# 184: 1966: Music and Headlines

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Tonight on the show, a look back in 1966 through song. What was going on around the world in 1966?

EMMYS:
Comedy: The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Actor: Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Actress: Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Supporting Actor: Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
Supporting Actress: Alice Pearce (posthumous), Bewitched (ABC)
Drama: The Fugitive (ABC)
Actor: Bill C*sb*, I Spy (NBC)
Actress: Barbara Stanwyck, The Big Valley (ABC)
Supporting Actor: James Daly, Eagle in a Cage - Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
Supporting Actress: Lee Grant, Peyton Place (ABC)
Variety Series: The Andy Williams Show (NBC)
Children's Program: A Charlie Brown Christmas (CBS)

TONYS:
Play: Marat/Sade
Musical: Man of La Mancha

OSCARS (First broadcast in Color in 1966):
Best Picture: The Sound of Music
Actor: Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
Actress: Julie Christie, Darling
Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns
Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
Director: Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
Original Song: "The Shadow of Your Smile", The Sandpiper
Foreign Language Film: The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)

GRAMMYS:
Record of The Year: "A Taste of Honey" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Album of The Year: "September of My Years" - Frank Sinatra

SPORTS:
Local High School Champions: Bishop Watterson Eagles (Football, Ohio AP)
"The Game": Michigan (17-3 over the B*ckeyes in Columbus)
College Baseball: The Ohio S**** B*ckeyes
College Football: Notre Dame (AP)/Michigan State
AFL: Kansas City Chiefs
NFL: Green Bay Packers
NBA: Boston Celtics (eighth consecutive title)
MLB: Baltimore Orioles
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens
World Cup: England
NCAA Basketball: Texas Western (first all-black starting lineup to win)
Kentucky Derby & Preakness: Kauai King
Heisman: Steve Spurrier, Quarterback (Florida Gators)
Master's: Jack Nicklaus

SONG LIST:
“When A Man Loves A Woman” - Percy Sledge
“Black Is Black” - Los Bravos
“Strangers In The Night” - Frank Sinatra
“Eleanor Rigby” - The Beatles
“Last Train To Clarksville” - The Monkees
“Solitary Man” - Neil Diamond
“I Fought the Law” - The Bobby Fuller Four
“Working (In the Coal Mine)” - Lee Dorsey
“Words of Love” - The Mamas and the Papas
“Flowers on the Wall” - The New Christy Minstrels
“Paint It Black” - The Rolling Stones
“Jeannie” - Hugo Montenegro
“Batman” - Neal Hefti
“You're My Soul and My Inspiration” - The Righteous Brothers
“Born Free” - Matt Monro
“Love You To” - The Beatles
“The Shape Your Stomach's In” - The T-Bones
“(Theme from) Star Trek” - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

“Daydream” - The Lovin' Spoonful
“England Swings” - Roger Miller
“You're Gonna Miss Me” - 13th Floor Elevators
“96 Tears” - Question Mark and the Mysterians
“The Ballad of the Green Berets” - Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler
“Wouldn't It Be Nice” - The Beach Boys
“Mame” - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
“Mas Que Nada” - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
“The Poor Side of Town” - Johnny Rivers
“The Summer Wind” - Frank Sinatra
“Winchester Cathedral” - Lawrence Welk/Bob Lido
“I Saw Her Again” - The Mamas and the Papas
“Cherish” - The Association
“Monday, Monday” - The Mamas and the Papas
“Summer In The City” - The Lovin' Spoonful

LINKS:
- http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1966.html
- http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/The_Headlines_of_1966.html
- http://metv.com/stories/these-were-the-top-pop-hits-around-the-world-50-...
- http://metv.com/lists/8-huge-historic-sporting-events-of-1966
- http://www.1966vwbeetle.com/1966majornewsevents.htm
- http://pop-culture.us/Annual/1966.html
- http://www.1960sflashback.com/1966/news.asp
- http://www.infoplease.com/year/1966.html
- http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1966