- Sep 10 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks in the UK
Music History
Sep 10 Neil Diamond has his first Billboard chart success with single "Cherry Cherry"
TV Show Appearance
Sep 11 Rolling Stones 4th appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; perform 3 songs, including "Paint It Black"
Metropolitan Opera House
Sep 16 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center, New York with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Samuel Barber
Music History
Sep 21 Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to "Jimi"
Music Concert
Sep 25 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow