Prog Rock

Thijs van Leer is born in Amsterdam, Holland. He will find success in the 70s as leader and keyboardist of Dutch prog-rock combo Focus.

Chris Squire, later to play guitar for Yes, applies for (and gets) a job with Boosey and Hawkes Ltd, a music shop in the West End of London, UK.

The Graham Bond Organisation play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Beach Boys play at the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, supported by The Gentrys and The Strangeloves.

The Nice and The Exception play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Gun play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Neat Change.

Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees is injured in a crash when his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud hits the kerb in Belgravia, London, England, Europe, after a meal at Mr Chow's restaurant. His wife, Lulu, and Cynthia Lennon (wife of The Beatles' John Lennon) rush out from the restaurant and arrange to have him taken to hospital.

Mick Abrahams, a former member of Jethro Tull, plays at the Alex Disco in The Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

King Crimson play at The Speakeasy, London, UK.

Family release their third album, A Song For Me, on Reprise Records in the UK.

Hawkwind play at Chelsea College Of Science, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe.

Emerson, Lake And Palmer, aka ELP play at The City Hall, Newcastle, UK.

Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Cochise, Medicine Head play at Newark Showground, Winthorpe, Newark, UK.

Magna Carta play at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe. The concert is recorded and will be released as a live LP.

Wishbone Ash, supported by Vinegar Joe, Renaissance and Al Stewart, play a Christmas concert at Alexandra Palace, London, England, UK, billed as Christmas At The Palace. During this gig, Wishbone Ash are presented with a gold disc for their album Argus.

Rush play at Humber College Ampitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Pink Floyd play the last of five nights at the Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA. Over the five days of show, 511 dope smokers have been arrested by over-zealous LAPD officers.

Pink Floyd play at The Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex, UK.

Pink Floyd reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Another Brick In The Wall.

Pink Floyd's album The Wall is declared to be "prejudicial to the safety of South Africa" by that country's ruling apartheid government.

On their Departure tour, Journey play at Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, supported by LeRoux.

Ken Hensley, a founder member of British heavy rock band Uriah Heep, quits the group.

Styx play at Bingley Hall, Stafford, England, UK, Europe.

Pendragon play at LT's Club, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe.

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe play at Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman estates, Illinois, USA.

UK trade magazine Music Week reveals that compact discs are now outselling vinyl.

Phil Collins plays at Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain, Europe.

Phish play at The Pterodactyl Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

On their US Campus Invasion tour, Muse play at Disco Rodeo, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, supported by Razorlight.

Coldplay play at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre-KS, Bonner Springs, Kansas, USA.

Former Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters releases his new solo album, Ca Ira.

System Of A Down, supported by Mars Volta, play at The Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Tony Bennett wins the Sony Ericsson Lifetime Achievement Award at The 33rd O2 Silver Clef Awards Luncheon in the London Hilton, Park Lane, London, England, UK. Other Award Winners include Muse, JLS, Scouting for Girls, Kelis, Dizzee Rascal, Tony Bennett and Dame Vera Lynn.

Mike And The Mechanics play at the CIA, Cadiff, Wales, UK, Europe. The group has recently added Andrew Roachford as a featured vocalist.

Storm Thorgerson, designer of many of rock's most acclaimed record sleeves, dies aged 69 surrounded by his family after suffering from cancer for many years. He was perhaps most associated with his sleeves for Pink Floyd.

