The band formed in 1966 in San Diego. The original members were Doug Ingle (vocals, organ, formerly of Jeri and the Jeritones and Palace Pages, Iron Butterfly’s forerunner), Jack Pinney (drums), Greg Willis (bass), and Danny Weis (guitar, also of Palace Pages). The group were soon joined by vocalist and…
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Jerry Penrod replaced Willis after the band relocated to Los Angeles in the summer of 1966. Pinney eventually left to return to school. Bruce Morse then replaced Pinney until Ron Bushy (from a group called the Voxmen) joined when Morse left due to a family emergency. A booking at Bido…
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Wilson collaborated with jingle writer Tony Asher on several of the songs for the album Pet Sounds , a refinement of the themes and ideas introduced in Today! . In some ways, the music was a jarring departure from their earlier style. Released on May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds was…
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McCartney was initially reluctant to try it, but eventually did so in late 1966. He became the first Beatle to discuss LSD publicly, declaring in a magazine interview that “it opened my eyes” and “made me a better, more honest, more tolerant member of society”.
In Britain throughout 1966, EMI flooded the UK market with Beach Boys albums not yet released there, including Beach Boys’ Party! , The Beach Boys Today! and Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) , while Best of the Beach Boys was number 2 there for several weeks at the end of…
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Throughout the summer of 1966, Brian concentrated on finishing the group’s next single, ” Good Vibrations “. It was one of the most complex pop productions ever undertaken, with sessions for the song stretching over months in four major Hollywood studios, and the most expensive single then ever recorded. Simultaneously,…
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Os Mutantes were formed in São Paulo in 1966 by two brothers: Arnaldo Baptista (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Sérgio Dias Baptista (guitar and vocals), and lead singer Rita Lee . They were originally named Six Sided Rockers. The Baptistas’ father was a poet and mother a pianist, and the…
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Each was impressed with the other’s playing abilities, prompting Baker to ask Clapton to join his new, then-unnamed group. Clapton immediately agreed, on the condition that Baker hire Bruce, who had joined Manfred Mann since leaving Graham Bond, as the group’s bassist; according to Clapton, Baker was so surprised at…
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September 1965 saw the launch of an American Saturday-morning cartoon series, The Beatles , that echoed A Hard Day’s Night ‘s slapstick antics over its two-year original run. The series was the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.
Controversy erupted in June 1965 when Queen Elizabeth II appointed all four Beatles Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) after Prime Minister Harold Wilson nominated them for the award. In protest – the honour was at that time primarily bestowed upon military veterans and civic leaders –…
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