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1966 in music

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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1966.

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Events

  • January 8 – The US TV show Shindig! is broadcast for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who; 2 days earlier, the birthday of Elvis Presley is celebrated in the final Thursday episode of the series.
  • January 14 – Young English singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of the Monkees.
  • January 17 – Simon & Garfunkel release the album Sounds of Silence in the US.
  • February 2 – The first edition of Go-Set magazine is published in Melbourne, Australia. Founded by former Monash University students Phillip 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 17 – Brian Wilson starts recording "Good Vibrations" with The Wrecking Crew, continuing for several months and marking a beginning to the famed Smile sessions.
  • February 19 – Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at the Fillmore.
  • February 25 – The Yardbirds release the single "Shapes of Things"/"Mister, You're a Better Man Than I", heralding the dawn of the psychedelic era in British rock. "Shapes" will peak at No. 3 in the UK and No. 10 in Canada and the US, where it remains on the charts throughout the spring of 1966, making its final Hot 100 appearance mid-June.
  • March 4 – The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in the London Evening Standard newspaper as saying that "We're more popular than Jesus now." 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, having represented Austria in the last two contests (sixth in 1964; fourth in 1965), finally scores a first for the country, with "Merci, Chérie", which he 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.
  • March 14 – The Byrds release the psychedelic single "Eight Miles High" in the US. It is banned in several states due to allegations that the lyrics advocate drug use, yet reaches No.14 on the Billboard 100 charts.
  • March 15 – The 8th Annual Grammy Awards are held in New York, hosted by Jerry Lewis. Roger Miller wins the most awards with five. Frank Sinatra's September of My Years wins Album of the Year, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' version of "A Taste of Honey" wins Record of the Year and Tony Bennett's version of "The Shadow of Your Smile" wins Song of the Year. Tom Jones wins Best New Artist.
  • April – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass set a world record by placing five albums simultaneously on Billboard's Pop Album Chart, with four of them the Top 10. Their music outsells The Beatles by a margin of two-to-one – over 13 million recordings. They win 4 Grammys this year.
  • 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 will 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 slips into a two-month-long coma and suffers total physical paralysis for over a year as well as extensive brain damage.
  • April 23 – For the first time since its January 18, 1964, issue, the Billboard Hot 100 chart fails to have an artist from the UK with a Top 10 single, ending a streak of 117 consecutive weeks.
  • May 1 – The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who perform at the NMEs poll winners' show at the Empire Pool (Wembley) in London. This will be The Beatles' last conventional live concert in Britain. The show is videotaped for later broadcast but The Beatles' and The Stones' segments are omitted because of union conflicts.
  • May 6 – The first issue of Džuboks, the first Yugoslav magazine dedicated to rock music and the first rock magazine in a socialist country, is released.
  • May 7 – The Rolling Stones release "Paint It, Black" in the US (May 13 in the UK); this becomes the first number one hit single in the US and UK to feature a sitar (played by Brian Jones).
  • May 16 – Legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released in the US.
  • May 17 – Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) perform at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK. Dylan is booed by the audience because of his decision to tour with an electric band, the boos culminating in the famous "Judas" shout.
  • May 30 – Them, fronted by Van Morrison, begin a three-week stint as the headliner act at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood. On the last night June 18, they are joined on stage by that week's opening act The Doors. Van and Jim Morrison sing "Gloria" together.
  • June 6 – 25-year-old Claudette Frady-Orbison, while motorcycle riding with her husband Roy Orbison, is killed when her motorcycle is struck by a pickup truck in Gallatin, Tennessee.
  • June 18 – At a drunken gig at The Queen's College, Oxford, in England, bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith quits The Yardbirds and star session guitarist Jimmy Page agrees to take over on bass.
  • June 20 – Bob Dylan's album Blonde on Blonde is released in the US.
  • June 27 – Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's debut album, Freak Out!, is released in the US. It is an initial failure, but gains a massive cult following in subsequent years.
  • July 2 – The Beatles become the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The performance ignites protests from local citizens who feel that it is inappropriate for a rock and roll band to play at Budokan.
  • July 29 – Bob Dylan is injured in a motorcycle accident near his home in Woodstock, New York. He is not seen in public for over a year.
  • July 31 – The "supergroup" Cream, a trio featuring Eric Clapton (guitar), Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass guitar, lead vocals) performs its first official concert at the Windsor (UK) Jazz & Blues Festival.
  • August 1 – "Midsummer Serenades: A Mozart Festival" is held – the first Mostly Mozart Festival.
  • August 5 – The Beatles release their album Revolver in the UK, expanding the year's psychedelic sound.
  • 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 17 – The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra becomes the first major overseas orchestra to perform at The Proms.
  • August 24 – American rock band The Doors record their self-titled debut album.
  • August 25 – The Yardbirds' lead guitarist Jeff Beck is takesn ill in San Francisco and Jimmy Page, who has been playing bass, takes over on lead guitar for the band's concert at the Carousel Ballroom.
  • August 29
    • The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The last number they play is Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally".
    • NBC airs the last episode of Hullabaloo(the episode previously aired in April).
  • September 12 – The first episode of The Monkees television series is broadcast on NBC in the US.
  • September 16
    • The Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) opens in New York City with the première of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra. The opera is rejected by the critics.
    • Eric Burdon records a solo album after leaving The Animals and appears on the show Ready, Steady, Go, singing "Help Me Girl", a UK #14 solo hit. Also on the show are Otis Redding and Chris Farlowe.
  • September 23 – The Yardbirds debut their twin lead guitar lineup, featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, opening for The Rolling Stones 1966 UK tour. Also on the bill are Ike & Tina Turner, Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Long John Baldry.
  • September 24 – Jimi Hendrix arrives in London to record with producer/manager Chas Chandler.
  • October 8 – WOR-FM in New York City becomes the first FM rock music station, under the leadership of DJ Murray The K.
  • October 22 – With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, The Supremes become the first all-female group to reach number one on the US Billboard 200.
  • November 9 – John Lennon meets Yoko Ono when he attends a preview of her art exhibition at the Indica Gallery in London.
  • November 15 – Japanese band The Tigers make their first television appearance, changing their name from "The Funnys" for the occasion.
  • November 24 – The Beatles begin recording sessions for their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Abbey Road Studios in London.
  • November 30 – The Yardbirds officially announce that Jeff Beck has left the band, leaving Jimmy Page as sole guitarist in the group, within which Page would plant the seeds of Led Zeppelin.
  • December 6 – A Smile vocal overdub session by The Beach Boys for the song "Cabin Essence" becomes the scene of a climactic argument between member Mike Love and third-party lyricist Van Dyke Parks, causing him to gradually distance away from the project.
  • December 9
    • The Who release their second album A Quick One with a nine-minute "mini-opera" "A Quick One While He's Away".
    • The Move release their debut single "Night of Fear".
  • December 16 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience release their first single in the UK, "Hey Joe".
  • December 17 – David Oppenheim films Brian Wilson at his home performing his composition "Surf's Up". The footage will later be used for CBS's Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution to be aired the next April.
  • December 23–30 – The UFO Club opens in London, featuring psychedelic bands Pink Floyd and Soft Machine; and the films of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger.
  • 1966 dates unknown
    • 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.
    • Modern Assyrian music takes off when Albert Rouel Tamras releases his first records in Baghdad in 1966 on the Bashirphone label.
    • Conductor Herbert Kegel marries soprano Celestina Casapietra.
    • Pungmul music is recognized as an important Intangible Cultural Property in South Korea, under the title ko (농악십이차, "twelve movements of farmers' music").

Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Albums released

January

DayAlbumArtistNotes
3*Just Like Us!*Paul Revere & the Raiders
7*The Second Album*The Spencer Davis Group
14*A-tom-ic Jones*Tom Jones
17*Four & More*Miles DavisLive
*Sounds of Silence*Simon & Garfunkel
20*Ballads of the Green Berets*Staff Sgt. Barry Sadlerfeaturing hit title track
21*Them Again*ThemUK
*Lesley Gore Sings All About Love*Lesley Gore
31*The Movie Song Album*Tony Bennett
*I Got You (I Feel Good)*James BrownCompilation
*Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless*Bobby Vinton
*Five O'Clock World*The Vogues
*Jealous Heart*Connie Francis
*Lightfoot!*Gordon Lightfoot
*That Nashville Sound*Jimmie Rodgers
*The Orbison Way*Roy Orbison
*The Real Folk Blues*Sonny Boy Williamson IICompilation
*Where the Action Is*The Ventures

February

DayAlbumArtistNotes
7*Roll Out the Red Carpet*Buck Owens
18*I Hear a Symphony*The Supremes
28*If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears*The Mamas and the PapasDebut
*Ascension*John Coltrane
*The Best of The Animals*The AnimalsCompilation
*Boom*The Sonics-
*Crying Time*Ray Charles
*Doctor Zhivago*Maurice JarreSoundtrack to 1965 film
*The Sammy Davis Jr. Show*Sammy Davis Jr.
*Somewhere There's a Someone*Dean Martin
*Take a Ride*Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels

March

DayAlbumArtistNotes
4*Yesterday*The BeatlesEP
11*Love*LoveDebut
14*Folk-Country*Waylon Jennings
15*Boots*Nancy SinatraDebut
24*It's 2 Easy*The Easybeats
28*Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)*The Rolling StonesCompilation
*The Sonny Side of Chér*Chér
*The Young Rascals*The Young Rascals
*Black Monk Time*The Monks
*Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles*Chet Atkins
*Color Me Barbra*Barbra Streisand
*Daydream*The Lovin' Spoonful
*For the "In" Crowd*Jack Jones
*Frankie and Johnny*Elvis PresleySoundtrack
*The Fugs*The Fugs
*Hold On!*Herman's HermitsUS
*Moonlight Sinatra*Frank Sinatra
*Phil Ochs in Concert*Phil OchsLive
*The Shadow of Your Smile*Johnny Mathis
*Woman*Peter and Gordon

April

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Hold On, I'm Comin'*Sam and Dave
*The Soul Album*Otis Redding
15*Aftermath*The Rolling StonesUK
18*Cilla Sings a Rainbow*Cilla Black
*Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile*Bobby Darin
*Live!*Lou RawlsLive
*The Seeds*The Seeds
*The Shadow of Your Smile*Andy Williams
*Soul & Inspiration*The Righteous Brothers
*[30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2](30-big-hits-of-the-60-s-volume-2)*Bobby Vee

May

DayAlbumArtistNotes
2*Dust on Mother's Bible*Buck Owens
*Everybody Loves a Nut*Johnny Cash
4*Up-Tight*Stevie Wonder
6*Small Faces*Small FacesDebut
*Midnight Ride*Paul Revere & the Raiders
9*What Now My Love*Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
13*Animalisms*The AnimalsUK
16*Pet Sounds*The Beach Boys
23*Moods of Marvin Gaye*Marvin Gaye
30Bright Lights and Country MusicRick Nelson
*Strangers in the Night*Frank Sinatra
31*Try Too Hard*Dave Clark FiveUS
*Complete Communion*Don Cherry
*Go with the Ventures!*The Ventures
*Hanky Panky*Tommy James and the ShondellsDebut
*How Does That Grab You?*Nancy Sinatra
*Lightly Latin*Perry Como-
*Wayne Newton – Now!*Wayne Newton

June

DayAlbumArtistNotes
6*Volume One*The West Coast Pop Art Experimental BandDebut
10*Paradise, Hawaiian Style*Elvis PresleySoundtrack
13*Soul Sister*Aretha Franklin
15*Gettin' Ready*The Temptations
20*Yesterday and Today*The BeatlesCompilation; early pressings feature the controversial "Butcher" cover
*Blonde on Blonde*Bob Dylan
27*Freak Out!*The Mothers of InventionDebut
30*Red Rubber Ball*The Cyrkle
*The Impossible Dream*Jack Jones
*In a Broadway Bag (Mame)*Bobby Darin
*The Incredible String Band*The Incredible String Band
*Speak No Evil*Wayne Shorter-

