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September 10, 1966 The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
July 25, 1966 The Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love."
July 5, 1966 Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers has an operation in a Los Angeles hospital to remove nodes on his vocal cords.
June 24, 1966 The Supremes record "Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart."
June 20, 1966 Bob Dylan releases the "thin, wild mercury" sound of Blonde on Blonde, rock's first double album. Minds are blown.More
June 12, 1966 Elvis Presley records "Indescribably Blue," "I'll Remember You," and "If Every Day Was Like Christmas."
June 6, 1966 Roy Orbison's wife Claudette dies when her motorcycle is hit by a truck. She and Roy had remarried two months earlier after reconciling from a divorce.
April 12, 1966 Tom Jones enters a hospital to have his tonsils removed, though some who claim to have seen his tonsils since claim his real visit was for a nose job.
March 31, 1966 Elvis Presley's Frankie & Johnnie movie premieres in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
March 4, 1966 John Lennon is quoted in the London Evening Standard saying, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now." The remark goes mostly unnoticed, but causes a big stink when it is reprinted in a US publication four months later.
February 27, 1966 The Supremes appear on the TV show What's My Line.
February 26, 1966 Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" climbs to #1 in America.More
January 28, 1966 Brian Poole announces his departure from The Tremeloes.
January 21, 1966 The first Trips Festival, a three-day event, begins at the Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco. It's a landmark event in the evolution of psychedelic music. More
December 17, 1965 Judy Garland, with opening act The Supremes, plays the first concert in the Houston Astrodome.
November 20, 1965 "I Hear A Symphony" by The Supremes goes to #1 in America for the first of two weeks.
October 28, 1965 The Supremes record "My World Is Empty Without You."
October 26, 1965 The Beatles are awarded Members of the British Empire (MBE) medals from Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. John Lennon claims they smoked marijuana in the bathroom before receiving the awards, although George Harrison said it was just tobacco. Harrison and Paul McCartney put the awards on their jackets for the Sgt. Pepper album cover; Lennon sends his back in 1969.
October 16, 1965 The Family Dog hosts A Tribute to Dr. Strange at the Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco. It's the world's first full-scale psychedelic music show, drawing inspiration from the Charlatans' six-week Red Dog Saloon residency.
September 22, 1965 The Supremes record "I Hear A Symphony."
August 1, 1965 Marianne Faithfull collapses during a performance in Lancashire, England, and is taken to a hospital, canceling the remainder of her tour.
July 29, 1965 The Beatles' second movie, Help!, premieres in London at the Pavilion Theatre, with none other than the Queen attending. Later, manager Brian Epstein and the group attend a post-premiere reception at the Dorchester Hotel.
July 29, 1965 The Supremes begin a three-week run at the famous Copacabana night club in New York City, a prominent showcase for Motown's hottest act, which has tallied five #1 hits. During the run, they play 16 shows each week, with three on Saturdays and Sundays.
July 5, 1965 Motown President Berry Gordy, Jr. appears on the popular TV show To Tell The Truth. The Supremes perform after his identity is revealed.
June 28, 1965 Dick Clark's Where The Action Is premieres on ABC.
June 19, 1965 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops goes to #1 in America, knocking off another Motown song: "Back in My Arms Again" by The Supremes. Both songs were written and produced by the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland.
June 12, 1965 The Supremes' "Back in My Arms Again" hits #1 in America, giving them five consecutive chart-toppers.
June 11, 1965 Some MBE (Members of the British Empire) recipients return their awards in protest when it is announced that The Beatles will be honored with the award. The group is generally mystified, but their older relatives seem thrilled, so they accept the awards at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
May 21, 1965 Ten years into the Rock Era, it looks like it's here to stay. Time magazine reports on the rock revival with the cover story, "Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties."More
May 13, 1965 Elvis Presley's sixteenth movie, Tickle Me, premieres in Hollywood. It opens nationally two weeks later.
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