Theatrical Finale
Jan 7 Murray Schisgal's stage comedy "Luv", directed by Mike Nichols. and starring Alan Arkin and Eli Wallach, closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 901 performances, and 3 Tony Award wins
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
Jan 9 "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released
- Jan 13 London/Decca Records release Rolling Stones' single "Let's Spend the Night Together"
Rolling Stones Alter Lyrics for Show
Jan 15 Rolling Stones appear for the fifth time on the Ed Sullivan Show, reluctantly agree to alter lyrics of "Let's Spend The Night Together" [1] [2]
"Purple Haze"
Feb 3 Jimi Hendrix adds vocals and overdubs for "Purple Haze" at Olympic Studios in London; basic track had been recorded by the band in January
- Feb 4 "Wild Thing" cover version by "Senator Bobby" hits #20 on the pop singles chart
Music History
Feb 12 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs in a raid at Richards' Sussex home
- Feb 12 Promotional films (music videos) for the Beatles' forthcoming single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in the US
- Feb 13 Capitol Records releases the Beatles' double "A" side single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" in the US
Respect
Feb 14 Aretha Franklin records her single "Respect" at Atlantic Studio in NYC; her rendition of Otis Redding's tune becomes Billboard Song of the Year (1967)
- Feb 17 Parlophone releases the Beatles' double "A" side single "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" in the UK
Grammy Awards
Mar 2 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins best record, "Michele" by The Beatles best song
Academy of Country Music Awards
Mar 6 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Guitar win
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Mar 7 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", based on characters from Charles M. Schulz's' "Peanuts", and starring Gary Burghoff, opens at Theatre 80 in the East Village, NYC; runs for 1597 performances
- Mar 10 "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You", American singer Aretha Franklin's tenth overall studio album, and first on Atlantic Records is released
Arnold Layne
Mar 11 Pink Floyd releases 1st single "Arnold Layne"
The Happening
Mar 20 The Supremes release single "The Happening"
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mar 21 Musical comedy film "Thoroughly Modern Millie", starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Channing, premieres at the Criterion Theatre, NYC
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Mar 30 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album is photographed by Michael Cooper
- Mar 31 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (and his fingers) at Finsbury Park Astoria theater in London: the guitar sold at auction for nearly $500K, the building is currently a church
- Apr 8 12th Eurovision Song Contest: Sandie Shaw for United Kingdom wins singing "Puppet on a String" in Vienna
- Apr 9 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
- Apr 11 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
- Apr 15 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 457 performances
Music History
Apr 16 Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's musical "Walking Happy", based on the 1916 novel "Hobson's Choice", "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 161 performances
- Apr 19 The Beatles sign a contract agreeing to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
- Apr 26 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
- Apr 29 Aretha Franklin releases her single "Respect" (written by Otis Redding); Billboard Song of the Year, 1967
- May 5 The Kinks release "Waterloo Sunset" as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
Music History
May 10 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, and singer Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges, based on evidence gathered in a February police raid of Richards' mansion in West Wittering, England
- May 11 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC for 14 performances
Music Concert
May 12 1st quadraphonic concert by Pink Floyd at the Games for May concert in London
Good Times
May 12 Columbia Pictures releases "Good Times" a musical comedy western starring Sonny & Cher and George Sanders; Cher's 1st starring role is also the feature debut of director William Friedkin
- May 12 Track Records releases "Are You Experienced" album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience - one of the most influential debut albums ever
Paul Meets Linda
May 15 Paul McCartney meets his future wife, American photographer Linda Eastman
Music History
May 25 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically painted Rolls Royce
- May 26 EMI rush releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in London and select markets in the UK, prior to nation-wide release; it would go to number one for 15 weeks in the US and 22 weeks in the UK
- May 27 British folk-jazz fusion group Pentangle gives debut performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Music Concert
May 28 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Violin concert
Music History
May 29 Elvis and Priscilla Presley hold a wedding reception at Graceland for friends and family not at the original ceremony
- Jun 1 EMI releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" nation-wide in the UK; it goes to number one for 22 weeks in the UK
- Jun 2 Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the US; it is their first album with identical track listings in US and UK, and goes to number one for 15 weeks in US, 22 weeks in UK
- Jun 3 Aretha Franklin's cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect" reaches #1
Emmy Awards
Jun 4 19th Emmy Awards: "Mission Impossible", "The Monkees", Don Knotts & Lucille Ball win
- Jun 4 American guitarist Jimi Hendrix covers new Beatles song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at Saville Theatre (London), just days after its release, with George Harrison and Paul McCartney in the audience
- Jun 9 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 10 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
Jun 14 "The Steve Allen Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS-TV
Music Concert
Jun 17 Barbra Streisand performs a "A Happening in Central Park" concert in NYC
- Jun 18 Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California, featuring first major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding
- Jun 18 Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townsend wage a battle of guitars at the Monetery Pop Festival
- Jun 19 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
- Jun 25 First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
Music History
Jun 28 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding
- Jun 29 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
- Jul 1 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 1348 performances
- Jul 1 The Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes #1 in the United States, stays there for 15 weeks
- Jul 7 The Beatles release single "All You Need is Love"
Music History
Jul 11 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
Sweet Charity
Jul 15 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity", starring Gwen Verdon, and directed by Bob Fosse, closes at the Palace Theater, NYC, after 608 performances; wins a Tony Award for choreography
- Jul 16 American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;
- Jul 16 British rock band "The Who" begin 1st full US tour, appearing at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, and then going coast-to-coast opening for Herman's Hermits
Music Concert
Jul 16 Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell makes her Newport Folk Festival debut at a songwriters' workshop performance in Newport, Rhode Island
- Jul 17 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows
- Jul 24 The Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
- Jul 29 The Doors' single "Light My Fire" hits #1 in the US
- Jul 31 Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are released from jail in England, after serving 1 month on drug charges
- Aug 4 Pink Floyd releases their first album "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", their only record made under the leadership of Syd Barrett.
