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Concerts and Festivals
1982 : Fleetwood Mac plays for the first time in 2 years at the U.S. Festival in California, sponsored by the upstart Apple Computers. 400,000 people come to them play along with The Cars, Jackson Browne and The Grateful Dead. |
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Band Dynamics (2)
| 1968 : Ringo returns to The Beatles after quitting in frustration during the White Album sessions. He finds his drum kit covered in flowers. |
| 1970 : The Dave Clark Five call it quits after ten years. |
Births (13)
Concerts and Festivals (1)
| 1982 : Fleetwood Mac plays for the first time in 2 years at the U.S. Festival in California, sponsored by the upstart Apple Computers. 400,000 people come to them play along with The Cars, Jackson Browne and The Grateful Dead. |
Deaths (4)
| 1970 : Canned Heat founder Alan Wilson kills himself at age 27. |
| 1994 : Major Lance |
| 2004 : Billy Davis |
| 2007 : Janis Martin |
Legal Issues (2)
| 1970 : Arthur Brown is arrested in Italy after setting his helmet on fire during a concert there. |
| 1991 : Ike Turner is released from prison after serving 14 months for cocaine possession. |
Miscellaneous (1)
| 1963 : Three years after its inception, Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records is bought by Warner Brothers. |
Movies (1)
| 1969 : The 30th Elvis Presley movie, the '20s period piece The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It), is released. |
Recordings (1)
TV, Radio, Press (3)
| 1966 : After 14 years on TV (and ten years on radio before that), the last episode of The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet, which made Rick Nelson a household name, airs on ABC. |
| 1967 : A young Swedish singer named Anni-Frid Lyngstad wins a talent-show contest on the TV program Hyland's Corner with her group the Anni-Frid Four. She would later become famous as one of the two female lead singers of ABBA. |
| 1968 : Sly Sly and the Family Stone's career gets another boost when the band wins the final round on NBC-TV's summer talent competition Showcase '68. |
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