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Roberta Flack and Blood Sweat And Tears play as part of the The Summer Of Stars concert series in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rick Wakeman headlines a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, supported by Procol Harum and Gentle Giant. Unfortunately, Procol Harum's equipment truck fails to arrive, so they arrange to borrow some gear from Gentle Giant. Then, just before Procol Harum take the stage, Wakeman vetoes the loan, making it impossible for the band to perform. A fued erupts between Wakeman and Procol which results in the bizarre story going public via interviews with Procol on WEBN Radio.
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Fallin' In Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds, How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved By You] by James Taylor and Wasted Days And Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender all enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
After years of serious alcohol abuse, country music singer and songwriter Lefty Frizzell, regarded as one of the first 'outlaw' country stars, dies aged 47 of a massive stroke, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Ten years later, George Strait will record the tribute song Lefty's Gone, written by Sanger D. Shafer, on his 1985 album Something Special.
How Sweet It Is by James Taylor enters the Billboard US Top 40 Singles Chart where it will peak at No5 during a thirteen-week run. The song is a cover of a Holland-Dozier-Holland composition which had previously been a hit for both Marvin Gaye and Junior Walker And The All Stars.
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To What The Man Said by Paul McCartney And Wings reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. (1975)
Supership, the debut solo single by George
Benson, peaks at No98 on the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA. (1975)