1966 in music

1966 in music

Events

*January 3 - "Hullabaloo" shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
*January 8 - "Shindig!" airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who
*January 14 - Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of the Monkees
*January 17 - Simon and Garfunkel release "Sounds of Silence", which hits #1 on Billboard charts
*January 21 - Beatle George Harrison marries fashion model Pattie Boyd. The couple met on the set of the Beatles' first movie, "A Hard Day's Night".
*January 28 - The Small Faces release 3rd single "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart.
*February 2 - The first edition of "Go-Set" magazine is published in Melbourne, Australia. Founded by former Monash University students Philip Frazer and Tony Schauble, the new weekly is the first independent periodical in Australia devoted entirely to popular music and youth culture. The inaugural 24-page issue has a cover feature on Tom Jones, stories on The Groop, singer Pat Carroll and DJ Ken Sparkes and a feature on mod fashion by designer Prue Acton.
*February 6 - The Animals appear a fifth time on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to perform their iconic vietnam-anthem-hit "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place".
*February 19 - Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at the Fillmore
*March 3 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles, California.
*March 4 - The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, "The Evening Standard" as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
*March 6 - In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool's Cavern Club.
*April - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass place 4 albums in Billboard's Top 10. A world record.
*April 12 - In Los Angeles, California, Jan Berry, of Jan and Dean, crashes his Corvette into a truck that is parked on Whittier Boulevard. Berry suffers total physical paralysis for over a year as well as extensive brain damage.
*April 17 - The Animals appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the last time.
*May 1 - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the Who perform at the New Musical Express' poll winners' show in London. The show is televised, except for The Beatles' and The Stones' segments, as a result of union conflicts.
*May 6 - The Small Faces release 4th single "Hey Girl" it reaches #10 in UK Singles Chart.
*May 16 - Album "Pet Sounds" by Beach Boys released
*May 17 - Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) play their show at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, during which Dylan is booed by the audience due to his decision to tour with an electric band; the booing culminates in the famous "Judas" shout.
*May 30 - Them fronted by Van Morrison began a three-week stint as the headliner act at the Whisky-A-Go-Go. On the last night June 18, they were joined on stage by that week's opening act The Doors. Van and Jim Morrison sang Gloria together.
*June 6 – At Gallatin, Tennessee, 25-year-old Claudette Frady-Orbison, while motorcycycle riding with her husband Roy Orbison, was killed when her motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck.
*July 2 - The Beatles become the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The performance ignited a lot of protest from local citizens who felt that it was inappropriate for a rock and roll band to play at Budokan.
*July 29 - Bob Dylan is involved in a motorcycle accident.
*July - In this month, The Mothers of Invention release their debut album, Freak Out!, a pioneer concept album.
*August 11 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his remarks the previous March. "I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better."
*August 1 - "Midsummer Serenades: A Mozart Festival" is held - the first Mostly Mozart Festival.
*August 5 - The Small Faces 5th single release "All or Nothing" reaches #1 in UK Singles Chart.
*August 5 - The Beatles release their seventh album, Revolver.
*August 29 - The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
*September - George Harrison travels to India for 6 weeks to study sitar with Ravi Shankar
*September 5 - The Animals disbanding.
*September 12 - First episode of "The Monkees" is broadcast on NBC Television
*September 16 - Eric Burdon records a solo album after leaving The Animals and appears on the show "Ready, Steady, Go" togeather with Otis Redding and Chris Farlowe.
*October - Gerry & the Pacemakers break up.
*October 7 - Johnny Kidd, writer of 'Shakin All Over' dies in a car accident.
*October 8 - WOR-FM in New York City becomes the first FM rock music station, under the leadership of DJ Murray The K.
*October 10 - Simon and Garfunkel release "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", which hits #4 on Billboard charts
*November 11 - The Small Faces release single "My Mind's Eye" it reaches #4 in UK Singles Chart.
*December - Eric Burdon & The Animals are formed
*The Crystals, of 'Da Do Ron Ron' fame, disband
*The Moscow Radio Orchestra becomes the first major overseas orchestra to perform at The Proms.
*Guinness Book of World Records recognize that Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass set a world record for placing five albums simultaneously on Billboard's Pop Album Chart. Their music outsells The Beatles by a margin of two-to-one... over 13 million recordings. They win 4 Grammys this year.
*Dalida receives for a second time the Music Hall Bravos.
*Charley Pride is signed by RCA.

