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Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, having been injured in a car accident the previous August in Greece, Europe, takes his first unaided steps.For £3.30, fans at the first day of The Great British Music Festival at Olympia, London, England, UK, Europe, see Procol Harum, John Miles, Barclay James Harvest, Baker Gurvitz Army and Snafu.
Elvis Presley is at home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, entertaining Captain Jerry Kennedy of the Denver police force, and Ron Pietrafeso, head of Colorado's Strike Force Against Crime, in the jungle room. During the evening, Elvis decides to fly to Denver to buy a sandwich.
In Manchester, England, UK, Europe, tv producer Anthony Wilson (Tony Wilson) is given a copy of the LP Horses by Patti Smith. He will go on to found the influential Factory Records, home of Joy Division and New Order.Former Velvet Underground mainmen Lou Reed and John Cale play their first concert together in many years at St Marks Church, New York City, USA, during the Poetry Project’s annual benefit show.
The album A Night At The Opera and the single Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen are both awarded UK platinum discs by the BPI.
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