- Aug 18 The Rolling Stones release music single "We Love You", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richard as a message of thanks to fans for their support after the duo's recent drug arrests; recording features backing vocals by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Aug 19 The Beatles' "All You Need is Love" single goes #1
Music History
Aug 25 The Beatles go to Bangor, Wales to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Aug 26 The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, and Donovan meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a retreat in Bangor, Wales
- Sep 11 Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour begins with a bus driven somewhat aimlessly around western England
TV Show Appearance
Sep 17 American rock band "The Doors" appear for 1st and last time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; singer Jim Morrison reneges on promise to change a lyric, prompting producers to offer no further invitations [1]
Television Debut
Sep 17 British rock band "The Who" make US television debut, performing "My Generation" on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and detonating Keith Moon's drum kit
- Sep 26 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert premieres in Moscow
Music History
Sep 29 Gladys Knight & Pips are the first to release Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
- Sep 29 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead for the 1st time, playing at the Straight Theater in San Francisco, California
- Sep 30 BBC starts its own popular music radio station (Radio 1)
- Oct 1 Pink Floyd arrive in New York for their first US tour
Music Premiere
Oct 1 Roger Sessions' 7th Symphony premieres in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Yoko Plus Me
Oct 11 "Yoko Plus Me" art exhibition by Yoko Ono opens in London (the "Me" is John Lennon)
- Oct 17 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
The Jungle Book
Oct 18 Walt Disney's animated musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" film is released; cast features voices of Phil Harris, Louis Prima, Sterling Holloway, and Sebastian Cabot
The Last Thing On My Mind
Oct 30 Dolly Parton releases her debut single with Porter Wagoner "The Last Thing On My Mind"
- Nov 4 Pink Floyd make US live debut, sharing bill with Big Brother & The Holding Company, and singer-songwriter Richie Havens, at the Winterland Auditorium, San Francisco, California
Music History
Nov 5 The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people; survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb
Monkee Opens Boutique
Nov 17 Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, New York
- Nov 22 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles, due to the suggestive lyric “Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down."
The Producers
Nov 22 Mel Brooks' first film, "The Producers" starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder has a disastrous premiere and is almost shelved - later goes on to win an Oscar and achieve cult status
- Nov 25 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
- Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix headlines bill (including The Move and Pink Floyd) for 2 shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College, in Belfast - his only concerts in Ireland
- Nov 27 The Beatles release their album "Magical Mystery Tour" in US; issued as an EP in UK in December
- Dec 1 Track Records releases the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 2nd studio album "Axis: Bold as Love" in the UK, just seven months after their debut release
Bob Marley
Dec 3 Assassination attempt made on Bob Marley and others during concert rehearsals in Jamaica
- Dec 7 Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh's musical "How Now, Dow Jones", starring Tony Roberts, and directed by George Abbott, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 220 performances
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Dec 7 Otis Redding records his song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", co-written and produced by guitarist Steve Cropper at Stax Studios in Memphis Tennessee
- Dec 7 The Beatles' clothing store "Apple Boutique" opens at 94 Baker Street, London
- Dec 8 The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" EP is released in UK; issued in US as an album, including additional singles from 1967
- Dec 9 Jim Morrison arrested on stage for disturbing the peace at the New Haven Arena, Connecticut, making him the 1st rock star to be taken into custody during a performance
- Dec 11 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group - Grapefruit
- Dec 15 The Beatles release fan-club single "Christmas Time is Here Again"
- Dec 20 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group "Jethro Tull" in Blackpool, England
- Dec 25 Beatle Paul McCartney and British actress Jane Asher get engaged; engagement publicly broken six months later
- Dec 26 BBC broadcasts The Beatles psychedelic travelogue "Magical Mystery Tour"
"Songs of Leonard Cohen"
Dec 27 Columbia Records releases Leonard Cohen's debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"
- Dec 30 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- Dec 31 Bob Merrill's musical "Henry, Sweet Henry", based on the novel "The World of Harry Orient" closes at the Palace Theater, NYC, after 80 performances
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