1968-9

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1968
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."
11/8 Fri
John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced.
11/15 Fri
"500,000 people march in Washington, D.C. for peace, which becomes the largest anti-war rally in U.S. history. In attendance: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller, touring cast of Hair"
11/17 Sun
"Diana Ross & the Supremes replace The Beatles' hugely successful ""Hey Jude"" at number-one in the U.S. with ""Love Child""; this would be the last of five turnovers at number-one between the two most successful music acts in America during the 1960s."
11/22 Fri
"The Beatles (also known as ""The White Album"") by The Beatles is released. Also released is The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks."
11/26 Tue
"Cream plays their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It will be the last time Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
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