Music History

James Taylor měl podle žebříčku Cashbox nejprodávanější singl v USA se skladbou „You've Got A Friend“ od Carole King. Skladba dosáhla 4. místa ve Velké Británii.

Olivia Newton-John dosáhla se svou verzí skladby Boba Dylana „If Not for You“ prvního místa v Easy Listening chartu.

Paul Revere & the Raiders byli se skladbou „Indian Reservation“ na druhém místě amerického singlového žebříčku.

The Who měli vystoupit v Yale Bowl v New Havenu v Connecticutu, ale místní úřady koncert zrušily kvůli jeho blízkosti k plánovanému shromáždění Black Panthers. The Who místo toho odehráli ještě jeden večer v Bostonu.

Gilbert O'Sullivan appeared on the British variety show It's Lulu, performing his third UK hit, “We Will”, which later reached No. 16 on the UK chart.

Hawkwind performed at the Red Lion in London.

Elvis Presley performed at the International Hotel in Las Vegas at the opening show of his next engagement.

King Crimson performed at the Marquee Club in London.

The Who performed at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, New York.

Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Each concert had a capacity of 2,200.

The Who performed at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lefty Baker, born Eustace Britchforth Baker, guitarist for Spanky And Our Gang, died at the age of 29 from cirrhosis of the liver. He joined the group during the recording of their 1968 hit “Like To Get To Know You.”

John Lennon and Yoko Ono donated £1,000 to a support fund for Scottish shipyard workers' unions.

Queen performed at the Tregye Hotel in Truro during their British tour.

Elvis Presley performed two concerts at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas—an evening show and a midnight show. Both concerts had a capacity of 2,200 spectators.

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.

King Curtis was stabbed to death at the age of 37 during an argument with two drug dealers whom he found on the steps outside his Manhattan apartment. His saxophone appeared on numerous hits of the 1950s and 1960s, including “Yakety Yak” by The Coasters.

The single “The Back Seat of My Car” / “Heart of the Country” was released. Noise11 lists it among the major events of August 13.

Pink Floyd played their first concert in Australia at Festival Hall in Melbourne.

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.

“If Not for You” reached number one on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart, later known as Adult Contemporary.

“Maggie May” was released in the US, where it later reached number one and became his first Billboard hit.

Mercury Records officially changed the A-side of the single “Maggie May” from the original “Reason to Believe” after radio stations and listeners unexpectedly took a liking to “Maggie May”. The recording subsequently reached number one and became his first Billboard song.

Ten Years After and Edgar Winter’s White Trash performed at The Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Sweet City Woman” debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 8 in October. More than one million copies of the recording were sold, and it spent sixteen weeks on the chart.

They released their iconic fifth studio album Who’s Next, which featured the classic songs “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. The album entered the US chart and later reached number 4, while in the UK it was released on August 25 and reached number one. It is the group's only album to reach the top of the chart in any country. John Mendelsohn of Rolling Stone described it as an intelligently conceived, brilliantly performed and produced rock album, and it later became widely regarded as one of the greatest rock recordings in history. In 2007, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Singer Thomas Wayne, known for the 1959 hit “Tragedy”, which reached No. 5 on the US chart, died at the age of 31 in a car accident in Memphis. His car crossed four lanes and the median into oncoming traffic. By then, he was working mainly behind the scenes as a recording engineer and producer in Nashville.

Elvis Presley performed both an evening and a midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. The programs included songs such as Proud Mary, Sweet Caroline, Polk Salad Annie, Johnny B. Goode, Heartbreak Hotel, Suspicious Minds, Mystery Train/Tiger Man and Can't Help Falling in Love.

The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Civic Center in Philadelphia.

The Who and Wishbone Ash performed at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in the evening Dinner Show, followed by the Midnight Show. Both performances were attended by approximately 2,200 people.

The Allman Brothers Band performed at Boston Common in Boston. Duane Allman played slide guitar on “Soul Serenade” as a tribute to King Curtis, who had died four days earlier. J. Geils joined them for “Stormy Monday”, and Wet Willie performed as the opening act.

The Who performed a three-night concert series at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, beginning on August 17, 1971.

Electronic composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ Richard David James, known as Aphex Twin, was born in Limerick, Ireland.

Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in an evening Dinner Show followed by a Midnight Show. Both performances were attended by approximately 2,200 people.

John Denver's song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was certified in the US for sales of one million copies. Although the song refers to West Virginia as “almost heaven,” Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert had never visited the state before writing it.

Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show began at 8:30 p.m. and included “That’s All Right”, “Proud Mary”, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “It’s Impossible”, “Love Me”, “Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin’ On”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel”, “Hound Dog”, “Suspicious Minds”, “I’m Leavin’”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show also included “Love Me Tender” and “Sweet Caroline” and ended with “Closing Vamp”.

Led Zeppelin began their North American tour at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, before a sold-out audience of more than 17,000 fans. Around 3,000 additional people without tickets clashed with local police outside the venue.

On the second night of their North American tour, Led Zeppelin performed at Seattle Centre Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.

Ten Years After and Procol Harum performed at The Forum in Montreal, Quebec.