1965 in music

Events

• January 4 - Fender Guitars 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.
• January 21 - The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney, Australia to begin their Australian tour
• 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 - NMES 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 - Under the advice of producer Tom Wilson, Simon and Garfunkel record a heavy backing band onto their song "The Sounds Of Silence," for release on 45 rpm single, and record backing song "We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin'" for it. The single will go on to hit #1 on the Billboard charts in December.
• 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.
• April 11 - The New Musical Express poll winners' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Animals, the Kinks, the Searchers, the Seekers, Herman's Hermits, 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 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.
• June 12- The Beatles were 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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joan Baez and Donovan also play sets.
• August 15 - The Beatles play Shea Stadium, which was 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 first and only time the band and the singer met.
• 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 US 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.
• 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".
• Paul Simon spends most of the year in the United Kingdom, building his career as a traveling solo folk-rock singer-songwriter.
• The Grateful Dead's musical career begins
• Teddy Pendergrass' musical career begins
• The Delfonics' musical career begins
• The Byrds' musical career begins
• Jefferson Airplane's musical career begins
• Lucinda Williams' musical career begins
• Burt Bacharach's musical career begins
• Los Jairas forms
• Marc Bolan's musical career begins
• Merle Haggard's musical career begins
• Mireille Mathieu's musical career begins
• Pink Floyd's musical career begins
• Paul & Paula; break up
• Commercial sale of pre-recorded musicassettes begins

Albums released

• The Beach Boys Today - The Beach Boys
• Help - The Beatles
• Rubber Soul - The Beatles
• The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
• Turn!_Turn!_Turn! - The Byrds
• Il Silenzio (Bonsoir mon Amour) - Dalida
• What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid - Donovan
• Catch the Wind - Donovan
• Fairytale - Donovan
• Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
• Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
• Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
• The Kink Kontroversy - The Kinks
• Orbisongs - Roy Orbison
• There is only one Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison
• Otis Blue - Otis Redding
• Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
• December's Children (And Everybody's) - The Rolling Stones
• Out Of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
• The Rolling Stones, Now - The Rolling Stones
• The Paul Simon Song Book - Paul Simon
• My Generation - The Who
• Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds

Top hits on record

• "Baby Please Don't Go" - Them
• "Cara Mia" - Jay and the Americans
• "Day Tripper" - The Beatles
• "Don't Just Stand There" - Patty Duke
• "Downtown" - Petula Clark
• "Eight Days A Week" - The Beatles
• "England Swings" - Roger Miller
• "Five O'Clock World" - Vogues
• "Hang On Sloopy" - The McCoys
• "Help!" - The Beatles
• "Help Me Rhonda" - The Beach Boys
• "Hene Ma Tov" - Dalida
• "I Can't Help Myself" - The Four Tops
• "I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown
• "I Got You Babe" - Sonny & Cher;
• "Il Silenzio (Bonsoir mon Amour)" - Dalida
• "Is It Really Over" - Jim Reeves
• "King of the Road" - Roger Miller
• "La Danse de Zorbaq (Zorba's Dance)" - Dalida
• "La Sainte Totoche" - Dalida
• "Le Flamenco" - Dalida
• "Let's Hang On" - The Four Seasons
• "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
• "Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds
• "My Girl" - The Temptations
• "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
• "Ride Away" - Roy Orbison
• "Satisfaction" - Rolling Stones
• "Snow Flake" - Jim Reeves
• "The Sounds Of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Stop! In the Name Of Love" - The Supremes
• "The Last Time" - The Rolling Stones
• "This Is It" - Jim Reeves
• "Ticket To Ride" - The Beatles
• "Turn Turn Turn" - The Byrds
• "Viva La Pappa" - Dalida
• "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles
• "What's New, Pussycat?" - Tom Jones
• "Yes, Mr. Peters" - Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell
• "Yesterday" - The Beatles
• "You Turn Me On" - Ian Whitcomb
• "Tiger Woman" - Claude King

