At 16, Barry White received parole after serving three months of a four-month sentence for stealing $30,000 in car tires. He left gang life, joined The Upfronts, and later became a singer-producer with more than 100 million records sold and numerous Gold and Platinum singles.

Peter, Paul and Mary performed “Blowin’ in the Wind” for civil-rights marchers in Washington during the program that included Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, and Odetta were also on the musical lineup.

The Beatles tried marijuana for the first time after Bob Dylan supplied it in their New York hotel room. Dylan had misunderstood the lyric “I can’t hide” in “I Want to Hold Your Hand” as “I get high.”

The Rolling Stones announced Allen Klein as a co-manager alongside Andrew Loog Oldham and signed a five-year recording deal with Decca.

The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of Hell’s Angels member Charles “Chocolate George” Hendricks, who had acted as a bridge between San Francisco’s bikers and Haight-Ashbury’s hippies.

The Doors received a Gold record for “Hello, I Love You,” a U.S. No. 1 that reached No. 15 in Britain. The band and many fans disliked its lighter sound, and a settlement sent U.K. royalties to Ray Davies after he pointed out its similarity to The Kinks’ “All Day and All of the Night.”

John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” peaked at No. 2 in the U.S. behind the Bee Gees. The song later became a West Virginia state anthem, even though Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert had never visited the state when writing it.

Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” went Gold after reaching No. 4 in America and selling more than two million copies.

Peter Frampton’s live “Baby, I Love Your Way” peaked at No. 12; in 2017 Frampton told lawmakers that 55 million streams had earned him only $1,700.

The Jacksons’ Victory Tour passed 1.1 million ticket sales in two months and finished with 55 shows for 2.5 million fans, surpassing the Rolling Stones’ previous overall attendance record.

Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Neil Young, most of the Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Lindsey Buckingham, Warren Zevon, and others performed at Long Beach’s Get Tough on Toxics show; Glenn Frey missed it because he was hospitalized.

Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams” reached No. 1 in the U.S. and eventually sold more than four million copies there, although Christie Brinkley’s album artwork drew harsh reviews.

Jethro Tull’s original bassist Glenn Cornick died of congestive heart failure at 67. He had played with the band from its formation in 1967 through 1970.

ABBA and Universal Music objected to “The Winner Takes It All” being used at a Donald Trump campaign rally without permission, joining artists including Foo Fighters, Celine Dion, Adele, R.E.M., and The Rolling Stones.