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The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, has a recording session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England, UK, Europe, during which they record a version of the 1957 Elvis Presley classic All Shook Up.
Lennon Books Limited, a company owned by John Lennon of The Beatles, changes its name to Lennon Productions Limited.
David Bowie is auditioned for the London, England, UK, Europe, stage production of the hippy musical Hair. He fails the audition.
The Bandwagon, aka Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon, play at the Alex Disco in The Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
The Chi-Lites, The Delphonics, The Jackson 5, Josephine Taylor, Renaldo Domino and Carl Wright play at The Met Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
David Bowie plays at the College of Technology, Ealing, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Aquarius and Tommy Kaye.
John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles confront Paul McCartney in Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, trying to make him sign a new agreement giving entrepreneur Allen Klein of ABKCO 20% of all Beatles earnings. He refuses.
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Get Back by The Beatles, with Billy Preston on organ, spends the first of five weeks at No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. On the same day it also goes to No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, and in the Canadian Singles Chart.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono decide to move their proposed Bahamas Bed-In to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to be closer to the border with the USA.
The headline in today's edition of UK tabloid The Daily Mirror reads, 'Jagger And Marianne Charged By Drug Squad' above a report of the arrest of Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones and girlfriend Marianne Faithfull the night before on cannabis charges. The couple appear in the Magistrates Court at Marlborough Street, London, England, UK, Europe, to face the charges and are remanded until 23 June.
David Bowie records the final version of Space Oddity at Trident Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, with producer Gus Dudgeon.
Canned Heat play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Black Pearl and Soup.
San Francisco-based rock vocalist Janis Joplin and the Kosmic Blues Band play at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with his comeback season of concerts at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No7 during an eleven-week run.
Jr Walker and the All Stars play the second of three nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Lee Michaels and Tony Joe White.
Pioneering British jazz-rock band Jon Hiseman's Colosseum play the second of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
Popular tv show host Ed Sullivan releases a single, The Sulli-Gulli, on Colubia Records, in the USA, aimed at the teenage dance craze market.
Jimi Hendrix spends $482.42 on equipment at Manny's, New York City, USA.
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Hot Tuna play the first of three nights at The New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA. They are supported on this first night by all-girl band The Ace Of Cups.
Little Richard, The Move and Joe Cocker play the last of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse and Santana play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Velvet Underground play the fourth of five nights at The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hearing of a Long Island band with the same name, Bruce Springsteen's group, Child, re-names itself Steel Mill and plays at The VCU Gym in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
John Mayall ends a UK tour with a show at The Regal, Cambridge, supported by the Keef Hartley Band.
This week's guests on tv's Hee Haw, an American country music show featuring humourous sketches, are Tammy Wynette and Merle Haggard. Hosts are Buck Owens and Roy Clark.
Robbie Bachman of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is given a drum kit for Christmas. He will eventually become the drummer for Grateful Dead play at McFarlin Auditorium at SMU, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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