Events in Music History in October 1967

Music History

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

Composer and Musicologist Roger Sessions

Oct 2 All Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California
Oct 7 Beatles turn down $1 million offer by Sid Berstein for a return performance at Shea Stadium in NYC

Yoko Plus Me

Oct 11 "Yoko Plus Me" art exhibition by Yoko Ono opens in London (the "Me" is John Lennon)

Music History

Oct 17 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS

Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand

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

Oct 23 "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
Oct 29 Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, NYC, for a limited 6-week run