The arguments for 1966 as the year popular music irrevocably changed are sound. Rock began emerging from pop as its serious offspring. Earnest expression, as opposed to fluffiness or accessibility, ...
A chaotic, kaleidoscopic 1966 single like The Yarbirds’s “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” pointed to the bifurcations, as did The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, the 1966-recorded but 1967-issued debut ...