02-08 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
02-16 - Alan David Passaro, the Hells Angel who was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.
03-13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, Live at the Fillmore East.
04-21 - Pianist Chick Corea records solo Piano Improvisations in Olso
06-01 - First performance of Menotti's "The Hero" in Philadelphia.
06-01 - Elvis Presley's birthplace in Tupelo, Miss., was opened to the public.
06-05 - MET opera debut of conductor James Levine. Puccini's Tosca. Levine became the Met's principal conductor in 1973 and its music director in 1976.
06-05 - Grand Funk Railroad smashed the record held by The Beatles when they sold out New York's Shea Stadium in 72 hours.
06-06 - John & Yoko jammed live on stage with Frank Zappa at The Filmore East in New York.
06-12 - Black girl trio Honey Cone went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Want Ads'.
06-19 - First performance of Hoiby's "Summer and Smoke" St. Paul MN.
06-19 - Carole King started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move'. Both songs were from the album 'Tapestry', which also topped the US charts on this day.
07-24 - Indian Reservation recorded by the Raiders begins a run of 1 week at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.
07-25 - The Beach Boys released their album Surf's Up.
07-28 - Charley Pride recorded the #1 single "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
07-31 - You've Got a Friend recorded by James Taylor begins a run of 1 week at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.
08-01 - The Concert for Bangladesh, starring Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russell, also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger
08-03 - Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new band Wings.
08-07 - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart recorded by The Bee Gees begins a run of 4 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
08-10 - Roy Acuff & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recording session of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
08-14 - Mr. Big Stuff recorded by Jean Knight peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 2 weeks.
08-28 - Take Me Home, Country Roads recorded by John Denver with Fat City peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 1 week.
08-30 - Merle Haggard recorded "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"
09-07 - Premiere of Bernstein's "Mass" (public dress rehearsal), at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
09-08 - Gala premiere of Bernstein's "Mass (A Theater Piece)" at the inauguration of the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., choreographed by Alvin Ainley, directed by Gordon Davidson, and conducted by Maurice Peress (Bernstein shared a box section with members of the Kennedy family, including Senator Ted Kennedy and his mother, Rose; Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis did not attend this performance)
09-10 - Premiere of Ginastera's opera "Beatrix Cenci" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
09-11 - Premiere of Barber's "Fadograph from a Yestern Scene" (the title is a line from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"), by the Pittsburgh Symphony, at the opening concert in Heinz Hall
09-24 - Bassist Charles Mingus records Let My Children Hear Music
11-15 - Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk makes his last studio recordings with bassist Al McKibbon and drummer Art Blakey
12-07 - The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. The band Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".
