1966 in music
See also:
1965 in music ,
other events of 1966 ,
1967 in music , 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Hot_100_No._1_Hits_of_1966
Events
January 3 - Hullabaloo The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC , with musical guests the Kinks and the Who
January 14 - Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of the Monkees
January 17 - Simon and Garfunkel release Sounds of Silence Billboard charts
January 21 - Beatle George Harrison marries fashion model Patti Boyd . The couple met on the set of the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night February 19 - Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at the Fillmore
March 3 - Neil Young , Stephen Stills and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles, California .
March 4 - The Beatles ' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, The Evening Standard as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus . Beatles protests and record burnings follow in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
March 6 - In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool 's legendary Cavern Club .
April 12 - In Los Angeles, California , Jan Berry , of Jan and Dean , crashes his Corvette into a truck that is parked on Whittier Boulevard. Berry suffers total physical paralysis for over a year as well as extensive brain damage.
May 1 - The Beatles , The Rolling Stones and the Who perform at the New Musical Express ' poll winners' show in London . The show is televised, except for The Beatles' and The Stones' segments, thanks to union conflicts.
June 6 – At Gallatin, Tennessee , 25-year-old Claudette Frady-Orbison , while motorcycycle riding with her husband Roy Orbison , was killed when her motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck.
July 2 - The Beatles become the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo . The performance ignited a lot of protest from local citizens who felt that it was inappropriate for a rock and roll band to play at Budokan.
July 29 - Bob Dylan is involved in a motorcycle accident
August 11 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his remarks the previous March. "I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better."
August 29 - The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
September - George Harrison travels to India for 6 weeks to study sitar with Ravi Shankar
September 12 - First episode of The Monkees is broadcast on NBC Television
October 10 - Simon and Garfunkel release Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Albums released
Top hits on record
Other Singles
Published popular music
Samuel Barber - Antony and Cleopatra
Peter Westergaard - Mr and Mrs Discobbolos
Musical television
Births
January 4 - Deanna Carter
January 5 - Kate Schellenbach , Luscious Jackson
January 8 - Andrew Wood , Mother Love Bone
January 12 - Rob Zombie , White Zombie
January 16 - Maxine Jones , En Vogue
January 20 - Wes King , guitarist, singer
February 2 - Robert DeLeo , Stone Temple Pilots
February 6 - Rick Astley
February 9 - Rachel Bolan , Skid Row
March 3 - Tone-Loc
March 10 - Edie Brickell
March 12 - David Daniels , countertenor
March 18 - Jerry Cantrell , Alice In Chains
March 23 - Marti Pellow , Wet Wet Wet
April 13 - Marc Ford , The Black Crowes
May 13 - Darius Rucker , Hootie & The Blowfish
May 16 - Janet Jackson
May 26 - Tommy Stewart , Godsmack
June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli
July 15 - Jason Bonham , Jimmy Page
July 20 - Stone Gossard , Pearl Jam
August 11 - Juan Maria Solare , composer
September 5 - Terry Ellis , En Vogue
September 10 - Robin Goodridge , Bush
September 20 - Nuno Bettancourt , Extreme
October 18 - Tim Cross , Sponge
October 19 - Sinitta , US singer
October 31 - King Ad-Rock , The Beastie Boys
November 17 - Jeff Buckley
November 23 - Charlie Grover , Sponge
November 24 - Joseph Run Simmons , Run D.M.C.
November 25 - Stacy Lattisaw
December 8 - Sinéad O'Connor
December 20 - Chris Robinson , The Black Crowes
December 29 - Dexter Holland of The Offspring
Deaths
Awards