New Bands

*The Move form.
*The Jimi Hendrix Experience form.
*Cream form.

Albums released

*"1" - Tim Hardin
*"A Slice of the Top" - Hank Mobley with Lee Morgan
*"Adam's Apple" - Wayne Shorter
*"Aftermath" - The Rolling Stones
*"Alfie" Soundtrack - Sonny Rollins
*"All About Makeba" - Miriam Makeba
*"" - Julie London
*"An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri" - Harry Belafonte
*"And Now!" - Booker T and the MGs
*"And Then... Along Comes The Association" - The Association
*"Animalism" - The Animals
*"Animalisms" - The Animals
*"Animalization" - The Animals
*"Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?" - The Barbarians
*"Autumn '66" - The Spencer Davis Group
*"Away We A Go-Go" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
*"Beau Brummels '66" - The Beau Brummels
*"The Best of The Animals" - The Animals
*"Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)" - The Rolling Stones
*"Bill Haley-a-Go Go" - Bill Haley & His Comets
*"Black Monk Time" - The Monks
*"Blonde on Blonde" - Bob Dylan
*"Blow Up Soundtrack" - Herbie Hancock
*"Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" - John Mayall
*"Boom" - The Sonics
*"Boots" - Nancy Sinatra
*"Both Sides of Herman's Hermits" - Herman's Hermits
*"Buffalo Springfield" - Buffalo Springfield
*"Bus Stop" - The Hollies
*"Calypso in Brass" - Harry Belafonte
*"The Classic Roy Orbison" - Roy Orbison
*"Color Me Barbra" - Barbra Streisand
*"Come the Day" - The Seekers
*"Come Out" - Steve Reich
*"" - Otis Redding
*"Conquistador!" - Cecil Taylor
*"Country Joe and the Fish" - Country Joe and the Fish
*"The Creation" - The Creation (band)
*"Crying Time" - Ray Charles
*"Daydream" - The Lovin' Spoonful
*"DelightfuLee" - Lee Morgan with Wayne Shorter
*"Dion & The Belmonts Together Again" - Dion DiMucci & the Belmonts
*"Distant Drums" - Jim Reeves
*"Doctor Zhivago" - Maurice Jarr
*"Double Dynamite" - Sam and Dave
*"Down on Stovall's Plantation" - Muddy Waters
*"Drums Unlimited" - Max Roach
*"East Broadway Run Down" - Sonny Rollins
*"East-West" - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
*"Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur" - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
*"The Empty Foxhole" - Ornette Coleman
*"Everybody Loves a Nut" - Johnny Cash
*"The Exciting Wilson Pickett" - Wilson Pickett
*"Face to Face" - The Kinks
*"Faithful Forever" - Marianne Faithfull
*"The Far East Suite" - Duke Ellington
*"Fifth Dimension" - The Byrds
*"For Certain Because" - The Hollies
*"For the Night People" - Julie London
*"Frankie and Johnny" (OST) - Elvis Presley
*"Freak Out!" - The Mothers of Invention (debut)
*"Fresh Cream" - Cream
*"Gettin' Ready" - The Temptations
*"Go Away From My World" - Marianne Faithfull
*"Got Live If You Want It!" - The Rolling Stones
*"The Great Aarrival" - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
*"The Great San Bernadino Birthday Party and Other Excursions" - John Fahey
*"Grrr" - Hugh Masakela
*"Handful of Soul" - James Brown
*"Happiness Is You" - Johnny Cash
*"Here and Now and Sounding Good!" - Dick Morrissey Quartet
*"Here I Am" - Dionne Warwick
*"Hey Joe" - The Leaves
*"The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe" - Bill Monroe
*"Hold On, I'm Comin"' - Sam and Dave
*"Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful" - The Lovin' Spoonful
*"I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown
*"I Hear a Symphony" - The Supremes
*"If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears" - The Mamas & the Papas
*"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 and the Raiders
*"In The Christmas Spirit" - Booker T and the MGs
*"The Incredible String Band" - The Incredible String Band
*"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown
*"Jack Orion" - Bert Jansch
*"James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)" - James Brown
*"James Brown Sings Christmas Songs" - James Brown
*"James Brown Sings James Brown Today and Yesterday" - James Brown
*"Je m'appelle Barbra" - Barbra Streisand
*"Just Between the Two of Us" - Merle Haggard
*"Lightfoot!" - Gordon Lightfoot
*"Lightly Latin" - Perry Como
