September 18, 1964

The Beatles perform for the first and only time in Dallas, at Memorial Auditorium.

Nov. 28, 1964

British pop due Peter and Gordon perform in Dallas and appear on WFAA-Channel 8 TV show Irving Harrigan (Ron Chapman) and the Group.

Dec. 7, 1964

British rock group The Dave Clark Five perform at Memorial Auditorium.

Jan. 8, 1965

Dallas City Council raises fine for racing autos in speed contests from $25 to $100.

February 1965

Skateboard or “sidewalk surfing” craze hits Dallas.

Feb. 27, 1965

9 youths arrested for creating a disturbance at Jolly John’s drive-in hamburger stand in North Dallas.

March 1, 1965

Dallas City Council passes “Jolly John’s Law,” in an attempt to combat teenage rowdiness.

March 26, 1965

Dallas Morning News announces conversion of Stone Street, in downtown Dallas between Main and Elm, into a pedestrian "mall."

April 15, 1965

Gordon McLendon’s Gemini Twin drive-in movie theater officially opens with Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley on hand for an autograph party at the box before the new movie in which they star, “Beach Blanket Bingo,” opens on the south screen.

April 16, 1965

KLIF’s “Harrigan and Charlie” morning radio show airs from the Gemini twin with guests Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley.

July 9, 1965

The "Dallas After Dark" column in the Dallas Morning News announces that the new Studio Club on Sherry Lane in Preston Center is auditioning for "teenage folk or musical groups."

July 23, 1965

The Beach Boys perform at Memorial Auditorium.

Aug. 10, 1965

Dallas Morning News reports that North Dallas “has worst teen problem” and that the most notorious area is the neighborhood of Marsh and Forest lanes.

Aug. 19, 1965

NorthPark shopping mall officially opens. Dallas Morning News announces the opening of the Melody Shop, a large new music store at NorthPark.

Aug. 25, 1965

The Exotics, who have a hit record on the Mercury label, "Hey, Little Girl, perform at the Studio Club on Sherry Lane. Also on the bill are the Briks, "a local outfit."

Sept. 7, 1965

Teenage TV dance show, Sump’n Else, featuring local personality Ron Chapman, debuts on WFAA-Channel 8; show is broadcast from a remote studio at NorthPark shopping mall.

Nov. 6, 1965

Dallas Morning News reports that a “combo craze” has hit Dallas.

Nov. 21, 1965

The Rolling Stones perform in Dallas for the first time, at Memorial Auditorium.

Jan. 1, 1966

Dallas Morning News calls attention to “Dallas-based rock-and-roll group” The Five Americans and their present hit “I See the Light.”

Feb. 14, 1966

Six male students at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton are expelled for having "Beatle haircuts."

April 1, 1966

The Beach Boys perform at Memorial Auditorium. A teenage show, to benefit the Danny Thomas Leukemia fund is held at Market Hall; lineup includes The Five Americans, Dallas Frazier, Tommy Roe, Sharin Garrison, Floyd Dakil, The Dolls, Bobby Patterson, Jon & Robin, and the In Crowd.

April 16, 1966

Folksingers Peter, Paul and Mary perform at SMU's Moody Coliseum.

July 23, 1966

A Dallas police officer arrests a teenager (ironically, the son of another Dallas policeman), who allegedly assaults the officer while he is trying to break-up a “fracas” at Jack-in-the-Box drive-in restaurant on Forest Lane.

August 1966

Radio and TV personality Ron Chapman hosts three TV specials filmed in London, called “England Swings,” which air on WFAA-Channel 8.

Aug. 1, 1966

Dallas Morning News reports that cruising teenagers using their driveway as a “turn-round” continually bother Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Willaert, who live on Forest Lane at Cromwell Drive.

Aug. 22, 1966

A charity “roof-top hop” featuring Kenny and the Kasuals, the Floyd Dakil Four, the New Generation, and radio and TV personality Ron Chapman, takes place at the Sanger-Harris Preston Center store. Purpose: to raise money for the Dallas County Youth Council. Bands competing in the Starfinder ’66 competition, hosted by American Airlines and Vox, also perform.

Sept. 7, 1966

Three male students at Dallas' W.W. Samuell High School, who are also members of a local rock band called Sounds Unlimited, are suspended for having long hair. The next day they record a hastily-composed song, "Keep Your Hands Off of It," which becomes available for sale in local record shops and gets some airplay on local radio stations. After filing suit in federal court, the case eventually goes all the way to the Supreme Court, which rules against them 8 to 1, with Justice William O. Douglas dissenting.

