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1967 in music

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The year 1967 was important for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its "Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It saw major releases from multiple well-known bands including the Beatles, Small Faces, the newly renamed Eric Burdon and the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Love, The Beach Boys, Cream, the Byrds, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Monkees. This year also saw debuts from many upcoming bands such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Doors, Moby Grape, Procol Harum, Traffic, the Velvet Underground, and Pink Floyd. TOC

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  • January 4 – The Doors release their debut album, The Doors.
  • January 13 – Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed for the first time in the United States (on the 103rd anniversary of the composer's death).
  • January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Polo Fields with spoken words from Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and others. Live music is provided by Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Speeches from Jerry Rubin and others are also given at the event.
  • January 15 – The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the United States. At Sullivan's request, the band change the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's spend some time together".
  • January 16 – The Monkees begin work on Headquarters, the first album to give them complete artistic and technical control over their material.
  • January 17 – The Daily Mail newspaper in Britain reports 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire; and Guinness heir Tara Browne is killed in a car wreck. These articles inspire lyrics for the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
  • January 22 – Simon & Garfunkel give a live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City. Some of this concert is released on October 4, 1997, on their box set Old Friends, but most is not released until July 2002.
  • January 29 – Mantra-Rock Dance, the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, is organised at The Avalon ballroom in San Francisco, featuring Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Moby Grape, beat poet Allen Ginsberg and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in support of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
  • January 30 – The Beatles shoot a promotional film for their forthcoming single "Strawberry Fields Forever" at Knole Park in Sevenoaks.
  • February 3 – UK record producer Joe Meek murders his landlady and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at Holloway, North London.
  • February 6 – Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of the Monkees fly into London. Dolenz sees Till Death Us Do Part on British TV and uses the term "Randy Scouse Git" from the programme for the title of the Monkees' next single release "Randy Scouse Git", not realising it is an offensive term. British censors force the title to be changed to "Alternate Title" in the UK.
  • February 7 – Micky Dolenz meets Paul McCartney at his home in St John's Wood, London, and they pose together for the press. His impressions of the visit feature in the lyrics of "Randy Scouse Git".
  • February 10 – Abbey Road Studio 2 session with Michael Nesmith and other friends in attendance as the Beatles record "A Day in the Life" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing an "orgasm of noise" featured twice in the song.
  • February 12 – British police raid 'Redlands', the Sussex home of Keith Richards in the early hours of the morning following a tip-off about a party from the News of the World; although no arrests are made at the time, Richards, Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser are subsequently charged with possession of drugs.
  • February 16 – "Aretha Franklin Day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan.
  • February 24 – The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood.
  • March 2 – The 9th Annual Grammy Awards are held in Los Angeles, hosted by Kirk Douglas. Frank Sinatra wins the most awards with five, including Album of the Year for A Man and His Music and Record of the Year for "Strangers in the Night". The Beatles win Song of the Year for "Michelle".
  • March 3 – Eric Burdon & the Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa, Ontario, unless they are paid in advance. The audience of 3000 riots, causing $5000 in damages to the auditorium.
  • March 11 – A taped appearance by the Beatles on American Bandstand includes their new music video for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".
  • March 19 — Foundation of the Salzburg Easter Festival.
  • March 25 – The Who perform their first concert in the United States, in New York City.
  • March 27 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for "Michelle", the most performed song in Britain in 1966.
  • March 30 – The Beatles pose with a photographic collage and wax figures from Madame Tussaud's famous museum for the cover artwork of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London.
  • March 31 – Kicking off a tour with the Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdinck at the London Astoria, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar on stage for the first time. He is taken to hospital suffering burns to his hands but the guitar-burning act will become a trademark of Hendrix's performances.
  • April 8 – The 12th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria. The United Kingdom wins the contest for the first time with the Bill Martin/Phil Coulter song "Puppet on a String", sung by Sandie Shaw barefoot.
  • May 1
    • Paul McCartney reveals that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid".
    • Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin, Las Vegas.
  • May 2 – In the United States, Capitol Records pulls the plug on the Beach Boys' mysterious Smile project. Brian Wilson, who has taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, cannot bring himself to finish it.
  • May 12
    • Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London ("Games for May").
    • The debut album of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced, is released in the UK, where it was recorded.
  • May 15 – Paul McCartney meets American photographer Linda Eastman at the "Bag O' Nails" club in London.
  • May 19 – Linda Eastman photographs the Beatles at the London press party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band held at the Chapel Street home of Brian Epstein. Media present are perplexed by the band's fashion statements and the music itself.
  • May 26 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles is rush released in the UK as mono and stereo LPs ahead of the scheduled June 1 release date. "The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album was released."
  • May 30 – BBC Light Programme radio in the UK broadcasts an edition of Where It's At featuring the Beatles interviews and John Lennon's comedy intro to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The BBC refuse to air "A Day in the Life" for alleged "drug references" in the lyrics.
  • June 1 – Greece's fascist junta issues "Army decree No 13", which bans playing or listening to the music of Mikis Theodorakis.
  • June 4 – Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Denny Laine and his Electric String Band, Procol Harum and The Chiffons perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
  • June 10–11 – The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival at Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California features Canned Heat, the Byrds, the Seeds, Blues Magoos, Jefferson Airplane, the Doors, Country Joe and the Fish and others on the bill for a charity concert attended by 20,000-40,000; considered America's first pop festival, but eclipsed in stature by the Monterey Pop Festival the following week.
  • June 15 – English cellist Jacqueline du Pré marries Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
  • June 16 – Barbra Streisand performs a live concert "A Happening in Central Park" in New York's Central Park.
  • June 16–18 – The Monterey Pop Festival, one of the world's first outdoor rock music festivals, is held in Monterey, California. Stars include the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Burdon & the Animals, the Byrds, The Association, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Ravi Shankar. Otis and the MG's take the stage at 1:00 am after Jefferson Airplane and bring down the house; 55,000 are estimated to be in attendance.
  • June 25 – The Beatles debut "All You Need Is Love" to close the Our World television special from London, the first worldwide television broadcast, seen live by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries. Backing singers include Eric Clapton, members of the Rolling Stones and the Who.
  • June 28
    • The Supremes perform for the first time as Diana Ross & the Supremes at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Florence Ballard is fired from the group on July 1, and on-hand stand-in Cindy Birdsong permanently takes Ballard's place in the group.
    • The Monkees fly into London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
  • June 29 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are sentenced to jail in England for drug possession. They later appeal successfully against the sentences.
  • June–July – Shortly after the end of the Six-Day War, conductor Leonard Bernstein leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on a tour to the Sinai desert, the site of fighting only days before.
  • July 1 – William Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times (London), uses the phrase "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" in his editorial criticizing the prison sentences given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richard two days earlier.
  • July 2 – Jeff Beck and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
  • July 3 – The Beatles host a party at the Speakeasy Club for the Monkees on the completion of their concerts in London.
  • July 5 – First of the Schaefer Music Festivals, held in Central Park, New York City. The lineup consists of Len Chandler, the Young Rascals and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
  • July 18 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a tour of the Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution. (Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admits it was a publicity stunt.)
  • July 29 – Motown Records releases "Reflections," the first single by the group's new billing, "Diana Ross & the Supremes" and after firing founding member Florence Ballard; Ballard, nevertheless, sings on the record and appears on the vinyl's cover alongside group members Ross and Wilson because the song was recorded before her dismissal.
  • August 4 – Pink Floyd release their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It peaks at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and is the only one made under the leadership of founder Syd Barrett.
  • August 14 – The Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 becomes law in the United Kingdom, and most offshore radio stations (including Wonderful Radio London) have already closed down. Only Radio Caroline North & South on 259 will continue, as Radio Caroline International.
  • August 21 – Mikis Theodorakis is arrested by the Greek military authorities and jailed for five months.
  • August 23 – Brian Epstein's last visit to a Beatles' recording session, at the Chappell Recording Studios on Maddox Street, London. The last new Beatles song he lives to hear is "Your Mother Should Know". Epstein dies of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate or sleeping pill, in his locked bedroom, on August 27.
  • August 27 – The Beatles, in Bangor, Wales, with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi since August 25, are informed of the death of their manager Brian Epstein, and return to London at once.
  • August 31 – Paul McCartney calls a band meeting to discuss his TV movie idea about a psychedelic bus ride.
  • September 7 – Eric Burdon marries Angie King.
  • September 16 – Too ill to conduct, after undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer, Sir Malcolm Sargent makes a valedictory appearance at the Last Night of the Proms.
  • September 17 – In the United States:
    • The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform "Light My Fire". Despite having agreed to Sullivan's request that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, Jim Morrison performs it the way it was written and the Doors are banned from the show.
    • The Who destroy their instruments during a performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Keith Moon's exploding drum kit injures Pete Townshend.
  • September 29 – Tangerine Dream is founded by Edgar Froese in West Berlin.
  • September 30 – The BBC in the UK introduces a pop music channel, Radio 1, and changes the Light Programme into the more MOR-orientated Radio 2, also renaming the Third Programme, which covers classical music and culture, into Radio 3 (and transforming the Home Service into the speech-oriented Radio 4). Radio 1's split from Radio 2 is heralded by "Theme One", specially composed by George Martin; Radio 1's programmes then launch with a jingle recorded by PAMS, the voice of DJ Tony Blackburn and his signature tune, an extract from "Beefeaters" by Johnny Dankworth. The first full single played is the Move's "Flowers in the Rain". The first song played on Radio 2 is Julie Andrews with the title song from "The Sound of Music".
  • October 11 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, wins a libel action against rock band the Move in the English High Court after being depicted in a compromising position on a promotional postcard for their record "Flowers in the Rain"; in settlement, royalties from the song will be donated to charity.
  • October 14 – Tammi Terrell faints and collapses into duet partner Marvin Gaye's arms onstage during a performance at the Hampton University homecoming in Virginia. She is later diagnosed with a brain tumor, and will die from brain cancer in 1970 at the age of 24.
  • October 18 – The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine rolls off the press at about 5:30pm, with a cover dated November 9 and featuring a photo of John Lennon in the film How I Won the War. The original inspiration for the magazine was Bomp! magazine based in California.
  • October 27 – Sir Malcolm Sargent's memorial service in Westminster Abbey is attended by 3,000 people including Princess Marina of Kent, Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Pierre Boulez, Larry Adler, Douglas Fairbanks Junior, Léon Goossens, Sir Arthur Bliss, and representatives of the London orchestras and of the Promenaders. Colin Davis and the BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra perform the music.
  • November 22
    • Oricon is founded in Japan by Sōkō Koike and begins publishing a singles chart.
    • Otis Redding records "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" at Stax Records' studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
    • George Harrison begins recording tracks for Wonderwall Music, his first solo album, in London; he continues the recording in Mumbai.
  • December 5 – The Beatles open the Apple Boutique in London. Party guests include Eric Clapton and movie director Richard Lester.
  • December 7 – Otis Redding records overdubs to "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".
  • December 8 – Otis Redding and his backup band, Bar-Kays, play at a popular nightclub, Leo's Casino in Cleveland, Ohio. This is to be Redding's last performance. Two days later he and four of the six Bar-Kays are among the six people who die when a Beechcraft Model 18 plane in which they are traveling crashes in Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, one of the worst air tragedies in entertainment history, and the worst since "The Day the Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a crash in 1959.
  • December 9 – During a performance at the New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut, Jim Morrison of the Doors becomes the first singer to be arrested on stage, having previously been sprayed with a can of mace. He is charged with inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity. The charges are dropped several weeks later due to a lack of evidence.
  • December 15 – The Who release their third studio album, The Who Sell Out. It is a concept album, formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements.
  • December 26 – First telecast of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour (filmed mostly during September) on BBC1 in the UK. Shown in black and white, it upsets McCartney because it ruins the intended psychedelic color effects.
  • date unknown
    • Pickwick Records releases an LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon & Garfunkel, recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry, and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file a legal challenge, and the record is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
    • Toots & the Maytals releases "54-46 That's My Number", one of the first reggae songs.
    • The Savonlinna Opera Festival is re-launched in Savonlinna, Finland, after a gap of fifty years.
    • The first LP recording of traditional Estonian music, Eesti rahvalaule ja pillilugusid, is released.
    • The International Society of Bassists is founded by Gary Karr.
    • Ali Akbar Khan founds a school of music in California.

