Atlantic Records releases Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song”. It would rise to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and be ranked at #18 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time” list in March, 2023. Although it made the Top Ten in eight other countries, the song did not chart in the UK.
Pink Floyd make their US debut at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The tour will come to an early end when Syd Barrett displays increasingly strange behavior, refusing to lip sync to “Arnold Layne” on American Bandstand and refusing to answer questions on The Pat Boone Show.
Apple Records releases Ringo Starr’s third album, “Ringo”. Featuring the singles, “Photograph”, (US #1, UK #8), “You’re Sixteen” (US #1, UK #4), “Oh My My” (US #5) and “It Don’t Come Easy” (US #4, UK #4), the LP would reach #1 in Canada, #7 in the UK, and #2 on the Billboard 200 chart.