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The Jackson 5 compilation album Greatest Hits enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA where it will peak at No12, during a 41-week run.
Pink Floyd are rehearsing at The Rolling Stones' rehearsal facility, a disused Victorian warehouse at 47, Bermondsey Street, South London, England, UK. They are working on tracks which will, in due course, evolve into their classic album Dark Side Of The Moon. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers reaches No1 in the UK Pop Singles chart. Re-written in 1994 by a suitably 'inspired' Noel Gallagher of Oasis as Shakermaker, it will get him successfully sued for plagiarism.
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Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales play at Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, The Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Little Feat appear as an un-named rock band performing Strawberry Flats live in Judas Goat, an episode of tv series The FBI in the USA. In the show, the purchase of a singer's (John Davidson) contract by an organized crime loan shark (Linden Chiles) draws the attention of the FBI.
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Traffic play at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Mother Earth and J.J.Cale.
Elvis Presley continues his current season at the Hilton International, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
McKenna Mendelson Mainline play as part of the Bump'n'Grind Revue at the Victory Burlesque Theatre, Toronto, Canada. The event is recorded by GRT Records and released as an LP.
B.B. King, Freddie King, Copperhead and Malo play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.Got To Be There, the first solo hit single by Michael Jackson enters the UK Pop Singles Chart, where it will peak at No5 during an eleven-week run. On the same day, Michael performs live with The Jackson 5 at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri.
Got To Be There, the first solo album by Michael Jackson enters the Billboard US Pop and Black Albums Charts simultaneously, in the USA. It will peak at No3 in the Black Albums chart and No14 in the Pop Chart.
Stevie Wonder releases his fourteenth album, Music Of My Mind, on Motown Records in the USA. It will be the first of five consecutive albums widely regarded as Wonder's 'classic period', the others being Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life.The Mahavishnu Orchestra play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Captain Beefheart.
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Van Der Graaf Generator play at Donovan, Duncan Browne and the Sutherland Brothers play at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe, as part of the Camden Festival.
Led Zeppelin record an instrumental, Walter's Walk, using the Rolling Stones' Mobile studio at Stargroves, East Woodhay, Berkshire, UK.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, release a new album, Lookin' Through the Windows, on Motown Records in the USA.
Songwriter Lou Majaw holds a Bob Dylan birthday celebration in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. It will become an annual event, extensively covered on national and international television.
Marvin, Welch And Farrar play a late-night concert at The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
A highlight of the last day of the Great Western Express Festival near Lincoln, England, UK, Europe, is the first major performance by Roxy Music. Deejay for the event is John Peel, and other acts appearing today include Jackson Heights, Vinegar Joe, Genesis, The Sutherland Brothers, Atomic Rooster, Status Quo, Don McLean, Legs Larry Smith with Mimms and Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Sha Na Na, Humble Pie, Joe Cocker, Curtiss Maldoon and Jade Warrior.
Country Joe McDonald plays the third of six nights at The Boarding House, San Francisco, California, USA.
Black Sabbath and Black Oak Arkansas play at Asbury Park Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
Eccentric rock'n'roller Screaming Lord Sutch is arrested after jumping from a bus in Downing Street, London, UK, with four naked women. The incident is just one of many publicity stunts pulled by Sutch who attempted for many years to become a Member Of Parliament, standing as the candidate for the Monster Raving Looney Party.The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the second of two nights at International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Formerly known as Hotlegs, 10cc release their debut single, Donna, in the UK. On the same day, The Scorpions release their debut album, Lonesome Crow, in Germany as the first release on Brain Records.
Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan is certified as a Gold Disc in America.
Ten Years After headline the last day of the 11th National Jazz, Blues, Folk and Rock Festival, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Quintessence, Status Quo, Roy Wood's Wizzard, The Sutherland Brothers And Quiver, Stray, Matching Mole, Vinegar Joe, Gillian McPherson, Stackridge and String Driven Thing.
Pianist, composer, author, comedian and actor Oscar Levant dies of a heart attack, aged 65, in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Slade reach No1 in the UK Top Twenty singles chart with Mama Weer All Crazee Now. On the same day, All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople peaks at No3. The song is written and produced by David Bowie.
Ben, the theme from a movie about a beloved pet rat, enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart and will become Michael Jackson's first US No1.
John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band, release the album Some Time In New York City, in the UK. On the same day, Free abandon their current UK tour because guitarist Paul Kossoff has fallen ill.
San Francisco hippy pioneers The Grateful Dead play the last of three nights at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
During a benefit gig for the 'War On Want' and 'Save The Children' charities, Pink Floyd perform The Dark Side Of The Moon and More at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, UK.Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is in Nice, France, to answer drug charges laid against the band by the French authorities. Today, the case is adjourned for a month, so Jagger flies back to London, UK.
Lookin' Through The Windows by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, enters the UK Top 50 Singles Chart, where it will peak at No9 during an eleven-week run.
Motown Records re-release I Want You Back/ABC and The Love You Save/I'll Be There by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, on their Yesteryear imprint in the USA.
Pianist and bandleader Mike McKenzie begins a four-year residency at The White Elephant on the river in Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe, accompanied by Johnny Hawksworth and Stuart Livingston. This will be followed by seven years at The Dorchester, and finally in the 1980s, nine years at The Savoy.Pink Floyd are working on the music that will become the album Dark Side Of The Moon, in a rehearsal room in Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, London, UK.Catch a Fire by The Wailers [later to become Bob Marley And The Wailers] is released in the UK on Island Records.
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