Musical groups formed

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Musical groups disbanded

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Albums released

January

DayAlbumArtistNotes
4*The Doors*The DoorsDebut
9*Collections*The Young Rascals-
*More of the Monkees*The Monkees-
13*Soul of Mann*Manfred Mann-
20*Between the Buttons*The Rolling StonesUK
23*The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland*The Supremes-
26*Knock on Wood*Eddie Floyd-
30*The Stone Poneys*The Stone PoneysDebut
31*Sugar*Nancy Sinatra-
-*East Broadway Run Down*Sonny Rollins-
*More Than a New Discovery*Laura NyroDebut
*Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson*Roy Orbison-
*The Youngbloods*The YoungbloodsDebut

February

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Surrealistic Pillow*Jefferson Airplane-
*Deliver*The Mamas & the Papas-
6*Younger Than Yesterday*The Byrds-
10*Mellow Yellow*Donovan-
*Trogglodynamite*The Troggs-
13*Hello, I'm Dolly*Dolly PartonDebut
16*Miles Smiles*Miles Davis-
17*A Hard Road*John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers-
20*Blow-Up Soundtrack*Herbie Hancock-
27*How Great Thou Art*Elvis PresleyGospel
-*[5 by 5](5-by-5-dave-clark-five-album)*The Dave Clark FiveUS
*There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World*Herman's HermitsUK

March

DayAlbumArtistNotes
3*Images*The Walker Brothers-
*Green, Green Grass of Home*Tom JonesDecca album
4*I'm a Lonesome Fugitive*Merle Haggard-
6*Temptations Live!*The TemptationsLive
10*I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You*Aretha Franklin-
*Matthew and Son*Cat StevensDebut
*Johnny Mathis Sings*Johnny Mathis-
12*The Velvet Underground & Nico*The Velvet UndergroundDebut
13*Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits*Patsy ClineCompilation
16*King & Queen*Otis Redding & Carla Thomas-
17*The Grateful Dead*Grateful DeadDebut
20*Nina Simone Sings the Blues*Nina Simone-
*Thoroughly Modern Millie*Various ArtistsSoundtrack
21*Back Up Train*Al GreenDebut
27*Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits*Bob DylanCompilation
30*Club Meeting*Billy Preston-
-*Eric Is Here*Eric Burdon & the Animals-
*Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim*Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim-
*James Brown Sings Raw Soul*James Brown-
*Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan*Waylon Jennings

