US CashBox 4 of 1966, Norway 5 - Jul 1966, Scrobulate 6 of swing, Australia 9 of 1966, US BB 29 of 1966, POP 29 of 1966, RYM 42 of 1966, Germany 48 of the 1960s, RIAA 275, Acclaimed 1681 | | 2 | Nancy Sinatra | These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | 1966 | | UK 1 - Jan 1966, US BB 1 - Feb 1966, Canada 1 - Feb 1966, Holland 1 - Feb 1966, Germany 1 - Apr 1966, Éire 1 - Feb 1966, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1966, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jan 1966, South Africa 1 of 1966, Norway 2 - Feb 1966, Australia 3 of 1966, RYM 7 of 1966, Italy 20 of 1966, US CashBox 26 of 1966, Scrobulate 48 of oldies, Germany 85 of the 1960s, DDD 88 of 1965, Acclaimed 1392 | | 3 | The Beatles | Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby | 1966 |  | UK 1 - Aug 1966, Canada 1 - Aug 1966, Holland 1 - Aug 1966, Norway 1 - Aug 1966, Germany 1 - Sep 1966, Éire 1 - Aug 1966, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Sep 1966, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1966, Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1966, US BB 2 - Aug 1966, US BB 7 of 1966, POP 7 of 1966, RYM 22 of 1966, Italy 29 of 1966, Scrobulate 47 of classic rock, US CashBox 83 of 1966, Germany 141 of the 1960s | | 4 | The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1966 | | UK 1 - Nov 1966, US BB 1 - Oct 1966, France 1 - Jul 1976, DDD 1 of 1966, Canada 2 - Oct 1966, Norway 2 - Dec 1966, Australia Goset 2 - Dec 1966, RYM 3 of 1966, Acclaimed 3, Holland 4 - Nov 1966, Rolling Stone 6, Germany 8 - Jan 1967, Scrobulate 8 of oldies, Europe 12 of the 1960s, US BB 14 of 1966, POP 14 of 1966, Australia 15 of 1966, RIAA 24, 31 in 2FM list, WXPN 57, OzNet 58, Italy 69 of 1967 | | 5 | The Beatles | Paperback Writer | 1966 | | UK 1 - Jun 1966, US BB 1 - Jun 1966, Canada 1 - May 1966, Holland 1 - Jun 1966, Norway 1 - Jun 1966, Éire 1 - Jun 1966, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1966, Germany 2 - Jul 1966, RYM 2 of 1966, France 9 - Mar 1976, US BB 12 of 1966, POP 12 of 1966, Scrobulate 22 of British, US CashBox 43 of 1966, Italy 45 of 1966, DDD 53 of 1966, Germany 181 of the 1960s, Acclaimed 195, WXPN 765 | [edit] Top American hits on record | Single - Artist | | Composer | | Winter | | | | "The Sound of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel | ------ | w.m. Paul Simon | | "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles | | w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney | | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown | | w.m. James Brown | | "Over and Over" - The Dave Clark Five | | w.m. Robert James Byrd | | "Let's Hang On!" - The Four Seasons | | w.m. Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell | | "Fever" - The McCoys | | w.m. Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell) | | "Ebb Tide" - The Righteous Brothers | | w. Carl Sigman, m. Robert Maxwell | | "England Swings" - Roger Miller | | w.m. Roger Miller | | "Make the World Go Away" - Eddy Arnold | | w.m. Hank Cochran | | "She's Just My Style" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys | | w.m. Gary Lewis, Leon Russell, Snuff Garrett, Al Capps | | "Flowers on the Wall" - The Statler Brothers | | w.m. Lew DeWitt | | "Help Me Girl" - Eric Burdon | | | | "Five O'Clock World" - The Vogues | | w.m. Allen Reynolds | | "Day Tripper" - The Beatles | | w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney | | "The Men In My Little Girl's Life" - Mike Douglas | | w.m. Gloria Shain, Eddie Dean and Mary Candy | | "No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In" - The T-Bones | | m. Granville Burland | | "A Must to Avoid" - Herman's Hermits | | w.m. Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan | | "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" - The Lovin' Spoonful | | w.m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone | | "Barbara Ann" - The Beach Boys | | w.m. Fred Fassert | | "My Love" - Petula Clark | | w.m. Tony Hatch | | "Jenny Take a Ride" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels | | w.m. Richard Penniman, Enotris Johnson and Bob Crewe | | "Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie | | w.m. Lou Christie and Twlya Herbert | | "Crying Time" - Ray Charles | | w.m. Buck Owens | | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder | | w.m. Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Sylvia May | | "My World Is Empty without You" - The Supremes | | w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland | | "Don't Mess with Bill" - The Marvelettes | | w.m. Smokey Robinson | | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra | | w.m. Lee Hazlewood | | "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler | | w.m. Robin Moore and Barry Sadler | | "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas & the Papas | | | | "Elusive Butterfly" - Bob Lind | | w.m. Bob Lind | | "Working My Way Back to You" - The Four Seasons | | w.m. Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell | | "Listen People" - Herman's Hermits | | w.m. Graham Gouldman | | "Nowhere Man" - The Beatles | | w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney | | "I Fought the Law" - Bobby Fuller Four | | w.m. Sonny Curtis | | "Homeward Bound" - Simon & Garfunkel | | w.m. Paul Simon | | "Daydream" - The Lovin' Spoonful | | w.m. John Sebastian | | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers | | w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil | | . | | | | Spring | | | | "Sure Gonna Miss Her" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys | | w.m. Bobby Russell | | "Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers | | w.m. P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri | | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - B. J. Thomas | | w.m. Hank Williams | | "Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals | | | | "Inside-Looking Out" - The Animals | | w.m. Eric Burdon | | "Time Won't Let Me" - The Outsiders | | w.m. Tom King and Chet Kelley | | "Good Lovin'" - The Young Rascals | | | | "Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders | | w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil | | "Sloop John B" - The Beach Boys | | w.m. Traditional | | "Monday, Monday" - The Mamas & the Papas | | | | "Leaning on the Lamp Post" - Herman's Hermits | | w. L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, m. Noel Gay | | "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan | | w.m. Bob Dylan | | "Gloria" - Shadows of Knight | | w.m. Van Morrison | | "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'" - Nancy Sinatra | | | | "Message to Michael" - Dionne Warwick | | w. Hal David, m. Burt Bacharach | | "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge | | w.m. Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright | | "A Groovy Kind of Love" - The Mindbenders | | w.m. Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine | | "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" - The Supremes | | w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland | | "Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones | | | | "I Am a Rock" - Simon & Garfunkel | | w.m. Paul Simon | | "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind" - The Lovin' Spoonful | | w.m. John Sebastian | | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown | | | | "Green Grass" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys | | | | "Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra | | | | "Barefootin'" - Robert Parker | | | | "Cool Jerk" - The Capitols | | | | "Red Rubber Ball" - The Cyrkle | | | | "Paperback Writer" - The Beatles | | | | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield | | | | "Sweet Talkin' Guy" - The Chiffons | | | | . | | | | Summer | | | | "Hanky Panky" - Tommy James and the Shondells | | | | "Wild Thing" - The Troggs | | Chip Taylor | | "Little Girl" - Syndicate of Sound | | | | "Along Comes Mary" - The Association | | | | "Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | | | | "Hungry" - Paul Revere & the Raiders | | | | "The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters | | | | "I Saw Her Again" - The Mamas & the Papas | | | | "Sweet Pea" - Tommy Roe | | | | "Summer in the City" - The Lovin' Spoonful | | w. John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian, m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone | | "Somewhere, My Love" - Ray Conniff and the Singers | | w. Paul Francis Webster, m. Maurice Jarre | | "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV | | | | "Sunny" - Bobby Hebb | | | | "See You in September" - The Happenings | | | | "Sunshine Superman" - Donovan | | | | "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes | | | | "Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles | | | | "Summertime" - Billy Stewart | | | | "The Land of 1000 Dances" - Wilson Pickett | | | | "Working in the Coal Mine" - Lee Dorsey | | | | "Blowing in the Wind" - Stevie Wonder | | | | "Bus Stop (song)" - The Hollies | | | | "Guantanamera" - The Sandpipers | | | | "Cherish" - The Association | | | | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys | | | | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" - The Temptations | | | | "Black Is Black" - Los Bravos | | | | "96 Tears" - Question Mark & the Mysterians | | | | "Reach Out I'll Be There" - Four Tops | | | | "Cherry Cherry" - Neil Diamond | | | | . | | | | Autumn | | | | "Born Free" - Roger Williams | | | | "Dandy" - Herman's Hermits | | | | "Devil With A Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly" - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels | | | | "Good Thing" - Paul Revere & the Raiders | | | | "Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys | | | | "Hooray for Hazel" - Tommy Roe | | | | "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees | | | | "I'm Ready for Love" - Martha and the Vandellas | | | | "I'm Your Puppet" - James & Bobby Purify | | | | "I've Got You Under My Skin" - The Four Seasons | | | | "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - The Temptations | | | | "If I Were a Carpenter" - Bobby Darin | | | | "Lady Godiva" - Peter and Gordon | | | | "Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees | | | | "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan | | | | "A Place in the Sun" - Stevie Wonder | | | | "Poor Side of Town" - Johnny Rivers | | | | "Psychotic Reaction" - Count Five | | | | "Rain on the Roof" - The Lovin' Spoonful | | | | "See See Rider" - Eric Burdon and the Animals | | | | "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen | | | | "Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra | | | | "Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville | | w.m. George Davis and Lee Diamond | | "That's Life" - Frank Sinatra | | | | "Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke | | | | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin | | | | "Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band | | | | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes | | | [edit] British number one hits not included above Winter Spring Summer Autumn [edit] Other significant recordings (Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.) - "7 and 7 Is" - Love
- "19th Nervous Breakdown" - The Rolling Stones
- "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" - Wilson Pickett
- "The 7 O'clock News/Silent Night" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "A Hard Day's Night" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
- "Hazy Shade of Winter" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "A Legal Matter" - The Who
- "A Little Bit of Soap" - The Exciters
- "A Quick One, While He's Away" - The Who
- "A Sign of the Times" - Petula Clark
- "A Well Respected Man" - The Kinks
- "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Temptations
- "Alfie" - Cilla Black
- "All I See is You" - Dusty Springfield
- "All Tomorrows Parties" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- "And Your Bird Can Sing" - The Beatles
- "Anyway That You Want Me" - The Troggs
- "April Come She Will" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "At the Party" - Hector Rivera
- "At the Scene" - The Dave Clark Five
- "B-A-B-Y" - Carla Thomas
- "Baby Don't You Do It" - The Poets
- "Baby Scratch My Back" - Slim Harpo
- "Bang! Bang!" - Joe Cuba Sextet
- "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" - Cher
- "Batman Theme" - The Marketts
- "Biff Bang Pow" - The Creation
- "Blues from an Airplane" - Jefferson Airplane
- "Boa Constrictor" - Johnny Cash
- "Boris the Spider" - The Who
- "Born Free" - Matt Monro
- "Born Free" - Roger Williams
- "Burned" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "But It's Alright" - J. J. Jackson
- "Call Me" - Chris Montez
- "Can't Help Thinking About Me" - David Bowie and The Lower Third
- "Caroline No" - Brian Wilson
- "Children of the Sun" - The Misunderstood
- "Circles" - Les Fleur de Lys
- "C'mon Let's Go" - The McCoys
- "Codine" - The Charlatans
- "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" - The Miracles
- "Come Up the Years" - Jefferson Airplane
- "Coming On Strong" - Brenda Lee
- "Coming Home Soldier" - Bobby Vinton
- "Cops of the World" - Phil Ochs
- "The Dangling Conversation" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "Diddy Wah Diddy" - Captain Beefheart
- "Dirty Water" - The Standells
