Music History

Elvis Presley was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with his version of “The Wonder of You,” which became his sixteenth UK No. 1 hit.

Zelma Davis, the American singer known as a member of C+C Music Factory, was born on August 2, 1970, in Monrovia, Liberia.

Stephen Carpenter, co-founder and lead guitarist of Deftones, was born in Sacramento, California.

The film “Performance,” starring Mick Jagger, premiered in New York City, United States.

Janis Joplin made her final television appearance.

Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys married his second wife, Barbara Charren, in Los Angeles. They divorced in 1974.

The four-day 10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival was held at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England. Performers included Family, Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, Fat Mattress, Yes, Caravan, The Strawbs, Black Sabbath, Wild Angels, Wishbone Ash and Daddy Longlegs.

Elvis Presley attended Nancy Sinatra's opening performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Christine McVie played her first concert with Fleetwood Mac at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. She later became the band's first female member.

The Concert For Peace, an anti-war rock festival featuring Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and Johnny Winter, was held at Shea Stadium in New York.

Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Poco and Johnny Winter performed at the Concert For Peace at Shea Stadium in New York. The concert was held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

Na třídenním Goose Lake International Music Festivalu v Leoni v Michiganu vystoupili mimo jiné Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Mountain, Chicago, Bob Seger, John Sebastian, James Gang, The Stooges s Iggym Popem, Brownsville Station, MC5, Rod Stewart a Flying Burrito Brothers. Festival navštívilo více než 200 000 diváků.

Na festivalu Strawberry Fields v Mosport Parku v Bowmanville v Ontariu vystoupili mimo jiné Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Cactus, Grand Funk, Alice Cooper a The Youngbloods.

The Moody Blues vydali své šesté album „A Question of Balance“, které obsahovalo hit „Question“.

Black Sabbath, Cat Stevens, Peter Green, Climax Blues Band, Fotheringay and Strawbs performed at the tenth National Jazz and Blues Festival at Plumpton Race Track in East Sussex. The festival was expanded to four days for the first and only time.

The album "Blood Sweat & Tears 3" began a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart (Billboard Top LPs & Tape). It was the group's second consecutive No. 1 album. The album produced the singles "Hi-De-Ho" and "Lucretia MacEvil". It overtook "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Creedence Clearwater Revival released the song "Lookin' Out My Back Door".

Christine McVie performed with Fleetwood Mac for the first time at a concert in New Orleans. She became the first woman in the band's lineup and later contributed to several of its albums before becoming a permanent member.

Janis Joplin wrote the song “Mercedes Benz” while visiting a bar before a concert at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, and sang it later that same evening. She had only one more performance remaining before her death.

Janis Joplin and Juanita Green paid for a gravestone for blues legend Bessie Smith's previously unmarked grave at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Joplin considered Smith her greatest musical influence, while Green had worked as Smith's housekeeper.

Canadian immigration officials turned back thousands of American fans heading to the Strawberry Fields Rock Festival in Mosport, Ontario, because they lacked sufficient funds for their stay. Approximately 8,000 Americans eventually attended the festival, which featured Alice Cooper, Ten Years After, Grand Funk Railroad, Sly and the Family Stone and The J. Geils Band, among others.

The Carpenters spent their third week at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with “(They Long to Be) Close to You”.

The Stooges fired bassist Dave Alexander after he forgot how to play their songs during their performance at the Goose Lake International Music Festival in Michigan. It was the final concert by the original lineup.

The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Drive-In Theater in Collinsville, Virginia. Approximately 200 fans attended on a rainy night.

New Musical Express published Roger Daltrey’s response to Pete Townshend’s interview of May 31. Daltrey responded sharply to Townshend’s comments about The Who and their performances.

Elvis Presley opened the first night of his four-week engagement at the Showroom of the International Hotel in Las Vegas. He performed an evening show and, on most of the following nights, performed two shows, with the program continuing in a dinner-and-midnight-show format.

Frank Zappa released “Weasels Ripped My Flesh,” the second album credited to The Mothers of Invention after the group’s breakup in 1969. The album contains various live recordings and improvisations by the group dating from 1967, including “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama.”

The trial of Jim Morrison began over an alleged onstage exposure at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami. Morrison was found guilty, and Judge Goodman sentenced him to six months of hard labor and a $500 fine for public exposure, plus another 60 days of hard labor for profanity. His lawyer immediately filed an appeal, and Morrison was released on $50,000 bail. Morrison died in Paris on July 3, 1971, before the legal issues were resolved. In December 2010, the Florida Clemency Board granted him a full pardon. Members of The Doors' team maintained that Morrison had never actually exposed himself.

Neil Diamond released the single “Cracklin’ Rosie”.

Simon and Garfunkel's album “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was at No. 1 on the UK albums chart. The Beatles were second with “Let It Be” and Bob Dylan was third with “Self Portrait”.

American DJ and producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, a founding member and member of A Tribe Called Quest, one of the most influential alternative hip-hop groups, was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Andy Bell, guitarist and singer of Ride, was born. Ride had the UK single “Leave Them All Behind” at No. 9 in 1992. Bell was also a member of Hurricane No. 1 and joined Oasis in 1999.

Jimmy Buffett released his debut album Down to Earth, a folk-rock collection that included “The Captain and the Kid,” written in honor of his late grandfather. The album sold only 374 copies.

Janis Joplin played her final concert at Harvard Stadium before an audience of approximately 40,000.

Elvis Presley performed an evening show and a midnight show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Fleetwood Mac began a five-day series of concerts at the Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood.

Black Sabbath released their debut album Black Sabbath in the US. The album had already been released in Britain on February 13, 1970, and laid the foundations for heavy metal.

Elvis Presley performed two concerts at the International Hotel in Las Vegas—an evening show at 8:30 p.m. and a midnight show. The source also provides their setlists.

The first day of the three-day British Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival took place in Krumlin, Yorkshire. Pink Floyd did not perform because fog left them stranded at a Paris airport. Weekend tickets cost £3.

They scored their first number-one song with “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”.

He performed a Dinner Show at 8:30 p.m. and a Midnight Show at midnight at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Both performances were attended by 2,200 people. The Midnight Show included, among others, “That’s All Right”, “Mystery Train/Tiger Man”, “Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “The Wonder Of You”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Suspicious Minds”.