1965
ALAN GINSBERG CALLS IT "FLOWER POWER"
WINTER 1965
FEB 21: MALCOM X SHOT IN NEW YORK CITY
HOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU - MARVIN GAYE THIS DIAMOND RING - GARY LEWIS AND THE PLAYBOYS MY GIRL - TEMPTATIONS THE NAME GAME - SHIRLEY ELLIS SHAKE - SAM COOKIE THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT - KINGSMAN COME SEE ABOUT ME - SUPREMES
I FEEL FINE - BEATLES LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE - SEARCHERS FERRY ACCROSS THE MERSEY - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT - HERMAN'S HERMITS GOLDFINGER - SHIRLEY BASSEY DOWNTOWN - PECULIAR CLARK YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS MR LONELY - BOBBY VINTON THE JERK - LARKS GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD - LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT - KINKS I GO TO PIECES - PETER AND GORDON BYE, BYE, BABY (BABY GOOD BYE) - FOUR SEASONS EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - BEATLES STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE - SUPREMES
APRIL 6: FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LAUNCHED FOR
TELEVISION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
APRIL 17-18: LITTLE RICHARD PERFORMS AT PARAMOUNT THEATER IN NEW YORK, WITH A BACK-UP BAND INCLUDING A GUITARIST WHO PLAYED ON ALL OF THE 1964 ISLEY BROTHERS RECORDINGS, JIMI HENDRIX.
JUNE 14: "BEATLES VI" ALBUM RELEASED IN US
NOV 27: THE WHO'S "MY GENERATION" PEAKS ON UK CHARTS, AS DALTREY VOWS TO COMMIT SUICIDE AT 30, JUST TO MAKE SURE HE DIES BEFORE HE GETS OLD !!
DEC 6: BEATLES RELEASE "RUBBER SOUL" IN US
DEC 8: DELTA LAUNCHES 1ST DC-9
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