Editing 1967 in music (section)

==Events==
* [[January 4]] – [[The Doors]] release their debut album, ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]''.
* [[January 8]] – [[Elvis Presley]] turns 32.
* [[January 13]] – [[Stephen Foster Memorial Day]] is observed for the first time in the United States (on the 103rd anniversary of the composer's death).
* [[January 14]] – The [[Human Be-In]] takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Polo Fields with spoken words from [[Timothy Leary]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Gary Snyder]] and others. Live music is provided by [[Jefferson Airplane]], the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] and [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]]. Speeches from [[Jerry Rubin]] and others are also given at the event.
* [[January 15]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in the United States. At [[Ed Sullivan|Sullivan]]'s request, the band change the lyrics of "[[Let's Spend the Night Together]]" to "Let's spend some time together".
* [[January 16]] – [[The Monkees]] begin work on ''[[Headquarters (the Monkees album)|Headquarters]]'', the first album to give them complete artistic and technical control over their material.
* [[January 17]] – The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' newspaper in Britain reports 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire; and Guinness heir [[Tara Browne]] is killed in a car wreck. These articles inspire lyrics for [[the Beatles]] song "[[A Day in the Life]]".
* [[January 22]] – [[Simon & Garfunkel]] give a live concert at [[Avery Fisher Hall|Philharmonic Hall]] in [[New York City]]. Some of this concert is released on October 4, 1997, on their box set ''Old Friends'', but most is not released until July 2002.
* [[January 29]] – [[Mantra-Rock Dance]], the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, is organised at [[Avalon Ballroom|The Avalon]] ballroom in San Francisco, featuring [[Janis Joplin]], the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], [[Moby Grape]], beat poet [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] in support of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]].
* [[January 30]] – [[The Beatles]] shoot a [[music video|promotional film]] for their forthcoming single "[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]" at [[Knole Park]] in [[Sevenoaks]].
* [[February 3]] – UK [[record producer]] [[Joe Meek]] murders his landlady and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at [[Holloway, London|Holloway]], [[North London]].
* [[February 6]] – [[Michael Nesmith]] and [[Micky Dolenz]] of the Monkees fly into London. Dolenz sees ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' on [[British TV]] and uses the term "Randy [[Scouse]] Git" from the programme for the title of the Monkees' next single release "[[Randy Scouse Git]]", not realising it is an offensive term. British censors force the title to be changed to "Alternate Title" in the UK.
* [[February 7]] – Micky Dolenz meets [[Paul McCartney]] at his home in [[St John's Wood]], London, and they pose together for the press. His impressions of the visit feature in the lyrics of "Randy Scouse Git".
* [[February 10]] – [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] Studio 2 session with [[Michael Nesmith]] and other friends in attendance as [[the Beatles]] record "[[A Day in the Life]]" with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] performing an "orgasm of noise" featured twice in the song.
* [[February 12]] – British police raid 'Redlands', the Sussex home of [[Keith Richards]] in the early hours of the morning following a tip-off about a party from the ''[[News of the World]]''; although no arrests are made at the time, Richards, [[Mick Jagger]] and art dealer [[Robert Fraser (art dealer)|Robert Fraser]] are subsequently charged with possession of drugs.
* [[February 14]] – [[Aretha Franklin]] records "[[Respect (Aretha Franklin song)|Respect]]" at the [[New York City|New York]] based [[Atlantic Studios]].
* [[February 16]] – "Aretha Franklin Day" is declared in [[Detroit, Michigan]].
* [[February 24]] – The [[Bee Gees]] sign a management contract with [[Robert Stigwood]].
* [[March 2]] – The [[9th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Kirk Douglas]]. [[Frank Sinatra]] wins the most awards with five, including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for ''[[A Man and His Music]]'' and [[Record of the Year]] for "[[Strangers in the Night]]". [[The Beatles]] win [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Michelle (song)|Michelle]]".
* [[March 3]] – [[Eric Burdon & the Animals]] refuse to perform a show in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], unless they are paid in advance. The audience of 3000 riots, causing $5000 in damages to the auditorium.
* [[March 11]] – A taped appearance by [[the Beatles]] on ''[[American Bandstand]]'' includes their new [[music video]] for the songs "[[Penny Lane]]" and "[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]".
* [[March 19]] — Foundation of the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]].
* [[March 25]] – [[The Who]] perform their first concert in the United States, in [[New York City|New York]].
* [[March 27]] – [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] are awarded the [[Ivor Novello]] award for "[[Michelle (song)|Michelle]]", the most performed song in Britain in 1966.
* [[March 30]] – [[The Beatles]] pose with a photographic [[collage]] and wax figures from [[Madame Tussaud's]] famous museum for the cover artwork of ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album at Chelsea Manor Studios in [[London]].
