Events in Music History in November 1967

Music History

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

  • Nov 14 Orchestre de Paris, France's 1st full-time salaried orchestra, debuts, conducted by its founder Charles Münch
  • Nov 17 Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names

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

Jimi Hendrix in Ireland

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