Folk-rock

Bill Curbishley is born in London, England, UK, Europe. He will find success in the 70s as a manager of rock bands, including The Who and Judas Priest, and later looking after artists Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Bob Dylan writes the first draft of Blowin' In The Wind in New York City, USA. Inspired by the lyrics of the song, Sam Cooke will record A Change Is Gonna Come in 1963.

The Serendipity Singers play at The University Of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

The Searchers play in The Docklands Settlements Ball in The Savoy Hotel, London, UK. In the audience is Princess Margaret, who is so taken by their performance, that instead of performing their allotted two numbers, they are allowed to continue and perform nine.

Dusty Springfield releases a new EP, Dusty In New York, on Philips Records in the UK.

Billboard magazine in the USA reviews the newly-released album Odetta Sings Dylan on RCA Victor Records, describing it as, "A natural for folk buffs. The matching sensitivity of the popular Odetta's singing and the songs of folk master Bob Dylan are hard to beat."

With a new wave of folk-rock influencing the charts, The Byrds perform the Bob Dylan song All I Really Want To Do on tv pop music series Shivaree, recorded in Los Angeles, California, USA, for KABC-tv. Mel Carter and Chris Crosby appear in the same edition.

TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features Peter And Gordon performing To Know You Is To Love You and I Go to Pieces.

The Top Ten Singles on 4BC Radio in Australia, Oceania, for the week of October 24, 1965, are as follows :

1. QUE SERA,SERA(WHATEVER WILL BE,WILL BE) - NORMIE ROWE And The PLAYBOYS

2. Velvet Waters - Tony Worsley

3. Wedding Ring - The Easybeats

4. Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire

5. Il Silenzio - Nini Rosso

6. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys

7. You Were On My Mind - We Five

8. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

9. I Live For The Sun - The Sunrays

10. Little Boy Sad - M.P.D. Limited

Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia, South America. Within a year, avant-garde rock band The United States of America will be inspired to write Love Song For The Dead Che, but there will be many others to follow from artists including Joan Baez, Judy Collins, The Levellers and Bill Laswell, to name only a few.

Kaleidoscope play the last of five nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.

George Harrison of The Beatles returns to London, England, UK, after having spent Christmas in Woodstock, New York State, USA, with Bob Dylan.

Sandy Denny, formerly vocalist with Fairport Convention, plays her first solo gig at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

Bob Dylan spends the second of four days recording tracks, including When I Paint My Masterpiece, at Blue Rock Studio, New York City, USA. Leon Russell and Bob Johnston are acting as co-producers.

While filming for Renaldo And Clara at The Curio Lounge, Burlington, Vermont, USA, Bob Dylan shoots a scene with his friend Bobby Neuwirth which does not appear in the finished film.

Jackson Browne plays in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bob Dylan plays the last of three nights at Palaeur, Rome, Italy, Europe. The tour is a double-header with Carlos Santana.

Neil Young And The International Harvesters play in The Quality S eal Amphitheatre at the World's Fair, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Fairport Convention play at The Arts Centre, Poole, England, UK, Europe.

MTV announces that it will air Cher's video for If I Could Turn Back Time at night only, explaining that the singer shows a little too much of her rear end in the clip.

On her Other Side Of The Mirror tour, Stevie Nicks plays at The Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jethro Tull play at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Steve Earle And The Dukes play at The Irsih Centre, leeds, England, UK.

Bob Dylan And Merle Haggard play the last of three nights at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Bruce Cockburn plays at The White Ribbon Fundraiser in the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Taj Mahal plays at the Jazz Café, Camden Town, London, England, UK.

The Vans Warped Tour, plays at Columbia Meadows, Portland, Oregon, USA, with a bill including My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, The Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.

Joseph Arthur plays at The Soundhaus, Northampton, England, UK.

The Duhks play at The Borderline, London, England, UK.

Chris Mills plays on the daystage at Lincoln Centre, New York City, USA.

Bob Dylan plays at the SouthSide Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bob Dylan plays in The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

Joshua Radin plays at The Concorde 2, Brighton, UK.

Dennis Locorriere plays at The Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock, Scotland, UK, Europe.

Ellie Goulding plays at The Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

On a tour in support of his third album, Gilded, Blair Dunlop plays at The Music Room, Liverpool, England, UK.

A jury in Los Angeles, California, USA, clears Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin of having stolen the opening riff of their signature hit Stairway To Heaven from the song Taurus by Los Angeles-based 60s band Spirit.

Ed Sheeran plays the first of two nights at The Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

Revered singer and songwriter John Prine dies aged 73 of coronavirus aka Covid-19, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.