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1968
7/7 Sun
The Yardbirds perform for the last time before disbanding.
7/18 Thu
"Mina presents her Italian white soul hits ""Se stasera sono qui"" and ""Colpo al cuore"". The performance is transmitted live without playback from the Auditorio A of the Radiotelevisione Italiana regional headquarters in Naples."
8/1 Thu
"Jeff Beck Group releases their album Truth. A seminal work of heavy metal, it incorporates blues and hard rock. It introduced the talents of Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood."
8/4 Sun
"Yes performs for the first time, at a summer camp."
8/23 Fri
"Simon & Garfunkel give a live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California. A recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as Voices of Intelligent Dissent."
9/7 Sat
"Led Zeppelin performs for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist Jimmy Page subsequently formed this new group)."
9/14 Sat
"The two sons of singer Roy Orbison, 10-year-old Roy DeWayne Orbison and 6-year-old Anthony King Orbison, die in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Orbison's youngest son is saved."
9/15 Sun
"Song of Summer, Ken Russell's noted TV documentary about Frederick Delius, is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's Omnibus series."
9/15 Sun
PocketDiscs are released in several test markets in the United States.
10/8 Tue
"The soundtrack for the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet is released, containing popular ""What Is a Youth"" tune."
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