*"Little Wheel Spin and Spin" - Buffy Saint Marie
*"Live at the Cafe Au Go Go" - Blues Project
*"Live in Greenwich Village" - Albert Ayler
*"The Lost Acetates 1965-1966" - The Misunderstood
*"Love (album)" - Love (band)
*"Love, Strings and Jobim" - Antonio Carlos Jobim
*"Machines" - Manfred Mann
*"Magic Box" - The Loved Ones
*"Malaisha" - Miriam Makeba
*"The Mamas and the Papas" - The Mamas & the Papas
*"Mama Too Tight" - Archie Shepp
*"Mann Made Hits" - Manfred Mann
*"Mean as Hell" - Johnny Cash
*"Midnight Ride" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
*"Mighty Instrumentals" - James Brown
*"Miles Smiles" - Miles Davis
*"" - Lalo Schifrin
*"Mode for Joe" - Joe Henderson
*"The Monkees" - The Monkees
*"Monorails and Satellites" - Sun Ra
*"Moods of Marvin Gaye" - Marvin Gaye
*"Moonlight Sinatra" - Frank Sinatra
*"North Country Maid" - Marianne Faithful
*"Nothing Is" - Sun Ra
*"On Top" - The Four Tops
*"The Orbison Way" - Roy Orbison
*"The Originator" - Bo Diddley
*"Other Planes of There" - Sun Ra
*"Paradise, Hawaiian Style" (OST) - Elvis Presley
*"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Perry Como in Italy" - Perry Como
*"Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys
*"Phil Ochs in Concert" - Phil Ochs
*"Play One More" - Ian and Sylvia
*"Portrait" - The Walker Brothers
*"Projections" - Blues Project
*"Psychedelic Lollipops" - Blues Magoos
*"The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" - The 13th Floor Elevators
*"A Quick One" - The Who
*"Ray's Moods" - Ray Charles
*"The Real Folk Blues" - Howlin' Wolf
*"The Real Folk Blues" - Muddy Waters
*"The Real Folk Blues" - Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)
*"Reflections in a Crystal Wind" - Richard Farina and Mimi Farina
*"The Remains" - The Remains
*"Revolver" - The Beatles
*"River Deep - Mountain High" - Ike & Tina Turner
*"Roadrunner" - Junior Walker and the All Stars
*"Sam and Dave Roulette" - Sam and Dave
*"Satisfied With You" - The Dave Clark Five
*"Second Album" - The Four Tops
*"The Second Album" - The Spencer Davis Group
*"The Seeds" - The Seeds
*"Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66" - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
*"Shadow Music" - The Shadows
*"Sinatra at the Sands" - Frank Sinatra
*"Small Faces" - The Small Faces
*"Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" - The Standells
*"Sonny Side of Cher" - Cher
*"The Soul Album" - Otis Redding
*"Soul Sister" - Aretha Franklin
*"Sound" - Roscoe Mitchell Sextet
*"Sounds of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Spicks and Specks (album)" - Bee Gees
*"Spinout" (OST) - Elvis Presley
*"S.R.O." - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
*"The Stockholm Concert, 1966" - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
*"Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra
*"Stop!Stop!Stop!" - The Hollies
*"Sunshine Superman" - Donovan
*"Supreme's a Go-Go" - The Supremes
*"Swinging Doors" - Merle Haggard
*"Symphony for Improvisers" - Don Cherry with Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri
*"Take a Little Walk With Me" - Tom Rush
*"Takes Off" - Jefferson Airplane
*"Tauhid" - Pharoah Sanders
*"That's Life" - Frank Sinatra
*"Try Too Hard" - The Dave Clark Five
*"Unit Structures" - Cecil Taylor
*"Uptight" - Stevie Wonder
*"Víctor Jara (Geografía)" - Víctor Jara
*"Visits Planet Earth" - Sun Ra
*"Volume One" - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
*"What Now My Love" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
*"What's Up Tiger Lily?" - The Lovin' Spoonful
*"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
*"Whisper Not" - Ella Fitzgerald
*"Why Pick On Me?" - The Standells
*"Wild is the Wind" - Nina Simone
*"With God On Our Side" - Joan Baez
*"Wonderfulness" - Bill Cosby
*"Working My Way Back to You" - The Four Seasons
*"Would You Believe?" - The Hollies
*"The Yardbirds" USA-title: "Over, Under Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds
*"Yesterday and Today" - The Beatles
*"You Got My Mind Messed Up" - James Carr
*"You Make Me Feel So Good" - The McCoys
*"The Young Rascals" - The Young Rascals

