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Apple Records releases John Lennon’s “Whatever Gets You thru the Night”. It would peak at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on November 16th, becoming his only #1 single in the United States during his lifetime. In the UK, the song could only manage to climb to #36.

80,000 fans watched the first Farm Aid concert, featuring Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and other performers who help raise $7 million. The annual event takes place every Fall to help the American family farmer.

Canada’s Bachman-Turner Overdrive release “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”, which will become their third US Top 30 entry and their only number one.

30 year old Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 20th, after playing a concert at North-western State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. His small charter plane, a Beechcraft D-18, hit a tree just after take-off in bad weather. He and Maury Muehleisen, his lead guitarist, both died in the wreck, along with the...

26 year old Gram Parsons, formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California. His death is attributed to heart failure, but later is officially announced as due to a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael...