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1966
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.
3/4 Fri
"The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, The Evening Standard as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the S
3/5 Sat
"The 11th Eurovision Song Contest is staged in the Villa Louvigny, Luxembourg. Udo J_rgens, having represented Austria in the last two contests (sixth in 1964; fourth in 1965), finally scores a first for the country, with ""Merci Ch_rie"", which he co-wro
3/6 Sun
"In the UK, 5,000 fans of the Beatles sign a petition urging British Prime minister Harold Wilson to reopen Liverpool's Cavern Club."
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