* [[March 31]] – Kicking off a tour with [[the Walker Brothers]], [[Cat Stevens]] and [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] at the [[London Astoria]], [[Jimi Hendrix]] sets fire to his guitar on stage for the first time. He is taken to hospital suffering burns to his hands but the guitar-burning act will become a trademark of Hendrix's performances.
* [[April 8]] – The 12th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1967|Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in the [[Hofburg Imperial Palace]], [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. The [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]] wins the contest for the first time with the [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]]/[[Phil Coulter]] song "[[Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)|Puppet on a String]]", sung by [[Sandie Shaw]] barefoot.
* [[May 1]] 
** [[Paul McCartney]] reveals that all four members of [[the Beatles]] have "[[LSD|dropped acid]]".
** [[Elvis Presley]] marries [[Priscilla Beaulieu]] at the [[Aladdin, Las Vegas]].
* [[May 2]] – In the United States, [[Capitol Records]] pulls the plug on [[the Beach Boys]]' mysterious ''[[Smile (Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' project. [[Brian Wilson]], who has taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, cannot bring himself to finish it.
* [[May 12]]
** <!--May 12 -->[[Pink Floyd]] stage the first ever rock concert with [[quadraphonic]] sound at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], London ("[[Games for May]]"). 
** <!--May 12 -->The debut album of [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]], ''[[Are You Experienced]]'', is released in the [[UK]], where it was recorded.
* [[May 15]] – [[Paul McCartney]] meets American photographer [[Linda McCartney|Linda Eastman]] at the "Bag O' Nails" club in London.
* [[May 19]] – Linda Eastman photographs [[the Beatles]] at the London press party for ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' held at the Chapel Street home of [[Brian Epstein]]. Media present are perplexed by the band's fashion statements and the music itself.
* [[May 26]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' by [[the Beatles]] is rush released in the UK as mono and stereo LPs ahead of the scheduled June 1 release date. "The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815 was the week the ''Sgt. Pepper'' album was released."<ref>[[Langdon Winner]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.</ref>
* [[May 30]] – [[BBC Light Programme]] radio in the UK broadcasts an edition of ''Where It's At'' featuring [[the Beatles]] interviews and [[John Lennon]]'s comedy intro to "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]". The BBC refuse to air "[[A Day in the Life]]" for alleged "drug references" in the lyrics.
* [[June 1]] – Greece's fascist junta issues "Army decree No 13", which bans playing or listening to the music of [[Mikis Theodorakis]].
* [[June 4]] – [[Jimi Hendrix Experience]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Denny Laine]] and his Electric String Band, [[Procol Harum]] and [[The Chiffons]] perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at the [[Saville Theatre]] in London.
* [[June 10]]–11 – The KFRC [[Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival]] at [[Mount Tamalpais]] in [[Marin County, California]] features [[Canned Heat]], [[the Byrds]], [[the Seeds]], [[Blues Magoos]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[the Doors]], [[Country Joe and the Fish]] and others on the bill for a charity concert attended by 20,000-40,000;<ref name="shannon2009">{{cite book |author=Shannon, Bob |title=Turn It Up! American Radio Tales 1946&ndash;1996 |publisher=austrianmonk publishing |year=2009 |page=310 |isbn=978-1-61584-545-3 |oclc=496123438 |access-date=21 February 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOd_Y6_Af8EC&pg=PA310}}</ref> considered America's first [[rock festivals|pop festival]], but eclipsed in stature by the Monterey Pop Festival the following week.
* [[June 15]] – English cellist [[Jacqueline du Pré]] marries Jewish conductor [[Daniel Barenboim]] at the [[Western Wall]] in Jerusalem.
* [[June 16]] – [[Barbra Streisand]] performs a live concert "[[A Happening in Central Park]]" in [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Central Park]].
* [[June 16]]–18 – The [[Monterey Pop Festival]], one of the world's first outdoor rock music festivals, is held in Monterey, California. Stars include the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Burdon & the Animals, the Byrds, [[The Association]], Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and [[Ravi Shankar]]. Otis and the MG's take the stage at 1:00 am after Jefferson Airplane and bring down the house; 55,000 are estimated to be in attendance.
* [[June 19]] – During his stay in California on a houseboat in Sausalito, while listening to the Beatles' ''Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band'', [[Otis Redding]] is inspired to compose "[[The Dock of the Bay]]".
* [[June 25]] – [[The Beatles]] debut "[[All You Need Is Love]]" to close the ''[[Our World (International TV special)|Our World]]'' television special from London, the first worldwide television broadcast, seen live by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries. Backing singers include [[Eric Clapton]], members of [[the Rolling Stones]] and [[the Who]].
