Music History

The Beatles' album “Revolver” received gold certification.

The Beatles played a concert at Shea Stadium in New York, which became their final performance as part of their American concert tour.

The Beatles performed for the second time at Shea Stadium in New York during their final US tour. Unlike the previous year, the concert was not sold out, with 11,000 tickets remaining unsold out of the total capacity of 55,600. The opening acts were The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle and The Ronettes. The Beatles performed eleven songs and received $189,000 for the appearance, more than for their previous performance at the stadium. The concert also marked the end of their live performing career in the US.

The Beatles were at number one on the UK singles chart with the double A-side “Yellow Submarine – Eleanor Rigby”, their eleventh number-one single. Paul McCartney said that he took the name Eleanor from actress Eleanor Bron, who appeared with The Beatles in the film “Help!”, while Rigby came from the name of a shop in Bristol, Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers.

The Doors began recording their self-titled debut album at Sunset Sound Recording Studios on West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. They had already been developing the material through live performances, particularly at the Whisky a Go Go. The album was released in January 1967, contained the full version of their breakthrough single „Light My Fire“ and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

The Youngbloods recorded „Get Together“ at RCA Studios in New York. The single originally stalled at No. 62, but its 1969 reissue reached No. 5; The Dave Clark Five later took their cover version into the U.K. Top 10.

American DJ Norman Lee Rogers, known by his stage name Terminator X, was born in New York City. He became known as a member of hip-hop group Public Enemy, which was formed in Roosevelt, New York, in 1985. In the late 1990s he joined the family business and began raising African black ostriches on a farm in North Carolina.

During their final US tour, The Beatles played two concerts at the Coliseum in Seattle, Washington. The 3:00 p.m. afternoon concert attracted only 8,000 fans in the 15,000-capacity arena, while the evening concert was sold out.

American musician Daniel “Dan” Vickrey was born in Walnut Creek, California. He became known as the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Counting Crows. The group had the UK hit “Mr Jones” in 1994 and the US No. 1 album “Recovering The Satellites” in 1996. In 2004, they received an Academy Award nomination for the song “Accidentally in Love” from the film “Shrek 2”.

Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shirley Manson was born in Edinburgh. She later founded the group Angelfish, whose video for “Suffocate Me” attracted the attention of Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, who persuaded her to join their new group Garbage. Garbage's 1995 debut album sold more than four million copies.

The song “Sunny”, written by Bobby Hebb, reached No. 1 on the Cash Box chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling single in the USA. Its success led Hebb to tour the United States and Canada with The Beatles.

“Summer In The City” by Lovin' Spoonful remained at No. 1 on the US chart for a third week. Bobby Hebb was at No. 2 with “Sunny” and “See You In September” by The Happenings was at No. 3.

Petula Clark reached No. 1 on the US Easy Listening chart with “I Couldn't Live Without Your Love”.

Stevie Wonder's version of “Blowin' In The Wind” reached No. 1 on the US R&B chart.

“Cherish” by The Association entered the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 a month later. Although the song was actually longer, the record label listed its length as three minutes so that radio programmers would not reject it as too long. The recording later received a gold record for sales of more than one million copies and, according to BMI, was the 22nd most-played song of the 20th century.

“God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart. The song was among the first commercial recordings to feature the word “God” in the title and was groundbreaking in many ways. Capitol Records feared a reaction from US radio programmers, so in the USA it placed the song on the B-side of the single “Wouldn't It Be Nice”, while in the UK it was accepted as the A-side. Brian Wilson used a range of unusual instruments during the recording, including French horns.

The Beatles performed a concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on August 28, 1966, before 45,000 spectators, as part of their final US tour. After the concert, they attempted to leave the stadium in an armored vehicle, but the main gate was locked, forcing them to wait inside the vehicle for two hours before they could leave. On the same day, they performed their final official live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

The television variety show "Hullabaloo" aired its final episode on NBC. The program was hosted by Paul Anka, with Peter & Gordon, Lesley Gore, and The Cyrkle among the guests.

The Beatles played their final paid public concert in front of 25,000 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. They performed 11 songs in just over half an hour, opening with "Rock & Roll Music" and closing with "Long Tall Sally". John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who knew it would be their final concert, took photographs during the performance. Although the album "Revolver" had been released only a few weeks earlier, not a single song from it was performed.