July

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Animalization*The Animals
*Would You Believe?*The Hollies
5*Best of The Beach Boys*The Beach BoysGreatest Hits
8*Nowhere Man*The BeatlesEP
15*Roger the Engineer*The Yardbirdsaka *The Yardbirds* and *Over Under Sideways Down*
18*Fifth Dimension*The Byrds
22*Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton*John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
25*From Nowhere*The TroggsDebut
*And Then... Along Comes the Association*The Association
*Beau Brummels '66*The Beau Brummels
*The Classic Roy Orbison*Roy Orbison
*This Is My Bag*Del Shannon-
*Movie Greatest of the Sixties*Connie Francis
*On Top*Four Tops
*Perry Como in Italy*Perry Como-
*Sinatra at the Sands*Frank SinatraLive; with Count Basie and his orchestra
*Tim Hardin 1*Tim Hardin
*You Don't Have to Say You Love Me*Dusty Springfield

August

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*The Exciting Wilson Pickett*Wilson Pickett
4*Tages 2*Tages
5*Revolver*The Beatles
12*The Feel of Neil Diamond*Neil DiamondDebut
15*Jefferson Airplane Takes Off*Jefferson AirplaneDebut
25*The Supremes A' Go-Go*The Supremes
26*Portrait*The Walker Brothers
*Sunshine Superman*Donovan
*Autumn '66*The Spencer Davis Group
29*A Time for Love*Tony Bennett
30*The Mamas & the Papas*The Mamas & the Papas
*Both Sides of Herman's Hermits*Herman's HermitsUS
*East-West*The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
*Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66*Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66Debut
*It's a Man's Man's Man's World*James Brown
*Nancy in London*Nancy Sinatra
*Unity*Larry Young-

September

DayAlbumArtistNotes
5*Chér*Chér
15*Satisfied with You*The Dave Clark FiveUS
16*So Nice*Johnny Mathis
*Wild Is the Wind*Nina Simone
*Faithfull Forever*Marianne Faithfull
*From the Heart*Tom Jones
*Jack Orion*Bert Jansch
*I Couldn't Live Without Your Love*Petula Clark
*The Lovin' Machine*Johnny Paycheck
*Meditations*John Coltrane
*Mode for Joe*Joe Henderson-
*The Real Donovan*DonovanCompilation
*The Remains*The RemainsDebut
*River Deep – Mountain High*Ike & Tina TurnerUK release
*What's Up, Tiger Lily?* (soundtrack)The Lovin' Spoonful
*Wild Things!*The Ventures

October

DayAlbumArtistNotes
3*The Best of Dean Martin*Dean MartinGreatest Hits
10*Happiness Is You*Johnny Cash
*The Monkees*The MonkeesDebut
17*The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators*The 13th Floor ElevatorsDebut
24*Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme*Simon & Garfunkel
28*Face to Face*The Kinks
31*Spinout*Elvis PresleySoundtrack
*Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul*Otis Redding
*Bus Stop*The Hollies
*Je m'appelle Barbra*Barbra Streisand
*Leavin' Town*Waylon Jennings
*Live at The Sahara in Las Vegas*Connie FrancisLive
*Look at Me Girl*Bobby Vee and the Strangers-
*Psychedelic Moods*The Deep
*Tim Buckley*Tim BuckleyDebut
*Total Commitment*Del Shannon-
*Unit Structures*Cecil Taylor-
*A Web of Sound*The Seeds

November

DayAlbumArtistNotes
3*Volume 3*The Easybeats
11*Ready Steady Who*The WhoEP
*Tiny Bubbles*Don Ho
16*Away We a Go-Go*Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
*Down to Earth*Stevie Wonder
*Greatest Hits*The TemptationsGreatest Hits
*Watchout!*Martha and the Vandellas
18*That's Life*Frank Sinatra
21*Animalism*The Animals
*Noël*Joan BaezChristmas
25*The Art of Chris Farlowe*Chris Farlowe
28*Got Live If You Want It!*The Rolling StonesLive
*Extra Extra*Tages
*Buffalo Springfield*Buffalo SpringfieldDebut
*[96 Tears](96-tears-album)*Question Mark & the Mysterians
*And Now!*Booker T & the M.G.'s
*Da Capo*Love
*Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful*The Lovin' Spoonful
*Handful of Soul*James Brown
*James Brown Sings Christmas Songs*James Brown
*Projections*The Blues Project
*Psychedelic Lollipop*Blues MagoosDebut
Stay with MeVic Damone-
*Songs for a Merry Christmas*Wayne Newton
*Spicks and Specks*Bee Gees
*The Spirit of '67*Paul Revere & the Raiders
*S.R.O.*Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

December

DayAlbumArtistNotes
9*For Certain Because*The Hollies
*Fresh Cream*CreamDebut
*A Quick One*The Who
*A Collection of Beatles Oldies*The BeatlesGreatest Hits
19*In the Arms of Love*Andy Williams
*The Hep Stars*Hep Stars
*Fred Neil*Fred Neil
*If I Were a Carpenter*Bobby Darin
*Live at the Village Vanguard Again!*John Coltrane

