Music timeline
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Jimi Hendrix signs record deal with Ed Chalpin
On October 15, 1965, Hendrix signed a three-year recording contract with entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty. While the... Read more
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The Bee Gees release their first album The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs
The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs is the Bee Gees' debut LP (1967's Bee Gees' 1st was the international debut album), released under... Read more
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The Beatles release Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is the sixth UK studio album and the eleventh US release by the British rock band The Beatles. Produced by George Martin and released... Read more
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Dexter Holland is born
Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965 in Garden Grove, California) is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk rock... Read more
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Electric Prunes release single "Ain't it Hard/Little Olive"
The group started in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, though during the group's long disbandment, rumors circulated that they were from... Read more
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David Robert Hayward-Jones chooses stage name David Bowie
During the early 1960s, Bowie was performing either under his own name or the stage name "Davie Jones", and briefly even as "Davy Jones", creating... Read more
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Love releases self-titled album
Love is the eponymous debut by the Los Angeles-based band Love. Twelve of the album's fourteen tracks were recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in... Read more
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Electric Prunes release single "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"
"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" is a song written by Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz, which was recorded in late 1966 by The Electric... Read more
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The Bee Gees release Spicks and Specks
Spicks and Specks is the Bee Gees' second album. It was released in Australia in 1966 as Monday's Rain with "Spicks and Specks" released as the... Read more
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Love releases De Capo
Da Capo is the second album by the Los Angeles-based rock group Love. The bulk of Da Capo was recorded between September 27 and October 2, 1966.... Read more
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Elvis Presley releases How Great Thou Art
How Great Thou Art is a musical album by American entertainer Elvis Presley; it was his first non-soundtrack album recording of new material since... Read more
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Electric Prunes release self-titled album
The Electric Prunes is the 1967 debut album by The Electric Prunes. The first track, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", was a hit and became... Read more
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Jimi Hendrix releases Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced is the debut album by English/American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, it was the first LP for Track... Read more
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The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by British rock band The Beatles. Released 1 June 1967, it became a defining album... Read more
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David Bowie releases self-titled debut album
David Bowie is the eponymously-titled debut album by rock musician David Bowie, released in 1967 by Deram Records, a Decca offshoot. Its content... Read more
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The Bee Gees release Bee Gees' 1st
Bee Gees' 1st is the third studio album by the English rock band, The Bee Gees, however, their first album to be released internationally, as their... Read more
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Electric Prunes release Underground
Underground is a 1967 album by The Electric Prunes. The album contains some of the most classic dark psychedelia to ever have been recorded. "I"... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett's leadership—although he made some contributions... Read more
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Cedella Marley is born
Cedella Marley (born in Kingston, Jamaica on August 23, 1967) is daughter of reggae artist Bob Marley and Rita Marley. She played in her brothers'... Read more
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The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour
Magical Mystery Tour is the name of the 11-song album and 6-song double EP by the English rock band The Beatles, first released as an LP on 27... Read more
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Jimi Hendrix releases Axis: Bold as Love
Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Under pressure from their record company to follow-up the successful... Read more
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Electric Prunes release "Mass in F Minor"
Mass in F Minor is a 1968 album by the The Electric Prunes, consisting of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and arranged in the... Read more
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The Bee Gees release Horizontal
Horizontal is the fourth studio album by the Bee Gees, and the second to receive an international release. The LP was released in early 1968, and... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases A Saucerful of Secrets
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by Pink Floyd. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, at various dates from August, 1967 to... Read more
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Deep Purple release Shades of Deep Purple
Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 on Parlophone in the UK and Tetragrammaton in the... Read more