The debut album My Generation was released in late 1965.
In early 1965, following a dinner with Lennon, Harrison and their wives, Harrison’s dentist, John Riley, secretly added LSD to their coffee. Lennon described the experience: “It was just terrifying, but it was fantastic. I was pretty stunned for a month or two.” He and Harrison subsequently became regular users…
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Allen Klein took over his role as the band’s manager in 1965. Richards recalled, “There was a new deal with Decca to be made … and he said he could do it.” The US version included the double A-side single ” Let’s Spend the Night Together ” and ” Ruby…
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Enthusiastic reception on television and regular airplay on pirate radio helped the single slowly climb the charts in early 1965 until it reached the top 10.
In early 1965, the Who made their first appearance on the TV music show, Top of the Pops , at the BBC ‘s Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester , with “I Can’t Explain”.
The next single, ” My Generation “, followed in October. Townshend had written it as a slow blues, but after several abortive attempts, it was turned into a more powerful song with a bass solo from Entwistle. The song used gimmicks such as a vocal stutter to simulate the speech…
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In January and February of that year, the band played 34 shows for around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand.
The band’s second UK LP, The Rolling Stones No. 2 , was released in January 1965 and reached No. 1 on the charts.
Issued in the summer of 1965, it was their fourth UK No. 1 and their first in the US, where it spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 .
Their second international No. 1 single ” Get Off of My Cloud ” was released in the autumn of 1965, followed by another US-only LP, December’s Children (And Everybody’s) .