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The Great Songs of Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

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1970
2/11 Wed
"The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, is premiered in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's ""Come and Get It"" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records."
2/13 Fri
"English band Black Sabbath release their self titled debut album in the U.K., credited as the first major album in the heavy metal genre.[1]"
2/14 Sat
"The Who records Live At Leeds in Yorkshire, England. The Grateful Dead plays an equally historic concert on the same date at the Fillmore East, New York City."
2/17 Tue
"Joni Mitchell announces that she is retiring from live performances, following her show at London's Royal Albert Hall. She would be back performing concerts within a year."
2/23 Mon
Ringo Starr appears on the television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
2/27 Fri
"Jefferson Airplane is fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."
2/28 Sat
"Led Zeppelin perform in Copenhagen under the pseudonym The Nobs, to avoid a threatened lawsuit by Count Eva von Zeppelin, descendant of airship designer Ferdinand von Zeppelin."
3/4 Wed
"Janis Joplin is fined $200 for using obscene language during a concert performance in Tampa, Florida."
3/6 Fri
Cult leader and suspected murderer Charles Manson releases an album titled Lie: The Love and Terror Cult to help finance his defense.
3/15 Sun
West German pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka features 5_ hours' daily live performances of the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (to September 13).
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