Sept. 25, 1966

Bob Dylan performs at McFarlin Auditorium. Kenny and the Kasuals’ hit record, “Journey To Tyme,” reaches no. 11 on In Magazine’s “Fastest 45 in the West.”

Oct. 2, 1966

Dallas Morning News reports that Abnak, a Dallas-based record company whose lineup includes The Five Americans, Jon & Robin and the In Crowd, Bobby Patterson, and Dale Hawkins, has “gone national”

Nov. 11, 1966

A jury finds a North Dallas teenager not guilty of charges that he assaulted a policeman at the Jack-in-the-Box drive-in restaurant, on Forest Lane in North Dallas. The youth is also charged with biting off the tip of another youth’s nose on a different occasion. The Dallas Morning News reports that his trial, expected to begin on Monday, Nov. 14, may be postponed.

Nov. 23, 1966

The Monkees' Michael Nesmith (a former Thomas Jefferson high school student), visits Dallas and appears on Sump'n Else TV show.

Jan. 29, 1967

Top-40 AM radio station KBOX (KLIF’s rival) switches to County-and-Western format.

March 28, 1967

Singer/Actor Fabian Forte stops in Dallas to promote his forthcoming film, “Thunder Alley, to open in Dallas on March 30.

May 19 & June 6, 1967

Dallas Morning News reports on the popularity of downtown’s Stone Place pedestrian mall with “prophets” and “beatniks.”

Summer 1967

Lee Park becomes a gathering place for Dallas hippies.

September 1967

Dallas City Council passes “Stone Place Ordinance,” limiting the number of hours an individual may speak publicly or demonstrate at Stone Place pedestrian mall.

October 1, 1967

The Five Americans, John and Robin, the In Crowd, and the Fugitives perform two benefit shows at Louann's for the Dallas Musician's Relief Fund.

Jan. 22, 1968

“The Father of Soul,” James Brown, performs at Memorial Auditorium.

Jan. 23, 1968

Sam & Dave and Iron Butterfly perform at the grand 0pening of the Phantasmagoria nightclub.

Jan. 24, 1968

Chuck Berry performs at Soul City.

Jan. 26, 1968

Local teenage TV dance show, Sump’n Else, broadcast for the last time.

Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 1968

Soul singer Percy Sledge performs at Soul City.

Feb. 16, 1968

Jimi Hendrix Experience performs at State Fair Music Hall.

March 10, 1968

Eric Burdon and the Animals perform at State Fair Music Hall.

April 7, 1968

Paul Revere and the Raiders perform at Memorial Auditorium.

April 11-13, 1968

Flower Fair ’68, held at Market Hall, features Spencer Davis, Jimmy Reed, Mitch Ryder, Neil Diamond, Kenny O’Dell and the Beautiful People, the Lemon Pipers, and local favorites Kenny and the Kasuals.

Aug. 3, 1968

Jimi Hendrix Experience performs at Moody Coliseum, SMU.

Aug. 4, 1969

Led Zeppelin performs at State Fair Coliseum.

Aug. 30-31 & Sept. 1, 1969

Texas International Pop Festival held near Lewisville, Texas; features many of the same performers who headlined at Woodstock two weeks earlier. Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farmers are also in attendance, along with author Ken Kesey.

March 28, 1970

Led Zeppelin performs at Memorial Auditorium.

April 12, 1970

Dallas hippies clash with police in what becomes known as "the Lee Park riot"; some arrests are made.

April 19, 1970

Although another major clash with police is avoided at Lee Park, some hippies are arrested; one for burning a U.S. flag as a protest against the war in Vietnam.

April 28, 1970

Dallas Morning News reports that city council, reacting to earlier disturbs at Lee Park between hippies and police, has passed an ordinance making it illegal to swim in Turtle Creek and setting a fine of $200.

June 5, 1970

Jimi Hendrix performs at Memorial Auditorium.

June 25, 1970

The Dallas Morning News reports that a 19-year-old youth has been sentenced to four years in prison for burning a U.S. flag at Lee Park in April.

Oct. 16, 1970

Steve Miller Band, led by former Dallasite and St. Mark's student Steve Miller, performs at Memorial Auditorium.

Dec. 13, 1970

The Doors perform at State Fair Music Hall. Neil Diamond performs at McFarlin Auditorium.