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Stray play at the Greyhound, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Sutherland Brothers.
Lou Reed returns to New York City, USA, having completed the recording of his solo debut album in London, UK.
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Sly And The Family Stone release a new single, Runnin' Away, on Epic Records in the USA.
Paul McCartney and Wings play their first live show together, at Nottingham University, Nottingham, England, UK. This marks the beginning of a tour in which the dates are not announced or advertised. The band simply turns up in towns around the country and seeks out a suitable venue.Pink Floyd perform their latest work, Dark Side Of The Moon, during the third of four shows at The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
Got To Be There, the first solo album by Michael Jackson enters the Billboard US Pop and Black Albums Charts simultaneously, in the USA. It will peak at No3 in the Black Albums chart and No14 in the Pop Chart.
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The Beach Boys play at New York State University, State University Plaza, Albany, New York State, USA.
Got To Be There, the first solo album by Michael Jackson enters the UK Top 50 albums chart, where it will peak at No37 during a five-week run.
Tony Christie takes part in the annual Golden Orpheus Song Festival in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, Europe. Unknown to Christie and the other performers, their appearances are recorded and will be bootlegged illegally as an LP - with Bulgarian government approval - throughout Russia and the Eastern Bloc.
The Country Joe McDonald plays the second of six nights at The Boarding House, San Francisco, california, USA.
Eccentric rock'n'roller Screaming Lord Sutch is arrested after jumping from a bus in Downing Street, London, UK, with four naked women. The incident is just one of many publicity stunts pulled by Sutch who attempted for many years to become a Member Of Parliament, standing as the candidate for the Monster Raving Looney Party. David Bromberg is recording tracks for his Columbia Records album Wanted Dead Or Alive, with members of The Grateful Dead acting as session players. On the same day, The New York Dolls play at the Mercer Arts Center, in the Grand Central Hotel, New York City, and catch the ear of Mercury Records A&R man Paul Nelson, who decides to sign the band to the label.
One of the first electronic pop hits, Popcorn by Hot
Butter, enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA where it will peak at
No9 during a 12-week run on the chart. The song, composed by
Gershon
Kingsley of electronic duo Perrey And
Kingsley, is the first primarily electronic-based piece of
music to reach the American popular music charts. (1972)
The Sutherland Brothers play at The Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, England, UK, Europe.
Peter Criss places an ad in Rolling Stone magazine which reads "Experienced Rock And Roll drummer looking for original group doing soft & hard music." He will become the drummer in Kiss.
Robert Fripp [of King Crimson] and Brian Eno [formerly of Roxy Music] record The Heavenly Music Corporation at Eno's home studio in the UK, for their album No Pussyfooting.
When John Prine plays at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, New York City, he is joined by Bob Dylan for three songs.
When John Prine plays at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, he is joined by Bob Dylan for three songs.
When Jefferson Airplane play at Winterland, San Francisco, the tracks Have You Seen The Saucers' and Twilight Double Leader are recorded for their live album 30 Seconds Over Winterland.
During a North American tour, Pink Floyd play at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA.
John Lennon, music publisher Morris Levy and Lennon's attorney Harold Seider meet for lunch at Club Cavaliero, 58th Street, New York City, USA, to discuss why Lennon had failed to record three songs owned by Levy on his recently released LP Walls And Bridges. Lennon explains to Levy that he had indeed recorded three Big Seven songs for what he thought would be his "next" LP, Rock'n'Roll, but that producer Phil Spector had disappeared with the tapes.
T.Rex, Poco and the Doobie Brothers play at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rosalie Sorrels plays the second of two nights at the Freight And Salvage Coffee House, 1827 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA.
San Francisco hippy pioneers The Grateful Dead play the first of three nights at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Catch Bull At Four by Cat Stevens reaches No1 in the Kent Music Report Australian Albums Chart.
David Bowie plays the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
David Bowie plays the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tickets go on sale for the upcoming Led Zeppelin tour of the UK, with prices pegged at £1. Motown Records re-release I Want You Back/ABC and The Love You Save/I'll Be There by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, on their Yesteryear imprint in the USA.
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