Published popular music

• "The Ballad Of Cat Ballou" w. Mack David m. Jerry Livingston from the film Cat Ballou
• "Come Back To Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane from the musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
• "Do I Hear A Waltz?" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Richard Rodgers from the musical Do I Hear A Waltz
• "England Swings" w.m. Roger Miller
• "Flash, Bang, Wallop" w.m. David Heneker from the musical Half A Sixpence
• "Forget Domani" w. Norman Newell m. Riz Ortolani from the film The Yellow Rolls-Royce
• "Green Acres theme song" w.m. Vic Mizzy
• "I'd Do It Again" w.m. Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel from the musical Baker Street
• "I'm On Fire" w.m. Bruce Springsteen
• "The Impossible Dream" w. Joe Darion m. Mitch Leigh from the musical Man Of La Mancha
• "Jeannie" w.m. Hugo Montenegro and Buddy Kaye, theme from the TV series I Dream of Jeannie
• "Michelle" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
• "Moment To Moment" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini from the film Moment To Moment
• "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Burton Lane from the musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
• "Something Good" w.m. Richard Rodgers from the film of the musical The Sound Of Music
• "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)"      w. Paul Francis Webster m. Maurice Jarre from the film Doctor Zhivago
• "The Sweetheart Tree"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini
• "Until It's Time For You To Go" w.m. Buffy Sainte-Marie
• "What The World Needs Now Is Love"     w.Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "What's New Pussycat" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film What's New Pussycat
• "Who Can I Turn To?" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd
• "(On A) Wonderful Day Like Today" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley from the musical The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd
• "Yesterday" w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
• "You're Gonna Hear From Me" w. Dory Previn m. Andre Previn from the film Inside Daisy Clover

Classical music

• Mario Davidovsky - Inflexions for chamber ensemble
• Roberto Gerhard - Concerto for Orchestra
• György Ligeti - Requiem for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano solo, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1963-65)
• Eduard Tubin - Sonata for Viola and Piano

Opera

Musical theater

• Baker Street     Broadway production
• Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway revival
• Charlie Girl     London production
• Do I Hear A Waltz (Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production
• Drat! The Cat     Broadway production
• Half A Sixpence     Broadway production
• Hello, Dolly (Jerry Herman) - London production
• Man of La Mancha (Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh) - Broadway production
• On A Clear Day You Can See Forever     Broadway production
• Pickwick     Broadway production
• The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd     Broadway production

Musical films

• Help
• The Sound Of Music
• When The Boys Meet The Girls

Births

• January 4 - Beth Gibbons, Portishead
• January 15 - Adam Jones of Tool
• January 20 - Greg Kriesel of The Offspring
• January 20 - Heather Small, soul singer
• January 25 - Toni Halliday, lead singer and bass guitarist of Curve
• February 18 - Dr. Dre
• February 25 - Brian Baker of Bad Religion
• April 18 - Vinnie Moore
• April 25 - Eric Avery, Jane's Addiction
• May 13 - Tasmin Little, violinist
• May 16 - Krist Novoselic, Nirvana bassist
• May 17 - Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails
• May 31 - Lisa I'Anson, DJ
• June 10 - Jimmy Chamberlain of The Smashing Pumpkins
• July 9 - Courtney Love, Hole
• July 19 - Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
• July 23 - Slash
• August 6 - Ravi Coltrane, saxophonist
• August 28 - Shania Twain
• September 3 - Todd Lewis, Toadies
• September 7 - Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
• September 9 - Adam Sandler, comedian and musician
• September 12 - Norwood Fisher, Fishbone
• September 25 - Gene Ween, Ween
• September 26 - Cindy Herron, En Vogue
• October 8 - C.J. Ramone
• October 22 - John Wesley Harding
• November 6 - Greg Graffin, singer and founder of Bad Religion
• November 9 - Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
• November 21 - Björk
• December 21 - Gabrielle Glaser, Luscious Jackson
• December 23 - Bobby Schayer of Bad Religion

Deaths

• January 14 - Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress
• January 20 - Alan Freed, disc jockey
• January 29 - Jack Hylton, British bandleader
• February 15 - Nat King Cole, complications following surgery for lung cancer
• March 22 - Harry Tierney, musical theatre composer
• May 1 - Spike Jones, comedy musician
• June 18 - George Melachrino, English conductor, singer and composer
• June 28 - Red Nichols, US bandleader and cornettist
• July 1 - Claude Thornhill, US bandleader, pianist and composer
• July 14 - Spencer Williams
• July 16 - Ted Snyder, US composer and music publisher
• September 4 - Albert Schweitzer, missionary and musician
• September 8 - Dorothy Dandridge, actress and singer
• October 21 - Bill Black, US musician
• November 6 - Clarence Williams; Edgar Varèse
• November 25 - Dame Myra Hess
• December 10 - Henry Cowell, composer
• December 11 - Rafael Hernandez, composer
• December 16 - Tito Schipa, tenor

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1965

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1965