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Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin catches the flu on the same day that the band plays at City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.Pink Floyd are rehearsing in London, UK, in preparation for further recording of the album Dark Side Of The Moon.
The first of two days of stage rehearsals is held at Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, UK, in preparation for Eric Clapton's comeback concerts at The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
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Eric Clapton And His Band move their equipment into The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK, but manage only a cursory rehearsal for the next night's show.
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Country Joe McDonald plays the first of two nights at Mandrake's, Berkeley, California, USA.
The compilation album Creedence Gold by San Francisco band Creedence Clearwater Revival is given a gold record award by the R.I.A.A. for sales in the USA.
Bob Dylan is recording tracks for the soundtrack of the film Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, in Burbank Studios, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. Among the tracks recorded on this day is Rock Me Mama, a half-completed, largely mumbled country-flavoured ramble, which will not be released by Dylan. Nevertheless, in 2004 it will be re-titled Wagon Wheel, updated and amended with new lyrics by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, going on to achieve platinum sales. Then in 2013, Darius Rucker will release his version of Wagon Wheel, in the USA and it will top the Billboard Country Chart, achieving triple-platinum status.
The Doobie Brothers release their third album, The Captain And Me, on Warner Brothers Records, in the USA.
Pink Floyd release the album Dark Side Of The Moon in the USA on Harvest Records.
Led Zeppelin release a new album, Houses Of The Holy, in the UK. On the same day, they play in the Palais Des Sports, Lyon, France.
At the start of their Get Me A Ladder Tour, Emerson, Lake And Palmer play at The Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany, Europe.Neil Young plays at Okland Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Linda Ronstadt. At this show, during a performance of the song Southern Man, a fan is badly beaten by a scurity guard in front of the stage. Neil Young, sickened by the attack, leaves the stage and does not return.
The 18th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Luxembourg, Europe. It is won by Luxembourg for the second consecutive year, this time with Tu Te Reconnaitras, sung by Anne-Marie David. Spain come second with Eres Tu, sung by Mocedades; the United Kingdom finishes third with Cliff Richard singing Power to All Our Friends.
On their Get Me A Ladder Tour, Emerson, Lake And Palmer play at The Palais De Sport, Lyon, France, Europe.
Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA.
David Bowie plays to an audience of over 18,000 fans at Earl's Court, London, UK.Ronnie Lane plays his last show with The Faces at the Edmonton Sundown, London, UK. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting.
Clarence White, guitarist with The Kentucky Colonels and The Byrds, dies in Paris, France, Europe, when he is hit by a car while unloading gear from the band's van.
At 7.00am Jim Croce lands at Orly Airport, Paris, France, to begin his first (and last) European tour. He then flies on to Nice, from where he is driven to Monte Carlo for a tv appearance. On the same day, Led Zeppelin play at Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the second of two nights at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.
On their European Tour 1973, The Rolling Stones play at Eisstadion am Friedrichspark, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.In the early hours of the morning, Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, is declared dead in the Hi-Desert Memorial Hospital in Yucca Valley, Southern California, USA, probably of a combination of heroin, alcohol, cocaine and amphetamines.
On their European Tour 1973, The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.A new rock venue, The Roxy, opens in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a concert by Neil Young. The audience includes Carole King, Elton John and Jackson Browne.
Japanese folk group Kaguyahime release the song Kandagawa [Kanda River] in Japan.
Dr. Irving Root examines a charred and unreconisable body at Wiefels And Son Mortuary, Yucca Valley, California, USA. Dr. Root concludes that it is most probably the corpse of Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, upon which he had done an autopsy some days earlier. Parsons' body had subsequently been stolen and burned at Cap Rock in The Joshua Tree National Monument.
Ghetto Child by The Detroit Spinners enters the UK Popular Singles Chart, where it will peak at No7 during a ten-week run on the chart. The musical feel and structure of this song will inspire Elvis Costello to write his second single, Alison, in 1977.
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Former Swindon resident Gilbert O'Sullivan enters the UK albums chart with I'm A Writer Not A Fighter, which will peak at No2.
The Rolling Stones complete their 42-show European Tour 1973 with a gig at The Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.Jazz-rock fusion band The Mahavishnu Orchestra plays at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The James Montgomery Blues Band .
During their Quadrophenia tour, The Who play at Edmonton Sundown, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe.Jan |