Events in Music History in February 1965

  • Feb 6 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1

Harrison's Tonsils

Feb 7 George Harrison's tonsils removed

Stop In the Name of Love

Feb 8 Motown Records release The Supremes' single "Stop In the Name of Love"

Music History

Feb 15 John Lennon passes his driving test

  • Feb 16 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 313 performances

Music History

Feb 18 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", featuring Carol Burnett, Dick Shawn (replacing Jack Cassidy), and Tina Louise, returns from lay-off at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC

  • Feb 20 The Beatles record "That Means A Lot"; unhappy with the results, it was given to P.J. Proby to record; the original Beatles version was unreleased until 1996 on "Anthology 2"
  • Feb 22 Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical "Cinderella", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, with Pat Carroll and Celeste Holm, premieres on CBS-TV
  • Feb 24 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas

High Spirits

Feb 27 Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's musical "High Spirits", based on Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 375 performances