Event of Interest
Feb 3 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
- Feb 4 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
Event of Interest
Feb 12 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Event of Interest
Feb 14 "Respect" single recorded by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967)
Aretha Franklin
- Feb 17 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
Music Awards
Mar 2 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins best record, "Michele" by The Beatles best song
Frank Sinatra
Music Awards
Mar 6 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Guitar win
Merle Haggard
- Mar 7 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man" premieres in NYC
Music Single
Mar 11 Pink Floyd releases 1st single "Arnold Layne"
Syd Barrett
Roger Waters
- Mar 18 Beatles' "Penny Lane" single goes #1
- Mar 18 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off Cornwall & spills oil
- Mar 20 The Supremes release "The Happening"
- Mar 25 The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1
- Mar 28 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
- Mar 30 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
- Mar 31 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
- Apr 8 12th Eurovision Song Contest: Sandie Shaw for United Kingdom wins singing "Puppet on a String" in Vienna
- Apr 9 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
- Apr 11 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
- Apr 15 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
- Apr 16 "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
- Apr 19 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
- Apr 26 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
- Apr 29 "Respect" single released by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967)
Event of Interest
May 10 Rolling Stones Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
Keith Richards
Mick Jagger
- May 11 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
Music Concert
May 12 1st quadraphonic concert by Pink Floyd at the Games for May concert in London
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
- May 12 "Are You Experienced" debut album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is released
Meeting of Interest
May 15 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
Paul McCartney
- May 20 BBC bans the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" because of drug references
- May 21 "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 performances
- May 26 EMI releases "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" a few days early in the UK; it would go to number one for 15 weeks in the US and 22 weeks in the UK
- May 27 "Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
- May 28 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
- Jun 3 Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1
- Jun 10 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
Event of Interest
Jun 14 "Steve Allen Show" premieres on CBS-TV
Steve Allen
Event of Interest
Jun 17 Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed
Barbra Streisand
- Jun 18 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
- Jun 19 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
- Jun 25 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
Event of Interest
Jun 28 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding
George Harrison
- Jun 29 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
- Jul 1 "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 performances
- Jul 1 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes #1 in the United States, where it would stay for 15 weeks
- Jul 7 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released
- Jul 7 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
Event of Interest
Jul 11 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
Kenny Rogers
- Jul 14 The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman's Hermits
- Jul 15 "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances
- Jul 24 The Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
- Jul 31 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence
- Aug 18 Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
- Aug 19 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" single goes #1
- Aug 25 The Beatles go to Wales to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Aug 26 Beatles, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Sep 11 Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England
- Sep 26 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Violin concert premieres in Moscow
- Sep 29 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead & plays the Straightater
- Sep 30 BBC starts its own popular music radio station (Radio 1)
- Oct 1 Pink Floyd arrive in New York for their first US tour
- Oct 2 Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents
- Oct 7 Beatles turn down $1 million NY concert offer by Sid Berstein
- Oct 17 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
- Oct 23 "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
- Oct 29 MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Nov 5 The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
Robin Gibb
Assassination Attempt
Dec 3 Assassination attempt made on Bob Marley and others during concert rehearsals in Jamaica
Bob Marley
Event of Interest
Dec 9 Jim Morrison arrested on stage for disturbing the peace at the New Haven Arena, Connecticut, making him the 1st rock star to be taken into custody during a performance
Jim Morrison
- Dec 11 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group - Grapefruit
- Dec 15 The Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"
- Dec 20 Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
- Dec 25 Singer Paul McCartney & actress Jane Asher get engaged
Album Release
Dec 27 Leonard Cohen releases his debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" on Columbia Records
Leonard Cohen