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- Elvis Presley, Priscilla, Colonel Parker, members of his entourage, and their wives attended the opening night of Nancy Sinatra's engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. After the concert, they attended a party hosted by Frank Sinatra, where Fred Astaire was also present.
- Elvis Presley returned to Los Angeles. For the first time in ten years, he had no work commitments or anything scheduled until January 1970. Because he was restless, he frequently traveled between his homes and took several vacations.
- Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys married his second wife, Barbara Charren, in Los Angeles. They divorced in 1974.
- Elvis Presley attended Nancy Sinatra's opening performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
- Janis Joplin and Juanita Green paid for a gravestone for blues legend Bessie Smith's previously unmarked grave at Mount Lawn Cemetery in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Joplin considered Smith her greatest musical influence, while Green had worked as Smith's housekeeper.
- The Stooges fired bassist Dave Alexander after he forgot how to play their songs during their performance at the Goose Lake International Music Festival in Michigan. It was the final concert by the original lineup.
- The trial of Jim Morrison began over an alleged onstage exposure at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami. Morrison was found guilty, and Judge Goodman sentenced him to six months of hard labor and a $500 fine for public exposure, plus another 60 days of hard labor for profanity. His lawyer immediately filed an appeal, and Morrison was released on $50,000 bail. Morrison died in Paris on July 3, 1971, before the legal issues were resolved. In December 2010, the Florida Clemency Board granted him a full pardon. Members of The Doors' team maintained that Morrison had never actually exposed himself.
- Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees married Linda Gray, the former Miss Edinburgh, on his 24th birthday. He chose the wedding date so that he would not forget the anniversary. The couple had five children, including Stephen, who played guitar in his father's band.
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono donated £1,000 to a support fund for Scottish shipyard workers' unions.
- John Lennon flew from London's Heathrow Airport to New York. According to the source, he never subsequently set foot on British soil again, although he planned to visit his aunt Mimi before his death in December 1980.
- Seven months after marrying music executive Robert Ellis Silberstein, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Rhonda. Her biological father was later revealed to be Motown Records owner Berry Gordy Jr. Rhonda was raised by Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein and learned her father's true identity at the age of 12.
- Elvis Presley was feeling somewhat better, but was still concerned about throat problems, and a specialist was called in.
- John Lennon left England with his wife Yoko Ono to begin a new life in New York. He never returned to England.
- Paul and Linda McCartney, along with Wings drummer Denny Seiwell, were arrested backstage at Scandinavium Hall in Gothenburg, Sweden, for possession of marijuana. Earlier that day, the McCartneys had collected a package addressed to Seiwell at the hotel that contained marijuana. They were released after paying a fine, and the tour continued.
- Stevie Wonder suffered serious injuries in a car accident when the rented car he was riding in crashed from behind into a small logging truck on I-85 near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a log struck him in the face. He suffered a severe brain contusion, was in a coma for four days, temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste, and returned to the studio within a few weeks.
- Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell left Wings.
- Jeff Baxter and Jim Hodder left Steely Dan, while Donald Fagen and Walter Becker decided to continue as a studio project.
- Robert Plant, his wife, and their children suffered serious injuries in a car accident on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant sustained several fractures, including injuries to his ankles and elbow. The accident led to the postponement of Led Zeppelin’s planned North American tour.
- Producer Kim Fowley began assembling The Runaways in Los Angeles. The core of the group consisted of Joan Jett and drummer Sandy West, with additional members including Micki Steele and Lita Ford joining later. The band released four studio albums during their career.
- Hank Williams Jr. survived a 500-foot fall from Ajax Mountain in Montana and suffered facial scarring. After two years of surgeries, he returned to music; he later often concealed the scars with a hat, beard and sunglasses.
- Paul Kossoff, guitarist with Free and Back Street Crawler, was taken to hospital after a sudden deterioration in his health, where he was considered dead for 35 minutes. Kossoff died on March 19, 1976, from heart failure following long-term problems with drug use.
- During a performance in Birmingham, England, Eric Clapton publicly expressed support for the right-wing National Front and made racist remarks.
- In the early morning hours, Elvis Presley rented Libertyland amusement park as a special gift for his daughter Lisa Marie and a group of friends.
- Thirty-year-old Jimmy Buffett married his second wife, twenty-six-year-old Jane Slagsvol from Columbia, South Carolina. Slagsvol helped write Buffett's songs “Something So Feminine About A Mandolin” and “Kick It In Second Wind”. They later separated for nine years but subsequently reunited.
- Lionel Richie later said that the inspiration for “Three Times a Lady” came from his father's speech at his parents' 37th wedding anniversary celebration.
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith married model Cyrinda Foxe, who was pregnant with their daughter Mia. They divorced in 1987.
- Singer Debby Boone, known for the song “You Light Up My Life,” married Gabriel Ferrer, the son of Rosemary Clooney and actor José Ferrer.
- The Osmonds ended their career after 20 years.
- Ten original drawings by Gerald Scarfe created for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” were stolen from the foyer of Earls Court in London, where they were on display.
- Four masked robbers broke into his home in Woodstock, New York. Rundgren, his girlfriend, and three guests were tied up and robbed. The perpetrators reportedly believed that rock stars kept cocaine at home and threatened Rundgren.
- Tom Petersson left Cheap Trick because of burnout and personal and musical differences. He was replaced by Pete Comita. Petersson returned to the group in 1988 for the album “Lap of Luxury”, which contained their comeback hit “The Flame”.
- Television star Valerie Bertinelli attended a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana, and got backstage to meet Eddie Van Halen, whom she found very attractive. Their relationship developed into love: they married less than a year later, and their son Wolfgang was born in 1991. They separated in 2001 and finalized their divorce in 2007.
- Karen Carpenter married 39-year-old property developer Thomas James Burris in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. The marriage quickly deteriorated, and Carpenter later filed for divorce.
- Olivia Newton-John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- José Feliciano married Susan Omillian in California on August 2, 1982.
- David Crosby was sentenced in Texas to five years in prison for possession of cocaine and an illegal firearm. After unsuccessful appeals, he began serving his sentence at Huntsville State Prison on March 6, 1986, and was released on parole five months later. In November 1987, a Texas appeals court overturned the original conviction because of an illegal search during his arrest.
- Kajagoogoo dismissed their lead singer Limahl, who subsequently began a solo career. The band had previously reached No. 1 in the UK with the single “Too Shy”.