April

DayAlbumArtistNotes
10*Born Free*Andy Williams-
17Country FeverRick Nelson-
28*Contrast*Tages-
-*Emotions*Pretty Things-
*Happy Together*The Turtles-
*Chuck Berry's Golden Decade*Chuck BerryCompilation
*Don't Stop Me Now!*Cliff Richard-
*Electric Comic Book*Blues Magoos-
*The Electric Prunes*The Electric PrunesDebut
*Happiness Is Dean Martin*Dean Martin-
*Tim Hardin 2*Tim Hardin-
*The Way I Feel*Gordon Lightfoot-
*Tony Makes It Happen*Tony Bennett-

May

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Sounds Like...*Herb Alpert-
11*Electric Music for the Mind and Body*Country Joe and the FishDebut
12*Are You Experienced*The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceDebut
22*Headquarters*The Monkees-
*The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart*The Supremes-
26*Absolutely Free*The Mothers of Invention-
*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band*The Beatles-
-*Backlash*Freddie Hubbard-
*Canciones folklóricas de América*Víctor Jara-
*Live at the Garden*James BrownLive
*Make Way for Willie Nelson*Willie Nelson-
*On Stage and in the Movies*Dionne Warwick-
On the South Side of ChicagoVic Damone-
*Super Psychedelics*The Ventures-
*Up, Up and Away*The 5th DimensionDebut
*You're a Big Boy Now*The Lovin' SpoonfulSoundtrack
*The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds*Paul Beaver-

June

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*David Bowie*David BowieDebut
*Double Trouble*Elvis PresleySoundtrack
2*From the Beginning*Small FacesCompilation
6*Moby Grape*Moby GrapeDebut
8*Insight Out*The Association-
12*Evergreen, Volume 2*Stone Poneys-
23*Small Faces*Small Faces-
26*Flowers*The Rolling StonesCompilation
*You Got What It Takes*The Dave Clark FiveUS
-*Big Swing Face*Buddy Rich-
*Evolution*The Hollies-
*The Fastest Guitar Alive*Roy OrbisonSoundtrack
*Greatest Hits, Vol. 1*Johnny CashCompilation
*Hip Hug-Her*Booker T & the M.G.'s-
*James Brown Plays the Real Thing*James Brown-
*Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space*Leonard NimoyDebut
*A Raise of Eyebrows*Ron Geesin
*Ray Charles Invites You to Listen*Ray Charles-
*Side Trips*KaleidoscopeDebut
*This Is My Song*Ray Conniff-
*Tom Jones Live!*Tom Jones-
*We Are Paintermen*The CreationDebut

July

DayAlbumArtistNotes
10*Jigsaw*The Shadows-
*Live in Europe*Otis ReddingLive
14*Bee Gees' 1st*Bee Gees-
17*The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul*The Temptations-
21*Ode to Billie Joe*Bobbie GentryDebut
24*Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2*The Beach BoysCompilation
*Little Games*The Yardbirds-
31*Groovin'*The Young Rascals-
-*The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion*The Incredible String Band-
*Canned Heat*Canned HeatDebut
*The Everly Brothers Sing*The Everly Brothers-
*Let's Live for Today*The Grass Roots-
*The Medium Is the Massage*Marshall McLuhan
*Reach Out*Four Tops-
*The Sound of Wilson Pickett*Wilson Pickett-
*Triangle*The Beau Brummels-
*Welcome to My World*Dean Martin-

August

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter*Johnny Cash and June Carter-
*Spanky and Our Gang*Spanky and Our GangDebut
4*Aretha Arrives*Aretha Franklin-
*The Piper at the Gates of Dawn*Pink FloydDebut
*Album 1700*Peter, Paul & Mary-
7*The Byrds' Greatest Hits*The ByrdsCompilation
*Lumpy Gravy*Frank ZappaOriginal release; subsequently reedited and reissued in 1968
*Revolution!*Paul Revere & the RaidersOriginal release; Columbia Records (CS 9521).
23*Big Brother and the Holding Company*Big Brother and the Holding CompanyDebut
25*Just for You*Neil Diamond-
*Scott*Scott WalkerDebut
28*Branded Man*Merle Haggard-
*I Was Made to Love Her*Stevie Wonder-
29*Greatest Hits*Diana Ross & the SupremesCompilation
*Make It Happen*Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-
*United*Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell-
31*The Windows of the World*Dionne Warwick-
*Alligator Bogaloo*Lou Donaldson-
*Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle*Bobby Darin-
*Born Under a Bad Sign*Albert King-
*Brighten the Corner*Ella Fitzgerald-
*Chuck Berry in Memphis*Chuck Berry-
*Cold Sweat*James Brown-
*Goodbye and Hello*Tim Buckley-
*Joan*Joan Baez-
*Love of the Common People*Waylon Jennings-
*Lush Life*Nancy Wilson-
*Underground*The Electric Prunes-
*Vanilla Fudge*Vanilla FudgeDebut
*The World We Knew*Frank Sinatra-

September

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Crusade*John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers-
*Procol Harum*Procol HarumDebut
15*Something Else by The Kinks*The Kinks-
18*Smiley Smile*The Beach Boys-
25*Strange Days*The Doors-
-*Alice's Restaurant*Arlo GuthrieDebut
*Blowin' Your Mind!*Van MorrisonDebut
*Everybody Needs Love*Gladys Knight & the Pips-
*It Must Be Him*Vikki Carr-
*Live at Fillmore Auditorium*Chuck BerryLive
*Martha and the Vandellas Live!*Martha and the VandellasLive
*Safe as Milk*Captain BeefheartDebut

October

DayAlbumArtistNotes
10*Clambake*Elvis PresleySoundtrack
16*A Christmas Album*Barbra StreisandChristmas
*Love, Andy*Andy Williams-
23*Sorcerer*Miles Davis-
24*We Are Ever So Clean*Blossom ToesDebut
25*Easter Everywhere*The 13th Floor Elevators-
26*Soul Men*Sam & Dave-
27*Ten Years After*Ten Years AfterDebut
*Where Am I Going?*Dusty Springfield-
30*Buffalo Springfield Again*Buffalo Springfield
31*Pleasures of the Harbor*Phil Ochs-
-*Adam's Apple*Wayne Shorter-
*Chelsea Girl*NicoSolo Debut
*Cry Softly Lonely One*Roy Orbison-
*The Don Heckman-Ed Summerlin Improvisational Jazz Workshop*Don Heckman and Ed Summerlin-
*Gorilla*Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah BandDebut
*One Nation Underground*Pearls Before SwineDebut
*Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"*Sammy Davis, Jr.-
*Silk & Soul*Nina Simone-
*Simply Streisand*Barbra Streisand-
*A Whole New Thing*Sly and the Family StoneDebut
*Wildflowers*Judy Collins-
*Wave*Antonio Carlos Jobim-
*Winds of Change*Eric Burdon & the Animals-

