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Journey play at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Led Zeppelin score
eight first prizes in the Hot Licks poll in New Zealand,
Oceania. Their wins in the poll are - best group in the world; world's finest vocalist for
Robert Plant; world's foremost guitarist and producer for
Jimmy Page; No1 bassist and third-best keyboardist for John Paul Jones; world's greatest drummer for John Bonham. Page and Plant are also awarded the top prize for their song writing abilities and John Paul Jones takes first place in the miscellaneous instrument category along with Ian Anderson of
Jethro Tull.
Jackson Browne begins recording sessions for his fourth album, The Pretender, with producer Jon Landau. The sessions will, however, be abandoned on the 25th when Browne's wife Phyllis Major commits suicide.
David Bowie's Station To Station tour plays the second of two nights in Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) by
The Four Seasons is the No1 single in the UK.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pure Prairie League and The Atlanta Rhythm Section play at The Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

The final edition of It's Cliff Richard And Friends, the second weekly tv variety series starring
Cliff Richard, is broadcast in the UK on BBC-1.
Elvin Bishop makes a live appearance at Peaches Records, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Kiss play at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA, supported by Montrose.
The Who play the first of two nights at The Pavilion de Paris, Paris, France, Europe.
AC/DC are presented with gold record awards for both High Voltage and TNT, in Melbourne, Australia,
Oceania.