The 57th Grammy Awards event is held at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Sam Smith is the big winner on the night, collecting trophies for Best New Artist, Song of the Year (Stay with Me), Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, ahead of Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran. The full list of 57th Annual Grammy Awards Winners is as follows : Record of the Year: Stay with Me, Sam Smith Album of the Year: Morning Phase, Beck Song of the Year: Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith, James Napier, William Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum Best R'n'B Performance: Drunk in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay Z Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour Best Pop Solo Performance: Happy, Pharrell Williams Best New Artist: Sam Smith Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for Bang Bang, Break Free, Dark Horse, Problem, Shake It Off, Unconditionally Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread Best American Roots Song: A Feather's Not a Bird, Rosanne Cash And John Leventhal Best American Roots Performance: A Feather's Not a Bird, Rosanne Cash Best R'n'B Album: Toni Braxton And Babyface, Love Marriage Divorce Best Urban Contemporary Album: Pharrell Williams, G I R L Best R'n'B Song: Drunk in Love, Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyonce Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor And Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyonce feat. Jay Z) Best Traditional R'n'B Performance: Jesus Children, Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner And Lalah Hathaway Best Rap Album: Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP2 Best Rap Song: I, K. Duckworth And C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: The Monster, Eminem feat. Rihanna Best Rap Performance: I, Kendrick Lamar Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovic, Mandatory Fun Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva Best Blues Album: Johnny Winter, Step Back Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent Best Rock Song: Ain't It Fun, Hayley Williams and Taylor York Best Metal Performance: Last in Line, Tenacious D Best Rock Performance: Lazaretto, Jack White Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Bass and Mandolin Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Say Something, Great Big World And Christina Aguilera Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester Best Country Song: I'm Not Going to Miss You, Glen Campbell And Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell) Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Gentle on My Mind, The Band Perry Best Country Solo Performance: Something in the Water, Carrie Underwood Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer And Judith Hill Best Music Video: Happy, Pharrell Williams Best Song Written for Visual Media: Let It Go, Kristen Anderson-Lopez And Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel) Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat, composer Best compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall And Chris Montan, compilation producers Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell And Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer/lyricist) Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill And The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Life in the Bubble Best Jazz Instrumental: Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Fingerprints, Chick Corea Best Dance/Electronic Album: Syro, Aphex Twin Best Dance Recording: Rather Be, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne Best Tropical Latin Album: Carlos Vives, Mas And Corazon Profundo Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Vicente Fernandez, Mano a Mano Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative: Calle 13, Multiviral Best Latin Pop Album: Ruben Blades, Tangos Best Roots Gospel Album: Mike Farris, Shine For All the People Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: For King and Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell, Help Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Messengers, Lecrae featuring For King and Country Best Gospel Performance/Song: No Greater Love, Smokie Norful And Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriters (Smokie Norful) Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams, Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot And Seattle Symphony) Best Classical Compendium: Partch, Partch: Plectra And Percussion Dances Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Anne Sofie Von Otter, Douce France (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergstrom, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder And Antoine Tamestit) Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Jason Vieaux, Play Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Hilary Hahn And Cory Smythe, In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores Best Choral Performance: Craig Hella Johnson, The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Conspirare) Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aux Enfers Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams (City Noir) Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman Best Surround Sound Album: Beyonce, Beyonce Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical: All of Me (Tiestos Birthday Treatment Remix, Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend) Best Engineered Album Non-Classical: Beck, Morning Phase Best Historical Album: Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 Best Album Notes: John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Jack White, Susan Archie And Dean Blackwood, The Rise And Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. One (1917-27) Best Recording Package: Pearl Jam, Lighting Bolt Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : New York Tendaberry, Billy Childs feat. Renee Fleming And Yo-Yo Ma Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Capella: Daft Punk, Pentatonix Best Instrumental Composition: The Book Thief, John Williams Best Children's Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Eve Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta Best Regional Music Album: Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy Best New Age Album: Ricky Kej And Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara

On their 25th Anniversary Of Images And Words tour, Dream Theater play at The O2 Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

Inspirational jam-band guitarist Col. Bruce Hampton dies onstage during a concert to celebrate his 70th birthday in The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Musicians taking part include Warren Haynes, Phish veteran Jon Fishman, Blues Traveler's John Popper and Chuck Leavell.

Billy Cobham plays at Nefertiti, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.

Biffy Clyro play at The Opera House, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

Umphrey's McGee play at The Caverns, Pelham, Tennessee, USA.