Events in Music History in November 1966

Nov 5 The Monkees score their 1st Billboard No. 1 - ‘Last Train To Clarksville’, written by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce

John Meets Yoko

Nov 7 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition at Indica Gallery in London [1]

Nov 9 Musical revue "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 107 performances
Nov 16 "Greatest Hits" album by The Temptations is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1967)

Caberet

Nov 20 John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 1166 performances, wins 8 Tony Awards

Musical Theater and Film Composer John Kander

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nov 24 The Beatles began recording sessions for their album "Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Music History

Nov 26 Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's musical "Walking Happy", based on the 1916 novel "Hobson's Choice", opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 161 performances