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The Allman Brothers Band temporarily disbanded after Greg Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, who was charged with drug trafficking. Herring was subsequently sentenced to seventy-five years in prison, but his conviction was later overturned as he pleaded guilty to lesser count, serving thirty...

Leonard Chess signs Chuck Berry to a recording contract after he came highly recommended by Muddy Waters. Most of Berry’s hit records would be recorded for Chess between 1955 and 1966, including “Maybellene”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “School Day”, “Rock And Roll Music”, “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “Johnny B....

More than 15,000 people attending a Rock concert by Elvin Bishop, Canned Heat, Buddy Miles and Fleetwood Mac are routed from a baseball stadium in Stockton, California, by police firing tear-gas canisters. More than eighty people, including twenty-eight police officers, are hurt and fifty arrests are made....

Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman were fined £5 each for urinating on the outer wall of a Francis Petrol station in Stratford, outside of London, England. According to attendant Charles Keeley, he refused to give the band the key to the loo because he didn’t like the looks of them and told them to “Get back in the car...

Paul McCartney received one of Britain’s highest honors on, at the age of 54, when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. The centuries-old ceremony, officially bestows the title of “Sir” upon all fortunate enough to receive the designation....

Sony, Philips and Polygram introduce a revolutionary new digital audio system called a Compact Disc, that contains up to 1 hour of uninterrupted music. The introduction also came along with 16 titles, in Compact Disc format, from CBS Records....

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Due to renewed interest in The Beatles, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, reopens to the public. The venue achieved worldwide renown through the performances of The Beatles, who played three residencies there between April and December 1962. The original club had closed on December 31st, 1969 and the building it occupied was...

26 year old Otis Redding was killed when the twin engine Beechcraft he was flying in crashed into the icy waters of the Squaw Bay area of Lake Monona, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. His death came just three days after he recorded his only number one hit, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”. Four teen-aged members of...

I wonder what kind of reception this video would have these days. Wikipedia has a good writeup of how the video was made, and the contemporary reaction:...

“Hallowed Be Thy Name” … has been acclaimed as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time -wikipedia...

Steve Perry makes his first concert appearance with Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. He would lead them to 17 Billboard Top 40 entries over the next ten years.