November

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Forever Changes*Love-
6*Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.*The Monkees-
10*Disraeli Gears*Cream-
11*Los Gatos*Los GatosDebut
13*Another Side of Rick*Rick Nelson
17*Days of Future Passed*The Moody Blues-
20*The Damone Type of Thing*Vic Damone
24*Tangerine Dream*KaleidoscopeUK band
27*Magical Mystery Tour*The BeatlesUS Album
*Someday at Christmas*Stevie Wonder-
*The Temptations in a Mellow Mood*The Temptations-
30*After Bathing at Baxter's*Jefferson Airplane-
-*The Amboy Dukes*The Amboy DukesDebut
*The Blues Alone*John Mayall-
*Everybody Knows*The Dave Clark FiveUK
*Butterfly*The Hollies-
*Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas*Ella FitzgeraldChristmas
*I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die*Country Joe and the Fish-
*The One and Only*Waylon Jennings-
*The Blues Is Now*Jimmy Witherspoon-
*The Time Has Come*The Chambers BrothersDebut

December

DayAlbumArtistNotes
1*Axis: Bold as Love*The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceUK
4*Studio*Tages
6*Everything Playing*The Lovin' Spoonful
8*Cellophane*The Troggs-
*Mr. Fantasy*TrafficDebut
*Their Satanic Majesties Request*The Rolling Stones-
15*The Who Sell Out*The Who-
*New Masters*Cat Stevens-
18*Wild Honey*The Beach Boys-
27*John Wesley Harding*Bob Dylan-
*Songs of Leonard Cohen*Leonard CohenDebut
-*13 Smash Hits*Tom Jones-
* Anything Goes*Harpers Bizarre-
*For Once in My Life*Tony Bennett-
*The Look of Love*Dusty Springfield-
*The Magic Garden*The 5th Dimension-
*Pandemonium Shadow Show*Harry Nilsson-
*The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw*Paul Butterfield Blues Band-
*Song Cycle*Van Dyke ParksDebut
*Jul med Hep Stars*Hep Stars-

Release date unknown

  • And We Were Lovers – Shirley Bassey
  • Another Story - Ernest Tubb
  • Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter - Dave Brubeck
  • Back Up Train – Al Green
  • A Bag Full of Blues - Jimmy McGriff
  • Ballads from Deep Gap - Doc Watson and Merle Watson
  • Basie's Beat - Count Basie Orchestra
  • Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto
  • The Beat of Brazil – Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
  • The Beat Goes On - Herbie Mann
  • The Best of Ronnie Dove Volume 2 – Ronnie Dove
  • Blaze – Herman's Hermits
  • Blues Is King – B. B. King
  • Blue Notes - Johnny Hodges
  • Bobo Motion - Willie Bobo
  • Booker 'n' Brass - Booker Ervin
  • 'Bout Changes 'n' Things Take 2 - Eric Andersen
  • Browns Sing the Big Ones from Country - The Browns
  • Bucket o' Grease - Les McCann Ltd.
  • Burning Bridges - Glen Campbell
  • By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell
  • California Nights - Lesley Gore
  • Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
  • Cauldron – Fifty Foot Hose
  • Casino Royale – Burt Bacharach
  • Cherry Red - Eddie Vinson
  • Chet - Chet Atkins
  • Chicken Fat - Mel Brown
  • Chocomotive - Houston Person
  • Christmas with Anita Bryant – Anita Bryant
  • Chuck Berry's Golden Hits - Chuck Berry
  • Clear Light – Clear Light
  • Cliff in Japan – Cliff Richard
  • The Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner
  • Colour My World – Petula Clark
  • Connie in the Country - Connie Smith
  • Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson - Connie Smith
  • Conquistador! – Cecil Taylor
  • Contours - Sam Rivers
  • The Country Way - Charley Pride
  • Creole Cookin' - Bobby Hackett
  • Cry (Ronnie Dove album) – Ronnie Dove
  • Daktari - Shelly Manne
  • Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Dave Van Ronk
  • A Day in the Life – Wes Montgomery
  • Days Have Gone By - John Fahey
  • Doktor Dolittle – Fred Åkerström
  • Double Dynamite – Sam & Dave
  • A Drop of the Hard Stuff – The Dubliners
  • Earthwords & Music - John Hartford
  • Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur – Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
  • Emotions – The Pretty Things
  • Evil – Howlin' Wolf
  • Extra Special! – Peggy Lee
  • The Far East Suite – Duke Ellington
  • Feelin' Groovy – Harper's Bizarre
  • The First Edition – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
  • For All the Seasons of Your Mind – Janis Ian
  • From Sergio – With Love – Sergio Franchi
  • Future – The Seeds
  • Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers – Gene Clark
  • H. P. Lovecraft – H. P. Lovecraft
  • High Priestess of Soul – Nina Simone
  • Hour Glass – Hour Glass
  • I Think We're Alone Now – Tommy James and the Shondells
  • Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • Inner Views – Sonny Bono
  • Introducing the Sonics – The Sonics
  • Juicy – Willie Bobo
  • Just for You – Neil Diamond
  • Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd
  • The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperdick
  • Left My Blues in San Francisco – Buddy Guy
  • The Letter/Neon Rainbow – The Box Tops
  • Live! At Caesar's Palace – Checkmates, Ltd.
  • Live at the Fillmore Auditorium – Chuck Berry
  • Looks at Life - John Hartford
  • Ludo – Ivor Cutler Trio
  • The Marvelettes – The Marvelettes
  • Mixed Bag – Richie Havens
  • More of the Hard Stuff – The Dubliners
  • Morning Dew – Tim Rose
  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast – Julie London
  • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • No Way Out – The Chocolate Watchband
  • The Original Spinners – The Spinners
  • Out of Different Bags - Marlena Shaw
  • The Parable of Arable Land – The Red Crayola
  • The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs – Willie Nelson
  • Ptooff! – The Deviants
  • Reach Out – Burt Bacharach
  • The Real McCoy – McCoy Tyner
  • Reflections – Terry Knight and the Pack
  • Release Me – Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Revolution! – Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • Ricochet – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Safe As Milk – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
  • Say Siegel-Schwall – Siegel-Schwall Band
  • Seen in Green – The Seekers
  • Shake Down – Savoy Brown
  • Songs for Rainy Day Lovers – Clare Fischer
  • The Story of Simon Simopath – Nirvana
  • The Soul of a Bell – William Bell
  • Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  • Strictly Instrumental – Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson
  • Super Blues – Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
  • Supernatural Fairy Tales – Art
  • The Super Super Blues Band – Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf
  • These Are My Songs – Petula Clark
  • There Goes My Heart – Sergio Franchi
  • The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack – The Nice
  • Today My Way - Patti Page
  • The Trip – Electric Flag (Soundtrack)
  • Víctor Jara – Víctor Jara
  • Waist Deep in the Big Muddy – Pete Seeger
  • Walk Through This World with Me – George Jones
  • Walkin' in the Sunshine - Roger Miller
  • Waterhole #3 (Code of the West) - Roger Miller
  • We Are Ever So Clean – Blossom Toes
  • The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Part One – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  • West Side Soul – Magic Sam
  • Whisper Not – Ella Fitzgerald
  • With Body & Soul – Julie London
  • You Got My Mind Messed Up – James Carr