* [[June 28]]
** <!--June 28 -->[[The Supremes]] perform for the first time as Diana Ross & the Supremes at the [[Flamingo Hotel]] in Las Vegas. [[Florence Ballard]] is fired from the group on July 1, and on-hand stand-in [[Cindy Birdsong]] permanently takes Ballard's place in the group.
** <!--June 28 -->[[The Monkees]] fly into London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
* [[June 29]] – [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]] are sentenced to jail in England for drug possession. They later appeal successfully against the sentences.
* June–July – Shortly after the end of the [[Six-Day War]], conductor Leonard Bernstein leads the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] on a tour to the Sinai desert, the site of fighting only days before.
* [[July 1]] – [[William Rees-Mogg]], editor of ''The Times'' (London), uses the phrase "[[Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?]]" in his editorial criticizing the prison sentences given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richard two days earlier.
* [[July 2]] – [[Jeff Beck]] and [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]] perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at the [[Saville Theatre]] in London.
* [[July 3]] – [[The Beatles]] host a party at [[the Speakeasy Club]] for [[the Monkees]] on the completion of their concerts in London.
* [[July 5]] – First of the [[Schaefer Music Festival]]s, held in [[Central Park]], New York City. The lineup consists of [[Len Chandler]], [[the Young Rascals]] and [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]].  
* [[July 18]] – The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a tour of [[the Monkees]] after complaints from the conservative [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]. (Hendrix's manager [[Chas Chandler]] later admits it was a publicity stunt.)
* [[July 29]] – [[Motown Records]] releases "[[Reflections (The Supremes song)|Reflections]]," the first single by the group's new billing, "[[Diana Ross]] & [[the Supremes]]" and after firing founding member [[Florence Ballard]]; Ballard, nevertheless, sings on the record and appears on the vinyl's cover alongside group members Ross and [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Wilson]] because the song was recorded before her dismissal.
* [[August 4]] – [[Pink Floyd]] release their debut album, ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]''. It peaks at number 6 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and is the only one made under the leadership of founder [[Syd Barrett]].
* [[August 14]] – The [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967]] becomes law in the United Kingdom, and most [[offshore radio]] stations (including [[Wonderful Radio London]]) have already closed down. Only [[Radio Caroline]] North & South on 259 will continue, as Radio Caroline International.
* [[August 21]] – [[Mikis Theodorakis]] is arrested by the Greek military authorities and jailed for five months.
* [[August 23]] – [[Brian Epstein]]'s last visit to a Beatles' recording session, at the Chappell Recording Studios on Maddox Street, London. The last new Beatles song he lives to hear is "Your Mother Should Know". Epstein dies of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate or sleeping pill, in his locked bedroom, on August 27.<ref>{{cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|author-link=Barry Miles|title=Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now|year=1997|publisher=Henry Holt & Company|edition=1st Hardcover|isbn=978-0-8050-5248-0|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=-eh8BedNtLgC}}|page=355}}</ref>
* [[August 27]] – [[The Beatles]], in Bangor, [[Wales]], with the [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] since August 25, are informed of the death of their manager [[Brian Epstein]], and return to London at once.
* [[August 31]] – [[Paul McCartney]] calls a band meeting to discuss his TV movie idea about a psychedelic bus ride.
* [[September 7]] – [[Eric Burdon]] marries Angie King.
* [[September 16]] – Too ill to conduct, after undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer, Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]] makes a valedictory appearance at the [[Last Night of the Proms]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/1960s/1967/september-16/7903 BBC Proms Archive]. Accessed 28 May 2013</ref>
* [[September 17]] &ndash; In the United States:
** [[The Doors]] appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' and perform "Light My Fire". Despite having agreed to Sullivan's request that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, [[Jim Morrison]] performs it the way it was written and the Doors are banned from the show.
** [[The Who]] destroy their instruments during a performance on ''[[The Smothers Brothers]] Comedy Hour''.  [[Keith Moon]]'s exploding drum kit injures [[Pete Townshend]].<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-who-spark-an-explosion-on-national-television "The Who spark an explosion on national television", This Day in History]. Accessed 24 March 2013</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Tangerine Dream]] is founded by [[Edgar Froese]] in [[West Berlin]].
