Axis: Bold as Love
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
Morrison Arrested During Performance
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
Paul McCartney, Jane Asher Engaged
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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