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Michael Jackson releases his first solo hit single, Got To Be There, in the UK.
When Aretha Franklin plays the second of two days at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California, USA, the concert is recorded and tracks will be released on her third live album, Amazing Grace.
Michael Jackson releases his debut solo album Got To Be There, in the USA.
Black Sabbath play at Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, supported by Wild Turkey.
Twenty-six unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders are shot by soldiers of the British Army during a protest in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. The incident will become known as Bloody Sunday and will be recorded in the U2 song Sunday Bloody Sunday. Others who have written songs on this topic include John Lennon, Roy Harper, Christy Moore, The Wolfetones and Cruachan.
Black Sabbath play at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, supported by Wild Turkey.
Jo Jo Gunne release their debut album, Jo Jo Gunne, on Asylum Records in the USA.
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Paul McCartney and Wings play their first live show together, at Nottingham University, Nottingham, England, UK. This marks the beginning of a tour in which the dates are not announced or advertised. The band simply turns up in towns around the country and seeks out a suitable venue.
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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.
Black Sabbath, Yes and Wild Turkey play at The Coliseum, Spokane, Washington, USA.
The Edgar Broughton Band plays at The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.
Black Sabbath come to the end of a North American tour at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.
The Rainbow Bar And Grill is opened on West Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, by a group of investors including record producer Lou Adler. Its first event is a party for Elton John. Regulars at the location will include John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, Harry Nilsson, Grace Slick, Robert Plant and others.
Les Harvey, guitarist for blues-rock band Stone The Crows, dies onstage at The Top Rank, Swansea, Wales, UK, Europe, after being electrocuted by touching a microphone that was not earth-grounded. It is a rainy day, and there are puddles on the stage.
Donovan, Duncan Browne and the Sutherland Brothers play at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe, as part of the Camden Festival.
Elton John's fifth album, Honky Chateau, is released on cassette and cartridge by Precision Tapes in the UK.
Syd Lawrence And His Orchestra play at The Wyvern, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Michael Jackson's third solo single, I Wanna be Where You Are, on Motown Records, enters the Billboard US Hot 100 singles chart, where it will peak at No16.
Sam Hinton, Rick Cunha, Curt Bouterse and Mary McCaslin play at The Heritage Coffee House, San Diego, California, USA.
Lindisfarne and Marmalade play at the County Ground, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Sutherland Brothers play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Faces (including Rod Stewart) play at The War Memorial, Syracuse, New York State, USA, supported by Badfinger.
Miles Davis comes to the end of recording sessions for his album On The Corner, in Columbia Studios, New York City. The final track Davis works on is Black Satin.
Torrential rain blights the Pocono International Raceway Festival, aka Concert Ten, in New York State, USA, headlined by The Faces, Three Dog Night, Earth, Wind and Fire, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Emerson, Lake And Palmer, Cactus and Humble Pie. (Black Sabbath and Badfinger were scheduled to appear but both bands cancelled).
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The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Civic Center Arena, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Lookin' Through The Windows by The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, enters the Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Chart, where it will peak at No16.
The Rolling Stones end their 1972 North American tour with the last of three nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, supported by Stevie Wonder and Martha Reeves. The band then throws a party at the St. Regis Hotel, with live music by Muddy Waters and Count Basie. Guests include Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Andy Warhol and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
David Cassidy plays the second of two nights at The Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brian Cole, bass-player with The Association, dies of a heroin overdose at home in Los Angeles, California. On the same day, The Beach Boys come to the end of recording material for their album Holland in their studio at Baambrugge, just outside Amsterdam, Holland.
Alice Cooper ascends to No1 in the UK singles chart with School's Out.
Get On The Good Foot by James Brown reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA, a position it will maintain for a month.
David Bowie releases a new album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, in the USA.
The three-day-long Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival begins on Bull Island in the Wabash River, Illinois, USA. The event is billed as featuring major bands including Black Sabbath, Santana, Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles and many more. In the end, over 200,000 people will arrive instead of the 30,000 expected, and the event will become a disaster, with most of the bands pulling out because of the chaos. Bands who actually do play include Canned Heat, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas and Pure Prairie League.
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The Hemdale Group, (incl director Patrick Meehan), already managers of Black Sabbath, buys the remaining two and a half years of the group's recording contract with Essex Music Group for a reported $1,837,000.
The three-day-long Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival continues into its second day on Bull Island in the Wabash River, Illinois, USA. The event was billed as featuring major bands including Black Sabbath, Santana, Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles and many more. In the end, over 200,000 people will arrive instead of the 30,000 expected, and the event becomes a disaster, with most of the bands pulling out because of the chaos. Bands who actually do play include Canned Heat, Brownsville Station, Black Oak Arkansas and Pure Prairie League.
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Five films by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are screened at London Art Spectrum, Alexandra Palace, London, UK.
The Jackson 5 compilation album Greatest Hits enters the UK Top 50 Albums Chart where it will peak at No26.
Free abandon their current UK tour because guitarist Paul Kossoff has fallen ill.
During a North American tour, Pink Floyd play at The Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Weather Report play at The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
In the wake of the failure of their most recent album, Mardi Gras, Creedence Clearwater Revival split up.
The Grateful Dead play the last of three nights at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Gilbert O'Sullivan enters the UK pop singles chart with Clair, which will peak at No1.
Bukka White, Big Joe Williams, Big Mama Thornton, Robert Pete Williams, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, Johnny Young, W.D.Kent, Billy Davenport, T-bone Walker, Jimmy Rogers, Lightnin' Slim, Whispering Smith and The Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band play in the American Folk Blues Festival '72 at The Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany, Europe.
Lawrence Hammond (formerly of Mad River) plays at the Freight And Salvage Coffee House, 1827 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA, with his new group The Whiplash Band.
Ten Years After play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Supertramp, featuring Swindon-born vocalist Rick Davies, play at the Old Granary, Bristol.
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