Woodstock, the documentary on the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York, premieres in Hollywood. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Earls Court in London received over one million postal ticket applications for The Rolling Stones forthcoming six concerts as part of the group’s European tour.
As an April Fool’s joke, John Lennon and Yoko Ono issued a statement to the press that they were having dual sex change operations.
Only Ringo Starr is present at the final Beatles recording session, where 50 musicians recorded the orchestral scores for The Beatles tracks ‘The Long And Winding Road’ and ‘Across The Universe’ for the Phil Spector produced sessions. The bill for the 50 musicians was £1,126 and 5 shillings, ($1.914).
On ABC-TV’s “The Johnny Cash Show,” taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, Shel Silverstein, and the Carter Family performed
All the above and then down at Hillcrest Drive.....