Release date unknown

  • Alfie Soundtrack – Sonny Rollins
  • All About Makeba – Miriam Makeba
  • An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri – Harry Belafonte
  • Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? – The Barbarians
  • The Best of Ronnie Dove – Ronnie Dove
  • Bill Haley-a-Go Go – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Blues for Easy Livers – Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Calypso in Brass – Harry Belafonte
  • Canzoni napoletane moderne – Mario Trevi
  • Che chiagne a ffà! – Mario Trevi
  • Come the Day (UK) (Georgy Girl) (US) – The Seekers
  • Come Out – Steve Reich
  • Country Boy – Bobby Vinton
  • Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style – Willie Nelson
  • Country Joe and the Fish – Country Joe and the Fish (EP)
  • The Creation – The Creation
  • DelightfuLee – Lee Morgan with Wayne Shorter
  • Dion & The Belmonts Together Again – Dion DiMucci & the Belmonts
  • Distant Drums – Jim Reeves
  • Double Dynamite – Sam & Dave
  • Down on Stovall's Plantation – Muddy Waters
  • Drums Unlimited – Max Roach
  • Easy Livin' – Clare Fischer
  • The Empty Foxhole – Ornette Coleman
  • An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri – Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri
  • Faithful Forever – Marianne Faithfull
  • The Far East Suite – Duke Ellington
  • Finnegan Wakes – The Dubliners
  • Follow Me... – Crispian St. Peters
  • For the Night People – Julie London
  • From Nashville with Love – Chet Atkins
  • From the Heart – Tom Jones
  • Go Away From My World (EP) – Marianne Faithfull
  • The Great Arrival – Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66
  • The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions – John Fahey
  • Grrr – Hugh Masekela
  • Handful of Soul – James Brown
  • A Harvest of Gentle Clang – Patrick Sky
  • Here and Now and Sounding Good! – Dick Morrissey Quartet
  • Hey Joe – The Leaves
  • The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe – Bill Monroe
  • Ike and Tina Turner and the Raelettes – Ike & Tina Turner
  • Impressions of a Patch of Blue – Sun Ra
  • In My Quiet Room – Harry Belafonte
  • In the Beginning – Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • In The Christmas Spirit – Booker T. & the M.G.'s
  • It's Uptown – The George Benson Quartet
  • Jack Jones Sings – Jack Jones
  • James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) – James Brown
  • James Brown Sings James Brown Today and Yesterday – James Brown
  • Just Between the Two of Us – Merle Haggard
  • La Dolce Italy – Sergio Franchi
  • Little Wheel Spin and Spin – Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • Live at the Cafe Au Go Go – Blues Project
  • Live in Greenwich Village – Albert Ayler
  • The Lost Acetates 1965–1966 – The Misunderstood
  • Love, Strings and Jobim – Antonio Carlos Jobim
  • Machines (EP) – Manfred Mann
  • Magic Box – The Loved Ones
  • Malaisha – Miriam Makeba
  • Mama Too Tight – Archie Shepp
  • Mann Made Hits – Manfred Mann
  • Mighty Instrumentals – James Brown
  • The Missing Links – The Missing Links
  • Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin
  • Monorails and Satellites – Sun Ra
  • Music of the Middle East – John Berberian
  • North Country Maid – Marianne Faithfull
  • Nothing Is – Sun Ra
  • Once Upon a Time – Earl Hines
  • The Originator – Bo Diddley
  • Other Planes of There – Sun Ra
  • The Peter, Paul and Mary Album – Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Play One More – Ian & Sylvia
  • Projections – Blues Project
  • Psychedelic Lollipops – Blues Magoos
  • Ray's Moods – Ray Charles
  • The Real Folk Blues – John Lee Hooker
  • The Real Folk Blues – Memphis Slim
  • Reflections in a Crystal Wind – Richard Fariña and Mimi Fariña
  • Ridin' High – The Impressions
  • Road Runner – Junior Walker & the All Stars
  • Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You – Ronnie Dove
  • Sam and Dave Roulette – Sam & Dave
  • Shadows Music – The Shadows
  • Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White – The Standells
  • Sophisticated Beggar – Roy Harper (Debut)
  • Soul Sister – Aretha Franklin
  • Sound – Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
  • Stop! Stop! Stop! – The Hollies
  • Swinging Doors – Merle Haggard
  • Symphony for Improvisers – Don Cherry with Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri
  • Take a Little Walk With Me – Tom Rush
  • Tauhid – Pharoah Sanders
  • They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! – Napoleon XIV
  • Today! – Skip James
  • Víctor Jara (Geografía) – Víctor Jara
  • Visits Planet Earth – Sun Ra
  • When Angels Speak of Love – Sun Ra
  • Where Is Brooklyn? – Don Cherry with Pharoah Sanders
  • Where Were You When I Needed You? – The Grass Roots
  • Whiskey-a-Go Go – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Why Pick on Me? – The Standells
  • Words and Music - Roger Miller
  • You Make Me Feel So Good – The McCoys

Top American hits on record

Single – ArtistComposer
**Winter**
"**The Sound of Silence**" – Simon & Garfunkel
"**Shapes of Things**"—The Yardbirds
"**We Can Work It Out**" – The Beatles
"Fever" – The McCoys
"Ebb Tide" – The Righteous Brothers
"England Swings" – Roger Miller
"Make the World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold
"When Liking Turns to Loving" - Ronnie Dove
"**She's Just My Style**" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Flowers on the Wall" – The Statler Brothers
"Help Me Girl" – Eric Burdon
"**Five O'Clock World**" – The Vogues
"Day Tripper" – The Beatles
"The Men in My Little Girl's Life" – Mike Douglas
"**No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)**" – The T-Bones
"A Must to Avoid" – Herman's Hermits
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"**Barbara Ann**" – The Beach Boys
"My Love" – Petula Clark
"Jenny Take a Ride" – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
"**Lightnin' Strikes**" – Lou Christie
"Crying Time" – Ray Charles
"**Uptight (Everything's Alright)**" – Stevie Wonder
"My World Is Empty without You" – The Supremes
"Don't Mess with Bill" – The Marvelettes
"**These Boots Are Made for Walkin'**" – Nancy Sinatra
"**The Ballad of the Green Berets**" – Sgt. Barry Sadler
"**California Dreamin'**" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Elusive Butterfly" – Bob Lind
"Working My Way Back to You" – The Four Seasons
"Listen People" – Herman's Hermits
**"Nowhere Man"** – The Beatles
"I Fought the Law" – Bobby Fuller Four
"Homeward Bound" – Simon & Garfunkel
"Daydream" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" – The Righteous Brothers
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**Spring**
"Sure Gonna Miss Her" – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"**Secret Agent Man**" – Johnny Rivers
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" – B. J. Thomas
"Don't Bring Me Down" – The Animals
"Inside-Looking Out" – The Animals
"Time Won't Let Me" – The Outsiders
"Good Lovin'" – The Young Rascals
"**Kicks**" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"**Sloop John B**" – The Beach Boys
"**Let's Start All Over Again**" - Ronnie Dove
"**Monday, Monday**" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Leaning on the Lamp Post" – Herman's Hermits
"**Rainy Day Women #12 & 35**" – Bob Dylan
"Over Under Sideways Down" – The Yardbirds
"Gloria" – Shadows of Knight
"How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" – Nancy Sinatra
"Message to Michael" – Dionne Warwick
"**When a Man Loves a Woman**" – Percy Sledge
"A Groovy Kind of Love" – The Mindbenders
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – The Supremes
"**Paint It Black**" – The Rolling Stones
"**I Am a Rock**" – Simon & Garfunkel
"**Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?**" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"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
"**[96 Tears](96-tears)**" – Question Mark & the Mysterians
"**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
"Little Girl" – Syndicate of Sound
"Along Comes Mary" – The Association
"Li'l Red Riding Hood" – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"Hungry" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"**The Pied Piper**" – Crispian St. Peters
"**Happy Summer Days**" - Ronnie Dove
"I Saw Her Again" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Sweet Pea" – Tommy Roe
"**Summer in the City**" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"Somewhere, My Love" – Ray Conniff and the Singers
"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
"Bus Stop" – 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
"**Reach Out I'll Be There**" – Four Tops
"Cherry, Cherry" – Neil Diamond
"I Really Don't Want to Know" - Ronnie Dove
.
**Autumn**
"Born Free" – Roger Williams
"Cry" - Ronnie Dove
"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
"**That's Life**" – Frank Sinatra
"Walk Away Renée" – The Left Banke
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" – Jimmy Ruffin
"**Winchester Cathedral**" – The New Vaudeville Band
"**You Keep Me Hangin' On**" – The Supremes

