Overview of the events of 1965 in British music
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This is a summary of 1965 in music in the United Kingdom .
15 January – The Who release their first hit single "I Can't Explain " in the UK. It was released a month earlier in the US.17 January – The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts ' book, Ode to a High Flying Bird , a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker , is published.21 January
23 January – "Downtown " hits #1 in the US singles chart, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles .24 January – The Animals appear a second time on The Ed Sullivan Show 27 January – Paul Simon broadcasts on BBC radio for the first time, on the Five to Ten show, discussing and playing thirteen songs, twelve of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only solo album, The Paul Simon Song Book 6 February – Donovan gets his widest audience so far when he makes the first of three appearances on "Ready, Steady, Go!".12 February – NME reports that the Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon 's novel A Talent for Loving . The story is about a 2,253-kilometer (1,400 mi) horse race that takes place in the old west. The film is never made.24 February –
20 March – Kathy Kirby , singing the UK entry "I Belong ", finishes second in the 10th Eurovision Song Contest in Naples , Italy, behind France Gall , representing Luxembourg .23 March – Benjamin Britten is appointed to the Order of Merit (OM).[ 2] April – Michael Tippett is invited as guest composer to the music festival in Aspen, Colorado. The visit leads to major changes in his style.
11 April – The New Musical Express poll winners' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles , The Animals , The Rolling Stones , Freddie and the Dreamers , the Kinks , the Searchers , Herman's Hermits , The Moody Blues , Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders , Donovan , Cilla Black , Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones .5 May – Alan Price leaves The Animals , to be replaced temporarily by Mick Gallagher and permanently by Dave Rowberry .6 May – Keith Richards and Mick Jagger begin work on "Satisfaction" in their Clearwater, Florida hotel room. Richards comes up with the classic guitar riff while playing around with his brand-new Gibson "Fuzz box".8 May – The British Commonwealth comes closer than it ever had, or would, to a clean sweep of the US Hot 100's top 10, lacking only the #2 slot.30 May – The Animals appear for a third time on The Ed Sullivan Show 12 June – The Beatles are appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. With no tradition of awarding popular entertainers such honours, a number of previous recipients complain and protest.June 14 – Paul McCartney records "Yesterday ".[ 3] July – John Cale , with his new collaborators Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison , makes a demo tape which he tries to pass on to Marianne Faithfull .[ 4] Velvet Underground .
5 July – Maria Callas gives her last operatic performance, in the title role of Tosca Royal Opera House , Covent Garden.13 July – The Beatles receive a record five Ivor Novello Awards .[ 5] 4 August – Iain Hamilton 's Cantos receives its world première at The Proms , performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Norman Del Mar .[ 6] 6 August
27 August – The Beatles visit Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air. It is the only time the band and the singer meet.11 September – The Last Night of The Proms is conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent , with Josephine Veasey as soloist for the traditional rendition of "Rule, Britannia ".[ 7] 30 September – Donovan appears on Shindig! Buffy Sainte-Marie 's "Universal Soldier".17 October – The Animals appear for a fourth time on The Ed Sullivan Show 5 November – The Who release their iconic single "My Generation " in the UK. This song contains the famous line: "I hope I die before I get old"3 December
