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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.
Gilbert O'Sullivan enters the UK pop singles chart with Ooh Baby, which will peak at No18.
Singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara is
machine-gunned by Chilean government soldiers. His body is
dumped on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, South America. The 2008
song Victor
Jara's Hands by Calexico is about his life
and influence, and makes reference to the fact that the bones of
his hands were broken by his military torturers in the days before
he died. Victor Jara's death is also referenced in The Clash's 1980
song Washington Bullets.
The second Steely Dan album, Countdown To Ecstasy, enters the Billboard album chart in the USA where it will peak at No35.
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