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The Graham Bond Trio (billed as The Graham Bond Combo) plays at The Flamingo Club in Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. Two members of the trio, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, will go on to become founder members of The Cream with Eric Clapton.
Driving home at the end of a day of Filming in Twickenham, near London, England, UK, John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles write Help!, which will become the title track of their next film.
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The Yardbirds record Heart Full Of Soul at Advision Studios, London, UK, and later play at the Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe.
The Byrds play the eighth of thirteen nights at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Great Society record Someone To Love, Free Advice, That's How It Is and other tracks at Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, California, USA. The group includes vocalist and songwriter Grace Slick, later to join Jefferson Airplane.
Pete Miller, aka Big Boy Pete, formerly of Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers, releases his solo debut single, Baby I Got News For You, on Columbia Records in the UK. The track is considered by some experts to be the first psychedelic single released in the UK.
Yesterday by The Beatles returns to No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, having been briefly deposed by The Toys with A Lover's Concerto.
The Beatles are in EMI's Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, re-making the song I'm Looking Through You. They will not be happy with this version and will return to the song again later.
The Vancouver Playboys play at The Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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The Singers' Circle with Barry Olivier play at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Beatles are in EMI's Abbey Road Studio 2, London, England, UK, Europe, completing overdubs for the songs Here, There And Everywhere and Got to Get You into My Life.
John Lennon of The Beatles records his lead vocal for Good Morning Good Morning, in EMI Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe. Animal sound effects are also added to the track, and further overdubs are done on Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite.
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Country Joe And The Fish play at the Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at Hell's Angel Chocolate George's Funeral in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles' tv movie Magical Mystery Tour is finally shown in colour, on BBC2 tv in the UK, Europe.
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The Move appear on the BBC1 tv show Dee Time, hosted by Simon Dee in London, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd are recording at Sound Techniques, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe, working on the songs Vegetable Man, John Latham, Remember A Day and Jug Band Blues.
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Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Loading Zone play the second of two nights at The Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience do radio interviews in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Doors' recent concert at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe, concert is shown on tv as part of the documentary The Doors Are Open.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience's new album, Electric Ladyland, hits the shops in the UK, but many stores refuse to sell it because of the front cover, which features an array of totally naked girls.
The Pretty Things record a live session for the BBC Radio 1 show The Radio One Club, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees lends his private jet to George Harrison when the former guitarist of The Beatles becomes stranded in Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK, Europe, because of a fault in his scheduled Concorde flight. Harrison uses Gibb's plane to fly to Miami, Florida, USA.
The Grateful Dead play at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York State, USA.
The Grateful Dead play the first of two nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their End Of The Road tour Status Quo play the second of two nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.Alone Again Or play at The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England, UK, Europe. They will achieve greater success after they evolve into The Shamen.
Green On Red play at The Warehouse Club, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
While promoting their compilation album Songs To Learn And Sing, Echo And The Bunnymen play at The New Cornish Liesure Centre, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, Europe.
When electric guitar pioneer Les Paul plays a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, USA, his guest performers include Rita Coolidge, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Jan Hammer, Waylon Jennings, Stanley Jordan, B.B. King, Steve Miller, The Les Paul Trio, Carly Simon, The Stray Cats, and Eddie Van Halen.
The Moody Blues play the second of three nights at Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Finn Brothers and Mercury Rev play at Hamer Hall – The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania.On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays at The Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
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