British number one hits not included above

Winter

  • "Keep On Running" – The Spencer Davis Group
  • "Michelle" – The Overlanders
  • "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" – The Walker Brothers Spring
  • "Somebody Help Me" – The Spencer Davis Group
  • "Pretty Flamingo" – Manfred Mann Summer
  • "Sunny Afternoon" – The Kinks
  • "Get Away" – Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
  • "With a Girl Like You" – The Troggs
  • "All or Nothing" – Small Faces Autumn
  • "Distant Drums" – Jim Reeves
  • "Green, Green Grass of Home" – Tom Jones

Other hit singles

(Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.)

  • "7 and 7 Is" – Love
  • "19th Nervous Breakdown" – The Rolling Stones
  • "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" – Wilson Pickett
  • "98.6" – Keith
  • "A Hard Day's Night" – The Ramsey Lewis Trio
  • "A 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 Tomorrow's 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
  • "Baby Don't You Do It" – The Poets
  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – Cher
  • "Batman Theme" – The Marketts
  • "Beck's Bolero" – Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones
  • "Biff Bang Pow" – The Creation
  • "Blues from an Airplane" – Jefferson Airplane
  • "Blue Turns to Grey" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
  • "Boa Constrictor" – Johnny Cash
  • "Boris the Spider" – The Who
  • "Born Free" – Matt Monro
  • "Born Free" – Roger Williams
  • "But It's Alright" – J.J. Jackson
  • "Bye Bye Blues" – Andy Williams
  • "Call Me" – Chris Montez
  • "Can't Help Thinking About Me" – David Bowie and The Lower Third
  • "Caroline No" – Brian Wilson
  • "Circles" – Les Fleur de Lys
  • "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – The Miracles
  • "Coming on Strong" – Brenda Lee
  • "Coming Home Soldier" – Bobby Vinton
  • "The Dangling Conversation" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Diddy Wah Diddy" – Captain Beefheart
  • "Dirty Water" – The Standells
  • "Do Anything You Say" – David Bowie and The Buzz
  • "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" – The Swingin' Medallions
  • "The Duck" – Jackie Lee
  • "Dum-De-Da" – Bobby Vinton
  • "Eight Miles High" – The Byrds
  • "Eleanor Rigby" – The Beatles (B-side to Yellow Submarine)
  • "Femme Fatale" – The Velvet Underground and Nico
  • "Friday on My Mind" – The Easybeats
  • "Games That Lovers Play" – Eddie Fisher, Wayne Newton, Connie Francis
  • "Georgy Girl" – The Seekers
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" – Lee Dorsey
  • "Get Ready" – The Temptations
  • "Go Away Little Girl" – The Happenings
  • "God Only Knows" – The Beach Boys (B-side to Wouldn't It Be Nice)
  • "Good Day Sunshine" – The Beatles
  • "Got to Get You Into My Life" – The Beatles
  • "Gracias a la vida" – Violeta Parra
  • "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" – The Yardbirds
  • "Happy Jack" – The Who
  • "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – The Rolling Stones
  • "He" – The Righteous Brothers
  • "Here, There and Everywhere" – The Beatles
  • "Hey Joe" – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • "Hey Joe" – The Leaves
  • "Holy Cow" – Lee Dorsey
  • "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" – Andy Williams
  • "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" – The Mothers of Invention
  • "I Am a Rock" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "I Can Take You to the Sun" – The Misunderstood
  • "I Dig Everything" – David Bowie and The Buzz
  • "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) Road Runner" – 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 So Glad" – Cream
  • "Inside Looking Out" – The Animals
  • "In the Arms of Love" – Andy Williams
  • "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) Satisfaction" – Otis Redding
  • "I Can't Let Go" – The Hollies
  • "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" – The Seeds (re-released from 1965)
  • "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 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
  • "In the Country" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
  • "It Takes Two" – Marvin Gaye with Kim Weston
  • "The Joker Went Wild" - Brian Hyland
  • "Jug Band Music" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "Just Like Me" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • "The Kids Are Alright" – The Who
  • "Lady Jane" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Leaves That Are Green" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" – Bob Dylan
  • "Like A Baby" – Len Barry
  • "Little Man" – Sonny & Cher
  • "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – The Supremes
  • "Love Letters" – Elvis Presley
  • "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" – Phil Ochs
  • "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" – Four Tops
  • "Mame" – Bobby Darin
  • "Mame" – Louis Armstrong
  • "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
  • "May Each Day" – Andy Williams
  • "Mission:Impossible" – Jack Jones
  • "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies" – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
  • "My Heart's Symphony" – Gary Lewis & the Playboys
  • "The More I See You" – Chris Montez
  • "Mother's Little Helper" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Mr. Farmer"—The Seeds
  • "Mr. Spaceman" – The Byrds
  • "My Little Red Book" – Love
  • "Nashville Cats" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "No Milk Today" – Herman's Hermits
  • "The One on the Right Is on the Left" – Johnny Cash
  • "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" – The Animals
  • "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/Queen Jane Approximately – Bob Dylan
  • "Opus 17" – The Four Seasons
  • "Out of Time" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Painter Man" – The Creation
  • "Pandora's Golden Heepie Jeebies" – The Association
  • "Patsy Girl" – Ross MacManus
  • "A Place in the Sun" – The Shadows
  • "Psycho" – The Sonics
  • "Psycho Daisies" – The Yardbirds (B-side to "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago")
  • "Pushin' too Hard" – The Seeds (re-released from 1965)
  • "Rain" – The Beatles (B-side to "Paperback Writer")
  • "Respectable" – The Outsiders
  • "Reverberation (Doubt)" – 13th Floor Elevators
  • "Rhapsody in the Rain" – Lou Christie
  • "Richard Cory" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Rubber Band" – David Bowie
  • "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" – Bob Dylan
  • "Scarborough Fair" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "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" – Buffalo Springfield
  • "Sitting in the Park" – Georgie Fame
  • "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
  • "Spanish Nights and You" - Connie Francis
  • "Spoonful" – Cream
  • "Standing in the Shadows of Love" – Four Tops
  • "Stealin'" – Grateful Dead
  • "Stone Free" – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • "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
  • "Sunday Morning" – The Velvet Underground and Nico
  • "The Ballad of the Green Berets" – Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
  • "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
  • "Visions of Johanna" – Bob Dylan
  • "Visions" – Cliff Richard
  • "Wade in the Water" – The Ramsey Lewis Trio
  • "Walking My Cat Named Dog" – Norma Tanega
  • "Warm and Tender Love" – Percy Sledge
  • "What Goes On" – The Beatles (B-side to Nowhere Man)
  • "Who Am I?" – Petula Clark
  • "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" – Captain Beefheart
  • "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – The Beach Boys
  • "Words of Love" – The Mamas & the Papas
  • "You Baby" – The Turtles
  • "You Better Run" – The Young Rascals
  • "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd" - Roger Miller
  • "(You Don't Have To) Paint Me a Picture" – Gary Lewis & the Playboys
  • "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" – Dusty Springfield
  • "You Still Believe In Me" – The Beach Boys
  • "You Were On My Mind" – Crispian St. Peters
  • "You Won't Be Leaving" – Herman's Hermits
  • "Younger Girl" – The Critters
  • "You're Gonna Hear from Me" – Andy Williams
  • "(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" – Frankie Valli
  • "You're Gonna Miss Me" – The 13th Floor Elevators
  • "You're On My Mind" – The Animals

