1967-7-21

Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry

 

 

 

 

 

1967
6/28 Wed
"The Monkees fly in to London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley."
6/29 Thu
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are sentenced to jail for drug possession. They later appeal successfully against the sentences.
7/1 Sat
"William Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times, uses the phrase ""Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"" in his editorial criticizing the prison sentences given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richard two days earlier."
7/2 Sun
"Jeff Beck and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers perform a two hour ""Sunday Special"" at Saville Theatre in London."
7/3 Mon
The Beatles host a party at the Speakeasy Club for The Monkees on the completion of their concerts in London.
7/18 Tue
The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a tour of The Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution. (Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admitted it was a publicity stunt.)
7/29 Sat
"Motown Records releases ""Reflections,"" the first single by the group's new billing, ""Diana Ross & The Supremes"" and after firing founding member Florence Ballard; Ballard, nevertheless, sings on the record and appears on the vinyl's cover alongside g
8/14 Mon
"The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act becomes law in the United Kingdom, and most offshore radio stations (including Wonderful Radio London) have already closed down. Only Radio Caroline North & South on 259 would continue. As Radio Caroline International
8/21 Mon
Mikis Theodorakis is arrested by the Greek military authorities and jailed for five months.
8/23 Wed
"Brian Epstein's last visit to a Beatles' recording session, at the Chappell Recording Studios on Maddox Street, London. The last new Beatles song he lived to hear was ""Your Mother Should Know"".[1]"
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