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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.

Elton John became only the third artist in history to put 50 hit records on the UK charts. His first was “Your Song” in 1971 and the fiftieth was “Sacrifice”. The first two artists with 50 hits were Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard.

From a Chicago-area band that got semi-regular airplay on Chicago radio stations.

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.

Don’t call me Scarface!

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.

When the world falls apart some things stay in place.