Top American hits on record

w. = words, m. = music

Single – ArtistComposer
Winter
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" – The Royal Guardsmen
"*Tell It Like It Is*" – Aaron Neville
"*Winchester Cathedral*" – The New Vaudeville Band
"*Sugar Town*" – Nancy Sinatra
"*That's Life*" – Frank Sinatra
"Good Thing" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"*Words of Love*" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" – Four Tops
"*Let's Spend the Night Together*"/"*Ruby Tuesday*" – The Rolling Stones
"*Mellow Yellow*" – Donovan
"*Georgy Girl*" – The Seekers
"Nashville Cats" – The Lovin' Spoonful
"Tell It to the Rain – The Four Seasons
"*Kind of a Drag*" – The Buckinghams
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" – Blues Magoos
"[98.6](98-6-song)" – Keith
"*Love Is Here and Now You're Gone*" – The Supremes
"The Beat Goes On" – Sonny and Cher
"Gimme Some Lovin'" – The Spencer Davis Group
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" – The Casinos
"*Baby I Need Your Loving*" – Johnny Rivers
"Sock It to Me, Baby" – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
"*Penny Lane*"/"*Strawberry Fields Forever*" – The Beatles
"*Happy Together*" – The Turtles
"My Cup Runneth Over" – Ed Ames
"There's a Kind of Hush" – Herman's Hermits
"For What It's Worth" – Buffalo Springfield
"*Dedicated to the One I Love*" – The Mamas & the Papas
.
Spring
"*Bernadette*" – Four Tops
"*Incense and Peppermints*" – Strawberry Alarm Clock
"*This Is My Song*" – Petula Clark
"*Something Stupid*" – Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra
"Western Union" – The Five Americans
"*I Think We're Alone Now*" – Tommy James and the Shondells
"*A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You*" – The Monkees
"*One More Mountain to Climb*" - Ronnie Dove
"I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" – Aretha Franklin
"Jimmy Mack" – Martha and the Vandellas
"*Sweet Soul Music*" – Arthur Conley
"*The Happening*" – The Supremes
"Don't You Care" – The Buckinghams
"Close Your Eyes" – Peaches & Herb
"You Got What It Takes" – The Dave Clark Five
"I'm a Man" – The Spencer Davis Group
"*Groovin'*" – The Young Rascals
"*I Got Rhythm*" – The Happenings
"*Respect*" – Aretha Franklin
"*Release Me*" – Engelbert Humperdinck
"Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" – Neil Diamond
"Somebody to Love" – Jefferson Airplane
"All I Need Is You" – The Temptations
"*She'd Rather Be with Me*" – The Turtles
"*Little Bit O'Soul*" – The Music Explosion
"*Windy*" – The Association
"Mirage" – Tommy James & the Shondells
.
Summer
"*San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)*" – Scott McKenzie
"*Can't Take My Eyes Off You*" – Frankie Valli
"*Creeque Alley*" – The Mamas & the Papas
"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" – Spanky and Our Gang
"Let's Live for Today" – The Grass Roots
"Come on Down to My Boat" – Every Mother's Son
"Don't Sleep in the Subway" – Petula Clark
"Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension
"The Tracks of My Tears" – Johnny Rivers
"C'mon Marianne" – The Four Seasons
"*I Was Made to Love Her*" – Stevie Wonder
"White Rabbit" – Jefferson Airplane
"*Pleasant Valley Sunday*" – The Monkees
"Carrie-Anne" – The Hollies
"A Girl Like You" – The Young Rascals
"Baby I Love You" – Aretha Franklin
"*Ode to Billie Joe*" – Bobbie Gentry
"*Reflections*" – Diana Ross & the Supremes
"You're My Everything (The Temptations song)" – The Temptations
"*Come Back When You Grow Up*" – Bobby Vee and the Strangers
"*The Letter*" – Box Tops
"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" – Jay & the Techniques
"San Franciscan Nights" – Eric Burdon & the Animals
"Funky Broadway" – Wilson Pickett
"*Never My Love*" – The Association
"Higher and Higher" – Jackie Wilson
"I Dig Rock and Roll Music" – Peter, Paul and Mary
.
Autumn
"Brown Eyed Girl" – Van Morrison
"Little Ole Man" – Bill Cosby
"How Can I Be Sure" – The Young Rascals
"Gimme Little Sign" – Brenton Wood
"Green Tambourine" - The Lemon Pipers
"*To Sir, with Love*" – Lulu
"*Soul Man*" – Sam and Dave
"Expressway to Your Heart" – The Soul Survivors
"*It Must Be Him*" – Vikki Carr
"Your Precious Love" – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" – Aretha Franklin
"*The Rain, The Park and Other Things*" – The Cowsills
"Please Love Me Forever" – Bobby Vinton
"*I Say a Little Prayer*" – Dionne Warwick
"I Can See for Miles" – The Who
"*Daydream Believer*" – The Monkees
"*I Heard It Through the Grapevine*" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
"An Open Letter to my Teenage Son" – Victor Lundberg
"*I Second That Emotion*" – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
"*Hello, Goodbye*" – The Beatles
"In and out of Love" – Diana Ross & the Supremes
"Boogaloo Down Broadway" – The Fantastic Johnny C
"You Better Sit Down, Kids" – Cher
"*Woman, Woman*" – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
"*Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)*" – John Fred & His Playboy Band
"*Chain of Fools*" – Aretha Franklin
"*Bend Me, Shape Me*" – The American Breed
"Skinny Legs and All" – Joe Tex

British number one hits not included above

  • "Puppet on a String" – Sandie Shaw
  • "Silence Is Golden" – The Tremeloes
  • "The Last Waltz" – Engelbert Humperdinck
  • "Massachusetts" – Bee Gees
  • "Baby Now That I've Found You" – The Foundations
  • "Let the Heartaches Begin" – Long John Baldry

