GOOD VIBRATIONS - BEACH BOYS - 1966

GOOD VIBRATIONS – The Beach Boys

#1 December 10th, 1966

NEWS

• The Black Panthers & the National Organization of Women came into being
• U.S. warplanes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
• The Road Safety Act is passed which leads to the use of the Breathalyzer.
• The US Supreme Court rules in the Miranda case that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• J. Edgar Hoover announces all evidence suggests that Lee Harvey Oswald was acting alone.
• The Merry Pranksters were a group of people who formed around American author Ken Kesey, that promoted the use of psychedelic drugs.

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• T.V: Batman premiered on ABC for two and a half seasons. The first episode of Star Trek premiered in September.
• MOVIES: The Sand Pebbles, Grand Prix,  Born Free
• John Lennon boasted that the Beatles were “More popular than Jesus” and that set off a bunch of protests & record burnings in U.S.A.  
• NFL & AFL finally merged
• Hot Wheels were the hot toys & we liked getting all tied up playing Twister.

DEAD

• Walt Disney: (Walter Elias Disney) December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966. He has won 26 Academy Awards out of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year. 

#1@1

• Their third U.S. number-one hit and first British chart-topper
• It is #6 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
• It featured instruments unusual for a pop song, including prominent use of the cello and an electro-theremin.
• Beach Boys & Good Vibrations…Your #1 @ 1 from December 1966.