- 1969 – Jimi Hendrix was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents (2/6).
- 1971 – 36 Grateful Dead fans were medically treated after unknowingly drinking L.S.D. laced cider, at a gig in the US.
- 1975 – During a press conference held at the 5th Avenue Hotel in New York City to announce The Rolling Stones forthcoming American tour, the Stones themselves came down the street playing live from the back of a flat-bed truck.
- 1976 – The Who gave themselves a place in the Guinness book of Records as the loudest performance of a rock band at 120 decibels, when they played at Charlton Athletic Football ground.
- 1977 – The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single ‘God Save The Queen’ saying it’s, “in gross bad taste”. And the IBA issued a warning to all radio stations saying the playing the single would be in breach of Section 4:1:A of the Broadcasting act. The single reached No.2 on the UK chart.
- 1980 – Bette Midler’s “The Rose” was #1 for the fourth week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
- 1980 – The great album Against the Wind from Bob Seger, which had moved The Wall aside earlier in the month, spent a fifth week at #1.
- 1980 – Lipps Inc went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Funkytown’.
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