Other notable songs

  • "Ces Gens-Là" by Jacques Brel
  • "La maison où j'ai grandi" ("Il ragazzo della via Gluck") by Adriano Celentano, French lyrics by Eddy Marnay
  • "Nessuno Mi Può Giudicare/Lei Mi Aspetta" by Gene Pitney
  • "La Poupée qui fait non" by (words) and Michel Polnareff (music)
  • "Parce Que Tu Crois" by Charles Aznavour
  • "Les sucettes" by Serge Gainsbourg

[[Classical music]]

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Stockhausen, Karlheinz*Solo*, Nr. 19 (2 versions, for trombone and for flute)24 AprilNHK Studios, TokyoYasusuke Hirata; Ryū Noguchi
Stockhausen, Karlheinz*Telemusik*, Nr. 2024 AprilNHK Studios, TokyoStockhausen
Villa-Lobos, HeitorSymphony No. 916 MayCaracasPhiladelphia Orchestra – Ormandy
Barraqué, Jean*Chant après chant*23 JunePalais des Fêtes, StrasbourgBerthe Kal / André Krust / Les Percussions de Strasbourg – Bruck

Compositions

  • Gilbert Amy
    • Cycle, for percussion sextet
    • Trajectoires, for violin and orchestra
  • Malcolm Arnold – Fantasy for solo flute
  • Jean Barraqué – Chant après chant for soprano, piano, and six percussionists
  • George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
  • Mario Davidovsky
    • Junctures for flute, clarinet, and violin
    • Synchronisms No. 4 for chorus and tape
  • Ulf Grahn – Symphony no 1
  • Erhard Karkoschka – Quattrologe, for string quartet
  • Harald Sæverud – Symphony no 9
  • John Serry Sr. – Concerto for Free Bass Accordion
  • Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 6
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op. 122
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen –
    • Adieu (für Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer), for wind quintet, Nr. 21
    • Solo, for a melody instrument with feedback, Nr. 19
    • Telemusik, electronic and concrete music, Nr. 20
  • Robert Ward – Fiesta Processional

Opera

  • Samuel Barber – Antony and Cleopatra
  • Vittorio Giannini – Servant of Two Masters
  • Jorge Peña Hen – La Cenicienta (Cinderella)
  • Mark Kopytman – Casa Mare
  • Peter Westergaard – Mr and Mrs Discobbolos
  • Grace Williams – The Parlour

[[Jazz]]

Main article: 1966 in jazz

[[Musical theater]]

  • The Apple Tree – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 463 performances
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's – Broadway-bound production (closed in previews)
  • Cabaret (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 1,165 performances
  • Funny Girl (Jule Styne and Bob Merrill) – London production
  • I Do! I Do! – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 560 performances
  • It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 129 performances
  • The Mad Show – Off-Broadway production
  • Mame – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 1,508 performances
  • The Penny Friend – Off-Broadway production
  • Sweet Charity (Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon) – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 608 performances
  • Wait a Minim! – Off-Broadway production

[[Musical film]]s

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, with music by Usha Khanna
  • Bhimanjaneya Yuddham, with music by T. V. Raju
  • Dancing the Sirtaki
  • Dus Lakh
  • Fiebre de juventud, starring Enrique Guzmán
  • The Glass Bottom Boat starring Doris Day
  • Hold On! starring Herman's Hermits
  • Mera Saaya
  • Nichigeki [Kayama Yuzo sho] yori–utau wakadaisho, starring Yūzō Kayama (concert film)
  • Paradise, Hawaiian Style starring Elvis Presley
  • Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
  • The Big T.N.T. Show (concert film)