* [[September 30]] – The [[BBC]] in the UK introduces a pop music channel, [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]], and changes the [[Light Programme]] into the more MOR-orientated [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]], also renaming the [[Third Programme]], which covers classical music and culture, into [[BBC Radio 3|Radio 3]] (and transforming the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] into the speech-oriented [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]). Radio 1's split from Radio 2 is heralded by "[[Theme One]]", specially composed by [[George Martin]]; Radio 1's programmes then launch with a jingle recorded by [[PAMS]], the voice of DJ [[Tony Blackburn]] and his signature tune, an extract from "Beefeaters" by [[Johnny Dankworth]]. The first full single played is [[the Move]]'s "[[Flowers in the Rain]]". The first song played on Radio 2 is [[Julie Andrews]] with the title song from "[[The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Mark|title=50 facts about Radio 1 & 2 as they turn 50|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41414837|publisher=BBC News|date=2017-09-30|access-date=2024-06-24}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – [[Harold Wilson]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], wins a libel action against rock band the Move in the English [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] after being depicted in a compromising position on a promotional postcard for their record "Flowers in the Rain"; in settlement, royalties from the song will be donated to charity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/11/newsid_2542000/2542413.stm|title=1967: Harold Wilson wins Moving apology|work=BBC News|access-date=2008-02-03|date=11 October 1967|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307123212/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/11/newsid_2542000/2542413.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008<!--DASHBot-->|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – [[Tammi Terrell]] faints and collapses into duet partner [[Marvin Gaye]]'s arms onstage during a performance at the [[Hampton University]] [[homecoming]] in [[Virginia]]. She is later diagnosed with a [[brain tumor]], and will die from brain cancer in 1970 at the age of 24.
* [[October 18]] – The first issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine rolls off the press at about 5:30pm,<ref name="RS #22">{{cite magazine|date=November 23, 1968|title=Rolling Stone A Year Old|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.|issue=22|pages=6}}</ref> with a cover dated November 9 and featuring a photo of [[John Lennon]] in the film ''[[How I Won the War]]''. The original inspiration for the magazine was ''[[Bomp!]]'' magazine based in California.
* [[October 27]] – Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]]'s memorial service in [[Westminster Abbey]] is attended by 3,000 people including [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|Princess Marina of Kent]], [[Bridget D'Oyly Carte]], [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Larry Adler]], [[Douglas Fairbanks Junior]], [[Léon Goossens]], Sir [[Arthur Bliss]], and representatives of the London orchestras and of the Promenaders. [[Colin Davis]] and the BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra perform the music.<ref>''The Times'', 28 October 1967, p. 10.</ref>
* [[November 22]]
** [[Oricon]] is founded in Japan by Sōkō Koike and begins publishing a singles chart.
** [[Otis Redding]] records "[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]" at [[Stax Records]]' studio in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
** [[George Harrison]] begins recording tracks for ''[[Wonderwall Music]]'', his first solo album, in London; he continues the recording in Mumbai.
* [[December 5]] – [[The Beatles]] open the [[Apple Boutique]] in [[London]]. Party guests include [[Eric Clapton]] and movie director [[Richard Lester]].
* [[December 7]] – Otis Redding records [[overdub]]s to "[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]".
* [[December 8]] – [[Otis Redding]] and his backup band, [[Bar-Kays]], play at a popular nightclub, Leo's Casino in Cleveland, Ohio. This is to be Redding's last performance. Two days later he and four of the six Bar-Kays are among the six people who die when a [[Beechcraft Model 18]] plane in which they are traveling crashes in [[Lake Monona]], Madison, Wisconsin, one of the worst air tragedies in entertainment history, and the worst since "[[The Day the Music Died]]" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a crash in 1959.
* [[December 9]] – During a performance at the [[New Haven Arena]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], [[Jim Morrison]] of [[the Doors]] becomes the first singer to be arrested on stage, having previously been sprayed with a can of [[Mace (spray)|mace]]. He is charged with inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity. The charges are dropped several weeks later due to a lack of evidence.
* [[December 15]] – [[The Who]] release their third studio album, ''[[The Who Sell Out]]''. It is a concept album, formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements.
* [[December 26]] – First telecast of [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' (filmed mostly during September) on [[BBC1]] in the UK. Shown in black and white, it upsets McCartney because it ruins the intended psychedelic color effects.
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** [[Pickwick Records]] releases an LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by [[Simon & Garfunkel]], recorded under their pseudonym [[Tom and Jerry (band)|Tom & Jerry]], and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file a legal challenge, and the record is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
** [[Toots & the Maytals]] releases "[[54-46 That's My Number]]", one of the first [[reggae]] songs.
** The [[Savonlinna Opera Festival]] is re-launched in [[Savonlinna]], [[Finland]], after a gap of fifty years.
** The first LP recording of traditional [[Estonia]]n music, ''Eesti rahvalaule ja pillilugusid'', is released.
** The [[International Society of Bassists]] is founded by [[Gary Karr]].
** [[Ali Akbar Khan]] founds a school of music in California.