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The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.
Pink Floyd hold their final recording session for the album Dark Side Of The Moon in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, UK.
Powerpop band Blue Ash begin recording their debut album, No More, No Less at Peppermint Productions, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
Randy Newman records thirteen demos of the songs which will become his concept album Good Old Boys.
Paul McCartney and his family fly out of London, England, UK, Europe, to Gibraltar in Spain, from where they will fly on to Marrakesh in Morocco, Africa. While staying at the luxurious Mamunia Hotel in Marrakesh they will begin rehearsing and writing songs for the band's next LP.
Bob Dylan is recording tracks for the soundtrack of the film Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, in Burbank Studios, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. Among the tracks recorded on this day is Rock Me Mama, a half-completed, largely mumbled country-flavoured ramble, which will not be released by Dylan. Nevertheless, in 2004 it will be re-titled Wagon Wheel, updated and amended with new lyrics by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, going on to achieve platinum sales. Then in 2013, Darius Rucker will release his version of Wagon Wheel, in the USA and it will top the Billboard Country Chart, achieving triple-platinum status.