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William Sheehan is born in Buffalo, New York State, USA. He will find success as award-winning rock bassist Billy Sheehan, known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin and The Winery Dogs.
Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, produced by Pete Townshend of The Who, enters the UK singles chart on its way to No1.
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Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer and The Jeff Beck Group (with Rod Stewart on vocals) play the first of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Walter Carlos, Ars Nova, Good Earth, The American Brass Quintet and the New York Electric Street Ensemble play at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.Jethro Tull head a multi-act bill at The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are Aynsley Dunbar.
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The Bonzo Dog Band, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Free and Smile play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, as part of a concert in aid of the National Council For The Unmarried Mother And Her Child. Deejay for the event is John Peel.
When Pink Floyd play at The College Of Commerce, Manchester, England, UK, Europe, the show is recorded for use on the forthcoming album Ummagumma. 
A UK package tour featuring The Who, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Alan Bown and The Mindbenders plays at the Colston Hall, Bristol.
Joe
Cocker enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA for the first time with his powerfully rocked-up version of With
A Little Help From My Friends, written by John Lennon and Paul
McCartney of The Beatles.
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe..
Yes play at Brunel University, Uxbridge, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by the Liverpool Scene.
The MC5 play the last of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Family and Stone The Crows.
Black Sabbath, Humble Pie and Yes play the second of two nights at The Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
Uriah Heep play in Antwerp, Germany, Europe.
On their The Wall tour, Pink Floyd play at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island, New York State, USA.
On their Departure tour, Journey play the second of two nights at The Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA, supported by The Joe Perry Project.
Rush play in Casper, Wyoming, USA.
On their 
Celtic Frost play their first live concert, at The Grabenhalle, St Gallen, Switzerland, Europe. 
The Housemartins play a live session on BBC Radio One's John Peel Show, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Touring in support of their fourteenth album, The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, Hawkwind play at The Polytechnic, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
During their first tour of Brazil, South America, Jethro Tull play at Ginasio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo.
Jethro Tull's North American tour ends at The Civic Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
The first Sonoria Festival has its last of three days in Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing on this day are Peter Gabriel, Chris Rea, Dwight Yoakam, Remmy Ongala And Orchestre Super Matimila, Ara Ketu, The Archie Shepp Quartet, Juan Formell y Los Van Van, Keziah Jones, Khaled, and Pitura Freska.
The third and final day of the annual Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK, is headlined by Muse. Tragically, half an hour after Muse leave the stage, drummer Dominic Howard's father dies of a heart attack. Also appearing are James Brown, Supergrass, Orbital, Gomez, Zutons, Television and James Blunt.The three-day long WOMAD Festival 2007 begins in Charlton Park, Malmesbury, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the three days of the event include Peter Gabriel, Taj Mahal, Calexico, Isaac Hayes, Sheila Chandra, Toots And The Maytals and many others.
Pink Floyd wins a breach of contract case against EMI in the High Court, London, England, UK, Europe. The band claimed, and the court agreed with them, that EMI had broken a 1999 contract which included a clause stating that EMI required Pink Floyd's permission to sell individual tracks [as opposed to complete albums] by the group.
Rock saxophonist Raf Ravenscroft dies at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK, aged sixty following a heart attack. He was best-known for playing the sax break in Gerry Rafferty's 1978 hit Baker Street, but also worked with many other top-flight musicians including Marvin Gaye, Daft Punk, Pink Floyd and Abba.
On their Drones World Tour, Muse play at Lollapalooza Berlin, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany, Europe. Also on the bill are Sam Smith, Belle And Sebastian, The Stereophonics and Wolf Alice.
On his Not Dead Yet tour Phil Collins plays the fourth of five nights at AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France, Europe.
Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist with Rush, dies aged 67 from glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in Santa Monica, California, USA.1953 |
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