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Decca Records releases The Who's "My Generation" in America. Issued three weeks earlier in Great Britain, the song had become a sort of anthem for British teens, rising to number two on the UK chart. In the US however, despite performing the tune on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the song will be mostly ignored and would get no higher than number 74 on the Billboard chart. "My Generation" was later named #11 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Nancy Sinatra, backed by studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, record "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" at Western Recorders in Hollywood. The record will peak at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 26th, 1966, and become the first of Nancy's ten US Top 40 hits. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who was inspired by a line spoken by Frank Sinatra in the 1963 comedy-western film 4 for Texas, "They tell me them boots ain't built for walkin'.

Since Mariah’s tune is getting airtime already….

Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmastime", a tune on which he plays all the instruments himself. The song would peak at #6 on the UK singles chart and #83 on the Cash Box Best Sellers chart, but did not reach the Billboard Hot 100. Considered by many fans as one of his weakest efforts, the record reportedly earns Maca $400,000 a year, which puts its cumulative earnings at near $15 million.

Rod Stewart and The Faces release "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse", their third LP together. The album contains the band's biggest hit, "Stay with Me", which reached #17 in the US and #6 in the UK, while the LP went to #6 in the US and #2 in the UK.

The Animals record their rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". It would reach #3 on the UK Official Chart and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lead singer Eric Burdon would later say of the song, "It was never considered Pop material, but it somehow got passed on to us and we fell in love with it immediately."

Janis Joplin is arrested at her concert in Tampa, Florida and charged with using "vulgar and indecent language". The incident began when a policeman with a bullhorn ordered people in the audience to sit down and Joplin responded, "Don't fuck with those people! Hey, Mister, what're you so uptight about? Did you buy a five dollar ticket?" When police backstage instructed Joplin to tell the audience to take their seats, she replied, "I'm not telling them shit." After being arrested in her dressing room, Joplin was released on bond and all charges were eventually dropped

Bob Dylan records "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", which will be released as the B-side to "Blowin' In The Wind". The tune was covered by many other artists, including Peter, Paul And Mary, who took it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.

Men at Work's debut album, "Business as Usual" tops the Billboard 200 album chart, where it would stay for fifteen consecutive weeks until it is dethroned by Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

As many as 1,000 teenagers who are protesting a recent 10 PM curfew, clash with police on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. The scene inspires Stephen Stills to write, "For What It's Worth", which will peak at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967 for Buffalo Springfield.

Thirty radio stations across the United States broadcast what it billed as a live show by Mott the Hoople. It was really nothing more than Hoople's studio tracks with dubbed-in applause.