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1966.htm chart positions] in the charts of 1966.

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Top American hits on record

British number one hits not included above

Winter
*"Keep On Running" - Spencer Davis Group
*"Michelle" - The Overlanders
*"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" - The Walker BrothersSpring
*"Somebody Help Me" - Spencer Davis Group
*"Pretty Flamingo" - Manfred MannSummer
*"Sunny Afternoon" - The Kinks
*"Get Away" - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
*"With a Girl Like You" - The Troggs
*"All or Nothing" - Small FacesAutumn
*"Distant Drums" - Jim Reeves
*"Green Green Grass of Home" - Tom Jones

Other Significant Recordings

(Not all of these were necessarily released as singles.)
*"7 and 7 Is" - Love (band)
*"19th Nervous Breakdown" - The Rolling Stones
*"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" - Wilson Pickett
*"The 7 O'clock News/Silent Night" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"A Hard Day's Night" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
*"A Hazy Shade Of Winter" - Simon and 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
*"All I See is You" - Dusty Springfield
*"All Tomorrows Parties" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
*"And Your Bird Can Sing" - The Beatles
*"Anyway That You Want Me" - The Troggs
*"April Come She Will" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"At the Party" - Hector Rivera
*"At the Scene" - The Dave Clark Five
*"B-A-B-Y" - Carla Thomas
*"Baby Don't You Do It" - The Poets
*"Baby Scratch My Back" - Slim Harpo
*"Bang! Bang!" - Joe Cuba Sextet
*"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" - Cher
*"Batman Theme" - The Marketts
*"Biff Bang Pow" - The Creation (band)
*"Blues from an Airplane" - Jefferson Airplane
*"Boa Constrictor" - Johnny Cash
*"Boris the Spider" - The Who
*"Born Free" - Matt Monro
*"Born Free" - Roger Williams
*"Burned" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"But It's Alright" - J.J. Jackson
*"Call Me" - Chris Montez
*"Can't Help Thinking About Me" - David Bowie and The Lower Third
*"Caroline No" - Brian Wilson
*"Children of the Sun" - The Misunderstood
*"Circles" - Les Fleur de Lys
*"C'mon Let's Go" - The McCoys
*"Codine" - The Charlatans
*"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" - The Miracles
*"Come Up the Years" - Jefferson Airplane
*"Coming On Strong" - Brenda Lee
*"Coming Home Soldier" - Bobby Vinton
*"Cops of the World" - Phil Ochs
*"The Dangling Conversation" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Diddy Wah Diddy" - Captain Beefheart
*"Dirty Water" - The Standells
*"Do Anything You Say" - David Bowie and The Buzz
*"Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Doctor Robert" - The Beatles
*"Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals
*"Don't Ease Me In" - The Grateful Dead
*"Don't Look Back" - The Remains
*"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" - The Swingin' Medallions
*"Dum-De-Da" - Bobby Vinton
*"East West" - Herman's Hermits
*"Eight Miles High" - The Byrds
*"Eve" - The Balloon Farm
*"Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" - Otis Redding
*"Femme Fatale" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
*"Flight 505" - The Rolling Stones
*"Flying on the Ground is Wrong" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Free Advice" - The Great Society
*"Friday on my Mind" - The Easybeats
*"Frying Pan" - Captain Beefheart
*"Georgie Girl" - The Seekers
*"Get Me To The World On Time" - The Electric Prunes
*"Get Ready" - The Temptations
*"Go and Say Goodbye" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Go Away Little Girl" - The Happening
*"Good Day Sunshine" - The Beatles
*"Got to Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles
*"The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
*"The Hair of My Chinny Chin Chin" - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
*"Happy Jack" - The Who
*"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" - The Rolling Stones
*"He" - The Righteous Brothers
