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From The Beatles to psychedelia, discover how 1966 changed Two of rock's biggest albums are 60, but what else happened in music foreverin 1966?
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When you think about the biggest albums of 1966, two records stand head and shoulders above the rest.
The Sound Of Silence, with new added rock'n'roll overdubs, went to number one and became the title track of a thrown-together follow-up album released by the reunited Simon & Garfunkel in January 1966 to capitalise on their new-found success.
Some historians point to The Beatles' album Rubber Soul and B side Rain as precursors to psychedelic rock, and they were among the musicians letting LSD ooze into their music.
Between August 64 and November 72, The Supremes released an astonishing 25 albums.
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The Sound Of Silence, with new added rock'n'roll overdubs, went to number one and became the title track of a thrown-together follow-up album released by the reunited Simon & Garfunkel.
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When you think about the biggest albums of 1966, two records stand head and shoulders above the rest.
The Beatles' Revolver and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds have tended to overshadow everything else released that year.
The Sound Of Silence, with new added rock'n'roll overdubs, went to number one and became the title track of a thrown-together follow-up album released by the reunited Simon & Garfunkel in January 1966 to capitalise on their new-found success.
Featuring the much-acclaimed Visions Of Johanna, the aching Just Like A Woman, the high-as-a-kite Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, and the epic romance of Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands, this double album is one of Dylan's best, capping off a trilogy of rock records after Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited.
Some historians point to The Beatles' album Rubber Soul and B side Rain as precursors to psychedelic rock, and they were among the musicians letting LSD ooze into their music.
UK band The Troggs are still touring to this day and released albums into the 90s, but their halcyon days lasted just 18 months, starting with their cover of Wild Thing in April 66 and ending with the sublime Love Is All Around in October 67.
1966 was a prolific year in which the band released two albums and two EPs, relocated to England, and put out one of the greatest Aussie songs of all time, Friday On My Mind.
Between August 64 and November 72, The Supremes released an astonishing 25 albums.
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