(Saturday, January 1, 1966, New Year’s Day) — “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two non-consecutive weeks (Jan. 1/29, 1966).
It was the duo’s first of three number one hits on the chart (1966-1970) and ranked #156 on Rolling Stone‘s 2004 list “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
(Saturday, January 1, 1966, New Year’s Day) — “The Little Girl I Once Knew” by The Beach Boys peaked at #20 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, January 1, 1966, New Year’s Day) — “It’s My Life” by The Animals peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Beatles Cartoon TV Series - Episode 15 - I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, Mr. Moonlight'
(Saturday, January 1, 1966, New Year’s Day, 10:30 a.m. EST) –The Beatles are flying over Europe when their plane starts to crash and later, take a cruise to Hawaii but are chased by a flock of frenzied female fans on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