*"Help I'm a Rock" - The Mothers of Invention
*"Here, There And Everywhere" - The Beatles
*"Hey Joe" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
*"Hey Joe" - The Leaves
*"Hey, Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" - Jimmy Castor
*"Hungry Freaks, Daddy" - The Mothers of Invention
*"Girl Don't Tell Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Barbara Ann)
*"You're So Good to Me" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Sloop John B)
*"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Wouldn't It Be Nice)
*"Let's Go Away For Awhile" - The Beach Boys (B-side to Good Vibrations)
*"What Goes On" - The Beatles (B-side to Nowhere Man)
*"Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles (B-side to Yellow Submarine)
*"Rain" - The Beatles (B-side to Paperback Writer)
*"I Can Take You to the Sun" - The Misunderstood
*"I Dig Everything" - David Bowie and The Buzz
*"I Don't Need No Doctor" - Ray Charles
*"I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No)" - Neil Diamond
*"I Love Onions" - Susan Christie
*"If Every Day Was Like Christmas" - Elvis Presley
*"I'll Be Your Mirror" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
*"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
*"I'm a Boy" - The Who
*"(I'm a) Roadrunner" - Jr. Walker and the Allstars
*"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - The Monkees
*"I'm Only Sleeping" - The Beatles
*"I'm Ready For Love" - Martha and the Vandellas
*"I'm Sick Y'all" - Otis Redding
*"I'm So Glad" - Cream (band)
*"Inside-Looking Out" - The Animals
*"Mame" - Bobby Darin
*"Mame" - Louis Armstrong
*"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan
*"I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan
*"Pledging My Time - Bob Dylan (B-side to Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)
*"I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs
*"I Can't Get No(Satisfation)" - Otis Redding
*"I Can't Let Go" - The Hollies
*"I Feel Free" - Cream (band)
*"I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" - The Electric Prunes
*"I Know There's An Answer" - The Beach Boys
*"I Just Wasn't Meant for These Times" - The Beach Boys
*"I Want To Be With You" - Dee Dee Warwick
*"I Want to Go with You" - Eddy Arnold
*"Just Like a Woman"/"Obviously 5 Believers" - Bob Dylan
*"It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye with Kim Weston
*"It Tears Me Up" - Percy Sledge
*"It's a-Happening" - The Magic Mushrooms
*"It's No Secret" - Jefferson Airplane
*"It's Not Easy" - The Rolling Stones
*"Jug Band Music" - The Lovin' Spoonful
*"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
*"The Kids Are Alright" - The Who
*"Kill For Peace" - The Fugs
*"Lady Jane" - The Rolling Stones
*"Leaves That Are Green" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" - Bob Dylan
*"Let's Go Get Stoned" - Ray Charles
*"Let's Start All Over Again" - Ronnie Dove
*"Lies" - The Knickerbockers
*"Like A Baby" - Len Barry
*"Little By Little" - Dusty Springfield
*"Little Latin Lupe Lu" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
*"Little Man" - Sonny and Cher
*"The London Boys" - David Bowie
*"Love Is A Hurting Thing" - Lou Rawls
*"Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" - The Supremes
*"Love Letters" - Elvis Presley
*"Love Makes The World Go Round" - Deon Jackson
*"Love Me (I'm a Liberal)" - Phil Ochs
*"Love Me With All of Your Heart" - The Bachelors
*"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" - The Four Tops
*"Maintaining My Cool" - The Sonics
*"Makin' Time" - The Creation (band)
*"(The Marines Have Just Landed on the Shores of) Santo Domingo" - Phil Ochs
*"" - Jack Jones
*"Moonchild" - Captain Beefheart
*"The More I See You" - Chris Montez
*"Mother's Little Helper" - The Rolling Stones
*"Moulty" - The Barbarians
*"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters
*"Mr. Spaceman" - The Byrds
*"My Little Red Book" - Love (band)
*"My Lover's Prayer" - Otis Redding
*"Nashville Cats" - The Lovin' Spoonful
*"Needle in a Haystack" - The Twilights (band)
*"Night Time" - The Strangeloves
