
March 20 – The 10th Eurovision Song Contest in Naples, Italy, is won by 17-year-old France Gall, representing Luxembourg, with the Serge Gainsbourg-composed " Poupée de cire, poupée de son".The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order. March 18 – The Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London petrol station.March 6 – The Temptations' " My Girl", written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, from Motown Records, reaches number 1.February 24 – The Beatles begin filming their second film, Help!.February 19 - Rod Stewart with The Soul Agents perform their first important concert in London club London Borough of Harrow.The story is about a 2,253-kilometer (1,400 mi) horse race that takes place in the old west.
February 12 – NME reports The Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon's novel A Talent for Loving. February 6 – Donovan performs the first of three performances on the British television program Ready, Steady, Go! This presents him to a widespread audience for the first time. January 27 – Paul Simon broadcasts on BBC's Five to Ten show, discussing and playing 13 songs, 12 of which would appear on his May-recorded and August-released UK-only solo album, The Paul Simon Song Book. January 24 – The Animals appear a second time on The Ed Sullivan Show. January 23 – " Downtown" hits #1 in the US singles chart, making Petula Clark the first British female vocalist to reach the coveted position since the arrival of The Beatles. The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison travel to Sydney to begin their Australian tour. Immigration Department forces the group to leave the theater. The Animals' show at New York's Apollo Theater is canceled after the U.S. January 17 – The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' book Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published. The first show includes performances by The New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & the Pacemakers.
January 12 – Hullabaloo premieres on NBC.January 4 – Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.