Film and incidental music [ edit ] Be My Guest David Hemmings and Steve Marriott Catch Us If You Can the Dave Clark Five Every Day's a Holiday John Leyton , Michael Sarne and Peter Birrell .[ 13] Ferry Cross the Mersey Gerry and the Pacemakers [ 14] Help! The Beatles Three Hats for Lisa Joe Brown , Sid James , and Una Stubbs [ 15] Up Jumped a Swagman Frank Ifield , Annette Andre , and Suzy Kendall .[ 16] 1 January – John Digweed , DJ, record producer, and actor4 January – Beth Gibbons , vocalist (Portishead )6 January – Murray McLachlan , Scottish pianist[ 17] 10 January – Nathan Moore , singer (Brother Beyond )14 January – Slick Rick , rapper20 January – Heather Small , soul singer (M People )22 January – Andrew Roachford , singer-songwriter and keyboard player12 February – David Westlake , singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Servants )23 March – Marti Pellow , vocalist (Wet Wet Wet )1 April – Robert Steadman , composer7 April – Yorkie (David Palmer), bassist (Space )15 April – Graeme Clark , bass guitarist (Wet Wet Wet)13 May – Tasmin Little , violinist[ 18] 23 May – Simon Gilbert , drummer (Suede )31 May – Lisa I'Anson , DJ6 June – David White, guitarist (Brother Beyond )7 June – Billy Reeves , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Theaudience )23 June – Paul Arthurs , guitarist (Oasis and The Rain )4 July – Jo Whiley , radio DJ6 July – Anthony Marwood , English violinist19 July – Dame Evelyn Glennie , percussionist[ 19] 28 July – Nick Banks , drummer (Pulp )13 September – Zak Starkey , drummer, son of Ringo Starr [ 20] 19 September – Goldie , electronic music artist and DJ2 October – Roy Powell , jazz pianist, organist and composer12 October – Phil Creswick, singer (Big Fun )9 November – Bryn Terfel , operatic bass-baritone[ 21] 29 October – Richard Ayres , composer and music teacher.21 December – Stuart Mitchell , pianist and composerdate unknown
Date unknown – Caroline Dale , cellist8 February – Winifred Christie , pianist and composer, 82[ 22] 8 June – Erik Chisholm , composer, 61[ 23] 18 June – George Melachrino , conductor, singer and composer, 56[ 24] 2 July – Charles Kennedy Scott , organist and choral conductor, 88[ 25] 4 July – Edward Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville , music critic, 63[ 26] 24 July – Irene Browne , actress and singer, 69[ 27] 9 October – Ernest Read , conductor, organist, and music educator, 8610 October – Herbert Kennedy Andrews , organist and composer, 6125 November – Dame Myra Hess , pianist, 75[ 28] 20 December – Henry George Farmer , musicologist, 83
^ Stanley Sadie, "Richard Rodney Bennett's The Mines of Sulphur . Tempo (New Ser.), 73 , 24–25 (1965).
^ "No. 43610" . The London Gazette ^ Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions . New York: Harmony Books. p. 10. ISBN 0-517-57066-1 ^ John Cale & Victor Bockris What's Welsh For Zen London: Bloomsbury, 1999
^ Beatles Bible ^ BBC – The Proms – Archive . Accessed 17 April 2013^ BBC – Proms – Archive . Accessed 17 April 2013^ Fitch, Donald (1990). Blake set to music : a bibliography of musical settings of the poems and prose of William Blake . Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780520097346 ^ Gloag, Kenneth (1999). Tippett, A child of our time . Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780521597531 ^ Strimple, Nick (2005). Choral music in the twentieth century . Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus. p. 89. ISBN 9781574671223 ^ Latham, Alison (2004). The Oxford dictionary of musical works . Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780198610205 ^ "Passion Flower Hotel" . The Guide to Musical Theatre . Retrieved 16 October 2019 .^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY (1964)" . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2012-02-15 .^ Archer, Eugene (20 February 1965). "The Screen: 'Ferry Cross the Mersey':New Film Stars Gerry and the Pacemakers" . NYTimes . ^ BFI.org ^ BFI.org ^ Hall, Charles (2002). Chronology of Western classical music . New York: Routledge. p. 1027. ISBN 9780415942171 ^ "Tasmin Little" . Classic FM . Retrieved 17 August 2021 .^ Lang, Harry (1995). Deaf persons in the arts and sciences : a biographical dictionary . Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780313291708 ^ "News in Brief – A baby named Zak". The Times ^ LastName, FirstName (2003). Encyclopedia Britannica almanac . London: Encyclopedia Britannica. p. 111. ISBN 9781593390730 ^ The London Gazette ^ University of Edinburgh Journal ^ Joseph Murrells (1978). The Book of Golden Discs 84 . ISBN 978-0-214-20480-7 ^ Music in Britain ^ Michael De-la-Noy (1 January 1999). Eddy: the life of Edward Sackville-West ^ John Willis (June 1966). Screen World, 1966 ISBN 978-0-8196-0307-4 ^ Gerald Norris (June 1981). A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland ISBN 978-0-7153-7845-8
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