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Music History Events: Recordings

May 16, 1968 Tony Joe White records "Polk Salad Annie."

May 14, 1968 The Rascals record "People Got To Be Free."

May 7, 1968 Aretha Franklin records a live album in Paris.

April 20, 1968 The Rolling Stones record "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

April 15, 1968 Eleven days after the assassination of her friend Martin Luther King Jr., Aretha Franklin records "Think."

January 30, 1968 Bobby Goldsboro records "Honey," a song written by Bobby Russell. It becomes one of the biggest hits of 1968, spending five weeks at #1 in the US.

November 8, 1967 Nilsson records "Everybody's Talkin'."

November 6, 1967 Bob Dylan records "All Along the Watchtower," later made famous in a cover by Jimi Hendrix. He also bangs out "John Wesley Harding," "As I Went Out One Morning," "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" and "I Am A Lonesome Hobo" at the sessions.

October 19, 1967 Jose Feliciano records "Light My Fire."

September 13, 1967 Joe Tex records "Skinny Legs And All."

September 5, 1967 The Beatles start recording "I Am The Walrus" for their Magical Mystery Tour album. Sound effects and sundry overdubs, including a bit from a BBC radio broadcast, are added later.

August 23, 1967 The Beatles record "Your Mother Should Know" at Chappell Recording Studios in London. It's their last session before the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, who passes away four days later.

August 17, 1967 Gary Puckett and the Union Gap records "Woman, Woman."

June 23, 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Chain Of Fools."

June 22, 1967 The Young Rascals records "How Can I Be Sure?"

June 20, 1967 The Buckinghams record "Susan" and "Hey Baby They're Playing Our Song."

June 14, 1967 At Olympic Sound Studios in London, The Beatles start working on "All You Need Is Love," written specifically for a global satellite broadcast. The simple, repetitive chorus makes it a great fit for the international audience.

June 14, 1967 The Monkees record "Daydream Believer."

June 10, 1967 The Monkees record "Pleasant Valley Sunday."

May 11, 1967 Cream records "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "Outside Woman Blues."

April 10, 1967 Paul McCartney attends a Beach Boys recording session in Hollywood.

April 4, 1967 The Beatles finish recording "Within You Without You," a George Harrison song where he plays sitar and is accompanied by various Indian musicians. He has the engineers add some laughter to the end of the track from a sound effects reel.

March 28, 1967 Van Morrison records "Brown Eyed Girl."

March 27, 1967 The Young Rascals record "Groovin'."

March 21, 1967 John Lennon takes his first major LSD trip and freaks out while recording backing vocals on the track "Getting Better." Producer George Martin, not realizing the effects of the drug, takes Lennon to the roof of Abbey Road Studios to get some fresh air. Paul McCartney and George Harrison, upon learning where John is, rush up to get him down. The group works on a piano track for "Lovely Rita" instead.

March 2, 1967 The Supremes record "Reflections" and "The Happening."

February 14, 1967 In New York City, Aretha Franklin r-e-c-o-r-d-s her famous cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect."

February 1, 1967 Frank Sinatra and daughter Nancy Sinatra record "Somethin' Stupid."

January 20, 1967 Arthur Conley records "Sweet Soul Music."

January 19, 1967 The Beatles start recording "A Day In The Life," leaving a placeholder in the middle section that is later filled with Paul McCartney's "Woke up, fell out of bed" part, taken from another song he was working on.