Other hit singles

  • "7-Rooms of Gloom" – Four Tops
  • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  • "Al Capone" – Prince Buster
  • "And Get Away" – The Esquires
  • "Alfie" – Dionne Warwick
  • "Seven Drunken Nights" – The Dubliners
  • "At the Zoo"/"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Autumn Almanac" – The Kinks
  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – Nancy Sinatra
  • "Black Velvet Band" – The Dubliners
  • "The Boat That I Row" – Lulu
  • "Bottle of Wine" – The Fireballs
  • "California Nights" – Lesley Gore (m. Marvin Hamlisch w. Howard Liebling)
  • "Darling Be Home Soon" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "The Day I Met Marie" – Cliff Richard
  • "Death of a Clown" – Dave Davies
  • "Down On Me" – Big Brother and The Holding Company
  • "Even The Bad Times Are Good" – The Tremeloes
  • "Everybody Knows" – Dave Clark Five
  • "Flowers in the Rain" – The Move
  • "For Your Love" – Peaches & Herb
  • "Friday on My Mind" – The Easybeats
  • "From the Underworld" – The Herd
  • "Get on Up" – The Esquires
  • "Gettin' Together" – Tommy James and the Shondells
  • "Gimme Little Sign" – Brenton Wood
  • "Good Times" – Eric Burdon & the Animals
  • "Guns of Naverone" – The Skatalites
  • "Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'" – Keith West
  • "Happy Jack" – The Who
  • "Here Comes My Baby" – The Tremeloes
  • "Heroes and Villains" – The Beach Boys
  • "Hole in My Shoe" – Traffic
  • "Homburg" – Procol Harum
  • "I Am The Walrus" – The Beatles
  • "I Feel Love Comin' On" – Felice Taylor
  • "I Know You Love Me Not" – Julie Driscoll
  • "I Take It Back" – Sandy Posey
  • "(I Wanna) Testify" – The Parliaments
  • "If I Could Choose – Sean Dunphy
  • "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" – The Monkees
  • "I'm Wondering" – Stevie Wonder
  • "It Takes Two" – Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  • "I've Been Lonely Too Long" – The Young Rascals
  • "Knock on Wood" – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
  • "L'amour est bleu – Vicky Leandros
  • "La balsa" – Los Gatos (Founding song of the Argentine rock movement)
  • "Let Love Come Between Us" – James & Bobby Purify
  • "Let's Go To San Francisco" – The Flower Pot Men
  • "The Look of Love" – Dusty Springfield (m. Burt Bacharach w. Hal David)
  • "Magic Colors" – Lesley Gore
  • "Matthew and Son" – Cat Stevens
  • "Monterey" – Eric Burdon & the Animals
  • "More and More" – Andy Williams
  • "More Love" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • "Music to Watch Girls By" – Andy Williams
  • "My Back Pages" – The Byrds
  • "My White Bicycle" – Tomorrow
  • "New York Mining Disaster 1941" – Bee Gees
  • "Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man" – The Dubliners
  • "Night of Fear" – The Move
  • "Night Of The Long Grass"- The Troggs
  • "Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
  • "No Milk Today" – Herman's Hermits (w.m. Graham Gouldman)
  • "On a Carousel" – The Hollies
  • "People Are Strange" – The Doors
  • "Pictures of Lily" – The Who
  • "Pretty Ballerina" – Left Banke
  • "Puppet on a String" – Al Hirt
  • "Randy Scouse Git" ("Alternate Title" in the UK) – The Monkees
  • "Shake a Tail Feather" – James & Bobby Purify
  • "She's a Rainbow" – The Rolling Stones
  • "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" – The Byrds
  • "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" – Janis Ian (w.m. Janis Ian)
  • "Sorry" - Doris Day
  • "Soul Finger" – The Bar-Kays
  • "Summer Colors" – Wayne Newton
  • "Susan" – The Buckinghams
  • "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" – Neil Diamond
  • "There Is a Mountain" – Donovan
  • "Time Alone Will Tell" - Connie Francis
  • "To Love Somebody" – Bee Gees
  • "Tramp" – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
  • "Try a Little Tenderness" – Otis Redding
  • "Twelve Thirty" – The Mamas & the Papas
  • "Waterloo Sunset" – The Kinks
  • "We Love You"/"Dandelion" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – Donovan
  • "When I Was Young" – Eric Burdon & the Animals
  • "Zabadak!" – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Other notable songs

  • "Alegria, Alegria" w.m. Caetano Veloso
  • "Comme d'habitude" w. Claude François and Gilles Thibaut m. Claude François and Jacques Revaux
  • "Déshabillez-moi" w. Robert Nyel m. Gaby Verlor
  • "Nezhnost'" w. Nikolay Dobronravov and Sergey Grebennikov m. Alexandra Pakhmutova

Classical music

  • Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
  • Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 6
  • Luciano Berio
    • Chemins II for viola and nine instruments
    • O King for soprano and five instruments
    • Sequenza VI for viola
  • Earle Brown – Event: Synergy II, for chamber ensemble
  • Carlos Chávez – Soli IV, for horn, trumpet, and trombone
  • George Crumb – Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra
  • Gottfried von Einem – Violin Concerto
  • Benjamin Frankel – Viola Concerto
  • Philip Glass – 600 Lines
  • Milko Kelemen – Composé, for two pianos and orchestral group
  • Wojciech Kilar – Solenne per 67 Esecutori, for solo voices and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
  • Paul Lansky – String Quartet No. 1
  • György Ligeti – Lontano
  • Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 2
  • Bruno Maderna – Concerto No. 2 for Oboe and Orchestra
  • Henri Pousseur – Couleurs croisées for large orchestra
  • María Teresa Prieto – Palo verde, ballet
  • Steve Reich – Piano Phase
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen –
    • Hymnen
    • Mixtur, version for small orchestra
    • Prozession
  • Toru Takemitsu – November Steps
  • Veljo Tormis
    • Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs)
    • Maarjamaa ballaad (Ballad of Mary's Land)
  • Iannis Xenakis
    • Medea for male voices and 5 instruments
    • Polytope de Montréal
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    • Intercomunicazione
    • Tratto

Opera

  • Yasushi Akutagawa – Orpheus of Hiroshima
  • Richard Rodney Bennett – A Penny for a Song
  • Cromwell Everson – Klutaimnestra (Eng: Clytemnestra)
  • Elizabeth Maconchy – The Three Strangers
  • William Walton – The Bear

Jazz

Main article: 1967 in jazz

Musical theater

  • The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) – London revival opened at the Comedy Theatre on November 29 and ran for 365 performances
  • By Jupiter (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Rodgers and Hart). Off-Broadway revival opened at Theatre Four on January 19 and ran for 118 performances.
  • Curley McDimple (Music & Lyrics: Robert Dahdah Book: Mary Boylan and Robert Dahdah). Off-Broadway production opened at the Bert Wheeler Theatre on November 22 and ran for 931 performances
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein). London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on February 16 and ran for 2030 performances.
  • The Four Musketeers, (Music: Laurie Johnson Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Book: Michael Pertwee). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on December 5 and ran for 462 performances
  • Hallelujah, Baby! – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 293 performances
  • Henry, Sweet Henry – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 80 performances
  • How Now, Dow Jones – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 220 performances
  • Oliver! (Music, Lyrics & Book: Lionel Bart) – London revival opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on April 26 and ran for 331 performances
  • Sweet Charity (Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon). London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 11 and ran for 476 performances.

Musical films

  • Anna
  • Camelot
  • Doctor Dolittle, starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar and Anthony Newley. Directed by Richard Fleischer
  • The Fastest Guitar Alive, starring Roy Orbison
  • Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele
  • The Happiest Millionaire
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
  • The Mikado
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore.
  • Magical Mystery Tour, starring The Beatles