Musical television

  • Brigadoon starring Robert Goulet and Sally Ann Howes

Births

  • January 1
    • Crazy Legs, Puerto Rican breakdancer (Rock Steady Crew)
    • Lee Won-jong, South Korean actor
  • January 3 – Martin Galway, Northern Irish composer
  • January 4 – Deana Carter, American country singer-songwriter, musician
  • January 5
    • Kate Schellenbach, American punk rock drummer (Luscious Jackson) and television producer
    • Rowetta, English singer
  • January 6
    • Sharon Cuneta, Filipina singer and TV personality
    • A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist
    • Jesse Dylan, American film director and production executive (son of Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan)
  • January 7 – Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
  • January 8 – Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) (died 1990)
  • January 9 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
  • January 14 – Marko Hietala, Finnish rock bassist (Nightwish)
  • January 16 – Maxine Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress (En Vogue)
  • January 17 – Shabba Ranks, dancehall artist
  • January 20
    • Tracii Guns, American guitarist
    • Wes King, guitarist, singer
  • January 21 – Wendy James, British rock singer (Transvision Vamp)
  • January 25 – Samvel Yervinyan, Armenian violinist and composer
  • January 30 – Hans Tutschku, German composer
  • February 2 – Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots and Army of Anyone
  • February 6 – Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter and radio personality
  • February 9 – Rachel Bolan (Skid Row)
  • February 11 – Tenor Saw, dancehall artist (died 1988)
  • February 12 – Paul Crook, American guitarist (Anthrax)
  • February 19 – Harald Blüchel, German record producer, songwriter, DJ and musician
  • February 20
    • DJ Taucher, German trance DJ
    • Cindy Crawford, American model
  • February 26 – Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
  • March 2
    • Howard Bernstein, producer
    • Nina Morato, French singer and songwriter
  • March 3
    • Tone-Loc, rapper
    • Mikal Blue, English music producer, songwriter, engineer and mixer, collabotor with Colbie Caillat
  • March 4 – Grand Puba, American rapper (Brand Nubian)
  • March 7 – Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer (Buck-Tick)
  • March 10 – Edie Brickell, singer-songwriter
  • March 12 – David Daniels, countertenor
  • March 18 – Jerry Cantrell, Alice in Chains
  • March 19 – Anja Rupel, singer
  • March 21 – DJ Premier, record producer
  • March 22 – Park Joong-hoon, South Korean actor
  • March 25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (died 2008)
  • March 28 – Salt, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
  • April 2 – Garnett Silk, reggae singer (died 1994)
  • April 7 – Michaela Strachan, English television presenter and singer
  • April 11 – Lisa Stansfield, singer
  • April 13
    • Marc Ford (The Black Crowes)
    • Mando, Greek singer and songwriter
  • April 15 – Samantha Fox, British model and singer
  • April 18 – Ana Voog, singer-songwriter
  • April 21 – Michael Franti, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy)
  • April 28 – Too Short, rapper
  • May 1 – Anne Fletcher, American film director and choreographer
  • May 7 – Dafna Dekel, Israeli singer
  • May 8
    • Blag Dahlia, American musician, producer and author
    • Marta Sánchez, vocalist and entertainer
  • May 10 – Wade Domínguez, American actor, model, singer and dancer (died 1998)
  • May 11 – Christoph Schneider, German rock musician (Rammstein)
  • May 12 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian popular singer
  • May 13
    • Alison Goldfrapp, English musician and record producer (Goldfrapp)
    • Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
    • Jeffrey Scott Holland, American artist and musician
  • May 14 – Raphael Saadiq, singer-songwriter and record producer
  • May 16 – Janet Jackson, African American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
  • May 19 – Neil Campbell, Scottish-born experimental musician
  • May 20 – Dora, Portuguese singer
  • May 22 – Johnny Gill, African American R&B singer-songwriter (New Edition)
  • May 24 – Ella Guru, American painter and musician
  • May 26 – Tommy Stewart (Godsmack)
  • May 27 – Titi DJ, Indonesian pop singer
  • May 28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer
  • May 30 – Stephen Malkmus, American rock singer (Pavement)
  • June 4 – Cecilia Bartoli, operatic mezzo-soprano
  • June 6
    • Aadesh Shrivastava, composer and singer
    • Sean Yseult, American bass player (White Zombie and The Cramps)
  • June 8
    • Jens Kidman, Swedish musician
    • Doris Pearson, R&B singer (Five Star)
  • June 14 – Matt Freeman, bassist (Rancid)
  • June 15 – Roberto Carnevale, Italian musician
  • June 21 – Nucha, Portuguese singer
  • June 22 – Schooly D, American rapper
  • June 24 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter (Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
  • June 26 – Jürgen Reil, German drummer (Kreator)
  • June 28 – Bobby Bare, Jr., American musician
  • June 30 – Louise Wener, English guitarist singer and songwriter (Sleeper)
  • July 2 – Dave Parsons, English musician (Transvision Vamp, Bush)
  • July 3 – Michael Allman, American musician
  • July 7 – Gundula Krause, German violinist
  • July 9 – Gayle and Gillian Blakeney, Australian actresses and singers
  • July 11 – Melanie Appleby, Mel and Kim (died 1990)
  • July 12
    • Taiji, Japanese bass player and songwriter (Loudness and X Japan) (died 2011)
    • Misato Watanabe, Japanese singer
  • July 13 – Gerald Levert, American singer (died 2006)
  • July 14 – Tanya Donelly, American musician
  • July 15 – Jason Bonham, drummer
  • July 17
    • Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter (Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion)
    • Keith Elam, rapper & producer
  • July 19 – Amila Glamočak, Bosnian Singer
  • July 20 – Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad, Temple of the Dog and Green River)
  • July 24 – Mo-Do, Italian DJ (d. 2013)
  • July 29 – Martina McBride, American country singer
  • August 11 – Juan Maria Solare, composer
  • August 16 – Emanuel Kiriakou, American songwriter, producer, record executive, music publisher and multi-instrumentalist,
  • August 19
    • Lilian Garcia, American singer and wrestling ring announcer
    • Lee Ann Womack, singer
  • August 20 – Dimebag Darrell, American rock guitarist (Pantera) (died 2004)
  • August 22 – GZA/Genius, rapper
  • August 25
    • Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
    • Terminator X, DJ
    • K7, American rapper
  • August 26 – Shirley Manson, Scottish rock musician (Garbage)
  • August 29 – Dan the Automator, American disc jockey (Handsome Boy Modeling School)
  • August 30
    • Marvin McQuitty, American gospel drummer (died 2012)
    • Peter Cunnah, Northern Irish musician (D Ream)
  • September 1 – Douglas McCarthy, English vocalist (Nitzer Ebb)
  • September 2 – Yu Hayami, Japanese pop idol singer
  • September 4 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer
  • September 5 – Terry Ellis (En Vogue)
  • September 8 – Carola Häggkvist, Swedish pop singer
  • September 10 – Robin Goodridge (Bush)
  • September 12 – Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
  • September 17 – Chris Acland, English drummer and songwriter (Lush) (d. 1996)
  • September 17 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper, record producer and beatboxer
  • September 20 – Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
  • September 22 – Moustafa Amar, Egyptian pop star
  • October 1 – Nina, Spanish singer and actress
  • October 2 – Mousse T., DJ
  • October 12 – Brian Kennedy, Irish musician and author
  • October 14 – Brenda K. Starr, American singer and songwriter
  • October 15
    • Eric Benét, gospel singer
    • Ingeborg, Belgian singer and television presenter
  • October 18
    • Tim Cross, Sponge
    • Bill Stewart, American jazz drummer
  • October 19 – Sinitta, singer and actress
  • October 20 – Stefan Raab, German entertainer, television host, producer and businessman
  • October 23 – Skúli Sverrisson, Icelandic composer and bassist
  • October 31
    • Annabella Lwin, vocalist (Bow Wow Wow)
    • Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys
  • November 6 – Paul Gilbert, American musician
  • November 7 – Ayla, German trance, producer and DJ
  • November 10 – Steve Mackey, English bassist (Pulp) (d. 2023)
  • November 11 – Peaches, born Merrill Nisker, Canadian electronic musician and performance artist
  • November 14 – Charles Hazlewood, English orchestral conductor
  • November 16 – Christian Lorenz, keyboard player
  • November 17
    • Jeff Buckley, singer-songwriter (died 1997)
    • Soup the Chemist, born Christopher Jose Cooper, pioneering American Christian hip hop rapper
    • Kate Ceberano, Australian singer and actress
  • November 18 – Marusha, German-Greek disc jockey
  • November 20 – Kevin Gilbert (musician), American singer, composer and instrumentalist
  • November 23 – Charlie Grover (Sponge)
  • November 24
    • Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Run D.M.C.
    • Dawn Robinson, American singer and actress (En Vogue)
  • November 25 – Stacy Lattisaw, singer
  • November 27 – Mark Spoon, German DJ, musician and record producer (Jam & Spoon) (d. 2006)
  • December 4 – Masta Ace, rapper
  • December 7
    • Gem Archer, English guitarist singer and songwriter (Oasis)
    • Louise Post, American singer (Veruca Salt)
  • December 8 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish pop singer-songwriter, priest, activist (died 2023)
  • December 9 – Michael Foster, drummer for rock band FireHouse
  • December 11 – Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • December 12
    • Pops Fernandez, Filipina singer and TV personality
    • Greg Long, contemporary Christian musician
  • December 20 – Chris Robinson, vocalist (The Black Crowes)
  • December 28 – Kaliopi, Macedonian singer and songwriter
  • December 29 – Jason Gould, American actor and singer