*"No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits
*"Nothing's Too Good For My Baby" - Stevie Wonder
*"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Oh How Happy" - Shades of Blue
*"The One on the Right Is on the Left" - Johnny Cash
*"One More Heartache" - Marvin Gaye
*"Open the Door To Your Heart" - Darrell Banks
*"Open Up Your Door" - Richard and the Young Lions
*"Opus 17" - The Four Seasons
*"Orange Skies" - Love (band)
*"Out of My Mind" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Out of Time" - The Rolling Stones
*"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds
*"Painter Man" - The Creation (band)
*"Pandora's Golden Heepie Jeebies" - The Association
*"Psycho" - The Sonics
*"Pushin' Too Hard" - The Seeds
*"Respectable" - The Outsiders
*"Reverberation (Doubt)" - 13th Floor Elevators
*"Rhapsody in the Rain" - Lou Christie
*"Richard Cory" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Ringing of Revolution" - Phil Ochs
*"Riot on Sunset Strip" - The Standells
*"Rubber Band" - David Bowie
*"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" - Bob Dylan
*"Scarborough Fair" - Simon and Garfunkel
*"Season of the Witch" - Donovan
*"Second Hand Rose" - Barbra Streisand
*"Shapes of Things" - The Yardbirds
*"She Comes in Colors" - Love (band)
*"She Said She Said" - The Beatles
*"Sit Down I Think I Love You" - The Buffalo Springfield
*"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" - Janis Ian
*"Somebody to Love" - The Great Society
*"Solitary Man" - Neil Diamond
*"Somewhere" - Len Barry
*"Spanish Eyes" - Al Martino
*"Spoonful" - Cream (band)
*"Standing in the Shadows of Love" - The Four Tops
*"Stealin'" - The Grateful Dead
*"Stone Free" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
*"Stop!" - The Moody Blues
*"Stop!Stop!Stop!" - The Hollies
*"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" - Bob Dylan
*"Stupid Girl" - The Rolling Stones
*"Substitute" - The Who
*"Suicida" - Os Mutantes
*"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" - The Walker Brothers
*"Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground and Nico
*"Sunny Afternoon" - The Kinks
*"Sweet Dreams" - Tommy McLain
*"Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler (the Top Song of 1966, according to Billboard)
*"Talk Talk" - The Music Machine
*"Tar and Cement" - Verdelle Smith
*"Taxman" - The Beatles
*"Tell It To The Rain" - The Four Seasons
*"That's Not Me" - The Beach Boys
*"There But For Fortune" - Phil Ochs
*"There Will Never Be Another You" - Chris Montez
*"Think" - The Rolling Stones
*"This Door Swings Both Ways" - Herman's Hermits
*"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" - The Isley Brothers
*"Tomorrow Never Knows" - The Beatles
*"Try a Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding
*"Try Too Hard" - The Dave Clark Five
*"Turn Down Day" - The Cyrkle
*"Twinkle Toes" - Roy Orbison
*"Under My Thumb" - The Rolling Stones
*"Up and Down" - The McCoys
*"Visions of Johanna" - Bob Dylan
*"Wade in the Water" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
*"Walking My Cat Named Dog" - Norma Tanega
*"War or Hands of Time" - The Masters Apprentices
*"Warm and Tender Love" - Percy Sledge
*"The Wheel of Hurt" - Margaret Whiting
*"Where Were You When I Needed You?" - The Grass Roots
*"Who Am I?" - Petula Clark
*"Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" - Captain Beefheart
*"Who's Flying Your Plane?" - The Rolling Stones
*"Whispers (Getting Louder)" - Jackie Wilson
*"Why Do I Cry?" - The Remains
*"Wipe Out" - The Surfaris
*"With a Girl Like You" - The Troggs
*"Words of Love" - The Mamas and the Papas
*"You Baby" - The Turtles
*"You Better Run" - The Young Rascals
*"You Don't Have To Paint Me a Picture" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
*"You Don't Know Like I Know" - Sam and Dave
*"You Got Soul" - The Twilights (band)
*"You Got Your Head on Backwards" - The Sonics
*"You Still Believe In Me" - The Beach Boys
*"Younger Girl" - The Critters
*"(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" - Frankie Valli
*"You're Gonna Miss Me" - The 13th Floor Elevators