Births

  • January 2 – Tia Carrere (Althea Rae Janairo), American actress and singer
  • January 4 – Son of Dave (Benjamin Darvill), Canadian-born musician (Crash Test Dummies)
  • January 5 - J. H. Wyman, a film and TV producer, screenwriter, director and musician
  • January 6 – A. R. Rahman (A. S. Dileep Kumar), Indian film composer
  • January 8 — R. Kelly (Robert Sylvester Kelly), American singer-songwriter, record producer
  • January 7 – Mark Lamarr (Mark Jones), English presenter of radio and TV music programmes
  • January 9
    • Dave Matthews, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
    • Steve Harwell, American musician and singer (Smash Mouth) (d. 2023)
  • January 14
    • Steve Bowman, American rock drummer (Counting Crows)
    • Nicki Chapman, English television and radio presenter
    • Zakk Wylde, American guitarist (Black Label Society)
  • January 22 – Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • January 25 – Voltaire (Aurelio Voltaire Hernández), Cuban-born cabaret musician
  • January 28 – Marvin Sapp, American singer-songwriter
  • January 31
    • Fat Mike (Michael Burkett), American rock singer and musician
    • Chad Channing, American rock drummer (Nirvana and Child's Play )
    • Jason Cooper, English drummer (The Cure and My Life Story)
  • February 1 – C. J. Lewis, English singer
  • February 6
    • Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
    • Izumi Sakai, Japanese pop singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
  • February 11
    • Clay Crosse, American Christian musician
    • Paul McLoone, Irish DJ, producer, voice actor and frontman/lead vocalist with The Undertones
  • February 12 – Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
  • February 13 – DJ Jurgen, Dutch DJ, remixer and producer (Alice Deejay)
  • February 16 – A Guy Called Gerald, English record producer and DJ (808 State)
  • February 17 – Chanté Moore, American singer
  • February 19 – Sven Erik Kristiansen Norwegian Black metal and hardcore punk singer (Maniac)
  • February 20 – Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
  • February 21 – Michael Ward, American guitarist (The Wallflowers) (d. 2024)
  • March 4 – Evan Dando American musician and frontman/lead vocalist (The Lemonheads)
  • March 7
    • Randy Guss, (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
    • Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer; star of stage musicals
  • March 11 – John Barrowman, British-American actor and singer
  • March 16 – Bettina Soriat, Austrian singer
  • March 17 – Billy Corgan American musician, songwriter, producer, poet (The Smashing Pumpkins)
  • March 18 – Miki Berenyi, British rock lead singer
  • March 21
    • Jonas Berggren (Ace of Base)
    • Maxim, English musician and singer (The Prodigy)
  • March 29 – John Popper (Blues Traveler)
  • April 2 – Prince Paul, American record producer and disc jockey
  • April 7 – Alex Christensen, German dance music producer, songwriter and DJ
  • April 12 – Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
  • April 14 – Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
  • April 15 – Frankie Poullain, British rock bassist (The Darkness)
  • April 17 – Liz Phair, American singer-songwriter
  • April 18 – Todd Terry, American disc jockey, record producer and remixer (Masters at Work)
  • April 20 – Mike Portnoy, American rock drummer (Dream Theater)
  • April 27 – Sung Dong-il, South Korean actor
  • April 28 – Kari Wuhrer, American actress and singer
  • April 30 – Filipp Kirkorov, Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, producer, TV presenter
  • April 30 — Turbo B, American rapper and beatboxer (Snap!, Centory)
  • May 1 – Tim McGraw, American country singer, producer, and actor
  • May 6 – Mark Bryan American musician (Hootie & the Blowfish)
  • May 11 – Apache Indian (real name Steven Kapur), British reggae singer and DJ
  • May 13
    • Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
    • Melanie Thornton, American pop singer (d. 2001)
  • May 18 – Rob Base, American rapper
  • May 19 – Alexia, Italian singer
  • May 22 – MC Eiht, American rapper
  • May 23 – Phil Selway (Radiohead)
  • May 24 – Heavy D, Jamaican-born American rapper record producer, singer, and actor (d. 2011)
  • May 24 - Tommy Page, American singer and songwriter (d. 2017)
  • May 28 - Tania Evans, German singer (Culture Beat)
  • May 29 – Noel Gallagher, English singer, songwriter and musician (Oasis)
  • June 3 – Newton, English singer and firefighter
  • June 7 – Dave Navarro, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and actor (guitarist (Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers))
  • June 8 – Jasmin Tabatabai, Iranian-German actress and musician
  • June 9 – Dean Felber, Hootie & the Blowfish
  • June 10 – Emma Anderson, English musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, member of (Lush)
  • June 17
    • Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
    • Eric Stefani, American keyboard player, songwriter and animator (No Doubt)
  • June 18 – Glen Benton, American rock singer/bassist (Deicide)
  • June 20
    • Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and guitarist
    • Nicole Kidman, Australian singer, musician, actress, and producer
  • June 24
    • Jeff Cease, American guitarist (The Black Crowes)
    • Richard Kruspe German musician and guitarist (Rammstein)
  • June 29
    • Murray Foster, Canadian rock bassist (Moxy Früvous)
    • Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
    • John Feldmann, American musician and music producer
  • July 7 – Jackie Neal, American blues singer (d. 2005)
  • July 9 – Tó Cruz, Portuguese singer
  • July 12 – John Petrucci, American virtuoso guitarist
  • July 13 – Benny Benassi, Italian DJ, record producer, and remixer
  • July 16 – Jules De Martino, English drummer and singer (The Ting Tings)
  • July 17 – Susan Ashton, American singer
  • July 19 – Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
  • July 22 – Pat Badger American musician, singer, and songwriter (Extreme)
  • July 25 – Günther, Swedish singer
  • July 27 – Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • July 28 – Taka Hirose, Japanese musician (Feeder)
  • August 3 – Skin, British singer, songwriter (Skunk Anansie) and electronic music DJ
  • August 4 – Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
  • August 5 – Vladyslav Gorai, Ukrainian operatic tenor (d. 2025)
  • August 18 – Blas Elias, American drummer (Slaughter)
  • August 19 – Tabitha Soren, American photographer and reporter
  • August 21 – Serj Tankian Armenian-American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and political activist (System of a Down)
  • August 22
    • Yukiko Okada, Japanese pop singer (d. 1986)
    • Layne Staley, American rock singer (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
    • Christopher Williams, American R&B singer and actor
  • August 23 – Cedella Marley, Jamaican reggae singer
  • August 25 – Jeff Tweedy American musician, songwriter, author, and record producer (Wilco)
  • August 27 – Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer, television personality, and husband of Regine Velasquez
  • August 29 – Anton Newcombe, American rock musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
  • September 2 – Dino Cazares, American rock guitarist (Divine Heresy, Fear Factory)
  • September 4 – Tara Kemp, American singer
  • September 5 – Jesper Koch, Danish composer
  • September 6 – Macy Gray, American R&B singer and actress
  • September 9 – Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer
  • September 11 – Harry Connick, Jr., American jazz singer and pianist
  • September 13 – Pedro Yanowitz, American musician, song writer and visual artist (The Wallflowers)
  • September 18 – Ricky Bell, American singer and actor (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
  • September 20
    • Gunnar Nelson, American singer
    • Matthew Nelson, American singer
  • September 21 – Faith Hill, American country singer and record producer
  • September 21 – Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies)
  • September 26 – Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
  • September 28 – Moon Unit Zappa, American actress and musician
  • September 29 – Brett Anderson, Suede
  • October 2 – Bud Gaugh American drummer (Sublime)
  • October 4 – Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
  • October 5 – Johnny Gioeli, American power metal singer
  • October 7 – Toni Braxton, American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist
  • October 7 – Luke Haines, English musician, singer, songwriter and author (The Auteurs)
  • October 8 – Teddy Riley, American R&B and hip hop singer
  • October 9 – Mat Osman, English musician and author (Suede)
  • October 10 – Mike Malinin American musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
  • October 16 – Jason Everman, American musician and soldier (Nirvana, OLD, Soundgarden)
  • October 17
    • Roberto Cani, Italian violinist (d. 2025)
    • René Dif, Danish musician, singer-songwriter, DJ and actor (Aqua)
  • October 19 – Trouble T Roy, back-up singer for Heavy D & the Boyz (d. 1990)
  • October 22
    • Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
    • Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer-songwriter
  • October 26 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-Australian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, TV show judge, and record producer
  • October 27 – Scott Weiland American singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots) (d. 2015)
  • October 29
    • Péter Kun, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1993)
    • Paris, American rapper and record producer
  • October 31 – Adam Schlesinger American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer (Fountains of Wayne) (d. 2020)
  • November 1
    • Tina Arena, Australian-French singer-songwriter
  • November 3 – Steven Wilson, English progressive rock musician
  • November 5 – Kayah (Katarzyna Magdalena Szczot), Polish pop singer-songwriter
  • November 7
    • Steve Di Giorgio, American bassist
    • Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter (Texas)
    • David Guetta, French DJ and music producer
  • November 10 – Vivian Chow, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
  • November 14
    • Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
    • Nina Gordon, American singer
  • November 15 – E-40, American rapper
  • November 17 – Ronnie DeVoe American singer, rapper and actor (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
  • November 19 – Lauren Christy, English singer-songwriter and record producer (member of The Matrix writing team)
  • November 20 – Teoman, Turkish rock singer-songwriter
  • November 27 – Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist (Sugar Ray)
  • December 1
    • Marianna Zorba, Greek singer and music teacher
    • James Leigh, Australian keyboardist (Pseudo Echo)
  • December 4 – Jesse West, American record producer and rapper
  • December 5 – Gary Allan, American country musician
  • December 6 – Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • December 8
    • Tom Holkenborg, Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music producer, and engineer.
    • Janice Robinson, American singer and songwriter (Livin' Joy)
  • December 9 – Joshua Bell, American violinist
  • December 12
    • Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer
    • Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer and voice actor
    • Deke Sharon, American singer-songwriter and producer (The House Jacks and Beelzebubs)
  • December 13 – Jamie Foxx, American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and comedian
  • December 17 – Gigi D'Agostino, DJ
  • December 25
    • Jason Thirsk, Pennywise
    • Boris Novković, Croatian singer-songwriter
  • February 1 – Gábor Tarján, composer