Deaths

  • January 29 – Pierre Mercure, Canadian bassoon player and composer, 39
  • February 9 – Sophie Tucker, blues singer, 82
  • February 10 – Billy Rose, impresario, 66
  • February 13 – Marguerite Long, pianist, 87
  • February 23 – Billy Kyle, jazz pianist, 51
  • March – Mohamed El Qasabgi, composer
  • March 29 – Jazz Gillum, harmonica player, 61 (shot)
  • March 30 – Jelly d'Arányi, violinist, 72
  • April 3 – Russel Crouse, librettist, 73
  • April 19 – Javier Solís, Mexican ranchera and bolero singer, 34 (complications following gall bladder surgery)
  • April 30 – Richard Fariña, folk singer, 29 (motorcycle accident)
  • May 13 – Henrik Adam Due, violinist, music teacher, 75
  • June 1 – Papa Jack Laine, bandleader, 92
  • June 12 – Hermann Scherchen, conductor, 74
  • June 17 – Johnny St. Cyr, jazz musician, 76
  • July 3 – Deems Taylor, composer and music critic, 80
  • July 18 – Bobby Fuller, singer and guitarist, 23 (possible suicide or murder)
  • July 31 – Bud Powell, jazz pianist, 41
  • August 2 – Boyd Raeburn, jazz musician, 52 (heart attack)
  • August 2 or 3 – Tristan Klingsor, poet, painter and musician, 91
  • August 4 – Helen Tamiris, dancer and choreographer, 61
  • August 15 – Jan Kiepura, Polish tenor and actor, 64
  • September 17 – Fritz Wunderlich, tenor, 35 (fell downstairs)
  • September 26 – Helen Kane, singer, 62
  • September 28 – Lucius "Lucky" Millinder, US bandleader, 56 (liver disease)
  • October 3 – Dave Lambert, jazz musician, 49 (road accident)
  • October 7
    • Johnny Kidd, British singer, 30 (car accident)
    • Smiley Lewis, R&B musician, 53 (stomach cancer)
  • October 12 – Arthur Lourié, composer, 74
  • October 26 – Alma Cogan, English singer, 34 (stomach cancer)
  • October 17 – Karel Hruška, operatic tenor, 75
  • October 29 – Wellman Braud, jazz musician, 75
  • November 1
    • Alexis Roland-Manuel, composer, 75
    • Dick Roberts, guitar and banjo player, 69
  • November 2 – Mississippi John Hurt, blues musician, 73 or 74
  • November 6 – Washboard Sam, blues musician, 56 (heart disease)
  • November 12 – Quincy Porter, composer, 69
  • November 28 – Vittorio Giannini, opera composer, 63
  • December 1 – Carter Stanley, bluegrass musician, half of The Stanley Brothers, 41 (alcohol-related)
  • December 3 – Kui Lee, singer-songwriter, 34 (gland cancer)
  • December 9 – Yuri Shaporin, composer, 79
  • December 12 – Nellie Briercliffe, singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte company, 77
  • December 14 – Shailendra, lyricist, 43
  • December 24 – Gaspar Cassadó, cellist and composer, 69

Awards

[[Grammy]] Awards

  • Grammy Awards of 1966

[[Eurovision Song Contest]]

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1966

[[Leeds International Piano Competition]]

  • Rafael Orozco

[[Van Cliburn International Piano Competition]]

  • Radu Lupu

References

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