Donovan made his U.S. television debut on Shindig!, performing “Catch the Wind” and “Colours.”

Yes officially began its first tour with keyboardist Rick Wakeman in Leicester, England, establishing the lineup that shaped the band’s progressive-rock sound.

A fight between the road crews of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Öyster Cult interrupted a Louisville concert during “Free Bird.”

Mary Ford, one half of the recording team she formed with Les Paul, died after a battle with cancer. The pair had sixteen Billboard Top Ten hits between 1950 and 1954.

Bruce Springsteen released Nebraska, a collection of four-track demos that he chose to issue without re-recording them with the E Street Band. It reached No. 3 in America and Britain.

John Lennon received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first solo Beatles member to receive one.

A reunited Jefferson Airplane played a free Golden Gate Park concert that drew more than 60,000 people and generated food donations for San Francisco’s food bank.

Bob Dylan released Time Out of Mind, his first album of original material in seven years. It later won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

The Rolling Stones released Forty Licks, a career-spanning double album combining their early and later catalogs with four new studio tracks.

An expanded Who’s Next reissue returned to Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart after a 155-track box set combined the original album with Pete Townshend’s Life House recordings.