1966
THE MONKEES TAKE OVER NETWORK TV !
MEANWHILE, THE BEATLES EVOLVE INTO
PSYCHADELIA WITH REVOLVER !
AND THE BYRDS FLY 8 MILES HIGH ! AND ARE
SUSPECTED OF DOING SO IN MORE WAYS
THAN ONE!
WINTER 1966
JAN: DAVID JONES FINDS OUT A MEMBER OF THE MONKEES
IS ALLREADY USING THE NAME "DAVY JONES", SO HE
CHANGES HIS NAME TO "DAVID BOWIE"
FEB: THE KINKS "WELL RESPECTED MAN" PEAKS ON US CHARTS
March 4: Maureen Cleave, writer, and trusted friend of John Lennon, published an interview with John
in the "London Evening Standard" after John had been reading about religion. The interview included comments
from John that read, "...Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm
right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now..."
EXCELLENT SONGS FROM WINTER '66
SPRING '66
APRIL: CELTICS WIN 8TH STRAIGHT NBA TITLE!
APRIL 26: WHILE THE STONES PLAYED AT TREASURE ISLAND GARDENS,
THE PLUGS TO THEIR AMPS & MIKES WERE YANKED BY THE
CHIEF OF POLICE !
MAY 1: SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, WALKER BROTHERS,
HERMANS HERMITS, YARDBIRDS, WHO, ROLLING STONES
AND BEATLES ALL PERFORM AT THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS POLL WINNERS
CONCERT ! (WHOA !!!)
MAY 2: STONES APPEAR ON ED SULLIVAN SHOW AGAIN,
DESPITE ED'S PROMISE TO NEVER AGAIN HAVE THEM !
JUNE: DECCA RECORDS RELEASES "ROLLING STONES SONGBOOK" BY THE ANDREW
OLDEM ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, PROVING STONES MUSIC STANDS UP IN ANY GENRE.
AWESOME TUNES FROM SPRING'66:
SUMMER '66
ROLLING STONES TOUR AMERICA, INCITING RIOTS EVERYWHERE THEY GO !
JUNE 20: BEATLES RELEASE "YESTERDAY...AND TODAY" ALBUM IN US
JUNE 29: The US teen magazine "Datebook" made a syndicated publication of the London Evening Standard interview
with John Lennon, including a front cover insert that read, "I don't know which will go first, rock 'n roll or
Christianity". The article sparked outrage in the American music media, spurring a great Beatle smear campaign
throughout America.
AUG 8: BEATLES RELEASE "REVOLVER" ALBUM IN US
AUG 11: News reporters swarm to the 27th floor of the Astor Towers Hotel, Lakeside, Chicago, and demand a public
apology from John Lennon for his comments on the decline of religion...."...he meant nothing wrong....it's just
the power in the song...".
GREAT TUNES FROM SUMMER '66:
AUTUMN '66
SEPT 24: "JIMMY" HENDRIX, TRANSITIONING TO "JIMI" ON A FLIGHT TO
LONDON WITH ANIMALS CHAS CHANDLER,
FORMS NEW BAND ONCE IN LONDON
WITH MITCH MITCHEL AND DAVID REDDING, CALLING THEMSELVES
"THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE".
DEC 3: IT ALMOST REALLY WAS "THE LAST TIME" FOR KEITH RICHARD
AS HE WAS SHOCKED UNCONSCIOUS WHEN HIS GUITAR TOUCHED
HIS MIKE AT THE MEMORIAL HALL IN SACRAMENTO
DEC 15: WALT DISNEY PASSES AWAY - MICKEY MOUSE LIVES ON !
TUNES TO REMEMBER FROM AUTUMN '66
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