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- Sonny & Cher returned to No. 1 with “I Got You Babe”. Gary Lewis & the Playboys moved up to No. 2 with “Save Your Heart For Me”, The Beatles jumped from No. 14 to No. 3 with “Help!”, The Beach Boys were at No. 4 with “California Girls” and The Righteous Brothers at No. 5 with “Unchained Melody”. The rest of the Top 10: The Rolling Stones with “Satisfaction” at No. 6, The Four Tops with “It's The Same Old Song” at No. 7, Patty Duke with “Don't Just Stand There” at No. 8, Herman's Hermits with “I'm Henry VIII, I Am” at No. 9 and Billy Joe Royal with “Down In The Boondocks” at No. 10.
- The Lovin' Spoonful released the song “Do You Believe In Magic”.
- The Rolling Stones began a three-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with “Out Of Our Heads”, their fourth US studio album and the group's first album to reach the top of the US chart. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and knocked “Beatles VI” from the top spot. Its success was helped by songs including “Satisfaction” (#1), “The Last Time” (#9) and “Play With Fire”.
- The Who performed at the Palais in Bournemouth during their seventeen-date UK tour.
- During their North American tour, The Beatles played two concerts at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. Between the performances, Carl Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys visited them in their dressing room.
- Security staff at Granada Television's studio in Manchester used fire hoses against around two hundred screaming teenagers after they broke through security barriers while waiting for The Rolling Stones to arrive. Despite the chaotic atmosphere, the group successfully filmed its television segment, which included a performance of “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”.
- The Beatles held a star-studded party in Beverly Hills, during which John Lennon and George Harrison took LSD for the second time. During the experience, actor Peter Fonda said that he knew what it was like to be dead, which inspired Lennon to write the song „She Said She Said“.
- Erik Dahlgren, drummer of Swedish alternative rock band The Wannadies, was born. The group had the UK hit “You And Me Song” in 1996.
- The Beatles' second feature film “Help!” went into wide theatrical release across North America following its London premiere on July 29 and New York premiere on August 11.
- Sonny & Cher reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “I Got You Babe”, their only UK No. 1. In the same year, the song also topped the charts in Canada, New Zealand and the US. Sonny Bono was inspired when writing the song by the popularity of the word “babe”, which he had heard, for example, in Bob Dylan's “It Ain’t Me Babe”.
- The Beatles performed at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, before a sold-out audience of 35,000 people. Fans paid $5.50 for the highly sought-after tickets.
- The Byrds performed at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California.
- Elvis Presley hosted The Beatles at his rented home on Perugia Way in Bel Air, California, during a break in their North American tour. The four-hour meeting included discussions about music and an unrehearsed jam session. The Beatles were initially nervous, but Presley broke the tension. While the musicians were getting acquainted, their managers Colonel Tom Parker and Brian Epstein played pool in the next room. John Lennon later said that without Elvis, The Beatles would have meant nothing.
- Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd was born.
- On the final day of their five-day break during their North American tour, The Beatles visited a recording session by The Byrds and later, at around 10:00 p.m., visited Elvis Presley at his home on Perugia Way in Bel Air, Los Angeles. The meeting was initially somewhat stiff, but Elvis broke the tension by suggesting that they play together, followed by a jam session on Chuck Berry songs. Colonel Tom Parker and Brian Epstein played pool in the meantime. It was The Beatles' only personal meeting with Elvis Presley.
- Billy Joe Royal scored his biggest pop hit when “Down In The Boondocks” climbed to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. He later reached the Top 40 three more times with “I Knew You When”, “I've Got To Be Somebody”, and “Cherry Hill Park”, before finding success on the country charts in the 1980s with twelve Top 40 hits.
- Bob Dylan performed the opening night of his 40-date North American tour at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. He performed the first set solo, while Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Harvey Brooks, and Al Kooper accompanied him in the second. Dylan performed an acoustic and an electric set, with the electric set also featuring the premiere of “Desolation Row”. Angry fans threw objects onto the stage, some rushed onto it and attempted to pull Al Kooper and Levon Helm from their stools. Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm appeared here for the first time as members of Dylan’s electric backing group. The hostile reaction continued the controversy that had begun at the Newport Folk Festival.
- “Papa's Got A Brand New Bag” became James Brown’s first song to break into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. It initially reached No. 10 and climbed to No. 8 the following week. Brown’s “new style” emphasized the first beat, or “one”, creating an unusual and highly effective rhythm.
- Canadian singer Shania Twain, born Eilleen Regina Edwards, was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Her 1997 album “Come On Over” became the best-selling album by a female artist in history across all genres and the best-selling country album of all time, with more than 40 million copies sold worldwide. She won five Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter Awards. She has sold more than 100 million recordings worldwide and is one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
- The Beach Boys’ album “Today!” was released in the United Kingdom.
- “California Girls” reached No. 3 on the US singles chart and later reached No. 26 in the UK. The music for the song was written during Brian Wilson’s first experience with LSD. Wilson recorded the vocals using Columbia’s new eight-track recorder, which allowed Mike Love’s lead vocal to be triple-tracked. “California Girls” was also the first Beach Boys recording to feature Bruce Johnston’s vocals.
- The Rolling Stones announced that Allen Klein, whom they had met three days earlier, would become their manager alongside Andrew Loog Oldham. At the same time, The Rolling Stones signed a five-year recording contract with Decca Records.
- The Rolling Stones performed at Balboa Stadium in San Diego during their US tour before more than 15,000 fans.
- During their US tour, The Beatles performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California. Tickets cost $3. The live album "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl", released in May 1977, was compiled from two performances at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and this 1965 concert.
- Bob Dylan released the album “Highway 61 Revisited”, which marked his definitive transition to an electric sound. The album included, among others, “Like a Rolling Stone”, which reached No. 2, and the more than eleven-minute song “Desolation Row”.
- The Beatles performed two concerts at Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, during their North American tour, before a total audience of 28,700.
- Australian actor, musician and singer Craig McLachlan was born.
- James Brown, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Kinks appeared on the television program Shindig!. James Brown performed “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” which was No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time.
- They released their self-titled album “The Hollies.”
- Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity performed at The Marquee club in London.
- The Beatles received a gold record for the song “Help!”. The Recording Industry Association of America certified it as a gold record for sales of one million copies.
- The Beatles released “Yesterday”, featuring only Paul McCartney. More than 2,500 cover versions have made it one of the most frequently recorded songs in history.
- The Byrds released the album “Turn! Turn! Turn!”.
- The Doors recorded their first demo recordings at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California, where they recorded six songs by Jim Morrison.
- The Rolling Stones appeared on the British television program Ready Steady Go! Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of the Sonny & Cher song “I Got You Babe”.
- The roadies of The Who visited the London Battersea Dogs Home to obtain a guard dog to protect the band's equipment. While they were inside, thieves stole their unattended van and drove away with equipment worth £5,000. The empty van was later found.