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- The film American Graffiti premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
- “Papa” John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas filed a lawsuit against his former record label, Dunhill Records, on August 2, 1973, seeking $60 million in unpaid royalties.
- Tamla Records released Stevie Wonder’s sixteenth studio album, “Innervisions.” The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart, and later won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- The Eagles, Jim Croce, and Ike & Tina Turner appeared on ABC’s “In Concert” at UCLA in Westwood, California.
- “The Morning After,” the title song from the film “The Poseidon Adventure,” reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and began a two-week run at the top.
- The Carpenters were at No. 1 on the Cashbox chart with “Yesterday Once More.” The song also reached No. 2 in the UK and on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their best-selling recording.
- Elvis Presley performed in the showroom at the Las Vegas Hilton during the opening night of his engagement.
- Stevie Wonder suffered serious injuries in a car accident when the rented car he was riding in crashed from behind into a small logging truck on I-85 near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a log struck him in the face. He suffered a severe brain contusion, was in a coma for four days, temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste, and returned to the studio within a few weeks.
- Elvis Presley odehrál večerní a půlnoční koncert v Hilton Hotelu v Las Vegas. Každý koncert navštívilo 2 200 diváků.
- Byla uvedena filmová adaptace rockového muzikálu „Jesus Christ Superstar“ z roku 1971.
- Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Each concert had an attendance of 2,200.
- Scott Stapp, co-founder and frontman of the rock band Creed, was born in Orlando, Florida.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas during the evening and midnight shows.
- Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell left Wings.
- Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Each concert had a capacity of 2,200.
- KISS performed at the Hotel Diplomat in New York City.
- A promotional film for Roger Daltrey's performance of “I’m Free” with the London Symphony Orchestra was broadcast on “Top Of The Pops”. The film was shot at Daltrey's farm.
- George Lucas's film American Graffiti premiered in theaters. Set in 1962, the story sparked a wave of nostalgia for music from the 1950s and early 1960s and helped revive interest in older recordings.
- Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc held a dance party for his sister's birthday in the Bronx, New York, where he played a set full of instrumental breaks that his friends rapped over. He publicly used two turntables to extend instrumental passages, known as breaks. The event is considered one of the key moments in the birth of hip hop, and the date is celebrated as Hip-Hop Celebration Day.
- Producer Bill Aucoin saw KISS perform at a New York hotel, offered to become their manager and promised them a recording contract.
- The Edgar Winter Group released the song “Free Ride.”
- Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell left Wings because they did not want to travel with Paul McCartney to Nigeria to record Band On The Run. Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Denny Laine therefore recorded the album as a trio.
- Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers performed at the Corral Club in Topanga, California.
- They performed alongside Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers at the Corral Club in Topanga, California.
- Elvis Presley performed two concerts at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas—an evening show and a midnight show. The source gives a capacity of 2,200 spectators but lists the setlist as unknown.
- John McLaughlin's group performed at the Wollman Skating Rink Theater in New York.
- Baltimore, Maryland proclaimed this day “Cass Elliot Day” in honor of the singer of The Mamas & The Papas, who was from the city.
- Elvis Presley performed both an evening and a midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. The programs included songs such as See See Rider, I Got a Woman/Amen, You Gave Me a Mountain, Trouble, Fever, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Suspicious Minds, Mystery Train/Tiger Man, An American Trilogy, How Great Thou Art and Can't Help Falling in Love.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in the evening Dinner Show, followed by the Midnight Show. Both performances were attended by approximately 2,200 people.
- KISS performed at The Daisy club in Amityville, New York.
- The Temptations singer and choreographer Paul Williams died at the age of 34 from a gunshot wound that was officially ruled a suicide, although his relatives disputed the circumstances. Health problems had forced him to leave the group in 1971, but he continued to oversee its choreography.
- The song “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn reached No. 1 on the country chart.
- Diana Ross's song “Touch Me in the Morning” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for one week. It spent 21 weeks on the chart in total, her longest chart run up to that point. It was her second US No. 1 single.
- Elvis Presley's album Elvis reached No. 52 on the US album chart.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in an evening Dinner Show followed by a Midnight Show. Both performances were attended by approximately 2,200 people.
- Jazz drummer Gene Krupa gave his final live performance in New York, performing with the original Benny Goodman Quartet.
- Jethro Tull reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with their sixth studio album, A Passion Play. It was their second album to top the US chart. The album also reached No. 1 in Canada, while reaching No. 16 in the UK. Because of high British taxes, the album was recorded at Château d'Hérouville studio in France on the recommendation of their managers and accountants.
- Marvin Gaye began a long reign at No. 1 on the R&B chart with “Let's Get It On.”
- The duo Peters and Lee reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with We Can Make It. It was their first and only album to top the chart.
- The Doobie Brothers released the song “China Grove.”
- The Pointer Sisters achieved their first chart success with “Yes We Can Can.”
- According to Cashbox magazine, Wings had the best-selling single in the US with “Live and Let Die.” The song was produced by George Martin and written by Paul McCartney specifically for the James Bond film of the same name. It was nominated for a Grammy Award.
- The film “Electra Glide in Blue”, starring Robert Blake, Billy Greenbush and Mitch Ryan and featuring several members of the group Chicago, premiered in New York. The film was produced and directed by James William Guercio, manager and producer of Chicago.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show included “See See Rider”, “I Got a Woman/Amen”, “Love Me”, “You Gave Me a Mountain”, “Trouble”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Long Tall Sally/Mama Don’t Dance/Flip, Flop and Fly/Jailhouse Rock/Hound Dog”, “Love Me Tender”, “Fever”, “What Now My Love”, “Suspicious Minds”, “My Boy”, “Release Me”, “An American Trilogy”, “Mystery Train/Tiger Man” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included “Help Me Make It Through the Night”, “An American Trilogy”, “A Big Hunk O’ Love” and “How Great Thou Art”. After the performance, Elvis accidentally broke the ankle of one of his guests, Beverly Albrecq, while demonstrating karate in his suite.