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Jazz drummer Billy Graham takes part in a drum battle with local drummers Joe Wade and Tom Doran at The Jazz Door Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.The Young Rascals, The Sopwith Camel and The Doors play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Chuck Berry arrives in the UK to begin a national tour, and plays his first shows at The Domino Club and the Princess Club in Manchester, England.In Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, The Beatles start work on the John Lennon composition Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite.
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Elvis Presley purchases a Colt Python pistol for $150 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. First generation San Francisco hippy band Moby Grape record the instrumental track Rounder for their eponymous Columbia Records debut album, but it is not released.
The Beatles' song Michelle receives the Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed song of 1966 in the UK.
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The Beatles are interviewed in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, by deejay Brian Matthew of the BBC. Later the same evening, they complete work on the song She's Leaving Home.
Country Joe And The Fish with Pacific Gas And Electric, play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Delta blues guitarist Skip James spends the last of three days recording tracks for his Vanguard Records LP Devil Got My Woman in New York City, USA.
Pink Floyd play at The Dance Hall, Eel Pie Island Hotel, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe. Work also continues at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, on the Floyd tracks The Gnome, Pow R Toc H, The Scarecrow and Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk.George Harrison of The Beatles is working on his song Within You, Without You at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Paul McCartney of The Beatles lands in Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK, Europe, after a visit to the USA.
George Hamilton IV records My Body's At Home, You Wonder Why and The Man Of Constant Sorrow in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Herbie Goins and The Night Timers play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Satin Dolls and Chances-R with Rob Chance.
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John Lennon takes delivery of his celebrated psychedelic Rolls Royce Phantom V. That day, The Beatles also start work on the song It's All Too Much in De Lane Lea Recording Studios, Kingsway, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fiddler On The Roof, starring Luther Adler and Dolores Wilson, is running during a lengthy engagement at McVickers Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The first Montreux Jazz Festival, a three-day event, begins in The Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, Europe. Acts appearing on the first day are The Jazz Ensemble De La Radio Et Television Hongroise, The Bjorn Johansens Sextet, The Old School Band, The Esa Pethman Quintet, The Santucci-Scoppa Quintet and Studio De Jazz.
Tammy Wynette records I Don't Wanna Play House and Soakin' Wet with producer Billy Sherrill in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Louis Armstrong And His Band are playing at The Ravinia Festival in Ravinia Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Blue Cheer and The Sopwith Camel play the second of two nights at the California Hall, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Roland Kirk Quartet and The New Salvation Army Band play the first of six nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Moby Grape play the second of three nights at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Moody Blues, The Ray King Soul Band, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Outer Limits, The Maze and Hamilton play on the opening night of the KSL Club, Banbury, England, UK, Europe.Three Bob Dylan albums, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde and Bringing It All Back Home, are simultaneously awarded gold discs in the USA.
Procol Harum play in the Konserthallen Liseberg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe, supported by The Gonks and The Harlem Kiddies.Country Joe And The Fish play the second of five nights at the Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela plays the fourth of ten nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Electric Flag and Mother Earth play the last of three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francsico, California, USA.
Lady Bird Johnson attends the Counter Inaugural Ball in The Ambassador Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Donovan opens a coast-to-coast American tour with a concert at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles have their final day of filming scenes at West Malling Air Station, Maidstone, Kent, UK, for their tv special Magical Mystery Tour.
The Grateful Dead are busted on drugs charges by narcotics agents at their 710 Ashbury Street house in San Francisco, California, USA.Eric Burdon And The Animals play the last of three nights at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, Scott Richard Kline is born in San Jose, California, USA. he will find success as vocalist Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, but will be found dead at the age of 48 in his band's tour bus, after a life blighted by drug abuse.Richie Havens, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Pink Floyd play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
Country Joe McDonald plays at the Straight Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA, with John Fahey.
The Purple Onion Two, a hipper version of the original folk club, opens at 435 Broadway, San Francisco, California, USA.
Aretha Franklin appears on the Lady In The Show float during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, USA.
The Five Americans play the last of four nights at The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Hour Glass, a band featuring guitarists Duane Allman and Gregg Allman, later of Allman Brothers Band.
Latin-American folk duo Dorita Y Pepe play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Georgie Fame continues with his three-week long Christmas engagement at the Mayfair Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.Jan |