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- Pete Townshend joined Eric Clapton on stage in Greensboro, North Carolina; Keith Moon also performed.
- Jeff Baxter and Jim Hodder left Steely Dan, while Donald Fagen and Walter Becker decided to continue as a studio project.
- Bad Company’s debut album “Bad Company” reached No. 3 on the UK album chart and also reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.
- Jeff “Skunk” Baxter left Steely Dan and joined The Doobie Brothers.
- Anne Murray headlined the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park, New York City, while Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and Brewer & Shipley appeared as supporting acts.
- “Feel Like Makin' Love” by Roberta Flack was at No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart.
- Labelle released the single “Lady Marmalade.”
- KISS performed at the Morris Civic Auditorium in South Bend, Indiana.
- Grateful Dead performed at the Civic Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- ABBA scored their first U.S. Top 10 hit with “Waterloo,” which reached No. 6. The song also reached No. 1 in the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland.
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Brian Harvey, singer with the British pop group East 17, was born. In 1994, the group had the U.K. No. 1 hit "Stay Another Day" along with a number of other successful singles and albums.
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. During the concert, they announced to the audience the news of President Richard Nixon's planned resignation and shared the news with the audience before performing the protest song "Ohio".
- Recording began on David Bowie's album "Young Americans" at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.
- Eric Clapton received a gold record for the album "461 Ocean Boulevard", which contained his No. 1 hit "I Shot the Sheriff". The album was later certified platinum in the U.S. for sales of more than one million copies.
- Roberta Flack's song “Feel Like Makin' Love” received a gold certification.
- Gilbert O'Sullivan released “A Woman's Place/Too Bad” in the UK on MAM Records.
- Roberta Flack reached her third US No. 1 with “Feel Like Makin’ Love”. After her producer left while she was working on her fifth album, she mixed the song herself and was credited as producer under the name Rubina Flake. The song became the first track produced by a female solo artist to reach the top of the US chart.
- John Denver's eighth studio album “Back Home Again” spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. It included the hits “Annie's Song” (US #1, UK #1), “Back Home Again” (US #5), and “Thank God I'm A Country Boy” (US #1). The album was certified gold in England and triple platinum in America.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at the August Jam festival at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. The lineup also included Emerson Lake & Palmer, Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas and Marshall Tucker Band.
- Rory Gallagher performed at The Agora club in Cleveland, Ohio.
- An American singer and television presenter was born. With Scissor Sisters, she had a UK number-one album in 2004.
- Neil Peart made his first appearance as a member of Rush, replacing drummer John Rutsey. The concert took place in Pittsburgh.
- Neil Peart made his first appearance with Rush at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as they opened for Manfred Mann and Uriah Heep.
- Drummer Max Weinberg made a mistake during a performance when, instead of watching Bruce Springsteen's cue, he focused on a girl in the audience; Ultimate Classic Rock compared the incident to a moment from the film This Is Spinal Tap.
- Aerosmith performed at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.
- Eric Clapton reached No. 1 on the US album chart for the first time as a solo artist with the album “461 Ocean Boulevard”, which began a four-week run at the top. The album also reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, while the single “I Shot the Sheriff” reached the Top 10 in nine countries and became Clapton's only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Paper Lace reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with the song “The Night Chicago Died”, where it remained for one week. The song also reached No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand and reached the Top 3 in the United Kingdom and Canada. The band's manager subsequently contacted Chicago mayor Richard Daley seeking a ceremonial reception but received a very dismissive response.
- The Three Degrees began a two-week run at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with the song “When Will I See You Again”. The group initially did not particularly like the song, but changed their minds after its international success.
- Keyboardist Patrick Moraz was hired as a replacement for Rick Wakeman in Yes. He remained for three years and appeared only on the album Relayer before Wakeman returned for the album Going for the One.
- Aerosmith performed at Westboro Speedway in Westboro, Massachusetts.
- Patrick Moraz replaced Rick Wakeman in Yes.
- AC/DC performed at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
- Elvis Presley began his 11th season at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. The opening night featured a completely new program and the packed showroom gave him several standing ovations. Elvis performed in the Peacock suit and sang, among others, “Big Boss Man”, “Proud Mary”, “Down in the Alley”, “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”, “Never Been to Spain”, “It’s Midnight”, “If You Talk in Your Sleep”, “I’m Leavin’”, “Let Me Be There”, “Softly, as I Leave You”, “If You Love Me Let Me Know”, “Love Me Tender”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Promised Land”, “My Baby Left Me”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Fever”, “Hound Dog” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The program also featured an appearance by Telly Savalas.
- Harry Nilsson asked John Lennon to produce the album Pussy Cats. During the recording, a drug-fuelled jam session took place that included the only known joint recording session by John Lennon and Paul McCartney after the Beatles split up.
- The Three Degrees reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “When Will I See You Again”. It was their only UK No. 1 single. The group was popular with Prince Charles in the 1970s and in 1978 performed the song at the celebration of his 30th birthday at Buckingham Palace after he said it was his favourite song.
- Elvis performed an evening and midnight show at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. The program included, among others, “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, “See See Rider”, “I Got A Woman/Amen”, “Love Me”, “It's Midnight”, “Proud Mary”, “Big Boss Man”, “Fever”, “Promised Land”, “Love Me Tender”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “If You Talk In Your Sleep”, “Why Me Lord”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Hawaiian Wedding Song”, “Let Me Be There” and “Can't Help Falling In Love”. The evening show featured the Blue Swirl costume, while the midnight show featured Turquoise Phoenix.
- REO Speedwagon, Elvin Bishop and The Allman Brothers Band performed at Bosse Park in Evansville, Illinois.
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.