Editing 1965 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 4]] – [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]] is sold to [[CBS]] for $13&nbsp;million.
*[[January 12]] – ''Hullabaloo'' premieres on [[NBC]]. The first show includes 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 and the Pacemakers]].
*[[January 17]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] drummer [[Charlie Watts]]' book ''Ode to a High Flying Bird'', a tribute to jazz great [[Charlie Parker]], is published.
*[[January 21]]
**<!--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.
**<!--January 21-->[[The Rolling Stones]] and [[Roy Orbison]] travel to Sydney to begin their Australian tour.
*[[January 23]] – "[[Downtown (Petula Clark song)|Downtown]]" hits No. 1 in the US singles chart, 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]] broadcasts on [[BBC]]'s ''Five to Ten'' show, discussing and playing 13 songs, 12 of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only solo album, ''[[The Paul Simon Songbook]]''.
*[[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 {{convert|2,253|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} horse race that takes place in the old west. The film is never made.
*[[February 19]] - [[Rod Stewart]] with [[The Soul Agents (UK band)|The Soul Agents]] perform their first important concert in London club [[London Borough of Harrow]]
*[[February 24]] – [[The Beatles]] begin filming their second film, ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''
*[[March 6]] – [[The Temptations]]' "[[My Girl (The Temptations song)|My Girl]]", written by [[Smokey Robinson]] and [[Ronnie White|Ronald White]], from [[Motown Records]], reaches number 1.
*[[March 18]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] members [[Mick Jagger]], [[Brian Jones]] and [[Bill Wyman]] are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London petrol station. The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order.
*[[March 20]] – The 10th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1965|Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Naples]], Italy, is won by 17-year-old [[France Gall]], representing [[Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest|Luxembourg]], with the [[Serge Gainsbourg]]-composed ''"[[Poupée de cire, poupée de son]]"''.
*[[March 21]] – [[The Supremes]] have their fourth number-one single, "[[Stop! In the Name of Love]]", written by [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]].
*April – [[Michael Tippett]] is invited as guest composer to the music festival in [[Aspen, Colorado]]. The visit leads to major changes in his style.
*[[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 (band)|the Searchers]], [[Herman's Hermits]], The [[Anita Kerr]] Singers, [[The Moody Blues]], [[Wayne Fontana]] and [[the Mindbenders]], [[Donovan]], [[Them (band)|Them]], [[Cilla Black]], [[Dusty Springfield]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]].
*[[April 13]] – The [[7th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Beverly Hills]]. [[João Gilberto]] and [[Stan Getz]] each win the most awards with four, the latter winning [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] with [[Astrud Gilberto]] for the song "[[The Girl from Ipanema]]" and the pair collectively winning [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]''. [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], while [[The Beatles]] win [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[April 21]] – [[The Beach Boys]] appear on ''[[Shindig!]]'' performing their most recent hit, "[[Do You Wanna Dance?]]"
*[[April 26]] – The first complete performance of American composer [[Charles Ives]]' [[Symphony No. 4 (Ives)|Symphony No. 4]], conducted by [[Leopold Stokowski]] with the [[American Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City, is presented eleven years after the composer's death and around forty years since he last worked on it.<ref>{{cite web|author=Burkholder, Peter (worklist with James B. Sinclair; Gayle Sherwood)|editor=Macy, L.|title=Charles Ives|work=Grove Music Online|accessdate=2006-08-05|url=http://www.grovemusic.com/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6DD1739F936A25753C1A962948260|work=The New York Times|title=American Symphony and the Ives Fourth|first=Will|last=Crutchfield|date=1984-10-15|access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref>
*[[May 5]] – [[Alan Price]] leaves [[The Animals]], to be replaced temporarily by [[Mick Gallagher]] and permanently by [[Dave Rowberry]].
*[[May 6]]
** [[Keith Richards]] and [[Mick Jagger]] begin work on "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|Satisfaction]]" in their [[Clearwater, Florida]], hotel room. Richards comes up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand new [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] "Fuzz box".
** The [[Symphony of the New World]], the first racially integrated orchestra in the United States, plays its first concert, under its founding conductor [[Benjamin Steinberg (conductor)|Benjamin Steinberg]] in [[Carnegie Hall]], New York City.
