GOOD LOVIN’ - RASCALS - 1966

NEWS

• Indira Gandhi is named the Prime Minister of India.  

• Scientists cracked our genetic code

• Miranda v. Arizona: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

• Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act, dealing with daylight saving time he also signs the Freedom of Information Act, which goes into effect the following year.

• The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded in Washington, DC

• Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 people and wounds 31 from atop the University of Texas at Austin Main Building tower, after earlier killing his wife and mother.

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “Born Free”, “Grand Prix” & “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken”.

• T.V.: “Star Trek”, “Batman” “Dark Shadows”and“ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”(Narrated by Boris Karloff, is shown for the first time on CBS, becoming an annual Christmas tradition.)

• The album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released. 

• Bob Dylan's album, Blonde on Blonde is released in the U.S.

• The National Hockey League expands to twelve teams.

• John Lennon proclaimed that the Beatles were “More popular than Jesus”

• Kwanza is celebrated for the first time.

 

DEAD

• Walt Disney

• Lenny Bruce

 

#1@1

• The Rascals' first television performance was on the program Hullabaloo in February 1965.

• The song was first recorded in 1965 by R&B/novelty artists The Olympics, but was only moderately successful.

• Felix Cavaliere heard it on a New York City radio station and the group added it to their concert repertoire.

• Ranked number 325 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

• The song has since been performed and recorded by a number of artists, including Tommy James and the Shondells (1966), Herbie Mann (1966), The Who (1965), and The Grateful Dead made it a workhorse of their concert rotation,

• The Young Rascals and “Good Lovin’” the #1@1 from April 1966.



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