Events in Music History in June 1965

  • Jun 5 "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Jun 6 The Rolling Stones release music single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

  • Jun 12 "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
  • Jun 12 "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 performances
  • Jun 12 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 performances
  • Jun 12 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours List names The Beatles as MBEs (Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire); dozens of past winners return medals in protest

Sonny & Cher 1st TV Appearance

Jun 12 Sonny & Cher make their 1st TV appearance on "American Bandstand"

  • Jun 14 Beatles release album "Beatles VI"

A Spaniard in the Works

Jun 14 John Lennon's second book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published

Like a Rolling Stone

Jun 15 Bob Dylan records single "Like a Rolling Stone" (#1 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time")

  • Jun 17 British rock band The Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour