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Sounds of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

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1965
11/26 Fri
"Arlo Guthrie is arrested in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for the crime of littering, perpetrated the day before (Thanksgiving) in the nearby town of Stockbridge. The resultant events and adventure would be immortalized in the song ""Alice's Restaurant
12/3 Fri
"The Beatles release their groundbreaking album Rubber Soul, along with the double A-sided single ""Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out"". George Harrison's performance on the sitar on the track ""Norwegian Wood"" leads to his becoming a pupil of Ravi Shanka
1966
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"Eric Burdon records a solo album after leaving The Animals and appears on the show ""Ready, Steady, Go"", singing ""Help Me Girl"", a UK #14 solo hit. Also on the show are Otis Redding and Chris Farlowe."
1/8 Sat
"Shindig! is broadcast for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who,"
1/14 Fri
Young singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid being confused with Davy Jones of the Monkees.
1/17 Mon
"Simon & Garfunkel release Sounds of Silence, which hits #1 on Billboard charts."
2/2 Wed
"The first edition of Go-Set magazine is published in Melbourne, Australia. Founded by former Monash University students Phillip Frazer and Tony Schauble, the new weekly is the first independent periodical in Australia devoted entirely to popular music an
2/6 Sun
"The Animals appear a fifth time on The Ed Sullivan Show to perform their iconic Vietnam-anthem hit ""We Gotta Get Out of this Place""."
2/17 Thu
"Brian Wilson starts recording Good Vibrations with The Wrecking Crew, continuing for several months and marking a beginning to the famed Smile sessions."
2/19 Sat
Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin perform at the Fillmore.
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