Music 1965

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January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.
January 12 - Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by the New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & The Pacemakers.
January 17 - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' book, Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published.
January 21
The Animals' show at New York's Apollo Theater is canceled after the U.S. Immigration Department forces the group to leave the theater.
The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney, Australia to begin their Australian tour.
January 23 - "Downtown" hits #1, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles.
January 24 - The Animals appear a second time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
January 27 - Paul Simon appears on BBC radio for the first time, on their Five To Ten show, discussing and playing thirteen songs, twelve of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only album, The Paul Simon Song Book.
February 6 - Donovan performs the first of three performances on the British television program "Ready, Steady, Go!". This presents him to a widespread audience for the first time.
February 12 - NME reports the Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon's novel A Talent for Loving. The story is about a 1,400-mile horse race that takes place in the old west. The film is never made.
February 24 - The Beatles begin filming their second film, Help!.
March 4 - Producer Tom Wilson, (Simon and Garfunkel) records a heavy backing band onto the song "The Sounds of Silence", without the knowledge of Paul Simon, for release on a 45 rpm single, and the b-side, "We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'" . The single will go on to hit #1 on the Billboard charts in December.
March 6 - The Temptations has their first hit, "My Girl", written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, from Motown records.
March 18 - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London gas station. The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order.
March 21 - The Supremes have their fourth number one single, "Stop! In The Name Of Love, writteh by H-D-H.
April 11 - The New Musical Express poll winners' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Kinks, the Searchers, Herman's Hermits, The Anita Kerr Singers, Moody Blues, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, Them, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.
April 21 - The Beach Boys appear on Shindig! performing their most recent hit, "Do You Wanna Dance?"
April 26 - Leopold Stokowski conducts the first complete performance of Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4, more than ten years after the composer's death
May 5 - Alan Price leaves The Animals. He is replaced by Mick Gallagher before Dave Rowberry is the real new member.
May 6 - Keith Richards and Mick Jagger begin work on "Satisfaction" in their Clearwater, Florida hotel room. Richards came up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand new Gibson "Fuzz box".
May 9 - Bob Dylan performs the first of two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, concluding his tour of Europe. Audience members include The Beatles, and Donovan.
May 30 - The Animals appear a third time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
June 6 - The Supremes have their fifth consecutive number one single,"Back In My Arms Again, written by H-D-H, from Motown Records.
June 12- The Beatles are appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. Since it was unusual for rock stars to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complained and protested.
July 25 - Bob Dylan plays Newport Folk Festival, is booed for playing electric set with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joan Baez and Donovan also play sets.
August 6 - The Small Faces release their first R&B single in the UK "Whatcha Gonna Do About It".
August 15 - The Beatles play at Shea Stadium, the first rock concert to be held in a venue of that size. The concert also set new world records for attendance (55,600+) and for revenue.
August 27 - The Beatles visit Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air. It is the only time the band and the singer meet.
September - Paul Simon is about to go on stage at a Danish folk club when he learns that his song "The Sounds Of Silence" has entered the top 100 in the Billboard charts.
September 30 - Donovan appears on Shindig! in the U.S. and plays Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier".
October 15 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix signs a three year recording contract with Ed Chaplin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty on records with Curtis Knight. The agreement will later cause continuous litigation problems with Hendrix and other record labels.
October 17 - The Animals appear a fourth time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
November 5 - The Small Faces release their 2nd R&B single "I've Got Mine" featured in film Dateline Diamonds.
November 14 - The Supremes have their sixth number one record, "I Hear A Symphony," written by H-D-H, for Motown Records.
November 26 - Arlo Guthrie is arrested in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for the crime of littering, perpetrated the day before (Thanksgiving) in the nearby town of Stockbridge. The resultant events and adventure would be immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant".
Sonny and Cher have their first hit-single in the summer with "I Got You Babe".
Paul Simon spends most of the year in the United Kingdom, building his career as a traveling solo folk-rock singer-songwriter, teaming up with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers.
Dalida receives the Cico Viola Prize in Brazil for her hit single "Zorba o Greco" and is named favourite French singer in an FOP poll.
Commercial sale of pre-recorded musicassettes begin in Europe.