- Jan 1 Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Jan 7 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
- Jan 8 The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
- Jan 8 The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- Jan 8 The Who and The Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
Can't Help Thinking About Me
Jan 14 David Bowie releases his 1st single "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
- Jan 19 British composer Michael Tippett's cantata "Vision of St Augustine" premieres in London
Music Premiere
Jan 29 Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" premieres at Palace Theater in NYC for 608 performances
Music History
Jan 30 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 11th string quartet
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