Published popular music

* "Alfie" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film "Alfie"
* "And When I Die" w.m. Laura Nyro & Jerry Sears
* "Big Spender" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical "Sweet Charity"
* "Born Free" w. Don Black m. John Barry from the film "Born Free"
* "Bosom Buddies" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical "Mame"
* "Buy And Sell" w.m. Laura Nyro
* "Cabaret" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical "Cabaret"
* "Cherish" w.m. Terry Kirkman
* "Flim Flam Man" w.m. Laura Nyro
* "Funny, familiar, forgotten feelings" w.m. Mickey Newbury
* "I Am a Rock" by Paul Simon
* "I Can Hear Music" w.m. Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector
* "I Love Onions" by Donald Cochrane & John Hill
* "I Saw Her Again Last Night" w.m. John Phillips and Denny Doherty
* "I'm a Believer" w.m. Neil Diamond
* "If He Walked into My Life" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical "Mame"
* "If I Were A Carpenter" w.m. Tim Hardin
* "If My Friends Could See Me Now" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman, from the musical "Sweet Charity"
* "If You Go Away" w. Rod McKuen m. Jacques Brel
* "L'il Red Riding Hood" w.m. Ronald Blackwell
* "Lady Godiva" w.m. Mike Leander & Charles Mills
* "Mame" w.m. Jerry Herman. Introduced by Charles Braswell in the musical "Mame"
* "Mother's Little Helper" w.m. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
* "A Must To Avoid" w.m. P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri from the film "Hold On!"
* "Mustang Sally" w.m. Bonny Rice
* "Red Rubber Ball" w.m. Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley
* "The Rhythm Of Life" w. Dorothy Fields m. Cy Coleman from the musical "Sweet Charity"
* "Solitary Man" w.m. Neil Diamond
* "Sunny W.M. Bobby Hebb
* "This Is My Song" w.m. Charles Chaplin theme song from the film "A Countess From Hong Kong"
* "We Can Work It Out" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
* "We Need a Little Christmas" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical "Mame".
* "Wedding Bell Blues" w.m. Laura Nyro
* "Winnie The Pooh" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the animated film "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree"

Classical music

*Malcolm Arnold - "Fantasy for solo flute"
*Jean Barraqué - "Chant aprés chant"
*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
*John Serry, Sr. - "Concerto For Free Bass Accordion"
*Roger Sessions - "Symphony #6"
*Dmitri Shostakovich - "String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.122"
*Robert Ward - "Fiesta Processional"

Opera

*Samuel Barber - "Antony and Cleopatra"
*Vittorio Giannini - "Servant of Two Masters"
*Peter Westergaard - "Mr and Mrs Discobbolos"
*Grace Williams - "The Parlour"

Musical theater

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

Musical films

* "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
* "The Glass Bottom Boat" starring Doris Day
* "Hold On!" released June 22 starring Herman's Hermits
* "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" starring Elvis Presley
* "Stop the World - I Want to Get Off"

