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The top-rated DJ in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Aku (real name Hal Lewis) on KGMB radio is reported to have signed a 12-year contract at an annual salary of $400,000.
Electrical And Musical Industries officially changes its name to
EMI Ltd. The reason for the change is said to be that the original name no longer reflects the company's wide span of activities and interests, and also that the initials EMI have long since been the company's primary means of identification throughout the world.
Bob Dylan has his first telephone conversation with A.J.Weberman , the obsessive fan who has been rummaging through the garbage cans outside his home in New York City.
Filming continues on the Frank Zappa movie 200 Motels at Pinewood Studios near London, UK.
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band play at Main Point, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Van Morrison plays at The Fillmore, San Jose, California, USA, supported by Elvin Bishop.
Bob Dylan records Watchin' The River Flow, at Blue Rock Studio, New York City, with Leon Russell playing piano.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Memorial Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana.
According to his passport, Johnny Cash was admitted into Hawaii, USA, on this date.Chicago play the third night of a week at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The entire week of shows is recorded and will be released as a 4-LP set entitled Chicago At Carnegie Hall. It will become the best-selling box set by a rock act, until 1986 when Bruce Springsteen releases the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box.
Never Can Say Goodbye, by the The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, enters the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart, where it will peak at No2 during an eleven-week run.
Stevie Wonder releases a new LP, Where I'm Coming From, on Motown Records in the USA. It will debut on the Billboard Pop Albums at No62, and on the Billboard R'n'B Albums Chart at No10.
Rod Stewart And The Faces are filmed for UK tv show Disco 2, at The BBC Television Centre, Shepherd’s Bush, London, UK.If play at Farx, Northcote Arms, Southall, Uxbridge, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Cigarette and Burning Boots.
In the presence of the mayor and 750 journalists, a punch-up erupts at the wedding of Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger to Bianca Perez Morena De Macia in Saint Tropez, France, Europe. Guests, apart from the other Stones, include former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. Terry Reid plays a live set.
The North American leg of Black Sabbath’s Master Of Reality tour begins at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, supported by Brewer And Shipley and Sweathog.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson spend the first of two days recording a tv special, entitled Goin' Back to Indiana.
Riders On The Storm by The Doors enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No14 during a nine-week run.
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Mott The Hoople play at The Dome, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Sutherland Brothers.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, Alabama.
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Hawkwind, The Duster Bennett Band, Tea And Symphony, Brewer's Droop, Indian Summer, Graphite, Queen and Barracuda play at the Tregye Festival Of Contemporary Music, Tregye Country Club, Carnon Downs, Truro, England, UK, Europe.The Smiths play at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Laguna Hills, Orange County, California, USA.
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When rain washes out an outdoor gig, the Man-Pop Festival, at Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The Youngbloods, The Ides of March, Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin play indoors instead at Winnipeg Arena.
Jeff Loomis is born in Menasha, Wisconsin, USA. he will find success as the guitarist of prog-metal band Nevermore.
Creedence Clearwater Revival play at The Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, with Tony Joe White.
Country Joe And The Fish play at Wilson Auditorium, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, with The Pitschel Players.The Velvet Underground play at Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band enter the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart with Imagine, which will peak at No3 during a nine-week run.
Edie Sedgewick, an actress and fashion model who became an Andy Warhol 'superstar', dies aged 28 in her sleep, at her home in Santa Barbara, California, USA. The coroner will rule her death as "undetermined/accident/suicide", and her death certificate will describe the immediate cause as "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due to ethanol intoxication. Inspired by Sedgewick's tragic life and death, The Adult Net will release the single, Edie, in 1985 on Beggars Banquet Records in the UK.
Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV is certified as a gold album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. On the same day, the band plays at St. Matthew's Baths, Ipswich, UK.
Blue Oyster Cult play at The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, with The Byrds and The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Pink Floyd spend the second of twelve days in a rehearsal room in Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, London, UK, working on the music that will become their album Dark Side Of The Moon.
Johnny Hutchinson Dean, later to sing for Britpop band Menswear, is born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
The Herbie Mann Septet records Family Affair, You’ve Got A Friend, Let It Be Me and other tracks, for Atlantic Records in New York City.
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