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1972
1/17 Mon
"Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed ""Elvis Presley Boulevard."""
1/20 Thu
"The d_but of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties. Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the following night, but it would be a full year before the album was released."
1/21 Fri
"Keith Richards jumps on stage to jam with Chuck Berry at the Hollywood Palladium, but is ordered off for playing too loud. Berry later claims that he did not recognize Keith and would not have booted him if he did."
1/29 Sat
"The first Sunbury Music Festival is held in Sunbury, Victoria. Performers include Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Wendy Saddington, Chain and The La De Das."
1/31 Mon
"Over 40,000 mourners file past Mahalia Jackson's open casket to pay their respects in Chicago's Great Salem Baptist Church."
2/9 Wed
"Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham in England. It's McCartney's first public concert since The Beatles' 1966 US tour."
2/13 Sun
Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is canceled when government officials will not let them off the airplane because of their long hair.
2/14 Mon
"Steppenwolf Day is declared in Los Angeles, California."
2/14 Mon
John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host an entire week of The Mike Douglas Show.
2/15 Tue
"The United States gives federal Copyright protection to sound recordings. Prior to this, phonograph records were only protected at state level, and not in all states."
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