*[[May 8]] – The [[British Commonwealth]] comes closer than it ever has, or will, to a clean sweep of the US Hot 100's top 10, lacking only a hit at number 2 instead of "[[Count Me In (Gary Lewis & the Playboys song)|Count Me In]]" by the American group [[Gary Lewis & the Playboys]].
*[[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
**Producer [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]], ([[Simon & Garfunkel]]) records a heavy backing band onto the song "[[The Sound 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 eventually reach number 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on New Year's Day 1966.
**The US music press popularize the term "[[folk rock]]", which has been in print at least since the November 2, 1963, issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, in which "Devil's Waitin'" by the Glencoves was said to have a "wide open folk-rock sound." The term was also used of "Twins" by Kingtones (March 7, 1964), the Men (July 25, 1964), and even of Hoyt Axton. People outside the trade begin to take notice of the term in June, 1965.
*[[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 14]] – [[Paul McCartney]] records "[[Yesterday (song)|Yesterday]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lewisohn|first=Mark|year=1988|author-link=Mark Lewisohn|title=The Beatles Recording Sessions|publisher=Harmony Books|location=New York|isbn=0-517-57066-1|page=10}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – [[Maria Callas]] gives her last operatic performance, as ''[[Tosca]]'' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
*[[July 9]] – The release of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] musical film ''[[Aayirathil Oruvan (1965 film)|Aayirathil Oruvan]]'' marks the end of the composing partnership between [[T. K. Ramamoorthy]] and [[M. S. Viswanathan]].
*[[July 25]] – [[Electric Dylan controversy]]: [[Bob Dylan]], playing a second day at the [[Newport Folk Festival]], is booed for playing an electric set with The [[Paul Butterfield]] Blues Band. [[Joan Baez]] and [[Donovan]] also play sets.
*[[August 6]]
**The [[Small Faces]] release "[[Whatcha Gonna Do About It]]", their first single.
**[[The Beatles]] release the soundtrack to their second movie ''[[Help!]]''
*[[August 14]] – The husband-and-wife American pop duo [[Sonny & Cher]] earn their first number one hit [[I Got You Babe]]. It peaks at that position in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.
*[[August 15]] – [[The Beatles]] play at [[Shea Stadium]], the first rock concert to be held in a venue of this size. The concert also sets 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 30]] – [[Donovan]] appears on ''[[Shindig!]]'' in the U.S. and plays [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]]'s "[[Universal Soldier (song)|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]]''.
*[[October 26]] – [[The Beatles]] are appointed [[British honours system|Members of the British Empire]] (MBE) by the Queen. Since it is unusual at this time for popular musicians to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complain and protest.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jess|last=Cagle|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20271377,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425100339/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20271377,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2009|title=Heavy Medal|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|location=U.S.|date=1990-10-26|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref>
*[[November 5]] – [[The Who]] release their iconic single "[[My Generation]]" in the UK. This song contains the famous line: "I hope I die before I get old"
*[[November 14]] – [[The Supremes]] have their sixth number-one record, "[[I Hear A Symphony]]", for Motown Records.
*[[November 26]] – [[Arlo Guthrie]] is arrested in [[Great Barrington, Massachusetts]], for the crime of [[litter]]ing, perpetrated the day before ([[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]) in the nearby town of [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]]. The resultant events and adventure will be immortalized in the song "[[Alice's Restaurant]]".
*[[December 3]]
**[[The Beatles]] release their album ''[[Rubber Soul]]'', along with the double A-sided single "[[Day Tripper]] / [[We Can Work It Out]]".  [[George Harrison]]'s performance on the sitar on the track "Norwegian Wood" leads to his becoming a pupil of [[Ravi Shankar]].
**[[The Who]] release their debut album ''[[My Generation (album)|My Generation]]''.
*Undated
**[[Rockfield Studios]] (near [[Rockfield, Monmouthshire]] in Wales) becomes the world's first residential [[recording studio]].
**[[Toho College of Music]] is established in [[Kawagoe, Saitama]], Japan.