The Eagles enjoy their first US #1 album when "One Of These Nights" tops the Billboard 200 chart for the first of five weeks. It would yield three US Top 10 singles: "One of These Nights" (#1), "Lyin' Eyes" (#2) and "Take It to the Limit" (#4). The LP sold over four million copies and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year, but lost to "Still Crazy After All These Years" by Paul Simon.

Bob Dylan, backed by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, shocked the audience at the Newport Folk Festival with his new electric sound. The crowd booed him off the stage after three tunes. After being urged by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) to return to the stage and go acoustic, Dylan sang two songs to the now-silent audience - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and "Mr. Tambourine Man".

A riot broke out during a The Rolling Stones' gig at The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire. Keith Richards noticed a man with his hands on the stage exhorting the crowd to spit, and warned him, but the spitting continued. Richards is then reported to have stood on his hands and kicked him in the face, whereupon some of the 7,000 fans in attendance started fighting, causing over £4,000 in damage. Blackpool City Council later voted to ban The Stones from playing in the city. Forty-four years later, the 2008 council voted to lift the suspension, but a spokesman for the group said they had no plans to return.

The Troggs led the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers chart with their version of "Wild Thing". The song had been issued by a New York band called The Wild Ones last November, but it failed to chart. Troggs' Lead singer Reg Presley would later say that after hearing the song for the first time, he was hesitant to record it because the words were "so corny." Their rendition was ranked at number 257 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The Doors perform "Crystal Ship" and "Light My Fire" on American Bandstand.

"Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly And The Family Stone is release by by Epic Records. It would peak at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, kept out of the top spot by "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations. The song would later be ranked by Rolling Stone at #247 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The Lovin' Spoonful release their first single, "Do You Believe in Magic", from the album of the same name. It will reach #9 on the US Pop chart and was later ranked #216 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Queen made UK chart history by becoming the first act to sell seven million copies of an individual album when their 1981 LP "Queen's Greatest Hits" surpassed the mark.

The Rolling Stones chart in the US for the first time when a cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" peaks at #48. The record was much more popular in the UK, where it reached #3.

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Lyrics: "Golden country your face is so red With all of your money your poor can be fed You strut around and you flirt with disaster Never really carin′ just what comes after

Well, your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned And your freaks are cryin′ but your back is still turned You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn

The time has come for you my friend To all this ugliness we must put an end Before we leave we must make a stand, oh

Mortgage people you crawl to your homes Your security lies in your bed of white foam You act concerned but then why turn away When a lady was raped on your doorstep today

Well, your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned And your freaks are dyin′ but your back is still turned You better stop your hidin′ or your country will burn

The time has come for you my friend To all this ugliness we must put an end Before we leave we must make a stand, oh, yeah

Golden country your face is so red With all of your money your poor can be fed You strut around and you flirt with disaster Never really carin' just what comes after

Well, your blacks are dyin′ but your back is still turned And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned You better stop your hidin′ or your country will burn, yeah

The time has come for you my friend To all this ugliness we must put an end Before we leave we must make a stand, must, yeah

The time has come for you my friend, mm To all this ugliness we must put an end Before we leave we must make a stand Must, we must make a stand"

Canada's premier Rock band, The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Richard Nixon and his royal guests, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Officials ask them not to play their Billboard chart topping hit, "American Woman", which sounded like an attack on America's foreign policy and domestic problems. Years later, composer Burton Cummings would explain, "When I said, 'American woman, stay away from me,' I really meant 'Canadian woman, I prefer you.' It was all a happy accident."

The Lovin' Spoonful release "Summer In The City". Although they would place seven straight songs in Billboard's Top Ten, this would be their only number one. It also topped the Cashbox Best Sellers chart and rose to #7 in the UK.

The Rolling Stones 14th UK and 16th US album, "Some Girls" topped the Billboard 200 chart. It was the band's first LP to feature guitarist Ronnie Wood as a full-time member. The disc would feature the singles, "Miss You" (US #1, UK #3), "Beast Of Burden" (US #8), "Shattered" (US #31) and "Respectable" (UK #23). It would be nominated for the Album Of The Year Grammy, but lost to "The Concert for Bangladesh". "Some Girls" would be certified by the RIAA for selling six million copies by 2000.

The film Easy Rider, starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson, premiers in New York City. The soundtrack to the movie, which features performances by The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steppenwolf, peaked at #6 on the Billboard album chart the following September and was certified Gold in January 1970

Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" is released in the US, where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words "heavy metal thunder" is often credited with popularizing a new term for loud, guitar dominated music.

Chicago disc jockey Steve Dahl held the infamous Disco Demolition between games of a baseball doubleheader at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Dahl burned Disco records brought by fans who received discount admission. Some of those fans decided to start their own fires and a mini-riot ensued, forcing the White Sox to forfeit the second game