1969, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Delaney and Bonnie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chuck Berry, Spirit, Chicago and Paul Butterfield all appeared at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival, Byron, Georgia.
1969, The Doors appeared at the Willingdon Juvenile Detention Home For Girls in Vancouver, Canada.
1969. Grand Funk Railroad play the Atlanta Pop Festival, which is held in Hampton, Ga. A&R reps from Capitol Records like what they see and sign the band
1970, The second (and last) Atlanta Pop Festival included Performers included The Allman Brothers Band, Terry Reid, B.B. King, Procol Harum, Jimi Hendrix, Chambers Brothers, Poco, Grand Funk Railroad, Ravi Shankar, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, John Sebastian, Mountain, Bloodrock, and Spirit.
1971, Donald McPherson lead singer of soul group Main Ingredient died of leukaemia aged 30. Had the 1972 hit song, ‘Everybody Plays the Fool’.
1974, Despite the fact that they have the No.4 song in the US with ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’ and a current Platinum album with ‘Pretzel Logic’, Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagan play their final gig together in Santa Monica, California. They would not tour again for the next eighteen years.
1976, The Ramones, The Stranglers and The Flamin Groovies appeared at London’s Roundhouse, tickets
1976, The Clash made their live debut supporting The Sex Pistols at the Black Swan, Sheffield, England.
1976, Elton John and Kiki Dee release their No. 1 duet, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”
1980, The Beach Boys give a free concert in Miami to celebrate Independence Day, which attracts a 500,000-strong audience.
1982, After being divorced by his first wife, Thelma Mayfair last year, Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon Arden, the daughter of music business manager Don Arden.
Born on this day: Bill Withers (1938) and Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac (1948)
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