Events in Music History in October 1968

  • Oct 6 The Beatles promotional films (music videos) for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" first broadcast in the US on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"

Noël Coward's Sweet Potato

Oct 12 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore Theater, NYC, after 17 performances

  • Oct 14 The Beatles finish recording their double album "The Beatles" more commonly known as "The White Album"

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Oct 18 Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment, they are fined £150 for marijuana possession

Her 1st Roman

Oct 20 Ervin Drake's musical "Her 1st Roman", based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Caesar and Cleopatra", opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances

  • Oct 23 "Maggie Flynn" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 82 performances

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Oct 24 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail

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Oct 25 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby; she later suffers a miscarriage