The Beatles released the single "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out", which was among the songs commemorated as part of the musical anniversaries for August 29.

Peter Cunnah of the Northern Irish pop and dance group D:Ream was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. In 1994, the group had the UK No. 1 single “Things Can Only Get Better”.

The Mamas and the Papas’ second album was their self-titled album, released by Dunhill Records. It contained the singles “I Saw Her Again”, which reached No. 5 in the US and No. 11 in the UK, and “Words of Love”, which reached No. 5 in the US and No. 47 in the UK. The album reached No. 4 in the US and No. 24 in the UK.

The Who began two days of recording at IBC Studios and Pye No. 2 Studio in London. During these sessions, the group recorded “Barbara Ann” by The Regents, “Man with Money” by The Everly Brothers, “Heatwave” by Martha and the Vandellas and the theme tune from the then-popular television series Batman. The recordings were intended for a new album with the working title “Jigsaw Puzzle”. The producer was Kit Lambert and the sound engineer was Paul Clay.

The Byrds played the first of eleven consecutive concerts at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Hollywood, California.

Elvis Presley completed his work on the soundtrack for Double Trouble.

Actress Salma Hayek was born. She also worked in musical theatre.

The Who performed at the Locarno Ballroom in Basildon, Essex, England.

Donovan reached No. 1 on the US singles chart with “Sunshine Superman”, his only US single to top the Billboard Hot 100. John Paul Jones played bass and Jimmy Page played lead guitar on the recording; in the United Kingdom, the song later reached No. 3.

Elvis Presley’s album Paradise Hawaiian Style reached No. 7 in the United Kingdom.

The album What Now My Love became the third album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass to reach No. 1, out of a total of six albums released by the group.

Michigan garage-rock group Question Mark And The Mysterians made their national chart debut when “96 Tears” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 75. The song’s raw Vox organ sound helped it climb to No. 1 on October 29.

ABC broadcast the final episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in prime time, ending its historic fourteen-year run. The series helped make teenage Rick Nelson famous and became the first live-action series on American network prime-time television to run for more than ten years.

New Jersey vocal group The Happenings first reached the Billboard chart with “See You in September”, which peaked at No. 3. The group later had four more Top 40 hits, including “I Got Rhythm”, which also reached No. 3 in 1967.

The Supremes were at No. 1 on the R&B chart with “You Can’t Hurry Love”.

Skin, born Deborah Ann Dyer, singer and frontwoman of Skunk Anansie, was born in Brixton, London.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of five consecutive nights at the Salvation club in New York City.

Pink Floyd released their debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". Most of the songs were written by Syd Barrett, and the album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and is regarded as a landmark psychedelic rock album; it reached No. 6 on the UK albums chart.

The Who performed at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

A fan of The Monkees hid aboard the band’s plane between concerts in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Her father subsequently threatened legal action over the transportation of a minor across state lines.

The Monkees performed at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Who spent two days at Talentmasters Studio in New York. Al Kooper joined the group on organ while they recorded two versions of “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.” One was released in the U.S. as the B-side of “I Can See For Miles,” while the other remained in the archives until the expanded version of “The Who Sell Out” was released in 1995. They also recorded a studio version of “Summertime Blues,” an organ overdub for “Relax,” and new vocals for “I Can See For Miles.”

Frank Zappa vydal u Capitol Records své debutové sólové studiové album „Lumpy Gravy“. Na albu dirigoval skupinu studiových hudebníků, ale sám na žádný nástroj nehrál. Album bylo krátce nato staženo kvůli žalobě MGM Records a výrazně upravená verze byla znovu vydána v roce 1968; album se v americkém Billboard 200 dostalo na 159. místo.

Jackie Wilson vydal skladbu „(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher“.

Paul Revere And The Raiders vydali album „Revolution!“ u Columbia Records. Album dosáhlo 25. místa v Billboard 200 a obsahovalo singly „Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be?“ a „I Had A Dream“. Na nahrávání se podílelo více než padesát hudebníků.

The Box Tops vydali singl „The Letter“.

Lorraine Pearson of Five Star was born. The group had the 1986 UK hit “System Addict”, which reached No. 3.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the final night of a five-day series of concerts at the Salvation Club in New York City.