GOOD VIBRATIONS - BEACH BOYS - 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.

• Time Magazines Man of the Year was “The Generation 25 and Under” aka (Baby boomers)

• 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: “Bonanza,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” and “Bewitched.  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,” “A Man For All Seasons”

• John Lennon boasted that the Beatles were “Bigger than Jesus” and that set off a bunch of protests & record burnings in U.S.A.  

• NFL & AFL finally merged

• Barrel of Monkeys and View Masters 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.

• Brian Wilson called this song a "Pocket Symphony," and experimented with it over the course of many recording sessions. At the time, it was the most expensive pop song ever recorded, costing $40,000 to make.

• Brian Wilson worked on this obsessively. At the time, he stayed home and wrote music while the rest of the band toured. He was in a very bizarre phase of his life where he would spend long periods in bed and work in a sandbox. During this period, many considered him a genius because of the groundbreaking songs and recording techniques he came up with.

•  Here are The Beach Boys with Good Vibrations…Your #1 @ 1 from December 1966.