Musical television

* "Brigadoon" starring Robert Goulet and Sally Ann Howes

Births

*January 4 - Deana Carter
*January 5 - Kate Schellenbach, Luscious Jackson
*January 8 - Andrew Wood, Mother Love Bone
*January 12 - Rob Zombie, White Zombie
*January 17 - Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields
*January 16 - Maxine Jones, En Vogue
*January 20 - Wes King, guitarist, singer
*February 2 - Robert DeLeo, Stone Temple Pilots
*February 6 - Rick Astley
*February 9 - Rachel Bolan, Skid Row
*February 11 - Tenor Saw, dancehall artist (d. 1988)
*March 2 - Howard Bernstein, producer
*March 3 - Tone-Loc
*March 10 - Edie Brickell
*March 12 - David Daniels, countertenor
*March 18 - Jerry Cantrell, Alice in Chains
*March 19 - Anja Rupel, singer
*March 21 - DJ Premier, record producer
*April 2 - Garnett Silk, reggae singer (d. 1994)
*April 11 - Lisa Stansfield, singer
*April 13 - Marc Ford, The Black Crowes
*April 18 - Ana Voog, singer-songwriter
*April 28 - Too Short, rapper
*May 13 - Darius Rucker, Hootie & The Blowfish
*May 14 - Raphael Saadiq, singer-songwriter and record producer
*May 16 - Janet Jackson, Singer-songwriter and dancer
*May 22 - Johnny Gill, New Edition
*May 26 - Tommy Stewart, Godsmack
*June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli
*June 14 - Matt Freeman, Rancid
*July 11 - Melanie Appleby, Mel and Kim (d. 1990)
*July 15 - Jason Bonham, drummer
*July 20 - Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam
*August 11 - Juan Maria Solare, composer
*August 19 - Lee Ann Womack, singer
*August 22 - GZA/Genius, Rapper
*August 25 - Terminator X, DJ
*September 5 - Terry Ellis, En Vogue
*September 10 - Robin Goodridge, Bush
*September 20 - Nuno Bettancourt, Extreme
*October 2 - Mousse T., DJ
*October 8 - Teddy Riley, R&B musician
*October 15 - Eric Benét, gospel singer
*October 18 - Tim Cross, Sponge
*October 19 - Sinitta, US singer
*October 31 - King Ad-Rock, The Beastie Boys
*November 6 - Christian Lorenz, keyboard player
*November 17 - Jeff Buckley
*November 23 - Charlie Grover, Sponge
*November 24 - Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Run D.M.C.
*November 25
**Tim Armstrong, Rancid
**Stacy Lattisaw
*December 4 - Masta Ace, rapper
*December 8 - Sinéad O'Connor, singer
*December 20 - Chris Robinson, The Black Crowes
*December 29 - Dexter Holland of The Offspring

Deaths

*February 9 - Sophie Tucker, blues singer
*February 10 - Billy Rose, impresario
*February 23 - Billy Kyle, jazz pianist
*March 29 - Jazz Gillum, harmonica player
*April 3 - Russel Crouse, librettist
*April 30 - Richard Fariña, folk singer
*June 1 - Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
*June 12 - Hermann Scherchen, conductor
*June 17 - Johnny St. Cyr, jazz musician
*July 3 - Deems Taylor, composer and music critic
*July 18 - Bobby Fuller, singer and guitarist
*July 31 - Bud Powell, jazz pianist
*August 2 - Boyd Raeburn, jazz musician
*August 4 - Helen Tamiris, dancer and choreographer
*September 17 - Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
*September 26 - Helen Kane, singer
*September 28 - Lucius "Lucky" Millinder, US bandleader
*October 3 - Dave Lambert, jazz musician
*October 7
**Johnny Kidd, British singer, 27
**Smiley Lewis, R&B musician
*October 12 - Arthur Lourié, composer
*October 26 - Alma Cogan, English singer
*October 29 - Wellman Braud, jazz musician
*November 2
**Mississippi John Hurt, blues musician
**Alexis Roland-Manuel, composer
*November 6 - Washboard Sam, blues musician
*November 12 - Quincy Porter, composer
*November 28 - Vittorio Giannini, opera composer
*December - Carter Stanley, half of The Stanley Brothers
*December 12 - Nellie Briercliffe, singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte company
*December 14 - Shailendra, lyricist
*December 24 - Gaspar Cassadó, cellist and composer
*"date unknown" - Dick Roberts, guitar and banjo player

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

ee also

*Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1966

References

Whitburn, Joel. "Billboard Top 10 Singles Charts 1955-2000" (2001)


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