- "Do Anything You Say" - David Bowie and The Buzz
- "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Doctor Robert" - The Beatles
- "Don't Answer Me" - Cilla Black
- "Don't Ease Me In" - Grateful Dead
- "Don't Look Back" - The Remains
- "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" - The Swingin' Medallions
- "Dum-De-Da" - Bobby Vinton
- "East West" - Herman's Hermits
- "Eight Miles High" - The Byrds
- "Eve" - The Balloon Farm
- "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" - Otis Redding
- "Femme Fatale" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- "Flight 505" - The Rolling Stones
- "Flying on the Ground is Wrong" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Free Advice" - The Great Society
- "Friday on my Mind" - The Easybeats
- "Frying Pan" - Captain Beefheart
- "Georgie Girl" - The Seekers
- "Get Me To The World On Time" - The Electric Prunes
- "Get Ready" - The Temptations
- "Go and Say Goodbye" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Go Away Little Girl" - The Happenings
- "Good Day Sunshine" - The Beatles
- "Got to Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles
- "The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "The Hair of My Chinny Chin Chin" - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
- "Happy Jack" - The Who
- "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" - The Rolling Stones
- "He" - The Righteous Brothers
- "Help I'm a Rock" - The Mothers of Invention
- "Here, There And Everywhere" - The Beatles
- "Hey Joe" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- "Hey Joe" - The Leaves
- "Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" - Jimmy Castor
- "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" - The Mothers of Invention
- "Girl Don't Tell Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Barbara Ann)
- "You're So Good to Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Sloop John B)
- "God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Wouldn't It Be Nice)
- "Let's Go Away For Awhile" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Good Vibrations)
- "What Goes On" - The Beatles (B-side to Nowhere Man)
- "Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles (B-side to Yellow Submarine)
- "Rain" - The Beatles (B-side to Paperback Writer)
- "I Am a Rock" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "I Can Take You to the Sun" - The Misunderstood
- "I Dig Everything" - David Bowie and The Buzz
- "I Don't Need No Doctor" - Ray Charles
- "I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No)" - Neil Diamond
- "I Love Onions" - Susan Christie
- "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" - Elvis Presley
- "I'll Be Your Mirror" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
- "I'm a Boy" - The Who
- "(I'm a) Roadrunner" - Junior Walker & the Allstars
- "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - The Monkees
- "I'm Only Sleeping" - The Beatles
- "I'm Ready For Love" - Martha and the Vandellas
- "I'm Sick Y'all" - Otis Redding
- "I'm So Glad" - Cream
- "Inside Looking Out" - The Animals
- "Mame" - Bobby Darin
- "Mame" - Louis Armstrong
- "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan
- "I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan
- "Pledging My Time - Bob Dylan (B-side to Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)
- "I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs
- "I Can't Get No (Satisfation)" - Otis Redding
- "I Can't Let Go" - The Hollies
- "I Feel Free" - Cream
- "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" - The Electric Prunes
- "I Know There's An Answer" - The Beach Boys
- "I Just Wasn't Meant for These Times" - The Beach Boys
- "I Put A Spell On You" - The Animals
- "I Want To Be With You" - Dee Dee Warwick
- "I Want to Go with You" - Eddy Arnold
- "Just Like a Woman"/"Obviously 5 Believers" - Bob Dylan
- "It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye with Kim Weston
- "It Tears Me Up" - Percy Sledge
- "It's a-Happening" - The Magic Mushrooms
- "It's No Secret" - Jefferson Airplane
- "It's Not Easy" - The Rolling Stones
- "Jug Band Music" - The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Just Like Me" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "The Kids Are Alright" - The Who
- "Kill For Peace" - The Fugs
- "Lady Jane" - The Rolling Stones
- "Leaves That Are Green" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" - Bob Dylan
- "Let's Go Get Stoned" - Ray Charles
- "Let's Start All Over Again" - Ronnie Dove
