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Leland Bruce Sklar is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. he will find success as bass guitarist Lee Sklar, working with Carole King, Phil Collins, Jimi Hendrix and many others.
Marianne Faithfull records As Tears Go By at Olympic Sound Studios, Baker Street, London, UK, with Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass. Page and Jones will later form Led Zeppelin. The song is written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.
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At Record Plant, New York City, USA, the Jimi Hendrix Experience tracks Long Hot Summer Night and House Burning Down are mixed. (House Burning Down is said to have been inspired by the Watts Riots in Los Angeles.)


Deep Purple, Mighty Baby, Andromeda, Spencer Davis Train and Arthur Brown play at Worthing Workshop's Bonanza Benefit Ball, in the Pier Pavilion, Worthing, England, UK, Europe.

A Led Zeppelin gig at The Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA, is delayed because guitarist Jimmy Page has sprained his finger on the fence at LA airport.
On their World Invasion Tour, Van Halen play in Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, supported by Rail.

Unmasked Tour, Kiss play at Palasport di Genova, Genoa, Italy, Europe, supported by Iron Maiden.
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Eliminator tour, ZZ Top play the second of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Wendy And The Rockets.
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Parents Music Resource Center [PMRC] petitions the music business to introduce a rating system to warn buyers about violent or sexually explicit lyrics.
The Washington Wives' music censorship pressure group



Them Crooked Vultures, a 'supergroup' featuring Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, play their first live concert, at The Metro, Chicago, Illinois, during the Lollapalooza festival weekend.




Frank Turner, Gaz Brookfield, Hayseed Dixie, The Oompah Brass, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers and These Reigning Days play on the third and final day of The Looe Music Festival 2014, at East Looe Beach and Harbour, Looe, England, UK.
The Crowns,

BPI announces that, in 2015, UK artists achieved a record 17.1% global share, which means that around one in every six albums sold worldwide originated in the UK. In the same period, audio streaming increased by 82% to 27bn plays, delivering a 69% rise in UK artists' income to £146.1m. Regrettably, an 88% rise in video streaming generated only a meagre increase in revenue from pure ad-funded platforms (such as YouTube) of 0.4% to £24.4m.
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The BPI announces that UK record label trade income rose by 7.3 per cent in 2019 to £1,069.8m – marking the fourth consecutive year of growth and fuelled by the continuing increase in streaming income, which increased by 21.8% to £628.9m. This is the highest level of annual trade income since 2006, when the combined total was £1,166.2m.

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