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John Lees, guitarist and founder of Barclay James Harvest is born in Oldham, Lancashire, UK.
Music producer Gunther Mende is born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Europe. He is best-known for his work with Celine Dion, Falco, Jennifer Rush and Tina Turner.
Barclay James Harvest play at Manchester University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic play at a record company convention in Grenoble, France, Europe.Family, Picadilly Line, Attack, Doctor K's Blues Band and Pete Brown's Poetry Band play at The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic, Spencer Davis, The Incredible String Band, John Mayall, Chicken Shack, Jethro Tull, Al Stewart, Fairport Convention, Eclection and John Peel play at The 8th National Jazz Pop Ballads And Blues Festival, Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury, England, UK, Europe.
Responding to a small ad in the Surrey Advertiser, bass player Doug Ferguson auditions to join Guildford, England, UK, band Strange Brew. He impresses the group with his Fender jazz bass played through a pair of Vox T-60 speakers with amps and is offered the gig on the spot. Soon after they change their name to The Brew, before eventually becoming Camel.
Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple marries German dancer Barbel Hardie in Acton, West London, UK.
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Yes play at The Gun Tavern, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.Al Stewart, The Strawbs and Mike Chapman play at Barking College Of Technology, Dagenham, Essex, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd perform their latest work, Dark Side Of The Moon, during the second of four shows at The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
Rick Wakeman stages his extravagant rock fantasy King Arthur On Ice at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, during which several ice-skating performers completely lose sight of each other because of clouds of dry ice. Chaos ensues, and the event is still cherished as a rock folly of the highest order.
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King Crimson play their last North American date in Central Park, New York City, USA. The show is taped and released as the live album USA.
On his The Concert tour, Mike Oldfield plays at The Conference Centre, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Hawkwind, supported by Bronz, play at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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Uriah Heep are working on their sixteenth LP, Equator, at Battery Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their Grace Under Pressure tour, Rush play the first of two nights at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Atlantic Records celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a concert in Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. The Bee Gees, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Genesis, Iron Butterfly, The Rascals, Crosby, Stills And Nash, Foreigner, Paul Rodgers, Bob Geldof, Booker T. Jones, Wilson Pickett, The Coasters, The Spinners, Peabo Bryson, Dan Aykroyd, Roberta Flack, Manhattan Transfer, Debbie Gibson, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Ben E. King, and Vanilla Fudge are among the performers.
Tommy is performed by The Who for charity at Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA. Special guests include Elton John, Steve Winwood, Phil Collins, Patti Labelle, and Billy idol.
On their Presto tour, Rush play at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Rush release a double compilation LP, 
The original line-up of UK prog-rockers Caravan briefly re-unite for a one-off gig at Buckingham High School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett plays the second of two nights at The Stables, Milton Keynes, UK.
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson files a lawsuit in the District Court, Fort Myers, Florida, USA, against the Ritz-Carlton hotel, its security director and three sheriff's deputies. The lawsuit stems from a New Year's altercation between Lifeson, his son and Collier County Florida sheriff's deputies at the Ritz-Carlton. 
On their Resistance tour, Muse play at KFMA Day, Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Mumford And Sons win the Breakthrough Artiste Award and Muse win the Spectacle Of The Year Award at the Live UK Music Business Awards in the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London, England, UK.
A tribute concert in memory of keyboardist Jon Lord is held in The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, with contributing artists including Deep Purple members Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Don Airey and Steve Morse, as well as Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Paul Weller, Rick Wakeman and Joe Brown.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play at Tuborg Green Fest, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe. Also on the bill are Poets Of The Fall and Jack Action.On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the first of six nights at AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France, Europe.On their Drones World Tour, Muse play the second of four nights at Palais 12, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
On their 19-date Rock Paper Scissors tour Sting and Peter Gabriel play at The Nikon At Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York State, USA.1947 |
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