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1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary played "Blowin' In The Wind" for Civil Rights marchers who had congregated in Washington to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak.
1964 - The Beatles graced the cover of LIFE magazine.
1967 - The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company performed at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who was killed after being hit by a car in San Francisco.
1972 - David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars played their first live show at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
1978 - Devo released their album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo.
1986 - Tina Turner was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1997 - Genesis premiered their first album in six years at an Album Network radio special, as well as on a simultaneous webcast on the Atlantic Records website.
Birthdays:
1948 Dan Seraphine of Chicago
1949 Simon Kirke of Free & Bad Company
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| 1. | James Gang | Funk #49 |
| 2. | Boston | More Than A Feeling |
| 3. | Palmer, Robert | Addicted to Love |
| 4. | Doobie Brothers | Takin It To The Streets |
| 5. | Police | Roxanne |
| 6. | T-Rex | Bang A Gong (Get It On) |
| 7. | Dire Straits | Money For Nothing |
| 8. | Black Sabbath | Paranoid * |
| 9. | Grand Funk Railroad | Were An American Band |
| 10. | Jimi Hendrix | All Along The Watchtower |