Events in Music for Year 1969
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Months in Year 1969: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events 1 - 45 of 45
Jan 13th - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
Jan 17th - Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
Jan 17th - Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US
Jan 22nd - Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
Jan 29th - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
Jan 30th - Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
Jan 31st - Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs)
Feb 4th - Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general cousel to Apple
Feb 17th - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash record an album (never released)
Feb 25th - Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
Feb 28th - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR
Mar 12th - 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
Apr 7th - Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
May 23rd - Who release rock opera "Tommy"
May 24th - Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
Jun 4th - Beatles release Ballad Of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US
Jun 7th - "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV
Jun 7th - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
Jun 8th - Brian Jones leaves The Rolling Stones
Country Singer Johnny Cash
Jun 8th - Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones
Jun 9th - Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
Jun 11th - "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK
Jun 13th - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins Rolling Stones
Jun 20th - 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear
Jun 27th - 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
Jul 3rd - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Jul 4th - 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep & Janis Joplin
Jul 5th - Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
Jul 11th - Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"
Jul 25th - 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival
Aug 1st - 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival
Aug 15th - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
Aug 22nd - Beatles record a video for "Long & Winding Road"
Aug 30th - 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival
Aug 31st - 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
Sep 13th - Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko & Eric Clapton) 1st live performance
Sep 22nd - "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
Sep 26th - Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
Oct 11th - Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
Oct 19th - J Bock & S Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in NYC
Nov 1st - Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
Nov 11th - Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
Nov 29th - Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1
Dec 6th - 300,000 attend Altamont California, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
Dec 19th - Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
