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AC/DC play the third of five nights at Chequers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rolling Stone magazine reports that several film companies are working on movies about deceased blues-rock singer Janis Joplin. The article also claims there is a documentary in the works and possibly even a Broadway musical.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Joe's Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Peter Johnson And The Manic Depressives.
The album Planet Waves, Bob Dylan's first under his new contract with Asylum Records, is awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for sales in the USA.
Aboard PanAm flight 184, The Jackson 5 cross the Atlantic to begin their first African tour, during which they will receive an award from the Organisation of African Unity for improving the status of Afro-Americans.
Orchestra leader Cyril Stapleton, one of the greats of UK radio, dies of a heart attack while asleep, aged 59, in London, UK.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and several others take part in a somewhat ramshackle, unstructured jam at Lennon's rented beach house in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA.During a gig in Eastbourne, UK, Ciaran Bourke, singer, multi-instrumentalist and founder member of internationally popular Irish folk group The Dubliners, suffers a brain aneurysm which will cause paralysis, forcing him reluctantly to leave the group.
Emerson, Lake And Palmer (ELP), Deep Purple, The Eagles and Black Sabbath perform at The California Jam Festival, Ontario Raceway, Ontario, California, USA. Audience estimated at 400,000Lavell Crump is born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He will find success as rapper, record producer, songwriter and occasional actor David Banner.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the second of three nights at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
John Lee Hooker spends the first of ten days recording his album Free Beer And Chicken for ABC Records in the USA. On this day he records One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Homework, 713 Blues and 714 Blues,
When Kevin Ayers plays at The Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, he is joined onstage by Nico, Brian Eno and John Cale, and the show is recorded for release by Island Records, who had organised the one-off collaboration. Mike Oldfield also plays guitar on some numbers.
Elton John enters the record books as his new contract with MCA gives him a 28% royalty and guarantees him $8m in advances over a five year period.Ten Years After play the second of two nights at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA.
Eric Clapton, The Band and Todd Rundgren's Utopia play at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
It's Only Rock'n'Roll (But I Like It) by the Rolling Stones enters the Billboard Top 30 singles chart in the USA at No28. It will peak at No18.
After two years with Asylum Records, Bob Dylan re-signs to CBS Records, at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play at the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Jackson 5, including Michael Jackson, play the tenth of fourteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
When ZZ Top play at Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas, USA, fans seriously damage the stadium's turf. As a result, concerts are banned at the venue for two decades.
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The Grateful Dead play the second of three nights at Alexandra Palace, London, UK, on their Europe 74 tour.
Syreeta and Bob Dylan is in Columbia A&R Studios, New York City, overseeing organ overdubs by Paul Griffin on the song Idiot Wind, for the album Blood On The Tracks.
John Lennon enters the UK pop albums chart with Imagine, which will peak at No1 and notch up an amazing 101 weeks on the charts.
Queen play at The City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.
R'n'b pianist and songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter dies aged 60 of complications of lung cancer, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Ringo Starr changes the name of his American-based company Rockongrade Ltd to Pyramid Records Ltd.
Eric Clapton throws a New Year's Eve party for his family and friends, during which he tells his grandmother, Rose Clapp, that he has overcome his heroin addiction.Jan |