1968-10-16

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1968
8/23 Fri
"Simon & Garfunkel give a live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California. A recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as Voices of Intelligent Dissent."
9/7 Sat
"Led Zeppelin performs for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist Jimmy Page subsequently formed this new group)."
9/14 Sat
"The two sons of singer Roy Orbison, 10-year-old Roy DeWayne Orbison and 6-year-old Anthony King Orbison, die in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Orbison's youngest son is saved."
9/15 Sun
"Song of Summer, Ken Russell's noted TV documentary about Frederick Delius, is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's Omnibus series."
9/15 Sun
PocketDiscs are released in several test markets in the United States.
10/8 Tue
"The soundtrack for the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet is released, containing popular ""What Is a Youth"" tune."
11/8 Fri
John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced.
11/15 Fri
"500,000 people march in Washington, D.C. for peace, which becomes the largest anti-war rally in U.S. history. In attendance: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller, touring cast of Hair"
11/17 Sun
"Diana Ross & the Supremes replace The Beatles' hugely successful ""Hey Jude"" at number-one in the U.S. with ""Love Child""; this would be the last of five turnovers at number-one between the two most successful music acts in America during the 1960s."
11/22 Fri
"The Beatles (also known as ""The White Album"") by The Beatles is released. Also released is The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks."
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