- "Lies" - The Knickerbockers
- "Like A Baby" - Len Barry
- "Little By Little" - Dusty Springfield
- "Little Latin Lupe Lu" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
- "Little Man" - Sonny & Cher
- "The London Boys" - David Bowie
- "Love Is A Hurting Thing" - Lou Rawls
- "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" - The Supremes
- "Love Letters" - Elvis Presley
- "Love Makes The World Go Round" - Deon Jackson
- "Love Me (I'm a Liberal)" - Phil Ochs
- "Love Me With All of Your Heart" - The Bachelors
- "Love's Just a Broken Heart" - Cilla Black
- "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" - Four Tops
- "Maudie - The Animals
- "Maintaining My Cool" - The Sonics
- "Makin' Time" - The Creation
- "Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Eric Burdon
- "(The Marines Have Just Landed on the Shores of) Santo Domingo" - Phil Ochs
- "Mission:Impossible" - Jack Jones
- "Moonchild" - Captain Beefheart
- "The More I See You" - Chris Montez
- "Mother's Little Helper" - The Rolling Stones
- "Moulty" - The Barbarians
- "Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters
- "Mr. Spaceman" - The Byrds
- "My Little Red Book" - Love
- "My Lover's Prayer" - Otis Redding
- "Nashville Cats" - The Lovin' Spoonful
- "Needle in a Haystack" - The Twilights
- "Night Time" - The Strangeloves
- "No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits
- "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby" - Stevie Wonder
- "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Oh How Happy" - Shades of Blue
- "The One on the Right Is on the Left" - Johnny Cash
- "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" - The Animals
- "One More Heartache" - Marvin Gaye
- "Open the Door To Your Heart" - Darrell Banks
- "Open Up Your Door" - Richard and the Young Lions
- "Opus 17" - The Four Seasons
- "Orange Skies" - Love
- "Outcast" - The Animals
- "Out of My Mind" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Out of Time" - The Rolling Stones
- "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds
- "Painter Man" - The Creation
- "Pandora's Golden Heepie Jeebies" - The Association
- "Psycho" - The Sonics
- "Pushin' Too Hard" - The Seeds
- "Respectable" - The Outsiders
- "Reverberation (Doubt)" - 13th Floor Elevators
- "Rhapsody in the Rain" - Lou Christie
- "Richard Cory" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "Ringing of Revolution" - Phil Ochs
- "Riot on Sunset Strip" - The Standells
- "Rubber Band" - David Bowie
- "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" - Bob Dylan
- "Scarborough Fair" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "Season of the Witch" - Donovan
- "Second Hand Rose" - Barbra Streisand
- "Shapes of Things" - The Yardbirds
- "She Comes in Colors" - Love
- "She Said She Said" - The Beatles
- "Sit Down I Think I Love You" - The Buffalo Springfield
- "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" - Janis Ian
- "Somebody to Love" - The Great Society
- "Solitary Man" - Neil Diamond
- "Somewhere" - Len Barry
- "Spanish Eyes" - Al Martino
- "Spoonful" - Cream
- "Standing in the Shadows of Love" - Four Tops
- "Stealin'" - Grateful Dead
- "Stone Free" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- "Stop!" - The Moody Blues
- "Stop! Stop! Stop!" - The Hollies
- "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" - Bob Dylan
- "Stupid Girl" - The Rolling Stones
- "Substitute" - The Who
- "Suicida" - Os Mutantes
- "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" - The Walker Brothers
- "Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
- "Sunny Afternoon" - The Kinks
- "Sweet Dreams" - Tommy McLain
- "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
- "Talk Talk" - The Music Machine
- "Tar and Cement" - Verdelle Smith
- "Taxman" - The Beatles
- "Tell It To The Rain" - The Four Seasons
- "That's Not Me" - The Beach Boys
- "There But For Fortune" - Phil Ochs
- "There Will Never Be Another You" - Chris Montez
- "Think" - The Rolling Stones
- "This Door Swings Both Ways" - Herman's Hermits
- "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" - The Isley Brothers
- "Tomorrow Never Knows" - The Beatles
- "Try a Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding
- "Try Too Hard" - The Dave Clark Five
- "Turn Down Day" - The Cyrkle
- "Twinkle Toes" - Roy Orbison
- "Under My Thumb" - The Rolling Stones
- "Up and Down" - The McCoys
- "Visions of Johanna" - Bob Dylan
