Bad Company's first Billboard chart entry, "Can't Get Enough" tops out at #5. The British quartet would go on to place eight more songs in the US Top 40, but only one, "Feel Like Makin' Love", would crack the Top 10

Buddy Holly And The Crickets started a three week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "That'll Be The Day".

Roger Waters, who had earlier left Pink Floyd, instigated a court injunction which disallowed remaining members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright from using the band's name. The ruling was over-turned in early 1987.

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The MC5 record live tracks for their upcoming album at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. The lyrics of the stage version of the single "Kick Out The Jams" are changed from "kick out the jams brothers and sisters" to "kick out the jams motherfuckers!", causing quite a stir among both teens and parents.

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After a show in Los Angeles, the police tell Elvis that he is not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage. Elvis responds by defiantly wiggling only his little finger while singing. The next night they film his entire concert, but no charges are laid.

Capitol Records releases The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School". The song features the tune to the University of Wisconsin's fight song, "On, Wisconsin!", although it was meant to be a tribute to Hawthorne High School, which the Wilson brothers attended. The single, along with its B-side, "Little Deuce Coupe", were the last two songs to include original member David Marks in the 1960s.

Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Macon, Georgia street while trying to swerve to avoid a tractor-trailer. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday.

Keith Richards issues his autobiography, Life. It was fairly well received by literary critics and topped The New York Times' non-fiction list in the first week of release. It would later receive the 2011 Norman Mailer Prize for biography

Elton John appears on The Muppet Show, where he performs "Crocodile Rock", "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".

UK Pink Floyd achieve their first #1 album in the UK album chart with "Atom Heart Mother." In the US it peaked at #55 and went Gold in March 1994.

US Santana achieve their first #1 album in America when "Abraxas" pushes CCR's "Cosmo's Factory" out of the top spot. The track list includes "Oye Como Va" (US #13) and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" (US #4).

The Jimi Hendrix Experience record "Hey Joe" at De Lane Lea Studios in London, England. The song will become his first UK chart entry, rising to #6. It will be released in the United States on May 1st, 1967, but failed to chart.

After achieving massive success with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", The Rolling Stones release "Get Off My Cloud" in the UK. Two weeks later it will be number one in Great Britain. The song would also top the charts in America, Canada, South Africa and Germany. Keith Richards was later quoted as saying, "I never dug it as a record. The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it as the follow-up."

Culture Club, featuring the lead vocals of 21-year-old George O'Dowd, perform their first UK number one hit, "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" on Top Of The Pops. The song, which was allegedly written about O'Dowd's six year relationship with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss, would reach #2 in the US.

Led Zeppelin's film, The Song Remains the Same, a mixture of concert footage and fantasy sequences, premieres at Cinema I in New York

Less than a month after leaving The Mamas And The Papas, Cass Elliot's first solo album, "Dream A Little Dream" was released on Dunhill Records. Recorded live in just ten days, the LP would be only a moderate success, selling 150,000 copies and climbing to #87 on the Billboard 200 chart. The single "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" fared much better, peaking at #12 on the Hot 100 and #11 in the UK. Among the musicians appearing on the album were Hal Blaine - drums, Harvey Brooks - bass guitar, James Burton - guitar, dobro, Jim Gordon - drums, Larry Knechtel - keyboards, John Sebastian - guitar, harmonica, and Stephen Stills - guitar, vocals.

The movie, How I Won the War, starring John Lennon as Private Gripweed, premiered in London, England, with all four of The Beatles in attendance. The film received mostly negative reviews, including one from American critic John Simon, who called it "pretentious tomfoolery."

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A British group known collectively as Manfred Mann had the number one single on the Billboard Pop chart with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy". The song was sung by vocalist Paul Pond, who used the stage name Paul Jones. Keyboard player Michael Lubowitz would retain the band's name and continued to turn out chart hits until the mid 1980s.

Creedence Clearwater Revival split up following the failure of their most recent album, "Mardi Gras". After limited success as a solo act and some legal hassles with Fantasy Records, John Fogarty would have three big hits in 1985, "The Old Man Down The Road" (#10), "Center Field" (#44) and "Rock and Roll Girls" (#20). John's brother Tom Fogarty died in September, 1990 and the surviving members went on to tour as Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

UB40 was enjoying the top tune in America with a Reggae version of Neil Diamond's "Red, Red Wine". Diamond's 1968 rendition only made it to #62.

Runnin' Down a Dream, a documentary film about Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, makes its debut at the New York Film Festival. The four hour movie, which chronicles the history of the band, would go on to win a Grammy Award for Best Music Film at the 2008 ceremony.

Queen released their single, "Fat Bottomed Girls" in the UK. With "Bicycle Race" on the flip side, the record will reach #11 on the British chart.