Deaths

  • January 1 – Moon Mullican, country singer, 57 (heart attack)
  • January 3 – Mary Garden, operatic soprano, 93
  • January 7 – Carl Schuricht, conductor, 86
  • January 15 – Albert Szirmai, composer, 86
  • January 27 – Luigi Tenco, singer-songwriter and actor, 28 (suicide by gunshot)
  • January 31 – Geoffrey O'Hara, composer, 84
  • February 5 – Violeta Parra, Chilean folk musician, 49 (suicide by gunshot)
  • February 12 – Muggsy Spanier, jazz cornettist, 60
  • February 15 – Li Jinhui, composer and songwriter, 75
  • February 16 – Smiley Burnette, singer and songwriter, 55 (leukaemia)
  • February 24 – Franz Waxman, composer, 60
  • February 25 – Fats Pichon, jazz pianist, bandleader, 60
  • March 6
    • Zoltán Kodály, composer, 84
    • Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor, 65
  • March 7 – Willie Smith, alto saxophonist, 56 (cancer)
  • March 10 – Ina Boyle, Irish composer, 78
  • March 11 – Geraldine Farrar, operatic soprano, 85
  • March 22 – Luigi Piazza, operatic baritone, 82
  • March 23 – Pete Johnson, jazz pianist, 62
  • March 29 – Cheo Marquetti, singer-songwriter, 57
  • April 5 – Mischa Elman, violinist, 76
  • April 12 – Buster Bailey, jazz musician, 64
  • April 15 – Totò, songwriter, 69
  • April 16 – Knud Harder, composer, 82
  • April 17 – Red Allen, jazz trumpeter, 59
  • April 20 – Anna Fitziu, operatic soprano, 80
  • April 29 – J. B. Lenoir, blues musician, 38 (heart attack)
  • April 30 – Jef Le Penven, composer, 47
  • May 9 – Philippa Schuyler, pianist and child prodigy
  • May 10 – Arthur Carron, operatic tenor, 66
  • May 17 – John Wesley Work III, composer, 65
  • May 21 – Ilona Eibenschütz, pianist, 95
    • Barsegh Kanachyan, composer of the Armenian national anthem, 82
  • May 31 – Billy Strayhorn, composer and pianist, 51 (esophageal cancer)
  • June 3 – André Cluytens, conductor, 62
  • June 18 – Harold Levey, composer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, and clarinetist, 73
  • June 24
    • Lionel Belasco, pianist and bandleader, about 85
    • Kai Normann Andersen, composer, 67
  • June 26 – Françoise Dorléac, actress and singer, 25 (car accident)
  • June 29 – Jayne Mansfield, actress, violinist and sometime singer, 34 (car accident)
  • July 17 – John Coltrane, jazz musician, 40 (liver cancer)
  • July 26 – Matthijs Vermeulen, composer, 79
  • July 30 – Marios Varvoglis, composer, 81
  • August 4
    • Gustave Samazeuilh, composer, editor and critic, 90
    • Nino Marcelli, conductor and composer, 77
  • August 5 – Evelyn Scotney, coloratura soprano, 71
  • August 8 – Jaromír Weinberger, composer, 71
  • August 27 – Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, 32
  • September 15 – Hans Haug, primitivist composer, 67
  • September 17 – Stanley R. Avery, composer, 87
  • September 25 – Stuff Smith, jazz violinist, 58
  • October 3
    • Woody Guthrie singer, songwriter, 55 (Huntington's Disease)
    • Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor, 72
  • November 8 – Keg Johnson, jazz trombonist, 58
  • November 10 – Ida Cox, blues singer, 71
  • November 13 – Harriet Cohen, pianist, 71
  • November 16 – Roshan, Bollywood composer, 50 (heart attack)
  • November 22 – Edvin Kallstenius, composer, 86
  • November 23 – Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist, 84
  • November 24 – Raúl Borges, guitarist and composer, 85
  • November 25 – Dawid Engela, broadcaster, composer and musicologist, 36 (road accident)
  • November 30 – Heinz Tietjen, conductor, 86
  • December 4 – Bert Lahr, vaudeville performer, 72
  • December 6 – Lillian Evanti, operatic soprano, 77
  • December 10 (in plane crash):
    • Otis Redding, soul singer, 26
    • Four of six members of soul group The Bar-Kays:
    • Ronnie Caldwell, 18
    • Phalon Jones, 18
    • Jimmy King, 18
    • Carl Cunningham, 18
  • December 11 – Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer, 75
  • December 19 – Carmen Melis, operatic soprano, 82
  • December 28 – Maria Nemeth, operatic soprano, 70
  • December 29 – Paul Whiteman, bandleader, 77
  • December 30 – Roger Penzabene, Motown songwriter, 23 (suicide)
  • date unknown
    • Texas Gladden, folk singer

Awards

Grammy Awards

  • Grammy Awards of 1967

Eurovision Song Contest

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Other

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Hindustani music – Amir Khan

References

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