- "Wade in the Water" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
- "Walking My Cat Named Dog" - Norma Tanega
- "War or Hands of Time" - The Masters Apprentices
- "Warm and Tender Love" - Percy Sledge
- "The Wheel of Hurt" - Margaret Whiting
- "Where Were You When I Needed You?" - The Grass Roots
- "Who Am I?" - Petula Clark
- "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" - Captain Beefheart
- "Who's Flying Your Plane?" - The Rolling Stones
- "Whispers (Getting Louder)" - Jackie Wilson
- "Why Do I Cry?" - The Remains
- "With a Girl Like You" - The Troggs
- "Words of Love" - The Mamas & the Papas
- "You Baby" - The Turtles
- "You Better Run" - The Young Rascals
- "You Don't Have To Paint Me a Picture" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
- "You Don't Know Like I Know" - Sam & Dave
- "You Got Soul" - The Twilights
- "You Got Your Head on Backwards" - The Sonics
- "You Still Believe In Me" - The Beach Boys
- "You Were On My Mind" - Crispian St. Peters
- "Younger Girl" - The Critters
- "(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" - Frankie Valli
- "You're Gonna Miss Me" - The 13th Floor Elevators
- "You're On My Mind" - The Animals
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] Births - January 4 - Deana Carter
- January 5 - Kate Schellenbach, Luscious Jackson
- January 8 - Andrew Wood, Mother Love Bone
- January 12 - Rob Zombie, White Zombie
- January 17
- 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
- February 11 - Tenor Saw, dancehall artist (d. 1988)
- 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 21 - DJ Premier, record producer
- April 2 - Garnett Silk, reggae singer (d. 1994)
- April 11 - Lisa Stansfield, singer
- April 13 - Marc Ford, The Black Crowes
- April 18 - Ana Voog, singer-songwriter
- April 28 - Too Short, 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 22 - Johnny Gill, New Edition
- May 26 - Tommy Stewart, Godsmack
- June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli
- June 14 - Matt Freeman, Rancid
- July 11 - Melanie Appleby, Mel and Kim (d. 1990)
- July 15 - Jason Bonham, drummer
- July 20 - Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam
- August 11 - Juan Maria Solare, composer
- August 19 - Lee Ann Womack, singer
- August 20 - Dimebag Darrell, Pantera
- August 22 - GZA/Genius, Rapper
- August 25 - Terminator X, DJ
- September 5 - Terry Ellis, En Vogue
- September 10 - Robin Goodridge, Bush
- September 12 - Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
- September 20 - Nuno Bettencourt, 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
- November 6 - Christian Lorenz, keyboard player
- November 17 - Jeff Buckley
- November 23 - Charlie Grover, Sponge
- November 24 - Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Run D.M.C.
- November 25
- December 4 - Masta Ace, rapper
- December 8 - Sinéad O'Connor, singer
- December 20 - Chris Robinson, The Black Crowes
- December 29 - Dexter Holland of The Offspring
[edit] Deaths - February 9 - Sophie Tucker, blues singer
- February 10 - Billy Rose, impresario
- February 23 - Billy Kyle, jazz pianist
- March 29 - Jazz Gillum, harmonica player
- April 3 - Russel Crouse, librettist
- April 30 - Richard Fariña, folk singer
- June 1 - Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
- June 12 - Hermann Scherchen, conductor
- June 17 - Johnny St. Cyr, jazz musician
- July 3 - Deems Taylor, composer and music critic
- July 18 - Bobby Fuller, singer and guitarist
- July 31 - Bud Powell, jazz pianist
- August 2 - Boyd Raeburn, jazz musician
- August 4 - Helen Tamiris, dancer and choreographer
- September 17 - Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
- September 26 - Helen Kane, singer
- September 28 - Lucius "Lucky" Millinder, US bandleader
- October 3 - Dave Lambert, jazz musician
- October 7
- October 12 - Arthur Lourié, composer
- October 26 - Alma Cogan, English singer
- October 29 - Wellman Braud, jazz musician
- November 2
- November 6 - Washboard Sam, blues musician
- November 12 - Quincy Porter, composer
- November 28 - Vittorio Giannini, opera composer
- December - Carter Stanley, half of The Stanley Brothers
- December 12 - Nellie Briercliffe, singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte company
- December 14 - Shailendra, lyricist
- December 24 - Gaspar Cassadó, cellist and composer
- date unknown - Dick Roberts, guitar and banjo player
[edit] Awards [edit] See also [edit] References Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Top 10 Singles Charts 1955-2000 (2001) |
