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Kenneth Downing is born in Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, UK. He will find success as guitarist K.K.Downing of Judas Priest.
Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues, The Graham Bond Organisation and Long John Baldry play at The Gaumont, Hanley, UK.
Dusty Springfield, The Searchers, Bobby Vee, Tony Jackson And The Vibrations, Heinz and The Zombies play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.
The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, Mike Sarne, The Checkmates and The End, play at The ABC, Wigan, England, UK, Europe
The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4+2, The Checkmates and The End, play at The ABC, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.
Gene Pitney's British tour, along with Peter And Gordon, Lulu and The Rockin' Berries, plays at the ABC, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic play the second of four nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chicken Shack play at Mothers, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. Support band Obs-Tweedle is fronted by Robert Plant, later find fame with Led Zeppelin.
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance, in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Sandy Denny, formerly vocalist with Fairport Convention, plays her first solo gig at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Electric Light Orchestra play at The Civic Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, supported by Rush.
Heavy rock band Samson play their first-ever gig, supporting The Steve Gibbons Band at Leas Cliffe Hall, Folkestone, UK.Judas Priest play at Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester, England, UK, Europe, supported by Iron Maiden.
The Undertones play at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Moondogs.
Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz play at Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with Twilight which will peak at No38.
On their The Present tour, The Moody Blues play the first of three nights at The Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet compete against each other in the BBC-1 tv show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Reid, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, participates in a motoring competition on the BBC tv show Driving Force. He and his partner come second.
John Cooper Clarke plays at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vulcans and Circus.
Elton John plays the first of two nights at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.The heavy metal movie Trick Or Treat opens at cinemas in the USA, with Ozzy Osbourne in a cameo role as a bible-bashing preacher.
When Ozzy Osbourne performs Jailhouse Rock at Wormwood Scrubs prison in London, England, UK, Europe, the audience storms the stage. Ozzy will later describe this moment as his "last good memory of the eighties."
The Spencer Davis Group plays at The Sawtell RSL Club, Sawtell, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania.
On their The End World Tour, Black Sabbath play at The USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, Utah, USA, supported by Rival Sons.
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On his No More Tours II tour, Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, supported by Megadeth.1951 |
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