Sam and Dave
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Sanders, Ed
Sanders, Farrell “Pharoah”
Sanger, Margaret
Saxon, Sky
Schaffner, Nicholas
Schulz, Charles
Schwartz, Loren
Scorsese, Martin
Scott-Heron, Gil
Seale, Bobby
Sebastian, John
Sedgwick, Edie
Seeds
Seeger, Pete
Seekers
Sellers, Peter
Shankar, Ravi
Shrimpton, Chrissie
Shrimpton, Jean
Simon, Paul
Simon and Garfunkel
Simone, Nina
Sims, Speedo
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Nancy
Sir Douglas Quintet
Skatalites
Sledge, Percy
Slick, Grace
Sloan, P. F.
Softley, Mick
Sonics
Sonny and Cher
Sounds Orchestral
Sovine, Red
Spector, Phil
Spector, Ronnie
Spock, Benjamin
Spokesmen
Springfield, Dusty
Springsteen, Bruce
Stanley, Owsley
Stanton, Frank
Staples, Mavis
Staples, Roebuck “Pops”
Staple Singers
Starr, Ringo
Stax Records
Steinbeck, John
Stewart, Ian
Stewart, Jim
Stills, Stephen
Streisand, Barbra
Strieber, Anne
Stubbs, Levi
Sun Ra
Supremes
Talmy, Shel
Tarplin, Marv
Taylor, Derek
Temptations
Tex, Joe
Them
Thompson, Hunter S.
Thurmond, Strom
Tiegel, Eliot
Toots and the Maytals
Tork, Peter
Tosh, Peter
Townshend, Pete
Tucker, Maureen
Turner, Tina
Turtles
Tyner, McCoy
Unterberger, Richie
Valens, Richie
Vandellas
Van Dyke, Earl
Van Gelder, Rudy
Velvet Underground
Vietnam War
Vincent, Gene
Viva
Vivian, C. T.
Volman, Mark
Voormann, Klaus
Wagoner, Porter
Wailer, Bunny
Wailers
Walker Brothers
Wallace, George
Warhol, Andy
Watts, Alan
Watts, Charlie
Watts riots
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
Weavers
We Five
Weil, Cynthia
Wein, Chuck
Weinberg, Jack
Weir, Bob
Weller, Sheila
Wells, Mary
Wenner, Jann
Westmoreland, William
Wexler, Jerry
White, Edward Higgins
White, Ronald
Whiteley, Sheila
Whitfield, Norman
Who
Williams, Hank
Williams, Larry
Williams, Otis
Williams, Paul
Williams, Tennessee
Wilson, Brian
Wilson, Carl
Wilson, Dennis
Wilson, Harold
Wilson, Mary
Wilson, Murry
Wilson, Tom
Wilson, Wes
Wilson, Woodrow
Wolfe, Tom
Wonder, Stevie
Wrecking Crew
Wright, Johnnie
Wyman, Bill
Yanovsky, Zal
Yardbirds
Yarrow, Peter
Young, Faron
Young, Neil
Young Rascals
Zamudio, Domingo “Sam”
Zappa, Frank
Zombies
The Beatles pose as a marching band while filming their second feature film, Help!, in Obertauern, Austria, in March. From left: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison. (Courtesy of United Artists/Photofest)
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez in Embankment Gardens, London, on April 27. Dylan’s tour of England would be captured in the documentary feature Don’t Look Back, directed by D. A. Pennebaker. (Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis/Associated Press)
James Brown warms up for the Los Angeles syndicated TV show Shivaree on June 26, three weeks after the release of “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag.” (Courtesy of Photofest)
Andy Warhol, taboo-bursting artist, filmmaker, and manager of the Velvet Underground, with model/actress Edie Sedgwick, muse to Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. (Courtesy of the Associated Press)
Stevie Wonder (foreground) with the Motown musicians known as the Funk Brothers: producer Clarence Paul (behind Wonder); back row, from left: Joe Hunter on piano, Larry Veeder on guitar, Benny Benjamin on drums, James Jamerson on bass, and Mike Terry on sax. (Courtesy of Photofest)
Folk singer–turned–pop star Marianne Faithfull enjoyed a string of Top 10 U.K. hits throughout the year and was perhaps one of the inspirations for Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.” (Courtesy of London Records/Photofest)
The Rolling Stones perform in Münster, Germany, on September 11, four days after recording “Get Off My Cloud” in Hollywood. From left: Charlie Watts on drums, Brian Jones on guitar, and Mick Jagger. (Courtesy of the Associated Press/Schroer)
A bondsman and a U.S. Marshal escort Johnny Cash from El Paso County Jail to the federal courthouse on October 5 after his arrest for crossing the Mexican border with 688 Dexedrine speed capsules and 475 Equanil downers. (Courtesy of the Associated Press)
The Grateful Dead (at the time named the Warlocks) imitate the Beatles’ Help! album cover, wearing Beatle boots. On December 4 they changed their name when they began performing for Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests. From left: Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Ron “Pigpen” McKernan. (Courtesy of Photofest)
The Byrds in New York for their December 12 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. From left: Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Jim McGuinn, Michael Clarke, and Gene Clark. (Courtesy of Photofest)
Acknowledgments
I am deeply grateful to my editor Rob Kirkpatrick for taking on the project, sharing his insights born of experience, helping to shape the narrative, and keeping it focused and moving forward.
Infinite thanks to editorial assistant Jennifer Letwack for pulling all the pieces together. The efforts of copy editor Jenna Dolan were crucial in strengthening the piece. Thanks to jacket designer Rob Grom for capturing the spirit of Rubber Soul and the early Acid Test posters, to production editor David Lott, publicist Joe Rinaldi, and marketing manager Karlyn Hixson.
It was a pleasure to work with freelance copy editor Laura Adiletta, who was vital in helping me see the forest for the trees. Many thanks to writers Morgan Hobbs, David Jenison, and Erick Trickey for their feedback, and to Jeff McCarty and Jay Burnley for going above and beyond the call of duty.
My agent, Charlie Viney, encouraged the project from the very beginning and has always provided inestimable guidance. Thanks also to Sally Fricker of the Viney Agency.
If I couldn’t live through 1965, at least I’m lucky enough to have YouTube to research the more obscure fringes of its music, along with the dusty bins of record conventions. Thanks to the night I heard “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” on the porch for the first time just before dawn, while the rain hissed on trees silhouetted by lightning and the great breeze of the summer thunderstorm blew through the screen. Thanks to my parents for passing on a sense of the ’60s’ epic romanticism, to Barb for being such a grea
t mother to Keira, and to Keira for sharing her toys with me (sometimes).
Also by Andrew Grant Jackson
Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles’ Solo Careers
Where’s Ringo?
About the Author
Andrew Grant Jackson is the author of Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles’ Solo Careers and Where’s Ringo? He has written for Rolling Stone, Yahoo!, Slate’s “Blogging the Beatles,” Baseline Studio System, music magazines Burn Lounge, Mean Street, and Dispatch, and has copyedited the Hollywood monthly magazine Ingenue. He directed and cowrote the feature film The Discontents, starring Perry King and Amy Madigan, and served as actor Jeff Bridges’s development associate at AsIs Productions. He lives in Los Angeles.
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