Events in Music History in December 1966

Dec 3 Television pop group "The Monkees" make their live concert debut at the Honolulu International Centre Arena, in Hawaii

I Do! I Do!

Dec 5 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "I Do! I Do!", starring Robert Preston and Mary Martin, and directed by Gower Champion, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 561 performances

Dec 15 Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau's musical "A Joyful Noise", starring John Raitt, opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances

Hey Joe

Dec 16 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe" in the UK

Dec 16 The Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK
Dec 24 Oscar Brand and Paul Nassau's musical "A Joyful Noise", starring John Raitt, closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
Dec 26 Jimi Hendrix writes the song "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London
Dec 27 Flander and Swann's musical revue "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 105 performances

#1 in the Charts

Dec 31 The Monkees single "I'm a Believer", written by Neil Diamond, hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks