1971-7

How Come the Sun

Tom Paxton

 

 

 

 

 

1971
7/3 Sat
"Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France, aged 27. Alain Ronay would claim, years later, that he assisted Morrison's lover, Pamela Courson, in covering up the circumstances."
7/4 Sun
"The Fillmore West is closed in San Francisco with a final show featuring Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Grateful Dead."
7/9 Fri
Grand Funk becomes only the second band (after The Beatles) to perform a sold-out concert at Shea Stadium.
8/1 Sun
"The Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden, New York, starring George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell; also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger."
8/1 Sun
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premieres on CBS.
9/11 Sat
"The Jackson 5ive, a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the popular Motown group The Jackson 5, premieres on ABC."
10/5 Tue
Black Sabbath perform the first set of their Whisky a Go Go performance in all-white tuxedos.
11/8 Mon
"Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest-selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest-selling album, and the fourth best-selling album of all time."
12/1 Wed
Belgian singing duo Nicole & Hugo are married at Wemmel.
12/4 Sat
"The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. Members of Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the
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